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We're under attack.

You think? I'm all over it.

Okay. A, love the initiative.

Don't lose that.

But B, Jack would never sign off on us

shooting them with poison darts

and leaving their bodies

to be picked apart by rabid warthogs.

I find, in moments like these,

it's best to ask...

"What would Alex Rover do?"

[ARBIE CHIRPING]

Come on!

We ready?

ls Mission No Circus for Selkie a go?

Give us a speech, fearless leader.

Oh. [STUTTERS]

I'm not.

I mean, I don't know what to say.

Except that Selkie makes a much

better friend than sideshow act.

And those guys won't stop

until they've put everything

that crawls, flies and swims in a cage.

I don't know how things work

on the mainland,

but we don't stand for

that kind of thing here.

I say we put them in a cage.

Yeah! Cage them!

BEN:
Now I know why

you're so grumpy, Frankie.

Being ugly hurts.

[SELKIE GROANING]

Oh, now, look at that. See, Frankie?

Even the dumb seal knows

it's important to keep fit.

BOOKER:
Hey, Frankie.

Bad enough you lost my keys, but how

long does it take to hotwire a boat?

Any longer we'll be peddling

a seal carcass to the Russkies.

They're not going to fall

for that trick again.

[KEYS JINGLING]

[SQUAWKS]

Why would a bird want keys?

See, those are Dad's keys.

I made that keychain myself.

Ripped the tooth out of the shark

that got your mom.

That's what happens to animals

who mess with Booker and son.

Sons.

Shut up, Frankie, you'll scare him.

[ARBIE SQUAWKS]

I thought we didn't

want any lorikeets?

FRANKIE:
Don't overthink it, Ben.

Just chase the pretty bird.

BEN:
Dad, these trees keep hitting me!

FRANKIE:
You keep running into them,

dummy. Open your eyes.

BEN:
They are open! Stupid bees.

BOOKER:
Quiet, Frankie!

What'd I say about spooking the bird?

BEN:
Yeah, we're losing

the element of surprise.

[ARBIE CHIRPING]

[LORIKEETS CHIRPING LOUDLY]

[FARTING NOISES]

[ALL EXCLAIMING IN SURPRISE]

Phase One complete.

Oh!

Why couldn't we have kept that bird

in the cage when we had the chance?

Shut up, Frankie!

[ALL EXCLAIMING IN PAIN]

Why'd the stupid lorikeet

have to fly down the path

with the pooping birds

and the angry leaves?

Yeah.

Why don't you two guys go on ahead?

Selk, you in here?

She has to be close by.

Wait. I can't leave them here.

Not again.

This might work better.

What?

I play a lot of video games.

FELIX:
That's right,

bring them to Papa Bear.

Papa's got claws now.

- Come on!

- [CHIRPING]

Why are you so smug?

You're supposed to lead them

into the quicksand.

Felix was right!

Liquid nitrogen is so useful!

NIM:
So is my old-school

machete.

BEN:
Where'd the bird go?

Forget the bird. We've got these.

[CHUCKLES]

Hey, Frankie, look.

It's the nerd from the net.

You're gonna have a very different name

for me when I get through with you.

Like Felix the Ferocious.

Feral Felix. No! The Frightful Felix.

- Quicksand!

- What?

Quicksand!

Move your foot!

Get ready to have sand in

all the wrong places, boys.

[BOTH EXCLAIMING IN FEAR]

Guess that's the last time you'll mess

with a marine biologist

with a focus in psychology.

[FELIX EXCLAIMS IN FEAR]

Thanks for the backup,

but I totally had the situation covered.

EDMUND:
Selkie!

NIM:
Selkie! Selkie!

EDMUND:
Selk!

[SELKIE GROANS]

Selkie.

- Nim! Nim!

- [SNUFFLING]

Nim, I've found her.

[SELKIE GROANING]

She's overheated.

We have to get her to the water.

EDMUND:
How?

I know I'm stronger than I look,

but even I can't carry her.

NIM:
Can you drive that?

But Arbie has the keys.

No, Arbie has the keychain.

Go, go, go!

Keep going!

Almost there.

Straighten out, Edmund! Into the bay!

NIM:
Two more hours of daylight.

Ready to get out there with your camera?

- Can we nap first?

- No time.

Operation No Circus for Selkie

was an unmitigated success,

but the Buccaneers

will be here tomorrow.

First we'll head back

to the grasslands for the Bilby.

Nim.

Push play.

EDMUND ON VIDEO:
Never make

direct eye contact with the Bilby.

A ferocious creature,

they're known for shocking people

to death with adorableness.

You sneak!

That means we only need one more.

I know just where to look,

but Jack won't like it.

Nim!

Nim!

Nim? You up there?

Where are you?

Sorry, Jack, but it's the only way.

What'd you say?

- Felix?

- You're back?

And, sir, gotta say the new look is...

Felix, where's Nim?

- [CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY]

- Felix, where is she?

See, I was supposed to

watch these poachers here while...

- Poachers?

- Cormorant Cliffs.

If you want me to resign my post I will,

but I've come to learn

how to embrace the chaos of life!

Use your arms and your legs!

You're doing great!

The sharp rocks below are more

scared of you than you are of them!

EDMUND:
Why would you bring up

sharp rocks at a time like this?

NIM:
Come on, Edmund.

Where's your sense of humour?

[EDMUND GROANS]

I'm too crippled by fear to laugh.

NIM:
Okay, watch out for

loose rocks through here.

Just think, the climb down

is going to be much easier.

The sun will be setting,

the bats will be out.

It'll be beautiful!

Oh!

[EDMUND GRUNTING]

- You're heavier than you look.

- Thanks.

I've been trying to fill out

so I can play football next year.

Sorry.

Seems like I'm always

messing up your big plans.

No, this wouldn't be

half as much fun without you.

This is fun?

EDMUND:
Are you sure there aren't

any endangered species

who live in nice, safe,

low to ground places?

Okay.

Let's, uh... Let's lure this iguana out

for its close-up.

I mean, a week ago baiting iguanas

with candy would have

seemed crazy to me.

What was so different a week ago?

Well, I was planning

my adventure on your island,

not living it.

There are lots of places you could

have run away to for an adventure.

Yeah, I know, but this

island has everything.

Friendly natives, angry poachers,

terrifying cliffs.

Why run away at all?

I had to get away from my parents.

Why would you want to do that?

Uh...

Well, they fight.

All the time.

Dad lost his business

and Mum's afraid

of what's going to happen to us.

I was tired of feeling totally useless.

Sol left.

Which I know is stupid,

because they're probably beyond worried

about me, but...

Edmund,

I don't think you're useless or stupid.

I think you're...

I'm...

Nim Rusoe, you've just found

your first Fijian Crested Iguana.

That's three species. The island's safe.

- How did it?

- it's a defence mechanism.

We must have scared it.

Sorry, little guy.

[ROCKS CLATTERING]

Hey! Stop it!

There's an endangered species down here!

Funny, I see three endangered species.

Wait, wait, wait, wait!

There's nowhere to hide out there.

Come on. Come on.

It just keeps getting

smaller and smaller.

Are you okay?

[PANTING] You know

how you feel about heights?

That's how I feel about tight,

cramped spaces.

Really?

This is roomy compared

to my place in Brisbane.

Stop trying to be funny! We're trapped.

Which is exactly what

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