01x07 - Animal Weapons

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wow

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welcome to the world of amazing animal

weapons

oh hi henry looks like you're ready for

battle

can't you see i'm under attack here

oh yeah right henry

looks like some serious weapons there

all right men let's show them what we're

made of

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fighting is no game henry and weapons

are a very serious business

watch out

are you sure you know what you're doing

there's not much i don't know about

weapons already oh how does this work i

wouldn't throw that boomerang why not

because they always

come back

maybe there's some things i don't know

about weapons

you can learn a lot about weapons from

your animal friends

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yes

animals have a huge range of weapons for

attack and for defense

they can come in handy in a number of

ways like for showing your neighbor

who's in charge

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so

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weapons aren't only for fighting some

can be used for eating too

that's amazing eagles sure do have

talent i mean talons oh henry

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hey

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what's all the commotion henry are you

off to battle you better believe it i'm

sir henry the brave and i'm getting

ready to get medieval

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come on knights

to protect the owner of rubber ducks

everywhere

well henry if you're going to lead your

troops into battle you should know more

about the amazing animal weapons you may

have to face

you could be up against some

well-equipped opposition

they'll use teeth horns and other

dangerous weapons to attack

like this eagle owl's deadly beak

and razor-sharp claws

excuse me good point

these are israeli ibex they take a much

blunter approach

the horns grow bigger as the male ibex

get older so mature ibex have a big

weapons advantage

ouch

that hurt

it's no joke henry these horns are

deadly weapons and can sometimes cause

serious injuries like in a sword fight

the ibex use their horns to block blows

as well as attack don't these guys ever

get a headache i'm sure they do what are

they fighting about anyway

they're fighting to show who's the

toughest to establish who's boss

it looks like the dominant male has made

his point

wow

are three horns better than two

i don't know henry but i do know that

these jackson's chameleons use their

horns in the same way the ibex do to

establish territory

does jackson know they're fighting oh

henry

the one who stays on top of the branch

wins

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and the winner is the chameleon in the

green

no the yellow

or is it the green

if you don't have horns you have to use

whatever you do have as a weapon when

these weaver birds argue over a nest

they use their wings and beaks to attack

each other

even though wings are made for flying

not fighting they do help the birds sort

out their differences

but you flies away

lives to fight another day

look out

you better take cover henry

missed again

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having effective defenses can make the

difference between life and death

for instance this porcupine's defensive

quills are sharp enough to pierce tin

plates

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what's the matter henry plunger got your

tongue

but defense is no laughing matter for

most animals

in africa where these buffalo live

there's always the threat from the king

of beasts

don't you mean the queen it's a lioness

okay

male or female lions would just love to

catch the buffalo calf

wow his mom's defending him with her

horns

those horns are sharp sharp enough to

k*ll a lion with one lunge

when they're under attack the buffalo

stay together many sets of horns make a

much stronger defense

many quills do the same job for the

porcupine

his quills all point backwards so when

he turns away from danger he's protected

by their sharp points

talk about covering your back

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animals will use any method they can to

protect themselves and their young from

predators

yikes a snake

yikes a python to be precise i love it

when you're precise

this australian brushed turkey has eggs

incubating here in his nest and eggs are

one of the python's favorite snack items

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since the brushed turkey is an uneven

match for the python in a fight he has

to use unusual weapons and special

tactics you mean kicking leaves

actually yes henry the leaf kicking

becomes too much for the python to deal

with he gives up and the egg stays safe

and sound wow he's a real leaf kicking

chicken

turkey henry fresh turkey

just chicken

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oh

oh

henry are you still in fighting mode

i'm green i'm a fighting machine

oh

it's the neighborhood bully

careful henry he looks tough

what's happened to my quack troop

he's bluffing henry you try to scare him

pretend you're big and strong

well done henry your bluff worked

i did it

he backed off what a chicken lizard

bluffing is a weapon that many animals

use

really

sure

these birds are called ruffs they use

bluffing as a part of their display for

the simple reason that it's less painful

than an out and out fight excuse me

that's pretty smart

while the female looks on

the colorful males dance and display in

order to win territory and impress her

the males grow these feathers once a

year for this display for the rest of

the year they look just like the dull

colored female ruff

you can see how they fluff them up to

look bigger it's all bluff

so you're telling me that instead of

getting rough the rough grows are up to

fluff and bluff

uh yeah i guess so

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the cow's moving in

right into the middle of their display

ground

but the refs are still going for it

when the going gets tough the rough get

going

is he really trying to bluff out that

cow

it looks like it

don't have a cow dude

henry

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at last peace and tranquility now they

can get on with the display

i think you spoke too soon henry they're

not going to get the chance to impress

any females today

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bees had enough of this rough stuff

sometimes when animals show their temper

they aren't bluffing

that guy doesn't look happy

when chimps scream and throw sticks and

stones around they're showing other

chimps how strong and upset they are

hopefully the others will think twice

before picking a fight

sticks and stones may break my phone

but blocks will never hold me

oh

henry it's time for your special report

henry it's time for your report

come here

you are ready aren't you no

we're ready for your report on the

tasmanian devil

my report is on why the tasmanian devil

is so uptight uptight yeah i've never

asked one about it because they eat

first and answer questions later but i

think i've got it figured out oh yeah

it's all to do with dentists dentists

yeah you see tasmanian devils never go

to the dentist they never brush their

teeth and they just love candy well

before you can say crocodile they've got

a toothache and because they've got big

powerful teeth they got a toothache the

size of montana but do they go to the

dentist no

no

and to make things worse there aren't

many tasmanian devil dentists to go see

in fact there's only one tasmanian devil

dennis office and it's so hard to find

that even the tasmanian devil dennis get

lost are you sure

so when all the tasmanian devils get

terrible toothaches from eating too much

candy they can't even get a tasmanian

devil dennis to help make them feel

better

that would make any animal angry but it

makes tasmanian devils furious and you

wouldn't want to be around them when

they're furious they growl at everyone

so even the tasmanian devil dentist

doesn't want to go near them yeah

probably doesn't want to go near this

story either

all the dentist never does is yell about

how the tasmanian devil should look

after their teeth better but tasmanian

devils don't care they just eat more

candy and brush their teeth even less

which is why their teeth don't get any

better which is why they get so mad

which is why they're so tight all the

time and that's straight from the

lizard's mouth you really think

anybody's going to believe that

yeah

time for the truth

tasmanian devils do have big powerful

teeth they can easily chew right through

each other's bones amazing

and crunchy

so by showing off their teeth

they discourage other tasmanian devils

from actually fighting it's not to scare

the dentist away

so it's display and flopping again

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hmm

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of all the weapons i think horns rule

for many animals just having weapons

isn't enough the bigger the better and

the more they frighten the enemy

so you might not have to fight at all

i sure wouldn't fight this camila noni

chameleon henry

maybe i need bigger horns

certain animals can take this to

extremes

trouble is i can't lift my head you've

just discovered the big problem with big

weapons

this is a namibian sun spider henry his

special weapon is his oversized jaws

don't tell me this grasshopper is about

to find out how they work

just when you thought it was safe to go

back into the desert

after it catches its prey

the extra sharp jaws cut and saw through

it in next to no time in proportion to

its body the sun spider has got some of

the largest jaws in the animal world it

would be as if your jaw was as long as

your arm

imagine flossing those

how about having a weapon that's as long

as your whole body like this fiddler

crab first jaws

now

claws

the fiddler crab also relies on the size

of his weapon to frighten away other

crabs with smaller claws

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hey they're jousting just like knights

in armor there's only one thing they

like better than fighting

i bet i know it's

eating

they even eat while they fight i can

relate to that

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now i know what you're gonna say next

you do

elephants use their tusks as weapons

tusks are actually special over

developed teeth i'm impressed henry that

is what i was going to say elephants

fight by interlocking tusks and pushing

each other with a 6 000 pound body

that's like pushing a bus

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huh

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and now

henry's amazing golden gecko award for

the all-time best amazing animal weapons

third place bronze medal goes to the big

horned and hard-headed ibex his horns

can be up to four and a half feet long

almost as big as he is

second place silver goes to the three

horn jackson's chameleon unfortunately

jackson could not be here to collect his

award this evening

get on with it but my golden gecko award

for the all-time best amazing animal

weapons those two

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male siamese fighting fish have sharp

little teeth set in tough jaws

they're not monstrous weapons but the

fish sure uses them a lot they can't

stand the sight of any other males

anywhere near and will always fight even

if the other guy is bigger and stronger

they tear each other's fins and rip them

to shreds

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loser is the one who has all his fins

torn off not only does he lose the fight

but he won't be able to attract any

females without his beautiful fins

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eventually one male will accept defeat

and swim off into the sunset to lick his

wounds and wait till his fins grow back

then it's back to the battle pond

right

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henry want to hear a secret

sure

this jungle nymph has a secret weapon on

the back of its legs are some sharp

spines that can cause an unsuspecting

predator serious damage

wow

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guess what i've got a secret weapon too

presenting the ultimate fighting machine

watch

are you sure that thing's safe

sure what could possibly go wrong

lots of animals have secret weapons that

are a bit more predictable than your

robot henry

this aardwolf uses his own special smell

to mark out his territory it doesn't

hurt anyone but simply warns other art

wolves to stay away from his patch

excuse me

i think i'll be staying away too

it's just a kind of chemical weapon that

helps to prevent fights

but chemical weapons are also aimed at

the aardwolf

termites are its favorite food

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but some of the termites are well

equipped to defend their mound

aim

fire

excuse me let's aim

the p*stol shrimp has a good aim as well

don't point that thing at me

don't worry henry his secret weapon is

sound he makes a loud bang by snapping

his claws together like the sound of a

g*n firing

the loud noise stuns his prey giving him

time to catch it

or not

although most animals try to avoid

fights they can still break out anyway

these elk will battle for hours to try

and determine who's boss

ours

isn't that a bit excessive

it's the same with animals like giraffes

only they can go on all day

all day

come on fellows all we are saying is

give peace a chance

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by the time it's over they'll both be

tired but hopefully not badly hurt

take it easy guys

all this fighting is kind of dumb

so now you think fighting is dumb

so the duck detachment can return to

base uh sure that's right

no more fighting for me

i'm gonna be nice and get along with

everyone

get

back place

anyway now what was i saying

that weapons have a place in the animal

world uh-huh but they're not a game

right i'm gonna cut up late peace while

i take a nice warm bath good idea henry

and leave all the weapons to those

amazing animals

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