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Sesame Street Explores National Parks!
[Music]
♪ We are Park Rangers. ♪
♪ We take care of the Park. ♪
♪ We look at rocks and animals, investigate tree bark. ♪
♪ Observe butterflies... and look for fireflies at... ♪
♪ We are Park Rangers and we explore the Park. ♪
Yeah!
You want to play Park Ranger with Elmo and Murray?
Great! Come on!
Come on!
Say hello to Ranger Amala
from Grand Canyon National Park.
Hi!
What are we learning about today, Ranger Amala?
Habitats!
Oh, I know all about habitats.
Bad habitats!
Bad habitats, what do you mean Murray?
You know, biting your nails,
cracking your knuckles, burping in public.
Those are bad habits Murray, not habitats.
Oh! Well, in that case I have no idea what a habitat is?
Yeah, Elmo doesn't either.
A habitat is a place where animals live and find food,
water, and a place to sleep.
Oh! Well, do animals live at Grand Canyon?
Yeah, yeah, is Grand Canyon a habitat?
Grand Canyon isn't just one habitat;
Grand Canyon has lots of different habitats.
What does Ranger Amala mean?
Well, Grand Canyon goes from being a forest environment
at the top of the Canyon,
with lots of tall trees,
to being a hot, dry desert environment at the bottom.
There are lots of plants, trees, rocks,
even a river that are all habitats for different animals.
Wait! Let me get my Nature Journal.
Okay Ranger Amala,
how many animals are there?
Well, Murray, 91 kinds of mammals,
370 kinds of birds,
17 species of fish,
almost 60 types of amphibians,
and over 8,000 kinds of insects all live at Grand Canyon.
Holy cow!
That's a lot of animals.
Wait! Do they have cows at the Grand Canyon?
Nope, but we have bobcats.
Then holy bobcat!
That's a lot of animals.
Boy! Elmo wishes he could see
some of those Grand Canyon animals
in their Grand Canyon habitats right now?
Me too!
You can.
Let's use our binoculars
to look at the habitats of Grand Canyon.
Oh yeah!
The forest at the top of Grand Canyon
provides habitats for animals like birds and squirrels.
Trees and shrubs provide shelter and food
for animals like the desert bighorn sheep.
Lower down in the inner Canyon,
the desert provides habitat
for desert dwellers like the collared lizard.
Other species
such as frogs and a fish called the humpback chub
live in the river and in creeks.
Those were some cool habitats!
And hot habitats.
Boy! Elmo wishes he could see some habitats up close.
Yeah.
Well, let's do it, Elmo.
What you're talking about, Ranger Amala?
Well, just like at Grand Canyon
there are different types of habitats
right here in your Park.
Get out of town!
I'm not getting out of town;
I'm staying right here
because that's where the habitats are.
I'll show you.
Oh, come on Ranger, let's explore some habitat.
Yeah!
This pond in your Park serves as a natural habitat
for birds, fish, frogs, dragonflies
and especially turtles.
Wow! Look!
This is a red-eared slider turtle.
The red-eared slider is semi-aquatic.
That means it lives inside and outside of the water,
but mostly in the water.
It leaves the water to lay its eggs
or sometimes just warm up in the sun.
It's called the slider
because of how quickly it can slide off rocks or logs
to get back into the water.
This pond is a perfect habitat for the red-eared slider.
Oh, wow, there are so many cool habitats everywhere.
So be like a Ranger,
get outside and explore some habitats.
Yeah! See you outside on Sesame Street.
And at the Park.
Peace!
Bye, bye!
Sesame Street Explores National Parks
is produced in partnership with the National Park Service
and the National Park Foundation.
We'd like to remind you
that National Parks belong to everyone.
So be like a Park Ranger
and help keep our Parks clean, safe, and healthy.
Special thanks to Grand Canyon National Park
and Gateway National Recreation Area.