Wild Kratts
Shadow: The Black Jaguar
Season 2 Episode 9 | 26m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Zach Varmitech catnaps a black jaguar to use as a symbol for his new spybots.
While Martin and Chris are trying to decide on their next wild cat adventure, they learn that Zach Varmitech has decided to 'catnap' a black jaguar to use as a symbol for his new spybots.
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Wild Kratts
Shadow: The Black Jaguar
Season 2 Episode 9 | 26m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
While Martin and Chris are trying to decide on their next wild cat adventure, they learn that Zach Varmitech has decided to 'catnap' a black jaguar to use as a symbol for his new spybots.
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♫Wild Kratts♫ CHRIS: We're here in Central America, MARTIN: In the lowland tropical rainforest.
It's us, the Kratt brothers.
I'm Chris.
I'm Martin.
And we're looking for jaguars.
Jaguars are one of 36 different species of wildcat in the world.
And one of the seven big cats, but jaguars are not leopards.
People sometimes confuse jaguars and leopards, but here are the differences.
CHRIS: Leopards are from Africa.
MARTIN: Jaguars are from North, Central and South America.
CHRIS: Both cats are spotted, but leopards have more small spots.
MARTIN: And jaguars have more blotchy rings called rosettes.
CHRIS: Leopards are lean and slender.
MARTIN: Jaguars are stocky and muscular.
And jaguars are the ones we're looking for.
Let's try in here.
But the thing about jaguars is that even though they're so large, you can walk right by them without even knowing it.
And even though you can't see them, they see you.
♫ Jaguars are sly and secretive and can camouflage-- they're like big cat ninjas.
I wonder if we'll ever find one.
Only if we keep looking.
♫ Imagine if we could hide and slide like a big cat of the rainforest.
Imagine if we had jaguar power.
BOTH: 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♫ All right bro, time to choose our next adventure.
Oh, yeah.
Where in the creature world are we going today?
Hey, we could go anywhere.
CHRIS: Antarctica.
MARTIN: Europe.
South America.
Asia.
Central America.
Australia.
North America.
Africa.
Because there are creatures everywhere!
How about wildcats?
There are 36 different species of wildcats on the planet.
Hey, yeah, and we've done all-out adventures with only three of them.
African lions.
They rule.
And of course, cheetahs.
Ah, that was a speedy expedition.
And we can't forget the caracal.
Oh yeah, we had a high-flying adventure with that cool cat.
CHRIS: Okay, and then there are the ones we bumped into but didn't really do an adventure with yet, like mountain lions, clouded leopards, bobcats-- My improvements of the Zachbot spy functions have obviously worked.
They don't even know I'm watching them!
(Chuckling) Aw, isn't it cute?
The Wild Ratts are talking about wildcats.
(Laughing) And we still have to go check out some of the big guns, like tigers and snow leopards.
Or we could go prowling around with some of the more obscure, secretive wildcats, like the fishing cat or the flat-headed cat.
Ew, I do not like cats.
They're soft, they purr, they cuddle.
Why do so many people like them?
The only good thing about them is they are sneaky.
Wait!
That's it!
I'll make a cat the symbol for my new line of Spybots.
People would love that.
I'd sell millions and make billions.
(Laughing) Quick, what's the biggest cat that comes in, uh, black?
Hey, we should check out the rusty spotted cat.
It is the smallest cat in the world.
Rusty?
I'm not going to wait around all day for Martin and Chris to chit-chat about wild cats and get to the one I'm looking for.
Zachbot, find it for me!
Quickly.
Agh, too brown, too fluffy.
Too colorful.
Ugh!
Aah!
Too ugly!
Ugh, too boring.
Ooh!
A black one!
That's it!
Where do I get one?
Central or South America.
Where "jag-werrs"live.
Well, that's where we're going, then.
And we'll catch one and make it the new spokes-model for my new line of Zach Spybots: Black Shadow Edition.
(Alarm blaring) What?
And they're rare?
That's even better.
(Chuckling) Ooh, how about the ocelot?
Or the margay?
Ho-ho, either one would be great.
KOKI: Just make up your mind already!
We can't float up here near the edge of the atmosphere forever.
I could.
I like watching the Earth spin.
♫ Hm?
You go that way and you go that way.
And don't come back without a black "jag-wire"!
Oh, no.
♫ A Zachbot in a wild place is never a good sign.
Serval.
Tiger.
Serval!
Tiger!
Help!
BOTH: Nina?
Zach has sent his Zachbots to catch a black jaguar!
Jaguar it is!
Let's get this wildcat expedition going.
Wild Kratt style.
Finally.
Yes!
We're going to Central America!
Wahoo!
AVIVA: Vamonos!
(Snoring) Jimmy, wake up.
Time to go.
I got this one.
Jimmy, your controller fell out the window and is falling to Central America.
Huh?
My controller?!
I've got to go get it!
♫ BOTH: Whoa!
Wah!
Maybe that was just a tich too dramatic, Martin.
Yeah, maybe just a tich.
Oh hey, my controller was right here the whole time.
KOKI: Jimmy and I will stay here to make sure Zach doesn't try any funny business.
Wow, you got here fast!
Hola, Nina!
Hey Nina, thanks for the jaguar alarm.
Wahoo!
Which way did the Zachbots go?
Every way.
Whew.
This is a tough one.
How're we going to find a black jaguar before Zach when any jaguar, black or orange, is so hard to find in the first place?
Yeah, even though they are so big-- the biggest cat in the Western Hemisphere, by the way-- they are so secretive.
They're harder to see than the camouflaged Tortuga.
NINA: Tortuga?
Where's the Tortuga?
BOTH: Exactly!
Hey, our best bet would be to find some jaguar spotting experts.
And then they could help us.
You're on!
Jaguar spotting experts?
Like putting spots on a jaguar, or do you mean spotting, like seeing jaguars?
AVIVA: Kratt bros, wait up!
You know, creatures like spider monkeys.
Pacas.
White-lipped peccaries.
Rainforest deer.
Oh, I get it-- animals that a jaguar hunts.
That's right, because these animals have to spot a jaguar before the jaguar spots them-- for survival.
So if we could find an animal who's the prey of the jaguar-- like the spider monkey, for example-- if they spot a jaguar, they would make a warning call.
Wah!
Yeah, sort of like that.
Then we would know there's a jaguar around.
♫ (Monkey screeching in distance) Ah yes, the spider monkey alarm.
Maybe they spotted a jag-- wah!
Whoa!
ALL: Whoa!
(Gasping) Look!
MARTIN: A jaguar!
NINA: My favorite wildcat!
AVIVA: Absolutely stunning!
What great camouflage.
The jaguar's orange and black spotted pattern blends in with the beams of light and shadows of the forest floor and the jaguar can virtually disappear.
I bet a jaguar could sneak up behind you and you wouldn't even know it was there.
We would know, wouldn't we?
Well, yeah, of course we would.
(Beeping) ♫ Come on, we're on the move.
♫ This is the third time I've seen a jaguar in my life, but I've never seen a black jaguar.
My grandpa has once, but not me.
Yeah, what's with the black jaguar, anyway?
Is there such a thing?
Hmm!
I mean, if orange with black spots works to camouflage them so well, then why would some be black?
Hmm, that's a really good question.
Maybe here in the rainforest, the darker the jungle gets-- The better it might be to be black.
See the orange jaguar-- there's no more mottled light and shadows to blend her in.
But if the jaguar that lived in this part of the forest was black, she would be virtually invisible in the darkness!
Wow!
I really hope we see a black jaguar!
♫ Okay, well we're not going any farther that way.
Cats don't like to swim.
Jaguars do.
They love the water.
Look!
♫ Increíble!
I never knew that jaguars loved to swim.
If you like that, you'll love the fishing cat from Indonesia.
They actually catch fish and-- Uh, Martin, we decided on a jaguar adventure, remember?
But this jaguar adventure might already be over.
Look!
NINA: Oh, no!
He's going to get away.
What are we going to do?
I've got an idea!
If we take some banana leaves and lash them together with these vines, and plug the seams with sap from the rubber tree-- we can create a raft.
Hmm, I think I've got something for this.
ALL: Ugh!
(Grunting) Hurry up!
Hop in!
The jaguar's getting away!
Okay, now who brought the paddles?
ALL: Hm?
ZACH: Ugh, how hard can it be to find a black cat?
Go look.
Hmm, but if they're this hard to find, these black "jag-whiskers" might actually be the perfect emblem for my new Spybots!
(Imitating motor) (Gasping) ♫ (All gasping) ALL: Ah!
♫ She's attacking a caiman!
Increíble!
I don't see them anymore.
Does the jaguar always win?
Most of the time.
But you never know.
(Gasping) There!
Ho-ho, now that was a never seen moment!
I think that happens every day somewhere down here.
Yeah, but I never saw it.
Me neither.
You rarely see the jaguar hunt, even though they hunt just about everything in the forest!
Spider monkeys.
Tapirs.
Peccaries.
Anteaters.
Sloths.
Armadillo.
They'll sneak up on just about every creature they can catch.
Hey guys, she's sneaking away from us.
(Imitating motor) Hmm.
Are you thinking what I'm thinking, brother?
I think I'm thinking what you're thinking.
You thinking what I'm thinking?
Uh, I don't think I'm thinking what you're thinking.
I know I'm thinking what I think we're thinking-- I think.
You mind telling us what you're thinking?
BOTH: Cubs!
They really were thinking the same thing.
She must have a cub in there because that is the only time a jaguar ever goes to a den.
Otherwise, jaguars will just sleep anywhere in the forest.
The only adult jaguar that dens up is a mother with a cub!
We've got to get in there and have a look!
Let's sneak in miniaturized.
♫ You're like baby monkeys.
Well, you look a lot easier for a jaguar to eat.
Thanks.
(Grunting) ♫ Yes!
We were right.
(Gasping) A mom and a cub in the shadows.
The cub is nursing.
We've got to see this.
But we can't shine a light on them, can we?
Well, we could.
But she might not like it.
Or she might not mind.
Let's consider it a scientific experiment and find out!
I'm good with that!
(Growling softly) Whew!
She's not bothered at all.
Uh, but I am.
You are?
Why?
The jaguar didn't even eat us.
Yeah, but I still can't see the cub.
I want to see the cub.
Yeah, me too.
But we can't turn up the light, can we?
Well, we could, but she might not like it.
Or she might not mind.
Let's consider it a scientific experiment and find out!
I'm good with that!
(Martin gasping) A black jaguar!
He wasn't sitting in the shadows.
He is a shadow!
And that's what I'm going to name him-- Shadow.
Oh, I don't believe it.
Shadow Cats to Den Mother!
Come in, Den Mother, Shadow Cats here.
Get ready for a never before seen moment.
What is it?
MARTIN: The first emergence of a black jaguar kitten from the den.
Aww, que lindo.
Aww!
CHRIS: Whoa, and check it out.
Shadow has the same spot pattern as other jaguars, it's just that all the fur is black.
Look!
Zachbots!
♫ He's got Shadow!
(Grunting) I've got him!
But he's not slowing down.
♫ Hang on, bro!
(Grunting) ♫ Aah!
Aah!
I got him!
Uh-oh.
Gotcha!
(Laughing) Aw, pobrecito.
(Beeping, gasping) Oh, no!
Aah!
Aviva!
We've got to get to real size!
To the Miniaturizer!
Aviva, hang on to Shadow!
We'll be right there!
No way I'm letting you take Shadow!
Aah!
(Grunting) Shadow!
Aah!
Oof!
They're getting away!
Don't worry, Shadow, we're coming for you.
Hey, Grabsy.
Of course!
BOTH: Spider monkey powers!
Guys!
Think fast!
BOTH: Activate Creature Powers!
♫ After those Zachbots!
Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
Swinging to the creature rescue!
Yee-haw!
We're gaining on them.
Which one has Shadow?
MARTIN: There!
(Gasping) Wha!
Evasive maneuvers!
BOTH: Aah!
♫ (Grunting) Got you!
(Grunting) Hey!
Hang in there, Shadow.
I'll get you.
Whoa!
Hang in there, Shadow.
Just like Martin said, except this time I'll get you.
Huh?
Wah!
Hey, bro.
Hey.
BOTH: Whoa!
(Both screaming) Oh, no!
Deploy emergency crash pad.
BOTH: Whoa!
Ugh!
The Zachbot got away with Shadow.
What are we going to do?
We'll have to get him back!
But how?
Quiet movement, camouflage and stealthy slinking and swimming power.
Catch.
Look, there she is.
BOTH: Activate jaguar powers!
♫ I've got black jaguar powers.
Hey, no fair.
That's the luck of jaguar genetics.
Approximately one out of 16 jaguars are black, so you have a five percent chance of activation into a black version of a jaguar Power Suit.
I want a black jaguar suit.
Ho-ho, and this is going to camouflage perfectly in Zach's jet.
That orange is kind of going to stand out in Zach's black interior.
Well, if I have a five percent chance of getting black jaguar powers, then all I have to do is reactivate.
Ugh.
Reactivate!
Reactivate!
Reactivate!
Reactivate!
Reactivate!
Reactivate!
Yeah!
Wahoo!
I am 100 percent black jaguar!
Let's prowl!
♫ Uh-oh.
Zach's jet.
(Engines whirring Chris gasping) He's going to take off.
We've got to get on that plane!
BOTH: To the creature rescue!
♫ (Gasping) ♫ Okay, show me the kitty!
Huh?
This is it?
Okay, it's black, I'll give you that.
But is that as big as it gets?
(Beeping) Oh, so it's a puppy, then.
But I can't go public with this pipsqueak.
How long does it take to get to be full sized and impressive?
Two years?!
Oh, I can't wait that long!
I'm launching my new Spybots in two hours!
Well, I guess I could inject it with some growth serum or something.
Zachbots, get me 10 grams of sodium bichloride, a pound of magnesium sulphate, and a large box of pancake mix.
I've always wanted to invent a growth serum, but have always had too many other genius ideas to do first.
Plus, I've had too many interruptions from those pesky Kratt brothers, but not this time.
I will combine my ingredients into a growth acceleration formula, and then I'm going to grow you into my impressive spokes-model for the Zach Spybots: Shadow Edition!
(Cackling) (Laughing maniacally) Alright, Shadow, we've got you now.
(Laughing maniacally) (Coughing) What?!
How did this get here?
Where's my black "jag-wire"?!
Hmm, they are sneaky-- I like that.
Zachbots, find it!
It couldn't have just flown away.
It must be here somewhere!
♫ CHRIS: There's your mama.
Aw, Shadow is back where he belongs.
Living free and-- With his mom.
Huh.
Living free and-- In the shadows?
Ha!
Living free and-- ALL: In the wild!
♫ Jaguars are so secretive and stealthy that you could be in the jungle all day, every day for years and still never see one.
So we thought what we'd do is instead of looking for a jaguar, we'd try being a jaguar!
Right, Chris?
Chris?
Chris!
Right here, Martin!
Right next to you, being a jaguar!
Haha!
Good one, bro!
Now let's see what other creatures we can sneak up on.
♫ CHRIS: Tapir!
Peccary.
Both on the menu of the jaguar.
MARTIN: A cave!
Amazing.
A jaguar might use a cave like this as a place to get out of the rain, a hideout, a den to raise cubs.
Check it out!
Or as a place to eat.
A tapir skull-- a young tapir that might have been a jaguar's last meal.
Look at that huge bite mark.
Hey, and tapirs are one of the jaguar's favorite prey.
CHRIS: Yeah, this is definitely a cave jaguars love.
But no big cats.
Martin, over here!
A jaguar cave painting, made by the ancient Mayan civilization, who also used these caves over a thousand years ago.
The Mayans believed that the sun god turned into a jaguar at night.
Even though jaguars are so secretive, there still is a really great way to catch a glimpse of them.
By using a special camera with motion sensors.
And what we're going to do is we're going to set it up here, on the side of the path leading into and out of the cave.
So there's the motion sensor, the lens and the infrared flash.
Anytime a jaguar or other big cat walks by, the camera takes a picture of them.
Let's go and let the camera do its thing.
See you on the creature trail!
Keep on creature adventuring.
♫ ♫ To find out more about cool animals... And collect your own Wild Kratts Creature Powers... Go to the Wild Kratts website... At pbskids.org.
We'll see you there!
We'll see you there!
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