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Transcript: Episode 46
(rock'n'roll music plays)
In an animated frame, fast clip shows images of different animals: horses, llamas, pandas rolling down a ladder, a dog jumping for a treat, cats skateboarding, giraffes fighting one another and a snake lurking on the forest floor.
A song plays that says HUSTLE AROUND WITH THE
PONDERING PANDAS
TEACHING A DOG TRICKS
DISCOVERING ANSWERS
WE LOVE OUR CRAZY CRITTERS
WE LOOK TO FIND OUT
WHAT THEY DO
IT'S CREATURE MANIA
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
The name of the show appears in yellow animal print letters on an orange background. It reads "Creature Mania."
Alfie walks in his bamboo tree house.
Alfie is in his twenties, with short curly brown hair and wears eggshell trousers and a black T-shirt with white rims.
Alfie says HEY, HEY CREATURE MANIACS
WELCOME TO THE SHOW THAT'S ALL
ABOUT OUR ANIMAL FRIENDS
AND COMPLETELY CREATURE CRAZY.
IT'S CREATURE MANIA.
WE'VE GOT AN INCREDIBLE
LINE UP OF INTERESTING, WACKY
AND WONDERFUL ANIMALS TODAY.
COMING UP...
Clips show different types of animals as Alfie says WE GET MESSY WITH
THE MUDDY MUDSKIPPER,
GO LARGE WITH THE
GREAT WHITE SHARK
AND GET FRIENDLY
WITH A SEA COW
A.K.A. THE DUGONG.
WE HAVE A LAUGH
WITH PANDA AND PONY,
AND MEET FREYA AND HER
RESCUE DOG IN PET AND TELL.
PLUS, LOTS, LOTS MORE.
BUT FIRST THINGS FIRST LET'S
CHECK IN WITH DR. KATRINA
AND THE WONDER DOGS
AS WE FIND OUT WHAT TRICK
SHE'S GOING TO TEACH US TODAY.
IT'S TIME FOR DOG TRICKS.
A caption reads "Dog Tricks."
Doctor Katrina is in her thirties, with long straight brown hair and wears jeans and a hot pink Creature Mania T-shirt.
She sits on the grass with 4 brown and white dogs and says HI AND WELCOME TO DOG TRICKS.
I'M DR. KATRINA.
I'M HERE WITH THE BEAUTIFUL
WONDER DOGS.
TODAY WE'RE GOING
TO SHOW YOU HOW TO
TEACH YOUR DOG
TO JUMP THROUGH A HOOP.
NOW SKETCH IS GOING TO
DEMONSTRATE THIS ONE FOR US.
LET'S LEARN A BIT ABOUT HER.
MEET SKETCH,
SHE'S SEVEN YEARS OLD.
SHE'S KNOWN FOR HAVING
AN UNUSUAL COAT COLOUR
AND DIFFERENT COLOURED EYES.
HER NICKNAMES ARE
SKITS AND SKIDDITCH.
SKETCH IS THE FREE SPIRIT
OF THE WONDER DOGS TEAM.
SHE'S SOMETIMES NAUGHTY
AND HAS LOTS OF CHARACTER.
HER HOBBIES, WELL
THERE'S SO MANY.
Clips show the dog doing its favourite activities.
Katrina says THEY INCLUDE CHASING BIRDS,
DIVING INTO THE DAM
AND RUNNING AROUND LIKE CRAZY.
HER FAVOURITE TRICKS
ARE JUMPING,
DOING HANDSTANDS AND SKIPPING.
HER NAUGHTIEST DEED,
JUMPING UP ON THE KITCHEN BENCH
TO PINCH FOOD.
PET HATES: WELL SHE HATES HAVING
SMELLY THINGS WASHED OFF HER.
THREE WORDS TO DESCRIBE SKETCH:
QUIRKY, MISCHIEVOUS
AND ENERGETIC.
A caption reads "Jump through hoop."
Katrina holds a hoop vertically as Sketch jumps through it.
She says HEY.
JUMPING THROUGH A HOOP IS
A TRICK DOGS REALLY ENJOY. IT'S
A GREAT WAY TO HAVE FUN
AND EXERCISE YOUR DOG
AT THE SAME TIME.YOU START WITH
THE HOOP
OR ON THE GROUND, AND
GRADUALLY BUILD UP THE HEIGHT.
YAY.
Katrina sits on a bench with Jamie and his dog.
Jamie is around 11, with short light brown hair and wears cream shorts and a burgundy T-shirt.
Katrina says I'M HERE TODAY
WITH JAMIE AND ACE.
JAMIE TELL ME A BIT ABOUT ACE.
Jamie says UMM, HE'S PLAYFUL AND
HE LIKES TO PLAY FETCH.
Katrina says AND HOW OLD IS HE?
Jamie says UMM, ONE AND A HALF YEARS OLD.
Katrina says AND WHAT BREED IS HE?
IS HE A CROSS?
Jamie says UMM, YEAH A TERRIER CROSS.
Katrina says HE LOOKS LIKE A VERY TALL
JACK RUSSELL DOESN'T HE?
Jamie says YEAH.
Katrina says HE'S VERY CUTE. HOW WOULD YOU
DESCRIBEHIS PERSONALITY?
Jamie says UMM,
PLAYFUL AND HAPPY.
Katrina says IS HE YOUR FIRST DOG?
Jamie says NO, HE'S MY... FOURTH.
Katrina says FOURTH DOG.
YOU'RE LUCKY TO
HAVE HAD SO MANY DOGS. WHAT
TRAINING HAVE
Jamie says SIT, STAY, HIGH FIVE AND LAY.
Katrina says OKAY SO HE KNOWS SOME
BASIC OBEDIENCE
AND A COUPLE OF TRICKS.
Jamie says YEAH.
Katrina says WOULD YOU LIKE TO
LEARN SOME MORE TRICKS?
Jamie says YEP.
Katrina says WHAT DO YOU THINK ACE?
YEAH LET'S GET TO IT.
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TEACH
ACE HOW TO JUMP THROUGH A HOOP.
NOW THE FIRST STEP
JAIME IS PRETTY EASY.
WE JUST WANT HIM TO WALK
THROUGH THE HOOP
WHILE IT'S ON THE GROUND.
NOW THE BEST WAY TO GET HIM USED
TO THIS IS TO SHOW HIM A TREAT.
SO YOU'VE ALREADY GOT
SOME BARBECUED CHICKEN,
WHICH I HEAR IS HIS FAVOURITE.
SO REACH RIGHT THROUGH THE HOOP,
GET HIS ATTENTION,
RIGHT THROUGH AND
THEN CALL HIM THROUGH.
COME ON ACE.
Jamie says COME ON ACE.
Katrina says GOOD BOY.
WELL THAT WAS STEP ONE.
THAT WAS PRETTY EASY WASN'T IT?
Jamie says YEP.
Katrina says WE'LL BE BACK
SOON WITH STEP TWO, WHICH IS TO
TAKE THE HOOP
Alfie says THAT LOOKS LIKE FUN.
WE'LL FIND OUT HOW
JAMIE AND ACE
ARE DOING WITH THEIR TRAINING
A BIT LATER ON IN THE SHOW.
BUT NOW IT'S TIME
TO TRAIN YOUR BRAIN
AND IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS.
THROW ON YOUR THINKING CAP.
IT'S AN ANIMAL FACT.
The narrator says DID YOU KNOW
THIS CUTE LITTLE MUDSKIPPER
IS ACTUALLY A VERY
TERRITORIAL ANIMAL?
IT BUILDS LOW, WALL-LIKE RIDGES
TO MARK THE BORDERS
OF ITS TERRITORY.
DURING THE MATING SEASON
MALES ARE VERY ACTIVE
AND BECOME AGGRESSIVE
TOWARDS OTHER MALES.
THEY PERFORM PUSH-UPS
AND JUMP HIGH IN THE AIR,
EXPOSING THEIR DORSAL
FINS TO IMPRESS FEMALES.
A mudskipper says YOU GOT A PROBLEM?
The narrator says AND THAT'S...
Kids say AN ANIMAL FACT.
Alfie says AND NOW MY CREATURE MANIACS
IT'S TIME TO MEET A FEW OTHER
PALS OF MINE.
THEY'RE ARTICULATE,
THEY'RE GLIB,
THEY'RE WORDY
AND THEY'RE SLICK.
WHO ELSE COULD I BE
TALKING ABOUT?
AND NO IT'S NOT ME.
IT'S MY TWO FRIENDS
THE TWO BOBS.
A caption reads "Two Bobs."
White Llama Bob says HEY BOB.
Brown Llama bob says YEAH BOB.
White Llama Bob says THE RAVEN FLIES AT MIDNIGHT.
Brown Llama Bob says WHAT'S THAT BOB?
White Llama Bob says THE RAVEN FLIES AT MIDNIGHT BOB.
Brown Llama Bob says WHEN DID YOU JOIN
THE SECRET SOCIETY?
White Llama Bob says JUST NOW BOB.
Brown Llama Bob says OKAY YOU CAN JOIN
ON ONE CONDITION.
White Llama Bob says WHAT'S THAT BOB?
Brown Llama Bob says YOU GIVE ME THE SECRET
PASSWORD?
White Llama Bob says IS IT PASSWORD?
Brown Llama Bob says NO.
White Llama Bob says IS IT BOB?
Brown Llama Bob says NO.
White Llama Bob says IS IT SECRET.
Brown Llama Bob says YES AND NO.
White Llama Bob says IS IT YES OR NO?
Brown Llama Bob says NO.
White Llama Bob says SO IT'S NO?
Brown Llama Bob says NO. YES.
White Llama Bob says NO, YES?
Brown Llama Bob says YES IT'S NOT NO.
I MEAN YES IT IS NO.
White Llama Bob says IT IS NO OR YES?
Brown Llama Bob says IT'S NO.
IT IS NOT NO OR YES.
BUT YOU'RE GETTING CLOSER.
White Llama Bob says SO.
IF CLOSER MEANT FURTHER AWAY.
Brown Llama Bob says I WILL TELL YOU WHAT BOB.
White Llama Bob says TES?
Brown Llama Bob says IT'S SOMETHING THAT
CAN'T BE SEEN.
Brown Llama Bob farts.
Brown Llama Bob says WELCOME BROTHER BOB.
Alfie says TWO BOBS OF TALKING
NONSENSE ALL RIGHT.
HILARIOUS.
WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT ELSE
THEY HAVE TO SAY A BIT LATER ON.
IT'S TIME NOW FOR
SOME BRAIN NOURISHMENT,
LET'S TEST YOUR ANIMAL
KNOWLEDGE
AND FIND OUT SOME
FASCINATING FACTS.
IT'S CREATURE QUIZ.
The narrator says WHICH OF
THESE ANIMALS
IS NATIVE TO TROPICAL AREAS?
IS IT A, THE FISHING OWL WHO
DOESN'T NEED A ROD TO FISH?
B, THE KANGAROO'S
LITTLE BUDDY,
THE WALLABY?
OR C, THE FIDDLER CRAB?
IF YOU THINK C THE FIDDLER
CRAB IS OUR TROPICAL NATIVE,
YOU'RE CORRECT.
THIS EXOTIC CRAB
IS AT HOME IN THE STICKY OOZE
OF TROPICAL MUD FLATS.
THE MALE HAS ONE CLAW
THAT'S MASSIVELY ENLARGED.
WHILE THE FEMALE FIDDLER
IS MUCH LESS LOPSIDED.
DOWN ON THE MUDFLATS
SIZE REALLY DOES MATTER
BECAUSE A BIG CLAW
IS A BIG HELP
WHEN IT COMES TO FINDING A MATE.
DIFFERENT SPECIES
OF FIDDLER CRABS
HAVE DIFFERENT
COLOURED CLAWS
AND THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME
WAVING THEM AROUND.
A fiddler crab says COME ON.
YEE HA.
The narrator says THIS IS BOTH A WAY
FOR THE MALE TO FIND A MATE...
The fiddler crab says EXCUSE ME.
EXCUSE ME.
The narrator says AND A
CHALLENGE TO RIVAL MALES.
THAT HUGE BODY PART
WEIGHS SIXTY-FIVE PERCENT
OF ITS BODY WEIGHT.
WHEN THE TIDE GOES OUT ON THE
MUD FLAT THE RACE TO FEED IS ON.
AND THAT'S WHEN THE MALE'S
BIG CLAW CAN BE A BURDEN.
IT'S SO BIG THAT HE CAN'T
USE IT TO FEED.
HE HAS TO PICK TASTY TREATS OFF
THE MUDFLAT USING ONLY ONE ARM.
SO SPENDS TWICE AS LONG
FEEDING AS THE FEMALE.
Alfie says ALRIGHT GUYS, STILL TO COME
ON TODAY'S SHOW
WE HAVE MORE CANINE CRAZINESS
IN DOG TRICKS,
LOADS OF LAUGHS WITH
BAD PUN PONY,
A TRUCK LOAD OF ANIMAL
AMAZINGNESS IN CREATURE QUIZ,
SOME ASTONISHING ANIMAL FACTS,
AND WE MEET OUR
PET AND TELL GUEST
AND HEAR SOME HILARITY
FROM THE TWO BOBS.
ALL THAT, STILL TO COME,
ON CREATURE MANIA.
(music plays)
The narrator says DID YOU KNOW,
GREAT WHITE SHARKS
GET THEIR NAME
FROM THEIR WHITE UNDERBELLY?
THEY HAVE A STREAMLINED SHAPE
AND POWERFUL TAILS
THAT PROPEL THEM
THROUGH THE WATER
AT OVER SIXTY KILOMETRES
PER HOUR.
ON AVERAGE, THEY GROW TO AROUND
FOUR POINT SIX METERS LONG,
BUT SOME GREAT WHITES HAVE
BEEN MEASURED AT SIX METERS.
THAT'S HALF THE LENGTH OF A BUS.
MAYBE THEY SHOULD BE
CALLED GREAT BIG SHARKS.
AND THAT'S...
Kids say AN ANIMAL FACT.
Alfie says GREAT WHITE SHARKS ARE SO
INCREDIBLE AREN'T THEY?
I WONDER IF YOU COULD TRAIN A
GREAT WHITE SHARK TO DO TRICKS?
YEAH I'M NOT SURE IF
I'M VOLUNTEERING FOR THAT JOB.
MEANWHILE LET'S FIND OUT HOW
DR. KATRINA AND JAMIE ARE DOING
WITH TRAINING THE AMAZING ACE
TO JUMP THROUGH A HOOP.
LET'S FIND OUT.
IT'S DOG TRICKS.
Katrina says I'M HERE WITH JAMIE
AND WE'RE TEACHING ACE TO JUMP
THROUGH A HOOP.
THE FIRST STEP WAS JUST TO
HAVE THE HOOP ON THE GROUND
AND ENCOURAGE HIM THROUGH IT
AND HE WAS FINE WITH THAT.
SECOND STEP IS TO HOLD THE HOOP
A LITTLE BIT OFF THE GROUND.
NOW ENCOURAGE HIM THROUGH AGAIN
WITH FOOD
BUT ALSO HE'S GOT
A FAVOURITE LITTLE SQUEAKY TOY,
YOU CAN USE THAT
TO GET HIS ATTENTION
AND HELP GET HIM
THROUGH AS WELL.
OKAY SO LOTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
LET'S CALL HIM IN
AND SEE HOW WE GO.
Jamie squeaks the toy and says ACE COME ON.
COME ACE.
Katrina says SHOW HIM THE FOOD.
Jamie says COME ON.
Katrina says GOOD BOY.
OKAY WE MADE IT THROUGH.
WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT
OF PRACTICE TO DO
BEFORE HE'S ACTUALLY
JUMPING THROUGH,
WE'LL WORK ON THAT
AND WE'LL BE BACK SOON
WITH THE NEXT STEP WHICH IS TO
GET HIM JUMPING
Alfie says WE'LL CATCH UP
WITH THEM A BIT LATER.
BUT FIRST TIME FOR
SOME BELLY WOBBLING,
ROLLING ON THE FLOOR,
HAR DE HAR LAUGHING
WELL SHE THINKS SO.
YEP GIVE IT UP FOR OUR
FAVOURITE HORSE WHO HOWLS.
HAND OVER THE MIC
TO BAD PUN PONY.
A caption reads "Bad Pun Pony."
A clip shows a brown pony galloping and neighing on a field.
Bad Pun Pony says YOU KNOW WHAT
FOLKS I HATE INSECT JOKES.
THEY REALLY, REALLY BUG ME.
Ducks chuckle.
Bad pun pony says MY SISTER BET
ME ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
THAT I COULDN'T BUILD A
CAR OUT OF SPAGHETTI.
YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HER
FACE WHEN I DROVE PASTA.
A rabbit chuckles.
Kids say BAD PUN PONY YAY!
Alfie says WHAT A KNEE SLAPPER.
WE'LL HAVE MORE FROM OUR
JOKESTER PONY ON THE NEXT SHOW.
BUT NOW TIME FOR A
CHANGE OF SCENERY.
LET'S HAVE A BIT OF
A BRAIN TRAIN
AND SEE IF WE CAN ANSWER THIS
ONE CORRECTLY.
YES IT'S TIME FOR
ANOTHER CREATURE QUIZ.
The narrator says WHICH OF
THESE ANIMALS
PRODUCES MILK THAT CONTAINS A
POWERFUL ANTIBIOTIC?
IS IT A, THE WALLABY?
B, THE COW?
OR C, THE CAMEL?
IF YOU ANSWERED A,
THE WALLABY AS THE ANIMAL
WITH THE ANTIBIOTIC MILK,
YOU ARE CORRECT.
IT'S A TYPE OF SMALL KANGAROO
FOUND THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA.
IT'S A MARSUPIAL, WHICH
MEANS THAT GIVING BIRTH IS EASY.
THE FEMALE DELIVERS AN EMBRYO
ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BAKED BEAN.
THE HELPLESS, BLIND,
FURLESS BABY
HAS TO IMMEDIATELY FIGHT
ITS WAY THROUGH THE FUR,
MOVING FROM THE BIRTH CANAL
TO THE MILK-BEARING TEATS.
IT TAKES THE NEWBORN JOEY
ONE HUNDRED DAYS
TO DEVELOP ITS
IMMUNE SYSTEM
AND YET IT'S ABLE TO FIGHT OFF
BACTERIAL INFECTIONS.
EAGER TO FIND OUT HOW
THE JOEY SURVIVES
RESEARCHERS TOOK A CLOSER LOOK
AT THE MOTHER'S LIFESAVING MILK.
THEY DISCOVERED THE MILK
CONTAINS AN ANTIBIOTIC
THAT IS ONE HUNDRED TIMES MORE
EFFECTIVE THAN PENICILLIN.
THERE WAS A TIME THAT,
THANKS TO PENICILLIN
DOCTORS BELIEVED THE BATTLE
AGAINST INFECTION WAS OVER.
BUT THEN THE BUGS FOUGHT BACK
AND GOT BIGGER AND STRONGER.
SCIENTISTS HOPE THAT THE
PROPERTIES OF WALLABY MILK
CAN ONE DAY BE USED IN HOSPITALS
TO FIGHT DEADLY SUPER BUGS.
THIS FURRY AUSTRALIAN MEDIC
MAY SOON BE HELPING SAVE LIVES.
Alfie says WHAT AMAZING CREATURES, SO COOL.
ALL RIGHT CREATURE FANS, STILL
TO COME ON TODAY'S SHOW -
AN AMAZING ANIMAL FACT,
WE MEET TODAY'S PET AND TELL
GUESTS IN THE HOUSE,
THERE'S AN ADORABLE ANIMAL
IN TOO CUTE,
PLUS SOME MUSINGS FROM OUR
FAVOURITE BLACK AND WHITE BEAR,
THE FANTASTIC PONDERING PANDA.
ALL THAT, STILL TO COME
ON CREATURE MANIA.
(music plays)
The narrator says DID YOU KNOW,
THE DUGONG CAN WEIGH
FROM ANYTHING FROM BETWEEN
230 AND 500 KILOGRAMS
AND CAN GROW UP
TO TEN FEET LONG?
BUT THIS IS STILL A FAR CRY
FROM THE WEIGHT OF ONE OF
ITS CLOSEST RELATIVES,
WHO CAN WEIGH IN AT A
WHOPPING 7000 KILOGRAMS.
AND WHO IS THIS
MONSTROUS RELATIVE?
WHY IT'S NONE
OTHER THAN THE ELEPHANT.
THE DUGONG EVOLVED FROM AN
ELEPHANT LIKE CREATURE
THAT ENTERED THE WATER AROUND
FIFTY MILLION YEARS AGO.
AND THAT'S...
Kids say AN ANIMAL FACT.
Alfie says OKAY CREATURE MANIACS TIME
FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT,
MY FAVOURITE PART OF THE SHOW.
WE'RE GOING TO MEET
A SPECIAL GUEST
AND THEIR SPECIAL PET FRIEND
RIGHT HERE IN THE HOUSE.
BUT FIRST...
(music plays)
A clip shows a cat playing with a spring fish toy.
A caption reads "It's Pet and Tell."
Alfie sits in the set with Freya and her pet.
Freya is around 12, with long straight brown hair in a low pony tail and wears shorts and a blue T-shirt.
Alfie says INTRODUCING FREYA.
SHE'S BROUGHT IN HER PET
DOG TO TELL US ABOUT HER.
HOWDY FREYA.
Freya says HI.
Alfie says WELCOME.
Freya says THANK YOU.
Alfie says WHO IS THIS?
Freya says SHE IS LEAH.
Alfie says LEAH.
AHH AND WHAT KIND
OF DOG IS LEAH?
Freya says WELL SHE'S A
RESCUE DOG.
WE HAVE NO IDEA.
Alfie says WHAT MAKES HER A RESCUE DOG?
Freya says SHE WAS RESCUED FROM
DEATH ROW AT THE POUND.
UMM, SHE HAD JUST
WEENED A LITTER OF PUPPIES.
SO THEY GOT HER OUT.
Alfie says OH WOW.
SO SHE'S HAD A
PRETTY HARD LIFE?
Freya says YEP.
Alfie says WHEN YOU FIRST GOT
LEAH WHAT WAS SHE LIKE?
Freya says VERY TIMID AND SCARED.
SHE WAS PETRIFIED OF EVERYTHING.
Alfie says HOW HAS SHE CHANGED
OVER THAT TIME?
Freya says WELL SHE'S BECOME A LOT
MORE CALM AND FRIENDLY.
Alfie says YEAH SHE SEEMS
REALLY CALM RIGHT NOW.
RESCUE DOGS.
THOUSANDS OF DOGS ARE
ABANDONED EACH YEAR
BUT THANKS TO SHELTERS MANY
ARE RESCUED AND RE-HOMED.
DID YOU KNOW THAT SIXTY-FIVE
PERCENT OF PET OWNERS
ACQUIRE THEIR PET FOR FREE
OR AT A LOW COST?
YOU DON'T ALWAYS
HAVE TO GET A PUPPY.
ADULT DOGS ARE
GREAT COMPANIONS TOO.
THEY'RE OFTEN CALMER AND
LESS LIKELY TO DESTROY THINGS.
SO HOUSE TRAINING
MAY BE QUICKER.
RESCUE DOGS.
SO I CAN TELL SHE'S
GOOD COMPANY
AND I CAN TELL SHE'S VERY
QUIET AND LOVELY.
BUT IS THERE A
NAUGHTY SIDE TO HER?
Freya says YES.
Alfie says OH YES.
YOU SAID THAT WITH
AN AFFIRMATIVE YES.TELL ME.
Freya says AHH WELL SHE CHEWS A LOT
OF OUR SHOES, STRAPS AND STUFF.
SHE DOES FART IN
THE CAR A LOT,
WHICH IS VERY ANNOYING.
Alfie says SHE SORRY, SHE WHAT'S
IN THE CAR?
Freya says FARTS IN THE CAR.
Alfie laughs and says IMPORTANT QUESTION.
WHAT IS IT THAT
YOU LOVE ABOUT LEAH?
Freya says AHH SHE TRUSTS US.
SHE IS VERY AFFECTIONATE.
VERY GOOD COMPANY.
I THINK I LOVE HER BECAUSE
I JUST THINK SHE'S PERFECT.
Alfie says SO IF OTHER CHILDREN WERE
LOOKING TO GET A RESCUE DOG
WOULD YOU RECOMMEND IT?
Freya says DEFINITELY.
I FEEL LIKE THEY NEED MORE
LOVE AND ATTENTION BECAUSE
THEY'VE PROBABLY BEEN
AND A HARD LIFE
AND THEY NEED MORE LOVE
AND I FEEL LIKE OTHER
PEOPLE AND CHILDREN
CAN GIVE THEM THAT LOVE
Alfie says THAT THEY NEED.
They high-five.
Alfie says THAT'S A REALLY AWESOME ANSWER.
AWESOME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR COMING IN TODAY.
Freya says YOU'RE WELCOME.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
Alfie says NO
WORRIES.
AND THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING IN LEAH.
Freya says SHE SAYS YOU'RE
WELCOME.
Alfie says SHE IS SUPER QUIET AND
SUPER CUTE.
SPEAKING OF CUTE,
CHECK THIS OUT.
The narrator says THEY'RE ONE OF
THE COOLEST BIRDS ON THE PLANET:
THE BLUE FOOTED BOOBY.
The crowd says HURRAY.
The narrator says THAT'S RIGHT THESE
BIRDBRAINS HAVE BLUE FEET
AND THEY JUST LOVE TO BOOGIE
AND THAT'S PRETTY COOL,
BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S COOLER
THAN A BLUE FOOTED BOOBY
THAT LOVES TO BOOGIE?
WHY IT'S A BLUE-FOOTED
BOOBY BABY.
The crowd says AWW.
The narrator says CHECK 'EM OUT
THEY'RE JUST SO FLUFFY.
THEY'RE MASSIVE, ALMOST
AS BIG AS THEIR PARENTS,
BUT MOST OF IT IS JUST FLUFF.
The crowd says AWW.
The narrator says AND THAT'S JUST...
Kids says TOO CUTE.
Alfie says MORE TOO-OOO CUTE
ON THE NEXT SHOW.
BUT NOW IT'S TIME FOR A
LITTLE BIT OF BRAIN NOURISHMENT.
LET'S TEST YOUR
ANIMAL KNOWLEDGE
AND FIND OUT SOME
FASCINATING FACTS.
IT'S TIME FOR A
FANTASTIC CREATURE QUIZ.
The narrator says WHICH OF THESE
ANIMALS CAN DIVE THE DEEPEST?
IS IT A, THE SMART SEA OTTER?
IS IT B, NEW ZEALAND'S
FAVOURITE FUR SEAL?
OR IS IT C, THE FLIGHTLESS
GALAPAGOS CORMORANT?
IF YOU ANSWERED B
YOU ARE CORRECT,
FUR SEALS CAN DIVE THE DEEPEST.
UP TO 230 METRES
AND THE LONGEST,
OVER TEN MINUTES.
THEY ARE ONE OF THE MOST
ACCOMPLISHED DIVERS
ON THE PLANET.
THERE ARE ELEVEN TYPES
OF FUR SEALS
AND THEY ARE CALLED THIS BECAUSE
THEY HAVE TWO LAYERS OF FUR
WHICH KEEPS THEM WARM
IN FREEZING WATER
THAT PULLS HEAT
FROM THEIR BODIES
TWENTY TIMES FASTER THAN AIR.
A seal says ARE YOU FUR REAL?
The narrator says FUR SEALS,
ALONG WITH SEA LIONS
ARE DISTINGUISHED FROM
TRUE SEALS BY EXTERNAL EARS
AND FORWARD ROTATING
HIND FLIPPERS,
WHICH ASSIST WITH
MOVEMENT OVER LAND.
THESE SEALS ARE UN-FUR-GETTABLE.
The caption changes to "Two Bobs."
Penguin Bob 1 says IT'S BOB AND BOB HERE WITH THE
WORLD BELLY FLOP CHAMPIONSHIPS
AT THE ANTARCTIC AQUATIC CENTRE
OR AAC AS WE LIKE TO CALL IT.
DON'T WE BOB?
Penguin Bob 2 says THAT'S RIGHT, BOB.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY OUT THERE
TODAY.
LET'S CROSS LIVE TO OUR EYE
IN THE SKY.
MARTY, ARE YOU UP THERE,
MARTY?
A voice says I DON'T KNOW WHO MARTY IS
BUT I AM REALLY SCARED UP HERE.
I DON'T KNOW
HOW TO FLY THIS THING.
Penguin Bob 2 says CAN YOU GIVE US SOME IDEA
AS TO HOW THE
AAC COMPETITION IS GOING?
The voice in the sky says WELL, I DON'T KNOW
WHERE I AM UP HERE.
Penguin Bob 2 says WELL, WHY DON'T YOU ASK THE
PILOT TO TURN IT AROUND SON?
The voice says THERE IS NO PILOT, BOB.
I DON'T...
I DON'T SEE ANY PENGUINS.
I THINK WE'RE OFF COURSE.
THERE IS NOTHING BUT SNOW.
Penguin Bob 1 says WELL THANKS FOR THOSE
VALUABLE COMMENTS THERE.
The voice says OH NO.
OH NO.
Penguin Bob 1 says HEY MARTY, WHEN YOU LAND
SEND US THE BROCHURE.
Alfie says OH, THOSE BOBS ARE BRILLIANT.
WELL CREATURE MANIACS,
WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE STILL
TO COME ON THE SHOW,
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER INCREDIBLE
ANIMAL FACT,
SOME FASCINATING PONDERINGS FROM
OUR FAVOURITE ROLLIE POLY PAL,
THE ONE, THE ONLY
PONDERING PANDA
AND TODAY'S FINAL VISIT
TO DR. KATRINA
FOR STEP THREE IN DOG TRICKS.
SO, ALL THAT STILL TO COME,
RIGHT HERE ON CREATURE MANIA.
The narrator says DID YOU KNOW,
THAT WHEN THESE DEMOISELLE
CRANES ARE NOT FLYING
THEY LOVE TO DANCE?
THEY FLY WITH THEIR FRIENDS OVER
THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS ON EARTH:
THE HIMALAYAS.
A VERY LONG AND DIFFICULT
JOURNEY,
BUT THEY DON'T LET BEING TIRED
STOP THEM FROM HITTING
THE DANCE FLOOR.
A crane says WOW.
The narrator says THE DEMOISELLE
CRANE JUST LOVES TO DANCE. THEY
LOVE TO JUMP, TO SHAKE,
ON THEIR OWN OR
WITH THEIR MATE
THEY LOVE TO DANCE AND
DANCE AND DANCE.
AND THAT'S...
Kids say AN ANIMAL FACT.
Alfie says I
DO LOVE A FUN FACT.
OKAY GUYS TIME FOR A BIT
OF PHILOSOPHY
WITH A BEAR WHO
LIKES TO REFLECT.
A BEAR WHO LIKES TO MUSE AND
THINK AND WRESTLE AND MULL.
YES IT'S OUR
FAVOURITE ADORABLE,
BAMBOO-EATING,
ROLLING AND ROCKING,
PONDERING PANDA.
A caption reads "Pondering Panda."
A panda on its back chewing bamboo leave says DO YOU EVER
THINK ABOUT HOW GREAT IT'D BE
IF TREES COULD GET UP AND WALK?
I MEAN I'D PRETTY MUCH
NEVER HAVE TO MOVE AGAIN.
LIKE, IF I RAN OUT OF BAMBOO,
I WOULDN'T NEED TO WALK
AROUND THE FOREST
LOOKING FOR MORE BAMBOO,
'COS, I COULD JUST ASK
THE BAMBOO TREE
TO WALK OVER TO ME.
WHOA, WALKING TREES.
BRILLIANT.
HEY TREE.
HEY MR. TREE.
MMM.
Alfie says AND THAT CREATURE FANS
WAS PONDERING PANDA.
LITTLE BIT ODD.
MOVING ON.
IT'S TIME TO HEAD OVER TO
DR. KATRINA IN DOG TRICKS
AND FIND OUT HOW JAMIE
AND ACE ARE GETTING ON.
IT'S PART THREE OF DOG TRICKS.
Katrina says HI JAMIE AND I ARE TEACHING
ACE TO JUMP THROUGH A HOOP.
THE FIRST STEP WAS JUST
GETTING HIM USED TO
GOING THROUGH THE HOOP
ON THE GROUND
AND THEN WE'VE TAKEN THE HOOP
UP A LITTLE BIT
AND WE'VE BEEN LURING HIM
THROUGH WITH THE TREAT.
BUT THIS TIME INSTEAD OF
LURING HIM WITH THE TREAT
I WANT YOU TO JUST GO A LITTLE
DISTANCE AWAY.
YOU CAN STILL USE THE TREATS
AND A SQUEAKY TOY
SO LOADS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
TO CALL HIM THROUGH OKAY.
SO LOTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO GET
HIM GOING OVER
AND REWARD HIM
WHEN HE GETS THERE.
OKAY YOU READY?
LET'S GIVE IT A GO.
Jamie says ACE COME ON.
COME ON ACE.
Ace jumps through the hoop.
Katrina says OH GOOD BOY.
Jamie says GOOD BOY.
Katrina says OH WELL DONE.
THE MORE YOU PRACTICE THIS
THE BETTER HE WILL BE AT IT
AND I RECKON HE WILL BE
JUMPING THROUGH VERY QUICKLY.
YOU HAD FUN TODAY?
Jamie says YEP.
Katrina says WHAT'S BEEN YOUR FAVOURITE PART?
Jamie says UMM, PROUD OF ACE.
Katrina says I'M PROUD OF HIM TOO.
HE'S DONE REALLY WELL
HASN'T HE?
Jamie says YEP.
Katrina says IT'S GOOD BONDING TIME I THINK,
TRAINING SESSIONS.
Jamie says YEP.
Katrina says I DO HOPE YOU HAVE
ENJOYED TODAY'S DOG TRICK.
PLEASE REMEMBER IF YOU ARE
ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
ADULT SUPERVISION.
I WILL BE BACK NEXT TIME
WITH ANOTHER DOG TRICK.
Alfie says AND THAT CREATURE MANIACS IS
ALL WE HAVE TIME FOR TODAY.
WHAT A CRAZY BUSY SHOW
IT'S BEEN:
A HOOP JUMPING DOG,
FREYA AND THE GORGEOUS LEAH,
A FIDDLER CRAB AND
A JUMPING WALLABY,
PLUS WE HAD SO MUCH MORE.
REMEMBER ANIMALS ARE
AWESOME AND PETS ARE PALS.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE
MORE JUMPING, SKIPPING,
SLIDING, SWIMMING ANIMALS
THEN JOIN ME, ALFIE,
NEXT TIME ON CREATURE MANIA.
(music plays)
A caption reads "Creature Mania. A Northern Pictures Productions."
The end credits roll.
Copyright 2017, Northern Pictures.
In an animated frame, fast clip shows images of different animals: horses, llamas, pandas rolling down a ladder, a dog jumping for a treat, cats skateboarding, giraffes fighting one another and a snake lurking on the forest floor.
A song plays that says HUSTLE AROUND WITH THE
PONDERING PANDAS
TEACHING A DOG TRICKS
DISCOVERING ANSWERS
WE LOVE OUR CRAZY CRITTERS
WE LOOK TO FIND OUT
WHAT THEY DO
IT'S CREATURE MANIA
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
The name of the show appears in yellow animal print letters on an orange background. It reads "Creature Mania."
Alfie walks in his bamboo tree house.
Alfie is in his twenties, with short curly brown hair and wears eggshell trousers and a black T-shirt with white rims.
Alfie says HEY, HEY CREATURE MANIACS
WELCOME TO THE SHOW THAT'S ALL
ABOUT OUR ANIMAL FRIENDS
AND COMPLETELY CREATURE CRAZY.
IT'S CREATURE MANIA.
WE'VE GOT AN INCREDIBLE
LINE UP OF INTERESTING, WACKY
AND WONDERFUL ANIMALS TODAY.
COMING UP...
Clips show different types of animals as Alfie says WE GET MESSY WITH
THE MUDDY MUDSKIPPER,
GO LARGE WITH THE
GREAT WHITE SHARK
AND GET FRIENDLY
WITH A SEA COW
A.K.A. THE DUGONG.
WE HAVE A LAUGH
WITH PANDA AND PONY,
AND MEET FREYA AND HER
RESCUE DOG IN PET AND TELL.
PLUS, LOTS, LOTS MORE.
BUT FIRST THINGS FIRST LET'S
CHECK IN WITH DR. KATRINA
AND THE WONDER DOGS
AS WE FIND OUT WHAT TRICK
SHE'S GOING TO TEACH US TODAY.
IT'S TIME FOR DOG TRICKS.
A caption reads "Dog Tricks."
Doctor Katrina is in her thirties, with long straight brown hair and wears jeans and a hot pink Creature Mania T-shirt.
She sits on the grass with 4 brown and white dogs and says HI AND WELCOME TO DOG TRICKS.
I'M DR. KATRINA.
I'M HERE WITH THE BEAUTIFUL
WONDER DOGS.
TODAY WE'RE GOING
TO SHOW YOU HOW TO
TEACH YOUR DOG
TO JUMP THROUGH A HOOP.
NOW SKETCH IS GOING TO
DEMONSTRATE THIS ONE FOR US.
LET'S LEARN A BIT ABOUT HER.
MEET SKETCH,
SHE'S SEVEN YEARS OLD.
SHE'S KNOWN FOR HAVING
AN UNUSUAL COAT COLOUR
AND DIFFERENT COLOURED EYES.
HER NICKNAMES ARE
SKITS AND SKIDDITCH.
SKETCH IS THE FREE SPIRIT
OF THE WONDER DOGS TEAM.
SHE'S SOMETIMES NAUGHTY
AND HAS LOTS OF CHARACTER.
HER HOBBIES, WELL
THERE'S SO MANY.
Clips show the dog doing its favourite activities.
Katrina says THEY INCLUDE CHASING BIRDS,
DIVING INTO THE DAM
AND RUNNING AROUND LIKE CRAZY.
HER FAVOURITE TRICKS
ARE JUMPING,
DOING HANDSTANDS AND SKIPPING.
HER NAUGHTIEST DEED,
JUMPING UP ON THE KITCHEN BENCH
TO PINCH FOOD.
PET HATES: WELL SHE HATES HAVING
SMELLY THINGS WASHED OFF HER.
THREE WORDS TO DESCRIBE SKETCH:
QUIRKY, MISCHIEVOUS
AND ENERGETIC.
A caption reads "Jump through hoop."
Katrina holds a hoop vertically as Sketch jumps through it.
She says HEY.
JUMPING THROUGH A HOOP IS
A TRICK DOGS REALLY ENJOY. IT'S
A GREAT WAY TO HAVE FUN
AND EXERCISE YOUR DOG
AT THE SAME TIME.YOU START WITH
THE HOOP
OR ON THE GROUND, AND
GRADUALLY BUILD UP THE HEIGHT.
YAY.
Katrina sits on a bench with Jamie and his dog.
Jamie is around 11, with short light brown hair and wears cream shorts and a burgundy T-shirt.
Katrina says I'M HERE TODAY
WITH JAMIE AND ACE.
JAMIE TELL ME A BIT ABOUT ACE.
Jamie says UMM, HE'S PLAYFUL AND
HE LIKES TO PLAY FETCH.
Katrina says AND HOW OLD IS HE?
Jamie says UMM, ONE AND A HALF YEARS OLD.
Katrina says AND WHAT BREED IS HE?
IS HE A CROSS?
Jamie says UMM, YEAH A TERRIER CROSS.
Katrina says HE LOOKS LIKE A VERY TALL
JACK RUSSELL DOESN'T HE?
Jamie says YEAH.
Katrina says HE'S VERY CUTE. HOW WOULD YOU
DESCRIBEHIS PERSONALITY?
Jamie says UMM,
PLAYFUL AND HAPPY.
Katrina says IS HE YOUR FIRST DOG?
Jamie says NO, HE'S MY... FOURTH.
Katrina says FOURTH DOG.
YOU'RE LUCKY TO
HAVE HAD SO MANY DOGS. WHAT
TRAINING HAVE
Jamie says SIT, STAY, HIGH FIVE AND LAY.
Katrina says OKAY SO HE KNOWS SOME
BASIC OBEDIENCE
AND A COUPLE OF TRICKS.
Jamie says YEAH.
Katrina says WOULD YOU LIKE TO
LEARN SOME MORE TRICKS?
Jamie says YEP.
Katrina says WHAT DO YOU THINK ACE?
YEAH LET'S GET TO IT.
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TEACH
ACE HOW TO JUMP THROUGH A HOOP.
NOW THE FIRST STEP
JAIME IS PRETTY EASY.
WE JUST WANT HIM TO WALK
THROUGH THE HOOP
WHILE IT'S ON THE GROUND.
NOW THE BEST WAY TO GET HIM USED
TO THIS IS TO SHOW HIM A TREAT.
SO YOU'VE ALREADY GOT
SOME BARBECUED CHICKEN,
WHICH I HEAR IS HIS FAVOURITE.
SO REACH RIGHT THROUGH THE HOOP,
GET HIS ATTENTION,
RIGHT THROUGH AND
THEN CALL HIM THROUGH.
COME ON ACE.
Jamie says COME ON ACE.
Katrina says GOOD BOY.
WELL THAT WAS STEP ONE.
THAT WAS PRETTY EASY WASN'T IT?
Jamie says YEP.
Katrina says WE'LL BE BACK
SOON WITH STEP TWO, WHICH IS TO
TAKE THE HOOP
Alfie says THAT LOOKS LIKE FUN.
WE'LL FIND OUT HOW
JAMIE AND ACE
ARE DOING WITH THEIR TRAINING
A BIT LATER ON IN THE SHOW.
BUT NOW IT'S TIME
TO TRAIN YOUR BRAIN
AND IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS.
THROW ON YOUR THINKING CAP.
IT'S AN ANIMAL FACT.
The narrator says DID YOU KNOW
THIS CUTE LITTLE MUDSKIPPER
IS ACTUALLY A VERY
TERRITORIAL ANIMAL?
IT BUILDS LOW, WALL-LIKE RIDGES
TO MARK THE BORDERS
OF ITS TERRITORY.
DURING THE MATING SEASON
MALES ARE VERY ACTIVE
AND BECOME AGGRESSIVE
TOWARDS OTHER MALES.
THEY PERFORM PUSH-UPS
AND JUMP HIGH IN THE AIR,
EXPOSING THEIR DORSAL
FINS TO IMPRESS FEMALES.
A mudskipper says YOU GOT A PROBLEM?
The narrator says AND THAT'S...
Kids say AN ANIMAL FACT.
Alfie says AND NOW MY CREATURE MANIACS
IT'S TIME TO MEET A FEW OTHER
PALS OF MINE.
THEY'RE ARTICULATE,
THEY'RE GLIB,
THEY'RE WORDY
AND THEY'RE SLICK.
WHO ELSE COULD I BE
TALKING ABOUT?
AND NO IT'S NOT ME.
IT'S MY TWO FRIENDS
THE TWO BOBS.
A caption reads "Two Bobs."
White Llama Bob says HEY BOB.
Brown Llama bob says YEAH BOB.
White Llama Bob says THE RAVEN FLIES AT MIDNIGHT.
Brown Llama Bob says WHAT'S THAT BOB?
White Llama Bob says THE RAVEN FLIES AT MIDNIGHT BOB.
Brown Llama Bob says WHEN DID YOU JOIN
THE SECRET SOCIETY?
White Llama Bob says JUST NOW BOB.
Brown Llama Bob says OKAY YOU CAN JOIN
ON ONE CONDITION.
White Llama Bob says WHAT'S THAT BOB?
Brown Llama Bob says YOU GIVE ME THE SECRET
PASSWORD?
White Llama Bob says IS IT PASSWORD?
Brown Llama Bob says NO.
White Llama Bob says IS IT BOB?
Brown Llama Bob says NO.
White Llama Bob says IS IT SECRET.
Brown Llama Bob says YES AND NO.
White Llama Bob says IS IT YES OR NO?
Brown Llama Bob says NO.
White Llama Bob says SO IT'S NO?
Brown Llama Bob says NO. YES.
White Llama Bob says NO, YES?
Brown Llama Bob says YES IT'S NOT NO.
I MEAN YES IT IS NO.
White Llama Bob says IT IS NO OR YES?
Brown Llama Bob says IT'S NO.
IT IS NOT NO OR YES.
BUT YOU'RE GETTING CLOSER.
White Llama Bob says SO.
IF CLOSER MEANT FURTHER AWAY.
Brown Llama Bob says I WILL TELL YOU WHAT BOB.
White Llama Bob says TES?
Brown Llama Bob says IT'S SOMETHING THAT
CAN'T BE SEEN.
Brown Llama Bob farts.
Brown Llama Bob says WELCOME BROTHER BOB.
Alfie says TWO BOBS OF TALKING
NONSENSE ALL RIGHT.
HILARIOUS.
WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT ELSE
THEY HAVE TO SAY A BIT LATER ON.
IT'S TIME NOW FOR
SOME BRAIN NOURISHMENT,
LET'S TEST YOUR ANIMAL
KNOWLEDGE
AND FIND OUT SOME
FASCINATING FACTS.
IT'S CREATURE QUIZ.
The narrator says WHICH OF
THESE ANIMALS
IS NATIVE TO TROPICAL AREAS?
IS IT A, THE FISHING OWL WHO
DOESN'T NEED A ROD TO FISH?
B, THE KANGAROO'S
LITTLE BUDDY,
THE WALLABY?
OR C, THE FIDDLER CRAB?
IF YOU THINK C THE FIDDLER
CRAB IS OUR TROPICAL NATIVE,
YOU'RE CORRECT.
THIS EXOTIC CRAB
IS AT HOME IN THE STICKY OOZE
OF TROPICAL MUD FLATS.
THE MALE HAS ONE CLAW
THAT'S MASSIVELY ENLARGED.
WHILE THE FEMALE FIDDLER
IS MUCH LESS LOPSIDED.
DOWN ON THE MUDFLATS
SIZE REALLY DOES MATTER
BECAUSE A BIG CLAW
IS A BIG HELP
WHEN IT COMES TO FINDING A MATE.
DIFFERENT SPECIES
OF FIDDLER CRABS
HAVE DIFFERENT
COLOURED CLAWS
AND THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME
WAVING THEM AROUND.
A fiddler crab says COME ON.
YEE HA.
The narrator says THIS IS BOTH A WAY
FOR THE MALE TO FIND A MATE...
The fiddler crab says EXCUSE ME.
EXCUSE ME.
The narrator says AND A
CHALLENGE TO RIVAL MALES.
THAT HUGE BODY PART
WEIGHS SIXTY-FIVE PERCENT
OF ITS BODY WEIGHT.
WHEN THE TIDE GOES OUT ON THE
MUD FLAT THE RACE TO FEED IS ON.
AND THAT'S WHEN THE MALE'S
BIG CLAW CAN BE A BURDEN.
IT'S SO BIG THAT HE CAN'T
USE IT TO FEED.
HE HAS TO PICK TASTY TREATS OFF
THE MUDFLAT USING ONLY ONE ARM.
SO SPENDS TWICE AS LONG
FEEDING AS THE FEMALE.
Alfie says ALRIGHT GUYS, STILL TO COME
ON TODAY'S SHOW
WE HAVE MORE CANINE CRAZINESS
IN DOG TRICKS,
LOADS OF LAUGHS WITH
BAD PUN PONY,
A TRUCK LOAD OF ANIMAL
AMAZINGNESS IN CREATURE QUIZ,
SOME ASTONISHING ANIMAL FACTS,
AND WE MEET OUR
PET AND TELL GUEST
AND HEAR SOME HILARITY
FROM THE TWO BOBS.
ALL THAT, STILL TO COME,
ON CREATURE MANIA.
(music plays)
The narrator says DID YOU KNOW,
GREAT WHITE SHARKS
GET THEIR NAME
FROM THEIR WHITE UNDERBELLY?
THEY HAVE A STREAMLINED SHAPE
AND POWERFUL TAILS
THAT PROPEL THEM
THROUGH THE WATER
AT OVER SIXTY KILOMETRES
PER HOUR.
ON AVERAGE, THEY GROW TO AROUND
FOUR POINT SIX METERS LONG,
BUT SOME GREAT WHITES HAVE
BEEN MEASURED AT SIX METERS.
THAT'S HALF THE LENGTH OF A BUS.
MAYBE THEY SHOULD BE
CALLED GREAT BIG SHARKS.
AND THAT'S...
Kids say AN ANIMAL FACT.
Alfie says GREAT WHITE SHARKS ARE SO
INCREDIBLE AREN'T THEY?
I WONDER IF YOU COULD TRAIN A
GREAT WHITE SHARK TO DO TRICKS?
YEAH I'M NOT SURE IF
I'M VOLUNTEERING FOR THAT JOB.
MEANWHILE LET'S FIND OUT HOW
DR. KATRINA AND JAMIE ARE DOING
WITH TRAINING THE AMAZING ACE
TO JUMP THROUGH A HOOP.
LET'S FIND OUT.
IT'S DOG TRICKS.
Katrina says I'M HERE WITH JAMIE
AND WE'RE TEACHING ACE TO JUMP
THROUGH A HOOP.
THE FIRST STEP WAS JUST TO
HAVE THE HOOP ON THE GROUND
AND ENCOURAGE HIM THROUGH IT
AND HE WAS FINE WITH THAT.
SECOND STEP IS TO HOLD THE HOOP
A LITTLE BIT OFF THE GROUND.
NOW ENCOURAGE HIM THROUGH AGAIN
WITH FOOD
BUT ALSO HE'S GOT
A FAVOURITE LITTLE SQUEAKY TOY,
YOU CAN USE THAT
TO GET HIS ATTENTION
AND HELP GET HIM
THROUGH AS WELL.
OKAY SO LOTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
LET'S CALL HIM IN
AND SEE HOW WE GO.
Jamie squeaks the toy and says ACE COME ON.
COME ACE.
Katrina says SHOW HIM THE FOOD.
Jamie says COME ON.
Katrina says GOOD BOY.
OKAY WE MADE IT THROUGH.
WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT
OF PRACTICE TO DO
BEFORE HE'S ACTUALLY
JUMPING THROUGH,
WE'LL WORK ON THAT
AND WE'LL BE BACK SOON
WITH THE NEXT STEP WHICH IS TO
GET HIM JUMPING
Alfie says WE'LL CATCH UP
WITH THEM A BIT LATER.
BUT FIRST TIME FOR
SOME BELLY WOBBLING,
ROLLING ON THE FLOOR,
HAR DE HAR LAUGHING
WELL SHE THINKS SO.
YEP GIVE IT UP FOR OUR
FAVOURITE HORSE WHO HOWLS.
HAND OVER THE MIC
TO BAD PUN PONY.
A caption reads "Bad Pun Pony."
A clip shows a brown pony galloping and neighing on a field.
Bad Pun Pony says YOU KNOW WHAT
FOLKS I HATE INSECT JOKES.
THEY REALLY, REALLY BUG ME.
Ducks chuckle.
Bad pun pony says MY SISTER BET
ME ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
THAT I COULDN'T BUILD A
CAR OUT OF SPAGHETTI.
YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HER
FACE WHEN I DROVE PASTA.
A rabbit chuckles.
Kids say BAD PUN PONY YAY!
Alfie says WHAT A KNEE SLAPPER.
WE'LL HAVE MORE FROM OUR
JOKESTER PONY ON THE NEXT SHOW.
BUT NOW TIME FOR A
CHANGE OF SCENERY.
LET'S HAVE A BIT OF
A BRAIN TRAIN
AND SEE IF WE CAN ANSWER THIS
ONE CORRECTLY.
YES IT'S TIME FOR
ANOTHER CREATURE QUIZ.
The narrator says WHICH OF
THESE ANIMALS
PRODUCES MILK THAT CONTAINS A
POWERFUL ANTIBIOTIC?
IS IT A, THE WALLABY?
B, THE COW?
OR C, THE CAMEL?
IF YOU ANSWERED A,
THE WALLABY AS THE ANIMAL
WITH THE ANTIBIOTIC MILK,
YOU ARE CORRECT.
IT'S A TYPE OF SMALL KANGAROO
FOUND THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA.
IT'S A MARSUPIAL, WHICH
MEANS THAT GIVING BIRTH IS EASY.
THE FEMALE DELIVERS AN EMBRYO
ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BAKED BEAN.
THE HELPLESS, BLIND,
FURLESS BABY
HAS TO IMMEDIATELY FIGHT
ITS WAY THROUGH THE FUR,
MOVING FROM THE BIRTH CANAL
TO THE MILK-BEARING TEATS.
IT TAKES THE NEWBORN JOEY
ONE HUNDRED DAYS
TO DEVELOP ITS
IMMUNE SYSTEM
AND YET IT'S ABLE TO FIGHT OFF
BACTERIAL INFECTIONS.
EAGER TO FIND OUT HOW
THE JOEY SURVIVES
RESEARCHERS TOOK A CLOSER LOOK
AT THE MOTHER'S LIFESAVING MILK.
THEY DISCOVERED THE MILK
CONTAINS AN ANTIBIOTIC
THAT IS ONE HUNDRED TIMES MORE
EFFECTIVE THAN PENICILLIN.
THERE WAS A TIME THAT,
THANKS TO PENICILLIN
DOCTORS BELIEVED THE BATTLE
AGAINST INFECTION WAS OVER.
BUT THEN THE BUGS FOUGHT BACK
AND GOT BIGGER AND STRONGER.
SCIENTISTS HOPE THAT THE
PROPERTIES OF WALLABY MILK
CAN ONE DAY BE USED IN HOSPITALS
TO FIGHT DEADLY SUPER BUGS.
THIS FURRY AUSTRALIAN MEDIC
MAY SOON BE HELPING SAVE LIVES.
Alfie says WHAT AMAZING CREATURES, SO COOL.
ALL RIGHT CREATURE FANS, STILL
TO COME ON TODAY'S SHOW -
AN AMAZING ANIMAL FACT,
WE MEET TODAY'S PET AND TELL
GUESTS IN THE HOUSE,
THERE'S AN ADORABLE ANIMAL
IN TOO CUTE,
PLUS SOME MUSINGS FROM OUR
FAVOURITE BLACK AND WHITE BEAR,
THE FANTASTIC PONDERING PANDA.
ALL THAT, STILL TO COME
ON CREATURE MANIA.
(music plays)
The narrator says DID YOU KNOW,
THE DUGONG CAN WEIGH
FROM ANYTHING FROM BETWEEN
230 AND 500 KILOGRAMS
AND CAN GROW UP
TO TEN FEET LONG?
BUT THIS IS STILL A FAR CRY
FROM THE WEIGHT OF ONE OF
ITS CLOSEST RELATIVES,
WHO CAN WEIGH IN AT A
WHOPPING 7000 KILOGRAMS.
AND WHO IS THIS
MONSTROUS RELATIVE?
WHY IT'S NONE
OTHER THAN THE ELEPHANT.
THE DUGONG EVOLVED FROM AN
ELEPHANT LIKE CREATURE
THAT ENTERED THE WATER AROUND
FIFTY MILLION YEARS AGO.
AND THAT'S...
Kids say AN ANIMAL FACT.
Alfie says OKAY CREATURE MANIACS TIME
FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT,
MY FAVOURITE PART OF THE SHOW.
WE'RE GOING TO MEET
A SPECIAL GUEST
AND THEIR SPECIAL PET FRIEND
RIGHT HERE IN THE HOUSE.
BUT FIRST...
(music plays)
A clip shows a cat playing with a spring fish toy.
A caption reads "It's Pet and Tell."
Alfie sits in the set with Freya and her pet.
Freya is around 12, with long straight brown hair in a low pony tail and wears shorts and a blue T-shirt.
Alfie says INTRODUCING FREYA.
SHE'S BROUGHT IN HER PET
DOG TO TELL US ABOUT HER.
HOWDY FREYA.
Freya says HI.
Alfie says WELCOME.
Freya says THANK YOU.
Alfie says WHO IS THIS?
Freya says SHE IS LEAH.
Alfie says LEAH.
AHH AND WHAT KIND
OF DOG IS LEAH?
Freya says WELL SHE'S A
RESCUE DOG.
WE HAVE NO IDEA.
Alfie says WHAT MAKES HER A RESCUE DOG?
Freya says SHE WAS RESCUED FROM
DEATH ROW AT THE POUND.
UMM, SHE HAD JUST
WEENED A LITTER OF PUPPIES.
SO THEY GOT HER OUT.
Alfie says OH WOW.
SO SHE'S HAD A
PRETTY HARD LIFE?
Freya says YEP.
Alfie says WHEN YOU FIRST GOT
LEAH WHAT WAS SHE LIKE?
Freya says VERY TIMID AND SCARED.
SHE WAS PETRIFIED OF EVERYTHING.
Alfie says HOW HAS SHE CHANGED
OVER THAT TIME?
Freya says WELL SHE'S BECOME A LOT
MORE CALM AND FRIENDLY.
Alfie says YEAH SHE SEEMS
REALLY CALM RIGHT NOW.
RESCUE DOGS.
THOUSANDS OF DOGS ARE
ABANDONED EACH YEAR
BUT THANKS TO SHELTERS MANY
ARE RESCUED AND RE-HOMED.
DID YOU KNOW THAT SIXTY-FIVE
PERCENT OF PET OWNERS
ACQUIRE THEIR PET FOR FREE
OR AT A LOW COST?
YOU DON'T ALWAYS
HAVE TO GET A PUPPY.
ADULT DOGS ARE
GREAT COMPANIONS TOO.
THEY'RE OFTEN CALMER AND
LESS LIKELY TO DESTROY THINGS.
SO HOUSE TRAINING
MAY BE QUICKER.
RESCUE DOGS.
SO I CAN TELL SHE'S
GOOD COMPANY
AND I CAN TELL SHE'S VERY
QUIET AND LOVELY.
BUT IS THERE A
NAUGHTY SIDE TO HER?
Freya says YES.
Alfie says OH YES.
YOU SAID THAT WITH
AN AFFIRMATIVE YES.TELL ME.
Freya says AHH WELL SHE CHEWS A LOT
OF OUR SHOES, STRAPS AND STUFF.
SHE DOES FART IN
THE CAR A LOT,
WHICH IS VERY ANNOYING.
Alfie says SHE SORRY, SHE WHAT'S
IN THE CAR?
Freya says FARTS IN THE CAR.
Alfie laughs and says IMPORTANT QUESTION.
WHAT IS IT THAT
YOU LOVE ABOUT LEAH?
Freya says AHH SHE TRUSTS US.
SHE IS VERY AFFECTIONATE.
VERY GOOD COMPANY.
I THINK I LOVE HER BECAUSE
I JUST THINK SHE'S PERFECT.
Alfie says SO IF OTHER CHILDREN WERE
LOOKING TO GET A RESCUE DOG
WOULD YOU RECOMMEND IT?
Freya says DEFINITELY.
I FEEL LIKE THEY NEED MORE
LOVE AND ATTENTION BECAUSE
THEY'VE PROBABLY BEEN
AND A HARD LIFE
AND THEY NEED MORE LOVE
AND I FEEL LIKE OTHER
PEOPLE AND CHILDREN
CAN GIVE THEM THAT LOVE
Alfie says THAT THEY NEED.
They high-five.
Alfie says THAT'S A REALLY AWESOME ANSWER.
AWESOME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR COMING IN TODAY.
Freya says YOU'RE WELCOME.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
Alfie says NO
WORRIES.
AND THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING IN LEAH.
Freya says SHE SAYS YOU'RE
WELCOME.
Alfie says SHE IS SUPER QUIET AND
SUPER CUTE.
SPEAKING OF CUTE,
CHECK THIS OUT.
The narrator says THEY'RE ONE OF
THE COOLEST BIRDS ON THE PLANET:
THE BLUE FOOTED BOOBY.
The crowd says HURRAY.
The narrator says THAT'S RIGHT THESE
BIRDBRAINS HAVE BLUE FEET
AND THEY JUST LOVE TO BOOGIE
AND THAT'S PRETTY COOL,
BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S COOLER
THAN A BLUE FOOTED BOOBY
THAT LOVES TO BOOGIE?
WHY IT'S A BLUE-FOOTED
BOOBY BABY.
The crowd says AWW.
The narrator says CHECK 'EM OUT
THEY'RE JUST SO FLUFFY.
THEY'RE MASSIVE, ALMOST
AS BIG AS THEIR PARENTS,
BUT MOST OF IT IS JUST FLUFF.
The crowd says AWW.
The narrator says AND THAT'S JUST...
Kids says TOO CUTE.
Alfie says MORE TOO-OOO CUTE
ON THE NEXT SHOW.
BUT NOW IT'S TIME FOR A
LITTLE BIT OF BRAIN NOURISHMENT.
LET'S TEST YOUR
ANIMAL KNOWLEDGE
AND FIND OUT SOME
FASCINATING FACTS.
IT'S TIME FOR A
FANTASTIC CREATURE QUIZ.
The narrator says WHICH OF THESE
ANIMALS CAN DIVE THE DEEPEST?
IS IT A, THE SMART SEA OTTER?
IS IT B, NEW ZEALAND'S
FAVOURITE FUR SEAL?
OR IS IT C, THE FLIGHTLESS
GALAPAGOS CORMORANT?
IF YOU ANSWERED B
YOU ARE CORRECT,
FUR SEALS CAN DIVE THE DEEPEST.
UP TO 230 METRES
AND THE LONGEST,
OVER TEN MINUTES.
THEY ARE ONE OF THE MOST
ACCOMPLISHED DIVERS
ON THE PLANET.
THERE ARE ELEVEN TYPES
OF FUR SEALS
AND THEY ARE CALLED THIS BECAUSE
THEY HAVE TWO LAYERS OF FUR
WHICH KEEPS THEM WARM
IN FREEZING WATER
THAT PULLS HEAT
FROM THEIR BODIES
TWENTY TIMES FASTER THAN AIR.
A seal says ARE YOU FUR REAL?
The narrator says FUR SEALS,
ALONG WITH SEA LIONS
ARE DISTINGUISHED FROM
TRUE SEALS BY EXTERNAL EARS
AND FORWARD ROTATING
HIND FLIPPERS,
WHICH ASSIST WITH
MOVEMENT OVER LAND.
THESE SEALS ARE UN-FUR-GETTABLE.
The caption changes to "Two Bobs."
Penguin Bob 1 says IT'S BOB AND BOB HERE WITH THE
WORLD BELLY FLOP CHAMPIONSHIPS
AT THE ANTARCTIC AQUATIC CENTRE
OR AAC AS WE LIKE TO CALL IT.
DON'T WE BOB?
Penguin Bob 2 says THAT'S RIGHT, BOB.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY OUT THERE
TODAY.
LET'S CROSS LIVE TO OUR EYE
IN THE SKY.
MARTY, ARE YOU UP THERE,
MARTY?
A voice says I DON'T KNOW WHO MARTY IS
BUT I AM REALLY SCARED UP HERE.
I DON'T KNOW
HOW TO FLY THIS THING.
Penguin Bob 2 says CAN YOU GIVE US SOME IDEA
AS TO HOW THE
AAC COMPETITION IS GOING?
The voice in the sky says WELL, I DON'T KNOW
WHERE I AM UP HERE.
Penguin Bob 2 says WELL, WHY DON'T YOU ASK THE
PILOT TO TURN IT AROUND SON?
The voice says THERE IS NO PILOT, BOB.
I DON'T...
I DON'T SEE ANY PENGUINS.
I THINK WE'RE OFF COURSE.
THERE IS NOTHING BUT SNOW.
Penguin Bob 1 says WELL THANKS FOR THOSE
VALUABLE COMMENTS THERE.
The voice says OH NO.
OH NO.
Penguin Bob 1 says HEY MARTY, WHEN YOU LAND
SEND US THE BROCHURE.
Alfie says OH, THOSE BOBS ARE BRILLIANT.
WELL CREATURE MANIACS,
WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE STILL
TO COME ON THE SHOW,
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER INCREDIBLE
ANIMAL FACT,
SOME FASCINATING PONDERINGS FROM
OUR FAVOURITE ROLLIE POLY PAL,
THE ONE, THE ONLY
PONDERING PANDA
AND TODAY'S FINAL VISIT
TO DR. KATRINA
FOR STEP THREE IN DOG TRICKS.
SO, ALL THAT STILL TO COME,
RIGHT HERE ON CREATURE MANIA.
The narrator says DID YOU KNOW,
THAT WHEN THESE DEMOISELLE
CRANES ARE NOT FLYING
THEY LOVE TO DANCE?
THEY FLY WITH THEIR FRIENDS OVER
THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS ON EARTH:
THE HIMALAYAS.
A VERY LONG AND DIFFICULT
JOURNEY,
BUT THEY DON'T LET BEING TIRED
STOP THEM FROM HITTING
THE DANCE FLOOR.
A crane says WOW.
The narrator says THE DEMOISELLE
CRANE JUST LOVES TO DANCE. THEY
LOVE TO JUMP, TO SHAKE,
ON THEIR OWN OR
WITH THEIR MATE
THEY LOVE TO DANCE AND
DANCE AND DANCE.
AND THAT'S...
Kids say AN ANIMAL FACT.
Alfie says I
DO LOVE A FUN FACT.
OKAY GUYS TIME FOR A BIT
OF PHILOSOPHY
WITH A BEAR WHO
LIKES TO REFLECT.
A BEAR WHO LIKES TO MUSE AND
THINK AND WRESTLE AND MULL.
YES IT'S OUR
FAVOURITE ADORABLE,
BAMBOO-EATING,
ROLLING AND ROCKING,
PONDERING PANDA.
A caption reads "Pondering Panda."
A panda on its back chewing bamboo leave says DO YOU EVER
THINK ABOUT HOW GREAT IT'D BE
IF TREES COULD GET UP AND WALK?
I MEAN I'D PRETTY MUCH
NEVER HAVE TO MOVE AGAIN.
LIKE, IF I RAN OUT OF BAMBOO,
I WOULDN'T NEED TO WALK
AROUND THE FOREST
LOOKING FOR MORE BAMBOO,
'COS, I COULD JUST ASK
THE BAMBOO TREE
TO WALK OVER TO ME.
WHOA, WALKING TREES.
BRILLIANT.
HEY TREE.
HEY MR. TREE.
MMM.
Alfie says AND THAT CREATURE FANS
WAS PONDERING PANDA.
LITTLE BIT ODD.
MOVING ON.
IT'S TIME TO HEAD OVER TO
DR. KATRINA IN DOG TRICKS
AND FIND OUT HOW JAMIE
AND ACE ARE GETTING ON.
IT'S PART THREE OF DOG TRICKS.
Katrina says HI JAMIE AND I ARE TEACHING
ACE TO JUMP THROUGH A HOOP.
THE FIRST STEP WAS JUST
GETTING HIM USED TO
GOING THROUGH THE HOOP
ON THE GROUND
AND THEN WE'VE TAKEN THE HOOP
UP A LITTLE BIT
AND WE'VE BEEN LURING HIM
THROUGH WITH THE TREAT.
BUT THIS TIME INSTEAD OF
LURING HIM WITH THE TREAT
I WANT YOU TO JUST GO A LITTLE
DISTANCE AWAY.
YOU CAN STILL USE THE TREATS
AND A SQUEAKY TOY
SO LOADS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
TO CALL HIM THROUGH OKAY.
SO LOTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO GET
HIM GOING OVER
AND REWARD HIM
WHEN HE GETS THERE.
OKAY YOU READY?
LET'S GIVE IT A GO.
Jamie says ACE COME ON.
COME ON ACE.
Ace jumps through the hoop.
Katrina says OH GOOD BOY.
Jamie says GOOD BOY.
Katrina says OH WELL DONE.
THE MORE YOU PRACTICE THIS
THE BETTER HE WILL BE AT IT
AND I RECKON HE WILL BE
JUMPING THROUGH VERY QUICKLY.
YOU HAD FUN TODAY?
Jamie says YEP.
Katrina says WHAT'S BEEN YOUR FAVOURITE PART?
Jamie says UMM, PROUD OF ACE.
Katrina says I'M PROUD OF HIM TOO.
HE'S DONE REALLY WELL
HASN'T HE?
Jamie says YEP.
Katrina says IT'S GOOD BONDING TIME I THINK,
TRAINING SESSIONS.
Jamie says YEP.
Katrina says I DO HOPE YOU HAVE
ENJOYED TODAY'S DOG TRICK.
PLEASE REMEMBER IF YOU ARE
ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
ADULT SUPERVISION.
I WILL BE BACK NEXT TIME
WITH ANOTHER DOG TRICK.
Alfie says AND THAT CREATURE MANIACS IS
ALL WE HAVE TIME FOR TODAY.
WHAT A CRAZY BUSY SHOW
IT'S BEEN:
A HOOP JUMPING DOG,
FREYA AND THE GORGEOUS LEAH,
A FIDDLER CRAB AND
A JUMPING WALLABY,
PLUS WE HAD SO MUCH MORE.
REMEMBER ANIMALS ARE
AWESOME AND PETS ARE PALS.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE
MORE JUMPING, SKIPPING,
SLIDING, SWIMMING ANIMALS
THEN JOIN ME, ALFIE,
NEXT TIME ON CREATURE MANIA.
(music plays)
A caption reads "Creature Mania. A Northern Pictures Productions."
The end credits roll.
Copyright 2017, Northern Pictures.
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