one step at a time. imagine the possibilities, pbs kids and you. wild kratts imais made possible byies, announcer: get ready to let your imagination... run wild. abcmouse.com early learning academy. proud supporter of pbs kids and wild kratts. the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ wild kratts hi, i'm chris! and i'm martin. we're the kratt brothers! doing what we're always doing, looking for creatures. whoa! (hissing) an american badger! whoa! oh, that was a close call!

let's just give him some space, and let him pass. (hissing) he wants to take on the truck? whoa! (hissing) he's tough! that's a badger for ya! tough! like all members of the weasel family, a badger is one tough creature! a badger is so tough, he'll stand up to a truck! and he'll stand up to predators who are much bigger than himself, like wolves, bears or mountain lions. whoa! and now, he's under our truck! he's moving in under there! oh, he's digging a burrow under our truck. wherever a badger decides to be, that's where he's going to stay until he decides to leave. wow, the american badger is tough! but you know what other creature's really tough? oh, chris! you're bragging about me again? no! the honey badger of africa. oh, yeah! the honey badger is super tough,

because he has to deal with the super predators of africa. the leopard, lion, the wild dog, the hyena, and the cheetah. imagine if we could join up with the african honey badger, and learn some of his secrets of survival. what if? ♪ on adventure with the coolest creatures ♪ ♪ from the oceans to the trees ♪ the brothers kratt are going places you never get to see ♪ ♪ 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, 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 ♪ ♪ gonna go wild, wild kratts

♪ gonna go wild, wild, wild kratts ♪ ♪ go wild, wild, wild kratts (bird tweeting) ugh! all right! today's the day to figure out which animal is the roughest, toughest animal in africa! that's easy! i already know it's the lion! roar! whoa, do you hear that? that's just my ferocious stomach. what do you want for breakfast, chris? well, we'll definitely need a good energy breakfast for this mission. how about toast? toast? again? yeah, the fun part's what you put on top! i got gooseberry jelly, chocolate spread, rainbow sprinkles! nah, i'm in the mood for-- huh?

not that! it's delicious! uh, no, thanks. i'm in the mood for, let's see... big decisions, chris. i think you'll find out the toughest animal in africa is the leopard, by the way. but get this! koki just intercepted a message from illegal endangered species chef gourmand! yeah, my villain tracker grabbed it on its way to zach. tough code to crack, but i unscrambled this. mr. varmitech, i invite you to kalahari, africa, for a menu of mystery animal, served with a very special honey sauce. mmm, mmm, mmm! (kissing fingers) honey, that's what i want on my toast! sorry, chris, breakfast is over. we've got an animal to save. a mystery animal that gourmand wants to capture and serve for dinner. an animal that has something to do with honey. we got to put a hold on the searc for the toughest animal in africa,

and start "operation: save the mystery animal from the menu." to the creature rescue! uh, guys? where are you going? to the kalahari! but you're already in the kalahari! oh, yeah. okay, let's break it down. if honey sauce is on the menu, then gourmand will be heading for a beehive. he always collects his own ingredients. and if we find him there, then we can rescue the mystery animal he's caught or tries to catch. so, we've got to find a wild honey beehive! okay, i'm a honeybee! what do i do? i wake up in the morning, and buzz off! ah, the personal insect-o-copter pack.

do you really need that? hey, why walk when you can fly? i'm a bee, and i'm looking for flowers! that's where all the honeybees go. we'll find a bee, and follow him back to his hive! (honking) hey, find your own water somewhere else! ah, this is an excellent location for a one-night-only endangered species restaurant. (kissing fingers) (sniffing) honey is near! (buzzing) there! oh, we bees love flowers, because they give us that sugary water called nectar! whoa, look! uh, chris, you might not want to crowd them. us bees like our space. he's sipping up nectar with his tongue!

then, he puts it in his stomach for storage! uh, oh! ouch! that bee was just doing his thing, and then i-- stuck your nose in a busy bee's business? yeah, i bugged him! so of course, he stung me. honeybees only sting when they're protecting themselves or their hive. oh, these bees get really riled up. of course! it's an african honeybee! sometimes called the killer bee! the most aggressive-- honeybee-- in the world! whoa! i think i found the roughest, toughest animal in africa. the honeybee! at 0.0003 pounds, he's just a little guy, so he gets extra toughness points for taking on a giant like chris. that gets him an 8 on the wild kratts tough-o-meter. nah, the lion is still the toughest! come on, he's a predator who attacks! take it from someone who's been stung. it's the african honeybee. uh, chris, is that your nose,

or are you wearing a tomato on your face? i'll always remember, give a bee his space. cleared for take-off! follow that bee, to the hive! don't lose him! ♪ there he is! whoa! (crashing, lion growling) i'm sorry! i didn't see you! it was an accident! (roaring) see, the lion's the toughest! well, taking out the size advantage, while giving them extra ferocity points, because while bees are defensive, lions are aggressive predators, we've got a 9! it's too close to call between the lion and the african honeybee. i need more data! keep your eye on that bee!

(sniffing) oh, the sweet smell strengthens! honey is near! (sniffing) hello, honeybees! hello, honey! there goes the bee back to his hive! i couldn't be happier to see green grape and blueberry, heh! they will help me steal the honey! ugh, ugh, ugh! (bees buzzing) ha, ha, we did it! yeah! huh? clever move, gourmand! bother the bees, and make us look like the bad guys. hey, chris, what's the difference between one angry bee, and a swarm? about 4,999 stingers. (bees buzzing)

ahhh! while you run for your lives, i will visit another hive. and there, i will capture the mystery animal on my menu. i'll give you a clue! it has ferocious flavor! it's not over yet, gourmand! (gasping) not again! (roaring) i'm going to get a reputation now, for rolling over lions. (bees buzzing) what? the lion is running from bees? see? bees are tougher! whew! they're going back to the hive! well, a lion running from a swarm of bees. that gives the african honeybee a bonus point on the tough-o-meter, and one up on the lion!

and gourmand just got one over on us! you know, for a fry cook, he's got some skill in the wild. yeah, we got to figure out a plan to find that mystery animal before he does. chris, look at this little bird! are you trying to get my attention? chris, i think she's trying to tell us something! uh, martin, we're on a creature rescue. we don't have time right now to talk to an 8-inch-tall, brownish, white-bellied, curve-billed bird doing a special song-and-dance display. wait a second! that's a-- honey guide! she wants to tell us where the honey is. you guys should have eaten more breakfast. i didn't even have any yet! that's why you're saying strange things! why would a bird be telling you where the honey is? she is, because she's a honey guide. yeah, a honey guide finds a beehive full of honey. then, she finds an animal that can smash into it. like a human. or a honey badger! honey badger, what's that? a honey badger. looks tough! then, the human-- or honey badger!

follows the bird to the hive-- and smashes it open! and the bird and the badger both get food. it's a symbiotic relationship! yeah, aviva, just like we lead you to really cool animals, and show you the amazing things they do. and then, you create inventions that help us on our creature missions. symbiotic relationship? a kind of teamwork, where everybody gets something out of it. exactly! the honey guide and the honey badger-- make a great team too! honey guide? honey badger? this could make a dynamic duo of creature power suits. what else you got on them, koki? hmm. whoa, that skeleton is rigged for some serious muscles! wild claws! huh, you make a sweet little sound, and eat honey! sweet tweet! i'm going to call you sweet tweet! (tweeting) all right, sweet tweet! we hear you loud and clear! yeah, thweet tweet-- that's hard to say! all right, sweet tweet, take us to the honey so we can stop gourmand!

♪ (sniffing) ah, the tracks of my mystery meat! the honey badger! i can tell from the way he walks, he is searching for food! (tweeting) (gasping) (growling) uh, sorry! hey, listen, i didn't mean to roll over you before. i couldn't move out of the way in time! (rustling) what? oh, you're not afraid of me? see, i knew i was going to get a bad reputation with lions. i'm the "lion roller" now! it's like the lion thinks the toughest animal in africa is me! wait, this doesn't make sense! lions are ferocious, super-tough predators.

why would they be afraid of you? (rustling) uh, martin? you think you're tough, huh? think you're really ferocious? well, the lion does! brother, it's not you. it's a honey badger! (snarling) whoa, the honey badger is tough! so tough, a lion'll think twice about tangling with him. wow! that puts the honey badger right up there with the african honeybee on the tough-o-meter. tie for now! and the honey badger has a fierce sweet tooth too! he's still following the honey guide! (tweeting) honey badger and honey guide. now, that is a dynamic duo. let's program some creature power suits! i'm with you, "honey"! (giggling)

okay, who wants honey guide powers, and who wants honey badger? ooh, ooh, honey badger! honey badger over here! did you have to ask? hey, it's my turn for the more powerful creature. chris, i had caterpillar powers last time! well, a butterfly isn't exactly powerful. i should have the badger powers, because that lion's mad at me for bumping him. i got to watch my back! yeah, but if i had badger powers, i could watch your back. uh, guys? you're not going to have any powers. because the animals you have to touch to get the powers, are getting away! (gasping) mm-hmm, uh-huh-- what? he is following-- (gasping) wild kratts? (sniffing) and honey! the little bird did it! led us right to the honey! and now, it's the honey badger's turn to do his thing. (bees buzzing) oh, nobody can be that tough!

ooh, he's going to get so stung! (snarling) ow, i feel your pain! no animal can survive that many beestings! he's going to run! i didn't see that coming! whoa! of course. honey badgers are members of the weasel family. and they shoot a stinky spray from beneath their tails. just like his cousin, the skunk. except the honey badger also uses his stinky spray like a living can of bee repellent. (choking) can a smell be ferocious? don't know, but if it can, this one is! ugh! he'll actually attack a swarm of stinging bees! and stand up to a lion.

the honey badger is the toughest animal in africa! yup, he scores a 9.5 on the wild kratts tough-o-meter. the toughest yet! but as tough as he is, he still has a little friend. sweet tweet! and tough-o! two very different creatures working together. one is the guide; one grabs the goods. and they both get food. now that's a cool symbiotic relationship! and i can finally have breakfast! (laughing) oh, the laughing boys! they think they're so good in nature! ha! curiosity cooked the cat. while they giggle, i will gather. yah! (snarling) oh, no! we got to teleport the new disks with honey badger and honey guide powers! like, now! (snoring) jimmy, wake up! uh-- huh?

is is time for breakfast? forget it. it takes jimmy forever to wake up. plus, i'm in the mood for a bike ride. (grunting) oh, you little piggy! you are the mystery meat! medallion of honey badger, drizzled in honey demi-glaze! i just might need this! ah, ferocious flavor! you will be so nice! nice is one thing the honey badger isn't. yeah, you'll find out, gourmand. no, you will find out, when the killer bees discover you here and blame you for destroying their hive! heh, heh, heh! oh, you will find out! (gasping) (bees buzzing) don't move a muscle, bro!

no way! the bees are looking for gourmand. but to a bee, one human looks just like another human! they'll take it out on us! i don't want to get stung again! 2000 times! please don't start singing, sweet tweet! any sound could set them off! ah, ah, ah-- don't sneeze, bro! (blowing) it's stuck on the honey! ah, ah, achoo! uh-oh! (bees buzzing) (screaming) ahhh! nice move, aviva! thanks, the buzz bike really-- look out! zach's jet is heading right towards you! whoa! ugh! zach is so annoying! after him, before dinner is served!

am i the first one here? oh, are you going to serve that endangered mushroom salad that you served at the finding your inner villain seminar? i never cook the same dish twice! never! there it is! hey, guys, do your thing! yes, honey badger! aw, i got the little bitty birdie! ♪ oh, yeah! to the creature rescue! whoa, cool! that's the toughest creature power suit yet! well, at least i have a bird's eye view. hold it, gourmand! let that honey badger go! oh, i'll let the honey badger go-- if you can handle my pastry dough!

ha, yah! do you really think globs of dough can hold back the ferocious powers of the honey badger? yes, i do! yah! uh-oh. (laughing) oh, no! i didn't food-proof it! if i can just activate the auto-clean restart sequence-- (gasping) hey, why'd you invite them? what kind of rescue can a little songbird do? i'm just a-- honey guide! (tweeting) martin, how can you be out for a little fly-about sing-song when chris and aviva are all doughed up, and a honey badger's about to get baked? now, that's what i call distracted!

koki! you got it all wrong. i'm not distracted. i am harnessing the power of the honey guide! to call out a cavalry of the toughest animals in africa! (tweeting) and i'm taking them all out to dinner! at gourmand's! hello, gourmand! just step away from the honey badger, nice and easy. i've got the place surrounded. oh? with a flock of little birdie men like you? taste this! hey! it's not me you have to worry about. it's them! oh, this is going to be good! (crashing) (snarling) ahh! get out of my kitchen! (snarling) don't turn your back on me!

hold your breath! (sniffing) ahh! (laughing) huh? hey, that doesn't smell delicious! nope, it is one stinky secret weapon! should i put it in the power suit? (purring) (laughing) hey, that tickles! ugh! (snarling) ahhhh! yeah, nice work, honey badgers! finally, breakfast! so, do we all agree that the honey badger is the toughest animal in africa? (hissing) yeah, i think i'll give it to him. (laughing)

living free! and tough! and in the wild! i love badgers! yeah, me too! and just like the african honey badger, the american badger is one tough customer. oh, yeah! and the american badger is an incredible digger, too. oh, yeah! check out those super-long, sharp claws. they're perfect for digging. they're about as long as my fingers! wow! and they never stop growing. a badger can dig a hole so fast, that in 30 seconds, he can completely disappear. that is some serious digging power! oh, and it's nice and cool in there too. yeah, the son's hot, but the earth is so cool, so he just likes to get his body in there, and cool off. they're creatures of the earth. (hissing) oh! he likes to remind us how tough he is! yeah, like in the last minute, we forgot!

(laughing) a badger's claws are like natural shovels. and garden claws! let's dig like a badger! all right! dig with the forepaws, push away with the back! that's badger hole-digging technique! (hissing) oh, okay! all right, you can have that hole! i'll work on more! and he just watches. he's going to try that one now. hey! we got musical badger holes here. whoa! (laughing) he's attracted to flying dirt. come on in here, i found a worm! i got chased out of the hole again! i love the way he just saunters over and plops in. he took over my hole again! oh, wait! okay, you want that one?

it's yours-- whoa! (laughing) watch out, there's a lot of badger holes! made some progress here. i think chris and i are the workers, and the badger's supervising. it's kind of fun, digging holes with badgers, huh? yeah, it's great! it's just we're doing all the work! thanks for helping us! so, there he goes! another amazing creature! a long-clawed, short-legged, wide-bodied, tough-natured american badger! see you on the creature trail! all right, time for a wild kratts creature quiz. now, chris, the first clue: he's on your head. okay, i feel something sharp. does it have sharp claws? that's what you're feeling. okay. is it a bird? no, but it does lay eggs like a bird. oh, is it a reptile? yeah! is it a crocodile? close! alligator! that's it! (laughing) and cute!

there you go. go on back to the water. the beaver. this creature is built for the water. check out these cool features. the webbed feet. they're huge. and they help propel the beaver through the water. and there's the classic flat beaver tail. the tail helps the beaver steer by tilting from side to side. and that tail is also a warning device. they slap it on the water to tell other beavers when danger's near. i love beavers. announcer: catch "fetch!" the game show with the one and only ruff ruffman. give me a command. roll over! roll over i don't do, and that's a personal choice. go fetch! announcer: it's "fetch!" weekdays on pbs kids go! or watch anytime you want at pbskidsgo.org. wild kratts is made possible by announcer: at abcmouse.com, we believe in letting imagination run wild.

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