00:12Welcome to Clade, the covert league of animal detective experts.
00:30Sam Snow, Kid Casey, The Creature Cases, The Case of the Traveling Twigs.
01:16Great jam, guys.
01:18Ah, but can we try one more take?
01:21I keep hearing a strange sound in the background.
01:24You got it.
01:25Let's go again, gang.
01:27Ow!
01:28Hi!
01:29That's right, and icorns.
01:32And this, and leaves.
01:34What's happening to our train?
01:36Ah!
02:03Are you making that beeping sound?
02:05It's coming from the Clade Crest.
02:07Director Scratch has a new case for us.
02:14Listen.
02:15Not bad.
02:21Sorry to break up the band, agents, but something strange is happening in the North American
02:27grasslands.
02:29This enormous old oak tree is losing its leaves, among other things, and the local creatures
02:34don't know why.
02:37That looks dangerous.
03:05That looks dangerous.
03:06Why don't they just go somewhere else?
03:08No one's leaving us.
03:09Destination Bayoum, North American, grasslands.
03:13Bill!
03:14Bill!
03:15Hey, guys.
03:16Everything okay?
03:17Yeah, for now, anyway.
03:19Meet the band.
03:20Hi, everyone.
03:21I'm Sam Snow.
03:22And I'm Kid Casey.
03:24We're here to help.
03:25We're the Oak Tree Jam Band.
03:26And this is our tree.
03:28Most of us have lived here all our lives.
03:31But something's wrong with it.
03:33Look!
03:34All the leaves around my nest fell down.
03:36Oh, now I have no shade.
03:38And all the acorns are falling down, too.
03:43That's not supposed to happen this time of year.
03:46If it keeps up, we won't have any food for the winter.
03:49Has anyone seen anything that might be causing this?
03:52Nope.
03:53Oh, no!
03:54Well, not again!
03:56This is terrible!
03:58How do we know the whole tree won't fall down?
04:01Everyone keep calm.
04:02The tree is not falling down.
04:05Is it?
04:05I don't think so.
04:07But something's definitely wrong with it.
04:09Let me take a look.
04:13I don't get it.
04:15The soil is good.
04:16There's plenty of sunshine.
04:17And it's getting enough water.
04:19It should be nice and healthy.
04:20Better look for clues.
04:26Huh?
04:32Hmm.
04:34From the looks of it, the tree's been dropping twigs, acorns, seeds, and lots of leaves.
04:42And look!
04:43These leaves have bite marks on them.
04:46Wow!
04:46All the way down to the stems.
04:48Lots of critters nibble at leaves, but this is unusual.
04:52Whatever's eating the leaves must be hurting the tree.
04:55I think you're right, Sam.
04:56But what in the wooly world could do this?
04:59Ahem!
05:00It's the traveling twigs!
05:02Ooh!
05:03Uh, the traveling twigs.
05:05Who's that?
05:06Another band?
05:07No, dude!
05:08I'm talking about stick things that live in the tree and look just like regular branches
05:14till they start walking around.
05:16The sticks were walking.
05:19Hmm.
05:20Walking?
05:21Yeah, man.
05:22I was just closing my eyes for a little bat nap when I heard a weird munch-munch sound,
05:27and then...
05:28Whoa!
05:29Part of the branch got up and walked away!
05:31Uh, you might want to ignore old Clyde there.
05:35Sometimes he eats too many bugs before bedtime and has bad dreams.
05:42Kit, what do you make of these strange little seeds?
05:45Hmm.
05:45I'm not sure they're seeds at all.
05:47They almost look like some kind of egg.
05:50Uh, Kit, was that stick walking?
05:52Just like Clyde said.
05:54I don't think it's a stick at all.
05:55Whatever it is, we'd better catch it before it climbs into the tree,
05:59or we'll never find it again.
06:01Hmm.
06:04Get...
06:05On your backpack!
06:07Huh?
06:08Huh?
06:11After it!
06:14It went that way!
06:23Whiskers, one of these sticks is actually our suspect.
06:29Whoa!
06:30There's more than one!
06:32Everybody!
06:33Surround the tree!
06:34Don't let those sticks onto it!
06:36Oh, no you don't!
06:37Not on my watch!
06:40Gotcha!
06:42Hey!
06:43Let me go!
06:44Set her for here!
06:45Let her go!
06:46What she said!
06:47You better watch it, buddy!
06:49My sisters are pretty tough!
06:50What do we say, girls?
06:52Walking sticks stick together!
06:54Of course!
06:55They're walking sticks!
06:57Walking sticks?
06:59Are they made of wood?
07:01Nope!
07:01Walking sticks are insects that use camouflage to look like sticks.
07:06Until they move, they're almost impossible to see.
07:10We're kinda shy!
07:12Plus, it helps us not get eaten by predators!
07:15Hey!
07:16If you're not gonna eat me, how about letting me go?
07:19Sure!
07:20As long as you tell us what you've been doing to this tree!
07:23Ah!
07:23It didn't mean to hide it!
07:25We was headed to the forest, looking for a new place to live, when we saw this big tree!
07:31We were tired and hungry!
07:33And it seemed like a nice place to settle!
07:35So we did!
07:37Ah!
07:37I see what happened!
07:39When too many walking sticks are in the same tree, they eat too many leaves and make the
07:43trees sick!
07:45I guess we did eat a lot of leaves!
07:48You said you were headed to the forest!
07:50What if we take you there?
07:51And each of you move into a different tree, right next to each other.
07:55So, you'll still be together, but not in one tree?
07:58Yeah!
07:58This is like a lot of these little camps!
08:00Okay!
08:01We're in!
08:01That's just one teeny tiny problem!
08:04Actually, a lot of teeny tiny problems!
08:07Our eggs are hatchin'!
08:10Eggs?
08:15Sam, those seeds you found are actually walking stick eggs!
08:22Ohhhh!
08:23Look at them!
08:25That's real cute!
08:28Wait!
08:29Don't!
08:29Too late!
08:30Woohoo!
08:31Look at those little guys go!
08:34Oh, I mean, whoops!
08:36Uh, how many more eggs did you lay in the tree?
08:40That's a funny thing!
08:41A lot!
08:42Like a lot lots!
08:43And that means a lot more babies!
08:48Hungry ones!
08:49If we had trouble finding adult walking sticks, how will we ever find a whole bunch of tiny babies?
08:55We might have the answer!
08:56That sound that's been bugging me on our recordings is coming from the tree!
09:01The walking sticks!
09:03That's what I've been trying to tell you dudes!
09:07The walking sticks make a weird little sound when they eat!
09:11Kind of like a mini munch munch!
09:14Um, it's more like a muncha muncha!
09:16Of course!
09:17Bats can hear the tiny sounds the walking sticks make!
09:20And the My Squad's recording equipment can hear them too!
09:23These earbuds should help you find them!
09:25They're tuned to hear really tiny sounds!
09:29It works!
09:31I can hear them eating!
09:32There's no time to lose!
09:35Let's find those walking sticks!
09:52Muncha muncha!
09:53Muncha muncha!
09:55Muncha muncha!
10:00Muncha muncha!
10:05Phew!
10:06I don't hear any more munching!
10:08Is that all of them?
10:09Nope!
10:09It's faint!
10:11Muncha muncha!
10:12But!
10:13There's still one little walking stick up there somewhere!
10:17It must be so small!
10:19Even our equipment can't locate it!
10:21Uh oh!
10:22How'll we find it?
10:23Muncha muncha!
10:25Ah!
10:26What is that noise?
10:28Muncha muncha!
10:31Gotcha!
10:33Down you go, little dude!
10:35Oh, I know that little face anyway!
10:39A cunt of mama!
10:40So cute!
10:41Looks just like mama!
10:43Well, maybe now I can get some sleep!
10:49Good news everybody!
10:50No more walking sticks in the old oak tree!
10:53Soon your leafy home will be all healthy again!
10:56Yeah!
10:59Now let's find you a new place to live!
11:03Looks like there are plenty of trees to choose from here!
11:06Awesome!
11:06I call this tree!
11:10How'd you like this tree, baby?
11:14Muncha muncha!
11:15Aw, he loves it!
11:17How's it going over there, neighbor?
11:19Great!
11:20Even if we're not on the same tree!
11:22Walking sticks stick together!
11:25Sounds like another creature case!
11:27Closed!
11:32Aw, now what?
11:40Sounding good, guys!
11:42Mind if we join?
11:47Yee-haw!
11:50Yee-haw!
11:55Yee-haw!
12:17Yee-haw!
12:18But they're not made of wood!
12:20They're actually insects!
12:23Fat file!
12:24Walking sticks live in trees and eat leaves!
12:27But too many of them can make a tree sick!
12:30Fat file!
12:31Their camouflage makes them really hard to see!
12:34But a few animals like bats can hear them!
12:38Error! Upload incomplete!
12:40How to fix it?
12:42Move your feet!
12:44Fat file!
12:47Fat file!
12:50Fat file!
12:53Yeah!
12:54Yeah!
13:38Next day!
13:53We'll be back!
