1 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Hello, Critter Protectors. 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:08,960 Speaker 2: Mister Jim here and welcome to Kids Animal Stories, a 3 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 2: place where there's always a mystery and adventure around every 4 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 2: single corner. If you love critters of all shapes and sizes, 5 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 2: I need you on our Critter Protector team. Join our 6 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 2: adventure as we learn about critters from around the world and. 7 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: In our back yards. Well, my friends, are you ready 8 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 1: for today's adventure? Me too? Let's go on the last 9 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: episode of our mystery story about Sebastian and william They 10 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:51,239 Speaker 1: were just now confronted with something very scary hungry cucuper 11 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: a bird. Oh dear, this is super serious. It could 12 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: totally eat them. But it sounds like they did something 13 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: to try scar that big bird away, and I'm not 14 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: sure if it worked. Let's see what happens next. Sebastian 15 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: and Williams stood side by side. They opened their mouths 16 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: and stuck out their their tongues. Wait what They both 17 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: had huge blue tongues that looked really scary to a predator. 18 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: While they opened their mouth, they hissed do you know 19 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 1: how to hiss? And puffed up their bodies to look 20 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: like they were much bigger than they were. Wait a second, 21 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:41,759 Speaker 1: my tongue's not blue. What color is your tongue now? 22 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: Kind of like kind of like we redish, pinkish. Yeah, 23 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: it's definitely not blue, unless I just had some blue 24 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: cotton candy. But what kind of critters have blue tongues? 25 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: That must be a big clue, because I can't imagine 26 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: many critters having blue tongues. What do you think? The 27 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: Cuckubarra stopped flying and landed on the ground in front 28 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:11,639 Speaker 1: of them, looked very confused. It started to weigh its options. Hmm, 29 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: what's wrong with you? You have bright colored blue tongues? 30 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: Should I eat you for lunch? And? Hey, I'm not 31 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: sure that bright that? The bright color usually means tummy hurt? 32 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: Oh no, no, what to do me? No? Want to die? 33 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 3: You also do look much bigger than from the sky. 34 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 3: I I am done with you. I'm gonna eat banana. 35 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 3: And just like that, the cuckupar jumped back into light and. 36 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: Flew out of sight. How in the world did that work. 37 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 1: I've gotta try that. I've gotta try and turn my 38 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,920 Speaker 1: tongue blue and maybe it'll scare away. Uh hmm, what 39 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,639 Speaker 1: might I need to scare away? Oh? Yeah, bear if 40 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 1: I was getting attacked by a bear. Do you think 41 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: if I turned my tongue blue like this critter? If 42 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: I stuck out my blue tongue the bade. I'm not 43 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: sure if it's gonna work for everything, But in the 44 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: critter world, bright colors usually do mean danger, danger, danger, 45 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 1: Stay away from me. I don't taste good, and I 46 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: might even make your tummy hurt. Wow, that was a 47 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:25,639 Speaker 1: close one, said Sebastian. I thought for sure we were 48 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: gonna be at that thing's lunch. Well, we did what 49 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: we were born to do in a situation like that. 50 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: I think we've gotten much better at blowing up our bodies. 51 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 1: You look ginormous, Sebastian. They both laughed and started their 52 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: way back home again. Thankfully it was not that far away. 53 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: All right, Who do you think Sebastian and William are 54 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: so far? We know they have a long and narrow body. 55 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: It's about two feet long. They have two short arms 56 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: with little hands, and two short legs with little feet. 57 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: They move along the ground and like to eat plants, snails, 58 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: and worms. You also have something very unusual. Do you 59 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: remember what that is? Oh? Yeah, you have a very big, 60 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: bright blue tongue. I can't think of many critters that 61 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: have that. We made it right over there is my house, 62 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: said Sebastian. Wow, I like what you have done to 63 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,599 Speaker 1: the rock and hide out under. It makes me want 64 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: to freshen up my house, said William. Hey, could you 65 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 1: grab my mail from my mailbox for me? Sure thing, 66 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: William said. William walked over to the mailbox and saw 67 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: it was pretty full. He barely carry everything in with 68 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:47,720 Speaker 1: his two small hands. Carried the mail over to Sebastian's 69 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: rock table. What do we have here? Asked Sebastian as 70 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: he looked at all the mail on the table. Who 71 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: I feel like? I was that God? That bug? And 72 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: that's jug Bail, that's Dug Bail. There's a flyer from 73 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: my favorite snail outlets stormed. Oh, there's a bunch of 74 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:12,119 Speaker 1: coupons versus the meals. And what is this? Sebastian looked 75 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: intently at a letter where his address was handwritten. The 76 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 1: return address was from America. How do I know that 77 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:27,280 Speaker 1: lives in America? Oh? Wait, oh yeah, I know, William. 78 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:29,679 Speaker 1: Check this out. I get a letter from my cousin 79 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: who lives in America. I haven't heard from her in forever. 80 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 1: Sebastian eagerly read the letter and was so excited to 81 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:43,159 Speaker 1: hear how much his cousin had grown up. Holy smugs, 82 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: I can't believe how big Cara has gotten. I bets 83 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: wear a lot. It's really good to hear from her, 84 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 1: Sebastian said as he stared off into the distance. William, 85 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: how's your family? Oh, I don't know, it's it's been 86 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,280 Speaker 1: a while. Maybe I should write a letter and find out. 87 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:05,479 Speaker 1: William and Sebastian wrote letters laid into the night, could 88 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: not wait to send them in the morning. Have you 89 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: ever written a letter before? Oh, they're very fun to 90 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 1: make and send. Yeah. You get some paper and some 91 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:21,280 Speaker 1: markers or grans or pencils, and you could color a picture. 92 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: You could write someone a note that says I miss 93 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 1: you or how are you doing? And then you put 94 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 1: it inside of an envelope, put a stamp, and then 95 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 1: the most important part, you have to put their address, 96 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 1: so your parents probably know their address. And then when 97 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: you put it in the mailbox, it will travel all 98 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:44,239 Speaker 1: the way to that person's house. It's kind of like magic. 99 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: But it's pretty fun to receive a letter. So maybe 100 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,360 Speaker 1: you can write someone a letter, just like our friends 101 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 1: William and Sebastian are doing. And wait a second, have 102 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 1: you figured out what kind of critter William and Sebastian 103 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,840 Speaker 1: are you? Sound kind of like a reptile since they 104 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 1: have scales, do you think they're snakes? No? No, no, no, no, 105 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: they have arms and legs. What about crocodiles? Yeah? Oh no, 106 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: they don't seem to go in water enough. Kind of 107 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: sound like a lizard, right, Oh yeah? And what color 108 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: was their tongue? Blue? Is they're a kind of lizard 109 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: with a blue tongue. Yes, it's called the blue tongue skink. 110 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: Have you ever heard those? Oh? Wow? They're amazing critters 111 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 1: that live in Australia and Indonesia, Papua New Guinea. They're 112 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: amazingly built. They kind of do look like snakes the 113 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 1: way that their scales are very shiny, but they do 114 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: have four small legs and ears. That's another important difference 115 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: between lizards and snakes. Do you know that snakes don't 116 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 1: have ears? Well, my friends, that brings us to the 117 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: end of our amazing story about William and Sebastian. The 118 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 1: rest of the day they spent writing letters and drawing 119 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: pictures to all their friends and family to send in 120 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: the mail. It's a good thing that they have that 121 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: bright blue tongue, because if they didn't, I don't think 122 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: that Kukubura would have let them write all these amazing letters. 123 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: This may be the end of our story about blue 124 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 1: tongue skinks, but I'm sure it's only just the beginning 125 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: of the adventures that lie ahead for Sebastian and William. 126 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: The end will be right back after a brief word 127 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 1: from our sponsor. Great job, critter protectors. You listened all 128 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 1: the way to the end, all right, friends, who remembers 129 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 1: what it means to be a critter protector? Yeah, it 130 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: means we protect critters of all shapes and sizes, both 131 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: around the world and in our back yards. Can you 132 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: think of a way that you could maybe help the 133 00:08:55,160 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: critters around where you live. There's three things that critters need. 134 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: They need access to food, water, and shelter. So why 135 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 1: don't you think about something that you can do to 136 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 1: help one of those three things for a critter by you. 137 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 1: Maybe that means putting some water in a bird bath, 138 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: or maybe it means cleaning up some garbage from outside, 139 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 1: or gathering a big pile of acorns. Ooh, those are 140 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 1: some great ideas that I'm gonna start working on. Well, friends, 141 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 1: I hope you have a super duper day and I 142 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: will see you on our next adventure. Bye.