♪ Wild Kratts ♪ (Laughing) Oh, you like Wild Kratts, huh?

Hey, I'’’m Martin.

And I'’’m Chris.

We'’’re the Kratt brothers.

This amazing cheetah cub is only six months old.

But he'’’s already faster than us or any human.

His name is Chico and like all cheetahs, he loves to run.

He'’’s into any running game.

But, first, he'’’s got to get fuelled up.

When cheetahs eat, they eat fast.

Because out on the savannah, there are lions, leopards, wild dogs, everybody wants to get a piece of the cheetah'’’s prey.

All right, all fuelled up?

Let'’’s see if this cheetah cub is ready for action!

Let'’’s play ball!

Chico, ready?

Go!

Whoo-hoo!

Light and lean!

And cheetahs are built for speed.

And because they are so light and lean, each push of a cheetah'’’s back legs sends them flying through the air.

All right, Chico, here goes!

♪ CHRIS: Oh, oh, look at those long legs!

The cheetah has incredibly long legs, some of the longest in the cat world.

And those legs help them reach speeds of 70 miles per hour, making them the fastest land animal in the world!

♪ How would it feel to run like a cheetah?

Imagine if we had the racing power of the cheetah and could run as fast as a cheetah can.

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 ♪ ♪ CHRIS: Here she is.

The fastest runner on the planet, the cheetah.

Isn'’’t she amazing, Martin?

Oh!

Martin?

MARTIN: Hey, Chris.

You lookin'’’ for speed?

Check out my new sneakers!

CHRIS: Whoa!

Those are some rockin'’’ running shoes.

Yeah, I can feel it already.

I'’’m gonna run so much faster in these.

KOKI: Well, I hope so.

Because according to historical data, your top speed is 15 miles per hour.

To out-race a cheetah, you'’’ve gotta go 55 miles per hour faster to hit a-- MARTIN: Top cheetah speed of 70 miles per hour!

Sorry, you'’’re not gonna be top cat for long.

CHRIS: Hey, she'’’s eaten and her belly'’’s full.

(Purring) Heh, but she still doesn'’’t look too worried.

AVIVA: Well, she should.

These shoes have what it takes: Spring-hair soles, Air-slicing surface coating, and rocket boosting racing stripes.

I'’’ll be able to run faster than a speeding cheetah.

Leap over tall rhinos in a single bound.

I'’’ll be the fastest living land animal!

When'’’s race time?

As soon as we can get her on her feet.

And I know just the trick.

What happens if I run our footage of a speeding gazelle through a holographic projector?

♪ All right!

On your marks... Get set... Go!

♪ Yeah!

Go, Martin!

Go cheetah!

Chris!

Aren'’’t you gonna cheer for your brother?

Hey, somebody'’’s gotta root for the cheetah.

AVIVA: Wow!

A running cheetah is a beautiful sight to see.

Martin'’’s trying really hard!

(Chris grunting) Ooh, ah!

Ah!

Whoa!

(Panting) CHRIS: Oh!

Oof!

(Engine hissing) MARTIN: Whoo-ha!

(Panting) Whoa!

♪ The cheetah wins!

(Panting) Whew!

That was close.

Oh, not so close.

Oh, so you were the blur I saw going by, heh heh.

You win that one, Blur.

CHRIS: Whoo!

And the Createrra took a beating!

It'’’s a great off-road vehicle, but no human-made vehicle can handle this rough terrain.

At cheetah speed.

Hmm.

We'’’ll see about that.

Let'’’s see, Cheetah Sneaks?

No.

Createrra?

No.

What invention could match cheetah speed racing across the rough and tumble African savannah?

MARTIN: Don'’’t waste your time, Aviva.

The cheetah is the fastest land animal on earth for a reason.

It'’’s the perfect design for running across rough ground.

You can'’’t outrun a cheetah on the African savannah.

No way!

Uh, yes way.

No way.

Yes way!

I'’’m going to invent an invention that can run faster out here.

Faster than a cheetah, faster than anything!

MARTIN: No way!

Will you stop saying that!?

That wasn'’’t me.

VOICE IMITATING MARTIN: Yes it was.

Wait a minute.

I recognize that voice.

VOICE IMITATING MARTIN: Of course you do!

It'’’s the voice of the inventor you wish you could be.

Spying on you from within my spy cloud.

You didn'’’t even know I was here, ha ha!

I should'’’ve rained on you.

Nice.

Oh, you'’’re just jealous because I have always been a better inventor than you.

AVIVA: Oh, really?

What about at science camp when my potato clock kept better time than your moldy bread clock?

Or the time-- Oh, forget about that!

You'’’re only as great as your last invention.

I want in on this racing contest, and this time, you'’’re all gonna eat my dust.

Oh yeah?

Okay, this is getting very interesting.

Two inventions, duking it out in a cheetah race.

Well, I'’’m sticking with the natural speedster.

Nothing can beat the fastest runner on the savannah.

Oh, big surprise!

(Snarling) Ahh!

What'’’s wrong with it!?

Nothing.

She just thinks you look like a vulture.

Ha.

Ha.

What'’’s with the spots, it looks sick.

(Laughing) Cheetahs have spots.

That'’’s what makes '’’em beautiful.

Beautiful!?

Ha!

You know what'’’s gonna be beautiful?

When I beat that sick kitty and... You, in a race!

You'’’re on!

Let'’’s have a race.

My cheetah racer against your... ZTV.

That'’’s a Zach-terrain vehicle.

Yeah!

CHRIS: What if the cheetah wins?

Oh yeah, ha ha, that scrawny thing wins a race, right.

Well, you'’’ll have to beat her fair and square.

This is a ground race, so no flying vehicles.

Here he goes with the rules again.

And, no using animals to power your machine.

That'’’s not only mean, it'’’s cheating.

No cheating.

Only cheetah-ing.

Ha ha, that'’’s okay.

Me, cheat?

Never!

AVIVA: Okay, we have three hours to complete our inventions.

And then we race at sundown.

Winner is the world'’’s best inventor.

AVIVA: Okay, let me have a look at you, Blur.

What design features give you your speed?

Well, for starters, the four Ls.

The four Ls?

CHRIS: Light, long, lean and lanky.

AVIVA: Yeah, she is skinny.

That makes sense!

The lighter she is, the easier it is to push herself forward quickly.

So my invention has to be light.

ZACH: This is gonna be easy.

I want a heavy titanium frame that can handle anything big bad Mother Nature throws against me.

Zach-bots, assemble!

Ugh!

Not you!

Assemble the frame for my ZTV racer!

So, I have a cheetah-inspired frame for the racer.

Most of her is skinny, but check it out: She has a really huge chest.

That'’’s because she has extra large lungs.

And a huge heart.

Yeah, for its body weight, the cheetah has one of the largest hearts and lungs of any animal.

Large lungs to bring oxygen to the blood, which is pumped by the heart to power the muscles.

Okay, so I need a system that delivers maximum oxygen to power the cheetah racer'’’s engine.

Let'’’s see her in action again.

Guys, can you get her running?

Sure, not a problem.

The cheetah has excellent eyesight.

Up there with the best long distance vision of all mammals!

Even in bright, glaring sunlight, a cheetah can spot prey.

Those beautiful black markings absorb light, cutting down on the glare.

So she can always spot prey and spring into action.

MARTIN: Except when she can see it'’’s the same trick gazelle from last time.

(Laughing) Just learned something else about cheetahs: They'’’re smarter than your average wildcat.

And Wild Kratt.

Yeah.

CHRIS: Let'’’s see, falcon, firefly... Gazelle!

Hmm.

Need this?

Oh yeah.

Powering up as cheetah prey?

Now that'’’s what I call...

Creature crazy!

It'’’s been good knowing you, brother.

Activate Creature Powers!

♪ Of course!

I'’’ll use the invention of my great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great-grandfather: The wheel!

With this high-tech racing tire, I will zoom to the finish!

(Grunting) (Hissing) Oh, man!

All set!

(Snarling) MARTIN: So, Blur, ready to have some fun?

She has you in her sights, Chris.

How'’’s this looking for gazelle behavior?

MARTIN: Blur likes what she'’’s seein'’’.

A cheetah looks for a gazelle who isn'’’t paying attention.

So I'’’ll just focus on looking for some nice gazelle grass.

(Humming) Too green, nah, too dry, too spiky.

MARTIN: The cheetah stalks as closely as she can.

A cheetah can run super fast, but only for a short time.

The gazelle can'’’t run as fast, but can run for longer.

So, before she makes her move, a cheetah tries to get close.

She'’’s getting pretty close!

KOKI: She'’’s getting really close!

Pan Am dropseed grass, nutritious, high in fibre.

WILD KRATTS TEAM: Chris!

(Snuffling) Oh, ahh...!

Whoo hoo!

(Panting, laughing) Whoa-ho!

MARTIN: A cheetah runs with long strides!

At top speed, each stride carries 25 feet, the length of a small school bus.

It'’’s the backbone!

Look at that, it'’’s bending!

When it bends down, it stretches the legs out further, so each stride is longer.

So the cheetah covers more ground with each step.

Uh oh!

She'’’s catching up.

Too fast, must engage evasive maneuvers.

The ga-zig-zag.

MARTIN: He'’’s going with the ga-zig-zag.

KOKI: The ga-zig-zag?

MARTIN: Yeah, the gazelle zig-zag, the ga-zig-zag!

Trying to throw the cheetah off!

But the cheetah can ga-zig-zag, too.

She'’’s staying on Chris'’’ tail.

Speaking of tails, look at the cheetah'’’s, it'’’s whipping right, left, up, down, right, left, keeping the cheetah on balance.

Oh, she'’’s catching up!

Whoo hoo!

I can'’’t shake her!

Ahh-- Whoa...!

Oof!

The bendable backbone feature is exactly what I need.

(Sighing) (Blur snarling) CHRIS: Oh, oh, don'’’t look at me like that.

Ahh!

MARTIN: How '’’bout that tail balancer?

Can you put in one of those?

Aviva, you'’’ll need one for turning through the rough terrain.

(Chris screaming) Uh, I could use a little help, here.

Chris, will you quit playing around?

I'’’m not playing!

The cheetah'’’s playing!

With me.

Oof!

Whoa...!

Ugh!

(Groaning) Hey, but I did discover something interesting on this last take-down.

Except for that sharp dew claw for hooking and tripping, a cheetah has nails like a dog.

MARTIN: Oh yeah!

Almost every cat, lions, housecats, leopards, have retractable claws.

These claws stay in the paw when the cat is walking or running, to protect their sharpness, and only come out when the cat grabs something.

Oh yeah, look at that!

In and out.

But in the cheetah, the claws are always out, because the cheetah'’’s a runner and runners need traction.

The claws dig into the dirt so the cheetahs can push off to top speed.

AVIVA: I'’’m on it.

We'’’ll add traction claws to every foot.

♪ Well, uh, Blur, that was fun, great game.

And Il earned a lot about cheetah running.

But we'’’ve got a race and I really need to get back to the Tortuga to help out.

♪ So, if you wouldn'’’t mind letting me go, that would be-- Great!

Ready for testing.

Let'’’s run it.

AVIVA: Powering up treadmill.

Hit the spot thruster, MK.

Spot on!

Hey, this is feeling pretty smooth.

KOKI: 40 miles per hour.

All systems functioning.

The backbone is really bending!

60 miles per hour.

Bending too much!

70 miles per hour!

Is this a cheetah racer or a bucking bronco...!

Ohh...!

Hmm.

Might wanna take down that backbone bendability a little.

I smell mud!

(Gurgling) Ahh, nice mud in this puddle, huh, guys?

♪ My Zach-terrain vehicle is complete!

Right on time to defeat a very annoying Aviva.

Roll me out.

Hey, ugh!

Not me, me!

Me in my ZTV!

(Screaming) ZTV, safari edition.

The cheetah racer.

♪ Race time!

Hmm, where'’’s Blur?

Yeah, I saw him run away.

Like a scaredy cat.

(Laughing) And you should, too.

The only place I'’’m running to... Is the finish line.

When'’’s the last time you saw Blur?

Well, let'’’s see...

When she tackled me for the third time.

Then what?

I don'’’t know.

She probably got tired of toying with me and went for a nap in the shade.

But she'’’s supposed to win this race.

I'’’ve gotta find her.

The race is starting in two minutes!

(Grunting) Here it is!

Peregrine falcon.

(Whistling) ♪ Activate peregrine falcon powers.

♪ Oh yeah.

I'’’ve gotta get a bird'’’s eye view on this.

Find Blur.

Cat lover.

(Coughing) Polluter.

On your marks... ♪ I can see her whole territory, but no sign of Blur.

Get set... Go!

Whoo hoo!

♪ (Cheering) All right!

All right!

Go, guys, go!

Oof!

(Groaning) What is that?

My extra-sensitive falcon eyesight, capable of spotting a duck from one mile away, is spotting...

Spots?

Spots from inside Zach'’’s machine?

Time to stoop.

Also known as a falcon dive!

In a stoop, a falcon flies 200 miles per hour.

What'’’s going on in there?

Oh, I knew it!

He'’’s using a cheetah to power his machine.

Ha ha, but not anymore.

Yeah!

Whoa, Blur!

Chris, Zach'’’s using a cheetah.

Blur'’’s afraid to jump.

Do the ga-zig-zag!

I'’’m on it.

♪ You can still win this race!

♪ Ugh!

Huh!?

I knew I couldn'’’t rely on wild cats.

Or not be bothered by Wild Ratts.

How many times do I have to tell ya?

It'’’s Wild Kratts!

Pff!

Rocket boosters!

Whoa!

Uh oh!

I'’’ve still got the power to make it to the finish line with...

Maximum cheetah velocity!

Zach, you'’’re still cheating; you'’’re flying.

No I'’’m not.

See that polymer string?

It'’’s touching the ground.

So technically, I'’’m on the ground, not flying!

MARTIN: Huh?

Oh, are you kidding me?

But hey, if you wanna keep cheating, then we Wild Kratts will just keep cheetah-ing!

Go Aviva, Go!

To the finish line with Creature Power!

MARTIN: Cheetahs love to tackle any kind of gazelle!

♪ AVIVA: Uh oh!

Obstacles ahead.

Engage cheetah tail balance.

♪ Oh!

Whoa-ho!

Where'’’s he going?

Old Zach is out of this one.

But we still have a race.

Hmm.

Oh no!

I'’’m outta here!

Wha!

♪ KOKI: Wha-hoo, yeah!

Blur by a whisker.

Great racing, Aviva.

Yeah, way to whoop Zach.

I always knew you were the greatest inventor.

Just a whisker behind Mother Nature.

(Laughing) Hey, where'’’s Chris?

CHRIS: Not again!

(Yelling) (Laughing) Oof!

(Sighing) Does anybody want a gazelle Creature Power disc?

Free.

The cheetah is still the fastest land animal on the planet.

AVIVA: Even with technology, humans still can'’’t outrun him in a rough terrain full of obstacles.

I want a rematch!

Even the cheaters can'’’t beat the cheetah.

(Laughing) (Purring) The speed of the cheetah is so incredible.

But there are so many other cool things that nobody even talks about.

CHRIS: Cheetahs have so many different sounds.

They chirp like a bird!

When the mother cheetahs call their young, they make a sound that sounds exactly like a bird chirp.

MARTIN: A cheetah has incredible eyesight.

I mean, they can see miles across the savannah, in the glaring sun, picking up prey or predators.

CHRIS: And check out those cool black stripes on the cheetah'’’s face.

Those are there to cut down on the glare of the sun, because cheetahs hunt during the day when it'’’s really bright out.

The black stripe is kinda like the ones football and baseball players wear.

And they love to sit up high on termite mounds or rocks to really get a good scan of their surroundings.

CHRIS: That way they can tell if any lions are coming, or other dangers, and they can see where prey is.

MARTIN: One time, when we were filming in Africa, there weren'’’t any rocks around, and the cheetahs decided to use our jeep as a lookout!

They weren'’’t afraid at all, crawling all over and hopping inside for a quick visit!

CHRIS: It was awesome being so close to such amazing creatures.

Nose to nose with a cheetah.

MARTIN: But it didn'’’t last long, and when a passing gazelle caught their attention, they were off on the hunt.

♪ So there are so many cool things about cheetah, but somehow, it always comes back to their biggest Creature Power: their awesome speed.

Cheetahs are the ultimate speedsters.

And to give you a better idea of how fast cheetahs really are, let'’’s compare ourselves to other animals.

MARTIN: We can walk as fast as a porcupine waddles, at two miles per hour.

CHRIS: Our bikes can get as close to the speed of a hopping kangaroo, at 25 miles per hour.

MARTIN: In a speed boat, we can go as fast as a zebra at 40 miles per hour.

CHRIS: But there'’’s only one thing that can get as close to the cheetah'’’s speed: Our Createrra.

Cheetahs are awesome.

Keep on creature adventuring.

We'’’ll see ya 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 pbskidsgo.org BOTH: We'’’ll see you there!