(Upbeat music plays)

Two brains navigate a maze, chomping a variety things including a stack of books, tire and baseball. The brains meet in the centre of the maze and form one large brain. A banner wraps around the brain. Title, Hungry Brain.

A narrator says, HUNGRY BRAIN!

A second narrator says, YOU LIKE TO EAT CRABS,
LOBSTERS,
AND SHRIMP ALL
AT THE SAME TIME?
DON'T YOU THINK THAT MIGHT BE
A LITTLE "SHELLFISH?"
HERE'S THE TOP
ON CRUSTACEANS.

Text reads, The Top on Crustaceans.A yellow number 4 appears on a blue background.

The narrator says, NUMBER FOUR:
SOME ARE GIANT.
INTRODUCING THE COCONUT CRAB,
A TERRESTRIAL SPECIES
WITH A LEG SPAN
OF UP TO ONE METRE.

A coconut crab is shown on a beach.

The narrator continues, ITS CLAWS ARE SO POWERFUL
THAT THEY CAN CRACK OPEN
THESE THINGS.

A picture of coconut cracked open takes the place of the crab.

The narrator continues, NUTS, RIGHT?
THE COCONUT CRAB IS THE BIG
COUSIN OF THIS GUY,
THE HERMIT CRAB.

A hermit crab is shown beside a large shell on a beach.

The narrator adds, AND IF YOU THINK HE'S BIG,
YOU'LL PINCH YOURSELF
WHEN YOU SEE HIS SEA-DWELLING
JAPANESE COUSIN.

[Dramatic music plays]

The narrator adds, THIS GIANT SPIDER CRAB
HAS A SPAN OF UP TO FOUR METRES.

[Screaming]

A picture shows a person reaching for a Giant Spider crab in a cooler.

The narrator says, IT'D BE A HARD "SHELL"
TO HOG THOSE AT THE FISH MARKET.
NUMBER THREE:

A yellow number 3 appears on the blue background.

The narrator says, SOME ARE VERY ABUNDANT.

A small oceanic creature is shown.

The narrator says, THESE TEENSY AQUATIC CRUSTACEANS
LOOK A BIT LIKE SHRIMP.

Text reads, Krill.

The narrator continues, DESPITE BEING BARELY FIVE
CENTIMETRES LONG,
THERE'S SO MUCH KRILL
IN THE OCEAN
THAT IT'S A HUGE
SOURCE OF FOOD.

A whale is shown in the ocean.

[Bubbles floating]

The narrator says, THE BLUE WHALE,
THE LARGEST ANIMAL IN THE WORLD,
MAINLY CHOWS ON
THESE LITTLE GUYS.
HOW MANY ARE THERE?
THERE MUST BE KRILLIONS OF THEM!
NUMBER TWO:

A yellow number 2 appears on a blue background.

The narrator says, THEY AREN'T ALWAYS AQUATIC.
NO NEED TO GO UNDERWATER
TO FIND CRUSTACEANS.
SOME LIVE ON DRY LAND,
AND EVEN IN YOUR HOUSE.

A log house bathroom is shown.

[Gasping]

The narrator says, RELAX, WE'RE NOT TALKING
GIANT JAPANESE
SPIDER CRABS HERE.

[Dramatic music plays]

The narrator continues, WE'RE TALKING WOODLOUSE.
THESE LITTLE CRITTERS
LOVE THE DARK,
DAMP CORNERS OF YOUR HOME.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY CRUSTACEANS.

Various woodlouse are shown.

The narrator continues, IT HAS TWO PAIRS OF ANTENNAE,
AND SEVEN PAIRS OF LEGS,
WHILE INSECTS ONLY HAVE
ONE AND THREE, RESPECTIVELY.

A yellow number 1 appears on the blue background.

The narrator says, NUMBER ONE:
THE PEACOCK MANTIS SHRIMP.
OOH, PRETTY COLOURS!
BUT DON'T BE FOOLED,
THE PEACOCK MANTIS SHRIMP
IS SHRIMPLY DEADLY,
WITH A LICENSE TO KRILL!

Multiple pictures of the colourful peacock mantis shrimps are shown in the ocean.

The narrator continues, IT'S THE PERFECT PREDATOR.
ITS VISION IS SECOND
TO NONE.
IT CAN SEE TEN TIMES
MORE COLOURS THAN US,
EVEN ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT.
ITS EYES CAN MOVE
INDEPENDENTLY,
WHICH HELPS IT SPOT
ITS PREY,
AND ATTACK WITH ITS POWERFUL
FRONT LEGS.
THEY UNFOLD LIKE SPRINGS
AND STRIKE LIKE LIGHTNING,
50 TIMES FASTER
THAN BATTING AN EYELID.
THE IMPACT IS SO GREAT
THAT HEAT AND LIGHT IS RELEASED.
NO CRAB SHELL CAN RESIST
THE STRIKE OF THE MANTIS SHRIMP.

A plate of shrimp is shown.

The narrator says, I THINK I MIGHT STICK TO EATING
THIS TYPE IN MY GUMBO.

[Upbeat music plays]

End Credits.

Narration, Iain O’Connor.

Trio Orange. Member of The Association Québécoise de la Production Médiatieuqe.

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