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Narrator: COMING UP...
SOMETHING'S JUMPING ALL THE WAY OVER THE FENCE.
I'M GONNA NAME THIS CRITTER ELVIS.
[ As Elvis Presley ] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
[ Normal voice ] WE GOT TO LURE IT IN AND THEN CATCH IT.
I'M GONNA JUMP OUT. CRITTER'S GONNA BE RIGHT HERE.
OH, MAN, ERNIE!
Jake: OH, WATCH YOUR LEGS!
WATCH YOUR LEGS!
THERE'S SOME KIND OF ANIMAL WALLOWING IN THEIR MUD HOLE.
WE GOT SOME LIVE ACTION OVER HERE.
[ GRUNTS ]
WATCH YOUR FACE!
OH, CRAP!
Narrator: DEEP IN THE BACKWOODS OF KENTUCKY
LIVES A MAN WHO GREW UP WILD.
Neal: YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF BACKWOODS PEOPLE
IN KENTUCKY,
BUT NOBODY ANY MORE BACKWOODS THAN THE TURTLEMAN.
HE WAS 7 YEARS OLD WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FIRST TURTLE.
Narrator: HE BONDED WITH THE ANIMALS AND LEARNED THEIR WAYS.
[ BIRD CALLING ]
LIVE ACTION!
[ CHEERING ]
Narrator: NOW HE'S KENTUCKY'S NUMBER-ONE MAN
FOR WILD-ANIMAL REMOVAL.
Man: THERE'S NOT AN ANIMAL PROBLEM AROUND HERE
THAT THE TURTLEMAN CAN'T TAKE CARE OF.
WHOO-HOO!
OOH!
Narrator: AND HE DOES IT ALL... WITH HIS BARE HANDS.
[ HISSING ]
CRAZY, BABY!
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: THIS IS...
[ WHOOPING ]
IT'S JUST PAST DAWN,
AND DESPITE AN ALL-NIGHT CRITTER CATCH,
THE TURTLEMAN IS ALREADY UP AND AT 'EM.
[ LOLLY BARKS ]
Turtleman: MY MORNING ROUTINE
IS GET UP KIND OF EARLY, DOING MY TURTLE AEROBICS.
WHOO-HOO!
SOME PEOPLE LIFT WEIGHTS.
OH, YEAH!
BUT I GOT MY OWN BACKWOODS WORKOUT.
[ SNORING ]
[ ALARM CLOCK RINGING ]
THE DAY AFTER A STAKEOUT, I SLEEP LIKE A BABY.
I NEED MY FULL NINE HOURS OF BEAUTY REST.
[ SNORING CONTINUES ]
COME ON, LOLLY!
I WAKE UP READY TO GREET ANYTHING
IN FRONT OF MY PATH.
[ LOLLY BARKS ]
LIVE PROUD. LIVE HAPPY.
[ WHOOPING ] LIVE FUN!
Narrator: BUT SOON ENOUGH, NEAL HAS ROLLED OUT OF BED, TOO,
AND THE BOYS ARE ON THE ROAD, HEADED TO SOME LIVE ACTION.
Turtleman: WAKE UP, NEAL. WHERE ARE WE GOING TODAY, BUDDY?
YOU DONE FELL ASLEEP. BEEN A HARD NIGHT OR SOMETHING?
WAKE UP.
WHO ARE WE GOING TO SEE TODAY?
WE GOT A CALL FROM MARY DOWN IN BOWLING GREEN, BUDDY.
BOWLING GREEN. OKAY.
YEAH.
SHE RAISES FAINTING GOATS.
FAINTING GOATS? COME ON!
YES, SIR.
IF YOU SCARE THEM IN ANY WAY OR MAKE A LOUD SOUND,
THEY'LL PASS RIGHT OUT.
MARY SAID SHE HAD SOME KIND OF A CRITTER
OVER EATING THEM, ERNIE,
AND IF THEY GET SCARED AND FAINT,
THEY AIN'T GOT A HALF A PRAYER
AGAINST WHATEVER THIS CRITTER IS.
[ GOAT BLEATS ]
Narrator: MARY'S FAINTING GOATS
ARE HER PRIDE AND JOY,
BUT LATELY, THEY'VE BEEN DROPPING LIKE FLIES.
Mary: MY NAME IS MARY, AND I HAVE GOATS.
THEY'RE A WONDERFUL PET,
AND SOMETHING IS TAKING SOME OF THE SMALL ONES.
Narrator: WITH MARY'S SHOOK-UP HERD
AT THE MERCY OF A BLOODTHIRSTY CRITTER,
HER HOPES ARE PINNED ON THE TURTLEMAN.
WELL, I ALWAYS HEARD "MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB."
I DIDN'T KNOW SHE HAD A GOAT THAT'D PASS OUT.
[ BOTH LAUGH ]
I DIDN'T EITHER, BUDDY.
WE BETTER CALL IN THE WHOLE TURTLE TEAM ON THIS ONE.
[ WHOOPING ] LET'S GET ON OVER THERE
AND DO SOME LIVE ACTION!
LIVE ACTION.
OR PASSED-OUT ACTION.
[ LAUGHS ]
OR PASSED-OUT ACTION.
[ WHOOPING ]
LIVE ACTION! HEY, GUYS!
YOU MUST BE MARY.
I AM. HOW DO YOU DO?
HOW DO YOU DO?
WELL, I HAVE A HERD OF MYOTONIC GOATS.
MYOTONIC GOATS ARE A KIND OF GOAT
THAT SEEM TO FAINT WHENEVER THEY'VE STARTLED.
AROUND HERE, SOME PEOPLE CALL THEM FAINTING GOATS.
SOME PEOPLE CALL THEM NERVOUS GOATS, WOODEN-LEG GOATS.
FAINTING GOAT. [ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: BEFORE GAINING POPULARITY AS PETS,
FAINTING GOATS WERE USED AS DECOYS BY FARMERS
TRYING TO PROTECT THEIR MORE EXPENSIVE HERD ANIMALS.
BUT MARY'S FAINTING GOATS ARE HER VALUABLE LIVESTOCK.
HAVE YOU PUT UP MORE FENCING?
HAVE YOU FIXED UP THE HOLES OR...?
I HAVE FILLED IN THE HOLE,
AND IT'S STILL GETTING THROUGH SOMEWHERE.
THIS CRITTER MUST BE NOCTURNAL.
'CAUSE MARY SAYS SHE COME TO FEED THE CRITTERS AT NIGHT,
BUT WHEN SHE COMES OUT IN THE MORNING,
GOT ANOTHER DEAD GOAT.
WE'LL GO OVER AND START INVESTIGATING,
SEE IF WE CAN FIND WHERE IT'S GETTING IN AT.
IF I DON'T CATCH THIS CRITTER,
IT'S GONNA PICK OFF THESE GOATS ONE BY ONE.
JUST LIKE A SNIPER!
WE GOT TO BE QUIET, Y'ALL.
WE DON'T WANT TO SCARE THEM OR ANYTHING.
HOW IN THE WORLD ARE WE GONNA PULL THIS OFF?
Squirrel: OH, THESE THINGS ARE SO CUTE.
I DON'T WANT NONE OF THEM TO GET HURT.
THEY'LL GO FLYING LIKE RUDOLPH.
"I'M CUTE!" [ CHUCKLES ]
[ SNEEZES ]
THINK I'M ALLERGIC TO THEM. [ SNEEZES VIOLENTLY ]
[ GOATS BLEATING ]
Turtleman: SQUIRREL, PLEASE!
[ SNEEZES VIOLENTLY ]
I SEE ONE JUST STIFFEN UP LIKE THIS.
Squirrel: [ SNEEZES VIOLENTLY ]
I SAID, "DON'T PASS OUT ON ME NOW, BUDDY!"
Neal: DANG, SQUIRREL.
[ CHUCKLES ]
ASKING THE TURTLE TEAM TO BE QUIET...
Turtleman: WHAT'D YOU DO, NEAL?
OH, I'M SORRY! I DIDN'T AIM TO DO THAT.
...IS LIKE ASKING A COW TO PLEASE NOT MOO.
Turtleman: GUYS, I SEE SOMETHING OVER THAT WAY.
I'M GONNA GO CHECK IT OUT.
ERNIE SEEMS TO HAVE SPOTTED SOMETHING
BY THE PERIMETER FENCE ON THE EDGE OF THE GOAT PASTURE.
LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING HAS JUST
ROLLED THE FENCE DOWN RIGHT HERE.
LOOK AT THIS.
I MEAN, IT'S BEEN, LIKE,
CRASHED UP RIGHT HERE, LIKE, WHAM!
THIS FENCE IS WAIST-HIGH,
AND SOMETHING'S JUMPING
ALL THE WAY OVER THE FENCE -- CLEARING IT.
Turtleman: AND LOOK -- THE BARN'S ONLY 20, 25 FEET AWAY.
THAT'S WHERE MARY PUTS ALL THE GOATS AT NIGHT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK'S DOING IT?
WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S MARKING THIS TREE.
HE'S TELLING ALL THE OTHER PREDATORS THIS IS HIS TURF.
ERNIE SAID THIS CRITTER'S GOT TO BE SOME KIND OF A PREDATOR.
IT MARKS ITS TERRITORY. VERY FEW CRITTERS WILL DO THAT.
WELL, GUYS, I'M GONNA NAME THIS DANG CRITTER ELVIS.
WHY ELVIS?
BECAUSE...
[ GOAT BLEATS ]
[ As Elvis Presley ] HE THINKS HE'S THE KING OF THE LOT, BUDDY.
AND HE MAKES THE GIRLS FAINT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE FREE MEAL.
HE'S LOST IT.
HE'S WIGGLING ONE LEG
AND DOING ALL THE ELVIS MOVES.
HE EVEN TOLD SQUIRREL HE WASN'T NOTHING BUT A HOUND DOG.
HE MIGHT MAKE ME FAINT.
[ Normal voice ] WELL, GUYS, WE NEED TO INVESTIGATE THE BARN NOW.
[ As Elvis Presley ] THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I TOLD YOU ELVIS WAS STILL ALIVE.
LORD HAVE MERCY.
Turtleman: LORD HAVE MERCY. [ CHUCKLES ]
ALL RIGHT, GUYS, WE GOT TO MAKE THIS BARN THE TRAP.
WE GOT TO LURE IT IN, TRAP IT, AND THEN CATCH IT.
SO, SQUIRREL, YOU'RE GONNA BE IN HERE
WITH THE BAIT -- A LITTLE BABY GOAT.
MARY PUT BELLS ON ALL THE YOUNG BABY GOATS.
IF SQUIRREL RINGS THIS BELL, ELVIS IS GONNA COME RUNNING.
HE'LL COME RUNNING UP THIS CHUTE.
LEAVE THIS DOOR OPEN.
Turtleman: OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, NEAL, YOU'RE GONNA BE HOLDING THE ROPE
AND HIDE IN HERE AND PULL THE DOOR SHUT.
I'M GONNA JUMP OUT. CRITTER'S GONNA BE RIGHT HERE.
THEN IT'S "JAILHOUSE ROCK" TIME.
ALL RIGHT, JAKE, THIS THING CAN LEAP A SIX-FOOT FENCE EASILY.
WE GOT TO PUT SOMETHING OVER TOP OF THE THIS,
KEEP HIM FROM JUMPING OUT.
OKAY.
JAKE'S GOT THE CAGE BUILT.
SQUIRREL'S GONNA BE IN THERE WITH THE GOAT.
NEAL'S GONNA SLAM HIS DOOR.
NOW ALL WE GOT TO DO IS WAIT FOR NIGHTFALL.
GOOD LUCK.
ALL RIGHT, BUDDY.
EVERYBODY'S IN POSITION AND READY.
YOU SEE ANYTHING, PARTNER?
NOT YET, BUDDY. KEEP RINGING THAT BELL, THOUGH.
ALL RIGHT.
GOT TO RING THAT BELL.
GOT TO STAY LOOSE FOR ELVIS.
I SHOULD HAVE WORE MY BLUE-SUEDE SHOES, NEAL.
[ GOATS BLEATING ]
THESE GOATS ARE ACTING CRAZY. SOMETHING'S GOING ON.
THEY'RE GETTING NERVOUS ON ME.
NEAL, YOU SEE ANYTHING?
[ ELVIS GROWLING ]
I DON'T SEE NOTHING, BUDDY.
[ BLEATING CONTINUES ]
COME ON. COME ON. COME ON. COME ON.
[ ELVIS GROWLING ]
ELVIS IS A COYOTE!
ELVIS BEELINES IT STRAIGHT TOWARD THE CORNER OF THE ROOM.
MAN, HE WASN'T EXPECTING US.
BE CAREFUL!
[ SNARLING ]
EASY, NOW.
ELVIS CAME IN HERE LOOKING FOR AN EASY MEAL,
BUT HE AIN'T GETTING DINNER, AND NOW HE'S TRAPPED.
Turtleman: WHEN YOU GET CLOSE TO GRAB HIM.
WHACK! HE'LL SWING AROUND AND GRAB YOU.
I GOT TO GET HIM OUT OF THIS CORNER.
I'M IN A BAD POSITION.
HE'S TRYING TO LURE ME UNDER THERE WITH HIM,
WHERE I STICK MY HAND DOWN THERE,
BUT I'M NOT FALLING FOR THAT.
[ SNARLING CONTINUES ]
I USUALLY GET A CRITTER TO BITE MY STICK,
AND I GO IN FOR THE TAIL.
BUT ELVIS IS TOO SMART FOR THAT.
THERE'S NO SAFE WAY TO GRAB THIS THING.
IF HE DOES, ELVIS WILL TEAR HIS ARM OFF.
Turtleman: THIS IS LIKE "SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL,"
AND I DON'T WANT TO COME OUT "LOVE ME TENDER" STYLE.
WHEN I GO REACH AROUND TO GET THE BACK OF HIM,
HE'S SITTING ON HIS TAIL.
I CAN'T GET AROUND THERE FAST ENOUGH
AND GET TO IT WITHOUT GETTING INJURED.
AND I CAN'T GET IN BEHIND HIM BECAUSE OF THE STALL.
[ GROWLING ]
GUYS, I THINK I GOT AN IDEA.
DON'T DO NOTHING DRAMATIC, ERNIE.
I THINK I CAN GO THROUGH THIS WALL.
IT AIN'T REAL STEADY.
I BELIEVE I GOT TO GO THROUGH THE WALL.
YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE WALL?
IF ELVIS ISN'T MOVING AWAY FROM THE WALL,
I'M GONNA MOVE THE WALL AWAY FROM ELVIS.
ALL RIGHT. HERE IT GOES, BUDDY.
Neal: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
[ GRUNTS ]
OH, MAN, ERNIE!
[ GRUNTS ]
[ WHOOPING ]
Narrator: TEAM TURTLE HAS BEEN TASKED
WITH SAVING A HERD OF FAINTING GOATS
FROM A MERCILESS LOCAL PREDATOR...
[ SNARLS ]
Neal: OH, BE CAREFUL!
...AND TURTLEMAN'S LETTING NOTHING
STAND IN THE WAY OF GETTING THIS JOB DONE.
Neal: WHAT IN THE WORLD?
[ GRUNTS ]
[ GRUNTS ]
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
[ GRUNTS ]
ERNIE LOOKED LIKE THE KOOL-AID MAN
BUSTING THROUGH THAT WALL.
OH, YEAH!
HE'S EXPOSED! I GOT HIM!
BE CAREFUL!
NOW I CAN FINALLY GO IN FOR THE TAIL.
[ GROWLING ]
I GOT HIM! AH!
HOLY COYOTE!
OH! OH!
HE'S GOT NO IDEA ERNIE'S JUST TRYING TO HELP HIM.
[ GRUNTS ]
[ GROWLING CONTINUES ]
MAN, A LITTLE CLOSER.
[ GRUNTS, GASPS ]
OH, WATCH YOUR LEGS! WATCH YOUR LEGS!
YOU'RE BITTEN, ERNIE!
AND ELVIS WOULD HAVE PUT ME IN THE HOSPITAL.
YOU OKAY, BUDDY?
[ PANTS ] SO FAR.
ELVIS IS TOUGH, BUT HE HAS NOTHING
ON A NEIGHBOR WITH A SHOTGUN.
LET'S GET YOU TO SAFETY NOW.
[ ELVIS GROWLING ]
JUST GET HIS TAIL.
ALL RIGHT, JAKE, YOU READY?
Jake: I'M READY, BUDDY.
HERE I COME!
Neal: ERNIE!
DROP IT, JAKE!
DROP IT, JAKE!
WHOO-HOO!
I GOT HIM, PARTNER!
WE GOT HIM.
YOU GOT HIM!
[ WHOOPING ] WHAT A FIGHTER.
Turtleman: THIS IS THE TOUGHEST COYOTE I EVER WENT UP AGAINST.
WHAH! WHOO! WHAH! HYAH!
PUT THE TURTLE CLAW ON HIM. WHOOSH!
WHEW, WE GOT HIM. WHAT'S UP, MARY?
HOLY COW.
ERNIE REMOVED A COYOTE OUT OF HERE,
AND LOOKS LIKE HE MIGHT HAVE DONE
A LITTLE BIT OF REARRANGING IN THAT STALL.
TO SHOW MY APPRECIATION,
HERE IS A COUPLE OF SWEATERS
MADE FROM THE CASHMERE ON SOME OF MY GOATS.
GOAT SWEATERS?
OH, THAT'D BE NICE IN THE WINTER.
WHY, THANK YOU, MARY.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
APPRECIATE IT.
ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING.
BYE-BYE. [ CHUCKLES ]
Turtleman: [ WHOOPING ] TURTLE OUT FOR NOW!
SEE YOU LATER, MARY! [ WHOOPING ]
Narrator: WITH ELVIS BOUND FOR GREENER PASTURES,
KENTUCKY'S FAVORITE ANIMAL-RESCUE TEAM
CAN PREP FOR ANOTHER DAY OF LIVE ACTION.
I'M ABOUT READY FOR THE DAY, AND YOU'RE STILL SLEEPING.
[ LOLLY WHIMPERS ]
COME ON, LOLLY.
YOU GOT TO LOOK GOOD IN THE MORNING.
NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU MIGHT MEET A PRETTY LADY.
WHOO-HOO! LIVE ACTION!
[ ALARM CLOCK RINGING ]
Narrator: BUT THIS MORNING,
TURTLEMAN'S NOT THE ONLY ONE DRESSING TO IMPRESS.
WHERE ARE YOU AT?
Neal: RIGHT HERE.
I GOT YOU A GIFT.
OH, CHECK IT OUT.
DON'T BRING THEM HOME DIRTY.
I GET DIRTY JUST LOOKING AT ERNIE,
NEVER MIND WHERE WE'RE GOING TODAY.
LOOKING GOOD.
WHAT DO YOU SAY, BUDDY?
GOD.
ALL RIGHT, NEAL, WHERE ARE WE GOING TODAY, BUDDY?
YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT, BECAUSE IT IS ALL ABOUT MUD.
A GUY NAMED JOE CALLED,
AND HE'S GOT A BIG MUD BOG DOWN HERE
WHERE THESE PEOPLE TAKE THESE FOUR-WHEELERS, ATVs, TRUCKS,
AND JUST PUT THEM TO THE TEST.
WELL, I MEAN, THIS IS MUD ON STEROIDS.
YOU GETTING THROWN AROUND LIKE THIS, BUDDY.
AAH! BOOM! BAM!
AND YOU GO UP THROUGH THERE, JUMPING UP AND DOWN,
THE MUD FLYING ALL OVER YOU, BUDDY.
IT'S CRAZY, NOW, I'M TELLING YOU.
HE'S GOT A CRITTER IN ONE OF THE BIG MUD BOGS DOWN THERE.
WHAT IF SOMEBODY GOT BIT?
I MEAN, THAT'S A BIG LIABILITY FOR THIS GUY.
Narrator: THIS OFF-ROAD PARK HAS MILES OF THE BEST
AND MUDDIEST TRAILS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
BUT LATELY, ATVers HAVE BEEN ENCOUNTERING
MORE THAN JUST MUD ON THESE BACKWOOD TRAILS.
Joe: WE'VE GOT SOME KIND OF CRITTER OR CRITTERS OUT HERE,
WALLOWING IN OUR MUD HOLES, THAT ARE SCARING MY GUESTS,
AND I NEED THE TURTLEMAN TO GET A HANDLE ON IT FOR ME.
BUDDY, JOE CALLED US BECAUSE HE KNOWS YOU'RE THE TURTLEMAN.
YOU AIN'T AFRAID TO GO INTO MUD.
YEAH, THERE AIN'T NOTHING MORE I LIKE BETTER TO DO
THAN JUMP IN A PIT OF MUD.
WHATEVER IT IS,
SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING IS GONNA GET HURT,
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
AW, MAN, I CAN'T EVEN WAIT TO GET THERE, BUDDY.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE MY KIND OF CRITTER CATCHING, RIGHT THERE.
[ WHOOPING ] LIVE ACTION! WHOO-HOO!
WOW, NEAL.
Neal: WE PULL UP, AND JOE COMES FLYING IN,
SKIDDING TIRES, DOING IT ALL IN THIS BIG ROCK BUGGY.
[ ENGINE SHUTS OFF ]
TURTLEMAN, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WHAT ARE WE DEALING WITH TODAY, JOE?
THERE'S SOME KIND OF ANIMAL -- AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS --
THAT'S BEEN WALLOWING IN OUR MUD HOLES.
AND MY CUSTOMERS ARE SCARED TO GET IN THERE.
REALLY?
WE GOT TO MAKE SURE NOBODY GETS BIT BY ANYTHING,
AND WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ANIMAL'S SAFE, TOO.
THIS IS WHERE THERE ARE SOME SIGHTINGS
AND SO FORTH.
OKAY.
IT'S AWFULLY MUDDY BACK THERE, AND I DON'T THINK YOUR RIG
WOULD GET ALL THE WAY BACK THERE.
ALL RIGHT.
IT'S PRETTY MUDDY.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO RIDE ONE OF MINE.
I PICKED THE WRONG DAY TO WEAR WHITE SHOES.
THEM SHOES SURE LOOK PRETTY.
THEY SURE ARE PRETTY SHOES, NEAL.
I'M STAYING IN THE TRUCK WHERE IT'S NICE AND SEMI-CLEAN.
SEMI-CLEAN.
[ LAUGHS ]
I'M NOT PASSING UP THE CHANCE
TO DRIVE ONE OF THESE FOUR-WHEELERS.
[ WHOOPING ]
SO, ME AND NEAL IS GONNA TAKE SEPARATE VEHICLES
TO GET DOWN TO THE INVESTIGATION SPOT.
THERE'S NOTHING BUT MUD EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK.
WE GOT TO START OUR INVESTIGATION RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS WHERE HE SAID HE SAW THE ACTION HAPPENING AT.
"WE," ERNIE?
I GUESS IT'S SHOES VERSUS MUD TODAY, ISN'T IT?
HOW ABOUT IF YOU LOOK AROUND,
AND I JUST HANG BACK HERE ON THIS DRY SPOT?
GET ON OUT HERE AND HELP ME, BUDDY.
I'LL BE DOWN THERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. I PROMISE.
PART OF MY JOB IS TO BAG UP CRITTERS.
WELL, TODAY, THE CRITTERS I'M BAGGING UP
ARE MY TWO SIZE-11 TENNIS SHOES.
WELL, COME ON, THERE, KNEE-HIGHS.
ALL I GOT TO DO IS MAKE SURE I GOT MY SHOES CLEAN.
[ CHUCKLES ]
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS.
I'M COMING.
Narrator: COMING UP...
[ GRUNTS ]
WATCH YOUR FACE!
...TURTLEMAN COMES EYE-TO-EYE...
WHOA!
...WITH THE CREATURE AT THE BOTTOM
OF THE MURKY MUD BOG.
BE CAREFUL, BUDDY.
ERNIE!
[ WHOOPING ]
Narrator: TURTLEMAN IS ON A JOB AT A LOCAL OFF-ROAD PARK,
AND HE'S EAGER TO GET DOWN TO BUSINESS IN THE MUD BOGS...
[ WHOOPING ]
...BUT NOT EVERYONE ON TEAM TURTLE IS IN HOG HEAVEN.
HOW ABOUT I JUST HANG BACK HERE ON THIS DRY SPOT?
COME ON, THERE, KNEE-HIGHS.
UH-OH, NEAL. I THINK WE GOT SOME LIVE ACTION OVER HERE.
CHECK IT OUT, BUDDY.
WHERE AT?
RIGHT HERE. WE GOT SOME LIVE ACTION!
TADPOLES, BUDDY.
Narrator: BEFORE BECOMING FROGS,
DEFENSELESS TADPOLES ARE EASY PREY,
AND MANY PREDATORS WILL GLADLY DINE
ON THESE SLOW-MOVING, YOUNG AMPHIBIANS.
IT'S A PERFECT REASON FOR A CRITTER
TO BE IN THIS MUD BOG.
WHATEVER THIS CRITTER IS DOWN HERE,
IT'S COMING DOWN HERE, EATING THE TADPOLES, MAN.
RIGHT HERE IS MORE EVIDENCE. I GOT IT! RIGHT HERE!
Neal: WHAT IS IT, BUDDY?
MAN, IT'S A SLIDE. CHECK IT OUT.
IT'S GOT A CLAW MARK HERE. LOOK THERE.
BY THE LOOKS OF THIS HERE SLIDE,
IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT'S GONNA BE
A PRETTY GOOD-SIZED LITTLE CRITTER.
HE'S SITTING UP HERE LIKE THIS RIGHT HERE.
ALL RIGHT, NEAL. I'M GOING IN AFTER HIM, BUDDY.
CAN'T HARDLY PICK MY FEET UP.
THIS KENTUCKY RED CLAY GUMS UP
JUST LIKE ALREADY-CHEWED, WET, MOIST, HOT BUBBLE GUM.
WELL, DON'T GET IN THERE AND GET STUCK, BUDDY.
THERE AIN'T NOBODY BACK HERE BUT US.
IT'S SO MUDDY IN HERE. LOOK. IT'S LIKE SOUP.
LOOK. YOU CAN'T SEE THROUGH THAT.
SO, ANYTHING TOUCHES THAT TURTLE,
HE'S GONNA BITE AT IT.
THIS IS GONNA BE AN EXCEPTIONALLY DANGEROUS JOB.
OOH! WHOA, NEAL!
WHOO-HOO! WE GOT LIVE ACTION!
SOMETHING JUST RAN INTO ME RIGHT THERE.
[ GRUNTS ]
WHAT IS IT?
ALMOST TOOK MY HAND OFF, NEAL.
I KNOW ONE THING, NEAL. HE'S FIGHTING DIRTY.
THINK I'LL NAME HIM DIRTY HARRY.
WHOA!
THERE HE IS! THERE HE IS!
HOLY COW!
THERE HE IS RIGHT THERE!
THAT'S HIS BACK!
I GOT HIM. I GOT HIM.
YOU GOT HIM?
I GOT HIM.
[ WHOOPING ]
MAN, YOU CAN'T HARDLY GET HIM OUT.
HE'S LIKE A SUCTION CUP, PULLING.
IT'S LIKE A TUG OF WAR.
HE'S BIG, BUT -- OOH!
OH, MAN, ERNIE! WATCH YOUR FACE!
[ WHOOPING ] ALL RIGHT, NEAL.
[ GRUNTS ] THERE HE IS.
YEAH! [ WHOOPING ]
GOLLY!
LIVE ACTION!
WHOO!
WOW!
MAN, WHAT A TURTLE.
THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
OH! WATCH OUT THERE, NOW.
MAN! IT'S A BOY TURTLE, TOO.
THAT'S 50 OR 60 POUNDS OF TURTLE, ERNIE.
WELL, I GUESS THAT SOLVES THAT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS.
[ GRUNTS ]
WHAT DO YOU MEAN "ONE OF THE PROBLEMS"?
THAT'S A MALE. THERE SHOULD BE A FEMALE.
TURTLEMAN TELLS ME THAT IT'S MATING SEASON
FOR THE CHELYDRA SERPENTINA,
AND THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT WHERE THERE'S A MALE,
THERE'S A FEMALE.
NOW WE GOT TO FIND THE MATE.
Turtleman: MAN, WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE NOTHING,
AND YOU'RE DOING IT ONLY BY FEEL --
MAN, THAT IS A SCARY THING.
OOH, MAN, THAT WAS CLOSE!
WHOO-HOO!
I'M GONNA NAME THIS ONE MUDZILLA, NEAL.
JUST LIKE IN TOKYO -- GODZILLA WALKS THROUGH EARTH.
[ ROARS, SCREECHES ]
[ BLOWS ]
HE'LL PICK UP A TRAIN AND CRUSH IT.
THAT'S MY HAND.
AAH!
GODZILLA! MUDZILLA!
AAH!
OHH! THERE HE IS.
I HIT HIM.
HE'S GOING THIS WAY.
THERE HE IS. RIGHT THERE. I GOT HIM.
[ GRUNTING ]
OKAY, I GOT HIM. I GOT HIM.
Narrator: MUDZILLA'S MASSIVE HIND LEGS
HELP HER DIG NESTS FOR HER EGGS
AND MAKE HER A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH.
BE CAREFUL, BUDDY.
SHE'S GETTING DEEPER IN THE MUD, NEAL.
[ GRUNTS ]
ERNIE!
OH, GOD!
[ SHOUTS ]
WATCH YOUR HAND!
I GOT IT.
TAKES OFF ON ME EVERY TIME I GET AHOLD OF IT.
HE'S GOT AHOLD OF THE TURTLE, SURE ENOUGH,
BUT THE MUD HAS GOT AHOLD OF ERNIE.
CAN'T MOVE, NEAL. THE TURTLE IS PULLING ME DOWN!
ARE YOU STUCK?!
HELP, NEAL!
THINGS JUST WENT BAD TO WORSER, AND I NEED MY BUDDY'S HELP.
WHERE YOU AT, NEAL?
I'M COMING, BUDDY!
PULLING ME UNDER, NEAL!
[ WHOOPING ]
Narrator: A MASSIVE MUD-PIT-DWELLING TURTLE
IS SCARING OFF THE PATRONS OF A LOCAL OFF-ROAD PARK,
BUT TURTLEMAN IS IN A STICKY SITUATION...
CAN'T MOVE, NEAL.
ARE YOU STUCK?
...AND HE'S HOPING HIS BUDDY NEAL
DOESN'T LEAVE HIM IN THE LURCH.
I'M COMING, BUDDY!
Neal: I HAVE A PLAN TO SAVE THE DAY
BY DRAGGING ERNIE OUT WITH A ROPE TIED AROUND HIS WAIST.
Turtleman: NEXT THING I KNOW...
OH, GOD!
IT'S LIKE WATCHING A HIPPO ON A SLIP 'N SLIDE.
HANG IN THERE, BUDDY!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING, BUDDY?
I GOT TO TIE SOME ROPE AROUND YOU.
COME ON, NEAL, PULL IT!
THAT'S THE FIRST TURTLE I'VE EVER HAD TO HAVE HELP ON.
THAT'S LIVE ACTION!
[ GRUNTS ]
Neal: THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF CRITTER IN A MUD BOG.
I GOT IT.
I DON'T WANT TO GET DIRTY, BUT DUTY CALLED,
AND DUTY WAS MUDDY, AND MUDDY WAS MY MUDDY BUDDY.
AW, YEAH. THERE IT IS.
GOOD JOB, PARTNER.
MUDZILLA AND DIRTY HARRY IN THE BARREL.
[ WHOOPING ]
WHAT ARE YOU DOING, BUDDY?
[ GRUNTS ]
ANY LUCK?
YEAH, WE CAUGHT TWO BIG, GIANT TURTLES --
DIRTY HARRY AND MUDZILLA.
GET OUT OF HERE. NO JOKE?
NOT KIDDING TO YOU.
BIG, BIG TURTLES.
LOOK AT THEM WHITE SHOES.
OH, MERCY.
ROSEMARY'S GONNA KILL ME.
I GUESS I'M SLEEPING ON THE PULL-OUT SOFA TONIGHT.
TURTLEMAN, I SURE DO APPRECIATE THIS.
ALL RIGHTY.
I'D LIKE TO OFFER YOU GUYS,
AS A WAY OF SAYING, "THANK YOU," A RIDE IN MY ROCK BUGGY.
WOULD Y'ALL LIKE TO TAKE A LITTLE RIDE IN THAT?
HECK, YEAH!
I'M CLEAN FROM HERE UP.
I'LL CHEER YOU ON FROM THE SIDELINES.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO.
LET'S GO! I'M READY. I'M GAME. LET'S GO!
LIVE ACTION!
MAN, THAT THING CAN FLY! IT'S WAS LIKE 100 MILES AN HOUR.
Neal: I'M CAKED WITH MY MUD FROM THE WAIST DOWN,
SO I'M SITTING THIS ONE OUT,
BUT IT SURE LOOKS LIKE ERNIE'S HAVING A GRAND OLD TIME.
NEAL NEEDED TO GET JUST A LITTLE MORE DIRTY.
HE HAD SOME CLEANER SPOTS ON HIM.
I WANTED TO PATCH THAT UP FOR HIM.
OH.
OH.
HEY!
OH, DANG!
Turtleman: [ LAUGHS ]
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[ WHOOPING ] LIVE ACTION!