04x45 - Woodland Animals

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welcome to the world of amazing

woodland animals

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so then henry locks walked through the

forest until he came to a cabin

nice place they got here he found some

porridge but it was too

yucky yuck

you found a chair ah

and then he found the bed but there was

a bear already in it

henry stop that's not how the story

shh goes tell everyone you're supposed

to have three bears

i've already got three pigs besides

where we are they won't know the

difference

where are we in the woods do you realize

the animals don't even get cable out

here

that's why i've brought them henry's

amazing

animal extravaganza

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no time oh we need now is an audience

where are those piggies

get up there and advertise don't worry

about finding an audience henry the

woods are

full of animals oh yeah

i don't see anyone coming this way

step right up don't be shy i'm just an

actor

i won't bite

that guy i'm not so sure you have to be

open-minded henry the forest is home to

all sorts of animals

get down

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they like the same sorts of things you

do eating sleeping

even playing then they can be in my play

but hey no squirreling around

you'll find some pretty amazing

characters if you know where to look

talk about your prickly actors ouch

how about the pheasant she's got her

fancy costume on already

fine but snakes always start fishing

when i'm trying to act

they can sit in the balcony with that

paul cat i'm sure you'll get an audience

on the ground too

even high overhead things are looking up

yeah thanks to animals natural curiosity

i'm sure

hear that friends so don't get stuck in

that same old rat

come on down well joe the grouse will be

teaching us

how to applaud wildly

i hope you all got that there will be a

test later

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wow

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henry what kind of show is this snow

white

you like i was hoping to recruit some of

the locals to play the dwarfs

trouble is i don't see a soul out there

the show must go on henry audience

oh audience or for arthel audience maybe

you just need to take a closer look

like where like behind those trees

okay come out we need you all on stage

we've got our stripy whitey flimsy

whimsy stinky winky

all i need now is a bashful where's my

bashful

ah there you are what's the matter

got stage fight little fellow in the

woods many animals would rather not be

seen

and for a good reason why

wearing sandals with socks because the

forest is full of predators

one way to escape them is to blend in

with the background like this moth is

doing

i don't see a moth then it's camouflage

must have worked

now tell me what would you do if you

were in the woods one day

and one of these bit pumas came your way

um

i i don't know beg for mercy

bad idea henry watch the elk

i can't i get squeamish at the side of

oh don't just stand there the elk

freezes

and the puma doesn't even notice she's

there

moving swiftly along we go from the big

freeze

to some big bees that's a wood wasp to

be precise

i love it when you're precise she's

using her long egg laying tail piece

called an ovipositor

to hide an egg deep inside the wood of

this fallen fir tree

well if that isn't a safe hiding place i

don't know what is

munch away little larva sorry to break

the news henry but the wood wasp is not

safe at all

not with this little terror around

another wasp it's orisa wasp a different

species

wrapping the tree bark with her black

antenna in search of a place to lay her

eggs

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i see she's got an overpopulator too

ova positor henry it takes an hour to

drill it into the wood wasp tunnel

why is she so picky about where she lays

her eggs

because her larva needs a special diet

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do they feed on wood too not exactly

risa larvae feed on the wood wasp

now is that a nice thing to do it's a

simple matter of survival

carving out a niche for yourself in the

wild well that's fine

as long as the niche isn't already

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yes

okay bunnies all together now come on

come on

hi h* what's this a sing-along

it would be if anyone would sing along

have you tried telling

ghost stories around the campfire it

requires less uh

audience participation good idea let me

think

um why don't you go first

okay it was a dark and spooky night

the wind was whistling in the trees the

grass was full of crickets

the trees were full of frogs overhead

the bats were hunting

a wolf bathed in the distance when all

of a sudden

out of the darkness a ghost

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i'm appeared out of here but henry

i haven't finished the story yeah well

who's road show is this anyway

save your ghost stories for the matinee

audience but henry a lot of these

woodland animals are only up at night

just ask the owl with the moon as its

searchlight

it's the real night watchman of the

forest

and from sensitive eyes to razor sharp

claws the owl has some of the best

nighttime hunting weapons around

the owl's eyes and ears are so large it

needs an extra large head to fit it all

in

oh what is this

a bowl attack

oops that vole was lucky to escape this

time

owls are covered with soft ruffled

feathers which make them almost silent

when they fly

stealth bummer to command

i hear the target a mouse

owls do have incredible hearing in fact

that's all they need to do

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catch their prey

the fluffy young owl drops the mouse

it's got to take the new one

only the freshest ball will do

hmm

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wow

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henry henry it's time for your report on

the sounds of the forest

what now yes now

out of my way journal lizard coming

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kalinga

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but now our top story

the world's greatest thinkers have long

asked themselves if a baby tree falls in

the woods and there's no one around to

hear it

does it cry to its mommy for a bandage

the answer of course

is of course and now hidden cameras have

put an

end to our idea of the strong silent

tree forever

trees love to gossip and then our leaves

just turn red

and fell right off never trees

argue i asked you to quit shading my

saplings

who are you calling a sapling and now in

an incredibly rare piece of video

evidence

we can prove beyond the shadow of a

doubt trees tell jokes

what's brown and sticky i don't know a

sticky

until now no humans have ever heard any

of this that's because trees never talk

to strangers

so don't be a stranger tell an oak a

joke teach a beach

speech and hug a tree they might just

hug you back

and next the weather the weather the

weather i got it right

or whether i got it wrong take a guess

let's

so trees don't talk they'll make a sound

if you shake them

like this elk is doing

in the forest where vision is so often

blocked by trees and undergrowth

sound is a vital way of communicating

do you hear that

what is it road construction no

up there in the tree

is that what i think it is the great

spotted woodpecker

so what's all the racket woody

woodpeckers use their talent for tapping

to dig out food

to carve a nest hole or to send out a

message to other woodpeckers

without ever getting a headache

well that makes one of us pass the

aspirin please

how about this for a change of pace it's

a capper kaley

the male of the species and he's using

his extraordinary call to try to woo a

female to mate with him

making a racket like that isn't going to

win him any friends

now that he's found a female he'll sing

to her for up to an hour and a half

lucky girl well i'd rather listen to an

album by the all-star chainsaw orchestra

ah give him a break henry you'll never

get anywhere if you don't try your

hardest

oh he'll get somewhere all right

in his dreams

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oh henry what

rise and shine oh all rise but i won't

shine till i've had my breakfast i like

henry pops because there's green scaly

goodness in every spoonful

oh brother let's

i guess i'll have to go out for

breakfast i forgot

you mean you slept up the tree only

cause you scared me so much

now how am i gonna find breakfast come

on henry use your head

okay mind if i join you

so how do you do this just

henry i wouldn't

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that must have heard it did but the

little marshmallows inside are so

worth it uh those aren't marshmallows

what are they oh larvae bugs maggots

hmm not bad hmm i'm gonna tell all my

friends to come here

a lot of animals already know that trees

are the place to be

many make their homes up in the branches

and down near the roots

but it takes the burrowing skill of a

woodpecker to dig a nest hole wide

enough for three growing chicks

and they still have to share a room

a good nest hole might serve a pair of

woodpeckers for up to 10 years

but when it's finally abandoned there

are plenty other animals around who just

love to move in

i prefer a lot more light and maybe a

two bird garage

i'm sure most of the woodland birds

around here won't be so picky

let's see what this nut hatch makes of

the old nest hole

not bad just right for those weekend

getaways

the nut hatch is one of the forest's

greatest acrobats

lots of birds can walk up trees but only

the nut hatch can walk

down head first this is how they forage

for food

they rely completely on the strength in

their claws to keep from falling

now what's that i hope it's just

mud i wouldn't need it whatever it is

either mud or dung will do for what the

nut hatch has in mind

what kind of home improvement is that

it cakes on mud to narrow down the nest

entrance

hopefully this will discourage predators

and also larger birds who might come

along and kick the nut hatches out

otherwise you never know who you might

find when you come home from a hard day

on the donkey

of course birds aren't the only animals

who live in trees

mammals do too in australia the koala

only comes down to earth for the

occasional drink of water

they rely completely on the leaves of

the eucalyptus trees for their food

and the branches of the eucalyptus

provide them with a home safe from

predators

where they can sleep for up to 18 hours

a day

they also give old koala one whale of a

ride on a windy day

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it must be showtime again huh henry

that's right

we're doing the three little pigs and

i'm playing the big

bad wolf guys put some hairs on your

chinny chin chins and get out there

and remember no hamming that's the

trouble with pigs

sorry henry but you don't look much like

a real wolf to me

maybe but my acting is very convincing

here goes

little pig little pig let me

in help me out here will you oh

uh not by the hair on my chinny chin

chin

then i'll huff and i'll puff and i'll

blow your house in

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huh what happened to my audience

what happened to my little piggies

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i think they went wee wee wee all the

way home

you mean my acting was that good

they thought i was a real big bad wolf

don't build up your part there's a lot

more to wolves than just a lot of

huffing and puffing

oh all right

you have to look beyond the legend henry

in many woodlands worldwide

it's still possible to find the real

thing

a lone wolf brave strong

mysterious like me oh brother

really wolves are more likely to stay in

packs

who said they could howl i don't see any

moon yet

wolves howl because they're territorial

not because of the moon

howling tells other wolves to steer

clear so it helps them avoid fights

when a young male wolf breaks off from

his pack he doesn't howl at all

he'll have to go and find his own

territory and a mate

if he's ever going to have a pack of his

own

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bulls have been hunted out of most of

their old forest habitats

but in protected wilderness areas

they're safe

the challenge of the wild is not mere

personal survival

but also to succeed in raising a new

generation

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ah now that's really something to howl

about

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and now ladies and gentle lizards it's

time for henry's amazing golden gecko

awards

the winners of my all-time best amazing

woodland animals are

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in third place for having the nerve to

say that if she didn't win

she'd sting me the bad mannered whistle

wasp

and in second place eleven please so

much

she even gives them bark massages it's

the fisher

but tonight's golden fickle award for

the earliest woodland animal of them all

goes to none other than the tree

squirrel

these fast and frolick some acrobats use

their bushy tails for balance

they live on a diet of acorns nuts and

pine cones they find in the trees

often they'll drop cones to the ground

and collect them afterwards

as this fella is demonstrating squirrels

have thrived on every continent except

australia

and of course antarctica where hardly

anybody wants to live anyway

there are two common varieties the red

squirrel which you see here

and the gray squirrel which you'll see

if you're watching on a black and white

television

squirrels are famous for their forward

thinking and will bury

thousands of surplus food stores

underground to help them through the

winter months

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unfortunately their backward thinking

isn't perfect

and they sometimes can't remember where

they put all their food

of course we all know what you get for

putting pine seeds into the ground

and leaving them we do

baby pine trees and that makes the tree

squirrel

a true friend of the forest and my

golden gecko winner

so henry did you consider your roadshow

success

you bet i've heard of standing ovations

but how many actors get a running

ovation

but my work here is done and it's time

to move on

are you taking your new double act on

the road even better

i've got a whole new cast of amazing

animal actors

so what should we perform next babes in

the woods

robin hood i know sleeping beauty now

there is a part for me

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