♪ Wild Kratts Martin: In the equatorial regions of Australia, Asia and Africa, there lives a family of lizards: the Monitors.

Chris: It's us, the Kratt Brothers.

I'm Chris.

I'm Martin.

And we're talking about the lizards of the Varanidae family.

Monitor lizards belong to this family, and there are over 60 different species of Monitor lizard around the world.

Like the multi-striped Desert Monitor.

Or the tree-climbing Crocodile Monitor and the colorful Peach-Throated Monitor.

They come in different sizes and colors.

Here's the Savannah Monitor, a great example of what a Monitor lizard is.

They have strong arms that can dig and climb.

Sharp claws for grabbing onto trees or prey.

Chris: A tail that can whip predators or prey.

They have a tongue that flicks out, tasting the air, so they can zero in on prey.

And they'll eat anything too.

Whatever they can catch, a Monitor lizard is happy to make into a meal.

And these lizards are really adaptable, like the Water Monitor.

Now, this Monitor lizard is great at swimming.

And look how big this Monitor lizard is, huh?

Both: Wow!

But there are Monitor lizards that can get even bigger.

Oh!

You thinking what I'm thinking?

I think I'm thinking what you're thinking.

We're talking about... Martin and Chris: The Komodo Dragon.

One of the largest of all the lizards in the entire world.

Imagine what it would be like if we could take the form of the Komodo Dragon.

Imagine if we had Komodo Dragon powers.

Martin and Chris: What if?

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(bird chirping) (slurping) Ah, have my cup of tea!

Now, time for my morning villain monitoring.

Okay, I see Donita is still in her mansion, just like last night.

Looks like Zach is out of action for a while.

His Zachbots are still fixing his plane that he crashed in our last adventure.

And Gourmand...

I don't see him.

Where is Gourmand?

Hm.

He's active and flying over the Indian Ocean.

Where is he going?

If he continues in a straight line, he'll arrive at... Komodo Island?

Komodo.

Why does that name sound familiar?

I think there's an animal by that name.

Komodo cow?

Komodo fish?

I've gotta ask the bros. Martin?

Chris?

Where are the Kratt brothers?

I thought I was up early.

(Martin and Chris laughing) But they're already out creature adventuring.

Martin and Chris: Wow!

Martin: Cool!

What is it?

Martin and Chris: Anoles!

Also sometimes called chameleons for fun because they can change colors from brown to green.

But they're not really in the chameleon family.

They're in the Dactyloidae family.

They are the American anoles!

Wow, look at that dewlap!

You can't not notice that.

And that's exactly the purpose.

The anole is advertising he owns this territory.

That red dewlap says, "This is my place".

And the head bob is like the exclamation point.

(laughing) Wow!

I love these little lizards.

Huh?

Yeah, and now I love them too.

Oh, hey, I almost forgot: I was doing my morning villain monitoring and I observed that Gourmand was on course to an island called Komodo ?

Martin and Chris: Oh, Komodo!

And I have this feeling there's some famous animal from this island.

Martin and Chris: The Komodo Dragon!

That's it!

The largest lizard in the world!

Look at this!

Huh?

Sorry, bro.

You can't look at the Komodo Dragon on a small screen.

Come on!

You've got to see the largest lizard in the world on the big screen!

Koki: Wow!

Ah, nightmare!

You're right, bro, we need a big screen to do it justice.

This is the world's largest living lizard packed with creature power.

You know, we still don't have a Creature Power Suit of them.

We should go to Komodo island right now!

Hey, but why would Gourmand be going there?

Martin and Chris: Uh-oh!

We'd better get there!

And find out.

And fast!

Martin and Chris: To Komodo island!

Really?

Any chance we can pick a different destination?

[Martin, Chris and Koki] Uh-huh.

Ow!

Okay then.

Where are you going?!

Wait for me!

Thanks.

I was wondering why Aviva didn't say anything about the awesomeness of the Komodo Dragon, because she wasn't here.

Sorry, Aviva, we thought you were sleeping.

We would never leave you, because we like you so much!

Uh-huh.

And because you've got to program a Komodo Dragon power disc.

Komodo dragon?

Ooh, tell me more!

The Komodo Dragon is the largest living lizard.

And it only lives on a few islands in Indonesia.

Finally, Komodo island!

(crashing) Time to collect the special ingredients for an endangered breakfast.

Hey!

Why are you stopping here?!

You said you were taking me home!

Oh!

I said after I collected special ingredients for an endangered breakfast.

Why can't you just take me home first?!

Because I'm not the one who crashed your plane.

You did!

So I still want to go home!

Hm!

Later, soon.

Just stay in the plane until I get back.

Oh, fine!

(mumbling) Zach Varmitech, I'll show him a varmitech!

(mumbling) (hissing) (sniffing) Huh?

(sniffing) Oh!

(sniffing) (suspenseful music) (sniffing) (screaming) Step off!

(grunting) (mumbling) (thudding) (groaning) (thudding) Don't think you've beat me!

Nothing will stop me from getting your eggs!

(sniffing) Jimmy Z: Komodo island down below.

Koki: This place is cool.

It reminds me of a lost island with prehistoric monsters.

Look at the size of these tracks!

They're huge!

It must be a Komodo Dragon.

I can't wait to see one.

You won't have to wait long, Martin.

All: Huh?

Chris: Jump!

All: Ah!

(Martin laughing) Wow, the largest living lizard in the world!

He's getting into position near the water hole.

Wow!

He's gigantic.

Phew!

It looks like he's sleeping.

He's not sleeping.

What?!

He's hunting.

So don't let your guard down.

He's lying there, waiting for prey.

Uh, I think I'll go back to the Tortuga now.

Bye.

Look, a Water Buffalo!

Okay, reality check.

As big as that lizard is, there is no way a Komodo Dragon can take down a water buffalo like that.

Koki: Right, that's for sure.

Oh, yes, there is.

Watch!

He waits motionless, trying not to be seen.

And when least expected, he strikes!

(buffalo mooing) Biting at the buffalo.

(dramatic music) See?

The Water Buffalo got away.

For now.

But the Komodo Dragon got a bite.

You see, this lizard has a lot of sharp teeth and venom in its mouth.

So, even though the Water Buffalo got away, the venom is starting to work.

And, in about a week, the buffalo will weaken and die from blood loss and infection.

But how does that help the Komodo Dragon?

He won't even know where it is by then.

That's where the Dragon's tongue comes in.

When the water buffalo dies, it will begin to smell.

See the Dragon's tongue?

Komodo Dragons can taste smell on the air.

He moves his head from side to side, tasting the air.

And whichever side has a stronger smell taste, that's the direction the Komodo Dragon goes in.

Chris: Looks like he's onto something.

Let's follow him.

And the fork in the tongue gives the tongue two sides, so the Dragon can taste which side the smell is strongest on.

That's how they zero in.

That's how they can find it.

See?

Sí, I see.

Look.

He smelled out a wild hog carcass.

As long as there's enough to go around, these giant lizards will feed together.

Actually, tugging against each other helps them eat.

But sometimes...

They don't like to share.

(hissing) That's when... Martin and Chris: They battle!

Martin: Strong arms!

Chris: Sharp claws!

(thudding) Martin: Powerful tail.

Chris: Oh, sharp teeth!

And it's over.

We've got to experience that creature power.

We have got to add a Komodo Dragon Power disc to our collection.

Right, Aviva?

Aviva: I'm on it!

Koki: And I'll try to find Gourmand.

This is going to be awesome.

Jimmy Z: Are they still out there?

Yeah.

They're like amazing monsters.

And I saw two.

(Jimmy Z screams) Ooh, maybe I shouldn't have said monsters.

I have a signal for Gourmand nearby, but haven't been able to get a visual.

Here, send a fly cam.

And I'll get going on this Komodo Dragon Power programming.

One fly cam...on...and deployed.

(sniffing) Ah-ha!

I smell Komodo Dragon eggs here!

Have you cracked the eggs yet?

(giggles) I'm hungry.

They're not for you!

Well, what am I going to eat?

Nothing, unless you put yourself to use.

[Zach] Huh?

Help me dig.

No way!

Well, tell your robots to dig.

Oh, that I can do.

Zachbots, present shovel arms.

Dig up the eggs.

Carefully.

Aw!

Fine.

Carefully!

Ah!

Ah, just what I needed!

Is this food going to be spicy?

I don't like spicy.

Depends on the sauce.

Whatever.

You have your eggs.

Now you can take me home, right?

Not yet.

We still have many, many more eggs to collect.

Gonna be a big, big feast.

Making Komodo omelettes, and Dragon egg dumplings, and ooey gooey.

Nooooooo!!

Aviva, Koki and Jimmy Z: NNooooooo!!

Gourmand is collecting rare and endangered Komodo Dragon eggs.

For a very bad brunch.

All the more reason to finish this Komodo Dragon power programming, and fast!

We've got to stop him!

You know, I've just realized something.

We've seen a lot of big, big huge Komodo Dragons, but no little ones.

Yeah, come to think of it, where are the Dragonlets?

Dragonlets?

Is that what you call the hatchlings?

Oh, that's what I call them, Dragonlets.

But where are they?

Zach: Well, why don't you just go to the egg store?

Gourmand: Stop your whining.

Uh-oh, Gourmand.

And Zach.

Martin and Chris: Hide.

Whew.

(sniffing) Dig here.

Don't tell my robots what to do!

Okay, then you tell them.

Fine.

Dig there.

(Gourmand laughs) Oh, yes, I can do so much with these... Eggs Dragondine, Komodo toast, that's Dragon in a hole.

We've got a Creature Rescue to do.

But we can't tackle Gourmand, Zach and three Zachbots.

They'll capture us.

But we could tackle them with Komodo Dragon powers.

That we could do.

With Komodo Dragon powers we can track them down.

Tackle them and ge t the eggs back.

Martin and Chris: Aviva!

I'm working on it.

It'll be a little bit.

So go find something else to do.

Find something else to do?

Could look at that bug.

Uh, that's a fly cam.

Oh, yeah.

(laughing) Jimmy Z: Hey, bros!

Martin and Chris: Hey Jimmy.

Bye, bros. Ooh, that was a fly cam.

And it helped us find something we're looking for: Komodo Dragon hatchlings!

Dragonlets!

So this is where they all were.

Up in the trees, safe from the big Dragons that would eat them.

And up here they can eat bird eggs.

And real bugs.

They're on their own the moment they're born and only come to the ground when they're big enough and fast enough to run away from the big Komodo Dragons that would like to eat them.

Martin: Oh.

yeah.

Jimmy Z: Hey, guys, speaking of big Komodo Dragons that would like to eat you, time for you guys to grow more powerful.

That's right.

Komodo Power Disc programming completed.

Send them Jimmy!

Hoo-ha!

Energize and zap it!

Martin and Chris: Insert Komodo Dragon Power disc.

Touch Dragonlet.

Activate Komodo Dragon power!

Awesome!

Now let's... Huh?

Uh, I think we're going to learn why large Komodo Dragons don't climb trees.

They're too... Martin and Chris: Heavy!

(thudding) (chuckling) All right, now let's do the Komodo crawl.

Martin and Chris: To the Creature Rescue!

Engage forked tongue tracking system.

Martin: All right, let's smell the way a Komodo Dragon smells: with its tongue!

Don't forget to move your head side to side.

Chris: Got it.

Zeroing in.

(beeping) That way!

Keep smelling in case Zach and Gourmand turn.

Martin: Got something.

(beeping) This way.

We found them.

Chris: Komodo Dragon style.

Deactivate snout smelling apparatus.

And they found a lot of eggs.

(laughing) I think that's enough.

Enough?

That looks like all!

On this entire island!

In existence!

If he takes those eggs that'll make the Komodo Dragons even more endangered, or even... Extinct!

Gourmand: Let's go.

(Chris shushes) They're heading this way.

Time for a Komodo Dragon ambush.

Martin and Chris: Activate Dragon snout-attack mode.

Martin: Okay, let's start by taking out a couple Zachbots.

Chris: Like a Komodo Dragon.

(buzzing) (clanking) (clanking) Gourmand and Zach: What?!

Wah, it's Lizard Men!

Attack of the Lizard Men!

Martin: Zach, it's us, Martin... [Chris] And Chris.

In fully activated Kimodo Dragon power suits.

Oh!

(laughing) I knew that.

(clears throat) Zachbots, get them!

(buzzing) Martin: Ooh, I gotta try the whip tail!

(buzzing) (thudding) [Chris]: Wow!

I gotta try.

Whiptail!

(thudding) Martin: Your turn.

(thudding) What are you doing, you defective piece of junk?!

Owwwwwwww!

Gourmand, do something!

I'm doing.

(thudding) Huh?...Oops.

Ah!

Oh, no, ah, gross!

All, right you two, give us back those Komodo Dragon eggs.

Yeah, you've dug up the next generation of Komodo Dragons.

And we want them back.

Hatching free and in the wild.

See what I did there, bro?

Yeah, nice.

Enough!

I am not giving you any eggs.

I've tangled with a real Komodo Dragon before, so taking care of you two pseudo Dragon dudes is easy peasy.

Komodo Dragon claw power.

(thudding) Wah?!

Komodo Dragon bite power.

(crunching) Huh?!

Yeah.

Uh, maybe for breakfast today I'll just have cereal.

See ya.

Huh?

Gourmand: Bye, Zacky.

What about meeeeeee?

Get up Zachbot!

Fly me home!

I need a bubble baaaaaatthhhhhh!!

All right, guys, you did it!

Way to go!

So now can we leave this scary island?

Not yet.

The egg rescue is just the first part of the creature rescue.

We've got to get the eggs back and buried where they belong, and fast.

Komodo Dragon eggs can't last long out of the ground.

Before the fly cam got crunched, I tracked where the eggs were dug up.

Sending maps to your creaturepods.

And we're coming to help.

Let's go!

Oh, we've got a lot of Dragon eggs to rebury.

It's a good thing we've got Komodo Dragon claws to dig with.

Yeah.

Phew, the last one.

Everyone: It's hatching.

Oh, see the egg tooth at work?

It's slicing the shell.

With the egg tooth.

That's on the tip of his nose!

Chris: Lizard eggs are leathery, you know.

And I also know the egg tooth disappears as the lizard grows.

The opening is big enough.

Chris: The Dragonlet is pushing through.

Everyone: Hatching accomplished!

Martin and Chris: Wow!

Now I just have to name him.

How about Komodo Chris?

Not bad.

But how about Komodo Martin?

That's even better.

No way.

Hey, another one's hatching.

[Everyone] Aw!

Monitor lizards, and the Komodo Dragon, have awesome creature powers.

The prehistoric looking Komodo Dragon is the heaviest lizard in the world.

It uses its long flicking tongue to smell the air to search for its next meal.

Chris: And they've got those long sharp claws and thick armor-like skin that protects their entire body.

Martin: And a long powerful tail for swimming and fighting.

All these creature powers combine to make the Komodo Dragon one tough lizard.

And they've got to be tough to protect their territory.

Too big and heavy to climb trees, Komodo Dragons are an impressive specimen of the Monitor family.

Some Monitor lizards are more specialized.

This Monitor lizard is called a Dumeril's monitor lizard.

It's specialized for living in the trees.

See how he's holding onto my hand almost like it's a tree limb?

And the claws are really sharp.

They live in the trees, in swampy mangrove type areas and they love to climb up those trees, eat birds, insects, amphibians, pretty much anything he can catch.

He can go into the water sometimes and swim and catch fish, but his real specialty is climbing.

Yeah, climbing, just like you, bro.

(chuckles) Now, the water monitor's sp ecialty is swimming, like me.

These lizards are great in the water, and he can hold his breath for up to half an hour.

Can you imagine that?

30 minutes under water, no breathing required.

And the monitor lizard can float on the surface, easily cruising along.

Now, this species, the Savannah Monitor, is a generalist.

Monitor lizards can pretty much do it all.

This one's just a hatchling, only about a year old.

It will get a lot bigger, reaching over three feet in length.

There are so many more species to meet!

Yeah, millions and millions more!

So we've got to keep on creature adventuring.

We'll see you on the creature trail!

To find out more about cool animals and collect your own Wild Kratts Creature Powers... Go to the Wild Kratts website.

At PBSKIDS.ORG.

We'll see you there!