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Speaker 1: Hello, Critter Protectors. Mister Jim here and welcome to Kids

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Speaker 1: Animal Stories, a place where there's always a mystery and

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Speaker 1: adventure around every single corner. If you love critters of

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Speaker 1: all shapes and sizes, I need you on our Critter

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Speaker 1: Protector team. Join our adventure as we learn about critters

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Speaker 1: from around the world and in our back yards. Well,

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Speaker 1: my friends, are you ready for today's adventure? Me too,

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Speaker 1: Let's go. Rameses was the new emperor of the Amazing

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Speaker 1: Emperor Scorpions. He reigned over all the African rainforest and

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Speaker 1: was one large scorpion almost eight inches long. Wow. This

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Speaker 1: big body was very intimidating, and he had a long

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Speaker 1: tail that curled up with a bright red stinger on

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Speaker 1: the tip, as the rest of his body was shiny

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Speaker 1: and black. Everyone was afraid of this scorpion and also

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Speaker 1: tried to make sure he was respected and happy. The

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Speaker 1: only thing is Rameses was actually quite lonely and not

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Speaker 1: very scary or mean or really interested in bossing others

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Speaker 1: around like other emperors. Oh, another day of ruling, Another

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Speaker 1: day of loneliness. Rameses sulked in his fancy burrow. It

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Speaker 1: was filled with dry bugs, special delicacies to eat, and

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Speaker 1: very comfortable nooks and crannies to rest and relax. It

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Speaker 1: was quite nice, and many many emperor scorpions had gathered

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Speaker 1: everything to make his mound fit for royalty. He just

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Speaker 1: wished he had more friends. Maybe I'll go out for

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Speaker 1: a little stroll. It's a beautiful night. At least the

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Speaker 1: stars will keep me company, Rameses thought to himself. He

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Speaker 1: climbed out of his mound and out into the darkness.

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Speaker 1: His emperor's castle was actually an old termite mound. A

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Speaker 1: long time ago and a few emperors ago, the scorpions

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Speaker 1: had taken it over and turned it into an amazing

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Speaker 1: piece of art. There were rocks all around the base

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Speaker 1: and a huge pile of leaves on the top. It

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Speaker 1: was fit for a king, but did not give Rameses

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Speaker 1: He headed into the woods. Emperor scorpions are nocturnal and

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Speaker 1: use the knights to hunt insects, mice, small lizards, and

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Speaker 1: other forms of meat. Even though their eyesight is not

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Speaker 1: feel around. Once they find prey, they can sting them

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Speaker 1: or crush them with their claws. As Rameses searched along

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Speaker 1: the rainforest floor, he grabbed a few insects here and

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Speaker 1: he really didn't need to eat, though. It was more

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Speaker 1: for just something to do. You see, Emperor scorpions, they're

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Speaker 1: able to reserve and conserve their energy from food and

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Speaker 1: go up to Wait a second, how long do you

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Speaker 1: think a scorpion can not eat for? Just think if

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Speaker 1: you stopped eating, how long do you think you could

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Speaker 1: make it? A couple hours? Maybe a day? Oh? Wow, Well,

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Speaker 1: scorpions can go up to almost a year without eating.

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Speaker 1: Holy smoked. Just imagine on your birthday you ate some

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Speaker 1: delicious cake and then you didn't eat until your next birthday. Whoa, wow,

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Speaker 1: that's a pretty long time. They also don't need to

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Speaker 1: drink because they get all they need from their food. Wow. Well,

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Speaker 1: just before Rameses headed back home, he started to hear

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Speaker 1: someone or something calling out, Hap hap something around there?

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Speaker 1: Call the quiet voice? Hello, anyone out there? Rameses called back,

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Speaker 1: sound of the voice until he came upon a mother

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Speaker 1: emperor scorpion. She was resting under alif and had a

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Speaker 1: back full of babies. Yes, baby scorpions ride on their

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Speaker 1: mom's back when they're first born, almost like a scooter. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they hop on their mom's back and zoom around. Mothers

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Speaker 1: take very good care of their babies until they're big

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Speaker 1: enough to be all on their own. Per funk furness

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Speaker 1: run lost for dolls, said the young mother. Well, I'm

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Speaker 1: not sure where you're headed, but you're welcome to stay

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Speaker 1: need to go. Rameses said, per terrible much a proslatle,

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Speaker 1: waved very shyly. Just follow me, I live very close,

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Speaker 1: Rameses said, and led the weight back towards his castle.

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Speaker 1: It felt nice to have someone to talk to. Rameses

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Speaker 1: had a chance to talk to another Emperor Scorpion outside

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Speaker 1: was ready for arrest, but danger lurked ahead without them knowing.

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Speaker 1: All of a sudden, without warning, a large bat swooped

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Speaker 1: get down, Rameses called out. He snapped into action and

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Speaker 1: his stinger was ready to attack again. The bat swooped

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Speaker 1: down and nearly grabbed flora A. She called and scurried

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Speaker 1: Rameses looked up and tried to use all of his senses.

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Speaker 1: He listened and waited, and then swoop. The bat came

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Speaker 1: Will Rameses win this fight against one of the Emperor

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Speaker 1: scorpions great predators, or will the bats snatch him up.

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure what's gonna happen next, But we'll have

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Speaker 1: to wait and see what happens on the next episode

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Speaker 1: of Kids Animal Stories. Great job you listened all the

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Speaker 1: way to the end, my critter protectors. Holy smokes, can

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Speaker 1: you believe it that an emperor's scorpion can go an

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Speaker 1: entire year without eating? WHOA, I don't even know if

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Speaker 1: I can make it to dinner without eating. Well, friends,

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Speaker 1: I hope you all have a super duper day and

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Speaker 1: I will see you on our next adventure. Bye.