Wild Kratts
Differences
Clip: Season 5 Episode 8 | 3m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
The team checks out the differences between African and Asian elephants.
Martin is with a group of Asian elephants and Chris is with a group of African elephants. The team are checking out the differences between the two elephants. Little African elephant Thornsley grabs Chris' creaturepod and won't give it back. Chris has to figure out how to get it back from her and has come up with a plan.
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Wild Kratts
Differences
Clip: Season 5 Episode 8 | 3m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
Martin is with a group of Asian elephants and Chris is with a group of African elephants. The team are checking out the differences between the two elephants. Little African elephant Thornsley grabs Chris' creaturepod and won't give it back. Chris has to figure out how to get it back from her and has come up with a plan.
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Chris's location in Africa.
And Martin...
I've got him in Asia.
India to be exact.
Aviva: Perfect.
Then we can get started.
Started with what?
I forget.
Well, remember the saying, Jimmy, an elephant never forgets.
I'm definitely not part elephant.
(laughs) We're checking out elephants.
Aviva: There are two basic kinds, African elephants and Asian elephants, and we're figuring out the differences.
Uh-oh, if this anything like the time we figured out the difference between an alligator and a crocodile, I'm out!
Too many super sharp teeth in that adventure.
(Jimmy whimpering) (ominous music) Don't worry, Jimmy.
Aviva: This'll be more about super cool trunks than super sharp teeth.
Tortuga to Kratt brothers, do you read?
Chris here with some African elephants.
Remember Thornsley, the rascally little elephant who drove off with our Tortuga?
How could we forget?
(gasps) Hi, Thornsley!
(playful music) Huh?
Hey.
Chris: Get your little trunk fingers off my creature pod.
Oh yeah, those two little trunk fingers can really grab.
Especially Thornsley's.
Chris: Give it back, buddy.
(groans) Hey!
Um, a little problem here.
Chris: I'll get back to you!
That little Thornsley is trouble.
(electronic beeping) Incoming com from Martin.
Hey, gang.
Blue Backpack here.
I found some Asian elephants.
Huh, they live in maternal herds just like African elephants do.
Martin: The matriarch female, her sisters, and their babies.
This little girl is only one year old and really friendly.
(chuckles) Ah!
Ow!
Hey, please don't pinch the nose.
Aww.
She's a sweetie.
Hey, notice anything different about that trunk?
Uh, it's attached to my face?
Aviva: (gasps) One finger.
Martin: Yup, that's right.
Asian elephants have one trunk finger, not two.
Aviva: That's difference number one.
African elephants have two trunk fingers.
Asian elephants have one.
But Asian elephants can still pick up, hold, and pinch things just as well.
Uh, I think I'll name you Fingertip.
Yep, Fingertip it is.
(electronic zapping) Okay, Chris here.
Still after that creature pod.
Chris: Hey, but I think from this angle you can spot another difference.
See how smooth African elephants' heads are?
And how big their ears are?
In fact their ears are kinda shaped like the map of Africa.
Really?
(computer beeps) Koki: It matches!
That's cool.
So smooth head and big ears for African elephants... Martin: And bumpy head and smaller ears for Asian elephants.
Koki: Differences number two and three.
Martin: Elephants flap their ears to keep cool, so Asian elephants really don't need big ears because it's a little bit cooler in these Asian rainforests.
Chris: Tell me about it.
It's hot on the African savanna.
Those big built in fans come in handy.
Oh, and we can't forget the size.
What's the difference there?
Yup, African elephants are bigger and heavier.
Chris: Doh!
(grunting) Hi, Slurpee.
(tongue slurping) And Asian elephants are smaller and lighter.
(grunts) Yeah, try that with an adult elephant.
Uh, maybe later.
Got it.
So there's a size difference, too.
But still, elephants in general are the biggest land mammals on the planet.
Slurpee, you are one great digger.
(gasps) Hey.
Yes!
I've got a plan.
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