Wild Kratts
Swimming Lessons
Clip: Season 4 Episode 14 | 3m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Jimmy's lesson includes floating and learning how to do a backstroke.
Jimmy begins his swimming lessons by watching Coach the sea otter paddle with her legs. He finds it fun, but he's reluctant to dive under the water. Aviva devises a plan to help Jimmy Z by making a sea otter creature power disc that can be used as a prize in an underwater treasure hunt!
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Wild Kratts
Swimming Lessons
Clip: Season 4 Episode 14 | 3m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Jimmy begins his swimming lessons by watching Coach the sea otter paddle with her legs. He finds it fun, but he's reluctant to dive under the water. Aviva devises a plan to help Jimmy Z by making a sea otter creature power disc that can be used as a prize in an underwater treasure hunt!
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y!Time for swimming lesson #1.
Okay, we'’’ll start with the basics, Jimmy.
Watch Coach swim around on the surface.
See how she just uses her paddle arms and legs to pull herself through the water?
We don'’’t have webbed hands and feet like sea otters do, but we still use our arms and legs to swim.
Ha!
Cork'’’s getting it down too!
Try it, Jimmy Z!
Okay, here goes.
Oh, that'’’s it!
ALL: Woo-hoo!
Looking good, Jimmy!
We'’’re doing it, Cork!
This is fun!
As long as we don'’’t have to dive underwater, I'’’m good.
Uh-oh.
He doesn'’’t want to go underwater.
But he'’’s going to have to go underwater sometime.
That'’’s part of swimming.
I know... Hey, I'’’ve got a plan that'’’s going to really help Jimmy learn how to swim better.
Come on...
So what'’’s the big plan, Aviva?
Well, who wouldn'’’t want to dive underwater to get something special?
I mean something really, really cool!
Hmm...
But what'’’s really cool that'’’ll make Jimmy want to dive?
His controller?
No, he hates getting that wet.
A piece of pizza?
Soggy saltwater pizza?
Yuck!
I'’’m talking about something cooler than all of that.
I'’’m talking about... a sea otter Creature Power disc!
Yes!
And if Jimmy dives down and gets it before the brothers do, he'’’ll be the one that gets to activate the suit!
He'’’ll be a master swimmer like that.
Let'’’s get busy inventing!
All right, Jimmy.
Time for lesson #2: the backstroke.
Yeah, sea otters spend lots of time on their back, so the backstroke is key if you want to swim sea otter style!
See, Jimmy?
I just put my head way back and kick my feet like this and voila!
You guys ready to try it?
That'’’s it, Cork!
You got it!
JIMMY Z: No fair!
He has paddle feet!
Yeah, sea otters even have an extra long pinky toe to help get a larger webbed paddle for their backstroke.
Okay, well, at least it'’’s not diving underwater, so I guess I'’’ll try it.
Lookin'’’ good, Jimmy!
Backstroke is so important to an otter, because they do almost everything floating on their backs.
Rest, relax, groom themselves and even eat-- all while doing the backstroke.
(Laughing) I like to tell riddles while I'’’m doing the backstroke.
So, Jimmy, what'’’s always in the water, but never gets wet?
Hmm.
Always in water... but never gets wet.
I don'’’t know the answer... do you?
He is the answer!
A sea otter is always in the water, but never gets wet because their fur is so thick that water doesn'’’t even get through to an otter'’’s skin!
A sea otter'’’s skin stays dry!
Really?
That'’’s weird.
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