Wild Kratts
Never Mess with a Blowfish!
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Martin and Chris discover the unique defense mechanism of the blowfish.
While Martin, Chris and Blimpy are playing around, Puffy the blowfish gets ingested by a grouper. To avoid getting eaten, the blowfish initiates its defense mechanism and sucks in water to increase its size three-fold. With the grouper and blowfish now both in harms way, Martin and Chris step in just in time to save the day!
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Wild Kratts
Never Mess with a Blowfish!
Clip | 2m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
While Martin, Chris and Blimpy are playing around, Puffy the blowfish gets ingested by a grouper. To avoid getting eaten, the blowfish initiates its defense mechanism and sucks in water to increase its size three-fold. With the grouper and blowfish now both in harms way, Martin and Chris step in just in time to save the day!
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Yeah, it'’’s even better than a trampoline.
CHRIS: Hey, where did Puffy go?
Puffy?
Puffy?
No way!
A grouper.
You didn'’’t.
Puffy!
Puffy, it'’’s you!
You'’’re all blown up like a giant spiky water balloon.
Nice defense.
Uh-oh.
Mayday!
Now we'’’ve got a problem.
It'’’s a great defense, and most fish know never to mess with a blowfish, but-- For those that don'’’t, sometimes blowfish can get stuck inside a grouper'’’s mouth, and then both fish could die.
Hang on, Puffy.
We'’’ll get you out of there.
Okay, grouper, you might feel a prick.
(Both grunting) Oh, if only Puffy could deflate just a little bit.
He'’’s too scared.
If he deflates at all, he thinks the grouper might swallow him.
Gah!
Whoa, these guys will eat anything!
(Screaming) It'’’s not working, Martin.
I'’’m going in.
Going in?
Where?
Through the gills.
No, you'’’re not!
I'’’ll push, you pull.
Okay, just remember: one wrong move and you'’’re lunch.
(Coughing) Pretty stinky in here.
Whoa!
Grouper breath.
Ready, Martin?
Ready.
Go!
(Grunting) CHRIS: Got to get you free.
Ugh!
(Both screaming) MARTIN: We did it.
Amazing that he can blow up three times his size.
And look, now this grouper knows-- Never mess with a blowfish.
It'’’s a fish-eat-fish world out here.
Yeah, and only the fish with good protection survive.
And guess what?
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