Wild Kratts: Creatures of the Deep Sea Page #4

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have to be home to lots

of new creatures.

We need to explore it!

And who knows, Gourmand just

might be hiding out somewhere

around this underwater

mountain too.

MARTIN:

Pulpo, nice find.

Hey, I think he wants us

to follow him.

CHRIS:

Well, it worked so far.

Hey, wait for us, buddy!

CHRIS:

Whoa, Jimmy... slow down.

He just pounced on something,

octopus-style!

Oh boy, we're about to witness

a new behavior!

And a new creature power!

An oven mitt?

Dumbo octopus can cook?

Not a new behavior,

but it is a sign

that we're on the right track

to find Gourmand.

He's been here for sure.

CHRIS:

Hmm, I think he wants us

to keep following him.

Do you think this undersea

alien of a creature

is trying to

lead us somewhere?

Well, octopus are super smart,

and this is his world.

So maybe he knows something

we don't.

MARTIN:

Show us the way, Pulpo.

AVIVA:

What's our position, Koki?

The depth meter

is saying we've risen

all the way back up

to the Midnight Zone.

This range is already taller

than any mountain range

on Earth.

(Gasping)

Koki, look!

KOKI:

Wow, we made it to

the mountain summit.

JIMMY:

But there's a crack

in the middle!

The earth is cracking open

like an egg!

The world is about to end! Oof!

It's splitting all right, but

believe it or not, it's normal.

If we head down there,

I'll show you.

JIMMY:

Are you crazy?

Ohh...

AVIVA AND KOKI:

Hydrothermal vents!

What planet are we on again?

AVIVA:

This is Earth, all right.

Guys, I remember these

from your adventure

with Seasquatch the yeti crab.

These hydrothermal vents

are a part of many

underwater mountain ranges.

They're formed when water

leaks down

towards the hot Earth's core.

When it gets superheated,

it's forced back up

through the rock and bursts out

of the rock, forming the vents.

It's scalding hot and full of

chemicals and minerals, right?

Yeah, and a special kind of

chemobacteria

can actually live off

that hot chemical soup.

Kind of like plants on land

and microscopic plankton

on the surface of the ocean

can live off sunlight.

Only a few years ago, scientists

thought all food chains

began with energy from the sun.

But when vents were discovered,

everything changed.

They realized that new food

chains start way down here too!

With energy not from the sun.

But from the hot chemical soup

spewing from the Earth.

Whoa...

I'm dizzy.

I know!

It's dizzyingly cool!

Down here, it all starts

with a little bacteria

that can convert the

chemicals into food.

CHRIS:

And animals eat the bacteria

which starts whole food chains

that people never knew existed.

With strange animals like yeti

crabs, and who knows what else.

That's it!

Where is it?

Here-- oh no-- uh...

Got it!

My yeti crab Power Disc!

And... in my creature

souvenir kit, I have...

Got it!

A shed yeti crab carapace

that I collected.

Guys, do yeti crabs even live at

this particular thermal vent?

Nobody really knows.

It's still pretty unexplored.

But we do know yeti crabs

have the power to survive

hydrothermal vents,

and I've got to get out there

with the creatures.

I'm going yeti!

Activate yeti power!

Oh, yeah!

This suit is awesome!

The hairy arms that collect

chemobacteria.

The crushing claws.

I am ready to go!

Let's get to it, bro.

I'll take the Amphisub.

What?!

I just finished fixing it.

Ehh, don't worry.

I won't smush it this time.

Maybe I'll leave

the tools out.

Might be needing them again

real soon.

Okay! We're ready

for deployment!

BOTH:

Miniaturize!

And launch!

Wahoo!

Jimmy, now I can show you what

this giant crack in the Earth

is all about.

Uh, you really

don't have to.

KOKI:

Down we go!

Pulpo touched down.

I'll check it out!

He's eating a... shrimp!

Makes more sense

than an oven mitt.

And look here. Chemobacteria

is covering these vents.

And the shrimp

are munching on it!

They're vent shrimp.

A special type of shrimp

that only lives here...

miles and miles under

the surface of the ocean!

And they're all picking

at that chemobacteria

that is growing here.

Grinding it up.

They're grazing on the bacteria

like rabbits or gazelles

graze on grass.

Pulpo, you led us

right to the start

of a new underwater food chain.

Aww... hey, thanks for

showing us your world.

Whee-hee...

and for the fun ride!

Hey, Chris, this little guy

is eyeing me.

Whew!

Uh, I don't think so.

Vent shrimp don't really see.

They only see heat, remember.

Oh, yeah, that's right.

I mean, down here

it's pitch dark,

so seeing isn't really

important,

but finding chemobacteria

by the hot smokers is.

So they see heat.

Ha ha ha!

What a creature power!

And I'll call you...

Heatseeker!

Huh?

Over there!

Behind Pulpo!

What's that!?

I've never seen anything

like it before.

Could it be?

I think so.

BOTH:

A new species!

Let's go!

(Shouting)

(Gourmand snickering)

Huh?

Ooh! Rare never-tasted-before

shrimp.

Mmm.

Might go good with

some of these clams.

And I'll use this as a garnish!

Gourmand! We found him!

But... we also found a new

species back there!

(Gourmand chuckling)

I'm ready to cook!

Off to the boiling pots!

(Laughing)

But... new species!

I... aw...

Gourmand always shows up

at the wrong time.

Stay right there, new species.

I'll be back.

KOKI:

Wow, look at all that underwater

volcanic action and lava.

See, Jimmy? That's what this

crack in the earth is all about.

The sea floor is spreading

and widening,

but only a little bit

every year.

And the lava bubbles up from

this long line of volcanoes,

forming this mountain range

that stretches down

the entire Atlantic Ocean.

Oh, great.

Like, could it get any more

dangerous down here?!

Well, yeah, they could erupt

at any time.

Did she have to tell me that?

CHRIS:

Amphisub to mother ship!

We've got a problem!

Go, Chris.

We found Gourmand.

And it's way worse than we

could have ever imagined.

He's set up a massive

deep sea kitchen down here.

Let the deep sea cooking begin!

ALL:

Oh no!

And that's not all.

He got Martin.

Can't we catch a break?

MARTIN:

We got to get out of here.

Whoa!

Gourmand! No!

Stop!

Huh?! You!

Blueberry in the deep sea?!

Well, no blueberries down here,

but, yeah, it's me, Martin.

And you need to let all these

deep sea creatures go.

You can't cook 'em.

We hardly know anything

about them!

Exactly, we don't know

how they taste.

And that's what

I'm going to find out!

Ugh. But look, this is a

barreleye we just met.

He has the coolest eyes and

nobody knows how they work yet.

I call him Crazy Eyes.

And here, meet DragonGlow,

the dragonfish.

Dragonfish have a special

invisibility power

that is hardly understood.

And Goblin sharks,

like Snapjaw over here,

are one of the least understood

sharks with awesome jaw power.

Yeah, I know.

And here is little Heatseeker,

a totally cool vent shrimp

who sees heat

and supports tons of life that

we still have yet to discover.

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