

Sesame Street and the Great Elephant Adventure
Season 45 Episode 1 | 54mVideo has Audio Description
Join Elmo and the Sesame Street gang on a once-in-a-lifetime African safari adventure.
Join Elmo and the Sesame Street gang on a once-in-a-lifetime African safari adventure. After adopting an orphaned elephant online, Elmo, Abby and Nina travel to a Kenyan sanctuary to meet the young elephant alongside other iconic wildlife.
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Sesame Street and the Great Elephant Adventure
Season 45 Episode 1 | 54mVideo has Audio Description
Join Elmo and the Sesame Street gang on a once-in-a-lifetime African safari adventure. After adopting an orphaned elephant online, Elmo, Abby and Nina travel to a Kenyan sanctuary to meet the young elephant alongside other iconic wildlife.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪♪ [ Upbeat music plays ] -Sunrise over Kenya, and a new day begins.
[ Elephant grunts ] In Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, there is a very special place, a place where orphaned elephants are nurtured and -- -Ohh!
Can Elmo have a turn, please?
-Oh!
Oh, yeah!
And me too!
Please, please, please!
-Oh, hello, Elmo.
Abby.
Be my guest.
-Thank you, Mr.
"Nature" Narrator!
-Thank you.
-Come on.
-Yeah!
-This is the story of how Elmo, Abby, and Nina went to Kenya and got to meet our friend, Nyambeni.
-Oh, tell 'em Nyambeni is an elephant.
-Oh, yeah.
Nyambeni the elephant... [ Giggles ] ...lives at a nursery in Kenya with other baby elephants who can't be with their families in the wild.
-And people at the... Uh, what's it called again?
-Um -- [ Clears throat ] The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.
-Yes.
Thank you.
They take great care of the elephants 'til they're all grown up and ready to go back to the wild.
-Everybody on Sesame Street helped us adopt Nyambeni, and we got to visit her in real life on... "Sesame Street... Whoa!
-Whoa!
-"...and the Great Elephant Adventure"!
[ Both giggling ] [ Elephant trumpets ] -[ Giggling ] Oh, Nina, Nina!
It's time!
Elmo's ready to go!
-Oh, me too!
I promise I will take good care of Elmo on our trip.
-Oh, I know you will.
A-And we will take good care of Tango while you're gone, darling.
-Thanks, Mommy.
-Alright.
Bring it in, family.
-Oh, oh!
Elmo loves you!
-Mwah!
-We love you, son.
-Love you, too, darling.
-Make sure to say hi to all the elephants for me, okay, kiddo?
-Okay.
Elmo will.
Especially Nyambeni.
-Thank you, son.
-Uh-oh.
Uh-oh.
Your father's going.
Come on, Louie.
Let's go get the car.
-Yeah, the car, yes.
-Bye, darling.
-See you soon!
-Oh!
Hey, Abby!
Oh, are you ready to go to the airport?
-Oh, yeah!
As soon as I find my suitcase.
It's sparkly.
The tag says "Abby."
Also, it flies.
-Wait!
What?!
-Oh!
There you are!
You come back here!
-[ Laughs ] -Okay.
Well, I've heard of matching luggage.
But magic luggage?
That's a first.
-Oh, you're still here.
Okay.
Good.
I just wanted to say have a super-fun time in Kenya.
-Aw.
Thank you, Big Bird.
You're just in time to see us off.
-Guess what.
Elmo's daddy's driving us to the airport.
Well, as soon as Abby catches her flying suitcase.
-Oh.
Heh.
Oh, say, is that the little elephant that you're gonna go see?
-Oh, yeah.
That's Nyambeni.
Elmo knows everything about her, and Elmo's gonna add a million more stories and drawings to his journal.
-Yeah, and I'm gonna take a whole lot of pictures of Nyambeni and of all of the animals that we see on our trip.
-Oh, if you see a giraffe, would you take a picture for me?
-Oh!
-They're my favorite.
-Of course, I'll take a picture of a... Duck!
-Huh?
-No, not a duck.
A giraffe.
-No, no, I mean, duck your head!
-What?
Whoa.
Hey!
-Oh, oh!
I gotcha!
Oh, I gotcha!
-Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
-Thanks, Big Bird!
-Oh, anytime.
-Oh, good, Abby.
You caught it.
-Yeah.
-Are you ready to fly to Kenya?
-Mm-hmm!
-Won't your wings get tired?
-What?!
[ Laughter ] -Oh, Big Bird!
-That's a good one, huh?
-Aw, Big Bird.
I'm not gonna fly there myself.
We're taking an aero plane!
-I know.
-Yeah!
[ Horn honking ] -Time to go!
-Okay!
Aww.
I'm gonna miss you, Mommy.
-I'll miss you, too, snug bug.
-Aww.
-Whoa!
-Hold it there!
Alright.
How about I ride with you to the airport?
-Yeah.
Okay.
Whoa!
-Hold tight, now.
-Bye, Big Bird.
-Bye, Nina.
Have fun.
-Yeah, bye, Big bird.
-Goodbye, Elmo.
-See you soon.
-Okay.
Have a great time.
-Thank you.
We will.
[ Both laughing ] Well, time to go.
See you soon, Sesame Street.
[ Giggles ] Coming!
[ Airplane engine roaring ] -They serve baby pretzels.
-Oh, cool!
-Yeah!
Oh, oh!
Look, look, look!
-Yeah.
-We're up so high.
♪♪ [ Horns honking ] [ Indistinct shouting ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -Wow!
-Wow!
-This place is amazing.
-It's so pretty.
-It beautiful!
-I know!
-Oh, I told everyone I'd call when we got here.
-Oh, yeah.
-Okay.
-It'd be great to see everybody again.
-Yeah.
[ Tablet beeping ] -[ Gasps ] -Oh, hey!
-Hi!
-Hi!
-We were hanging out at Hooper's, hoping to hear from you.
How's the trip going so far?
-Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
-Oh, we're having a great time!
-It was good.
-Yes, it was really fun.
Oh, and look!
The plane has these little baby pretzels!
They were free!
-Oh, look at that!
-Oh, our host is here.
Talk soon.
-Okay.
Bye!
-Bye.
-We miss you, Elmo!
-Bye!
-Hujambo!
That's how we say "hello" in Swahili.
-Oh.
Hujambo!
-Hujambo.
-Hujambo.
-Welcome to our lodge.
My name is Naserian, and this is my daughter.
-Lorna!
I love when kids visit.
-Hi, Lorna.
I'm Abby.
-And Elmo's Elmo.
-Oh, I'm Nina.
-Mm-hmm.
-Well, how's the safari been so far?
-Safari?
But we haven't seen any animals yet.
-Well, a safari isn't just seeing animals and nature.
"Safari" is actually the Swahili word for "journey."
-Ah!
-Oh!
-So today you made a safari all the way from Sesame Street to Kenya.
-Yeah, I guess we did.
-And you must be exhausted.
-Yeah.
-Come on.
Let me go show you to your -- -Kids-only tour starts this way.
-Oh, okay!
-Okay!
Follow me.
-Well... -Okay.
-Go ahead.
-Come on, Abby.
-Okay.
Uh, do you like pretzels?
♪♪ [ Animals growling and chirping ] -I call this the monkey tree.
-How come?
-It's full of monkeys!
-Oh!
Of course.
-And the baboons always go on that path to poop!
-Why?
-They just do.
-Oh.
Wha-- Ohh!
-Unh-unh!
-Huh?
-That's a really sharp cactus.
-[ Gasps ] -Oh.
Good to know.
-Ooh, and one time, an ostrich made its nest right over there!
-Oh.
-The eggs were almost as big as you!
-Really?!
-Really?!
-Yeah!
-Wow.
There's so many cool animals here.
Oh!
Look!
Look at that funny bird!
-Oh, my goodness!
Best tour ever!
-Thanks.
I wanna be a safari guide, like my mama, when I grow up.
So I made up my own nature tour as a practice.
[ Gasps ] Wanna see my most favorite place?
-Yeah, yeah!
-Yeah, let's go, let's go!
-Come on.
-Okay!
♪♪ -Whoa!
-Wow!
-Come on.
-Okay.
-Uh, no, thank you.
-Hey.
What's wrong?
-Oh, Abby, aren't you scared?
-Well, not really.
But, well, I can fly, so I'm used to being up high.
-Ledge.
-But I can understand how you're scared, though.
-You don't have to cross if you don't want to, but I promise you, it's safe.
-[ Sighs ] -When I want to try something new, I just say... [ Speaking Swahili ] -Elmo's not sure how to say that!
-It just means I can do hard things.
What do you think?
-Elmo thinks... [ Breathes deeply ] Elmo thinks Elmo could do hard things.
Hard, scary... very-high-up things.
-Great!
-Great.
Yeah.
-Listen.
You got this.
-Thanks, Abby.
-Yeah.
-Yeah, Elmo got this.
♪♪ Elmo can do hard things.
Elmo can do hard things.
Elmo can do hard things.
Elmo can do hard things.
Elmo can do hard things.
Hey!
Elmo did a hard thing!
-Yeah, you did!
-Whoa!
-Well done!
Great job!
-Thank you.
-Lorna, Abby, Elmo!
Dinner time!
-Oh!
-Oh!
-My mom's cooking.
Let's go back on the bridge.
-Okay.
-What?
Back over the bridge?
-Yeah.
-Uh, okay.
[ Grunts ] Elmo can do hard things.
Elmo can do hard things.
Elmo can do hard things.
Elmo will be right there!
♪♪ [ Laughter ] Dinner was really yummy, wasn't it, Abby?
-Yeah!
-Boy, Elmo was really happy to try all those tasty new foods!
-Yeah, me too!
And now there's no way I can go to sleep!
-No way.
-No way!
-Ha ha!
There it is!
-There what is?
-Oh, check this out.
So, my mom gave me this world map when I was about your age.
-Uh-huh.
-Oh.
-Yeah, and every time I travel, I put a little heart on the places that I visited.
-Wow!
-Yeah!
-Nina's traveled a lot, huh?
-Yeah.
The first place I traveled to was Cuba, where my family's from, right there.
-Oh.
Uh-huh.
-Yeah.
And I loved it so much that I decided it was important to me to keep exploring this amazing world.
Do you want to see how far we traveled to get from Sesame Street to Kenya?
-Oh, yes, yes.
-Yeah, yeah.
-Okay.
So this is the continent of North America, where we live.
-Mmm!
-And we flew all the way to the continent of Africa right here.
-Wow.
Africa has a lot of places in it.
-Yes, and each of these places is a different country.
And each of these countries has different languages and cultures.
The country that we're in right here, this is Kenya.
-Oh.
-Wow.
-Mm-hmm.
-That is really far from home.
-You okay, Abby?
-Oh.
I don't know.
I mean, well, I'm happy we're in Kenya, but now I'm feeling kind of sad, too, 'cause Mommy and Daddy Freddy and Rudy are just so far away.
-Well, Elmo knows how Abby feels.
Elmo misses his family, too.
-Well, you know, it's okay to miss people.
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
I miss Sesame Street every time I travel.
But you know what makes me feel better?
I think about all the amazing experiences I get to share with my family and friends when I get home.
-Oh-ho-ho!
Oh.
Like meeting Nyambeni tomorrow?
-Exactly.
[ Chuckles ] -I am really excited about that, Elmo.
-♪ Iyeh, iyeh ♪ -♪ Iyeh, iyeh, iyeh ♪ ♪ Iyeh, iyeh ♪ ♪ Every time you travel and meet someone new ♪ ♪ Your heart grows a little from all you see and do ♪ ♪ And that makes some extra space in your heart ♪ ♪ So even when your family is apart ♪ ♪ A piece of them can come along with you ♪ -♪ And a part of me stays with my family, too?
♪ -That's right.
[ Upbeat music plays ] ♪ We're all connected ♪ ♪ Love keeps us connected ♪ ♪ We are all connected in this world ♪ -♪ Iyeh, iyeh ♪ -♪ We're all connected ♪ ♪ Love keeps us connected ♪ ♪ We are all connected in this world ♪ -♪ Iyeh, iyeh ♪ -♪ We are all connected in this world ♪ [ Music ends ] All right, kiddos.
We get to see the elephants tomorrow, so we better get some sleep.
-Yeah, okay.
-Um, well, when I'm at home, my mommy waves her wand and tucks me in by magic.
[ Gentle music plays ] But you don't have a magic wand, so... -Really?
Maybe I do.
-Wha-- -Ha ha ha ha ha!
-Zippity-zap!
-What?!
[ Laughs ] -Oh, oh!
Tuck Elmo, tuck Elmo.
-Okay.
And...da-da-da-da-da-da-da!
-[ Laughs ] -Ah, thanks, Nina.
You make a great fairy godmother.
-Well, thank you.
-[ Laughs ] -All right.
Good night, you two.
-Night-night.
-Night.
[ Chime! ]
[ Upbeat music plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ -Hi.
-Hi, Nina.
Elmo, lovely, lovely to meet you.
Hi, Abby.
-Hi, Ms.
Angela.
-Great to meet you, Ms.
Angela.
-We're so excited that you've traveled all this way to visit us.
-Well, thank you so much for helping the elephants, Ms.
Angela.
-Well, I'm very fortunate to have grown up amongst elephants my whole life.
But here at the nursery, we rescue the baby elephants that have lost their families, and we take care of them until they're old enough to transition back into the wild.
-Wow.
-Just as your parents do for you.
-Aww.
-Wow.
-I love elephants so much.
I read a whole book on them before I got here, and we're just so excited to learn more.
-Let me introduce you to Edwin, a very, very special man who has taken care of elephants for over 30 years.
-Oh, hujambo.
-Hujambo.
-Hujambo.
-Welcome, welcome.
-Elmo knows Mr.
Edwin from the pictures.
Mr.
Edwin takes care of Nyambeni.
-Oh, yes, I do.
I take care of Nyambeni.
She's a really special elephant.
And you're going to love her.
-Oh, Elmo can't wait.
When can we meet her?
-I'll take you out for a tour.
Let's go, let's go.
-Wonderful.
-Let's go, if you're ready.
-Oh, thank you, Ms.
Angela.
-Wow.
-Come on, everybody.
Let's meet Nyambeni.
Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy.
[ Upbeat music plays ] [ Laughter ] -Oh!
-[ Laughs ] Is that Nyambeni in there?
-No, this is not Nyambeni.
-Oh.
-This is Kipekee.
-Kipekee?
-Kipekee is just 9 months old.
-Hi, Kipekee.
-9 months old, like a baby.
-When Nyambeni was rescued, she was this little, just like Kipekee.
-Oh.
-But after Nyambeni being with us for some time, she's grown to a strong, healthy calf.
-Oh.
-Wait a minute.
A calf?
-Yes.
-That's a baby elephant, not a baby cow.
-Well, "calf" is the word for baby cow and baby elephant.
-Oh.
-I learned that in my book.
Mm-hmm.
-Okay.
-[ Laughs ] -Wait a minute.
Is that an elephant bunk bed?
-How can Kipekee climb up into a bunk bed?
-The bunk bed is not for Kipekee.
It is for the keeper who takes care of Kipekee.
The keeper will sleep at the top on the bunk bed to take care of the baby at night because they need to be fed every three hours at night, they need to be kept company.
While at home sometimes, do you get scared and lonely?
-Yeah, sometimes.
-Yeah, me too.
-And who comforts you?
-Well, Elmo's mommy and daddy comfort him.
-Yeah, my mommy and daddy and sometimes my brother Rudy.
-Well, out in the wild, the elephant mommy will comfort the baby elephant, but here, we become the human mothers.
-Mr.
Edwin, Elmo knows that these baby elephants can't be with their elephant families anymore, but how come?
-Sometimes human beings do things that hurt wildlife habitat.
-Oh, no.
-And this causes these babies to be left as orphans.
-Oh!
-Nyambeni was found by a farmer -- stuck in a ditch, and this farmer helped us to rescue Nyambeni.
-Oh, really?
[ Upbeat music plays ] -Wow, that's amazing.
-Elmo's really, really glad that Nyambeni got rescued.
-Yeah.
-Ooh, is Nyambeni close to us right now, Mr.
Edwin?
-We can go and see Nyambeni.
-Really?
-Yes, yes, if you want.
-Let's do it.
-Yeah.
-Let's go.
-Bye, Kipekee.
-Bye, Kipekee.
-Bye, Kipekee.
-This is Nyambeni.
-Hi, Nyambeni.
-Hi, Nyambeni.
-Hi, Nyambeni.
Elmo's very happy to meet you.
[ Laughs ] Does Nyambeni have super smell because of her long, long nose?
[ Laughs ] -When you blow in an elephant's trunk, they get your scent and they will blow back to say "hello" to you.
The smell of an elephant is very, very important.
A mother elephant will touch the babies with her trunk, smelling around to comfort them and soothe them.
-Hey, hey, that's kinda like when my mommy rubs my back when I feel upset.
-Yeah.
-Calves are very sensitive.
They need that comfort from their mommies, just like kids.
-Aww.
[ Laughs ] Elmo loves Nyambeni very, very much.
[ Laughter ] -Yeah, and she looks pretty excited to meet you.
-Yeah.
[ Laughs ] -Do you know what else makes Nyambeni get excited?
-What?
-Breakfast.
-Ah!
-Oh.
-So let's go, let's go.
-Let's go.
Okay.
[ Upbeat music plays ] [ Laughter ] [ Upbeat music continues ] -Hey, hey, hey.
Look.
They walk in a line like Elmo's class at preschool.
[ Upbeat music continues ] -Calves are very smart.
They learn from playing, just like you.
[ Upbeat music plays ] ♪♪ In nature, the matriarch will lead the rest of the orphans as the leader.
-How do they pick who gets to be the line leader?
-It is the older female who leads, but here, it is the keeper who leads the orphans.
[ Footsteps crunching ] [ Birds chirping ] -Oh.
The keepers are kinda like Elmo's preschool teachers.
-We give them care and protection, just like the mothers would have done out in the wild.
But here, the elephants are the true teachers.
-I saw Nyambeni leading the little ones.
Is she kind of like a mini matriarch?
-Nyambeni is one of the older females in the nursery and she's almost 4.
-I'm already 4.
Oh, so I'm the biggest one here.
Well, I mean the oldest kid, not the biggest, because, well, you know, elephants.
-Right.
-Yeah.
[ Laughter ] [ Upbeat music plays ] -Nyambeni will get more and more independent as she grows up.
-Oh.
-So how do the keepers decide when she's ready to rejoin the wild herd?
-They don't decide.
When an elephant is ready to go back into the wild, they just go.
-But what if Nyambeni goes back to the wild and can't find a herd?
-In all the years I've been around, they've all gone back into the wild and have been accepted in a herd.
-Wow.
You know, humans could learn a lot from elephants.
-Yeah.
Yeah.
-Mm-hmm.
[ Laughing ] Wow.
Isn't this the best day ever, Elmo?
[ Laughs ] Uh, Elmo?
-Huh?
Oh, yeah.
[ Laughs ] -Um, can I see your picture?
-Well, it's not just a picture, Abby.
It's a plan.
[ Fanfare plays ] -A plan for elephant fashion?
-Huh?
No.
No, see, elephants aren't allowed on planes.
-Oh.
No.
-So Elmo invented a disguise for Nyambeni in case she wants to come home with Elmo.
-Well, I love Nyambeni, too, but do you really think she'll be happy on Sesame Street?
-Well, of course, Abby.
Everyone's happy there.
Oh, and there's lots of trees in the park for her and Snuffy lives on Sesame Street and he's kind of like an elephant.
You know, sort of.
-Yeah, yeah.
Okay.
Uh... Shoes.
-Huh?
-Well, if we're gonna get Nyambeni on the plane, she's gonna need elephant-sized shoes.
-Oh, yeah, that's a great idea.
Okay, shoes.
[ Humming ] And shoes.
-Oh.
-Abby!
Abby!
-Huh?
-Come and look at this.
-Oh.
Okay.
[ Laughs ] [ Upbeat music plays ] -This is where we prepare the milk bottles.
-Do you buy all this at the grocery store?
-We prepare our own formula.
-Huh?
-Oh.
-The elephants need a special formula.
It is a human baby formula.
We add some minerals, some vitamins, and some porridge in the milk.
-Wait, it has porridge in it?
-Yes, it has porridge, especially for those that are a little bit bigger.
-Ah.
-Are they picky about their milk, like babies, like human beings?
-Yes.
This milk has to be lukewarm in temperature.
Not cold, not too hot.
-They won't have it if it's cold or hot.
-They won't have it, just like you sometimes do.
-Well, maybe.
-Yeah.
-You want it when it is right, right?
-Yeah.
-And we, the mommies, have to make sure we give them what they want.
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
-So that is what we feed them here to make them strong and healthy.
-Oh-ho-ho!
Look at those milk bottles.
They're as big as Elmo's head.
[ Laughs ] -Well, yeah, the elephants are big babies, so... -Elmo can't wait to see Nyambeni get some milk.
-All right, let's go.
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
[ Upbeat music plays ] -Look, look.
Elmo, here they come.
-[ Laughing ] Wow!
-In the wild, the elephant will get milk from the mother.
But here, we give them baby bottles.
-Look at that one.
She already finished the first bottle.
She's trying to get as much as she can get.
-They are hungry.
Ooh!
-They're so cute.
-And it looks like she's got a milk mustache.
How's she gonna get that off?
-Immediately after the milk, it is bath time.
-Bath time?
How do they take a bath?
-Elephants will roll in the mud to cool themselves and also to protect their skin from the bugs.
-You know, Elmo notices that not all of the elephants are playing in the mud.
How come?
-The elephants only go in the mud when it is warm enough.
Sometimes they do, and sometimes they don't.
-I wish we could take a mud bath instead of a water bath.
-Yeah, Elmo too.
Oh, oh!
Can we?
-No, no, no, no, no.
Don't get any ideas.
No mud baths.
-Aw.
Elmo thought you might say that.
-Mr.
Edwin, I have a serious question.
-Yes?
-Does an elephant drink water through its nose like a curly straw?
-Oh, no.
-[ Gasps ] -Doing that would mean that you are drinking water into your nose.
-Oh, oh, that's terrible.
-They use their trunk to suck the water.
Then the trunk can blow the water into the mouth.
-You mean like a nose hose?
[ Laughter ] -Elephants have different personalities.
Some want to play in the mud, some want to play in the dust, and some want just to sit and watch.
-Ah.
-Just like you don't do the same things all the time.
-That's right.
-This is true.
-That's very true.
-Yeah.
-I love your little eyelashes.
He's smiling.
Look at your little smile.
So sweet.
-Oh!
Ah!
[ Laughs ] [ Upbeat music plays ] -I have a secret -- I love you.
[ Upbeat music plays ] -Why do they have wrinkly skin, Mr.
Edwin?
-They stay in the forest and they go through the bushes, so they have to be protected.
-Oh, it's for protection?
-Yes.
-Oh, that's like Elmo's fur.
[ Laughs ] Mwah!
[ Upbeat music plays ] Wow!
Nyambeni really likes eating leaves, huh?
[ Laughter ] -Yeah, you know what?
I read that the adult elephant can eat up to 300 pounds of leaves a day.
-Wowza!
You need a really big bowl to make an elephant salad.
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
[ Laughter ] Mr.
Edwin.
-Yes?
-How come Kipekee gets a little jacket, but Nyambeni doesn't?
-Oh, Kipekee is still young.
So we wrap the little young calves in blankets to keep them warm.
And that's why we call them the blanket brigade.
[ Upbeat music plays ] -Ah.
-[ Laughs ] -Aww.
The blanket brigade.
[ Laughs ] -Look at them.
They're so cute and curious and funny, just like little human babies.
-Would you like to help me put Nyambeni to bed?
-Yes.
Oh, does she have a favorite book?
And does she wear little jammies?
-Oh, no, no books, no pajamas.
Just a bottle of milk and she's good to go for the night.
-Oh.
-Oh, okay.
-Oh, my gosh.
[ Upbeat music plays ] ♪♪ -Oh, oh!
Can we have a sleepover with Nyambeni?
Please, please.
Elmo can sleep in the hay right there.
-Elmo, only people who are specially trained to work with wild elephants can stay, like Edwin.
-When you grow big, maybe you can help take care of animals, just like we do.
-Yeah, Elmo would love to be a keeper.
-Yeah, me too.
-Can we come back to see Nyambeni again before we leave Kenya?
-Of course.
I promise.
I promise we'll come back and say "bye" before we leave, okay?
-Okay.
-Ah.
-Well, Elmo will see Nyambeni soon.
Elmo loves you.
Have sweet elephant dreams.
[ Laughs ] Bye.
[ Gentle, upbeat music plays ] [ Insects chirping ] [ Gentle, upbeat music continues ] [ Yawns ] What a day.
-Yeah.
[ Animal squeaking ] -Oh, my.
[ Elmo and Abby gasp ] -What was that?
-What was that?
-Uh, probably just the bed squeaking.
-Oh.
[ Hyenas chattering ] -Wait.
Elmo, what is so funny?
-Elmo wasn't laughing.
[ Animal growling ] [ All screaming ] [ Upbeat music plays ] -Help.
Oh!
-What's wrong?
What's wrong?
[ Animal growling ] -That.
-That.
[ Naserian laughing ] -Nighttime in the bush can get quite loud, but you have nothing to worry about.
You're perfectly safe.
-Yeah, don't worry.
That's just a lion.
-Oh.
[ Gasps ] Just a lion?!
-[ Stammers ] Is it close?
-No, it's loud.
You can hear a lion roaring 5 miles away.
-Mm-hmm.
-Oh.
[ Hippo growling ] -Whoa!
Um... Somebody's tummy is grumbling.
-Oh, goodness, no.
That's a hippo.
-What?!
-You'd have to be really hungry for your tummy to sound like that.
-Mm.
[ Hyenas chattering ] -What?
-Are the hippos laughing?
-No, that is the sound of a spotted hyena.
-Wait, what?
Isn't it past their bedtime?
-No way.
They're nocturnal, so they're mostly resting during the day and awake all night.
-Wow.
-Yeah, I'm gonna be awake all night, too.
-It takes some getting used to.
But once you learn to recognize all the voices of the animals, it doesn't feel so scary anymore.
It feels alive and beautiful.
[ Upbeat music plays ] -Ah!
-♪ La-la, la-la, hey ♪ -♪ Whoa, oh-oh ♪ -♪ La-la, la-la, hey ♪ -♪ Whoa-oh, oh ♪ -♪ La-la, la-la, hey ♪ -♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪ -♪ I know that for you ♪ ♪ These sounds might be new ♪ ♪ But for us, their melodies of home ♪ ♪ Every night in our beds, we lay down our heads ♪ ♪ And listen to the creatures as they roam ♪ ♪ Singing nature's lullaby ♪ -♪ La-la, la-la, hey ♪ -♪ Take a deep breath and close your eyes ♪ -♪ La-la, la-la, hey ♪ -♪ You have nothing to fear from the voices you hear ♪ ♪ It's all nature's lullaby ♪ -♪ La-la, la-la, hey ♪ ♪ La-la, la-la, hey ♪ -♪ Whoa, oh-oh ♪ -♪ La-la, la-la, hey ♪ -♪ Whoa-oh, oh ♪ -♪ La-la, la-la, hey ♪ -♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪ -♪ Listen for the sounds of creatures all around ♪ ♪ Once you know their voices, they feel like friends ♪ ♪ When night starts to fall, you hear all their calls ♪ ♪ A symphony of life that never ends ♪ [ Elmo yawns ] ♪ Singing nature's lullaby ♪ -♪ La-la, la-la, hey ♪ -♪ Take a deep breath and close your eyes ♪ -♪ La-la, la-la, hey ♪ -♪ You have nothing to fear from the voices you hear ♪ ♪ It's all nature's lullaby ♪ -♪ La-la, la-la, hey ♪ -♪ You have nothing to fear from the voices you hear ♪ -♪ It's all nature's lullaby ♪ ♪ It's all nature's lullaby ♪ -Well, that worked out fast.
-[ Whispering ] Yeah.
I'll put them to bed.
-[ Whispering ] All right.
Good night.
-Night.
[ Upbeat music plays ] -Good morning.
Hujambo.
How are you guys?
-Hujambo.
-Are you ready for a safari?
-Yes.
-Yes.
-Excellent.
-I got my camera.
-Can Lorna come with us?
-No, no, no, she has school today, love, but you can play together later.
-Oh, okay.
-Nina, I asked some of our friends on Sesame Street what animal pictures they'd like to see, so I made a list.
-That's a great idea, Abby.
[ Gentle, upbeat music plays ] Oh.
Um, yeah.
How many people did you ask?
-Warthogs.
-Rhinoceros.
-Buffalo.
-Ostrich, please.
-One!
Two!
Three bats!
Ha!
Ha!
Ha!
[ Thunder crashes ] -I might have asked a few of our friends.
-Oh.
Oh, okay.
Hold on.
Just give me one second.
-Mm-hmm.
-I'll just take it with me.
[ Laughs ] [ Upbeat music plays ] -Remember to stay in your seats.
We're seeing animals in the wild and we do not want to disturb them.
-Wow.
Look at those zebras.
They're beautiful.
-Yes, they are.
-Elmo can't wait to tell Nyambeni about those.
-Yeah.
Wow.
Those stripes are making me dizzy.
-That's the point, actually.
Those stripes are meant to confuse predators... so when the zebras move together as a group, they stay safe.
And if you look closely, every zebra's stripes are unique, just like our fingerprints.
-Ah!
-Oh.
[ Upbeat music plays ] I wonder which zebra this is.
-That looks like a photo of your shirt, darling.
[ Laughs ] -Oops.
[ Laughs ] [ Upbeat music plays ] -Different parts of the savanna are like animal neighborhoods.
Some animals like to live alone and others live in family groups, like that one.
[ Elmo laughs ] -Oh.
-Just like our neighbors on Sesame Street.
-Yeah.
[ Laughter ] [ Upbeat music plays ] [ Animals calling ] [ Upbeat music continues ] -Oh, look, everybody.
It's a group of rhinos right over there.
-I see 'em!
I see 'em!
-A group of rhinos is called a crash.
[ Rhinos grunting ] -A crash of rhinos?
-A crash of rhinos.
-That is such a funny name.
-Yeah.
-Oh, let me guess, Grover wants a picture of a crash.
-Actually... Grover, what animal do you want a photo of?
-Tuna fish!
-Grover, we're not going to see any tuna fish on a safari!
-No, no, no, no, no, I am delivering a tuna fish sandwich, but I would like a photo of a hippo, please.
♪♪ [ Van engine revving ] ♪♪ -Oh, hippos, for Grover.
[ All laughing ] -Oh, I see them.
-[ Camera shutter clicking ] -Yeah!
Cute group of hippos.
-Ooh, that one's opening it's mouth.
-Hello, hippo!
-A group of hippos is actually called a bloat.
-What?
-A bloat?
-That's appropriate.
-[ All laughing ] -Oh, and would you believe it, hippos can go underwater for up to five minutes.
-Whoa!
-What?
Do they breathe under there?
-No, no, no.
They come up, take a big breath, and then disappear and hold their breath under there.
-Whoa.
-Wow.
-Well, if they're under water for so long, what do they eat, like a fish or something?
-Oh, no, hippos are herbivores.
-Huh?
-What?
-Herbivores are like vegetarians.
So that means they eat grass and vegetables and plants and... -Wow.
How healthy.
[ Elmo laughing ] Whoa, that's a lot of water.
[ All laughing ] ♪♪ [ Van engine revving ] ♪♪ -Oh, what kind of animal is that?
-That is a buffalo.
-Why isn't it in a herd?
-Well, sometimes they hang out in herds, and sometimes they like to spend time by themselves.
A little me time, if you may.
-Aw.
-Do you see how slick his skin is?
He's been bathing in the mud.
-We learned about mud baths.
It protects them from the sun and insects.
-And from bugs, yes.
-He's got big horns, too.
-Mm-hmm.
-Whoa.
-Elmo.
-Huh?
-How are you enjoying the safari so far?
-Safari so goodie.
[ All laughing ] ♪♪ [ Van engine revving ] ♪♪ -That is a wild cat called a serval.
And those big ears, they help you to hear prey in the grass.
-Oh.
-Really?
-[ Elmo laughing ] -Oh, Nina, could you use your zoomy lens?
Cookie Monster's gonna love this.
-Yeah, yeah.
-Serval picture, please.
They remind me of chocolate chip cookie.
[ Birds chirping ] [ Cookie monster crunching ] [ All laughing ] [ Camera shutter clicking ] -I guess it's fur does look like a chocolate chip cookie.
All right, I think let's head that way.
-Yeah, let's go.
-Okay.
♪♪ [ Birds chirping ] -Oh look, one of the cows just had a baby.
-Oh, cows!
Elmo loves cows.
Moo.
-I don't see any cows.
-Oh, oh, I'm not talking about cattle.
I'm talking about these giraffes.
-Oh, giraffes, whoa.
[ All laughing ] -Just like cattle, the female giraffes are called cows and the males are called bulls.
But the whole group together is called a tower.
-A tower?
-A tower?
Oh, their tongues are purple!
-Yes, they are.
-Ooh, and they're so long.
-They're really long.
They use them to get the best leaves from the top of the trees, just like elephants use their trunks.
-[ Elmo laughing ] -Oh, look, and there's a baby.
-Oh, so sweet.
-They grow up to be the tallest animals in the world.
-Wow.
-Oh, wow.
-Elmo thought that Big Bird was the tallest animal in the world.
[ All laughing ] You know, Big Bird's gonna love these pictures, Nina.
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
-Oh, wait, wait, that gives me an idea.
Okay.
-What?
-What's your idea?
What you doing?
-Oh.
-Oh.
-Let's call Big Bird.
-What?
-[ Tablet beeping ] -Hm?
Oh.
-Hi, Big Bird.
-Hi, Big Bird.
-Oh, hi.
I'm just helping stock the top shelf at Hooper's.
How's Kenya?
-Amazing.
-Amazing.
-It's so cool.
-And we have a surprise.
[ Elmo laughing ] [ Birds chirping ] [ Big bird gasping ] -Oh, they're so tall.
Just like me.
-Yes, they are.
And Giraffe's favorite food is acacia leaves, which are at the top of the tree, and they're the only animals who grow tall enough to get them.
-Wow.
Just like I'm the only one on Sesame Street tall enough to reach the top shelf at Hooper's.
-Kenya's the perfect habitat for giraffes, just like Sesame Street is for you.
-That's right.
[ Elmo laughing ] -Well, we have to go now, Big Bird, but we'll see you later.
-Okay, well, thanks for calling and showing me giraffes.
Bye-bye.
-Bye.
-Bye Big Bird.
[ Tablet beeps ] -Okay, let's head back to the lodge and cool up for a bit.
-Yeah.
-Yeah?
-Yeah.
-The animals are always less active during the hottest part of the day.
-Yeah.
-Us too.
-Us too.
[ All laughing ] ♪♪ [ Leopard grunting ] ♪♪ ♪♪ -Whew, it is hot.
[ Elmo laughing ] Oh, Abby, what are you making?
-Oh, a fan.
-Oh, nice!
-Yeah.
Art always makes me feel better.
-Yeah, Elmo, too.
-So what are you making?
-Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.
Abby, it's part of Elmo's... ...super secret plan.
-What?
-Mm-hmm.
-Oh, you mean you're bringing Nyambeni back to Sesame Street plan?
-Right.
See, Nyambeni is used to being with her keepers.
So Elmo's worried she'll get lonely in the wild.
But if Nyambeni comes to Sesame Street, she can sleep in Elmo's room.
So Elmo invented a... ...elephant bunk bed.
Look.
-Ooh.
[ Elmo laughing ] I love it.
But maybe the elephant's bunk should be on the bottom.
[ Abby laughing ] -Oh, right.
[ Both laughing ] -All right, Elmo and Abby, time to head out again, let's go.
-Bye.
♪♪ -Look over there, look over here.
-Oh, wow!
You know what that is?
An impala.
-Oh, an Impala, yeah.
-Yeah, Elmo learned about them.
-There's a lot of those.
[ Camera shutter clicking ] -Wow.
[ Elmo laughing ] ♪♪ Oh, look, look, look, look, look, Elmo sees a turkey.
There must be a farm around here.
-Oh, no.
That's actually a wild guinea fowl.
-Wait, what?
-guinea fowl!
-We got to get a picture of that for Bert.
-For Bert.
That's what Bert wants.
-Oh, oh, a photo of a guinea fowl, please.
-And I'd like a picture of a puppy.
-Ernie, they're going to see wild animals on the safari.
-Well, puppies can be wild, Bert.
Remember that time I was dog sitting and the puppy chewed all your saddle shoes?
[ Bert groaning ] -Yes, I do, Ernie.
Yes, I do.
[ guinea fowls chattering ] -[ Camera shutter clicking ] -There we go.
[ All laughing ] -Sounds like you guys have some really funny friends back home.
-Yeah.
I miss everybody.
Especially my mommy.
-When I miss my family and friends and the village where I grew up, do you know what I do?
I go and visit my favorite animal, Abby.
-Oh, yay.
-Oh.
-Which animal is Ms.
Naserian's favorite?
-Let's go, I'll show you.
-Okay.
-Oh.
♪♪ -[ Camera shutter clicking ] -Oh, oh.
-Lions, lions, lions!
-Oh, my God, lions!
-Remember we have to be quiet around the lions yeah.
-Oh, right.
-They sure are sleepy.
-Oh, yes, they are.
-Wait a minute, Elmo thought that a lion was the king of the jungle.
There's not many trees around here.
-Well, king of the jungle is just something they say in stories.
-Mm-hmm.
-Really, their habitat is here in the savanna.
-Oh.
That changes everything.
-Yes, it does.
Lions live in a family group called a pride, and there can be up to 40 lions in a pride.
[ Lions growling ] -Oh, hey, is the male one with all the hair over it's head?
-Yes, that is the male.
And the rest of them are females and cubs.
The female lions tend to stay in the pride where they're born, their entire lives.
-Aw.
So they're like one big family?
-Yes, they are.
They're a big family.
-That's so sweet.
-The mommy lion and the daddy lion, they help to take care of the cubs.
And you know what?
-What?
-Female lions tend to give birth around the same time.
-What?
-So they help each other take care of the cubs, they feed each other's babies.
And you know what?
The female lions work together, too, to do all of the hunting.
-What?
-Wow.
Wait, so they do all the hunting and all the raising of the cubs?
-Yep.
-Wow, those mama lions are powerful.
-Oh, yes, they really, really are.
Lions are a matriarchal society, so that means that the female lions are in charge of the pride.
-Oh, oh, mommy elephants are the leaders in their families, too.
-Oh, yes, they are.
There are so many species in the animal kingdom where the females are the leaders of the pack.
-Yes!
-[ All laughing ] -Well, maybe instead of calling them kings of the jungle, we should call them queens of the savanna.
-Yes.
-Oh.
-Yeah.
-That's way better.
[ Elmo laughing ] -Oh, oh, look.
Oh, Nina, can you take a picture of that cute little baby cub for Oscar?
-Oscar the Grouch?
-Mm-hmm.
-Why?
-Well... -Get me a photo of a baby animal.
-Okay.
What kind?
-Don't care, as long as it's adorable.
Nothing makes me grouchier than a photo of something cute and fuzzy.
I'll be in a rotten mood all week.
[ Oscar laughing ] [ All laughing ] -That's on brand.
-Yeah.
-Okay, wait, your friend wants to be in a bad mood?
-Being grouchy makes him happy.
It's kind of hard to explain.
-Yeah.
-[ All laughing ] -I would love to meet all these friends of yours.
Perhaps someday I'll take a safari over to Sesame Street.
-Oh, you're welcome any time.
-Thanks.
♪♪ -Lookit, there's another little guinea fowl.
-Oh, hello, guinea fowl.
-There's a lot of 'em.
-Yeah, lots of birds.
-Oh, yeah.
[ Birds chirping ] ♪♪ All right, okay.
Let's head back to the lodge now.
-To the lodge.
-Okay.
♪♪ -And there were lions and giraffes and rhinos.
-Oh, my.
-Oh, my.
-Oh, and tomorrow, we see Nyambeni again.
-Yeah.
-Oh, sounds like you're having a great time.
-Mm-hmm.
-Mm-hmm.
-And I cannot wait to see all those photos.
-Oh, I got a bunch.
-Yeah.
-Abby gave me a nice long list.
-I bet.
-We'll call you again before we get on the plane, okay?
-Promise.
-Yeah.
-Okay.
-All right.
-Bye.
Miss your kiddo, bye-bye.
-Bye, Elmo love you.
-Oh.
-Miss you, snug bug.
-I miss you too, Mommy.
-[ Elmo laughing ] -All right.
-Say hi to Rudy.
-I got you covered, hun.
-Bye.
-Bye, everybody.
-Bye-bye.
-Love you.
-Ah, that was nice.
-Yeah.
-I can't believe you already have to leave tomorrow.
-I know.
-Yeah.
-Oh, and I didn't show how to play Shenki yet.
It's my favorite game.
Come on, I'll teach you.
-Really?
-Yeah, this way.
-Okay, let's go.
-Go have fun.
-Okay.
Come on, Abby.
-Uh, I'll be there in a minute.
-Okay.
-Is everything okay, Abby?
-I don't know.
I mean, I loved seeing all the animal families.
That really made me happy.
-Mm-hmm.
-But calling home made me miss my family.
So well, I'm excited to go home, but then I'm sad to leave here.
It's like I'm happy and I'm sad at the same time, and well, it just doesn't make any sense.
-But it doesn't have to.
-Mnh-mnh.
-You can feel lots of different things at the same time.
-What?
Even when they're opposite?
-Oh, especially when they're opposite.
Like, I think Nyambeni feels sad that she misses her mom.
-Yeah.
-But also really happy that she's so well taken care of at the nursery.
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
-Right?
-Yeah.
-You know what my abuela always says?
-No.
-When you love someone, they live in your heart, wherever you go.
-My heart?
-Mm-hmm.
-Wow.
Your abuela, she sounds pretty smart.
-She is.
-Yeah.
Well, I better catch up with them.
I think I'm ready to go.
-Okay.
-Okay.
Have fun.
-Oh, you know we have a saying in Swahili, "Kind words are better than gifts."
-I really hope you visit Sesame Street, -Oh, me too.
That would be wonderful.
♪♪ [ Lion growling ] All right, almost ready?
-Yeah.
-All right, you're gonna make one more stop to the Sheldrick Nursery, then head straight to the airport from there.
-Right.
-Thank you for everything, Naserian.
-You're welcome.
Keep in touch, okay?
-We will.
Elmo's really gonna miss Lorna and Ms.
Naserian a lot.
-We're gonna miss you, too.
-I'll miss you, too, Elmo and Abby.
-[ Elmo laughing ] -Where is she anyway?
-Yeah.
-Oh, you come back here you suitcase, you.
-Oh!
I've seen a lot of things on safari, but I've never seen a flying suitcase.
-[ All laughing ] -I got ya.
[ All laughing ] If you visit us on Sesame Street, we're gonna give you the kids-only tour.
-Aw, I'd love that.
-And I'll give you the grownup tour.
-Thanks, Darling.
It's the deal.
-Bye-bye.
We love you very, very much.
-Oh, we love you, too.
-We love you, too.
-And you.
Whoa!
-Abby, stop!
[ Elmo laughing ] ♪♪ [ Warthog grunting ] [ Elmo laughing ] Thanks for the ride, Mr.
Edwin.
Elephants sure do like to walk.
[ Elmo laughing ] -Yes, in nature, elephants will walk for over 50 miles looking for food and fresh water.
-50 miles?!
That is a lot, a lot.
[ Elephants trumpeting ] -They are loving that dust bath.
[ All laughing ] -Hey, Nina, can we -- -No, no, no, no.
No dust bath either.
-Oh.
-Oh.
I wish I was an elephant.
-Yeah.
Elmo too.
Hey, who's that elephant next to Nyambeni?
-That's Mzinga, Nyambeni's best friend.
Mzinga was found alone in the bush when she was only four-month-old.
And Nyambeni was rescued soon after, and the two have become close friends.
-Aw, that's so sweet.
-That's so sweet.
-When I moved to Sesame Street, Elmo helped me get used to my new home.
-Yeah.
-Mm-hmm.
-And now Elmo and Abby are best friends, just like Mzinga and Nyambeni.
-Yeah.
♪♪ [ Lions growling ] ♪♪ [ Bats chirping ] ♪♪ -So does Abby think that Nyambeni would like riding bikes with us?
-Um, I don't think so.
-Yeah, Abby's right.
Nyambeni seems more like a scooter fan.
[ Elmo laughing ] Elmo will draw a scooter.
-No, no, no, Elmo, it's not that.
It's just that, well, I actually don't think that Nyambeni should come home with us.
-What?
What?
But Abby liked Elmo's plan before.
-Well, I did.
But remember when Naserian said that this is the right home for giraffes and Sesame Street is the right home for us?
-Yeah.
-I think that the right home for Nyambeni is, well, in the wild.
-But Elmo just wants Nyambeni and Elmo to be together though.
-I know.
But I think Nyambeni will be happier here.
She's got Mr.
Edwin and Mzinga.
And you've got me.
-Well, yeah.
-Alrighty, time to get ready to go to the airport.
-[ Elmo sighing ] -We ready to say goodbye?
-Well, yeah.
Okay.
-Bye, Nyambeni.
I hope you and Mzinga join a herd together.
-I'm glad to know you, Nyambeni.
You'll make a great matriarch someday.
-Elmo knows Elmo has to, but Elmo doesn't want to say goodbye.
-When Nyambeni goes back into the wild, I'll have to say goodbye, just like you.
-But doesn't that make Mr.
Edwin feel sad?
-When you love someone, you have to let them have a happy life.
-Yeah.
And Nyambeni's happiest life is here with their elephant family.
-That's right, Elmo.
-Elmo, Elmo, I have an idea.
I know how Nyambeni can stay here and come home with you.
-But how can Nyambeni live in two places at the same time?
-She can live here and here.
-In Elmo's pocket?
An Elephant definitely isn't gonna fit in here.
[ Both laughing ] -No, silly.
In your heart.
When you love someone, well, they live in your heart, no matter where you go.
Somebody pretty smart told me that.
-Well, okay.
[ Sighs ] Elmo can do hard things.
Elmo can do hard things.
Okay.
Elmo's ready to say goodbye.
Elmo love Nyambeni, before Elmo came to Kenya, and Elmo would love Nyambeni even after Elmo gets back home on Sesame Street.
But this is your home.
And home's a pretty great place to be.
Elmo's really gonna miss you, Nyambeni.
And Elmo loves you very much.
[ Elmo laughing ] Oh, bye-bye.
-Aw, good job.
-Well done, Elmo.
-Aw.
-Goodbye.
-Thank you, Mr.
Edwin.
-Thank you.
-Thank you.
-Bye-bye.
-Bye-bye.
-Bye-bye.
-Bye.
[ Nyambeni grunting ] Even Nyambeni says goodbye.
-She said goodbye.
You okay, Elmo?
-Yeah, Nina.
Elmo will always have Nyambeni right here.
-Mm-hmm.
-In your pocket?
-[ Laughs ] No!
Nina knows what Elmo mean.
-I do, I do, buddy, I do.
♪♪ [ Airplane engine roaring ] ♪♪ -Oh, Abby, look, look, look.
-What?
-Wow.
[ Elephants trumpeting ] -Bye, Kenya.
-Bye Kenya.
♪♪ Oh, and that's when Nyambeni tickled Elmo with her trunk.
[ All laughing ] -And Nina let Elmo and I put a sticker on her special map.
-Wow.
-Oh.
-Wow.
-A sticker.
-Yeah, and I got a picture of almost every animal on the list.
-Wow.
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
-I love the giraffe.
Thank you, Nina.
-Yeah, and guinea fowl.
Oh, the pigeons are going to love this.
[ Bert laughing ] -Sorry, Ernie, we didn't see any puppies on safari.
-Well, hey, that's okay, Nina.
Oh, I got a puppy right here.
[ Chattering ] -Smile.
[ Camera shutter clicking ] -[ All laughing ] -Would you look at that.
Elmo, I love the last pages of your journal.
-Aw, thanks, Daddy.
It's a drawing of Elmo at home on Sesame Street and Nyambeni at home in the wild.
-Yeah.
-Oh.
-And you're still connected.
-I love it.
And I think Nyambeni would, too.
-♪ Iyeh, iyeh ♪ ♪ Iyeh, iyeh ♪ ♪ Iyeh, iyeh ♪ -♪ Every time you travel and meet someone new ♪ ♪ Your heart grows a little from all you see and do ♪ -♪ And that makes some extra space in your heart ♪ ♪ So even when your friends are apart ♪ ♪ A piece of them can come back home with you ♪ -♪ And a piece of you can stay in their heart, too ♪ -♪ We're all connected, love keeps us connected ♪ ♪ We are all connected in this world ♪ ♪ We're all connected, love keeps us connected ♪ ♪ We are all connected in this world ♪ -♪ So many creatures living under the same sun ♪ ♪ When we care for one another, it's great for everyone ♪ -♪ Each one of us can help do or share ♪ ♪ So many ways to show that we care ♪ ♪ For creatures of the sea and the sky and the land ♪ ♪ We're all connected, love keeps us connected ♪ ♪ We are all connected in this world ♪ [ Puppy howling ] ♪ We're all connected, love keeps us connected ♪ ♪ We are all connected in this world ♪ -♪ We all deserve a chance to be all we can be ♪ ♪ And we each have the right to be safe, loved and free ♪ ♪ We're all connected, love keeps us connected ♪ ♪ We are all connected in this world ♪ [ Puppy barking ] ♪ We're all connected, love keeps us connected ♪ ♪ We are all connected in this world ♪ [ Puppy howling ] ♪ We are all connected in this world ♪ [ Puppy howling ] [ All laughing ] -This program is available with PBS Passport and on Amazon Prime Video.
-Look, Elmo's been working on this elephant.
Listen.
[ Elmo trumpeting ] What do you think?
Elmo thinks she likes it.
-I have a secret.
I love you.
-I see dirt.
-Oh, yeah, there's a lot of mud.
Oscar would love it.
-It's so adorable, it makes me want a scream!
I can't wait to hang it up in my bedroom.
-You hear what she said about the pretzels?
-I did.
-That was amazing.
-Oh, my goodness.
I think Mzinga needs to brush her teeth.
-Me love me serval photo.
Those spots look just like chocolate chippies on a cookie.
♪♪ [ Munching ] Oh, num, nummy, num, num, num, num.
[ Elmo laughing ]
Elmo Learns Who Leads a Lion Pride
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Clip: S45 Ep1 | 2m 29s | Elmo and friends learn how lion prides work on the African savanna. (2m 29s)
How Baby Elephants Drink, Eat and Cool Off
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Clip: S45 Ep1 | 2m 37s | Elmo and friends learn how orphaned baby elephants are cared for at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. (2m 37s)
Preview of Sesame Street and the Great Elephant Adventure
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Preview: S45 Ep1 | 29s | Join Elmo and the Sesame Street gang on a once-in-a-lifetime African safari adventure. (29s)
The Sounds of the Savanna at Night | Nature's Lullaby
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Clip: S45 Ep1 | 3m 20s | Elmo and friends discover just how noisy the African savanna can be after dark. (3m 20s)
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