Wild Kratts
Cheetah Adopted
Season 4 Episode 23 | 26m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
The Kratt bros find a warthog family and notice that one piglet is actually a cheetah cub!
Martin and Chris are creature adventuring on the African savannah when they encounter a warthog mom and her piglets. But they notice something odd. One of the piglets is the cheetah cub Spotswat! It's up to the Kratt Bros to find out why this cub has been adopted into the warthog family and to reunite him with his mother, Blur.
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Wild Kratts
Cheetah Adopted
Season 4 Episode 23 | 26m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Martin and Chris are creature adventuring on the African savannah when they encounter a warthog mom and her piglets. But they notice something odd. One of the piglets is the cheetah cub Spotswat! It's up to the Kratt Bros to find out why this cub has been adopted into the warthog family and to reunite him with his mother, Blur.
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♪ Wild Kratts ♪ CHRIS: We'’’re here wandering around the world, investigating the mysteries of interspecies relationships.
Hey, it'’’s us, the Kratt Brothers.
I'’’m Chris.
I'’’m Martin.
And today, we are going to check out how, sometimes, two totally different species become good friends.
You know how animals usually interact with each other.
For example, there'’’s the predator-prey relationship.
And then there'’’s the competitor relationship, when animals compete for the same food and habitat.
But every so often, two individual animals of completely different species develop a bond and become really good friends.
This is your ordinary Australian shepherd, a great dog named Odie.
Now, you'’’d think he'’’d have some other dogs as playmates, right?
You would.
But in this case, his best buddy is this cheetah named Adaeze.
They are best friends.
You guys want to play?
You want to run around?
Here you go!
Woo!
Oh, wow, soccer with a cheetah and a dog!
Now, it wasn'’’t possible for Adaeze to stay with her mom at this wildlife sanctuary.
She was kind of an orphan.
So, she needed a buddy to grow up with.
They grew up together from the time Adaeze was just a ten-week-old cub.
Adaeze really liked Odie.
They got along from the start.
They really seem to like the same games.
They like to run around and play and catch things.
They always have a great time together.
Imagine if we could be a part of an unusual animal friendship.
What if?
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 save 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 ♪ The Savanna!
The Savanna!
Okay, it'’’s time to replenish the Tortuga.
We are out of everything.
Even pizza?
Even pizza!
Oh!
Setting coordinates to the nearest big village.
Uhh, before we go, would you guys mind dropping us off on the Savanna?
Yeah, it'’’s time for us to get back to creature adventuring!
Okay, but if we do, you can'’’t call us asking for help.
Or to get any new Creature Power Suits.
Besides, I need to get more polycarbonate for programming anyway.
If we don'’’t get resupplied, we'’’ll be grounded for good.
Okay, okay, we get it.
We promise we won'’’t call.
Well then, Jimmy, we have a quick stop to make.
So, remember you promised, no calls for help.
We won'’’t bother you, promise.
When have I heard that before?
Woo-hoo!
AVIVA: Be back soon.
(Sighing) I love the African Savanna.
Oh, so many animals, so much going on!
You never know what is going to happen here.
Whoa, a warthog!
(Snorting) We'’’ve got to do something with pig power!
Oh, yeah, a warthog power suit?
Let'’’s call Aviva and-- Oh, but we can'’’t.
Why not?
Remember?
We promised Aviva we wouldn'’’t ask for any new Creature Power programming.
Oh, yeah, we shouldn'’’t have done that... because a warthog power suit-- ooh, that'’’d be so cool.
Warthog piglets are pretty cute.
Yeah.
Aww!
Spotswat?
Why is he with the warthogs?
What is going on here?
It'’’s like Spotswat'’’s been adopted by warthogs.
This happens sometimes when animals of one species adopt an animal of another species.
If that'’’s the case, why was she adopted?
What happened to Mom?
Yeah, where'’’s Blur?
A warthog power suit will have to wait.
Yeah, Spotswat is not a warthog.
He'’’s a cheetah.
Our new creature mission is to reunite Spotswat with his real cheetah mom, Blur.
Well, first things first, let'’’s get Spotswat.
Hello, momma warthog.
I think there'’’s been a mistake here.
Uhh, one of your piglets isn'’’t really a piglet.
(Snorting) Ah!
Ooh!
(Grunting) This isn'’’t going to be as easy as I thought.
Tell me about it, Bro!
We forgot how fierce warthog moms can be in defending their babies.
She uses her razor sharp tusks as a weapon for defense.
(Snorting) Uh-oh.
What can a warthog do about lions?
A mother warthog weighs in at around 160 pounds.
A male lion weighs in at 400 pounds!
(Growling) This is not a fair fight.
But it looks like Mom has a plan.
(Snorting) The warthog'’’s face is a shield, blocking the entrance.
And I can vouch, that face is wide and bony.
And look at those tusks.
And even the lion is trying to figure out how he can get around that.
She is protecting her piglets, and Spotswat too.
Whoa!
Whoa!
That'’’s one cool defense.
CHRIS: And it'’’s safe for the piglets again.
MARTIN: Ooh, getting Spotswat away from his new mother, that'’’s going to be a lot tougher than we thought.
(Growling) The lion'’’s back!
No, that'’’s just my stomach growling.
Oh, okay, well, let'’’s have lunch then and come up with a plan.
All right, let'’’s review.
Our cheetah cub has been adopted by a mother warthog.
The mother warthog is very protective.
And has a very hard head with tusks, and is tough enough to hold off a lion.
(Crunching) Hey, Martin, would you stop eating so loud?
Me?
I thought you were the one that was eating so loud.
Ah!
Huh?
Hey!
What do you think you'’’re doing?
(Snorting) Ah!
Ooh!
Warthogs are fast!
CHRIS: Oh, yeah, they can run up to 35 miles per hour!
To the termite mound!
(Grunting) (Sighing) CHRIS: That was close.
Those are some really hungry warthogs.
I'’’m still one really hungry Kratt Brother!
Whoa, they'’’re making a mess out of our lunch.
These warthogs will eat anything and everything.
CHRIS: Yeah, total omnivores: vegetables, roots, tubers, insects.
MARTIN: Yeah, they'’’re messy, but cute.
Hey, but isn'’’t Spotswat hungry?
CHRIS: Cheetahs are specialists.
They'’’re very, very picky eaters.
A cheetah won'’’t even eat meat that'’’s a few hours old.
It has to be fresh.
And a cheetah'’’s favorite prey is a gazelle.
Chris, I think we have another mission for you.
And you can use a specialty of yours.
Climbing?
No, something else you'’’re very good at.
(Gulping) Activating gazelle powers and luring cheetahs to chase you!
But Spotswat is just a cheetah cub.
How do we know he'’’s even ready to chase gazelles?
Well, there'’’s only one way to find out.
Get on out there.
And do your gazelle prongy-prancy-prancy-prong!
(Grunting) CHRIS: Here, Spotswat.
(Humming) Hello, cheetah!
Come on, Spotswat, I'’’m a Gazelle.
Whoa, bet you can'’’t catch me.
Gazelle prongy-prongy-prancy-prong!
MARTIN: Keep going, Chris!
It'’’s working!
CHRIS: Come on, buddy.
MARTIN: But don'’’t run too fast, Chris.
He'’’s just a cub.
Uhh, he'’’s not acting like a cub!
I'’’ll zig-zag, zig-zag, zig-zig-zag, zag and zig!
Ah!
Hey, buddy.
You got me.
And now we'’’ve got you.
Awesome work, bro!
We'’’ve got our cheetah cub back.
How you doing, Spotswat?
Now we'’’ve got to find your mom.
No sign of her.
You'’’d think she'’’d be out looking for Spotswat.
Hmm, maybe we should call the Tortuga.
They could help us search for Blur.
Oh, but then we'’’d never hear the end of it, lots of "I told you so"s. Hey, I'’’ve got an idea.
Let'’’s do what cheetahs do.
Let'’’s climb to the tallest spot so we can look out over the Savanna.
Great idea, Bro!
Come on!
Hmm, no sign of cheetahs.
I'’’ve got to get higher.
Going up!
Hey, Spotswat, help me look.
I think your cheetah eyes are better than mine.
Scanning the Savanna is one of your creature powers.
Let me know if you see Blur.
See anything?
Not yet.
Ah!
(Grunting) Steady!
Termites in my pants!
Ah!
Ah!
(Grunting) Oh, sorry, guys.
It'’’s okay.
We didn'’’t see anything.
We have to find a higher vantage point.
You know, the higher we are, the more of the Savanna we'’’re going to see.
This is exactly how cheetahs scan for prey.
Ah, if we could just call the Tortuga, then we could really see everywhere.
Nope.
Nope.
Not going to do that.
Hey, I know what the highest spot on the Savanna is.
Our old friend Necktie can help us out.
I can see a lot of Savanna from up here, but no sign of a cheetah.
Hmm, still not high enough.
Activate giraffe powers!
Wow!
I can see even farther.
I-- hey-- whoa-- Oh!
(Grunting) Maybe we need to reconsider, uhh, calling the Tortuga for help?
Hmm.
Hmm.
Hang on a second, buddy.
We'’’re thinking.
Martin, I think he'’’s trying to tell us something.
Wait!
Spotswat has the answer.
We haven'’’t tried cheetah powers.
Yeah, if we activate cheetah powers, we can really zoom around the Savanna looking for Blur.
Well, what are we waiting for?
Insert cheetah Power Discs.
Insert cheetah Power Discs.
Touch cheetah.
Touch cheetah.
Activate cheetah power!
Activate cheetah power!
♪ We can find Blur real quick using cheetah speed!
Okay, Spotswat, wait for us right here.
Wa-hoo!
What'’’s up, Necktie?
CHRIS: Oh, yeah!
Zigzagging through a herd of zebras!
No cheetah in there.
Woo-hoo, nothing there, nope, not there either.
Nope.
Woo-hoo!
(Grunting) Whoa!
(Grunting) (Groaning) Cheetah speed can be dizzying.
Whoa!
Whoa!
Tell me about it.
(Grunting) And speaking of cheetahs, we'’’d better check on Spotswat.
You know you can'’’t leave cheetah cubs alone on the Savanna for too long.
Let'’’s go.
♪ Hey, sorry, Spotswat, no luck yet.
I mean, we saw a lot of wildlife, but no sign of your cheetah mom.
Martin, don'’’t you think it'’’s time for us to call the Tortuga?
We could really use their help.
I know we could.
But they'’’re going to say we broke our promise.
Are you really ready for all those "I told you so"s?
Maybe not yet.
(Growling) MARTIN: Chris, lion!
Let'’’s use our cheetah powers and get out of here.
I'’’ve got Spotswat!
(Roaring) Ah!
Ah!
♪ Ooh, cheetahs are fast.
But they can'’’t run fast for too long.
Yeah, they can only sprint at top speed for 45 seconds.
Now is it time to call the Tortuga?
Maybe.
(Screaming) (Grunting) (Groaning) Oh, well, that'’’s one way to get away from a lion.
Yeah, like a warthog down a hole.
We'’’ve fallen into some kind of chasm.
(Growling) (Roaring) Not so bad, really.
(Chirping) (Chirping in distance) MARTIN: What?
That cheetah chirp, it'’’s coming from down here.
Blur!
Blur!
MARTIN: She must have fallen into the chasm.
Well, we found her!
We did it!
Creature mission accomplished!
You rock, Bro!
No, you rock.
Hey, wait a second.
We'’’re stuck down here.
(Grunting) Whoa!
Walls are steep.
I can'’’t even climb them.
Yeah, as Blur found out, Cheetah powers won'’’t help us down here.
And where can we run?
Deactivate.
Deactivate.
Okay, okay, maybe we should call the Tortuga now.
I mean, we'’’ve got Spotswat.
And we found Blur ourselves, right?
Yeah, and if we call the Tortuga, they could get us out of this easy.
Hmm, yeah, we could do that.
But I think we'’’ve got to get out of this ourselves.
Don'’’t you?
We do!
So, let'’’s see if we can figure a way out ourselves.
Do you see a gecko?
Then I could activate gecko powers and climb out of here easy.
No geckos, but look at this.
There'’’s a hole here.
Hmm.
And an aardvark!
Hey, I think that'’’s Slurpy'’’s mom.
It is!
And Slurpy!
And Slurpy!
Aardvarks are the most powerful diggers on the African Savanna.
Don'’’t you mean under?
Yeah, under, the most powerful digger under the African Savanna.
And I have right here an Aardvark power disc.
(Grunting) I just can'’’t reach!
(Grunting) Too hard!
These walls are termite mound construction.
Yeah, the biggest part of a termite mound is actually underground.
And only aardvark powers can dig through.
(Beeping) Hi, guys.
We'’’ve got all our supplies.
And we'’’re heading back.
You having a good time?
Uhh, yeah, oh, we'’’re having a great time.
Oh, yeah, the Savanna'’’s the place to be.
Well, that doesn'’’t look like the Savanna to me.
You'’’re sure you'’’re not in trouble?
Us?
In trouble?
No way!
No way!
Uhh, okay, we'’’ll see you soon.
Uh-oh, the gang is on their way back.
If we'’’re going to get out of this ourselves, we'’’d better get out now.
Otherwise, they'’’re going to have to rescue us.
(Grunting) Huh?
Termites!
Bro, termites in your pockets?
They must be from when I was bitten earlier.
And that'’’s a good thing.
Aardvark'’’s eat a lot, right?
Oh, yeah.
Hey, check this out!
I'’’ve got some nice, tasty termites for you.
(Sniffing) So, Slurpy'’’s Mom, you hungry?
Yes!
Activate aardvark powers!
♪ Can you dig it?
Oh, yeah!
Hey, thanks for your aardvark help.
(Sniffing) You aardvarks are shy and solitary creatures.
But can you dig or what?
Come on, everybody, follow me!
♪ (Grunting) Almost through!
(Grunting) And here we are on the Savanna again.
CHRIS: Look how happy Blur and Spotswat are.
Now this is the way it'’’s supposed to be, mother cheetah and cheetah cub together on the Savanna, living free and in the wild, and just in time too.
Look.
Hey, bros.
I can'’’t believe you didn'’’t call us.
Oh, yeah, we just had a good relaxing time hanging out with the cheetahs.
And no requests for new Creature Power Suit programming?
Now that you mention it-- Okay, yeah, yeah, warthogs have a real wide, bony face.
I mean, it is solid.
Trust me.
This face is like a shield.
Got it.
With tusks, don'’’t forget the tusks.
The tusks are really important.
Got that too, razor sharp tusks.
Yeah, and with that face, the warthog can fight off predators.
It'’’s awesome how they battle each other.
Those warthogs are tough.
Yeah, that'’’s pig power.
(Beeping) Programming complete.
Hey, Chris, you activate first.
Cool.
Activate warthog powers!
Now that'’’s pig power!
Martin, now it'’’s your turn.
Uhh, not quite yet... because...
I think I'’’ll activate cheetah powers!
♪ Chris, Spotswat hunted you first.
But now, it'’’s my turn to hunt you with cheetah powers.
You'’’re on!
♪ Woo!
Huh?
Ha, I'’’m right behind you again!
Woo-hoo, yeah!
Tusk attack!
Missed me!
(Grunting) Ow!
Gotcha!
(Snorting) Uhh, we'’’re all buddies here, right?
(Snorting) Uh-oh.
Ah!
♪ Warthogs don'’’t climb.
Well, it'’’s good to know my warthog buddies have my back!
(Laughing) Okay, ready?
Here you go.
Oh, nice one, quick paws!
MARTIN: Now that is some cheetah speed.
All right, Chris, coming at you!
All right, catch it, buddy.
Now Adaeze met a lot of dogs when she was a little cub.
But for some reason, she really liked Odie.
I mean, he'’’s a really friendly dog, right?
Go get it!
And Adaeze is a fun-loving cheetah cub.
And they love to play together.
Oh, Adaeze wants to tackle you.
Odie'’’s an Australian shepherd.
And Australian shepherds are high energy dogs that love to run and run fast.
And may be that'’’s why these two hit it off so well.
Maybe that'’’s what they had in common, the love of running.
How are you doing, buddies?
So, we know that a dog and a cheetah can develop a really strong bond and become great friends.
But what other species in the creature world can have unusual relationships?
A hippo-- And a tortoise.
Hard to believe that a hippo, one of the biggest, fiercest creatures in Africa, would be friends with a Tortoise.
But it'’’s true.
In 2004, a Tsunami in Kenya left behind an orphaned baby hippo, a lot like this one.
And he became best friends with a 130-year-old Aldabra tortoise.
Or what about a monkey-- And a bird?
In China in 2007, a young macaque like this befriended a white pigeon.
An elephant-- And a dog.
In 2003, at a sanctuary, an elephant like this guy met a stray dog.
And they were best friends for years.
A rhino-- And a sheep.
In South Africa, an orphaned rhino a lot like this guy became friends with a lamb.
Then there was a gorilla and a kitten that were buddies.
In 1984, a gorilla like this adopted a little kitten as a pet.
She took care of the kitten and played with it gently.
All right, guys, so does this mean playtime'’’s over?
All right then, have a good rest, all right?
Yeah, 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.
BOTH: We'’’ll see you there!
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