Wild Kratts
Getting to Know the Purple Martin
Clip: Season 4 | 2m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
The Wild Kratts meet another martin - a bird called the purple martin!
It’s a relaxing day at Tortuga HQ when Chris comes in complaining about Martin. Confused, the gang soon discovers that Chris means a bird called the purple martin and not his brother! The Wild Kratts watch in amazement as the purple martin does his aerial maneuvers.
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Wild Kratts
Getting to Know the Purple Martin
Clip: Season 4 | 2m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
It’s a relaxing day at Tortuga HQ when Chris comes in complaining about Martin. Confused, the gang soon discovers that Chris means a bird called the purple martin and not his brother! The Wild Kratts watch in amazement as the purple martin does his aerial maneuvers.
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BOTH: Whoa!
Yikes!
That'’’s why!
That martin wants to catch the flies, and he keeps dive-bombing me!
Ooh!
Whoa, and he really cuts it close!
(Laughing) We thought you were talking about your brother!
Yeah, but why are you calling that swallow-like bird Martin?
Because that bird is called a purple martin!
The purple martin is the biggest swallow in North America.
Did someone say purple martins?
My avian namesake!
I love purple martins.
The only thing that could make me love them more is if they were called blue martins!
But I see why they call them purple.
Look at its color.
It'’’s so pretty.
CHRIS: Uh-oh, another dive!
Hit the dirt!
(Yelling) Whoa, what a pull up!
What turning!
Wish I could do that with the turtle ship.
Yeah, right!
It is such a fast flying bird.
It has to be in order to catch insects out of the air.
Peregrine falcons are fast, hummingbirds can hover, but not many birds can pull off the high speed aerial maneuvers of my boy, the purple martin.
(Buzzing) Yeah, when I look at it that way, that martin doesn'’’t bug me anymore, not at all!
Thanks, bro!
This one, sometimes.
Are you thinking what I'’’m thinking?
That you can stop hugging me now?
No, come on!
Don'’’t you want purple martin powers?
Yeah, of course!
Look how he moves.
I can hardly wait to get up there with him.
ALL: Whoa!
Okay, here it comes.
Oh please, make me a purple martin suit!
Yeah, come on, please!
I'’’ve seen the light, the purple light!
Yeah, please, purple please, purple please...
BOTH: Purple please!
Okay, okay!
Aye-yi-yi, you don'’’t have to beg.
Why wouldn'’’t I?
These birds are awesome, and I love the science of flight.
Aerodynamics, wind pressure, lift.
It'’’s like an avian fighter jet.
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