Wild Kratts: Creatures of the Deep Sea Page #5

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Well, thanks for the

factual tidbits, crab cake.

They'll help me write my menu of

rare delicacies from the deep.

You can't stop me!

(Laughing)

AVIVA:

But we can!

Let them go!

Never!

ALL:

Whoa!

AVIVA:

That may be a pretty

formidable sub, Gourmand.

But mine is built

to last down here.

(Laughing)

Oh, yeah? Take this.

(Gourmand shouting)

CREW:

Deep sea dough balls!

AVIVA:

Jimmy, evasive action!

JIMMY:

You can't stick me!

Oops...

Can I try that again?

(Chuckling)

Now stick around

while I cook.

MARTIN:

Uh, you're sure

it's hot enough?

Nice stall, bro.

We need some deep sea help here

and I know just

who I need to find.

Now let's stoke up these

boilers, nice and hot.

(Shouting)

Uh, Gourmand, I wouldn't

do that if I were you.

(Rumbling)

Yeah, why not?

Uh, because you really don't

want to go banging around

with a giant mallet on an

underwater volcanic ridge!

Ha!

Really?

MARTIN:

Yeah, really.

KOKI:

Underwater eruption!

Look out!

Yes!

There you are!

We need your help, buddy.

Insert Creature Power Disc,

and...

activate giant squid power!

Now this is a

true monster of the deep.

A 40-foot long multi-tentacled

cephalopod.

Giant squid power

for a giant rescue!

KOKI:

Look out!

Red hot magma chunks!

AVIVA:

Whoa! We got to get out of here.

JIMMY:

Well, I can't break free!

Keep trying, Jimmy!

Use full power!

I'm trying,

but this dough is sticky.

MARTIN:

Look out, creature pals.

If one of those rocks hits us,

we're toast.

To the creature rescue!

You're free!

Hey Gourmand,

these creatures don't want

to be fried or boiled.

Huh? Ohh!

Way to go, Chris.

I brought reinforcements.

Ta da!

Bumper's mom!

Just in time.

Activate sperm whale powers!

Yes! Swim, creatures, swim!

Awesome!

The power of one of the deepest

diving mammals

in the creature world.

No! Those creatures are mine!

No, they're not, Gourmand.

They belong living free

and in the deep!

AVIVA:

Guys, help!

We can't break free!

Sperm whale powers

to the Pulponaut rescue!

ALL:

Whoa!

KOKI:

We're free!

AVIVA:

Let's get outta here!

You better go to Gourmand,

or you'll get cooked!

Whoa!

Whoa! Abandon ship!

Oh, my poor sub.

You can keep your

deep sea creature, for now.

You thinking what I'm thinking?

Oh yeah, we're thinking

the same thing.

BOTH:

To the new species!

I don't see him. He's gone.

No... he can't be...

He was right here.

AVIVA:

Guys, we got to go back up.

The Pulponaut needs a detailed

status check, pronto!

(Sighing)

Well, bro, we didn't quite

find that new species.

Yeah, I'll always wonder

what he was...

and what creature power

he had.

So close to a dream come true.

Cheer up, guys.

We made the right decision.

We protected those

deep sea creatures

for future expeditions.

It's true.

We did find some amazing,

little known creatures

that were only

recently discovered.

And you know what? All the new

species we were looking for

are still down there, just

waiting to be discovered

by someone.

Thanks to the new sub you made,

I think we'll be

down there again.

AVIVA:

Yeah, she did hold up great.

And we got deeper

than ever before!

And don't forget,

I got some good mapping data

of unknown territory.

So, till the next adventure.

Step by step, science and the

quest for knowledge marches on!

But right now, I'm just

marching to my lounge chair.

Ahh!

And that's a...

ALL:

Creature mission accomplished!

So the deep sea is

the most difficult habitat

on Earth to get to and explore,

but it's an amazing place filled

with incredible creatures.

And inventions like Alvin--

here at the Woods Hole

Oceanographic Institution--

help us to learn more

about the Earth's last

great creature frontier.

Hey, do you want to check

out some of the features

of this amazing submarine?

Alvin has seven

different thrusters

to help move the vessel

in all different directions.

These thrusters propel

the submarine forward.

And a thruster like this, helps

the submarine move up and down.

(Knocking)

This incredible hull

is made up of

three-inch thick

titanium metal

and is able to withstand

6,800 pounds per square inch

of pressure.

MARTIN:

It is total darkness

in the deep sea,

so if you want

to see any animals,

you got to bring

your own lights.

The Alvin is also equipped

with high definition

video cameras,

so if there are any new forms

of life swimming around

that we haven't seen before,

those cameras can spot them.

Oh, yeah, check out

these robot arms.

They're fully functioning,

can move in all different

directions very precisely

and even pick up

specimens off the sea floor

and put them right

here on this basket

to bring them up

to the surface.

MARTIN:

Whoa! This is so cool.

This is it,

the inside of Alvin.

There's enough room

down here for a pilot

and two scientists,

three people total.

MARTIN:

Controls.

It would take

a long time to learn how

to pilot this submarine.

There are five windows,

and right through here,

if you get lucky, you could spot

an unknown species of animal.

Wow, Alvin and the scientists

here at Woods Hole

have made major

contributions to science.

And there is still so much

of the deep sea to explore.

Who knows what new discoveries

and new creatures are

waiting for us down there?

Now let's have a look

at some of the samples

Alvin has collected for science.

Come on!

Hey, Tim, how are you?

TIM:

Great, good to see you.

How's it going?

Good to see you again.

This is our friend,

Dr. Tim Shank.

He's a deep sea biologist

here at Woods Hole

and an expert on

deep sea creatures.

So what do you got today, Tim?

Right, we got a variety

of animals here.

Some that are from

two miles down.

Some that are from

five miles down.

Some of the greatest

collections we have here

are those from the

hydrothermal vents.

This is a giant tube worm.

So they're awesome.

CHRIS:

The tube worms, yeah.

They grow like seven

to ten feet long,

and they have no mouth,

no gut.

They just have a plume that

takes in the hydrothermal water

and brings it to a

big bag of bacteria.

And the amazing thing is that

these tube worms

can get energy

from the bacteria.

The bacteria are actually

getting it

from the hydrothermal vent.

That's right.

We're use to all energy

coming from the sun,

but these tube worms

changed the game.

MARTIN:

So these are the tubes

that the worms live in, right?

This is the riftia tube.

Yeah, the giant tube worms.

Yeah, okay.

These are

smaller ones.

Like I said, they get

to about seven to ten feet.

Really? Seven to ten feet!

Really cool.

Have you ever seen

a yeti crab?

I have seen a yeti crab.

Yeah?

CHRIS:

I love that bacteria collecting

hair covering their bodies.

Now check this out.

This one here...

these are the vent shrimp?

TIM:

These are my favorite.

They're so cool because of

their creature powers.

These guys live three miles

down in the deep sea

MARTIN:

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