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00:07That's me, Fred the house cat.
00:09When my family leaves for the day,
00:11I don't just sit inside watching the world go by.
00:15I become...
00:19Nature Cat! Backyard Explorer extraordinaire!
00:24Tally-ho! Tally-ho!
00:27We're climbing out the trees now.
00:30We're swinging through the breeze now.
00:32We're getting muddy knees now.
00:33Nature Cat! Nature Cat! Nature Cat!
00:35Nature Cat! Nature Cat! Nature Cat!
00:38So what are we waiting for?
00:40We're so excited to explore
00:42All that nature has in store.
00:44With Nature Cat! Go! Go!
00:45Tally-ho! Tally-ho!
00:47Tally-ho!
00:49We're the favorite nature guide.
00:51We just can't wait to get outside!
00:53We're swinging through the trees now.
00:55We're jumping in the leaves now.
00:57We're getting muddy knees now.
00:59With Nature Cat!
01:00Tally-ho!
01:02Tally-ho!
01:03Tally-ho!
01:06Tally-ho!
01:07Great Salt Lake!
01:11Whoa-ho-ho!
01:13That's a lot of stuff, baby!
01:15Sure is!
01:16As you know, a dashing nature adventurer
01:18has to be prepared for anything!
01:20Fresh breath is no exception!
01:25Sweet idea to do a little spring cleaning
01:27and organize your stuff, Nature Cat!
01:30Uh, Nature Cat, you got everything in here
01:32but the kitchen sink!
01:34Got one!
01:34And a spare!
01:36One never knows!
01:39Hey, what's that?
01:40When I was a kitten, I received this from my auntie!
01:43It's a small replica of what my auntie calls
01:45the greatest wonder in the world!
01:48I always dreamed of going there!
01:50Let me guess!
01:51The Taj Mahal!
01:52No, no, no, no, no!
01:53The Eiffel Tower!
01:54Oh, is it the Great Wall of China?
01:56The Cheese Castle in Kenosha?
01:58Even better!
01:59Brace yourselves!
02:00I give you...
02:01The Colossal Cat Monument!
02:05Sounds amazing!
02:06Sweet!
02:07What she and she said!
02:09I know!
02:09How can you beat a giant rock
02:11in the shape of a cat's head
02:12on a cliff in the desert?
02:14Why, you can't beat it!
02:16Where's this big rock located?
02:18Where is it?
02:19That's an excellent question!
02:22The Colossal Cat Monument is located...
02:25Uh...
02:26Hang on...
02:27I know it's here somewhere!
02:30Whoa!
02:31Here it is!
02:32The Colossal Cat Monument!
02:34A natural rock formation in the American West!
02:38So it's that way!
02:40Very far away!
02:41Well, we better get moving then!
02:43What mean, you squeaks?
02:45I mean moving to make your dream come true, Nature Cat!
02:48You'd really do that for me?
02:50Go with me to the Colossal Cat Monument?
02:52Of course we would!
02:54And hey!
02:54We have everything we'll need
02:56for our journey right here!
02:58Water, sunscreen...
03:00Snacks...
03:01Headgear, switches...
03:03Oh, and snacks...
03:04And a box of tissues!
03:06For when we all cry in joy
03:08at the first sight of the Colossal Cat Monument!
03:11Okay, but let's not forget the snacks...
03:13And the best montage music
03:15for a heading west adventure montage!
03:18All right!
03:19We have it all covered then!
03:21Onward and westward!
03:36According to this, we should see the monument
03:39once we make it past these boulders!
03:40How?
03:41Ready, my tissues!
03:42I never thought this day would come!
03:46Nothing can stop us now!
03:50Water!
03:51Why does it have to be water?
03:53Wow!
03:54Double catchphrase!
03:55Impressive, Nature Cat!
03:56So, so, so much water!
03:59Hey!
03:59All these streams must feed into all that water!
04:02Man, oh man!
04:04I think I misread this!
04:06The monument is actually in those cliffs!
04:13Oh, there, there, Nature Cat!
04:15Don't worry!
04:15We'll get you to the Colossal Cat Monument!
04:18Looks like it's just water all the way to the mountains!
04:20And there's no way I'm swimming across it!
04:23Uh, maybe we, I don't know, walk around it then?
04:26Hey, yeah!
04:27Like my mommy always, always, always says!
04:29Halbert, a walk around water that is in your way
04:33always, always, always starts with one step!
04:39Mmm!
04:41Fresh and tasty water!
04:44Whoa!
04:45Mama, it's a lake!
04:46And it's so big!
04:48Man, oh man, it's huge!
04:51It looks like the ocean!
04:53Excuse me, team!
04:54We must focus back on the Colossal Cat Monument
04:57and a shortcut to get there!
04:59Right, Nature Cat!
05:00Houston, come in!
05:01Houston!
05:02Houston!
05:04Oh, no signal!
05:06There's gotta be someone around here to ask!
05:08How about asking some fishies?
05:10Fishies?
05:11Hey, it's me, Hal!
05:13We need some help!
05:16No fishies?
05:18Only little shrimps here?
05:21And salty water?
05:24Weird!
05:24We'll never find anybody out here to help us!
05:28Save a dramatic moment for later in the episode, Nature Cat!
05:30I see somebody!
05:31Excuse me, kind bird!
05:34I'm an American coot, Sonny!
05:36Name's Codger McDowell!
05:37Howdy, Codger McDowell!
05:39Do you happen to know a shortcut to the Colossal Cat Monument?
05:42Phew!
05:42That's plum on the other side of this lake!
05:44Only way there is to walk around the lake!
05:47Probably take a good three days!
05:49Three days?
05:51Why so long?
05:51Don't you know, Sonny Boy?
05:54This is the Great Salt Lake!
05:56The Great Salt Lake?
05:58That doesn't make any sense!
06:00Everyone knows that lakes have fresh water!
06:02Well, lakes can be salty too!
06:05In fact, even more so than the ocean!
06:07Hey, I told you I tasted salt when I put my head in the water!
06:11No way!
06:12Lakes can't be salty!
06:15Ew!
06:16Tastes like a really bad bowl of super salty soup!
06:19Yup!
06:22Most lakes have water that flows in and out!
06:25But in some lakes, water only flows in!
06:28I'm confused, Codger McDowell!
06:30I thought all lakes eventually lead out to the ocean!
06:33Well, not this lake!
06:35Maybe it has something to do with these mountains!
06:37That is all quite fascinating, really!
06:40But is there any other way to get to the monument?
06:42Oh!
06:42Hey!
06:42It's dinner time!
06:43I'm gonna be late for the early bird special!
06:46But wait!
06:47Codger!
06:48It looks like I'm never getting to the Colossal Cat Monument!
06:51And it's all this Great Salt Lake's fault!
06:54Whoa!
06:54Whoa!
06:55Whoa!
06:55Nobody!
06:56This is our Great Salt Lake!
06:58I apologize, Crane!
06:59It's just that this lake of yours is in our way!
07:02The Great Salt Lake is really important, you guys!
07:05You see how it's mostly surrounded by mountains?
07:08Yes!
07:09And those mountains are where we need to get!
07:11To see the Colossal Cat Monument!
07:14Well, those mountains also keep the fresh water that comes in from flowing out!
07:18And the fresh water that comes in carries some minerals with it!
07:22Like salt!
07:23Yeah!
07:23And since the air is so dry here, the lake's water evaporates faster than it comes in,
07:28leaving behind the salt!
07:29And this lake is very, very shallow, so the water is really salty over time!
07:34So the salt's, like, stuck here?
07:36Yep!
07:37No wonder the Great Salt Lake is so salty!
07:41It's because of the salt!
07:43Wink, wink!
07:45So if this water is saltier than the ocean, like the coot said,
07:48is that why we haven't seen any fish?
07:51True!
07:51True!
07:51Many plants and animals can't live here, but some can!
07:55Like who?
07:56Like me!
07:57I eat brine flies and brine shrimp, tiny critters that live in and around the lake!
08:06Whoa!
08:07Whoa!
08:08Whoa!
08:09Whoa!
08:09Whoa!
08:11Brine shrimp!
08:13Oh, wow!
08:14So there's plenty for you to eat, huh?
08:16Do you live here all year?
08:18Some birds do, but we're migrators!
08:21We pass through this great place on our way south in the fall and north in the spring!
08:25Exactly!
08:26This place is in the middle of the desert!
08:28An important stopover for very hungry birds!
08:30Sure is!
08:32Food, fresh water over there where the streams come in from the mountains!
08:35This lake has everything we migrators need!
08:39Yeah!
08:39Oh, and speaking of migrating, we gotta get going!
08:41See ya!
08:42Hey!
08:46We'll never make it to the colossal cat monument!
08:51Tissue!
08:55Why don't we just swim across?
08:56You can do it, Nature Cat!
08:58The only way I would ever agree to swim across the lake is if I could somehow float on it
09:02without my head getting wet!
09:03And I think we all know that floating in water without getting your head wet is impossible!
09:10Whee!
09:12Hell's floating?
09:14Say what?
09:15Oh, I'm floating?
09:17What do you know?
09:18I hadn't noticed!
09:19How is that even possible?
09:21Well, let's float to the other side!
09:23Like little boats!
09:26Everyone knows you can't float on water!
09:29See?
09:29Your head's getting wet!
09:31Ah, Nature Cat, no!
09:32This is really happening!
09:34Oh, yeah?
09:35Try floating with no hands!
09:38Four feet!
09:40Oh, look at that, my little footies!
09:42Maybe all the salt in the water makes it easier to float!
09:46Hey, yeah!
09:47It says here it is easier to float in salt water!
09:50Come on, Nature Cat!
09:51You can do it!
09:52Okay, deep breaths, you fearless feline!
09:55Easy does it!
09:55Downward!
09:56And lean backward!
09:57The Colossal Cat Monument waits for me!
10:00Why?
10:00No!
10:01Not yet!
10:01Not mentally prepared!
10:03Imagine you're a snowflake, Nature Cat, and you're landing softly on a quiet, snowy mountain.
10:09Be one with the salt water.
10:11I'll try!
10:17Hey, I'm floating!
10:19I'm really floating!
10:20Ha-ha-ha-ha!
10:21Onward and floatward!
10:24It's Colossal Cat time!
10:27Whoa!
10:28There must be a lot of food around here for all these birds!
10:32Mmm, bride shrimp!
10:34Ah, what would all these birds do if the Great Salt Lake weren't here?
10:38I guess I shouldn't have complained that it was in my way!
10:41Uh, guys, we're not going fast enough!
10:43Agreed!
10:44We need to float faster!
10:46Whoa!
10:47We're picking up speed?
10:48Hey, you whippersnappers!
10:50I brought along a few of my coot buddies to help speed up your floatin'!
10:54Codger McDowell!
10:56Hang on, gang!
10:57We'll have you to the other side in a jiffy!
10:59Whoa!
11:00The Great Salt Lake is so big, it's got its own islands!
11:04What?!
11:04Hello, Sand Hill Cranes!
11:06It's me, Hal, of the Connecticut Hal's!
11:10The Great Salt Lake is amazing!
11:14We're across!
11:15Thank you, Codger McDowell!
11:17You saved the day!
11:18Don't mention it!
11:19And remember, even the most strange and seemingly empty places can be beautiful and support life!
11:25So true, Codger McDowell!
11:27Bye-bye, y'all!
11:28Come back and visit any time, you hear?
11:33Look, there she is!
11:35There's the Colossal Cat Monument!
11:38I can't believe after all these years, I'm finally seeing it with my own eyes!
11:45Amazing!
11:46Thank you for being the best friends slash nature adventurers ever!
11:52Man, oh man!
11:54The monument is so sweet!
11:56That's not all that's sweet, Daisy!
11:58The Great Salt Lake!
12:00We're so lucky to experience these two amazing feats of nature!
12:04All in the same day!
12:06Woohoo!
12:08Woohoo!
12:09Woohoo!
12:33Woohoo!
12:34The Monarch Butterfly!
12:35Just lovely!
12:36What else will we find here in the meadow?
12:38Hi, Daisy!
12:39It's me, Hal, baby!
12:43Hal, what are you doing?
12:45I thought you were looking for me, but I'm right here, see?
12:48So, Daisy, what are you doing?
12:51I'm making a movie about bugs!
12:53It's for Granny Bunny and all her entomologist friends!
12:56I'm gonna show it tonight at the Bugaboo Bash!
12:59Ah, entomologists, my favorite!
13:02They study...
13:05What?
13:06Entomologists are scientists who study bugs!
13:09Where they live, what they do, what they eat!
13:12Tonight, I get to be Granny Bunny's guest at the Bugaboo Bash!
13:16The biggest celebration of bugs this side of the Mississippi!
13:19Ba-bam!
13:21Oh, bugs!
13:22Fun!
13:23Well, can we help you make your bug movie, Daisy?
13:26Man, oh, man!
13:27That would be sweet!
13:28But we have to hurry to be ready for tonight!
13:31Granny and I have found just about every bug from my bug journal!
13:34We found leaf beetles, and grasshoppers, and centipedes, and mellipedes!
13:39But the one insect we haven't found is...
13:42THIS!
13:43The praying mantis!
13:46Whoa!
13:48I've heard of those, but I've never seen one up close!
13:50Neither have I!
13:52Thank goodness, am I right?
13:54Praying mantises are hard to find!
13:56Their camouflage helps them hide!
13:58Ooh, just like how I'm good at blending into my surroundings!
14:02Camo-wam-o!
14:05Guys, I know you can't see me, but I'm still here.
14:11Anyway, it's pretty, pretty, pretty special if you do find one.
14:17Why?
14:17What's so special about a praying mantis?
14:20I'll tell ya!
14:22A praying mantis is fast!
14:24So fast!
14:25A praying mantis is strong!
14:26So strong!
14:27A praying mantis is a patient hunter,
14:29and the wait is sometimes long for food!
14:31Six legs makes an insect,
14:34and the front two act like arms!
14:35Like mine!
14:36It blends right into nature,
14:38to keep itself from harm!
14:40Those double claws!
14:41Praying mantis are hunters,
14:43they have big appetites!
14:45Yummy!
14:45They eat moths and slugs and ladybugs,
14:48just about anything in sight!
14:49Wait, what?
14:50A praying mantis is a carnivore,
14:52living things are what they eat!
14:54Hold on!
14:55They're hungry meat eaters!
14:57Isn't that so neat?
14:58Time out!
14:59Becca!
14:59Hold on!
15:00Daisy,
15:01did you say that the praying mantis is a meat-eater?
15:04Sure did!
15:05They'll eat anything they can!
15:07Anything?
15:08Well,
15:10anything they can fit in their mouths!
15:14I'm out!
15:15Me too!
15:16Me too too also!
15:18Wait!
15:19You're all too big for a praying mantis to eat,
15:22and I need your help!
15:23I really wanna film one before the Bugaboo!
15:26It would make Granny Bunny so proud!
15:29Huddle!
15:30So we're all gonna get in the huddle,
15:32and then after that,
15:33I have no idea.
15:34Got it?
15:35Break!
15:36Okay, we'll help.
15:38We wanna make Granny Bunny proud too.
15:40And that's what friends do!
15:42Oh, thanks!
15:43But it isn't going to be easy to find a praying mantis!
15:46It's green!
15:47Like the leaves and grass where it hides!
15:49And can be as long as this!
15:51Come on!
15:52Let's go find a praying mantis!
15:55Yeah!
15:56Let's go find this meat-eating, hungry, strong insect!
16:00On second thought...
16:01Whoa!
16:03We're still searching for the elusive praying mantis today!
16:07Ah!
16:08There's one over here!
16:09Over here!
16:10Come on!
16:12It's over there!
16:14Gah!
16:17It's...
16:18It's...
16:19It's...
16:20It's a leaf!
16:21Oh!
16:22My bad!
16:23Let's keep searching!
16:26The praying mantis is a master of camouflage,
16:29so it's very hard to find!
16:31I found one!
16:32I found one!
16:33Look!
16:35See how it blends into its surroundings?
16:37It waits, it watches,
16:40begging for its praying!
16:41I'm going in!
16:54Nope!
16:54It's a twig!
16:55I found a twig!
16:56You got me good, twig!
16:58Cool!
16:59It's okay!
17:00Let's keep searching!
17:01We have to be quiet while we search!
17:04Guys!
17:04Come here!
17:04Guys!
17:05Guys!
17:05Guys!
17:05Come here!
17:06Guys!
17:06Come here!
17:06Guys!
17:06Oh, yes!
17:08Let's go!
17:09Oh, yes!
17:09Where is it, Hal?
17:11Where is it?
17:12It's in here!
17:14Ouch!
17:15Whoa!
17:16Tiddy!
17:19Hal!
17:20That's not a praying mantis!
17:21That's a snail!
17:23I know, but look at the spirally shell!
17:25It's pretty cool, right?
17:26Snails are amazing!
17:28So slimy!
17:29What a marvel of nature!
17:32Now it's back to the search!
17:34Bye-bye snail!
17:36Oh!
17:37I wonder if we'll find a real praying mantis in time for the bugaboo!
17:42Don't worry, Days!
17:43We're definitely gonna find one!
17:45I don't think we're gonna find one!
17:48Oh, well!
17:49Looks like today isn't the day we come in contact with a strong, fast, meat-eating insect!
17:54Phew!
17:55Oh, I really wish we had found one, though!
17:58Granny Bunny would've loved it!
18:00Hmph!
18:01I'm sorry, Daisy, but we gave it a good shot!
18:03And I know Granny Bunny would be proud!
18:06Yeah, I guess.
18:07Is that?
18:09Oh, man!
18:10Oh, man!
18:10Oh, man!
18:11Could it be?
18:13It's a praying mantis!
18:15Yes!
18:18That bug wants to try something.
18:20I'm ready.
18:25So...
18:26What happens now?
18:33It's not moving.
18:34Well, I'll just say it!
18:36Is that praying mantis alive?
18:39Oh, I don't know!
18:40It's not moving at all!
18:42I got this, guys!
18:44Whoa!
18:46Its eyes are mesmerizing!
18:50It's alive!
18:52Alive!
18:54What?!
18:54Look how far the praying mantis can turn its head!
18:57Oh, wow!
18:58That's incredible!
18:59I've gotta film this!
19:01No way!
19:02The battery is dead!
19:04Noooo!
19:06Why?
19:07Noooo!
19:09Noooo!
19:10Wait!
19:11I have an external battery back at House Doghouse!
19:13I can run back!
19:14Get it!
19:14Come back here and get some footage before the buckaboo!
19:16I know a shortcut!
19:17And I have the key to get in!
19:21It's this one!
19:22No!
19:22Wait!
19:22No!
19:23It's this one!
19:24Yep!
19:24Wait!
19:24Hold on a minute!
19:25Sorry!
19:26I was a janitor for a while!
19:27Wait!
19:27Here it is!
19:28Nature Cat!
19:29You stay and watch the praying mantis!
19:30Don't let anything happen to it!
19:32But...
19:32I...
19:33I mean...
19:34I don't know if I'm the one!
19:36But...
19:42Okie dokie!
19:43It's just you and me, praying mantis!
19:46You just stay right there!
19:48I'll stay right here!
19:49And everything's gonna be all right!
19:55So!
19:56You're challenging me to a staring contest, hmm?
19:59Good luck!
20:09No!
20:09You're just too good!
20:11Well done!
20:13You know, maybe you're not so bad after all!
20:15I guess I was just being a little silly, huh?
20:18I'm sorry I misjudged you, mantis!
20:20You sweet little green buggy!
20:23Oh, look!
20:24A cricket!
20:27What?
20:28Did you just...
20:29I can't...
20:30Too much!
20:31No way!
20:32I am done with this carnivorous creature!
20:34Even if Daisy hasn't filmed it for Granny Bunny yet!
20:38Oh!
20:39A blue jay!
20:41A blue jay!
20:42Praying mantises need to blend into their surroundings to protect themselves from predators like birds!
20:52I'm sure the praying mantis will be fine!
20:56Please help me find one!
20:58I really wanna film a praying mantis before the bugaboo!
21:02It would make Granny Bunny so proud!
21:05Oh!
21:07I promised Daisy I'd help her, and help her I shall!
21:14I'm coming to save you, praying mantis!
21:17Tally-ho!
21:18Oh no!
21:19I'm not going to get there in time!
21:23Huh?
21:24What are you doing?
21:27We're back, baby!
21:28Man-oh-man!
21:29Look!
21:30The praying mantis just did its bluff pose to scare away a bird that wanted to eat it!
21:37Fly, praying mantis!
21:39Fly!
21:40Oh, man-oh-man!
21:41I can't believe it!
21:42I finally recorded a real praying mantis!
21:45And I actually tried to help one!
21:47Thanks, Nature Cat!
21:48You're welcome, Daisy!
21:50Come on!
21:50Let's go to the bugaboo!
21:54Hello, bugaboos!
21:55Please enjoy my film!
21:57I call it, The Hunt for the Praying Mantis!
22:03Shhh!
22:09We searched and searched for the elusive praying mantis.
22:13And after finding several other interesting things...
22:19We finally found one!
22:22Ooh!
22:23Can't believe she got footage of that!
22:25Look at that beautiful pose!
22:26Oh, I've never seen one in real life!
22:33Fly, praying mantis!
22:35Fly!
22:37Wahoo!
22:38Wahoo!
22:39Wahoo!
22:41Thank you, thank you!
22:42Oh, it really means so much!
22:44That movie is dedicated to my favorite entomologist!
22:47My Granny Bunny!
22:51Oh, thank you, Daisy dear!
22:54And I also want to thank my friends for helping me!
22:59I am so proud of all of you!
23:03Oh, it's a Granny Bunny group hug!
23:06It was no big deal!
23:08It was no big deal!
23:08That's what friends and fellow nature adventurers are for!
23:11Oh, it's a great play!
23:12Woo!
23:13Woo!
23:15Woo!
23:17Nature Cat, Squeaks, Daisy, and Howl are cartoon characters and not real animals!
23:22To keep all of our animal friends safe, check with a grown up before you bring a pet on your
23:27next nature adventure!
23:28No!
23:29Ah-ha!
23:58No!
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