.svg){kind=logo}
 (3).jpg)
Transcript: Episode 48
(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.
He says HEY, HEY CREATURE MANIACS
WELCOME TO THE SHOW THAT'S ALL
ABOUT OUR ANIMAL FRIENDS
AND COMPLETELY CREATURE CRAZY.
IT'S CREATURE MANIA.
TODAY THERE WILL
BE HOOVES AND PAWS,
WINGS AND FLIPPERS.
COMING UP...
Clips show different types of animals as Alfie says WE GO NOSE TO NOSE
WITH A SUPER SNIFFER BEAGLE,
CHECK OUT THE INSANELY
SLIMY HAG FISH
AND FIND OUT HOW SLY
THE FOX REALLY IS.
WE HAVE A LAUGH WITH
PANDA AND PONY
AND MEET FINN AND HIS TOTALLY
ADORABLE DOG TOTO
IN PET AND TELL.
PLUS, LOTS, LOTS MORE.
IT'S GOING TO
BE A PACKED SHOW.
SO LET'S KICK IT OFF WITH A
OUR GOOD FRIEND DR. KATRINA
AND SEE WHAT LUCKY
YOUNG DOG TRAINER
AND THEIR PAL ARE COMING
ALONG TODAY
AND WHAT TRICK
THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN.
IT'S 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.
Sitting on a garden, Katrina says HI AND WELCOME TO DOG TRICKS.
I'M DR. KATRINA.
I'M JOINED BY THE MOST AMAZING,
TALENTED GROUP OF DOGS AROUND,
THE WONDER DOGS
AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO
SHOW YOU HOW TO TEACH YOUR
DOG TO SPIN.
AND MR. FLYNN IS GOING TO
DEMONSTRATE THIS FOR US.
LET'S LEARN A BIT
ABOUT HIM FIRST.
MEET FLYNN,
HE'S EIGHT YEARS OLD.
HIS NICKNAMES ARE
MISTER MAN AND FLYNNY.
HE'S AN AGILITY CHAMPION AND
HAS HEAPS OF OBEDIENCE TITLES.
HE'S DONE LOTS OF
TV COMMERCIALS
AND STAGE SHOW PERFORMANCES,
AND FLIES ALL OVER AUSTRALIA
FOR WORK AND FUN.
HIS FAVOURITE TRICKS
INCLUDE HIDING HIS FACE,
CROSSING HIS PAWS AND
ROLLING UP IN HIS BLANKEY.
HIS FAVOURITE HOBBIES: WELL
HE KNOWS HOW TO WIN HEARTS
WITH HIS DASHING
LOOKS AND CHARISMA.
Clips show the dog doing its tricks.
She continues HE ALSO LOVES SWIMMING,
HIS BALL ON THE ROPE,
AGILITY AND SLEEPING
UPSIDE DOWN ON THE LOUNGE.
THREE WORDS TO
DESCRIBE FLYNN:
HANDSOME, CLEVER AND LOYAL.
NOW LET'S SEE FLYNN DEMONSTRATE.
The caption changes to "Learn to spin."
Katrina says SPIN.
Flynn does a trick and Katrina gives him a treat as she says GOOD BOY.
SPIN IS A SUPER CUTE TRICK
AND IT'S A GREAT ONE
TO TEACH PUPPIES.
IN FACT YOU CAN START TEACHING
A PUPPY THIS TRICK
THE MOMENT YOU BRING IT HOME.
SPIN.
YEAH. GOOD BOY.
WELL NOW WE'VE SEEN AN
EXPERT DEMONSTRATION,
LET'S GO SEE WHO'S
HERE TO TRAIN THEIR DOG.
I'M HERE WITH LUKA
AND HIS DOG JALU.
TELL ME A BIT ABOUT JALU.
Luka is in around 12 years old, with blond hair. He wears a blue polo-shirt. Jalu is a big black dog.
Luka says WELL UMM JALU LIKES TO GO
FOR WALKS ON THE BEACH
AND HE REALLY ONLY
PLODDERS IN THE SHALLOW
AND HE HAS TO GO AND SAY HELLO
TO EVERYONE ON THE BEACH.
Katrina says SO HE'S PRETTY EASY GOING?
Luka says YES.
Katrina says HE GETS ON WITH OTHER DOGS?
Luka says YES A LOT.
Katrina says NOW IS THIS A DRESSING
GOWN BELT I SEE AS HIS LEAD?
Luka says UMM YEAH THAT'S
ACTUALLY MY BROTHER'S.
Katrina says SO I TAKE IT HE NEEDS
A NEW LEAD.
Luka says WELL HE HAS ONE BUT IT'S ALL
STRETCHED AND FALLING APART.
Katrina says OKAY WELL YOUR BROTHER'S
GOING TO BE THRILLED
WHEN HE SEES THIS?
Luka says YEAH.
Katrina says DO YOU WANT TO DO
SOME TRICK TRAINING?
Luka says YES PLEASE.
Katrina says EXCELLENT.
LET'S GET TO IT.
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO
TEACH JALU HOW TO SPIN.
THIS IS A CUTE TRICK AND THE
FIRST STEP IS A SIMPLE ONE,
WHICH IS JUST GETTING HIM
COMFORTABLE TURNING HIS HEAD,
JUST LIKE THAT AND
THEN HE GETS A TREAT.
OKAY.
NOW JUST SEE IF YOU CAN GET
HIS ATTENTION ON THE NOSE.
JUST TURN THE HEAD.
PERFECT, GIVE HIM THE TREAT.
THAT'S IT.
AND THEN THE OTHER WAY.
JUST THE HEAD TURN.
PERFECT.
GIVE HIM THE TREAT.
THAT IS STEP ONE.
WE'LL WORK ON THAT.
WE WILL BE BACK WITH STEP TWO,
WHICH IS TO GET HIM TO FOLLOW
THE TREAT ALL THE WAY AROUND.
COOL?
Back in the studio, Alfie says WE'LL FIND OUT HOW LUKA IS
DOING WITH TEACHING JALU TO SPIN
A BIT LATER IN THE SHOW.
BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO DISCOVER
SOMETHING NEW
AND TEST THAT BRAIN OF YOURS
WITH AN ANIMAL FACT.
The caption changes to "Did you know?"
A Narrator says DID YOU KNOW
BEAGLES DATE BACK TO THE 1300S
AND WERE DEVELOPED IN ENGLAND
AS HUNTING DOGS
TO CHASE DOWN SMALL PREY
SUCH AS RABBITS?
EARLY BEAGLES WERE ONLY
EIGHT OR NINE INCHES HIGH.
SMALL ENOUGH TO
CARRY IN A POCKET.
KNOWN AS POCKET BEAGLES.
IF A BEAGLE IS PURE BRED IT WILL
HAVE SOME WHITE IN ITS TAIL.
IT MAY ONLY BE A
FEW HAIRS AT THE TIP,
OR IT MAY BE MOSTLY WHITE,
BUT A BEAGLE WITHOUT ANY WHITE
IN ITS TAIL IS PROBABLY A MIX.
AND THAT'S...
Kids say ...AN ANIMAL FACT.
Alfie says AND NOW MY CREATURE FRIENDS
IT'S TIME TO MEET A FEW OTHER
PALS OF MINE.
THEY'RE EFFUSIVE,
THEY'RE GARRULOUS,
THEY'RE WELL SPOKEN
AND THEY'RE SOCIABLE.
WHO ELSE COULD I BE
TALKING ABOUT?
NO IT'S NOT ME.
IT'S MY TWO FRIENDS,
THE TWO BOBS.
The caption changes to "Two Bobs."
Mudskippers chat in the mud.
Mudskipper Bob 1 says YOU KNOW
WHAT BOB,
I REALLY THINK YOU'RE ON
TO SOMETHING
WITH THESE CONTEMPORARY
DANCE LESSONS.
MY BODY FEELS SO FREE
AND RELAXED.
Mudskipper Bob 2 says I SEEM
TO AGREE WITH YOU BOB.
WHAT SAY WE TAKE IT UP
A NOTCH OR TWO?
Mudskipper Bob 1 says GOOD IDEA BOB.
Mudskipper Bob 2 says LET'S GO.
Mudskipper Bob 1 says FIVE, SIX,
SEVEN, EIGHT.
Mudskipper Bob 2 says TWELVE, FOURTEEN,
TWENTY-THREE, THIRTEEN.
Mudskipper Bob 1 says OH YEAH.
MERMAID, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
Mudskipper Bob 2 says BODY FLOP MMM.
BODY FLOP MMM.
Mudskipper Bob 1 says HEY BOB WAS
THAT ONE NOTCH OR TWO
YOU JUST TOOK IT UP?
Mudskipper Bob 2 says I TOOK
IT UP SIX NOTCHES.
TOO MUCH?
Mudskipper Bob 1 says TOO MUCH.
YEAH COULD YOU TAKE
IT DOWN FOUR NOTCHES?
Mudskipper Bob 2 says BRING IT DOWN.
BRING IT DOWN.
BRING IT DOWN.
BRING IT DOWN.
BRING IT DOWN.
TOO FAR DOWN?
They rap in the mud.
Mudskipper Bob 1 says YEAH, YEAH.
YEAH, YEAH.
TAKE IT.
TAKE IT.
TAKE IT.
TAKE IT.
Mudskipper Bob 2 says I COULD
NEVER GET TIRED OF THIS.
Mudskipper Bob 1 says I COULD.
AND I AM.
Mudskipper Bob 2 says ME TOO.
I'M TIRED.
ALL RIGHT.
Mudskipper Bob 1 says I THINK WE
TOOK IT UP TOO MANY NOTCHES.
Alfie chuckles and says OH THOSE TWO BOBS.
I'M NEVER SURE WHAT
TO EXPECT FROM THEM.
WE'LL SEE WHAT ELSE
THEY HAVE TO SAY LATER ON.
BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO TEST
YOUR CREATURE COMPREHENSION,
THROW ON YOUR THINKING CAPS AND
GET READY TO FEED THAT BRAIN.
IT'S CREATURE QUIZ.
The Narrator says WHICH OF
THESE ANIMALS
BREED IN ANTARCTICA
AT WINTERTIME?
IS IT A, THE POLAR BEAR?
THE STRONGEST BEAR IN THE WORLD.
B, THE VERY CUTE WEDDELL SEAL?
OR C, THE EMPEROR PENGUIN?
SO WHO IS OUR
WINTERTIME BREEDER?
WELL, IF YOU ANSWERED
C THE EMPEROR PENGUIN,
YOU'RE CORRECT.
THIS GIANT ICE BLOCK
IS ONE OF THE HARSHEST PLACES TO
LIVE ON THE PLANET.
BUT IT'S HOME TO THE
COOLEST DAD ON THE PLANET.
A Penguin falls into the sea and says OH OH.
The Narrator says EMPEROR PENGUINS
ACTUALLY TRAVEL TO ANTARCTICA
TO BREED IN THE
MIDDLE OF WINTER.
THEY CAN SLIDE MORE
THAN EIGHTY KILOMETRES
TO THEIR FROZEN
BREEDING GROUNDS.
HERE THE TEMPERATURE IS USUALLY
FORTY DEGREES BELOW ZERO
AND TO MAKE THINGS WORSE
IT WILL BE MORE THAN
FOUR MONTHS
BEFORE THE SUN RISES ABOVE
THE HORIZON AGAIN.
INTO THIS FROZEN DARKNESS
THE FEMALE PRODUCES AN EGG.
IF THEY LEAVE IT ON THE GROUND
IT WILL FREEZE,
SO THIS DEVOTED DAD
MAKES A NEST FROM HIS FEET.
HE BALANCES THIS PRECIOUS
EGG ON TOP OF HIS TOES.
BARELY MOVING FOR
SIXTY-FIVE LONG DAYS.
THE FEMALES ALL LEFT LONG AGO
SO THE MALES ARE LEFT
HUDDLED TOGETHER
WAITING FOR THE END OF THE WORST
WINTER ON THE PLANET.
WHEN THE SUN FINALLY RETURNS
THERE ARE NEW ARRIVALS
IN THE COLONY.
BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM.
HOW DO YOU FEED A HUNGRY CHICK
WHEN THE FRIDGE IS EMPTY
AND YOU HAVEN'T EATEN
FOR FOUR MONTHS?
THE EMPEROR PENGUIN IS REALLY
AN AMAZING DAD
BECAUSE HE CAN FEED HIS BABY
WITH A SPECIAL STOMACH
SECRETION
THAT LOOKS A LITTLE LIKE MILK.
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.
The Narrator says DID YOU KNOW
THE HAGFISH HAS A UNIQUE
AND INGENIOUS WAY
TO AVOID CHOKING
ON ITS OWN SLIME?
THE HAGFISH CAN SNEEZE OUT
OF ITS SLIME-FILLED NOSTRIL
AND TIE ITSELF INTO A KNOT
TO KEEP THE SLIME FROM
GETTING TO ITS FACE.
A clip shows the animal mentioned.
The Narrator continues THIS ALL SOUNDS VERY
PAINFUL AND KIND OF GROSS,
BUT THE HAGFISH
DOESN'T SEEM TO MIND TOO MUCH.
IT WOULD JUST RATHER TIE ITSELF
INTO A KNOT
THAN HAVE A SNOTTY NOSE.
HEY, MAYBE THAT'S WHY ANOTHER
NAME FOR THE HAGFISH
IS THE SNOTTY.
AND THAT'S...
Kids say ...AN ANIMAL FACT.
Alfie says WHAT A COOL FACT AND
WHAT A KOOKY ANIMAL HUH.
ANOTHER KOOKY ANIMAL, BUT
A SLIGHTLY FURRIER ONE,
IS JALU THE POODLE CROSS
WHO IS LEARNING TO SPIN
IN TODAY'S DOG TRICK.
I WONDER HOW LUKA
AND DR KATRINA
ARE GETTING ON WITH
HIS TRAINING.
LET'S FIND OUT.
IT'S TIME FOR STEP
TWO OF DOG TRICKS.
Katrina says WELCOME BACK.
I'M HERE WITH LUKA AND JALU AND
WE ARE TEACHING JALU TO SPIN.
NOW THE FIRST STEP WAS
GETTING HIM COMFORTABLE
JUST TURNING HIS HEAD.
THE SECOND STEP,
WHICH I THINK YOU CAN DO.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE
BIG PIECE OF CHICKEN THERE.
GET HIM TO STAND UP
AND THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO GET
HIM TO FOLLOW THE TREAT.
SO GET HIM TO TURN.
ON THE TREAT.
GET HIM TO STAND FIRST.
THAT'S IT, FOLLOW THE TREAT
ALL THE WAY AROUND.
OKAY PERFECT.
WE'LL KEEP PRACTISING THAT
UNTIL HE'S REALLY
COMFORTABLE SPINNING
AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK
WITH STEP THREE
WHICH IS TO SEE IF WE CAN GET
HIM TO GO IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Luka says I THINK THAT
WOULD BE A GOOD PLAN.
Katrina says EXCELLENT AND I THINK
HE CAN DO IT.
WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.
Alfie says WE'LL HAVE MORE FROM DR KATRINA
AND DOG TRICKS LATER ON.
BUT FIRST TIME FOR A BIT OF FUN.
LET'S ALL REJOICE AND
HAVE A LAUGH
WITH OUR FAVOURITE
JOKE TELLING PAL.
GIVE IT UP FOR THE ONE,
THE ONLY BAD PUN PONY.
The caption changes to "It's Bad Pun Pony!"
A clip shows a brown pony galloping and neighing on a field.
Bad Pun Pony says WHAT
DID THE JUDGE SAY
WHEN THE SKUNK WALKED
INTO THE COURT?
ODOUR IN THE COURT.
OR HOW ABOUT
WHY DID ALFIE THROW THE CLOCK
OUT OF THE WINDOW?
HE WANTED TO SEE TIME FLY.
Kids say BAD PUN PONY YAY!
Alfie says AND WE'LL HAVE MORE CRACK UPS
FROM OUR HILARIOUS HORSE
NEXT TIME ON THE SHOW.
BUT NOW LET'S SEE SOME
MORE INCREDIBLE ANIMALS
AND TEST OUR CREATURE KNOWLEDGE
WHILE WE'RE AT IT.
IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER
CREATURE QUIZ.
The Narrator says WHICH OF THESE
ANIMALS ARE EGG LAYING ANIMALS?
IS IT A, THE ECHIDNA?
IS IT B, THE AYE AYE?
THE LARGEST NOCTURNAL
PRIMATE IN THE WORLD.
OR IS IT C, THE PORCUPINE?
WHO CARRIES THIRTY
THOUSAND SPEARS ON ITS BACK.
IF YOU ANSWERED A
YOU ARE CORRECT.
THIS SPIKEY ODDBALL
HAS AN ASSORTMENT OF REPTILIAN
AND MAMMALIAN FEATURES.
An Echidna walks around and says YEAH.
The Narrator says THE ECHIDNA HAS
SPINES LIKE THE PORCUPINE,
A BEAK LIKE A BIRD, A
POUCH LIKE A KANGAROO,
AND LAYS EGGS LIKE A REPTILE.
ECHIDNA HAVE TINY
MOUTHS AND TOOTHLESS JAWS.
THEY USE THEIR LONG STICKY
TONGUES
TO FEED ON ANTS, TERMITES, WORMS
AND INSECT LAVA.
THEY RELY ON THEIR
SENSITIVE SNOUT TO FIND FOOD.
The Echidna says BINGO.
The Narrator says THIS HUNGRY NEEDLE CUSHION WILL
FORAGE THROUGH LEAVES,
POKING IT'S SNOUT
INTO ROTTING LOGS
AND OTHER POTENTIAL FOOD SITES
UNTIL IT CAN EITHER DETECT THE
SMELL OR THE ELECTRICAL IMPULSES
OF ITS POTENTIAL PREY.
ECHIDNAS ARE COVERED
WITH FUR AND SPIKEY SPINES.
THESE SPINES ARE MODIFIED HAIRS,
SIMILAR TO THAT OF PORCUPINES.
THERE ARE TINY MUSCLE BUNDLES
CONNECTED TO THE BASE
OF EACH SPINE
SO THAT THE ECHIDNA CAN CONTROL
THE SPINE'S MOVEMENT
AND DIRECTION.
The Echidna says WELL YOU
DON'T SEE THAT EVERY DAY.
The Narrator says WHEN IN DANGER THEY
MAY RUN AWAY OR CURL INTO A BALL
EXPOSING ONLY THE SPINES.
THEY MAY ALSO DIG
INTO THE SOIL
OR WEDGE THEMSELVES INTO A
CREVASSE OR LOG.
The Echidna says YOU GOT A PROBLEM?
The Narrator says IT PAYS NOT TO
KID AROUND WITH THIS ECHIDNA.
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.
The Narrator says DID YOU KNOW
FOXES WILL EAT ALMOST ANYTHING?
THESE FURRY FRIENDS
DON'T JUST EAT MEAT.
WHETHER IT'S BERRIES,
MUSHROOMS,
EGGS, RODENTS,
WORMS, OR EVEN SPIDERS.
FOXES WILL EAT IT.
NOT ONLY DO THEY EAT
JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING,
THEY WILL EVEN BURY
THEIR FOOD TO EAT LATER.
OFTEN NOT RETURNING
TO EAT IT FOR MONTHS.
BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP A FOX
FROM CONSUMING
ITS NOW ROTTEN DINNER.
EVEN IF IT'S A BIT SMELLY.
AND THAT'S...
Kids say ...AN ANIMAL FACT.
Alfie says OKAY CREATURE FANS
IT'S THAT TIME OF THE SHOW
WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO.
YES YOU GUESSED IT.
IT'S TIME FOR PET AND TELL
WITH A NEW GUEST AND THEIR PET.
BUT FIRST THERE'S THIS.
A clip shows a small dog climbing a ladder to pee on a toilet.
The Dog says SUPER GENIUS.
The caption changes to "It's pet and tell!"
Alfie says INTRODUCING FINN.
HE HAS BROUGHT IN HIS PET
DOG TO TELL US MORE ABOUT HIM.
WELCOME TO THE SHOW FINN.
Finn is around 13 years old, with wavy blond hair. He wears a green polo-shirt and blue shorts.
Finn says THANK YOU ALFIE.
Alfie says WHO'S THIS?
Finn says THIS IS TOTO MY LITTLE DOG.
Alfie says YOUR LITTLE DOG.
WHAT KIND OF A DOG IS TOTO?
Finn says HE IS A MALTESE
SHIH TZU CROSS POODLE.
Alfie says WOW, THAT'S A BIT OF A MOUTHFUL.
Finn says YES IT IS.
Alfie says SO AHH TELL US MORE ABOUT TOTO.
WHEN DID YOU FIRST GET HIM?
Finn says WELL WHEN I WAS SIX I GOT
HIM AT A PET STORE.
HE WAS A FOSTER DOG.
HE WAS ABANDONED
AND THEN THEY TOOK HIM IN
SO THEN I GOT HIM BECAUSE
HE WAS LIKE THE CUTEST
OF THE RUN AND YEAH.
Alfie says YEAH WOW.
SO YOU GUYS HAVE KIND OF GROWN
UP AND BECOME BEST FRIENDS.
Finn says YES.
HE'S LIKE MY LITTLE BROTHER.
Alfie says YEAH.
MALTESE SHIH TZU.
MALTESE SHIH TZUS
WERE DEVELOPED IN THE 1990S.
SHIH TZU MEANS LITTLE LION
BUT THERE IS NOTHING FIERCE
ABOUT THIS BREED.
THE MALTESE SHIH TZU
IS A CROSS BETWEEN A MALTESE
AND A SHIH TZU.
THEY ARE AFFECTIONATE,
HAPPY AND OUT GOING.
MALTESE SHIH TZUS ARE ONE OF
AUSTRALIA'S MOST COMMON DOGS.
MALTESE SHIH TZUS.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS DO
TO PLAY TOGETHER?
Finn says WELL WHEN WE PLAY WE REALLY
SIT ON THE COUCH.
MAYBE WE MIGHT HAVE A
LITTLE RUSTLE AROUND.
HE USUALLY HOWLS WITH ME
AND YEAH STUFF LIKE THAT.
MAYBE OUT FOR WALKS
SOMETIMES AT THE BEACH.
I ALWAYS CHASE HIM.
HE SOMETIMES CHASES ME.
STUFF LIKE THAT.
Alfie says SO WHAT IS IT YOU
LIKE ABOUT TOTO?
Finn says WELL I LOVE THAT HE CAN HOWL AND
HE CAN JUST WRESTLE WITH ME
AND YEAH HE CAN JUST
CHILL WITH ME.
Alfie says SO HE HOWLS WITH YOU.
Finn says YEAH.
Alfie says YEAH CAN YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE?
Finn says YEAH SURE.
Finn howls and Toto says OOOOOO.
Alfie says THAT'S AMAZING.
SO IF OTHERS WERE LOOKING TO
GET A DOG LIKE TOTO
WOULD YOU RECOMMEND IT?
Finn says I THINK IT WOULD BE OKAY
BUT LIKE OTHER PEOPLE
LIKE OTHER THINGS
SO IT'S THEIR OPINION
BUT I THINK DOGS ARE COOL
BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS A
FRIEND IN NEED.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE LAZY.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE ACTIVE.
SOMETIMES CATS ARE LAZY.
SOMETIMES CATS ARE ACTIVE.
LIKE YOU KNOW AND PEOPLE THINK
THAT CATS
BECAUSE I WANT TO
PLAY VIDEO GAMES ALL DAY
BUT SOMETIMES DOGS
CAN ALSO DO THAT TOO SO YEAH.
Alfie says YEAH.
WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
COMING ON THE SHOW TODAY FINN.
Finn says NO WORRIES.
THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME OVER, ALFIE.
Alfie says NO WORRIES.
AND THANK YOU FOR
INTRODUCING US TO TOTO.
Finn says YOU'RE WELCOME.
Alfie says HE'S THE PERFECT
PET FOR PET AND TELL.
NOW THIS.
The Narrator says GUINEA PIGS,
GUINEA PIGS,
GUINEA PIGS.
EVERYBODY LOVES A GUINEA PIG.
AND WHY WOULDN'T YOU?
THEY'RE ADORABLE.
A Crowd says AWW.
The Narrator says THEY LOOK LIKE
BABY BUNNIES WITH MINI EARS.
THEY HAVE WAY TOO
MUCH FLUFFY FUR.
The Crowd says AWW.
The Narrator says ARE AS
SMALL AS A BUBBLE,
MAKE THE SWEETEST LITTLE SQUEAKS
AND HAVE CAT LIKE WHISKERS.
The Crowd says AWW.
The Narrator says IF YOU DON'T
LOVE GUINEA PIGS YOU'RE WEIRD,
'COS THEY'RE JUST...
Kids say ...TOO CUTE.
Alfie says MORE CUTENESS ON THE NEXT SHOW.
BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO TEST
YOUR CREATURE IQ
AND FEED THAT BRAIN.
ARE YOU READY?
IT'S TIME FOR CREATURE QUIZ.
The Narrator says WHICH OF THESE
ANIMALS HAVE NO STOMACH?
IS IT A, THE CREEPY
LOOKING GIANT SALAMANDER?
IS IT B, THE KELP
DWELLING POT BELLIED SEA HORSE?
OR IS IT C, THE
HYPERACTIVE MOUSE LEMUR?
IF YOU ANSWERED B
YOU ARE CORRECT.
DESPITE THE NAME A POT-BELLIED
SEAHORSE HAS NO STOMACH.
A Creature says WOW.
Close-up shots show sea horses swimming.
The Narrator says FOR A CREATURE
SO GRACEFUL
THE POT BELLIED SEA HORSE
HAS QUITE A FEW QUIRKS.
APART FROM HAVING NO STOMACH,
THEY ALSO HAVE NO TEETH.
THEREFORE THEY
CAN'T CONSUME FOOD
THAT'S LARGER THAN THEIR SNOUT.
THIS POT-BELLIED SEAHORSE
EXTRACTS VERY LITTLE NUTRITION
FROM EACH TINY SHRIMP.
SO SHE MUST
CONSTANTLY BE SUCKING THEM UP.
SHE CAN SUCK THEM DOWN IN ONE
THREE-HUNDREDTH OF A SECOND.
ALTHOUGH THEY ARE
CLASSIFIED AS FISH
POT BELLIED SEA HORSES CAN
ONLY SWIM IN SHORT BURSTS.
THEY FLUTTER THEIR DORSAL FINS
UP TO FORTY TIMES A SECOND
AS THEY STEER WITH THE SMALL
FINS ON THE SIDE OF THEIR HEAD.
DURING REPRODUCTION,
THE FEMALE POT BELLIED
SEA HORSE DEPOSITS HER EGGS
INTO A BROOD POUCH ON
THE MALE'S STOMACH,
WHERE HE FERTILIZES
THEM FOR A MONTH.
HE THEN GIVES BIRTH
TO AROUND 1000 LIVE YOUNG.
The Crowd says OH.
The Narrator says SO THE POT-BELLIED
SEA HORSE IS NOT A HORSE,
IT'S A FISH.
IT HAS NO STOMACH, NO TEETH,
AND THE MALES GIVE BIRTH.
IT'S ENOUGH TO
MAKE YOU GOOGLY EYED.
Sea Horse says OH BOY.
Kids say TWO BOBS!
By a lake, Crocodile Bob 1 says I OFFICIALLY CALL
THIS ANIMAL EATERS ANONYMOUS
MEETING TO ORDER.
A PLACE WHERE VEGANS, WHERE...
Crocodile Bob 2 says BOB? BOB?
CAN I JUST SAY SOMETHING
BEFORE WE BEGIN?
Crocodile Bob 1 says YOU CAN BOB.
THIS IS A SAFE PLACE.
Crocodile Bob 2 says YES THIS IS A
MEETING AS YOU SAID RIGHT?
Crocodile Bob 1 says YES IT IS.
Crocodile Bob 2 says WELL EVERY TIME
YOU SAY MEET
IT JUST MAKES ME THINK
OF WELL MEAT.
Crocodile Bob 1 says OH HANG ON.
YEAH.
I SEE HOW THAT
COULD BE A PROBLEM.
FROM NOW ON IT WILL BE
KNOWN AS A GATHERING.
A GATHERING.
Crocodile Bob 2 says GATHERING.
YES THAT'S GOOD.
THANKS BOB.
Crocodile Bob 1 says THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
Crocodile Bob 2 says OKAY
I HAVE GOT TO GO.
I JUST REMEMBERED
SOMEWHERE I GATHERED SOME MEAT.
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
IT HAS RECENTLY BEEN DISCOVERED
THAT GOANNAS HAVE
ORAL VENOM GLANDS?
ALTHOUGH THEY ARE UNLIKELY TO
ATTACK HUMANS IF UNPROVOKED.
THEY ARE ALSO A CLOSE
RELATIVE OF THE KOMODO DRAGON,
AND IF YOU LOOK AT
THE KOMODO DRAGON,
YOU CAN DEFINITELY
SEE A RESEMBLANCE.
A GOANNA'S DIET DEPENDS
ON THEIR SIZE
AS THEY OFTEN SWALLOW
THEIR PREY WHOLE.
THESE REPTILIAN LONERS
CAN SURVIVE UP TO
FORTY YEARS IN THE WILD.
AND THAT'S...
Kids say ...AN ANIMAL FACT.
Alfie says WHAT A GREAT FACT.
ALL RIGHT CREATURE CRAZIES TIME
FOR A BIT OF PHILOSOPHY
WITH A BEAR WHO LIKES TO
CONTEMPLATE,
HE LIKES TO PONDER AND COGITATE
AND PUZZLE AND DWELL.
YES IT'S OUR FAVOURITE
BAMBOO-EATING,
ROLLIE POLY,
ADORABLE PONDERING PANDA.
Kids say THE PANDA THAT LIKES
TO PONDER.
Two pandas roll on the grass.
Eating, Pondering Panda says DO YOU EVER
THINK ABOUT HOW WEIRD BIRDS ARE?
LIKE, THEY HAVE
WINGS SO THEY CAN FLY, RIGHT?
BUT WHAT ABOUT
BIRDS THAT CAN'T FLY?
WHY DO THEY HAVE WINGS?
I MEAN, WOULDN'T AN EMU
BE BETTER OFF WITH ARMS
INSTEAD OF A PAIR OF WINGS
THEY NEVER USE?
IF EMUS HAD ARMS,
THEY COULD DO
WAY MORE USEFUL STUFF
LIKE AHH SWING ON TREES,
DO HAND STANDS,
SCRATCH THEIR HEADS AND WALK
AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT, HANG ON, HOW DO WE
ACTUALLY KNOW EMUS CAN'T FLY?
WHAT IF THEY'RE JUST, LIKE,
AFRAID OF HEIGHTS?
Alfie says IT'S TIME NOW TO HEAD OVER
FOR THE FINAL STEP OF
TODAY'S DOG TRICK.
LET'S SEE IF LUKA
CAN GET JALU TO SPIN.
IT'S DOG TRICKS.
Katrina says WELCOME BACK.
LUKA AND I ARE
TEACHING JALU TO SPIN.
NOW HE HAS MASTERED
THE FIRST TWO STEPS
AND WE HAVE HIM SPINNING ONE
DIRECTION VERY WELL.
NOW WE WANT TO GET HIM
TO GO BOTH DIRECTIONS.
SO JALU HEY, JALU
COME BACK HERE.
COME BACK HERE.
SO YOU'VE GOT TWO TREATS.
ONE TREAT ON HIS NOSE, THAT ONE.
GET HIM TO SPIN.
THAT WAY, PERFECT.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, STRAIGHT
AWAY ONTO HIS NOSE AGAIN.
EXCELLENT.
SO IN TIME YOU CAN START GETTING
HIM TO GO BOTH DIRECTIONS
WITHOUT NEEDING TWO TREATS.
Luka says YEP.
Katrina says AND YOU CAN USE
THE COMMAND SPIN.
SO HOW DO YOU FEEL
LIKE YOU WENT TODAY?
Luka says I FEEL LIKE HE WENT
VERY, VERY WELL.
I WILL JUST GO SPIN
AND HE WILL SPIN ONE,
TWO, THREE.
Katrina says EXCELLENT.
THAT IS THE BEST ANSWER EVER.
I HOPE YOU'VE HAD FUN TODAY.
WE'VE HAD A GREAT TIME.
I WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME
WITH ANOTHER DOG TRICK.
Alfie says WELL THAT'S ALL WE HAVE
TIME FOR TODAY.
I HOPE YOU'VE HAD FUN
WATCHING LUKA TRAINING JALU,
AND MEETING FINN AND
HIS SWEET DOG TOTO.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORE
AMAZING ANIMALS
LIKE TODAY'S EMPEROR PENGUIN,
THERE'S ONLY ONE PLACE TO COME.
I'LL BE BACK NEXT TIME
WITH MORE INCREDIBLE,
MORE AMAZING,
MORE WACKY
AND MORE ADORABLE.
AND REMEMBER ANIMALS ARE
AWESOME AND PETS ARE PALS.
I'M ALFIE.
JOIN ME 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.
He says HEY, HEY CREATURE MANIACS
WELCOME TO THE SHOW THAT'S ALL
ABOUT OUR ANIMAL FRIENDS
AND COMPLETELY CREATURE CRAZY.
IT'S CREATURE MANIA.
TODAY THERE WILL
BE HOOVES AND PAWS,
WINGS AND FLIPPERS.
COMING UP...
Clips show different types of animals as Alfie says WE GO NOSE TO NOSE
WITH A SUPER SNIFFER BEAGLE,
CHECK OUT THE INSANELY
SLIMY HAG FISH
AND FIND OUT HOW SLY
THE FOX REALLY IS.
WE HAVE A LAUGH WITH
PANDA AND PONY
AND MEET FINN AND HIS TOTALLY
ADORABLE DOG TOTO
IN PET AND TELL.
PLUS, LOTS, LOTS MORE.
IT'S GOING TO
BE A PACKED SHOW.
SO LET'S KICK IT OFF WITH A
OUR GOOD FRIEND DR. KATRINA
AND SEE WHAT LUCKY
YOUNG DOG TRAINER
AND THEIR PAL ARE COMING
ALONG TODAY
AND WHAT TRICK
THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN.
IT'S 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.
Sitting on a garden, Katrina says HI AND WELCOME TO DOG TRICKS.
I'M DR. KATRINA.
I'M JOINED BY THE MOST AMAZING,
TALENTED GROUP OF DOGS AROUND,
THE WONDER DOGS
AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO
SHOW YOU HOW TO TEACH YOUR
DOG TO SPIN.
AND MR. FLYNN IS GOING TO
DEMONSTRATE THIS FOR US.
LET'S LEARN A BIT
ABOUT HIM FIRST.
MEET FLYNN,
HE'S EIGHT YEARS OLD.
HIS NICKNAMES ARE
MISTER MAN AND FLYNNY.
HE'S AN AGILITY CHAMPION AND
HAS HEAPS OF OBEDIENCE TITLES.
HE'S DONE LOTS OF
TV COMMERCIALS
AND STAGE SHOW PERFORMANCES,
AND FLIES ALL OVER AUSTRALIA
FOR WORK AND FUN.
HIS FAVOURITE TRICKS
INCLUDE HIDING HIS FACE,
CROSSING HIS PAWS AND
ROLLING UP IN HIS BLANKEY.
HIS FAVOURITE HOBBIES: WELL
HE KNOWS HOW TO WIN HEARTS
WITH HIS DASHING
LOOKS AND CHARISMA.
Clips show the dog doing its tricks.
She continues HE ALSO LOVES SWIMMING,
HIS BALL ON THE ROPE,
AGILITY AND SLEEPING
UPSIDE DOWN ON THE LOUNGE.
THREE WORDS TO
DESCRIBE FLYNN:
HANDSOME, CLEVER AND LOYAL.
NOW LET'S SEE FLYNN DEMONSTRATE.
The caption changes to "Learn to spin."
Katrina says SPIN.
Flynn does a trick and Katrina gives him a treat as she says GOOD BOY.
SPIN IS A SUPER CUTE TRICK
AND IT'S A GREAT ONE
TO TEACH PUPPIES.
IN FACT YOU CAN START TEACHING
A PUPPY THIS TRICK
THE MOMENT YOU BRING IT HOME.
SPIN.
YEAH. GOOD BOY.
WELL NOW WE'VE SEEN AN
EXPERT DEMONSTRATION,
LET'S GO SEE WHO'S
HERE TO TRAIN THEIR DOG.
I'M HERE WITH LUKA
AND HIS DOG JALU.
TELL ME A BIT ABOUT JALU.
Luka is in around 12 years old, with blond hair. He wears a blue polo-shirt. Jalu is a big black dog.
Luka says WELL UMM JALU LIKES TO GO
FOR WALKS ON THE BEACH
AND HE REALLY ONLY
PLODDERS IN THE SHALLOW
AND HE HAS TO GO AND SAY HELLO
TO EVERYONE ON THE BEACH.
Katrina says SO HE'S PRETTY EASY GOING?
Luka says YES.
Katrina says HE GETS ON WITH OTHER DOGS?
Luka says YES A LOT.
Katrina says NOW IS THIS A DRESSING
GOWN BELT I SEE AS HIS LEAD?
Luka says UMM YEAH THAT'S
ACTUALLY MY BROTHER'S.
Katrina says SO I TAKE IT HE NEEDS
A NEW LEAD.
Luka says WELL HE HAS ONE BUT IT'S ALL
STRETCHED AND FALLING APART.
Katrina says OKAY WELL YOUR BROTHER'S
GOING TO BE THRILLED
WHEN HE SEES THIS?
Luka says YEAH.
Katrina says DO YOU WANT TO DO
SOME TRICK TRAINING?
Luka says YES PLEASE.
Katrina says EXCELLENT.
LET'S GET TO IT.
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO
TEACH JALU HOW TO SPIN.
THIS IS A CUTE TRICK AND THE
FIRST STEP IS A SIMPLE ONE,
WHICH IS JUST GETTING HIM
COMFORTABLE TURNING HIS HEAD,
JUST LIKE THAT AND
THEN HE GETS A TREAT.
OKAY.
NOW JUST SEE IF YOU CAN GET
HIS ATTENTION ON THE NOSE.
JUST TURN THE HEAD.
PERFECT, GIVE HIM THE TREAT.
THAT'S IT.
AND THEN THE OTHER WAY.
JUST THE HEAD TURN.
PERFECT.
GIVE HIM THE TREAT.
THAT IS STEP ONE.
WE'LL WORK ON THAT.
WE WILL BE BACK WITH STEP TWO,
WHICH IS TO GET HIM TO FOLLOW
THE TREAT ALL THE WAY AROUND.
COOL?
Back in the studio, Alfie says WE'LL FIND OUT HOW LUKA IS
DOING WITH TEACHING JALU TO SPIN
A BIT LATER IN THE SHOW.
BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO DISCOVER
SOMETHING NEW
AND TEST THAT BRAIN OF YOURS
WITH AN ANIMAL FACT.
The caption changes to "Did you know?"
A Narrator says DID YOU KNOW
BEAGLES DATE BACK TO THE 1300S
AND WERE DEVELOPED IN ENGLAND
AS HUNTING DOGS
TO CHASE DOWN SMALL PREY
SUCH AS RABBITS?
EARLY BEAGLES WERE ONLY
EIGHT OR NINE INCHES HIGH.
SMALL ENOUGH TO
CARRY IN A POCKET.
KNOWN AS POCKET BEAGLES.
IF A BEAGLE IS PURE BRED IT WILL
HAVE SOME WHITE IN ITS TAIL.
IT MAY ONLY BE A
FEW HAIRS AT THE TIP,
OR IT MAY BE MOSTLY WHITE,
BUT A BEAGLE WITHOUT ANY WHITE
IN ITS TAIL IS PROBABLY A MIX.
AND THAT'S...
Kids say ...AN ANIMAL FACT.
Alfie says AND NOW MY CREATURE FRIENDS
IT'S TIME TO MEET A FEW OTHER
PALS OF MINE.
THEY'RE EFFUSIVE,
THEY'RE GARRULOUS,
THEY'RE WELL SPOKEN
AND THEY'RE SOCIABLE.
WHO ELSE COULD I BE
TALKING ABOUT?
NO IT'S NOT ME.
IT'S MY TWO FRIENDS,
THE TWO BOBS.
The caption changes to "Two Bobs."
Mudskippers chat in the mud.
Mudskipper Bob 1 says YOU KNOW
WHAT BOB,
I REALLY THINK YOU'RE ON
TO SOMETHING
WITH THESE CONTEMPORARY
DANCE LESSONS.
MY BODY FEELS SO FREE
AND RELAXED.
Mudskipper Bob 2 says I SEEM
TO AGREE WITH YOU BOB.
WHAT SAY WE TAKE IT UP
A NOTCH OR TWO?
Mudskipper Bob 1 says GOOD IDEA BOB.
Mudskipper Bob 2 says LET'S GO.
Mudskipper Bob 1 says FIVE, SIX,
SEVEN, EIGHT.
Mudskipper Bob 2 says TWELVE, FOURTEEN,
TWENTY-THREE, THIRTEEN.
Mudskipper Bob 1 says OH YEAH.
MERMAID, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
Mudskipper Bob 2 says BODY FLOP MMM.
BODY FLOP MMM.
Mudskipper Bob 1 says HEY BOB WAS
THAT ONE NOTCH OR TWO
YOU JUST TOOK IT UP?
Mudskipper Bob 2 says I TOOK
IT UP SIX NOTCHES.
TOO MUCH?
Mudskipper Bob 1 says TOO MUCH.
YEAH COULD YOU TAKE
IT DOWN FOUR NOTCHES?
Mudskipper Bob 2 says BRING IT DOWN.
BRING IT DOWN.
BRING IT DOWN.
BRING IT DOWN.
BRING IT DOWN.
TOO FAR DOWN?
They rap in the mud.
Mudskipper Bob 1 says YEAH, YEAH.
YEAH, YEAH.
TAKE IT.
TAKE IT.
TAKE IT.
TAKE IT.
Mudskipper Bob 2 says I COULD
NEVER GET TIRED OF THIS.
Mudskipper Bob 1 says I COULD.
AND I AM.
Mudskipper Bob 2 says ME TOO.
I'M TIRED.
ALL RIGHT.
Mudskipper Bob 1 says I THINK WE
TOOK IT UP TOO MANY NOTCHES.
Alfie chuckles and says OH THOSE TWO BOBS.
I'M NEVER SURE WHAT
TO EXPECT FROM THEM.
WE'LL SEE WHAT ELSE
THEY HAVE TO SAY LATER ON.
BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO TEST
YOUR CREATURE COMPREHENSION,
THROW ON YOUR THINKING CAPS AND
GET READY TO FEED THAT BRAIN.
IT'S CREATURE QUIZ.
The Narrator says WHICH OF
THESE ANIMALS
BREED IN ANTARCTICA
AT WINTERTIME?
IS IT A, THE POLAR BEAR?
THE STRONGEST BEAR IN THE WORLD.
B, THE VERY CUTE WEDDELL SEAL?
OR C, THE EMPEROR PENGUIN?
SO WHO IS OUR
WINTERTIME BREEDER?
WELL, IF YOU ANSWERED
C THE EMPEROR PENGUIN,
YOU'RE CORRECT.
THIS GIANT ICE BLOCK
IS ONE OF THE HARSHEST PLACES TO
LIVE ON THE PLANET.
BUT IT'S HOME TO THE
COOLEST DAD ON THE PLANET.
A Penguin falls into the sea and says OH OH.
The Narrator says EMPEROR PENGUINS
ACTUALLY TRAVEL TO ANTARCTICA
TO BREED IN THE
MIDDLE OF WINTER.
THEY CAN SLIDE MORE
THAN EIGHTY KILOMETRES
TO THEIR FROZEN
BREEDING GROUNDS.
HERE THE TEMPERATURE IS USUALLY
FORTY DEGREES BELOW ZERO
AND TO MAKE THINGS WORSE
IT WILL BE MORE THAN
FOUR MONTHS
BEFORE THE SUN RISES ABOVE
THE HORIZON AGAIN.
INTO THIS FROZEN DARKNESS
THE FEMALE PRODUCES AN EGG.
IF THEY LEAVE IT ON THE GROUND
IT WILL FREEZE,
SO THIS DEVOTED DAD
MAKES A NEST FROM HIS FEET.
HE BALANCES THIS PRECIOUS
EGG ON TOP OF HIS TOES.
BARELY MOVING FOR
SIXTY-FIVE LONG DAYS.
THE FEMALES ALL LEFT LONG AGO
SO THE MALES ARE LEFT
HUDDLED TOGETHER
WAITING FOR THE END OF THE WORST
WINTER ON THE PLANET.
WHEN THE SUN FINALLY RETURNS
THERE ARE NEW ARRIVALS
IN THE COLONY.
BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM.
HOW DO YOU FEED A HUNGRY CHICK
WHEN THE FRIDGE IS EMPTY
AND YOU HAVEN'T EATEN
FOR FOUR MONTHS?
THE EMPEROR PENGUIN IS REALLY
AN AMAZING DAD
BECAUSE HE CAN FEED HIS BABY
WITH A SPECIAL STOMACH
SECRETION
THAT LOOKS A LITTLE LIKE MILK.
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.
The Narrator says DID YOU KNOW
THE HAGFISH HAS A UNIQUE
AND INGENIOUS WAY
TO AVOID CHOKING
ON ITS OWN SLIME?
THE HAGFISH CAN SNEEZE OUT
OF ITS SLIME-FILLED NOSTRIL
AND TIE ITSELF INTO A KNOT
TO KEEP THE SLIME FROM
GETTING TO ITS FACE.
A clip shows the animal mentioned.
The Narrator continues THIS ALL SOUNDS VERY
PAINFUL AND KIND OF GROSS,
BUT THE HAGFISH
DOESN'T SEEM TO MIND TOO MUCH.
IT WOULD JUST RATHER TIE ITSELF
INTO A KNOT
THAN HAVE A SNOTTY NOSE.
HEY, MAYBE THAT'S WHY ANOTHER
NAME FOR THE HAGFISH
IS THE SNOTTY.
AND THAT'S...
Kids say ...AN ANIMAL FACT.
Alfie says WHAT A COOL FACT AND
WHAT A KOOKY ANIMAL HUH.
ANOTHER KOOKY ANIMAL, BUT
A SLIGHTLY FURRIER ONE,
IS JALU THE POODLE CROSS
WHO IS LEARNING TO SPIN
IN TODAY'S DOG TRICK.
I WONDER HOW LUKA
AND DR KATRINA
ARE GETTING ON WITH
HIS TRAINING.
LET'S FIND OUT.
IT'S TIME FOR STEP
TWO OF DOG TRICKS.
Katrina says WELCOME BACK.
I'M HERE WITH LUKA AND JALU AND
WE ARE TEACHING JALU TO SPIN.
NOW THE FIRST STEP WAS
GETTING HIM COMFORTABLE
JUST TURNING HIS HEAD.
THE SECOND STEP,
WHICH I THINK YOU CAN DO.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE
BIG PIECE OF CHICKEN THERE.
GET HIM TO STAND UP
AND THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO GET
HIM TO FOLLOW THE TREAT.
SO GET HIM TO TURN.
ON THE TREAT.
GET HIM TO STAND FIRST.
THAT'S IT, FOLLOW THE TREAT
ALL THE WAY AROUND.
OKAY PERFECT.
WE'LL KEEP PRACTISING THAT
UNTIL HE'S REALLY
COMFORTABLE SPINNING
AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK
WITH STEP THREE
WHICH IS TO SEE IF WE CAN GET
HIM TO GO IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Luka says I THINK THAT
WOULD BE A GOOD PLAN.
Katrina says EXCELLENT AND I THINK
HE CAN DO IT.
WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.
Alfie says WE'LL HAVE MORE FROM DR KATRINA
AND DOG TRICKS LATER ON.
BUT FIRST TIME FOR A BIT OF FUN.
LET'S ALL REJOICE AND
HAVE A LAUGH
WITH OUR FAVOURITE
JOKE TELLING PAL.
GIVE IT UP FOR THE ONE,
THE ONLY BAD PUN PONY.
The caption changes to "It's Bad Pun Pony!"
A clip shows a brown pony galloping and neighing on a field.
Bad Pun Pony says WHAT
DID THE JUDGE SAY
WHEN THE SKUNK WALKED
INTO THE COURT?
ODOUR IN THE COURT.
OR HOW ABOUT
WHY DID ALFIE THROW THE CLOCK
OUT OF THE WINDOW?
HE WANTED TO SEE TIME FLY.
Kids say BAD PUN PONY YAY!
Alfie says AND WE'LL HAVE MORE CRACK UPS
FROM OUR HILARIOUS HORSE
NEXT TIME ON THE SHOW.
BUT NOW LET'S SEE SOME
MORE INCREDIBLE ANIMALS
AND TEST OUR CREATURE KNOWLEDGE
WHILE WE'RE AT IT.
IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER
CREATURE QUIZ.
The Narrator says WHICH OF THESE
ANIMALS ARE EGG LAYING ANIMALS?
IS IT A, THE ECHIDNA?
IS IT B, THE AYE AYE?
THE LARGEST NOCTURNAL
PRIMATE IN THE WORLD.
OR IS IT C, THE PORCUPINE?
WHO CARRIES THIRTY
THOUSAND SPEARS ON ITS BACK.
IF YOU ANSWERED A
YOU ARE CORRECT.
THIS SPIKEY ODDBALL
HAS AN ASSORTMENT OF REPTILIAN
AND MAMMALIAN FEATURES.
An Echidna walks around and says YEAH.
The Narrator says THE ECHIDNA HAS
SPINES LIKE THE PORCUPINE,
A BEAK LIKE A BIRD, A
POUCH LIKE A KANGAROO,
AND LAYS EGGS LIKE A REPTILE.
ECHIDNA HAVE TINY
MOUTHS AND TOOTHLESS JAWS.
THEY USE THEIR LONG STICKY
TONGUES
TO FEED ON ANTS, TERMITES, WORMS
AND INSECT LAVA.
THEY RELY ON THEIR
SENSITIVE SNOUT TO FIND FOOD.
The Echidna says BINGO.
The Narrator says THIS HUNGRY NEEDLE CUSHION WILL
FORAGE THROUGH LEAVES,
POKING IT'S SNOUT
INTO ROTTING LOGS
AND OTHER POTENTIAL FOOD SITES
UNTIL IT CAN EITHER DETECT THE
SMELL OR THE ELECTRICAL IMPULSES
OF ITS POTENTIAL PREY.
ECHIDNAS ARE COVERED
WITH FUR AND SPIKEY SPINES.
THESE SPINES ARE MODIFIED HAIRS,
SIMILAR TO THAT OF PORCUPINES.
THERE ARE TINY MUSCLE BUNDLES
CONNECTED TO THE BASE
OF EACH SPINE
SO THAT THE ECHIDNA CAN CONTROL
THE SPINE'S MOVEMENT
AND DIRECTION.
The Echidna says WELL YOU
DON'T SEE THAT EVERY DAY.
The Narrator says WHEN IN DANGER THEY
MAY RUN AWAY OR CURL INTO A BALL
EXPOSING ONLY THE SPINES.
THEY MAY ALSO DIG
INTO THE SOIL
OR WEDGE THEMSELVES INTO A
CREVASSE OR LOG.
The Echidna says YOU GOT A PROBLEM?
The Narrator says IT PAYS NOT TO
KID AROUND WITH THIS ECHIDNA.
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.
The Narrator says DID YOU KNOW
FOXES WILL EAT ALMOST ANYTHING?
THESE FURRY FRIENDS
DON'T JUST EAT MEAT.
WHETHER IT'S BERRIES,
MUSHROOMS,
EGGS, RODENTS,
WORMS, OR EVEN SPIDERS.
FOXES WILL EAT IT.
NOT ONLY DO THEY EAT
JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING,
THEY WILL EVEN BURY
THEIR FOOD TO EAT LATER.
OFTEN NOT RETURNING
TO EAT IT FOR MONTHS.
BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP A FOX
FROM CONSUMING
ITS NOW ROTTEN DINNER.
EVEN IF IT'S A BIT SMELLY.
AND THAT'S...
Kids say ...AN ANIMAL FACT.
Alfie says OKAY CREATURE FANS
IT'S THAT TIME OF THE SHOW
WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO.
YES YOU GUESSED IT.
IT'S TIME FOR PET AND TELL
WITH A NEW GUEST AND THEIR PET.
BUT FIRST THERE'S THIS.
A clip shows a small dog climbing a ladder to pee on a toilet.
The Dog says SUPER GENIUS.
The caption changes to "It's pet and tell!"
Alfie says INTRODUCING FINN.
HE HAS BROUGHT IN HIS PET
DOG TO TELL US MORE ABOUT HIM.
WELCOME TO THE SHOW FINN.
Finn is around 13 years old, with wavy blond hair. He wears a green polo-shirt and blue shorts.
Finn says THANK YOU ALFIE.
Alfie says WHO'S THIS?
Finn says THIS IS TOTO MY LITTLE DOG.
Alfie says YOUR LITTLE DOG.
WHAT KIND OF A DOG IS TOTO?
Finn says HE IS A MALTESE
SHIH TZU CROSS POODLE.
Alfie says WOW, THAT'S A BIT OF A MOUTHFUL.
Finn says YES IT IS.
Alfie says SO AHH TELL US MORE ABOUT TOTO.
WHEN DID YOU FIRST GET HIM?
Finn says WELL WHEN I WAS SIX I GOT
HIM AT A PET STORE.
HE WAS A FOSTER DOG.
HE WAS ABANDONED
AND THEN THEY TOOK HIM IN
SO THEN I GOT HIM BECAUSE
HE WAS LIKE THE CUTEST
OF THE RUN AND YEAH.
Alfie says YEAH WOW.
SO YOU GUYS HAVE KIND OF GROWN
UP AND BECOME BEST FRIENDS.
Finn says YES.
HE'S LIKE MY LITTLE BROTHER.
Alfie says YEAH.
MALTESE SHIH TZU.
MALTESE SHIH TZUS
WERE DEVELOPED IN THE 1990S.
SHIH TZU MEANS LITTLE LION
BUT THERE IS NOTHING FIERCE
ABOUT THIS BREED.
THE MALTESE SHIH TZU
IS A CROSS BETWEEN A MALTESE
AND A SHIH TZU.
THEY ARE AFFECTIONATE,
HAPPY AND OUT GOING.
MALTESE SHIH TZUS ARE ONE OF
AUSTRALIA'S MOST COMMON DOGS.
MALTESE SHIH TZUS.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS DO
TO PLAY TOGETHER?
Finn says WELL WHEN WE PLAY WE REALLY
SIT ON THE COUCH.
MAYBE WE MIGHT HAVE A
LITTLE RUSTLE AROUND.
HE USUALLY HOWLS WITH ME
AND YEAH STUFF LIKE THAT.
MAYBE OUT FOR WALKS
SOMETIMES AT THE BEACH.
I ALWAYS CHASE HIM.
HE SOMETIMES CHASES ME.
STUFF LIKE THAT.
Alfie says SO WHAT IS IT YOU
LIKE ABOUT TOTO?
Finn says WELL I LOVE THAT HE CAN HOWL AND
HE CAN JUST WRESTLE WITH ME
AND YEAH HE CAN JUST
CHILL WITH ME.
Alfie says SO HE HOWLS WITH YOU.
Finn says YEAH.
Alfie says YEAH CAN YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE?
Finn says YEAH SURE.
Finn howls and Toto says OOOOOO.
Alfie says THAT'S AMAZING.
SO IF OTHERS WERE LOOKING TO
GET A DOG LIKE TOTO
WOULD YOU RECOMMEND IT?
Finn says I THINK IT WOULD BE OKAY
BUT LIKE OTHER PEOPLE
LIKE OTHER THINGS
SO IT'S THEIR OPINION
BUT I THINK DOGS ARE COOL
BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS A
FRIEND IN NEED.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE LAZY.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE ACTIVE.
SOMETIMES CATS ARE LAZY.
SOMETIMES CATS ARE ACTIVE.
LIKE YOU KNOW AND PEOPLE THINK
THAT CATS
BECAUSE I WANT TO
PLAY VIDEO GAMES ALL DAY
BUT SOMETIMES DOGS
CAN ALSO DO THAT TOO SO YEAH.
Alfie says YEAH.
WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
COMING ON THE SHOW TODAY FINN.
Finn says NO WORRIES.
THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME OVER, ALFIE.
Alfie says NO WORRIES.
AND THANK YOU FOR
INTRODUCING US TO TOTO.
Finn says YOU'RE WELCOME.
Alfie says HE'S THE PERFECT
PET FOR PET AND TELL.
NOW THIS.
The Narrator says GUINEA PIGS,
GUINEA PIGS,
GUINEA PIGS.
EVERYBODY LOVES A GUINEA PIG.
AND WHY WOULDN'T YOU?
THEY'RE ADORABLE.
A Crowd says AWW.
The Narrator says THEY LOOK LIKE
BABY BUNNIES WITH MINI EARS.
THEY HAVE WAY TOO
MUCH FLUFFY FUR.
The Crowd says AWW.
The Narrator says ARE AS
SMALL AS A BUBBLE,
MAKE THE SWEETEST LITTLE SQUEAKS
AND HAVE CAT LIKE WHISKERS.
The Crowd says AWW.
The Narrator says IF YOU DON'T
LOVE GUINEA PIGS YOU'RE WEIRD,
'COS THEY'RE JUST...
Kids say ...TOO CUTE.
Alfie says MORE CUTENESS ON THE NEXT SHOW.
BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO TEST
YOUR CREATURE IQ
AND FEED THAT BRAIN.
ARE YOU READY?
IT'S TIME FOR CREATURE QUIZ.
The Narrator says WHICH OF THESE
ANIMALS HAVE NO STOMACH?
IS IT A, THE CREEPY
LOOKING GIANT SALAMANDER?
IS IT B, THE KELP
DWELLING POT BELLIED SEA HORSE?
OR IS IT C, THE
HYPERACTIVE MOUSE LEMUR?
IF YOU ANSWERED B
YOU ARE CORRECT.
DESPITE THE NAME A POT-BELLIED
SEAHORSE HAS NO STOMACH.
A Creature says WOW.
Close-up shots show sea horses swimming.
The Narrator says FOR A CREATURE
SO GRACEFUL
THE POT BELLIED SEA HORSE
HAS QUITE A FEW QUIRKS.
APART FROM HAVING NO STOMACH,
THEY ALSO HAVE NO TEETH.
THEREFORE THEY
CAN'T CONSUME FOOD
THAT'S LARGER THAN THEIR SNOUT.
THIS POT-BELLIED SEAHORSE
EXTRACTS VERY LITTLE NUTRITION
FROM EACH TINY SHRIMP.
SO SHE MUST
CONSTANTLY BE SUCKING THEM UP.
SHE CAN SUCK THEM DOWN IN ONE
THREE-HUNDREDTH OF A SECOND.
ALTHOUGH THEY ARE
CLASSIFIED AS FISH
POT BELLIED SEA HORSES CAN
ONLY SWIM IN SHORT BURSTS.
THEY FLUTTER THEIR DORSAL FINS
UP TO FORTY TIMES A SECOND
AS THEY STEER WITH THE SMALL
FINS ON THE SIDE OF THEIR HEAD.
DURING REPRODUCTION,
THE FEMALE POT BELLIED
SEA HORSE DEPOSITS HER EGGS
INTO A BROOD POUCH ON
THE MALE'S STOMACH,
WHERE HE FERTILIZES
THEM FOR A MONTH.
HE THEN GIVES BIRTH
TO AROUND 1000 LIVE YOUNG.
The Crowd says OH.
The Narrator says SO THE POT-BELLIED
SEA HORSE IS NOT A HORSE,
IT'S A FISH.
IT HAS NO STOMACH, NO TEETH,
AND THE MALES GIVE BIRTH.
IT'S ENOUGH TO
MAKE YOU GOOGLY EYED.
Sea Horse says OH BOY.
Kids say TWO BOBS!
By a lake, Crocodile Bob 1 says I OFFICIALLY CALL
THIS ANIMAL EATERS ANONYMOUS
MEETING TO ORDER.
A PLACE WHERE VEGANS, WHERE...
Crocodile Bob 2 says BOB? BOB?
CAN I JUST SAY SOMETHING
BEFORE WE BEGIN?
Crocodile Bob 1 says YOU CAN BOB.
THIS IS A SAFE PLACE.
Crocodile Bob 2 says YES THIS IS A
MEETING AS YOU SAID RIGHT?
Crocodile Bob 1 says YES IT IS.
Crocodile Bob 2 says WELL EVERY TIME
YOU SAY MEET
IT JUST MAKES ME THINK
OF WELL MEAT.
Crocodile Bob 1 says OH HANG ON.
YEAH.
I SEE HOW THAT
COULD BE A PROBLEM.
FROM NOW ON IT WILL BE
KNOWN AS A GATHERING.
A GATHERING.
Crocodile Bob 2 says GATHERING.
YES THAT'S GOOD.
THANKS BOB.
Crocodile Bob 1 says THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
Crocodile Bob 2 says OKAY
I HAVE GOT TO GO.
I JUST REMEMBERED
SOMEWHERE I GATHERED SOME MEAT.
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
IT HAS RECENTLY BEEN DISCOVERED
THAT GOANNAS HAVE
ORAL VENOM GLANDS?
ALTHOUGH THEY ARE UNLIKELY TO
ATTACK HUMANS IF UNPROVOKED.
THEY ARE ALSO A CLOSE
RELATIVE OF THE KOMODO DRAGON,
AND IF YOU LOOK AT
THE KOMODO DRAGON,
YOU CAN DEFINITELY
SEE A RESEMBLANCE.
A GOANNA'S DIET DEPENDS
ON THEIR SIZE
AS THEY OFTEN SWALLOW
THEIR PREY WHOLE.
THESE REPTILIAN LONERS
CAN SURVIVE UP TO
FORTY YEARS IN THE WILD.
AND THAT'S...
Kids say ...AN ANIMAL FACT.
Alfie says WHAT A GREAT FACT.
ALL RIGHT CREATURE CRAZIES TIME
FOR A BIT OF PHILOSOPHY
WITH A BEAR WHO LIKES TO
CONTEMPLATE,
HE LIKES TO PONDER AND COGITATE
AND PUZZLE AND DWELL.
YES IT'S OUR FAVOURITE
BAMBOO-EATING,
ROLLIE POLY,
ADORABLE PONDERING PANDA.
Kids say THE PANDA THAT LIKES
TO PONDER.
Two pandas roll on the grass.
Eating, Pondering Panda says DO YOU EVER
THINK ABOUT HOW WEIRD BIRDS ARE?
LIKE, THEY HAVE
WINGS SO THEY CAN FLY, RIGHT?
BUT WHAT ABOUT
BIRDS THAT CAN'T FLY?
WHY DO THEY HAVE WINGS?
I MEAN, WOULDN'T AN EMU
BE BETTER OFF WITH ARMS
INSTEAD OF A PAIR OF WINGS
THEY NEVER USE?
IF EMUS HAD ARMS,
THEY COULD DO
WAY MORE USEFUL STUFF
LIKE AHH SWING ON TREES,
DO HAND STANDS,
SCRATCH THEIR HEADS AND WALK
AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT, HANG ON, HOW DO WE
ACTUALLY KNOW EMUS CAN'T FLY?
WHAT IF THEY'RE JUST, LIKE,
AFRAID OF HEIGHTS?
Alfie says IT'S TIME NOW TO HEAD OVER
FOR THE FINAL STEP OF
TODAY'S DOG TRICK.
LET'S SEE IF LUKA
CAN GET JALU TO SPIN.
IT'S DOG TRICKS.
Katrina says WELCOME BACK.
LUKA AND I ARE
TEACHING JALU TO SPIN.
NOW HE HAS MASTERED
THE FIRST TWO STEPS
AND WE HAVE HIM SPINNING ONE
DIRECTION VERY WELL.
NOW WE WANT TO GET HIM
TO GO BOTH DIRECTIONS.
SO JALU HEY, JALU
COME BACK HERE.
COME BACK HERE.
SO YOU'VE GOT TWO TREATS.
ONE TREAT ON HIS NOSE, THAT ONE.
GET HIM TO SPIN.
THAT WAY, PERFECT.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, STRAIGHT
AWAY ONTO HIS NOSE AGAIN.
EXCELLENT.
SO IN TIME YOU CAN START GETTING
HIM TO GO BOTH DIRECTIONS
WITHOUT NEEDING TWO TREATS.
Luka says YEP.
Katrina says AND YOU CAN USE
THE COMMAND SPIN.
SO HOW DO YOU FEEL
LIKE YOU WENT TODAY?
Luka says I FEEL LIKE HE WENT
VERY, VERY WELL.
I WILL JUST GO SPIN
AND HE WILL SPIN ONE,
TWO, THREE.
Katrina says EXCELLENT.
THAT IS THE BEST ANSWER EVER.
I HOPE YOU'VE HAD FUN TODAY.
WE'VE HAD A GREAT TIME.
I WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME
WITH ANOTHER DOG TRICK.
Alfie says WELL THAT'S ALL WE HAVE
TIME FOR TODAY.
I HOPE YOU'VE HAD FUN
WATCHING LUKA TRAINING JALU,
AND MEETING FINN AND
HIS SWEET DOG TOTO.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORE
AMAZING ANIMALS
LIKE TODAY'S EMPEROR PENGUIN,
THERE'S ONLY ONE PLACE TO COME.
I'LL BE BACK NEXT TIME
WITH MORE INCREDIBLE,
MORE AMAZING,
MORE WACKY
AND MORE ADORABLE.
AND REMEMBER ANIMALS ARE
AWESOME AND PETS ARE PALS.
I'M ALFIE.
JOIN ME NEXT TIME
ON CREATURE MANIA.
(music plays)
A caption reads "Creature Mania. A Northern Pictures Productions."
The end credits roll.
Copyright 2017, Northern Pictures.
You are now leaving TVOKids.com
TVOKids doesn't have control over the new place you're about to visit, so please make sure you get your Parent or Guardian's permission first!
Do you have permission from your Parents / Guardian to go to other websites?