Wild Kratts
Turtle-Backed Tour of the Reef
Clip | 2m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
The gang tries to uncover the secrets of the sea turtle's swimming action.
The gang tries to uncover the secrets of the sea turtle's swimming action in order to give the Tortuga swimming powers."
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Wild Kratts
Turtle-Backed Tour of the Reef
Clip | 2m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
The gang tries to uncover the secrets of the sea turtle's swimming action in order to give the Tortuga swimming powers."
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MARTIN: Well, it looks like we're getting a turtle-back tour of the reef.
Hey, there's Blimpy the blowfish.
MARTIN: Oh yeah!
And our old buddy Ocean Pony the seahorse.
And hey, there's-- MARTIN: Uh, I don't remember him.
CHRIS: Yeah, that's because he's somebody new.
BOTH: A tiger shark!
Whoa!
♫ Hold on tight, Chris!
I'm holding!
I'm holding!
Wah!
Chris!
Whoa... gah!
The tiger shark is gaining!
BOTH: Whoa!
Oof!
Whoa, our sea turtle is using his shell like a shield.
And that's what I'm going to name you... Shield.
KRATTS: Oof!
But how long can Shield keep this up?
Look at these teeth!
Based on size, tiger shark jaws are even stronger than the great white shark's jaws!
If that shark gets the shell in his mouth or a flipper in his mouth, Shield is done for!
MARTIN: Shield has another plan!
CHRIS: I hope so!
♫ Whew!
That was close.
And another great defense for the hawksbill sea turtle: hiding in the reef.
Yeah, and that's why hawksbills are reef turtles, so they can use the coral reef structure to feed them... and hide them.
Yeah, the shield defense is great when a hawksbill is caught out in the open, but the sure fire plan is to hide out in the protection of the reef.
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