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♪ Wild Kratts ♪
Hey, it's the Kratt Brothers.
And I'm Chris.
And we've got a creature we want to introduce you to.
A creature you need a big, thick leather glove to meet.
A creature you need a little piece of meat
to persuade to come over and hang out.
Now get ready to meet an animal
from one of the coolest creature families in the world:
the raptors.
Here he comes. Oh!
A Harris hawk.
Wow!
What a cool creature.
Oh, you are awesome.
What a representative of the raptor family.
He's got everything that makes a raptor a raptor.
Hey, let's take him through the raptor checklist.
All right.
Number 1: the strong gripping feet and talons
for catching prey.
Check.
Number 2:
a sharp beak for shearing meat. Check.
Number 3:
eyes in front of his head for focusing on prey. Check.
(Squawking)
Number 4: a hunter of other animals.
Check.
Oh, yeah. The Harris hawk is all raptor.
And one other thing.
Raptors like him are living relatives of the dinosaurs.
So that means I had a dinosaur on my head. Cool.
CHRIS: Raptors are awesome.
Yeah, imagine if we had the powers of the raptors.
Imagine if you could do what the raptors do.
What if?
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Oh, yeah. Just what I needed.
Finally, a day to get all our adventure gear organized.
Kayaks polished, climbing ropes coiled,
down sleeping bags washed and hung out to dry.
JIMMY: I know what you mean, Chris.
Today is my most productive day ever.
I've already caught up on my napping, my snoozing.
I've even got time left for some beauty sleep.
I love birds. All kinds of birds.
Today I'm going to take a break from inventing
and just do a little bird-watching.
Hm?
(Chuckling)
Nothing like a clear, sunny day
to tune up the solar power function
of the Tortuga side panels.
(Whistling)
So, what do I feel like doing today?
Hawk.
Falcon.
Eagle.
Vulture.
You can't tell the difference.
You're making this up, right?
No way. Check it out.
You can ID birds of prey from their silhouettes in the sky.
Hawk has wide wings and soars.
Eagle is very similar but way bigger.
Falcon has long, thin wings like boomerangs.
And a long, thin tail.
(Gasping)
Vulture.
Wings are held up and they wobble when they soar.
Yeah, right.
The only way I'd believe that
is if you rounded them up and showed me.
That's it. Great idea, Koki.
That's what I want to do today.
(Laughing)
(Gulping)
A raptor roundup.
(Screaming)
(Grunting)
(Gasping)
Uh-oh.
Whoa!
Is that a raptor roundup?
Well, they're going round and round.
And they have feathers.
Oh, hey, this is the perfect time
to test out my portable power fan.
(Both screaming)
Is it morning already?
Yeah.
And it's time for all of us to get going
on a raptor roundup.
JIMMY: Dinosaurs!
Looking for velociraptors?
I just started on my time machine.
They'll eat us!
I can't get us back
to the age of the dinosaurs yet.
I'm not even sure you have to. Hey, look.
ALL: A raptor!
(Screaming)
Whoa!
Oh, if Jimmy stuck around, we could have told him
this isn't the dinosaur kind of raptor.
Right. It's the bird of prey kind of raptor.
CHRIS: And then we could have told him this raptor here--
AVIVA: Looks like a dinosaur with feathers.
CHRIS: Right. And it's called
the secretary bird.
Also known as the hunter bird.
Yeah, let's call him the hunter bird.
Yeah. I like hunter bird better too.
Like all birds, it is the direct descendant of the raptor.
But how exactly do you know it's a member
of the group of birds called raptors?
Because every raptor has these features:
a curved, sharp bill, eyes in front of its head
both pointed forward,
strong, powerful feet with long,
curved claws called talons.
Raptors use these features to hunt.
And that is what this hunter bird is doing right now.
Only I, Gourmand,
Chef de creativity,
would ever think to invent the meal roasted raptor.
Huh?
You vultures.
I'll catch you too.
I will taste every raptor in the world
and discover which one of you is the most lip-smacking delicious.
Hm, and maybe it'll be you.
Wow, she really does look like a dinosaur.
Yeah, and some dinosaurs had feathers too.
MARTIN: Yeah. When you're looking at a raptor,
you are looking at the direct descendants
of hunting dinosaurs.
Hm.
He found something.
MARTIN: Yeah: trouble.
And its name is black mamba.
(Hissing)
That's the kind of snack surprise
you don't want to find in your lunch bag.
Unless, of course, you're a hunter bird.
The mamba can't get a bite on his skinny legs.
Plus, they're covered with hard scales
that protect them from the fangs.
CHRIS: And there are talons on the feet.
And the hunter bird uses those talons
to stomp snakes.
Yeah. Stomp.
That's Stomp's specialty.
Stomp is an incredible snake predator.
Oh.
That was totally prehistoric.
Raptors rock!
Okay, I'm in on this raptor roundup.
Me too. Even though they're like living dinosaurs,
they're too cool to be afraid of.
And they must have all sorts of amazing creature powers.
Great. That's one raptor found.
And only 320 to go.
Oh, uh, that's how many species of raptor
there are in the world: 320.
CHRIS: Well, check this out.
Our hunter bird has led us right to a few more.
A chanting goshawk.
(Chirping)
CHRIS: Peregrine falcon.
A spotted eagle owl.
A white head vulture.
And a martial eagle.
Let's confirm they're all raptors.
Curved, sharp bills?
ALL: Check.
AVIVA: Eyes on front of head for hunting?
ALL: Check.
Talons?
ALL: Check.
Well, when the raptors round themselves up for a drink
at a water hole, a raptor roundup is a breeze.
KOKI: I like the owl the best.
JIMMY: The eagle could eat me.
Falcons are my fave.
Ah-ha!
Hm?
Ha-ha!
(Grunting)
What a move.
Go, Stomp, go!
Get out of here!
GOURMAND: Yoo-hoo! Got you!
CHRIS: Oh, but he got the rest.
Oh, were you wondering which raptor to have for dinner?
When I've tasted them all, I'll let you know.
Uh-oh.
ALL: Gourmand!
What's he up to now?
Don't know for sure, but I bet it involves
barbecuing our raptors.
Guys, get the Tortuga ready for takeoff.
Come on, Chris.
We'll track Gourmand.
Raptor amandine.
Vulture bouillabaisse.
Eagle Gorgonzola.
Ooh, owl étouffée.
And falcon fritters.
(Laughing)
Well, tenderize my tongue.
Why didn't I think of this before?
I love chicken wings.
How boldly delicious would this be?
Raptor wings.
(Laughing)
That doesn't sound good.
Let's get a closer look and see what he's up to.
Huh?
(Humming)
(Groaning and coughing)
Ew. I love warthogs.
Yeah, but not warthog breath.
(Both groaning and coughing)
Okay, I think he's gone. Come on.
Coast is clear.
Let's get hopping.
BOTH: Ow!
Okay, we get the point.
Come on, bro.
Let's get this raptor roundup rescue back on track.
(Both gasping)
CHRIS: These raptors have already been rounded up.
Yeah, and our raptor roundup
has now turned into a raptor rescue and return.
To their natural homes, living free and in the wild.
Huh?
Gourmand. He's back.
Hide!
GOURMAND: ♪ Oh, who knows who will be ♪
♪ My favorite delicacy ♪
Oh, no. They're all looking at us.
They're going to give us away.
Don't look at us.
Over there. Look over there.
♪ Which one of you feathery things ♪
♪ Flies with the most tasty barbecue wings? ♪
(Laughing)
Stomp!
Okay, let's make a plan.
(Whispering indistinctly)
Hey, what are y'all looking at?
CHRIS: Activate Falcon Powers!
Hello, Gourmand. What's for lunch?
Well, lookie here.
The green grape has grown himself some wings.
Yeah, and they're great for flying.
You mean great for frying.
(Laughing)
No, I mean great for flying.
Flying!
Frying!
Great for flying off with your cooking utensils.
(Gourmand screaming)
So you won't be frying anything today.
Get back here with those.
All going according to plan.
While Chris distracts Gourmand--
GOURMAND: Come back here with my fill kit!
--I'll return you raptors home.
Uh, the only thing is, you come from different places
all over the world.
(Sighing)
Okay, here we go.
Initiate Operation Raptor Roundup.
Papa Raptor, call Wild Kratts. Papa Raptor here.
Wild Kratts come in.
AVIVA: Papa Raptor?
Who's Papa Raptor?
It's me, Martin.
Gather up your welder gloves, Koki.
Bring oven mitts, hockey gloves,
anything that'll protect your hand and arms
from sharp raptor talons.
Did you know a harpy eagle's talons
are as long as a grizzly bear's claw?
And she can squeeze them clear through your arm.
(Gasping)
Grab those gloves and come on down.
We've got to round up these raptors
and get them out of here fast.
AVIVA: We're on our way.
(Gourmand panting)
Get back here with my cooking utensils!
(Laughing)
This is working like a charm.
Hey, Gourmand, flying is great.
You should try it sometime.
Maybe I will.
Ooh, a jet pack.
(Chuckling)
Come here, green birdie.
Oh, I should never underestimate Gourmand
and his adventure skills.
Ah, but I should also not forget
I have Peregrine Falcon Powers.
Dough balls.
Taste this!
I have before, and I don't like it.
And this!
And this!
Evasive maneuvers. Whoo-hoo!
GOURMAND: Side order. Ha!
(Growling)
CHRIS: Dive.
MARTIN: All right, Stomp.
Get those long legs out of here.
Chris'll keep Gourmand distracted as long as he can.
But we've got to move fast.
So let's round up these raptors and get them out of here.
Okay, Aviva, you gather the falcons.
But which are the falcons?
All of these raptors have similar features.
You're right. But the different groups of raptors:
hawks, eagles, falcons, owls and vultures,
each have special features.
Falcons have long, thin wings
and black patches under their eyes.
On it.
Koki, could you handle the hawks?
Sure I could.
If I knew what one looked like.
Like her.
Shorter, broader wings and wide fan-shaped tails.
Mm-hm, mm-hm.
And Jimmy, can you sort out the owls?
Easy. They'll be the ones that hoot
before they sink their talons in my face, right?
Well, some hoot, but all owls have round faces
and the biggest eyes.
Uh...
And I'll wrangle the eagles,
the biggest and most powerful birds of prey.
Let's go, Wild Kratts.
Falcon.
Hawk.
Owl.
Eagle.
(Laughing)
Now that's what I call a raptor roundup.
We've got eagles.
Hawks.
Falcons.
Owls.
Uh, that's 4.
But didn't you mention 5 basic groups of raptors?
(Gasping)
Vultures!
We forgot the vultures.
Come on, everybody. Grab a vulture.
GOURMAND: Here, birdie, birdie, birdie!
I hope Chris and the Falcon Powers
can keep Gourmand distracted a little bit longer.
CHRIS: Come and get me.
Yeah, over here.
Vultures secure.
Let's fly out of here.
He'll be fine.
He's got Peregrine Falcon Powers.
GOURMAND: Take that! And, that!
If I tuck into a super stoop,
(the peregrine falcon's fastest dive)
I can out fly Gourmand's dough balls.
Uh-oh!
Whoo!
(Sighing)
Yoo-hoo!
(Gourmand grunting)
Bon appetite.
(Laughing)
Mayday! Mayday!
I've been hit! I'm going down!
Chris needs help.
All right. We've got to help him.
But we can't show up around Gourmand
with a truck full of raptors.
First we'll let all the African raptors go.
Martial eagles away.
So long, spotted owls.
Be free, chanting goshawks.
KOKI: Hasta la vista, vultures.
AVIVA: Fly away home, falcon.
(Gasping)
Not so fast, Aviva.
I need to borrow a little speed from this falcon first.
Activate Peregrine Falcon Power.
So I can zip back and rescue my bro.
Sounds good, Martin.
We'll get the rest of these non-African raptors
back to the Tortuga safe and sound.
MARTIN: All right, Chris.
Get ready for a raptor rescue.
So, fly boy.
Can't move so fast now, can you?
That was just a lucky shot, Gourmand.
Well, one thing I know about birds:
they can't fly right unless their feathers are just so.
And I'm not talking about so muddy.
(Laughing)
It'll take you forever to clean off your Creature Power Suit.
And by that time, I will have surprised your blue brother
and the rest of your friends.
And I will recapture my raptors.
Yeah.
I can't even find my Creature Pod to warn them.
All right, buddy. Thanks for the escort.
But you'd better get far away from here now.
Because knowing Gourmand,
he could be hiding behind any one of these clouds.
Now to get an eagle eye on the situation.
Because all raptors have awesome eyesight.
Engage falcon vision.
(Gasping)
Bro.
Is now really the best time for a mud bath?
Oh, no.
He's stuck.
And he's no falcon; he's a sitting duck.
Ew.
Okay, a falcon has 450 feathers.
So it takes me an hour to clean each one.
Then I'll be here until next Tuesday?
(Lion roaring)
(Chris gulping)
Nice kitty.
I've got to get there, and fast.
Uh-oh.
(Grunting)
Rocketing from the sky is maybe the most awesome raptor power,
but it's nothing without talon feet that grab.
(Grunting)
(Roaring)
Whoo! Nice save, bro!
(Grunting)
Can you fly a little higher?
Whoa.
MARTIN: Sorry, Chris.
CHRIS: No problem.
Hey, how about a little spin cycle
to get that mud off and get you flying again.
CHRIS: Sure.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Falcon Power's back online.
(Humming)
CHRIS: Hey, Gourmand.
You're going to have to do a lot better than that.
MARTIN: Yeah, we're not going to let you get
anywhere near those raptors.
We'll see about that.
It's a trap!
Oh, caught in an invisible miss net.
Well, well, well.
Look who got caught in my trap again.
(Laughing)
You'll never get away with this, Gourmand.
Yeah. Aviva, Jimmy and Koki will stop you.
Oh, yeah, right.
And orange juice and toothpaste taste good together.
(Laughing)
Martin, your beak.
What's wrong with my beak?
Nothing. That's the point.
Oh, yeah, the point. The falcon beak is really sharp.
We can cut our way out of here.
(Both grunting)
KOKI: Okay, Createrra's loaded.
JIMMY: Raptors are comfy and cozy.
Now we just have to wait until Martin and Chris get back,
and then we'll return all you raptors
back to your natural homes.
Harpy eagles back to South America.
Wedge-tailed eagles back to Australia.
And bald eagles back to North America.
(Alarm sounding)
Intruder alert.
It's probably just Chris and Martin
coming in through the window.
Nope. It's a shell breach from Quadrant 7.
ALL: Gourmand!
Time for a plan.
Ah-ha.
There are my secret ingredients.
(Chuckling)
Soon the taste test for the tastiest raptor wings
will begin again.
(Grunting)
Got you!
(Laughing)
Huh?
This is no raptor.
AVIVA: That's right, Gourmand.
They're my guinea fowl flappers.
Ah!
I thought I'd send you on a little sightseeing trip
to the one place on earth where there are no raptors.
Antarctica.
Then maybe you'll think about
what the world would be like without them
and start appreciating raptors for what they are.
Take him out of here, Jimmy.
With pleasure.
(Muffled screaming)
ALL: Got to love raptors.
CHRIS: Fantastic flyers
with powerful talon feet.
Direct descendants of dinosaurs.
MARTIN: Who still fly the skies today.
Raptors are one of the most awesome creature families
on the planet.
They're not meant to be fried or fricasseed.
They belong living free and in the wild.
All right. Well, we've done our raptor roundup
and a raptor rescue.
Now it's time for a raptor return.
First stop: South America.
KOKI: Lift off, Jimmy.
ALL: Whoo-hoo!
Whoa! It's really raining now.
We are getting a bird bath, huh, guys?
Oh, this is a mixed bag of birds.
Oh, yeah.
All right, are you ready for the raptor challenge?
MARTIN: Yeah, let's put our raptor knowledge to the test.
CHRIS: Let's see if we can sort these birds
into the right raptor groups:
owls, falcons, hawks, eagles and the vultures.
All right. Well, you look like your basic hawk,
with nice broad wings.
I red-tail hawk.
And there's the red tail that gives him his name.
See the reddish-brown?
We'll put you with the hawks.
Oh, look at those broad wings.
Whoa, you are big. Much bigger than a hawk.
You must be an eagle.
Believe it or not, this is a bald eagle.
He's an immature one, a baby,
so he doesn't have his white head yet.
And this little guy is not an eagle.
(Laughing)
Check out those black lines under his eyes.
Malar stripes, the telltale mark of the falcon.
Yeah, this little falcon is an American kestrel.
Another falcon. Super thick malar stripe.
This is a peregrine falcon.
A hawk.
A ferruginous hawk, the largest hawk in North America.
CHRIS: Oh, we got an owl!
The round, dish-like face for good hearing,
the soft feathers for silent flight.
This is a barn owl. The night hunters.
(Squawking)
I got an owl too.
(Laughing)
Yeah, there it is.
The round face, the soft feathers.
A great horned owl.
And last but not least, the most beautiful of all.
The vulture.
Bald head, weak feet with dull talons.
Vultures are scavengers.
And this is a turkey vulture,
the only raptor with a sense of smell.
Who's got waterproof feathers?
Everybody except the owls.
All right! We did it!
You got them all sorted out.
The eagle.
The hawks.
The owls.
The falcons.
And the vulture.
CHRIS: And the great thing about raptors
is no matter where you live.
Or what the weather's like.
Raptors are flying all around.
So get to know the raptors that live around you.
Keep on creature venturing.
And keep on identifying--
BOTH: Raptors!
CHRIS: See you on the creature trail.
♪
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