♪ Wild Kratts ♪ [Martin Voiceover] We're he re in the Northern Hemisphere where winters can last for six months.

That's a lot of snow and cold.

[Chris] Hey, it's us, the Kratt brothers.

I'm Chris.

I'm Martin.

And if you're looking for wild penguins up here in the north or the North Pole, you're looking in the wrong spot.

To see wild penguins, you have to go down south from the Northern Hemisphere down towards Antarctica and it's on these icy shores that a lot of penguins live.

But if you are in the north, you're not totally out of luck.

You can still see penguins at your nearby zoo or aquarium.

And if you're in Chattanooga, that's the Tennessee Aquarium.

Penguins are one of the most amazing, and the funnest creatures in the creature world.

But there isn't just one kind of penguin.

There are 17 different species of penguin.

[Martin] That's the Gentoo, the only penguin with a headband marking.

See the white band going over his head?

[Chris] And this little guy is a Macaroni Penguin.

See, he has funny little yellow feathers on his head.

They also eat different things and they make different sounds.

(penguins screaming) Those Macaroni Penguins are loud.

But all of them have that same body design that gives them their creature power.

Penguins are amazing swimmers.

With streamlined bodies, they rocket through the water.

Their wings are what powers them.

They're basically flying underwater.

Oh yeah, penguins have everything it takes to swim through icy waters and survive in freezing, snowy lands.

Imagine if we had penguin power.

[Both] What if?

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Oh, I love penguins.

Me too.

But I love them more.

No way, I loooooove 'em.

And they love marching.

Hey, Aviva, how's it going with the penguin power programming?

I'm working on it.

Oh come on, Aviva, hurry up.

The penguins are marching, we wanna join in.

[Aviva] Well, it's not like they're running fast or anything.

Why don't you just walk with them?

Well, we tried.

Look what happens.

(gasping) (cawing) See?

The penguins don't like us marching.

Unless you're a penguin.

Ow.

Yow.

Oh no.

(groaning) Oh no.

If you help, maybe we can get these penguin discs done faster.

We'll help.

Yeah, I'll do anything for a penguin power suit.

(exciting music) I can't stand it.

Designing penguin suits is the worst.

That design is definitely not working.

And you penguins aren't helping.

Why did I ever think penguins could help design a new tuxedo?

Why did I ever take you from the South Pole?

(shouting) Let go of my necklace!

Ooof!

That's it, we're done!

Dabio, pose beam!

Huh?

Yes, Donita.

(electronic whirring and zapping) Unload these fashion flops.

Donita, we're at the North Pole and penguins live at the South Pole.

Who cares?

What's the difference?

There's snow, there's ice, get 'em outta here.

Um, okay.

[Donita] Good riddance.

They're just lucky I didn't unload them in the Kalahari Desert.

(baby penguin chirping) (electronic music) Okay, let's see what we got here.

Hm.

How 'bout you?

Uh-huh.

And one last one.

Oh yeah, it's true.

Emperor penguins are the largest penguins in the world.

Hey, let go!

Whoa!

(groaning) They're pretty strong too.

Penguins don't fly, their flippers are for swimming.

(honking) Right, buddy?

[Koki] Scanning now.

Aviva, standby, I'm sending you some more observations.

Uploading now.

Standing by, Koki.

Fantastico, it's the last bit of data I need for the discs.

[Both] Whoa.

With all your help, we did it.

That was some great teamwork.

Yeah, the whole Wild Kratts team pitched in.

Except for Jimmy.

[All] Jimmy?

Yeah?

[Aviva] Why won't you come out?

I'm just scared of polar bears.

You got nothing to worry about today because there are no polar bears here.

We're in the Antarctic at the South Pole.

Polar bears don't live here.

Polar bears live on the other end of the Earth at the North Pole.

Yep, up in the Arctic along with the polar bears, you'll find arctic wolves, muskox, wolverines, walrus, and lots more.

Whoa.

On the southern end of the Earth in the Antarctic, there are leopard seals and penguins.

Seven different species of penguins.

No land predators for adult penguins here.

Yeah, and it was very easy for Aviva to make a penguin power suit.

Mm-hmm.

Huh, yeah, mm-hmm?

Oh yeah.

Inventing and programming penguin power suits is a breeze.

(laughing) So what are you waiting for?

Now you can march with the penguins.

[Martin] Oh yeah.

Activate... Penguin powers.

(exciting music) (electrical zapping) Uh, it's kinda hard to look heroic in a penguin power suit.

Hey, I love penguins, but they don't seem to make the most dynamic power suits, do they?

Maybe they have some secret powers we could discover.

But for now, we can waddle.

Yeah, and I'm really warm.

Whoa, penguins might not walk fast, but they can walk far.

Really far.

That's right, from here to there is five miles.

And I've found some research that says Emperor penguins have been known to march for 70 miles.

Wow, that's a cool creature power.

Yeah.

Hey, and look.

He's belly-sliding.

Now that's a fun creature power.

(laughing) And they use the belly-slide to travel faster over land.

Hey, I have an idea.

We could get to the sea faster if we belly-slide from up there.

This was a great idea, Martin.

Thanks, bro.

We're already discovering cool... And fun... [Both] Penguin powers.

Wow.

Penguin belly-slide!

(whooping and hollering) We're moving fast now.

I wonder why none of the other penguins thought of this?

[Martin] We're gonna run into those penguins.

How do we stop?

Guys, guys, how do we stop?

Help, help.

Look out!

[Both] Uh-oh.

Whoa!

This is why penguins don't slide from high hills.

And one other thing, penguins don't fly.

(groaning) Oops, sorry.

Our mistake.

Ow.

(laughing) Oh, okay, I guess we deserve that.

Ow.

Okay, strong beak noted.

But we're only gonna know what penguin powers are when we hit the water.

[Both] Swim time!

(playful music) Where'd they zip off to?

Oh, there.

Hey, they might be a little slow and clumsy on land, but penguin powers are super in the water.

Whoa, they zoom around like missiles.

How do they swim like that?

Flap flippers?

Whoa.

The suit works.

Okay, so let's break down how these work.

Flipper flap down for moving forward.

And now I understand the penguin body shape.

It's sleek and streamlined for moving through the water.

Yeah, and check it out.

Flapping and curving their wings up and down let's them change direction.

Angling the wings up makes you go up.

Angling them down makes you go down.

The wing helps provide power and speed for moving up and down in the water.

(shouting) [Both] Iceberg!

Angle wings down to go down.

Oh.

(groaning) We still have some things to learn.

Yeah, like how do they turn?

[Martin] Oh, I think they use their hind feet too.

[Chris] So they use both their wings and their feet to steer.

Okay, okay, now I get it.

Oh yeah!

Wahoo!

Woo-hoo, we're swimming like penguins.

(laughing and whooping) Woo-hoo, I'm with you, buddy.

Oh-ho, I've got it now.

Penguin power.

And it's a good thing we did before we met up with an orca or a leopard seal.

Those are major predators of the penguins.

And what keeps penguins out of their jaws is swimming power.

You know, I've never seen a leopard seal before, but I really wanna see one, I think.

Hey, bro, penguins are predators too.

Look what they're hunting, a school of silverfish.

[Martin] Woo, look at them move.

[Chris] Wow, a penguin can eat underwater.

That helps them stay down here and just keep eating.

[Martin] Because penguins can hold their breath for 27 minutes.

That's some great swimming power.

Hey, bro, you hungry?

For live fish?

Uh, not really, but we've gotta put our penguin powers through their paces.

Uh, we should forget about the fish.

Is this what I think it is?

Mm-hmm.

[Both] Leopard Seal!

[Martin] Wow, it looks awesome.

[Chris] Awesomely dangerous!

Swim!

[Chris] Fly!

Swim-fly.

Fly-swim.

(chase music) [Martin] Keep flapping, Chris.

[Chris] Oh, I'm flapping.

Penguin powers are fast and maneuverable.

But so are leopard seal powers.

[Martin] (shrieking) Oh, we can't shake him.

[Martin] Into the iceberg, bro.

I think we lost him.

(screaming) Nope.

[Chris] Follow those penguins.

Of course, get to land, that's actually a penguin's defense.

(grunting) (sighing) We're safe.

No we're not.

Uh-oh, we need bigger land.

(rock chase music) This way.

[Both] Uh-oh.

[Martin] Orca.

[Chris] Ah, is this ever gonna end?

Koki, Aviva, need a little help here.

[Koki] Guys, you're almost near landfall, keep swimming.

[Martin] I see land.

[Chris] Almost there.

He's gaining on us.

Whoa.

Whoa.

Waddle, bro, waddle.

I'm waddling.

Hey, this is where our penguin waddle is a superpower.

We might not be very fast on land, but we're faster than a leopard seal.

That's all the speed we need.

(sighing) [Both] Whoa.

[Chris] Whoa, incredible.

The leopard seal sometimes has to use the land for safety too.

[Martin] The Antarctic seas are a dangerous place.

The land of Antarctica is a safe place.

No land predators, perfect for penguins.

Penguins are a Southern Hemisphere species.

Seven penguin species live in the southern continent of Antarctica.

Adelies.

[Martin] Chinstraps.

[Chris] Emperors.

[Martin] Gentoos.

[Chris] Macaronis.

[Martin] Kings.

[Chris] And Rockhoppers.

But no penguins are in the North Pole.

I wonder why.

Uh, wait a sec, guys, are you sure?

I just got a message from up north in the Arctic from Nua.

Hi, guys, I found three penguins, but penguins don't live in the Arctic, so what are they doing here?

[Both] What?

That doesn't make any sense.

Why are there three penguins at the North Pole?

If that's where they are, they're sitting ducks.

Well, they're actually standing and they're not related to ducks.

Penguins are more closely related to albatrosses, loons, and petrels, but you know what I mean.

[Chris] Yeah, petrels are predators the penguins need to worry about.

They go after their chicks.

Yeah, but at the South Pole, adult Emperor penguins have no land predators, like polar bears, wolves, or wolverines.

Penguins don't know how to deal with these kind of land predators.

You're right.

It's worse than sitting ducks, they're standing penguins, alone, in the Arctic.

Well, not totally alone.

I'm here.

Okay, Nua, we're on our way.

Why don't you build a snow-fort around them and try to hide them until we get there, okay?

I'm on it.

[Aviva] How can we get from the South Pole to the North Pole quickly?

We can't use the Earth's rotation, because that goes east-west.

We've gotta go from the south to the north.

It's going to take awhile.

Even at quadruple thruster speed.

[Jimmy] So, we better get moving.

Arctic, here we come.

(rock music) Yes, now it is finished.

You have to stay inside.

There are polar bears and wolves out at night.

Martin, Chris, and the Wild Kratts will be here in the morning to take you home.

It's getting dark, so I have to go home now.

Remember, stay inside.

[Jimmy] Arriving at coordinates.

Yep, we're in the Arctic, a frozen sea surrounded by continents.

There's the fort, and Nua.

[Both] Nua.

Hi, Martin, hi, Chris.

[Martin] Hey, we gotta see these mysterious penguins.

Nice fort, Nua.

Thanks.

I never, ever, thought I'd see penguins in the Arctic.

(mimicked penguin honking) Oh, I'm saying, "Come on out, coast is clear."

Sounds better in my penguin power suit, I guess.

(gasping) [All] They're gone.

Look, penguin tracks.

[Martin] Oh no, they'll never survive out there.

We've got to find the penguins before the Arctic predators do.

Wait here in case the penguins come back.

[Wild Kratts] Good luck.

[Martin] Thanks.

All right, even though they waddle slowly, remember how far penguins can waddle?

Yeah, 70 miles, and they had all night.

We gotta hurry.

Yes.

There they are.

[Martin] Creature mission accomplished.

Hey.

[Martin] Oh, they're Emperor penguins.

Yup, let's get down there.

(whooping and hollering) Hello, penguins.

(chirping) You're hungry, I bet you are.

I must have a can of sardines in one of these pockets.

Oh, here we go.

(chuckling) Whoa, okay, okay, I'm gonna name you Spinner.

Here, have another sardine, Spinner.

Spinner loves those sardines.

And penguin parents always feed their chicks first.

Oh, Martin, look.

(gasping) Oh no, polar bears=!

And wolves.

Nobody's seen a penguin in the Arctic before.

All these predators are curious, and hungry.

(tense rock music) Quick, grab your penguin power disc.

Got it.

Insert power disk.

Touch penguins.

[Both] Activate penguin power.

Wait a second, why did we just do that?

Well, we always activate a creature power to get us out of trouble.

Yeah, but how are penguin powers gonna help us here?

(growling) [Both] Uh-oh.

Penguins don't have any really good land powers.

(gasping) Hey, let's surprise them with a little creative use of penguin belly-sliding powers.

Slide me out there, bro.

You've got it.

I'll use my super high speed cyclone discus throw.

(shouting) (whooping and laughing) [Martin] Hey, coming through.

Yeah.

Look out, bro.

[Chris] Oh no.

No, look out, no.

That's not how it's supposed to work.

(shouting and giggling) To the penguin rescue.

Two penguin slides are better than one.

(whooping and hollering) [Both] Creature mission accomplished.

(shouting) (groaning) Well, actually, not quite creature mission accomplished.

We still have to get these penguins to the South Pole.

Okay, gather up, everybody, we're taking you back home.

But we still don't understand how these penguins ever got way up here to the North Pole in the first place.

Yeah.

It really is a mystery.

Wow, these Emperor penguins are slick.

And the chick is so... [Both] Cute.

A-ha, more sardines.

[Chris] Okay, so the big question is, how did the penguins get from the South Pole to the North Pole?

[Martin] And the second question is, where on the huge continent of Antarctica did they come from?

Hm, let's see if there are any clues.

Step back.

(gasping) Hm.

No sign of net fibers, negatory for pastry crumbs.

But, a-ha, I've found pose beam residue.

[Team] Donita.

(phone ringing) Hello, this is Dabio.

(laughing) Dabio, put it on the screen.

Yes, Donita.

[Team] Hello, Donita.

(screaming) Wild Kratts?

Why did you put them on?

Uh, because, I don't know.

[Donita] What do you want?

Well, we found the penguins you abandoned in the Arctic.

I did not.

But I found pose beam residue.

Oh, well so what?

Penguins don't live in the north.

They can't survive in the Arctic.

[Aviva] And we need you to give us the coordinates from where you took them, or else.

Or else what?

We're going to come over and hang out with you.

We can play tennis together and then have lunch and then go to the movies, and we'll have lots and lots of fun together.

Oh goodie.

No thank you.

Give them the coordinates, Dabio.

Yes, Donita.

[Aviva] Okay, this is the spot.

Okay, Spinner, you are home sweet home.

Spinner.

(chuckling) [Chris] Living free and in Antarctica.

Emperor Penguins are amazing.

I mean, they're huge.

[Chris] Yeah, they stand about four feet tall.

They are the largest penguins in the entire world.

And as amazing as Emperor Penguins are, you still can't forget about the other 16 really cool species of penguins.

[Chris] And today, we're lucky enough to be hanging out with two of them.

Macaroni Penguins.

You know them right away from those funny yellow feathers on their heads.

But why are they called Macaroni Penguins?

Well, they're named after a special old hat from England that had a large feather in it, called a Macaroni.

Now you know, Emperor Penguins are the largest penguin.

They stand about this tall.

And then there's King Penguins that are a little smaller, and then this, the Gentoo Penguin, is the third-largest species of penguin in the world.

Remember, you can tell them easily by that white headband that goes from eye to eye, right over their head.

Oh, and look at that powerful beak.

It's great at catching slippery fish.

And penguins eat a lot of them, eating up to 20% of their body weight every day.

These Gentoo Penguins hold the record for being the fastest swimming penguin of all.

They can zoom through the water at 22 miles an hour.

That is fast.

Those webbed feet, that's what the penguins use for steering.

Those feet help make tight turns.

And Gentoos got that beak, just like all the penguins do.

A great tool for catching fish.

Right?

Yeah, it's true.

[Chris] If you look closely at the feathers, you can see how densely they're packed in.

There are 60 to 70 feathers per square inch.

It's like a waterproof shield.

It can't even let any of the icy cold water in to touch their skin.

Penguins are so fun and amazing.

It's easy to see why they're one of everybody's favorite animals.

Keep on creature adventuring.

We'll see ya on the creature trail.

(exciting music) To find out more about cool animals... And collect your own Wild Kratts creature powers... Go to the Wild Kratts website.

At pbskids.org.

[Both] We'll see you there.