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00:08That's me, Fred the house cat.
00:10When my family leaves for the day, I don't just sit inside watching the world go by.
00:15I become...
00:19Nature Cat! Backyard Explorer extraordinaire!
00:25Tally-ho! Tally-ho!
00:28We're climbing out the trees now.
00:30We're swinging through the breeze now.
00:32We're getting muddy knees now.
00:34Nature Cat! Nature Cat! Nature Cat! Nature Cat! Nature Cat! Nature Cat!
00:39So what are we waiting for?
00:41We're so excited to explore all that nature has in store.
00:45With Nature Cat! Go, go! Tally-ho! Go, go, go! Tally-ho!
00:49We're the favorite nature guide.
00:52We just can't wait to get outside!
00:54We're swimming through the trees now.
00:56We're jumping in the leaves now.
00:58We're getting muddy knees now.
01:00With Nature Cat!
01:01Tally-ho!
01:03Tally-ho!
01:04Tally-ho!
01:26Tally-ho!
01:27Tally-ho!
01:31Tally-ho!
01:32Tally-ho!
01:34Zally-ho!
01:34I'll get the next one!
01:36Tally-ho!
01:36I sure hope so.
01:37Ooh!
01:39Here's some good catching wood.
01:42Here you go, Hal! Catch and fetch!
01:47Ha! Let me try that again. Catch and fetch!
01:56You okay, Nature Cat?
01:57Ah, as right as rain. But there's something odd about that hood.
02:04Whoa! It feels a lot heavier than a piece of wood this size normally feels.
02:09Wow, it's harder than wood, too!
02:13This doesn't smell like wood either, neither, neither, either.
02:18Time for the ultimate teeth test!
02:22No! I can't even bite into it! The wood is hard as a rock!
02:29Whoa! Man, oh man! You're right, Hal! I think this wood is rock!
02:35Ha ha ha! Daisy, Daisy, Daisy. It looks just like wood, therefore it must be wood!
02:44Maybe it's wood that turned into a rock! Sneaky!
02:48Turned into rock, you say? Do you know what that means?
02:52Yes! Maybe. Well, not at all. I don't know. Can I call a friend?
02:56It means this must be the work of woodly wood wizards!
03:01Uh-huh. Got it. But one quick question about these woodly wood wizards everybody's talking about.
03:06Who are they?
03:09Gather up!
03:10You see, my great-grandpa Squinkly once told me about strange magical wizards who live in nature.
03:17Nature. Nature. Nature. Nature.
03:20Woodly wood wizards just have to look at something and it turns hard as rock!
03:28And if they can turn wood to stone, why, they can probably turn mice to stone!
03:32And dogs!
03:35Oh, Pasha! There are no such things as those wizards!
03:40Ah! Woodly wood wizards!
03:43Don't tell me to stone, please! Please! Please! Please!
03:50Hello! Ah! Woodly wood wizard!
03:54I'm not a wizard. I'm a woodchuck.
04:00Woodchuck?
04:01I am Jeremiah, the ancient woodchuck of the woods.
04:06Now tell me, what's with all the worrying?
04:08Ugh! It's this wood, Jeremiah! It looks like wood, but it's hard like rock and we have no idea why.
04:15Perhaps I can answer that. Let me see.
04:18Hmm. Yes, yes. This wood is hard like a rock because it's petrified.
04:26Petrified? That means scared. Why is the wood scared? Now I'm really scared!
04:31It's wood like wood wizards!
04:34Easy now. In this case, the word petrified means turned to stone.
04:40Okay, so the wood really did turn to stone?
04:42Oh, yes. You see, petrified wood is a fossil.
04:46Hey, we know all about fossils!
04:48No!
04:48Season 1, Episode 105B, Daisy's Colossal Fossil. Page 5, Narrators Line 46.
04:53Ahem!
04:55You see, fossils are stone-like remains of a plant or animal that lived thousands or even millions of years
05:02ago.
05:03Yes, very good, very good.
05:06Sounds!
05:07Does that mean this petrified wood is from a tree that lived billions of years ago?
05:12That is both right and correct. In fact, petrified wood is a key to the past.
05:23Uh, excuse me, Jeremiah. How is it a key to the past?
05:27By studying petrified wood, we can find clues to what the earth was like millions of years ago.
05:33So what do we have to do? Like, look in a book or something?
05:37Even better! If you want to find out what it was like around here millions of years ago,
05:42gather round the petrified wood and repeat after me.
05:45Petrified wood is the key to the past, so take us back really fast!
05:51Petrified wood is the key to the past, so take us back really fast!
05:57Uh, Jeremiah, what's happening?
06:00Hold on, we're going back in time.
06:02Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
06:07Ah, where are we?
06:10The exact same spot where you found this petrified wood. This is the very tree the wood came from.
06:17Well, how is it back in the ground?
06:18We just traveled back in time, millions and millions of years.
06:23Whoa! Whoa!
06:25Everything looks so different!
06:27The earth is always changing.
06:29Ugh! It's so much hotter!
06:35And wetter!
06:36Man, oh man! The trees we have don't look anything like this!
06:42Let me see!
06:43Ugh!
06:45These trees are some of the first trees to ever grow on earth.
06:49I knew trees! It's me, Hal! Welcome to earth!
06:52Hmm!
06:55Can we get back to the dryer present day, please?
06:59Sure thing! Gather round the tree we were touching when we arrived and say,
07:04Petrified wood is the key to the past!
07:07So take us back really fast!
07:09Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
07:16Time travel makes me dizzy!
07:19That was incredible!
07:21I gotta find more pieces of petrified wood so that we can learn more about the past!
07:25Well, if you want to find more, I know the perfect spot! Follow me!
07:30Onward and onward!
07:32Uh, Nature Cat, this way!
07:35Uh-huh!
07:38Welcome to the petrified forest!
07:41Forest? But there are no trees!
07:44No trees, but lots of petrified wood!
07:48Wow! How did this piece of petrified wood get so colorful?
07:54This looks like quartz! I mean, how did quartz get in petrified wood?
07:58And look at these holes on the bottom of the wood!
08:01What made these holes?
08:02If you want answers to all your questions, let's take another trip back in time!
08:08Uh, do we have to?
08:11Oh, all right! I'll do it for Nature!
08:13Ha! Onward and yonward!
08:17Petrified wood would be the key to the past!
08:19So take us back really fast!
08:22Woo-hoo!
08:23Woo-hoo!
08:24Yay!
08:27Wow!
08:28This is a desert in the present, but millions of years ago there were trees everywhere!
08:34And the river Tutu also, also! As well! As well!
08:38Oh! Our planet really is always changing! My mind is blown yet again!
08:44Hey! These trees look more like the trees we have today!
08:47But why is there ash on them?
08:49And in the water!
08:51And in the mud!
08:52Maybe it came from that volcano over there!
08:55Is anybody else all the way still dizzy?
09:01Uh-uh-uh-uh-chill!
09:05Uh-oh!
09:07Whoa!
09:10Yeah!
09:11Woo-hoo!
09:13Tommy!
09:16Ha-ha-ha!
09:19No!
09:22Whoa!
09:23Whoa!
09:24Whoa!
09:25Whoa!
09:28Hey!
09:28I just remembered something!
09:30Quartz can form from stuff that comes out of volcanoes like ash!
09:37But how does the wood turn to quartz?
09:40Some of these trees will be buried in layers of mud and ash.
09:46But they won't rot under there.
09:48The tree's wood will soak up the minerals dissolved in the mud and ash, including quartz.
09:54These minerals replace the wood, and what's left is stone.
09:57Whoa!
10:01Now that we've figured it all out, can we go back home?
10:05The cell!
10:07Certainly.
10:08The only problem is, we have to gather round the exact tree we were holding when we got here.
10:14Hmm.
10:15Which one was it?
10:18Petrified wood is the key to the past, so take us back really fast!
10:25Petrified wood is the key to the past, so take us back really fast!
10:31Okay, looks like we're gonna be here for a while.
10:34Can anyone remember anything about the tree?
10:37Wait a tick!
10:38I remember something about the petrified wood squeaks found!
10:41It had little holes in it!
10:43What made those holes?
10:45That's not important right now!
10:47We just have to find the tree with holes in it to get back home!
10:50Right!
10:51Onward and holeward!
10:56No holes here!
10:59None here either!
11:01None here either.
11:02Neither.
11:04And I can't find it!
11:09What's so funny, Nature Cat?
11:11Something is tickling my feet!
11:13Oh!
11:14Look at that!
11:15There's a little prehistoric beetle crawling over my toes!
11:18Hey!
11:19It's heading for a tree!
11:21That beetle went into the hole!
11:24I bet beetles made all these holes!
11:26More importantly, that must be our tree!
11:28Come on!
11:31Petrified wood is the key to the past, so take us back really fast!
11:36It works!
11:38Dolly!
11:39Ah!
11:40Ah!
11:46We did it!
11:47We're back!
11:48Nature Cat's back!
11:50Onward!
11:51We're home!
11:52Oh yeah!
11:53We're home!
11:54Now that we're back, can we go back to playing some catch and fetch with regular wood?
11:58I like that!
11:59To the woods!
12:00Yeah!
12:01Yes!
12:02Onward and catch hatchward!
12:05Uh, Nature Cat?
12:07This way!
12:09Right!
12:10I know!
12:13Nature Buddy Clubhouse!
12:18Ha ha ha ha!
12:19Huggy huggy treat time, baby!
12:21Ha ha!
12:22Yes!
12:23And that was the last item on today's Nature Buddy Agenda!
12:27It's time to end this Nature Buddy meeting with the Nature Buddy Creed!
12:30I am a Nature Buddy!
12:32I love Nature through and through!
12:34I take care of all Nature!
12:36And all of its treasures, too!
12:37I love the dirty dirt!
12:38And the mud that is so muddy!
12:40I promise that for all my life, I shall be a Nature Buddy!
12:44Nature!
12:45Hoo hoo!
12:45Ha ha ha!
12:47Whoa!
12:48I got excited there!
12:50All right, Nature Buddies, I have a surprise for everyone!
12:53I, Nature Cat, have cleaned up the backyard!
12:57Nature!
12:58Nature!
12:58Hoo hoo!
12:59Ha ha!
13:00Oh, I did too many.
13:02Wait, where did you put all the stuff that was laying around the yard, Nature Buddy, Nature
13:06Cat Baby?
13:06Why?
13:08I put it in this nifty shed, Nature Buddy Hal!
13:11Soon I'll take it all to the garbage dump to toss it away!
13:15Whoa!
13:17Gah!
13:18Oops!
13:18Let me just clean that up again!
13:20Ha ha!
13:21Wow!
13:22It's so great that you cleaned up the yard, Nature Buddy Nature Cat!
13:25That's not even the best part, Nature Buddy Daisy!
13:28Now that the yard is clear, I have decided to build us a Nature Buddy Clubhouse!
13:34Nature!
13:35Nature!
13:35Hoo hoo!
13:36Ha ha!
13:36What's gonna be in the Nature Buddy Clubhouse, Nature Buddy Nature Cat?
13:40Hmm?
13:40Glad you asked!
13:42I just happened to have drawn up a plan!
13:44Oh!
13:44Oh!
13:44Show us your plan!
13:45Show you your plan!
13:46Show everyone that plan!
13:48This is the reading nook!
13:49Here's the gardening center!
13:51This is the exercise area!
13:53And this is the arts and crafts station!
13:55Wow!
13:56This is gonna be the bestest Nature Buddy Clubhouse ever!
13:59Nature!
14:00Hoo hoo!
14:01Ha ha!
14:02Let us build!
14:03What do we have to do first, Nature Buddy Nature Cat?
14:06Well, there are a few things we need to shop for from the store first!
14:09What do we need to shop for?
14:11Ha ha!
14:11I'm glad you asked Nature Buddy how!
14:13Luckily, I made a little list!
14:15Oh!
14:15Oh!
14:15Show us your list!
14:16Show you your list!
14:17Show everybody who will look at that list!
14:20Show it to them!
14:21Sorry.
14:22Huh!
14:23Do we really need all of that stuff?
14:25It's not that much!
14:27Now, come on Nature Buddies!
14:29Onward and Super Starward!
14:35Everybody ready for Operation Shopping Human?
14:38Ready!
14:39I'm ready!
14:40Je suis prête!
14:42I'm practicing my French, no big deal!
14:44Now, come on and let's buy some stuff!
14:47Tally Human!
14:51Ooh!
14:52We can use that for the arts and crafts station!
14:55Say what?
14:56That desk!
14:57We need to get that desk!
15:00No, Hal, the other way!
15:02Whoops!
15:03The other other way!
15:05Ha ha ha!
15:06Sorry!
15:09Okay!
15:10Let's lift it!
15:12Ugh!
15:12It's heavy!
15:14Really heavy!
15:15C'est difficile, as they say in Paris!
15:25Be careful of my cans!
15:28Excuse me, fellow human!
15:30Which way to the art supplies?
15:41Whoa!
15:43Whoa!
15:44Whoa!
15:47Whoa!
15:49Whoa!
15:49Whoa!
15:50Whoa!
15:51Whoa!
15:52Whoa!
15:55Whoa!
15:57Whoa!
16:01Whoa!
16:03A Nature Buddy Clubhouse can always use some cat toys!
16:06Grab them off the shelf, will you Daisy?
16:09But Nature Cat, look!
16:10The cart is too full!
16:13Nonsense!
16:14There's plenty of room!
16:17Whoa!
16:20Whoa!
16:20Whoa!
16:21Whoa!
16:22Whoa!
16:22Whoa!
16:22Whoa!
16:22Whoa!
16:23Whoa!
16:26Other way, Hal.
16:28The other, other way.
16:31Faster, Hal.
16:34Almost got it.
16:41Well, we'd better load this stuff back into the cart so we can buy it for our awesome Nature Buddy
16:48Clubhouse.
16:50Wait, wait, wait. Maybe buying all of this stuff is a mistake.
16:53Wait, wait, wait. Maybe buying all of this stuff is a mistake.
16:53Wait, wait, wait. Maybe buying all of this stuff is a mistake.
16:54Uh, why is it a mistake?
16:56We're nature buddies and we promise to take care of all of nature and all of its treasures, too.
17:02Right, but what does all this stuff have to do with nature?
17:04Every single thing we're buying is made by using things from nature.
17:09No, no, no. You don't understand. This is a desk. There are no desks in nature.
17:15Okay, let me show you what I mean, Nature Cat. This will show us what each thing is made from.
17:21Watch.
17:21What's it made of? Wood desk. This wood desk is made from...
17:27Wood from trees.
17:29Okay, that makes sense, actually. But surely this can isn't made out of anything from nature.
17:35May I?
17:37This can is made from metals that are found in the ground.
17:41Really? Interesting.
17:43Well, how about this plastic container? There is no way!
17:47Plastic is usually made from oil or gas that comes out of the ground, too.
17:51Wow. I honestly did not see that coming.
17:54All right, so they're all made from things in nature. But what's the big deal? There's plenty of nature to
17:59go around.
18:00Wait a minute, wait a minute. So if we keep buying more and more stuff, is nature gonna run out
18:05of the stuff we need to make all that stuff and then have no stuff?
18:08It says here that there's only so much of the things we take from nature, like oil and metal. Once
18:14they're gone, they're gone.
18:16You know, I don't think a good nature buddy would buy all this stuff.
18:20You're right, nature buddy Hal. I guess we won't be making our nature buddy clubhouse after all.
18:26Wait, maybe there's still a way we can make the clubhouse.
18:29How?
18:30How?
18:30Mais comment? C'est ridicule.
18:34Is this annoying? It is, isn't it? Okay.
18:37My granny bunny taught it to me. It's called upcycling.
18:41Oh, great idea.
18:43Let's cycle!
18:45Not cycle, Hal. Upcycle!
18:48I could do that, too. Let's go up, cycle.
18:51Okay, quick.
18:57While that is amazing, astounding, and physically impossible to do, that is not how you upcycle, Hal!
19:03Oh!
19:05So how do you upcycle?
19:07Upcycling is taking an item that was used for one thing and using it for something completely different instead of
19:12throwing it in the trash.
19:14Hey! I know where there's a shed full of old things that we're heading for the trash.
19:18Well, maybe we could upcycle some of that.
19:21Yes! Come on, nature buddies! Let's go upcycle!
19:25Uh, before we go, should we tidy up?
19:28Hey, can we rewind this mess, please?
19:37Hey, dumb old friend!
19:41Ah boy!
19:42Pa-youp! Tolly ho!
19:47Let's see what we got.
19:53Ready to upcycle.
19:55Nature, nature, hoo-hoo-ha-ha!
19:57What should we build first?
20:00Oh, oh!
20:02How about this?
20:03I really want to put in a trellis for plants to climb up.
20:07Okay, let's see what we can upcycle into a trellis.
20:13Not this.
20:16What about this headboard from an old bed?
20:18Yes, yes!
20:19This would be a perfect thing to upcycle into a trellis.
20:23Whoa, whoa, whoa!
20:26Hey, maybe we can upcycle these cans into planters.
20:29That's a fantastic idea!
20:42Hey, nature buddies!
20:43We just did our first upcycling!
20:46Nature, nature, hoo-hoo-ha-ha!
20:49It was great!
20:51I loved it!
20:52What's next?
20:53Hmm, next we need a bookshelf for the reading corner.
20:56Ooh, let's see what we can upcycle.
21:04Bo-neen-o-neen-o-neen-o-neen-o-neen-o-neen-o.
21:17How about this measure?
21:19This might be perfect!
21:28Wow!
21:29Upcycling really is a great way to save things that we're heading for the trash.
21:34And it's fun too, also even.
21:36Come on, let's keep upcycling!
21:38Peppy upcycling music, please.
21:40How about these!
21:43Oh, this is a great way to save things.
21:45What?
21:57How about that?
22:00If you want to save things like this?
22:01The money you have is a great way to save things.
22:04Yes, you can do it!
22:04How about that?
22:05You're free!
22:06I'm sorry, thank you.
22:07I'm sorry, sorry, no!
22:08You're free!
22:09What if you like?
22:10Put the money it's past.
22:28Wow, our Nature Buddy Clubhouse looks amazing!
22:33And this is the most important part to children at home watching.
22:37We made the whole thing without taking anything from nature.
22:41Isn't that wonderful?
22:42Not to mention all the things we saved from the trash.
22:47We sure are good upcyclers.
22:49And good Nature Buddies.
22:51Now come on, let's enjoy our Upcycle Nature Buddy Clubhouse.
22:57Nature, nature, hoo-hoo, ha-ha!
23:02Ha-ha-ha-ha!
23:13Ha-ha-ha-ha!
23:15Have a great day.
23:45You