♪ Wild Kratts ♪ - On the eastern shores of the Atlantic Ocean, we are here on Assateague Island.

- It's us, the Kratt brothers.

I'm Chris.

- I'm Martin.

And we are looking for a really cool animal that you're gonna love.

This animal's been marooned here for hundreds of years.

But where are they?

Look, tracks.

All these holes in the mud are tracks of the animals we're looking for.

I think they came up this way.

- There they are.

-[Both] Wild ponies.

- A group of wild ponies is called a band.

- Come on, let's go meet the band and get to know who's who.

These are the mares.

Mares are adult female horses.

- And most of the herd is made up of mares.

There's a mare, and another mare, and another mare, and another mare.

There are 11 mares in this band.

- But there is only one stallion.

It's his job to keep the band together and protect the mares and foals from any predators or other stallions.

- And in the spring, come the new members of the band, the foals.

A foal is a baby horse.

And this little guy looks like he's about 10 to 14 days old.

Take a look at these pony's long legs.

If you go right down to the bottom, you can see they end in one hoof.

That is one toenail.

So they actually stand on one toe so their legs can be extra long, and that helps them run really fast.

- Imagine if we could run around the marsh flats like a wild pony.

- Imagine if we had wild pony power.

-[Both] What if?

♪ On adventures with the coolest creatures ♪ ♪ From the oceans to the trees ♪ ♪ The brothers, Kratt are going places ♪ ♪ You never get to see ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ 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 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 ♪ ♪ Wild Kratts ♪ ♪ Gonna go wild wild Kratts ♪ ♪ Gonna go wild wild wild Kratts ♪ ♪ Go wild wild wild Kratts ♪ - [Chris] Wild Ponies.

(exciting music) (galloping) (footsteps crunching) (digging in sand) (pony neighing) (footsteps crunching) Hmm, still no sign of them.

No tracks, nothing.

(rumbling) - You hear that?

That's either a train where there are no tracks, or we've found our wild ponies.

(ponies galloping) (both gasping) -[Both] And they're stampeding.

(screaming) - We found the wild ponies.

(horse neighing) -[Both] Whoa.

- Easy, buddy.

- Hey, why is the stallion mad at us?

We didn't do anything.

- That's his job.

To be protective of the band.

That's the way a harem works.

A social group where one male protects a group of females, called mares, and the offspring.

- Offspring?

Where?

- [Chris] There.

- [Martin] Wow, he's only a few weeks old but can all ready move around real well.

- [Chris] (laughs) And look at the cool pattern and the marking on his face.

The white marking looks like a ghost.

- Cool.

Hmm, let me think of a name that has something to do with ghosts.

(wings fluttering) (pony neighing) - Awe, look how easily he gets spooked.

- That's it, he gets spooked and he has a ghost marking on his face, so his name is Spooky.

(laughs) - Good one.

He's such a funny combination of afraid and brave.

- And nervous and curious.

- Awe, his muzzle is so soft.

- Look how he loves being scratched.

- Ah, he's standing on my foot.

- He's nibbling my hair.

Spooky, you're the best.

- Uh oh, we forgot to tell Aviva and Koki that we found the wild ponies.

- Oh yeah, they are really, really into ponies.

- They told us to tell them right away.

- Yeah, but Spooky is so distracting.

(laughs) He's tickling me.

- Aviva, Koki, come in.

We found them.

A band of wild ponies.

- What?

-[Both] Really?

-[Both] Finally!

- And there's a foal, so cute and funny.

You're gonna love him.

- Fantastico.

Right now we're on the sand dunes.

- Come to the marsh flats.

- Actually I think everybody better come back to the Tortuga.

There's a big storm coming in from the sea.

-[Both] What?

Now?

- Awe, just when we're going to finally see wild ponies.

- Do you know how many adventures we've been on and seen wild ponies?

Zero.

- Yeah, they've been my favorite animal since I was a little girl.

- Me too.

We can't go back yet.

- Let's see them first.

Real quick.

- Kratt bros, quick, send us your coordinates.

- Done.

- Hurry, quick.

(whooshing) - Okay, that was quick.

-[Both] Whoa, wild ponies.

(speaks foreign language) - Am I really seeing this or am I dreaming?

- You're amazing.

Koki, look at their beautiful paint patterns.

- This is magical.

(grunting) Hey.

-[Both] Awe.

- He's so cute.

- Oh hello, little one.

You are the sweetest.

Your number one creature power is that your are absolutely perfect and beautiful.

- Well actually, a key pony power is running.

- Of course we know that.

- And a horse runs on one toe.

One toe on each foot.

- Didn't know that.

- No way.

(laughing) - Yes way.

- Yeah, each foot is made up of one toe.

- Huh, show me.

- Okay, I just need my trusty creature pod and I'll scan the foot.

(machine scanning) See?

A horse hoof is a single toe.

The hoof is the fingernail and all the other foot bones make up part of the leg.

So that means horses really only stand on four toenails.

One per leg.

- Uh guys?

You better get on your toes and hightail it out of there.

The storm's here.

Well, a huge wave anyway.

And that big wave is heading your way.

(water rushing) - He's right, the tide is rising.

- I see the wave.

The ponies are moving to the sand dunes.

- Deploy emergency kayaks.

(kayaks splashing) - Uh oh, I brought my emergency surf board.

Huh, that'll do.

(water splashes) Hey, do you hear that?

- Over there, it's Spooky.

He's been separated by the rising tide.

- The wave is coming.

(water crashing) - [All] Run, Spooky, run!

- [Martin] Not that way, Spooky, you're running the wrong way!

- Guys catch the wave.

- Got it.

(screaming) (pony neighing) - [Chris] He's safe.

- But he's not with his mom.

- We'll go get him.

- And we'll stay with the band.

- You've gotta get him back.

-[Both] To the spooky rescue.

(upbeat music) - Do you see him, Martin?

- Nope Okay, okay, Spooky is really spooked.

He just kept on running into the forest.

- Well you better hurry, mom is really upset that Spooky is missing.

- We'll take off after him on foot.

Sounds like we've got one of those reunite the baby animal with mom ki nd of creature adventure.

- Okay, if we're gonna gather up a spooked little pony, the best way is to be a wild pony.

You thinking what I'm thinking?

- I think I'm thinking what you're thinking.

-[Both] We need wild pony power.

- Oh yeah, horses are herd animals.

Spooky will feel safe and secure if we seem like other horses to him.

- Our best chance at rescuing Spooky is to ride out there in fully activated wild pony power suits and round him up.

- So Aviva, Koki, we need some wi ld pony power disks please?

- We're on it.

Since ponies and zebras come from the same scientific family, equidae, I just need to make some changes to the zebra power suit.

I'll just tone down the stripes and make some adjustments.

- And I'll observe and measure wild pony characteristics.

They have short muscular legs.

Thick manes that cover their necks.

And a wide barreled chest.

You got that, Aviva?

- [Aviva] Got it.

Keep the activations coming, Koki.

- [Koki] Will do.

- And soon I'll have programmed wild pony powers!

-[Both] Woohoo!

- [Koki and Aviva] Wild ponies, wi ld ponies, wild ponies.

- They really like wild ponies.

- They sure do.

-[Both] To the creature rescue.

( horse neighing) - Huh?

-[Both] Spooky.

- Hey, this is gonna be easier than we thought.

- Come here Spooky.

(clicking tongue) - [ Chris] Come on boy.

- [Martin] Come on Spooky, over this way.

Yeah, it's okay.

- Wow, this is gonna be the easiest creature rescue ever.

(water splashes) That's it Spooky.

It's us, Martin and Chris.

- Hi.

- The Kratt brothers.

We'll get you back to your band.

(claws snapping) -[Both] Spooky, wait!

- Where ya going?

- What scared him?

Awe, it was a blue crab who spooked Spooky.

Uh oh, Spooky's gonna be running for a long time.

Yeah, blue crabs are tough.

I mean these claws have a powerful pinch.

(claws snapping) - Whoo.

I believe you, I believe you.

- We need to have a creature adventure with these guys sometime.

- Oh yeah.

But that'll have to go on the to do list, because we've got a little wild pony on the run over there.

- Yeah, and all alone.

Come on, ponies, especially young ones, need their band to survive.

We've gotta find him.

And we could really use our pony power suits.

- [Chris] Aviva, how's that pony programming going?

- Well, it was going very well, until a lone stallion showed up and challenged the stallion of the band.

(stallion neighing) - [Koki] They're facing off right now.

- But it's strange, they're all amped up, but they're not fighting.

- [Koki] They're trotting, side by side.

Like a dance.

- That's the parallel prance.

Ah, I can't believe we're missing this.

- Parallel prance?

- Yeah, parallel prance.

It's when the ponies to a ritualized prance side by side, each showing off how strong they are.

And maybe one of them will be intimidated and back down.

(stallions neighing) - [Aviva] Now they're bucking up and rearing and kicking their legs.

- Oh, I can't believe we're missing it.

A stallion fight.

- We're missing this because Spooky is missing.

Come on, we've gotta find him.

- Whoa.

- [Martin] And Aviva, remember to put those powers into the pony power suits.

- Right on.

(dramatic music) - Whoa, look at them go at it.

(stallions neighing) - [Aviva] Neither one is backing down.

- [Koki] Those teeth.

(stallions galloping) - [Aviva] Those hooves.

Our stallion won.

(stallion neighing) - [Koki] His band is safe.

- That was intense.

- Yeah.

- A real epic battle that showed us a lot more amazing pony powers we can add to the CPS.

- That's for sure.

(machine beeping) - Ahh, these flies are annoying.

(claps hands) Hey, here's another observation, Aviva.

The horses tails, they swish constantly shooing the flies away.

- Wow, it's like their tails just automatically swish so they can relax and graze.

Ugh, that'd be a good power to have now.

- It sure would.

One horse tail coming up.

Take that you flies.

And that, and that.

Wow, it really works.

(laughs) - Okay, adding swishing tail.

(fly buzzing) - [Koki] Do you see that?

If a fly lands where the tail can't reach, ponies have another way to get the fly to bug off.

Their skin shakes.

- Let's program it in.

Ponies have the power to relax when they're being bugged.

- [Koki] Everybody's relaxed except for mom.

(pony neighing) Look at her pace, she's really worried about her baby.

- Yeah, that reminds up why we're programming pony power.

To find the lost foal.

-[Both] Spooky, Spooky!

-[Both] Spooky.

- There.

We found him.

- Oh and Spooky found a rare and endangered Delmarva fox squirrel.

- Okay, come with us, buddy.

- Yeah, we'll get you back to the band.

(pony neighing) Ah, he likes us.

(pony neighing) -[Both] Uh oh.

- Oh no.

- Not good, Spooky is spooked.

(exciting music) -[Both] Spooky!

- Come back.

- Awe, we lost him again.

No doubt about it, horses need to be in a group for confidence and security.

Especially a little foal.

All alone he's scared, nervous, and really easily spooked.

- But if we had activated pony power suits, then we would be a band of ponies.

And Spooky would be more secure, and calm down, and feel better.

- Then we could bring him home.

- I've really noticed how much the ponies in a band stick together.

- They really need their band to feel safe.

- Yeah, it's a horse thing.

- Just pressing the disks now.

(machine beeping) Okay Jimmy.

Jimmy?

Oh no, I forgot he's back on the Tortuga with the tele-porter.

I gotta get these disks to him to get to the brothers.

(guinea fowl flapper whirring) - No problemo, got it covered.

Just put the disks in the guinea fowl flapper.

I'll get them to the guys.

- Thanks Jimmy.

- [Jimmy] Not that way.

Whoa, whoa.

- [Koki] Jimmy watch out for the tails.

- [Jimmy] Whoa, why are they attacking me?

- [Koki] It's their natural response to being bugged.

- [Aviva] And watch out for the stallion.

Don't annoy him.

- Ah, I guess I did.

Uh oh.

(guinea fowl flapper crashing) This is harder than I thought.

- [Koki] Jimmy, you can do it.

It's just like a video game, and you're the best gamer I've ever seen.

- You're right, I can do this.

Okay, let's try this again.

I see the stallion.

(tails whipping) Missing the tails.

(grunting) Low angle move.

(cheering) That was easy peasy.

Kratt bros, I'm on my way.

- Wow, what's taking Jimmy so long with those creature power disks?

- Uh, nothing.

- Two creature power disks coming up.

- Thanks, Jimmy.

- Oh no.

(water splashes) My disk.

Thanks for finding it buddy.

Now if you could just hand it over.

Really carefully.

(disk snapping) Oh no.

My wild pony power disk, it's broken.

- Ooh, that's a bummer, bro.

But at least we have one disk to activate pony power with.

And rescue Spooky.

Except for one other small complication, bro, before we can save Spooky, we need to touch Spooky.

Just to activate pony power.

- Okay, how about this?

When we find Spooky, I'll try to get close to touch Spooky and you clear the area of anything that might spook Spooky.

- Okay, sounds like that could work.

- Where is he?

Aha.

- Hmm.

(gasping) - Ooh, Chris.

Not that way, buddy.

(laughing) - Activate wild pony powers.

(neighing) Look it worked.

You're okay now, right Spooky?

- Oh yeah, the pony power suit did the trick.

Being a herd animal, Spooky just needed the security of other ponies.

And I need a ride bro.

(neighing) - Hop on dude, and let's get Spooky back to the band.

- Giddy up, brother.

- Okay, okay, I'm going.

Hey, I'm going.

You don't have to kick me.

(clicking tongue) - Get a move on now.

- Ow, loosen up, you're holding onto my mane too tight.

- Come on, move it Marty.

(smacks Martin) - Okay, that does it.

- Whoa.

(water splashes) (screaming) (claws snapping) Whew, that was close.

No way you're ever getting those big pinchers on my nose.

- Do you wanna walk or do you want to ride?

- Oh.

Okay, sorry bro, got a little carried away.

(neighing) Well this is going to be a great mother and baby reunion moment.

There.

(horses trotting) (screaming) - Surprising stallions.

- Whoa.

(hits tree) Ow, you got me.

(stallion neighing) - You gotta dance, Martin.

- Dance?

I'm not really in the mood for dancing.

- The stallion dance.

- Oh, you mean the parallel prance.

I know that one.

This guy is pretty tough.

- You've got to be confident, Martin.

Don't let him psych you out.

- Okay, okay.

But he's not backing down.

- [Aviva] Stand up to him.

(stallion neighing) How about this move?

(Martin neighing) Oh, ow he bites.

(screaming) (groaning) Oh, mom and foal, back together again.

- Awe, he's so cute.

- [Aviva] And he's so happy to be back with his mom.

- Well, that's a creature mission accomplished.

- [Martin] Yeah, Spooky is back in the safety of the band.

Living free and in the wild.

- We're back at the Chincoteague Na tional Wildlife Refuge on the Assateague Island.

We've seen some really cool wild pony powers.

But, we are just starting out to get to know all of the great things about wild ponies.

- That's right Martin, but don't forget, these wild ponies are really only semi-wild.

They were once domesticated and now they're living wild.

There's really only one true wild horse in the world.

It's called the Przewalski's horse and they can be found wild in Mongolia, in Asia.

- Living out here on this wild island it can get pretty itchy for the ponies sometimes.

But they've got different ways to deal with it.

A pony can reach back with its hind foot and scratch its head.

They also help out each other.

Ponies can stand head to tail together and then with their teeth scratch each others backs.

Now that's team work.

- These wild ponies eat this salt marsh cord grass and other, not very nutritious grasses.

In order to get the nutrition they need, they just have to keep on eating it.

But, they have the mouths to eat it.

They have these soft lips that grab hold of the grass and then they have sharp incisor teeth that just snip it right off at the base.

So they move through the salt marsh like big, giant creature lawn mowers.

- Wow, this band if full of pintos.

A pinto coloration is when you have whites, and browns, and blacks, and different colors kind of mixed together in cool patterns.

That's the foal practicing running.

It's in the early stages because he was only born 10 days ago.

Right away in the first day he can stand up and get ready to run.

But you can see he's a little wobbly.

Horses have evolved to able run in at a very young age because they have a lot of predictors that are out to get them and this is the way that the young foal can survive.

- It's been a lot of fun adventuring with a band of wild ponies.

- We'll see you next time.

Keep on creature adventuring.

- We'll see you on the creature trail.

(exciting music) (exciting music) To find out more about more about cool animals and collect your own Wild Kratts creature powers, go to the Wild Kratts website at pbskids.org -[Both] We'll see you there!