Wild Kratts - Creatures of the Caribbean

[Music] not a bad place for a splash landing whoa a coral reef okay so now it looks like we'll be doing a squirrel reef adventure good thing we came prepared [Music] yeah there are so many different kinds of amazing life forms on the reef you mean like these guys seahorses seahorses i thought you were riding regular horses well huh our plans kind of changed we're checking out seahorses now you know i've always wondered about seahorses yeah me too with a head like a horse and it's got a prehensile tail like a monkey what are they okay i'll tell ya but you better sit down for this what are they seahorses are fish they fell over anyway maybe we should have told him to sit on the floor yeah next time what do you mean seahorses or fish how can a seahorse be a fish hmm here i'll show you okay here's a fish then what mother nature did was take this fish and change its head and then stretch it out so it was more like this and then bent the body down this way and then it's still changed from a swimming tail to a tail that can grab so a seahorse looks pretty different but it's still a kind of fish and there's a reason for the seahorse's unique shape it doesn't swim all over the place like most other fish it swims small distances by moving its little dorsal fin back and forth but most of the time the sea horse uses its prehensile tail to grab onto grasses and coral and just hang there until food floats by whoa i get it but it's still kind of weird so its body design is perfect for its way of living exactly hey but that doesn't mean we have to stop riding horses let's ride these guys uh martin they're sea horses and they're tiny oh okay so i'll give her seahorse a smaller name i'll call you ocean pony [Music] and then we can miniaturize and ride whoa wait a second you guys shouldn't just use miniaturization technology for playing around this is serious technology well uh uh of course we have to do research on the short-snouted seahorse hippocampus hippocampus to uh explore how this sea horse um interacts with other inhabitants of the coral reef system yes of course next one bro uh-huh yeah uh-huh when you two play around with technology something usually goes wrong if you're going to use the miniaturizer you'd better get a lot of info on seahorses i'm going to prep my invention station for sea horsepower disc creation and i'll be checking in on you soon [Music] this should be a good spot to find the martin oh yeah oh i hope we got here in time yeah they should be coming out right about now [Music] no sign of them yet [Music] so now we wait look they're coming out pilots they're everywhere wow they're beautiful you mean these colorful things are creatures they look like flowers oh yeah they're animals all right every one of them is a creature and check it out the hard rocky part is their skeleton see they built a skeleton outside their bodies and they can hide inside it protect it until they're ready to come out you mean this whole reef is made of the skeletons of these little guys that's right polyp skeleton built on polyp skeleton built on more polyp skeletons for millions of years and now millions of creatures live here in and amongst the coral more different types of sea creatures than any other ocean habitat yeah but we know these reefs are fragile habitats and if we're going to do our annual reef checkup to make sure it's healthy we'd better get to it okay let's get in there for a close look guys close enough [Music] oh bro you just got harpooned what harpooned you have to zoom in with a microscope to see it but the polyp shot that tiny needle-like harpoon from his tentacle that's how they hunt for food hey what are you harpooning me for i'm not food ah here comes some stuff that's probably tastier than you ultrazoom on that's what they love to eat amphipods see there are the harpoons ready for launch oh he did it he scored some lunch reels it in with his harpoon and the tentacles push the little meal to his mouth right down there in the center wow i like these little guys and all this time i thought coral was just a bunch of rocks hey what are you doing leave that coral alone those fish are destroying the reef so that's why the coral reefs are disappearing those reef eating fish not so fast they're parrotfish aviva and they're not why the reefs are in trouble check it out he's scraping algae off the coral with his hard beak and eating it and he does kill and even eat some polyps while he's at it but he's also keeping the algae from taking over and choking out the reef [Music] so you see it's all balanced parrotfish are part of a healthy reef okay that's good because coral reefs have enough problems with pollution and stuff without any new dangers popping up that's right after all a lot of creatures depend on these guys without them the reef wouldn't even exist well it looks like we're getting a turtle back tour of the reef hey there's blimpy the blowfish oh yeah and our old buddy ocean pony the seahorse and hey there's uh i don't remember him yeah that's because he's somebody new a tiger hold on tight [Music] the tiger shark is gaining whoa our sea turtle is using his shell like a shield that's what i'm gonna name you shield [Music] but how long can she'll keep this up look at these teeth based on size tiger shark's jaws are even stronger than the great white sharks jaws that shark gets the shell in his mouth or a flipper in his mouth shield is done for [Music] shield has another plan i hope so [Music] whew that was close and another great defense for the hawk spill sea turtle hiding in the reef yeah and that's why hog spills 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 surefire plan is to hide out in the protection of the reef hey aviva did you catch that turtle power action [Music] [Applause] oh yeah they saw it so aviva you up for a little turtle power suit programming uh yeah that was incredible nice shield work i never knew sea turtles were so maneuverable we saw it all thanks to the amazing fish cam [Music] i guess i made the fish cam a little too fish-like maybe a little but hey guys good news we finished modifying the tortuga for underwater travel so get up here and we'll take it for a test drive cool great we'll be right there uh as soon as shield tells us the coast is clear great all clear [Music] let's get back to the miniaturizer and get back to real size yeah i think we should have a new motto only one shark attack per day i'm with you bro [Music] let's get out of here before that tiger shark comes back [Music] [Applause] [Music] so maneuverable i'm like a torpedo guess that was too much for him [Music] oh just kidding nice sharky [Music] uh [Music] a sea sponge what are you up to now [Music] buddy you're acting strange why are you stuffing a sponge into the sand a dolphin who likes to clean up that's a burst weird it's almost like she's poking around for something looking for something echolocation engaged who can find it first whatever it is [Music] nothing but sand underneath more sand you sure there's something around here amazing that sponge she uses is to protect her nose when she shovels in the rough sand hey i was just about to find that fish [Music] communication alert we're having trouble getting read on martin's location i had a signal but it's disappeared disappeared how is that possible i don't know but last i picked it up it was to the east let's head in that direction see if we can find him yeah we'll spread out i'll head this way with an echolocation search [Music] still out there [Music] i know sharks and orcas they're your only natural predator especially for baby dolphins [Music] i'm still not able to transmit from inside this wreck maybe if i could just get out the open a little bit way a grouper you didn't [Music] puffy puffy it's you you're all blown up like a giant spiky water balloon nice defense oh mayday now we've got a problem it's a great defense and most fish know never to mess with a blowfish but for those that don't sometimes blowfish can get stuck inside a grouper's mouth and then both fish could die hang on puppy we'll get you out of there okay grouper you might feel a prick oh if only puppy could deflate just a little bit he's too scared if he deflates at all he thinks the grouper might swallow it well these guys will eat anything it's not working martin i'm going in going in where through the gills no you're not i'll push you pull okay just remember one wrong move and your lunch [Music] pretty stinky in here grouper breath ready martin ready go [Music] gotta get you amazing that he can blow up three times his size and look now this grouper knows never mess with a blowfish it's a fish eat fish world out here yeah and only the fish with good protection survive [Music] you

Channel: Wild Kratts - 9 Story

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Id: 22V0T6Zii44

Length: 14min 54sec (894 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 19 2017