04x07 - The Mysterious Swamp Rats

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Sam Snow.

Kit Casey.

The Creature Cases.

"The Mysterious Swamp Rats."

Bo-Bok!

Mmm!

Hey!

- Huh?

Something just ran by my feet.

What was that?

I think it was a rat!

A rat?

There's more of 'em!

- Rats!

Huh?

Don't worry. We're mice, not rats.

Huh?

Slugs have approximately 27,000 teeth.

Kit must've dropped this. Oh. There's two.

Colossal squid have eyes

the size of basketballs.

-Hummingbirds can fly backwards.

-Huh? Kit.

Nautiluses move by jet propulsion.

Kit!

Morning, Sam. Oh, hey, my stuff.

Kit, may I ask what your things

were doing lying in the hallway?

Oh, I must've left my backpack open

by mistake.

I do that all the time.

You really should try

to keep better track of your things.

If you need any help getting organized,

I can--

-Hey, look!

-Huh?

The CLADE Crest.

Director Scratch must have a case for us.

Whoa, whoa!

-Wombats have square poop.

-Uh

Director Scratch,

you have a case for us?

Indeed, I do.

There's been a sudden increase

in rat sightings

in the North American wetlands.

And the locals are in a panic.

Rats, huh? That's not good.

Too many rats

can cause all kinds of problems.

They steal food and spread diseases.

It's up to you two

to figure out what's going on

before the wetlands are overrun with rats.

You can count on us, director.

Now arriving at destination biome.

North American wetlands.

Thanks, R.O.N.

Rats!

- Rats!

Well, we're definitely in the right place.

Excuse me, we'd like to ask you if--

It touched my foot. It touched my foot!

Ma'am, when did--

Rats! Rats everywhere!

Can you tell us what they look like?

Only if you get me off the ground.

They look like rats.

Quick little things with gray fur.

And long pink tails.

Sounds like rats, all right.

And look, little paw prints. Hm.

But these don't look like rat paw prints.

Let me scan them.

It's no good.

The paw prints are too smudged.

These little guys must be in a hurry.

But why?

I dunno, but let's find out.

Ha!

Sam, it's coming your way!

Woo-hoo!

You got it!

That doesn't look like a rat.

- It's not.

It's a baby opossum.

Opossums have gray fur

and pink tails like rats.

But they're a totally different species.

Hey! Put our brother down!

We're just trying to figure out

what's going on.

Where's your mama?

We don't know.

We've looked everywhere for her.

So that's why they've been running around

in such a hurry.

Mama opossums

carry their babies on their backs,

and sometimes they don't notice

if they drop one.

Sounds like someone I know.

But these babies

are too little to be on their own.

We're not little. We're super tough.

Opossums?

What just happened to them?

It's okay, everyone.

They're just playing possum.

It's something opossums do

when they're startled

to confuse predators

into leaving them alone.

They'll wake up soon.

See?

In the meantime, does anyone know

who or where their mother is?

An opossum lives

in a hollow tree over thataway,

but no one's seen her in a few days.

-Then it's up to us to find her.

-Better take the hoverboards.

Climb on, little guys.

Uh-oh. Is that a hawk?

Yep. A hungry one.

We'd better find the opossums' mama

before the hawk does.

This must be the hollow tree

where the mama opossum lives.

Nothing here can tell us where she went.

But this might.

Huh. A tail track.

I bet she was dragging her tail,

which left lines in the dirt.

Yep.

This is an opossum tail track, all right.

And that's where we fell off.

Come on. We're on the right track.

Huh? The tail track just stops.

But check it out. Scratch marks.

Looks like she made a stop at this tree.

There are scratch marks on that tree too.

And that one.

She's been climbing up and down the trees.

-But why?

-Fruit!

Fruit!

Fruit!

I've never seen a fruit like this before.

That's called a pawpaw.

It's really tasty, but can be hard to find

if you don't know where to look.

Creatures around here love it.

Looks like someone bit into this one.

Someone with a lot of teeth.

That's an opossum bite mark.

They have the most teeth

of any mammal in North America.

I guess Mama Opossum stopped for a snack.

These trees have already

been picked clean,

but maybe there are more nearby.

Clu-Bot, search for other pawpaw trees.

We'll find her in no time.

I hope so,

because that hawk's sure getting closer.

It found another pawpaw tree. Let's go.

This is it.

Um, Mama Opossum? Are you here?

Who's there?

-Hiya!

-We're from CLADE.

-We think you may have lost something.

-Or three.

Mama!

My babies!

Did you fall off, my darlings?

Uh-huh!

Thank you so much for finding 'em.

It's just so hard

to keep track of all these kids.

See what I mean?

We're happy to help.

What were you doing so far from your den?

Just taking the babies

on a little vacation

to show them where the pawpaw fruit is.

But we've had our fill, right, kiddos?

-Uh-huh.

-Yup.

Yeah, we'd better be getting home.

We're happy to take you

back to the village.

We could keep an eye out

for falling babies.

And my extra socks.

I think I might have

dropped them somewhere.

Hawk!

They're playing possum again!

- Quick, catch them!

Kit, heads up!

Looks like playing possum worked.

The hawk's leaving.

But wait, where's

Mama Opossum!

She's floating away. Hurry.

Let's go!

Can't she wake up now that the--

Whoa!--hawk is gone?

She can't control when-- Look out!

--when she wakes up.

Even though now would be a very good time.

Watch out for that log!

I mean, alligator.

-Whoa!

-Whoa!

Sam, the river is moving way too fast.

How are we going to catch up?

The river splits, then reconnects

Right before a waterfall!

We can take the shortcut

and get there before she does. Come on!

Mama!

Got her!

The current's too strong.

-Whoa. Uh-oh!

-Ah!

Try this.

My CLADE claw. Thanks, little buddy.

Hang on.

Phew. We made it.

Wake up, Mama.

Did I miss anything?

Mama!

Phew.

We're back.

- Oh, hi.

How ya been?

- We missed you.

Everyone, say, "Hi" to my babies.

All one, two, three, four--

Oh Thirteen of 'em.

Ah! So cute.

Sorry. We thought they were rats.

You what?!

Hey, look, we brought pawpaws.

Oh! They look cool.

Another creature case

-Closed!

-Closed!

Now, Kit, do you have everything

before we head back to CLADE?

Yay!

- I do.

What?

But you don't.

How did he get that?

I had it right here in my pocket.

Which apparently has a hole in it.

Fantastic.

Well, Sam, you really should try

to keep better track of your things.

If you need help getting organized,

I could give you tips.

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Mama opossums

carry their babies on their backs.

They can be hard to keep track of,

and sometimes they even fall off.

Oh, whoopsie.

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Opossums have lots of teeth.

The most teeth

of any North American mammal.

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When startled, they go stiff

and play possum to defend themselves.

That's one way to confuse predators.

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