Wild Kratts!

Hey, I'’’m Chris.

And I'’’m Martin.

We'’’re the Kratt Brothers.

You know, we humans are great builders.

We use things like wood, nails, concrete, and other materials to build things like houses, bridges, dams, and even huge skyscrapers.

But there'’’s another creature who'’’s a master builder too.

In fact, he is probably the greatest builder in the entire creature world!

The creature we'’’re looking for happens to be the largest rodent in North America.

A giant member of the mouse family.

He'’’s furry-- Has a big flat tail-- And giant orange teeth.

And-- Whoa!

Whoa!

(Groaning) CHRIS: You all right, Martin?

Yeah, where did that tree come from?

(Groaning) That'’’s who we were looking for!

A beaver!

Hey, buddy, you cut down that tree right in our path!

(Laughing) He'’’s heavy.

And where are you going?

(Gasping) Ho, ho, ho, look what this builder built: this massive dam!

It'’’s built tough with pure beaver power.

And these beaver dams transform landscapes, creating new ponds wetlands and forests wherever the beaver goes.

Imagine if we could learn about and get all the amazing building powers of the beaver.

What if... ♪ On adventure with the coolest creatures ♪ ♪ From the oceans to the trees ♪ ♪ The Brothers Kratt are going places you never get to see ♪ ♪ Hanging with their creature friends ♪ ♪ Get ready, it'’’s the hour ♪ ♪ We'’’re gonna see some animals today with ♪ ♪ Creature Power ♪ ♪ Gonna go wild, Wild Kratts ♪ ♪ Gonna go wild, wild, Wild Kratts ♪ ♪ Gonna go wild, Wild Kratts ♪ ♪ Gonna go wild, wild, wild ♪ ♪ Cheetah speed and lizard glide ♪ ♪ Falcon flight and lion pride ♪ ♪ Gonna go wild, Wild Kratts ♪ ♪ Gonna go wild, wild, Wild Kratts ♪ ♪ Gonna go wild, Wild Kratts ♪ ♪ Gonna go wild, wild, Wild Kratts ♪ ♪ Go wild, wild, Wild Kratts ♪ Ah, nothing better than canoeing a North American river.

Hoo hoo!

Except when we'’’re lost.

Are you sure you know where we'’’re going?

Sure, I'’’m sure.

Because I could have sworn we took a wrong turn at that last bend in the river.

Trust me, this is a shortcut.

Shortcut?

(Water rushing) That'’’s a shortcut alright.

A shortcut to a waterfall!

CHRIS: A-ha, I knew it was around here somewhere.

What do we do?

Paddle faster!

Faster?

Go, go, go, go, go!

Okay!

Whoa!

Testing emergency feature now!

(Martin laughing) You could have told me we were testing some cool new emergency parachute!

I thought you liked surprises.

Hey, look, we'’’re heading for a perfect landing.

Ah!

Uh-oh, maybe not quite perfect.

Hang on!

(Yelling) Oof!

(Groaning) We'’’ve had softer landings.

(Gasping) But look what we landed on!

A beaver lodge!

Ha!

Right on the doorstep of a beaver'’’s home.

Ho, ho!

Talk about solid construction.

This thing is so strong, only a bear could bust into it.

I wonder what it looks like inside.

I wish someone was home to show us around.

Beaver!

He'’’s brought more sticks for the lodge.

Nice work, Sticker.

CHRIS: Sticker?

What kind of a name is Sticker?

Well, look at what he builds, one stick at a time.

He might be going inside.

Let'’’s follow him.

Wait up, Sticker.

(Gasping) What a home!

A dry, cozy fortress surrounded by a protective moat of water with secret underwater entrances.

Yeah, and look: a whole family of beavers are tucked away in here.

Mother, father, and two beaver babies or kits.

The mom and dad stay together for life.

(Beeping) AVIVA: Guys, what'’’s going on?

You were supposed to call after the canoe test.

By the way, where are you?

It looks like you guys are in a pile of sticks.

MARTIN: We are.

Meet Sticker-- Bye, Sticker-- and Timber and their two kits, Buddy and Twig.

Guys, I love beavers, but you got to bring that canoe back here so I can add a stabilizing line so it won'’’t tip in midair.

We'’’ll meet you downriver.

MARTIN: See you later, guys.

Got to paddle out of here.

Uh-oh.

Your paddle'’’s gone.

What?

That'’’s my favorite paddle!

It'’’s got to be around here somewhere.

Maybe it floated away.

Hey, there'’’s Aidan.

Maybe he'’’s seen your paddle.

Martin, Chris, what are you guys doing here?

We'’’re looking for my lost paddle.

One minute, it'’’s there; the next minute it'’’s gone.

Did you see one floating around?

No, but I just found a beaver working on a dam.

Look!

MARTIN: It'’’s Timber!

You guys don'’’t stop.

Not only did you build a lodge, but this giant dam too.

All by yourselves!

CHRIS: This giant dam is the secret to this entire pond.

Without it, the pond wouldn'’’t even exist.

Yeah, when I moved here, all that was in this spot was a little river.

Then the beavers moved in and built the dam.

The dam blocked all the water and made the pond.

Now there are creatures everywhere.

Come on, I'’’ll show you.

Star-nosed moles always nose around on the wet sides of the pond.

(Laughing) That tickles.

(Croaking) Oh, yeah.

Bullfrogs live and breed here too.

Wood ducks live in dead trees around the beaver pond.

(Gasping) Ahh!

(Splashing) And so do his babies.

Whoa, the beaver pond is full of fish!

Whoa, and fish predators.

This beaver pond is a creature jackpot.

All thanks to the beavers and their dam.

Wow, there must be 3 tons of sticks here.

And the beaver drag them here stake by stake by stake by-- Paddle?

The beavers took my paddle.

Hey, it'’’s very nice of you guys to build this pond for yourselves and all the other creatures that use it but I need my favorite paddle back.

Here, trade you.

(Straining) Ah!

Oh no!

This can'’’t be happening!

Oh no!

The dam!

The pond!

I destroyed them.

I'’’m so sorry.

Aviva, Koki, come in.

We need help here at the beaver pond, fast!

We have a dam to rebuild and creatures to save.

You can count on us.

To the creature rescue!

♪ (Animal sounds) We did it.

Okay, next things next.

We got to fix that beaver dam.

So the pond fills up again.

And all these animals can go back home.

We'’’ll keep an eye on the animals while you rebuild.

Hey, you guys settle down.

Leave that keyboard alone!

AVIVA: Wow, I can'’’t believe just a couple of beavers made all this.

Yeah, and now we have to figure out how to fix it.

We'’’ll need a lot more sticks than this.

Hey, where'’’s Timber going?

Timber, wait up.

It'’’s a beaver path.

Wherever she'’’s going, she'’’s been there before.

Okay, Timber.

Three dam builders reporting for duty.

What'’’s the first step?

Timber!

Yeah, that'’’s what I named her.

No, timber!

Timber, yeah, Timber.

Whoa!

Oh, that kind of timber.

Thanks, dude.

That was the most incredible thing I'’’ve ever seen!

Oh, you know, I do what I can.

Wow, you'’’re amazing, Timber.

Thanks, I-- Timber?

I mean, cutting down this huge tree by yourself with your teeth?

How do they do it?

Whoa.

Big orange teeth, that'’’s how.

And they'’’re super strong.

Those teeth can cut through a tree this thick in just a couple hours.

No way.

Slicing right through wood, their teeth would get all worn down in no time.

MARTIN: They do.

That'’’s why beaver teeth never stop growing.

Imagine if they didn'’’t get worn down by all that chewing.

In one year, they'’’d grow 4 feet long.

That would be weird.

Was it something I said?

Okay, so this is the first step in beaver dam building.

Collecting the wood.

Got it.

Now what?

Back to the dam.

(Cheeping) Whoa, whoa, whoa, easy, guys.

Stop messing with my computer.

Koki, while the guys work on that dam, I'’’m gonna see if I can harness the power of those incredible cutting beaver teeth.

KOKI: It says here that the orange part of the teeth is really hard but the white part is softer.

So the white part wears away faster as the beaver chews, keeping the teeth super sharp.

So that'’’s how they do it.

One set of beaver choppers coming up.

You can'’’t fix a beaver dam without beaver teeth.

There!

I can'’’t believe how much of this wood you guys move.

500 pounds of wood a day?

That'’’s like a truckload of wood.

Then we better get into gear.

♪ Yes!

The water level is rising.

The dam is stopping the water again.

All right.

Well, that was easy.

Uh-oh.

Whoa!

Hey!

Uh-oh, double uh-oh.

I don'’’t have any arms and legs left.

Chris, help!

(Yelling) Well, somehow that didn'’’t work the way we planned.

(Groaning) Oh no!

The water has all drained out.

A-ha, mud!

Now you tell us.

It fills in the gaps between the sticks and makes the dam strong and watertight.

Using mud to build a beaver dam is like using concrete to build a house.

Let'’’s rebuild.

We'’’ll pack in the mud.

MARTIN: We'’’ll get more wood.

Okay, Jimmy.

Ready to test the teeth, the key building feature of the beaver.

Without these teeth, all of you wouldn'’’t have a pond to live in.

These teeth plus hard work and determination make beavers the number one creature builders in the world.

KOKI: You'’’re not kidding.

One beaver can cut down 200 trees a year.

That'’’s a lot of chomping.

I'’’ll pack some extra chomp in these teeth.

Jimmy, can you hold this while I tighten the springs?

That'’’s tight enough.

I can'’’t hold it!

(Straining) Ahh!

Uh-oh, beaver teeth on the loose!

Sorry, JZ.

These chompers have got a mind of their own.

(Straining) There.

Got it.

Yeah, well, they almost had a mind to take a piece out of me.

You should keep your teeth on a leash.

(Laughing) Don'’’t worry, Jimmy, these were designed for munching on trees.

Besides, I doubt a beaver would find you very tasty.

Whew.

Hey, wait a second!

Ugh.

Whoa!

Whew!

We'’’ve been working nonstop.

How about a snack break?

Huh?

Bark?

You'’’re kidding me.

You expect me to eat a bark sandwich?

Oh, you'’’re eating that soft inner layer of bark, the cambium.

Huh... Can I at least get some jelly with that?

(Laughing) Bark sandwiches are popular around here.

Wow, the habitat the beaver makes even helps creatures like a moose.

Moose eat water plants from the beaver pond and love to eat the bark and twigs from new plants that grow in here.

Do you realize how special you are?

CHRIS: Wood, mud.

No other animal can do what you do: collect supplies to build something that completely changes the environment.

Look, Timber, it'’’s filling up.

We'’’re doing it, Timber.

The pond is coming back!

By the way, I get that the pond is great for so many creatures around here, but why do beavers need a pond?

Yikes!

Wolf!

Timber, look out!

(Slap) Ah, the beaver tail slap.

That'’’s an alarm sound that tells all the other beavers, "To the water!"

Woo hoo!

I get it, I get it.

The pond is your safety zone.

When you'’’re in the water, you'’’ve got one up against a wolf or any other predator.

Some animals use quills to defend themselves or a hard shell.

You create a huge safety zone of water by using your dam-building skills.

(Growling) All clear.

Martin, come in.

Go, Chris.

We'’’re ready for more logs on the dam.

When we'’’re loaded, we'’’ll be able to bring all the animals home.

Oh, no problem.

We'’’ve got the last load all set to go.

(Trees creaking) More wood coming right up.

Wha--?

No, no, no, not that way!

♪ Oh no.

Oh!

Stop!

(Sighing) Phew.

I thought it was going to land right on our dam.

(Tree creaking) No!

Oops.

Well, you said you needed more wood.

(Phone ringing) Guys, tell me that dam is done.

Well, not exactly.

Not exactly?

Well, I'’’ll tell you exactly why you better have it done and quickly.

There'’’s a storm upriver, a big one.

All the water from that storm is flowing downriver, straight toward the beaver pond.

It'’’ll be enough water to wipe out the beaver dam and the lodge.

So that dam'’’s got to be built super tough.

Yikes!

We got to get this beaver dam done!

And fast!

Got it.

I'’’ve harnessed the beaver chomp power.

Uploading Creature Power Suit program to disk.

Disk ready.

Okay, guys, if this works, it'’’ll save your home.

We got to get this tree out of here.

(Straining) At this rate, we'’’ll never get this done before the flood hits.

Trouble, guys?

Yeah.

Can you give us a hand?

Nope, but I can give you some teeth.

Check it out.

Oh, our Creature Power Suits!

All right!

Now you can solve this problem beaver-style.

Thanks, Aviva.

We'’’ll make this beaver dam floodproof yet.

(Twigs snapping) An otter!

The only predator that can penetrate the beaver'’’s fortress.

Sometimes they'’’ll sneak into the lodge and take the kits.

But Twig and Buddy are in there!

MARTIN: A beaver can swim pretty fast but not fast enough.

She'’’ll never get there in time.

A fish could do it.

Great idea.

Activate!

♪ I'’’ll distract that otter until you get there.

Hey, otter!

Wouldn'’’t you rather eat a nice, tasty fish?

Uh-oh.

♪ Woo!

That worked out great!

Uh-oh!

♪ Chris!

I got the otter to chase me, but how do I get it to stop?

I bet that otter has never seen a giant beaver before.

Activate!

♪ Cool!

Martin, over here!

What do you think of these chompers?

Woohoo!

Thanks, dude.

No problem.

Nice teamwork, bro.

The kits are safe.

But that flood is still on its way and we lost a lot of time.

Yeah, we still have to fix that dam.

We broke it and we'’’ll fix it.

With beaver power!

To the creature rescue!

Let those beaver teeth rip.

Wahoo!

The only teeth in the creature world that can slice up a large tree.

A powerful body to carry it to the dam... And throw it on top.

AVIVA: Don'’’t forget to put the heavy side up so that it weighs down the dam.

♪ Now the fun part: ALL: Seal it up with mud!

(Laughing) Missed a spot!

Nice shot!

♪ Look, the water'’’s rising!

But did we do it right?

Is it strong enough?

Let'’’s just hope it holds.

Well, we'’’re gonna find out right now because here comes the flash flood!

Everybody off the dam!

♪ MARTIN: Wahoo!

ALL: We did it!

Koki!

Go, Chris.

The beaver dam is repaired for good.

Let'’’s get those creatures home.

Woohoo!

Mission accomplished.

Everything'’’s back to normal at the beaver pond.

Hey, Timber, Sticker.

Sorry again for breaking your dam.

And then breaking it again and again.

And again and again.

You guys really are nature'’’s master builders.

Thanks for showing us your secrets.

Yeah, this sure is an awesome pond.

JIMMY: Hey, guys.

Where'’’s the other paddle?

Oops.

(Laughing) You guys can keep the paddle.

Yeah!

I'’’ll just make a new one.

Canoeing, anyone?

(Laughing) All right, we'’’re building a beaver home.

Just a few more sticks.

A little more mud to pack it in and seal it up.

Takes a lot of sticks to build a beaver lodge.

Hey, here comes another one to help us out A team of beavers can build a huge lodge to live in in just two or three weeks.

MARTIN: She'’’s bringing over another stick.

Takes a lot of tree-cutting and mud-gathering to build a home.

By the time they'’’re done, they'’’ll use about 3 tons of raw material.

And the beaver lodge is built.

So what do you think, up to beaver standards?

Well, we learned from the best, the master builder of the creature world.

Come on, we want to show you something.

Come on, this way.

Whoa!

Where did she go?

There!

Oh, yeah.

They just look like logs in the water, just their eyes, nose, and ears above.

And the pond is like a huge safety zone around their home.

MARTIN: She'’’s going in!

Inside the lodge through the secret underwater tunnel.

Hope she likes her home.

Well, a leopard frog does, one of the thousands of creatures that live in a beaver pond.

All right!

Hey, where'’’s Woody?

Hey, there you are.

CHRIS: Come on, we want to show you something.

Let'’’s go.

So you know how all the building you do makes homes for so many animals like ducks and fish and frogs and moose?

Well, since humans are good builders too, we can put our building skills to use in a special way.

By building things that are homes and habitats for animals.

We can build houses for animals to live in like bat-houses and birdhouses.

Yeah, check them out.

Good construction.

Come on, we'’’ll show you more.

MARTIN: And it'’’s not just houses.

You can plant flowers and berry bushes for animals to feed on.

CHRIS: Hey, where did they go?

Yeah, you'’’ve got a great lodge here, Woody.

This is not bad at all.

I could definitely get used to living in your neighborhood.

MARTIN: Hey, are you guys inside the lodge?

Yeah, we are.

You have room in there for one more beaver?

Yeah, come on in.

(Sighing) This is the life.

I'’’m going in!

BOTH: See you on the creature trail!

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We'’’ll see you there!