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00:00PBS KIDS opens worlds of possibilities for all children thanks to PBS stations
00:04and viewers like you on the coast of the North Pacific Ocean and in the
00:13freshwater rivers that feed into it there's a spectacular wildlife event
00:22hey it's us the Krat Brothers I'm Martin I'm Chris and we're talking about a
00:28creature journey like no other it's called a salmon run and this just isn't a
00:34fish story this story includes lots and lots of other animals there are salmon in
00:40this river mostly chinooks and a few coho there are seven species of salmon in
00:45the world and they all make similar journeys but today we're focusing on the
00:51journey of the sockeye salmon in the rivers of the West like this one in Alaska
00:59every year the salmon swim upstream battling the currents and traveling
01:04hundreds sometimes even thousands of miles to get up to the very same rivers and
01:10creeks and lakes where they were born so they can lay their eggs those salmon will
01:15encounter many obstacles along the way swift currents dams and waterfalls and
01:22there are a lot of other creature obstacles too oh this current is so strong right here how do the
01:30salmon do it oh a waterfall ahead with bears
01:38now that means trouble for the salmon
01:44whoa imagine if we could join the salmon on their grueling journey full of surprises imagine if we had sockeye
01:53salmon power
01:54what if
02:03on adventure with the coolest creatures from the oceans to the trees the brothers cracks are going places you never
02:10get to see
02:11hanging with the creature friends get ready it's the hour we're gonna save some animals
02:17today with creature power
02:34wildcats
02:36Alaska
02:36Heroes journey
02:47Wildcats
02:48Alaska
02:48Heroes journey
02:51Okay
02:52Okay
02:52We've made creature contact
02:53Good
02:54I'm ready
02:55Looks like she's
02:57Yes now
02:58Wow
03:01Amazing
03:04Got it
03:05Your turn
03:07Marko power
03:10How was that one?
03:12Ha!
03:12Pretty good right Swirly?
03:13Ha ha ha!
03:15Yeah!
03:17Well Martin
03:18You're still not getting the height that Swirly's mom gets
03:22The adjustments that Aviva and I made to your tail fin should give you more than enough power to do
03:27it
03:29Woohoo!
03:32Fancy spins?
03:33Okay
03:34That's not how orcas do it
03:36But it looks fun
03:37Ha!
03:37Nice one Chris!
03:39Hey thanks Martin
03:41But I can't get
03:43The height either
03:46You wanna try Koki?
03:48Look
03:48Aviva and I build the technology
03:51You guys test it out
03:52That's the deal
03:53You need to keep up with the creatures if we're going to learn about them
03:57Now put a little more tail action into it
04:00Like him
04:01Okay
04:07Like this?
04:11Yes!
04:11Now that's more like it
04:18Leaping with orcas in the North Pacific Ocean
04:24These cold water currents are full of life
04:27Yup!
04:28Plenty of food here to support all sorts of awesome marine animals
04:36Sockeye salmon
04:37Wait up!
04:40Hey!
04:41Nice to meet you!
04:42Now uh...
04:43What should I name you?
04:46You better take off!
04:48There are hungry orcas around!
04:55See what I mean?
04:57Hurry!
04:58Hurry!
04:59Get out of here quick!
05:01Uh...
05:02Nothing to see over here
05:03This way!
05:10Woohoo!
05:13Deactivate!
05:15Aw, Aviva's really on a roll with her inventing
05:18Maybe I can finally cash in this time trampoline gift certificate
05:23You know what she says
05:24Time machines are not easy to build
05:26I know, but it's worth a try!
05:29Oh!
05:30Oops!
05:32Chris!
05:32Remember the Christmas present I owe you?
05:35You mean this one?
05:36That I keep trying to cash in?
05:41Is the time trampoline done yet?
05:43Not yet
05:50Finished yet?
05:51Nope
05:53Don't forget about this!
05:57Uh...
05:57Okay
05:58I'm on it!
06:03Now is it?
06:04No, it's still not done
06:07Aww
06:08Remember, science takes time
06:10And trying to figure it out is part of the fun
06:13But I am closer
06:14Great!
06:15What do you got?
06:16Yeah, let's see
06:18It's a major breakthrough!
06:20It's huge!
06:20Ta-da!
06:23Okay, not exactly huge
06:26Yeah, I'd probably call it tiny
06:29It's a time thruster
06:30A critical part of the machine
06:33Congrats, Aviva!
06:35Woohoo!
06:35One step closer
06:41Oh no!
06:43The time thruster!
06:44I dropped it!
06:45What?
06:46It's sinking!
06:47No!
06:56Oh no!
06:58Oh no!
07:00My time thruster!
07:02It's attached to a salmon!
07:03We gotta get it back!
07:05We'll take the emphasis up!
07:07Let's get salmon-sized!
07:11Miniature eyes are ready!
07:13Miniature eyes are ready!
07:17Deploy emphasize!
07:20Go find that fish!
07:22We're on it!
07:28There! The fish! He's up ahead!
07:32Hold up there, pal! You've got something of ours! Wait!
07:36Where'd he go?
07:37I don't know!
07:38He disappeared in this big school!
07:42Oh, I know her?
07:43Hey, did you happen to see a fish with a time thruster attached?
07:47No, huh?
07:48Oh, by the way, you still need a name.
07:52Hmm...
07:52Later, bro! We've got to find that fish!
07:55Right!
07:58Oops! Sorry, didn't mean to bump you.
08:01Um, it sure is getting crowded around here.
08:06Yeah, what's with all these fish?
08:09There must be millions!
08:12Something is going on here.
08:14You think of what I'm thinking?
08:16I think we're thinking the same thing!
08:18A salmon run!
08:21Okay, I'm no fish expert, but I know salmon don't run. They swim!
08:27That's true! But a salmon run is when all these amazing fish leave the ocean to swim up rivers and
08:33lay their eggs.
08:34It's one of the most amazing journeys in all of nature.
08:38After years of fattening up on the rich food sources of the sea, they gather to journey hundreds of miles
08:44upstream!
08:45Oh no! This is way worse than I could have imagined! How do we find one fish in all of
08:52those?
08:52Getting that time thruster back just got a lot harder!
08:57We've got to track these sockeyes on their journey until we find it!
09:03Sorry! Just trying to blend into the crowd!
09:08Whoa! Please, you've got to help us! We really need to find a... shark!
09:14What? No, bro! The last thing we need right now is a shark!
09:17I know, b-b-b-b-we got one!
09:21Ah! Salmon shark!
09:24Gotta get out of here!
09:27Whoa!
09:28Uh-oh! I lost the signal!
09:31I gotta go down there! They need help!
09:33I have a feeling there might be some obstacles on this adventure!
09:44Crap Bros, where are you?
09:49Yikes!
09:50These salmon sharks gather at the mouth of the river because they know the salmon runs are happening right now!
09:56And that means a feast for them!
10:03Look out!
10:05On it!
10:07Whoa!
10:10Now where are they?
10:12That's a lot of water!
10:24Our salmon friends! Follow her!
10:27All right! On my will!
10:29Whoa!
10:30Whoa!
10:32Whoa!
10:33Whoa!
10:38Whoa!
10:39It's you again!
10:41Whoa!
10:42Shark!
10:44Martin!
10:46Brother!
10:53Oh!
10:55Ooh!
10:55Dry land!
10:57Guys!
10:58Where are you?
10:59It's me, Chris!
11:01The amphi sub is totaled!
11:02But I'm okay!
11:03And Martin?
11:04He fell out!
11:05I saw him riding a salmon towards the river!
11:08You've gotta find him, quick!
11:10What about you?
11:11I'll get back to normal size and catch up to you!
11:13Hurry!
11:13On it!
11:16Okay!
11:17Uh-oh!
11:18We forgot to take the miniaturizer!
11:21Hey, cool!
11:22This little gully looks kind of familiar!
11:26A grizzly bear cub!
11:28Of course!
11:29It's a grizzly bear footprint!
11:31Oh!
11:34Oh!
11:36Oh!
11:37Oh!
11:38Oh!
11:39Oh!
11:40Um, I know you're spending the summer searching for food and fattening up for winter hibernation,
11:46but you don't have to go around sitting on people!
11:50Oh!
11:51Oh!
11:51Uh, but I forgive you!
11:53You cubs have a lot of growing to do before winter, right, bud?
11:58Mom's calling!
12:00Hey!
12:01If you're going where I think you are, I have a plan that just might work!
12:06Mind if I tag along?
12:09Aviva, come in!
12:11I need a grizzly bear suit!
12:15It's a little calmer here just inside the river.
12:18Whew!
12:19I really have to thank you again for saving me!
12:23Now I know the perfect name for you!
12:25Hero!
12:26Because you are one brave fish!
12:28And you saved me!
12:30Hero!
12:30The Sockeye Salmon!
12:32And you know what?
12:33I'm gonna repay you!
12:34This journey you're taking is rough, and I'm gonna help you get home safely!
12:39Promise!
12:40Okay?
12:41Okay, Martin!
12:42We have your signal now, but we still can't track your exact location!
12:46Stick with that fish until we locate you!
12:48I won't let Hero out of my sight!
12:50It's my turn to save her!
12:53Any fish that can face a shark is pretty tough in my book!
12:56Oh, yeah!
12:57And the obstacles are just beginning!
13:01Even here at the mouth of the river, the salmon need to look out for predators.
13:05Like Stellar Sea Lion!
13:09Move, Hero!
13:10Move!
13:12Uh, see what I mean?
13:16Okay, uh, maybe you can save me one more time!
13:20Then it'll be my turn!
13:26Remote cameras ready!
13:30Okay, now I can watch for the salmon that made off with my time thruster, and look for Martin, while
13:36I finish the grizzly bear power suit!
13:39Whew!
13:39How's that for multitasking?
13:41Okay, Chris, I think I've got all those differences between grizzly and black bears down now!
13:47You have that grizzlies are bigger, heavier, and stronger than black bears, right?
13:51Got it!
13:52That grizzlies don't really climb, but black bears are great at it, and do it partly to get away from
13:58the bigger grizzlies!
13:59Check!
14:00That grizzlies have a big shoulder hump, and a rounder, dish-shaped face?
14:05As opposed to the black bear's longer, dog-like face with a straight nose!
14:09I covered that too!
14:11Plus, the bigger claws of the grizzly!
14:13Great!
14:14So even though black bears can be brown, and lots of different colors, they're a very different bear than the
14:20massive grizzly!
14:21It's all in there, and the first sample you teleported gave me all the DNA signatures I need!
14:27Ready to print Creature Power Desk!
14:34Jimmy, ready for teleport transfer?
14:36Ready to play ball!
14:39And teleportation zapping!
14:42And zap him!
14:46Ah!
14:48Oh?
14:50Seriously?
14:51Okay.
14:53Please don't sneeze, little G!
14:57Got it!
15:00Insert grizzly bear power disc!
15:02Touch grizzly bear, and activate grizzly bear power!
15:14Wow!
15:16I feel so strong!
15:18So powerful!
15:20And so, so hungry!
15:25You too?
15:26That's what I thought!
15:27This is working out exactly according to plan!
15:31Huh?
15:34Lead the way, Mama Grizz!
15:40Day seven of Hero's Journey!
15:42We still don't know exactly where Martin is, but the salmon have logged about 126 miles, and he's with them
15:49somewhere!
15:50I tell you, Hero, it's impressive that you can survive going from salty ocean water to fresh river water!
15:57Most creatures can't do that!
15:59Do you realize how amazing you are?
16:01And you're modest to boot!
16:04Boot?
16:05Not that kind of boot!
16:07Wait!
16:08I know that boot!
16:12Aviva!
16:12Martin!
16:13There you are!
16:14Any sign of the time thruster?
16:16Not yet, but Hero's doing great so far, even though it's all upstream from here!
16:21Yeah, well, I'm working on a salmon power suit, which might make everything a little easier!
16:26Awesome!
16:27Hear that, Hero?
16:29Hero?
16:31Oh, you're figuring out which way to go, right?
16:34And you're doing it by smell!
16:39Aviva!
16:40She's sniffing her way home!
16:42Sniffing?
16:42Are we still talking about a fish?
16:44Yeah!
16:45Salmon have a great sense of smell!
16:47Once they're in the rivers, they actually smell their way back to the lakes and little streams where they were
16:55born!
16:56Oh!
16:57She's going that way!
16:58Come on!
16:58Uh, I think this will be quicker!
17:01Okay, thanks, Aviva!
17:05Uh-oh!
17:06I think we went the wrong way!
17:08Look!
17:09Uh, yeah, I'd call that an obstacle!
17:12An impossible obstacle!
17:14Hero can't get past that!
17:16None of these fish can!
17:19But they're trying!
17:21Whoa!
17:22Not impossible!
17:24Okay, that is so cool!
17:27Mind-blowing cool!
17:29An incredible display of strength and determination!
17:32And it's not easy!
17:34They miss and get washed back, but just have to keep trying and not give up!
17:38It's a tough one, Hero!
17:41It's a tough one, Hero!
17:41About seven feet!
17:42Close to max jumping height for a sockeye salmon!
17:44But you can do it!
17:50Oh, what a leap!
17:52Oh, what a leap!
17:52Come on!
17:53You can do it!
17:55Yeah!
17:56Yahoo!
17:57Way to go, Hero!
17:58Yes!
17:59You did it!
18:00That's what I call determination!
18:02Martin!
18:03There's the fish with my time thruster!
18:06Oh, no!
18:07He made the leap!
18:08And he's going upstream!
18:10Go, Aviva!
18:11Go, go, go!
18:12We gotta catch him!
18:15Day 14 of Hero's Journey!
18:17The time thruster escaped us again, but at least we know we're on the right track!
18:21I can't believe that Hero has traveled all this way!
18:26252 miles, battling strong currents the whole way!
18:30The Tortuga's a much easier way to travel!
18:32And look at the obstacles they face!
18:34Orcas!
18:35Salmon sharks!
18:36Sea lions!
18:38Waterfalls!
18:39I mean, what could possibly be next?
18:45Come on, little G!
18:47You gotta keep up, buddy!
18:50Oh, ho, ho!
18:51Woo-hoo!
18:52Okay, you got me!
18:54Ho-ho!
18:55The river!
18:57Aha!
18:58Just where I thought she'd take us!
19:01It's the place to be if you're a bear!
19:03Why?
19:07Because there are lots of salmon to eat!
19:10And watch!
19:11Your mom has a different technique!
19:13Let's break it down!
19:15She gets right to the edge of the falls,
19:17where all the fish are leaping!
19:19She watches and waits for that perfect opportunity,
19:23and then...
19:24BAM!
19:25Haha!
19:26It's a catch!
19:27Wow!
19:28See?
19:29You have to learn how to do that to survive.
19:32And if I can become an expert at it,
19:34I can stand at the top of the falls,
19:36catching every fish that goes by,
19:38until I find the one with our time thruster!
19:42Genius, right?
19:43Okay!
19:44Here I go!
19:45Just a few final adjustments, and...
19:49Print!
19:52Ah!
19:53The Sockeye Salmon Creature Power Disc!
19:55Mini-sized!
19:57For a mini-crap brother!
19:59Wow!
20:00Thanks, Aviva!
20:01Test it out!
20:02Okay, Hero!
20:04No more hitching a ride!
20:05I've got my own fins now!
20:08Insert Creature Power Disc!
20:10Touch Sockeye Salmon!
20:12And activate Sockeye Salmon Power!
20:21Awesome!
20:22Made for the river!
20:25Oh, yeah!
20:26Streamlined and powerful!
20:28And ready to fight that current!
20:31Let's go, Hero!
20:33Hey!
20:34Wait for me!
20:37Wow!
20:38We're really covering ground now!
20:43Uh-oh!
20:44Another waterfall!
20:46And this one has...
20:47bears!
20:49What would you do, Hero?
20:50Ready?
20:51Yeah!
20:52Whoo!
20:53Whoo!
20:55Whoa!
20:56Okay, those look sharp!
20:58Let's get through here as quick as we can!
21:00I got this waterfall, Hero!
21:02I'm going for the jump!
21:04With Salmon Power!
21:12Okay, okay!
21:13That's way harder than it looks!
21:16I gotta try again!
21:19Whoa!
21:26Whoa!
21:29Whoa!
21:31Whoa!
21:33Whoa!
21:35Whoa!
21:37Aviva!
21:37You gotta put a little extra power in this suit!
21:40Huh!
21:40If the salmon can do it, you should be able to do it too!
21:44Come on!
21:45I thought you were the swimming brother!
21:47You're right!
21:48I am the swimming brother!
21:50Whoa!
21:53Whoa!
21:55Whoa!
21:56Whoa!
21:57Whoa!
21:57Gah!
21:58Sorry, Mama Grizz!
21:59This is my bro!
22:01Whew!
22:02Aw, come on, Chris!
22:04I would've made that jump!
22:05Yeah, you would've made it right into her mouth!
22:09Hey, thanks for teaching me how to fish, Mama G!
22:12Next one is all yours!
22:14Whoa!
22:15Hey, Hero!
22:16Yes, you made it!
22:18Yeah, it's awesome she did!
22:21Because some don't!
22:25Whew!
22:26Okay!
22:27That's way harder on foot!
22:30Hey, Aviva!
22:31Meet Mama Grizz!
22:32Hi, Mama Grizz!
22:34And Little G!
22:37Little G!
22:38Little G!
22:39Little G!
22:41Little G!
22:41He's fishing!
22:43My time thruster!
22:45Great job, buddy!
22:47Hang on to him!
22:49He got away!
22:51I got him!
22:52Oh, I missed him!
22:55Don't worry, I got him!
22:58Ah!
23:00Ah!
23:00Ah!
23:01Everybody is feasting on these fish!
23:03Yeah, but that fish is your brother!
23:07You gotta help, Hero Chris!
23:09I promise we get her home!
23:13Martin can deactivate when she lands, but you better go after him, just in case!
23:18Okay, and one Salmon Power Disc so you can follow that fish!
23:21Catch!
23:22Thanks!
23:23Find that time thruster, Chris!
23:25I'll try!
23:26Goodbye, bears!
23:28Hello, salmon!
23:30Activate Salmon Power!
23:38Woo-hoo!
23:40Hero's Journey isn't over yet!
23:47Woo-hoo!
23:48Hero's Journey isn't over yet!
23:51Day 16 of Hero's Journey, and let's just say things are not exactly going swimmingly!
24:01Hey, thanks for the fun ride!
24:03I mean, those young eaglets look hungry!
24:06But I'm not worried, because now, I just deactivate!
24:13De-activate?
24:17Uh-oh!
24:20Creature power suit malfunctions!
24:22Uh, um, wait!
24:23No, no, no, you don't want me!
24:25I'm really kind of chewy!
24:26Ugh!
24:28Ah!
24:30Ah!
24:32Ooh!
24:32Ah!
24:33Ooh!
24:35Ooh!
24:36Ooh!
24:36Ooh!
24:36Ooh!
24:37Gotta hide!
24:38Gotta hide!
25:00Find some water!
25:03Wow!
25:04Even trees get fertilized by nutrients from the uneaten salmon!
25:09Gotta!
25:10Flip!
25:11Flop!
25:12To water!
25:14Flop!
25:16Flip!
25:16Flop!
25:17Flop!
25:20River otters, black bears, shorebirds, seagulls!
25:24Wow!
25:25All these creatures depend on salmon!
25:28Hey, you're so important to this ecosystem!
25:31A hero in that way, too, you know!
25:33Whoa!
25:34Fork in the river!
25:35All right, which way now, hero?
25:39Sure?
25:40Oh, boy!
25:42I'm getting worried that we'll never find our time thruster!
25:45I mean, what are the chances that the fish with our time thruster just happened to go this way, too?
25:53Exactly!
25:54Or that the fish has even survived the journey!
25:56I mean, bald eagles, pine martens, river otters, it seems like the obstacles are endless!
26:03Uh-oh!
26:04Speaking of obstacles...
26:06Look!
26:07A hydroelectric dam!
26:10There's no way we could get past this!
26:14Oh, salmon pals!
26:16It's over!
26:17I'm so sorry I couldn't get you all home!
26:20The end of the line?
26:23But...
26:23After all that?
26:24How could this be?
26:27Hi!
26:28It's Ava here!
26:29I know all about dams!
26:31People build hydroelectric dams as one way to make electricity!
26:35But it's really bad for the salmon!
26:37A real sock in the eye for a sockeye salmon!
26:40If the salmon can't get through...
26:42They can't lay their eggs!
26:44And soon...
26:46No more salmon!
26:48Thanks, Ava!
26:50So I guess that's it!
26:52The end of the line!
26:54I'm sorry, Hiro.
26:55People are super smart.
26:57But sometimes we don't think of everything.
26:59Hey, I think I see Kris Krat!
27:01Kris, is that you?
27:03I'm glad we found you!
27:04We heard you were in trouble!
27:06Our town's dam has something special!
27:09Look!
27:09A fish ladder!
27:12Haha!
27:12This is fin-tastic!
27:15Guys!
27:16This way!
27:20Swimmable jumpable steps!
27:22Oh!
27:23What human creativity!
27:25People thinking about creatures and solving problems!
27:29There's still lots of challenges to solve with dams and rivers,
27:32but by using our creature power, our smarts, anything's possible!
27:37And when I grow up, I'm going to be a scientist,
27:41and come up with an even better idea for both energy and fish!
27:45We're off again!
27:47See ya!
27:47Good luck!
27:48Bye!
27:49See, Hiro?
27:51We told you we'd help you out!
27:53Day 18 of Hiro's journey!
27:56Still in search of our lost time thruster!
28:00I mean, maybe we have to face it that we'll never get our time machine working again!
28:04I know!
28:05It's not looking good!
28:06But it's not over till the last salmon stops swimming, Jimmy Z!
28:10Hiro's still in it, and so are we!
28:12Salmon can clock as many as 18 to 30 miles per day!
28:16Talk about a marathon swim!
28:18It's just so much space!
28:20What are the chances?
28:22Very slim, Jimmy!
28:24Very slim!
28:30Oh!
28:31Where did that bald eagle go?
28:34Martin!
28:36Martin!
28:36Martin!
28:38Oh!
28:43Ow!
28:45Okay, now I feel like a crap brother!
28:49Whoa!
28:50Whoa!
28:51Whoa!
28:51Hey!
28:53Little howler!
28:54It's you!
28:55Aww!
28:56My favorite little grey wolf pup!
29:02Ooh!
29:03That hover bike does not look good!
29:05How am I going to find Martin now?
29:07And it's getting dark!
29:09Oh!
29:10I'm really stuck, sweetie!
29:12Where are you going?
29:16Flop!
29:17Oh!
29:17This is an exhausting way to travel!
29:20Flop!
29:22Flop!
29:23And not to mention, hazardous!
29:25Hey!
29:26What's that?
29:27The river!
29:29Yes!
29:30Water!
29:31Oh!
29:31Sweet water!
29:34Huh?
29:36Ugh!
29:37Can I catch a break?
29:39Ah!
29:40Easy!
29:40Sharp canines you got there!
29:42Ah!
29:43Wow!
29:44Wolves who fish!
29:46River otters too!
29:49It never ends for these salmon!
29:52Except, uh, this might be the end for me!
30:03Nice den!
30:05Aww!
30:06Are you offering me to sleep here?
30:08I can't do that!
30:10Hey!
30:11Give me that back, little tuffy!
30:13You can't eat my helmet!
30:15Huh?
30:16Uh-oh!
30:25Now there's something he can eat!
30:30Ugh!
30:31Where are we?
30:32Huh?
30:33No!
30:33Wait!
30:34Not that one!
30:36What?
30:39Oh!
30:41My whole body hurts!
30:43We're bruised and battered!
30:45Exhausted!
30:47And...
30:48What?
30:49Am I seeing things?
30:51You look weird!
30:52All reddish green!
30:56We're running out of energy!
30:58We're running out of energy!
30:58And becoming food for scavenging nymphs!
31:02I may be next, hero!
31:04I just don't have any strength left!
31:09Ugh!
31:11I do like your colors, though!
31:14Hey!
31:15Wait a sec!
31:16I'm not hallucinating!
31:18We're changing colors!
31:20Sockeye salmon change colors before they breed!
31:24We must be getting close!
31:26Okay!
31:27I'll give it everything I've got!
31:29When the going gets tough, the salmon get going!
31:41Psst!
31:42Martin!
31:43Aviva!
31:44Oh!
31:45I think he's asleep!
31:46Good!
31:47Ready?
31:48Yeah!
31:48Toss me a line!
31:50When was the last time you heard a fish say that?
31:56Got it!
31:58Go, Aviva!
32:00Go, Aviva!
32:01Hmm!
32:03Oh!
32:04Oh!
32:04This is so humiliating!
32:08Heh!
32:09Gotcha!
32:11Very funny!
32:14Just as I thought!
32:16An eagle talon caused the malfunction!
32:19Okay!
32:20Try it now!
32:22Deactivate!
32:23Ah!
32:24Now that's a relief!
32:26Now we gotta get back to Chris and Hiro!
32:28Fast!
32:29Fast?
32:30Okay!
32:31You've got your vest!
32:32Insert disc!
32:35Activate Grey Wolf Power!
32:52Activate Grey Wolf Power!
32:54Wolf Power!
33:00Nice!
33:01Now let's put that Wolf Running Speed and Stamina to use!
33:04Thanks for the help, Wolf Pack!
33:06Let's split!
33:08Day 23 of Hiro's Journey and still looking for Aviva and Martin!
33:13The obstacles continue to mount and this journey has now covered 414 miles!
33:19I'm amazed at what these salmon can endure!
33:24Hiro!
33:25I love our new look!
33:27Full breeding transformation and the males with those awesome hook jaws!
33:32But please tell me we're close!
33:33Now I know why only about 1 in 1,000 salmon successfully complete this journey!
33:40It's tough!
33:44What?
33:46Are you digging my grave?
33:48I'm exhausted, but I'm not dead!
33:50Yet!
33:52Of course!
33:54You're digging your nest!
33:55This is it!
33:56We've arrived!
33:57You're home, Hiro!
33:59Wahoo!
34:00Back to your birthplace!
34:02We did it!
34:04Whoa!
34:05Huh?
34:06What did you say?
34:07I didn't say anything!
34:09She's digging her nest!
34:10That's how they do it!
34:11See?
34:12She makes a big depression in the gravel with her tail fin!
34:15It's called a red, which means nest in Scandinavian!
34:19Oh!
34:20Sorry!
34:20Here!
34:21I'll help you!
34:22Oh, wow!
34:23This is fin-tastic!
34:25Woo-hoo!
34:28Yippee!
34:29Hooray!
34:30Get us down there, Jimmy!
34:31This is the final destination!
34:33And our last chance to find that tide thruster!
34:37Righty-o!
34:39Rested and ready to roll!
34:52Here, fish with a time thruster!
34:54Where are you?
34:59Nothing.
35:00Ugh.
35:01I guess we just came up empty this time.
35:11Been running for days, and with all this wolf stamina,
35:14I still feel great!
35:23Oh!
35:24Ah!
35:25Whoa!
35:27Hello, little girl who cried wolf!
35:29Ugh!
35:30Aviva!
35:32Good news is, we found each other!
35:34Bad news?
35:35I think that the time thruster is lost forever!
35:38You mean that time thruster?
35:46Like I said, there it is!
35:48These sharp wolf eyes are on it!
35:53Don't lose that fish!
35:55Well, Hiro, I'd say we've done pretty well!
36:00Woo-hoo!
36:01The red looks complete to me!
36:03Next up, lay some eggs, right?
36:06Chris!
36:07I found you!
36:08Hey!
36:09Ooh!
36:12That was a rough entrance.
36:15The fish!
36:16It's here!
36:17I know she is!
36:19Hiro just finished her nest!
36:21She did?
36:22Not Hiro, the male!
36:24The one with the time thruster!
36:26He's here somewhere!
36:27Are you sure?
36:29I haven't seen him!
36:30He's here!
36:31I know it!
36:32We have to look around for him!
36:34Come on, guys!
36:36Okay!
36:38Hmm...
36:39Hiro!
36:41You did it!
36:43Haha!
36:44See, Hiro?
36:45I told you we wouldn't let you down!
36:47Oh, sorry!
36:48I'll let you down!
36:50That's a beautiful red you built!
36:53With a little help for me!
36:56Oh, look!
36:57She's on to the next step!
37:01Eggs!
37:02You're laying them!
37:06And he's fertilizing them!
37:08Hiro completed her mission!
37:11Sure did!
37:15Hello, baby salmon in there!
37:17Your mom did a miraculous journey for you!
37:20She's incredible!
37:22Should we tuck them in, Hiro?
37:25A little tail swish!
37:30Eggs all safe and cozy!
37:32Hey, guys!
37:33What's wrong with Hiro?
37:34What?
37:37Oh, no!
37:38She gave all she had to lay those eggs!
37:42Now, she's dying!
37:45Dying?
37:46Why?
37:48All these salmon,
37:49even the ones that complete the journey
37:51and lay their eggs,
37:52they all die!
37:54It's part of the life cycle of the salmon!
37:57But that's sad!
37:59Yeah, real sad!
38:01And just how nature works!
38:04Oh, we'll never forget you, Hiro!
38:13But don't forget, her babies, the next generation,
38:18are safe here in the river!
38:20They're the future of the salmon!
38:23But that time thruster is the future of our time travel!
38:27We've gotta find it!
38:32He's landing there?
38:34Not the greatest parking spot, Jimmy!
38:37I can land him anywhere!
38:40Huh?
38:46Whoops!
38:49Uh-oh!
38:50She's stuck!
38:51I can't get lift off!
38:54Oh, no!
38:55The Tortuga's blocking the water flow!
38:59And with no water,
39:00that means the salmon are in trouble!
39:03And so are the eggs!
39:05They're gonna dry out!
39:09Oh, this is a disaster!
39:12Deactivate!
39:18This is all our fault!
39:20Oh, this generation and the next will die
39:23if we don't restore the flow!
39:25This is bigger than finding my time thruster!
39:28We've got to rescue these fish!
39:30And all the creatures that depend on them!
39:34You with us, guys?
39:36Let's do this!
39:37With creature power!
39:40Activate grizzly bear power!
39:43Activate bald eagle power!
39:46Activate grey wolf power!
39:55Yes!
39:56Grizzly bear brawn and strength!
40:05Falling off white!
40:14Wolf power of the pack!
40:18To the creature rescue!
40:20To the creature rescue!
40:31Headed your way, Jimmy!
40:34Catch!
40:35Thanks, Jimmy!
40:37Heave!
40:39Push!
40:40Grizzlies have the strength of almost five humans!
40:48Heave!
40:50Heave!
40:52Heave!
40:56Heave!
40:56Heave!
40:57Nailed it!
40:59Aviva!
41:00Koki!
41:00Off set!
41:03All right, pack!
41:04Stronger together!
41:06Let's do this!
41:09The power of the pack!
41:15The power of the pack!
41:18The power of the Wild Kratz Team!
41:20Never giving up!
41:24Woo-hoo!
41:26We did it!
41:27The river is restored!
41:30The salmon are saved!
41:33And Hero's eggs are safe!
41:36Aviva, look!
41:38Hey!
41:38My time thruster!
41:42I got it!
41:44Woo-hoo!
41:45Yes!
41:46Unbelievable!
41:48Aw, just like Hero, we never gave up!
41:52We just kept trying!
41:54And we did it!
41:55We saved the creek, the salmon, the creatures that depend on them, and so much more!
42:01And now, we won't leave your side, little Hero Juniors!
42:06A few months later...
42:10They're here!
42:12It's happening!
42:16A newly born baby salmon!
42:19It's called an alevin!
42:21That's a little sack of food that'll last almost 50 days!
42:27I'll call you Hero Junior!
42:28We knew your mom!
42:29Oh, she was a great fish!
42:31She taught us a lot!
42:33So now, you just hang out in this pool for a while and grow bigger!
42:39Like this guy!
42:40He's learning to catch his own food already!
42:44Haha, I remember when creatures like that scavenging nymph were feeding on the adult salmon!
42:48It's a healthy circle of life!
42:54And so, as Hero's Babies crew, we continued our creature adventures!
42:59And our inventing!
43:05Okay, the time thruster is in!
43:07Ready for a test of the time trampoline?
43:10Yeah, yeah, yeah!
43:11First, we'll send this can back instead of you guys!
43:14Aww!
43:15No fair!
43:17Two million years back in time!
43:28Squeeze work!
43:32And...
43:33Retreat!
43:38Yikes!
43:39We got crushed by the time warp!
43:42Whoa!
43:43Glad it wasn't us!
43:44Aw, not another obstacle!
43:48Yeah, but hey, if science were easy, it wouldn't be so awesome!
43:53We just have to keep trying!
43:54Hiro never gave up, and neither will we!
43:59And the following spring, one year later, Hiro Jr. was ready to begin his own incredible journey...
44:06To the ocean!
44:09For Hiro Jr., the journey ahead is full of as many obstacles and hardships as the one his parents took!
44:16Once he gets to the ocean, he'll spend a few years getting big and strong before making the tough journey
44:24back up the river, just like his parents did!
44:27But the salmon have what it takes!
44:30Maybe their greatest creature power is determination!
44:34That never give up attitude!
44:36And that's what our friend Hiro the salmon taught us!
44:40Keep trying, no matter how hard it gets!
44:42It's the lesson we've learned on Hiro's Journey!
44:50So salmon are an unbelievable fish!
44:53Not only do they have the power to make an incredibly difficult journey, but they're also so important to the
45:00lives of hundreds of other creatures!
45:03Let's take a closer look at some of those other creatures!
45:07Like the bald eagle, a master salmon fisherman!
45:11When the salmon are running, all bald eagles congregate sometimes by the thousands!
45:16Then of course, the bears!
45:20Imagine if you're a salmon, and you fight your way up to this point, you look ahead, and that's what
45:27you face next!
45:28A giant waterfall with a bunch of bears around it!
45:32But the salmon never give up!
45:35That's the salmon's creature power, determination!
45:38They fight till the end, and they go for it!
45:42These bears are each staking out their territory, their own fishing spots at the falls.
45:48There are a few techniques they use.
45:50Some of them wait at the bottom of the falls for the fish to jump.
45:54The ones that don't make it get washed back, bump into the bear, and the bear can quickly grab them.
45:59There's also the technique of waiting above the falls until that right moment where a salmon jumps almost straight into
46:06your mouth.
46:07There are almost as many techniques as there are bears!
46:10The goal for these animals is to fatten up on the bounty the salmon brings before winter comes.
46:17One of the reasons the salmon all run at the same time is because it's a game of numbers.
46:23There are so many salmon all fighting their way up this river at the same time that the bears and
46:29the other predators can't possibly get everyone.
46:32So some of them will get through and lay their eggs.
46:36Yeah! Nice jump!
46:38So the life cycle of the salmon is not only about this amazing, adventurous, powerful fish that never gives up.
46:46It's also about whole ecosystems of plants and animals who rely on the food and nutrition the salmon provide.
46:54Oh yeah, salmon are heroes of the creature world.
46:57Keep on creature adventuring!
46:58We'll see you on the Creature Trail.
47:18To find out more about cool animals and collect your own Wild Kratz creature powers, go to the Wild Kratz
47:25website at pbskids.org.
47:28We'll see you there!
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47:40in life.