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00:00In the watery basins of the Amazon rainforest is where a very shocking creature lives.
00:08Hey, it's us, the Krat Brothers.
00:11I'm Martin.
00:12And I'm Chris.
00:13And we're here at the California Academy of Sciences to check out a very cool creature.
00:20Come on!
00:23This amazing fish is called an electric eel.
00:27Look at how huge they are.
00:28Electric eels have a creature power that very few animals in nature have.
00:33The power to deliver a walloping electric shock.
00:39That's why you'd never want to touch an electric eel.
00:42But we can feed them very carefully.
00:45Actually hand feed them these fish.
00:48All right, come and get it, electric eels.
00:51And one thing to remember when you're feeding an electric eel, don't put your hands in the water.
00:56Oh, here comes one.
00:58Whoa, they really suck it up.
01:00Did you hear that?
01:01You can hear him sucking the fish up.
01:04Woo!
01:04They're hungry.
01:06They make the greatest sound.
01:08Kind of like Chris slurping spaghetti.
01:11Who would have known feeding electric eels could be such fun?
01:14Electric eels are really kind of peaceful, gentle creatures.
01:18They only use that shocking power when they need to immobilize their prey to eat.
01:23Or when they need to protect themselves from predators.
01:27But how do they do it?
01:29How does a creature make and give off a high voltage electric shock?
01:35Imagine if we could tap into the electric power of that awesome fish.
01:40Imagine if we had electric eel powers.
01:42What if?
01:45What if?
01:51On adventure with the coolest creatures.
01:54From the oceans to the trees.
01:56The brothers' cracks are going places you never get to see.
02:00Hanging with their creature friends.
02:03Get ready.
02:03It's the hour.
02:04We're going to save some animals today with your creature powers.
02:09Gonna go wild, wild, press.
02:11Gonna go wild, wild, wild, press.
02:13Gonna go wild, wild, press.
02:15Gonna go wild, wild, wild.
02:18Chitter speed and lizard glide.
02:20Shark and flight and land ride.
02:22Gonna go wild, wild, press.
02:24Gonna go wild, wild, wild, press.
02:26Gonna go wild, wild, press.
02:28Gonna go wild, wild, wild, press.
02:31Go wild, wild, wild, press.
02:35E-Electric
02:40Keep up with that eagle, Jimmy
02:42Righty-o
02:44Wow, a harpy eagle in flight
02:46The largest eagle in the whole Western Hemisphere
02:50Even the world, depending on what you're measuring
02:53Well, one thing is for sure
02:54That sloth and monkey hunter
02:56Has the largest talent of any living eagle
02:59Yeah, and it's not only monkeys and sloths
03:02Lots of creatures have nightmares about those talents
03:05Tell me about it
03:07Oh, wait, come back
03:11He's gone, bro
03:13Vanished into the Amazon rainforest
03:15The largest expanse of rainforest in the world
03:19Oh, I'd hate to get lost down there
03:22Why?
03:23I mean, you'd be with harpy eagles
03:25Army ants
03:26Wild pigs
03:28Bushmaster vipers
03:29Jaguars
03:30Crocodilians
03:31Lost with jaguars
03:33And crocodilians
03:35That would be
03:38Jimmy?
03:40Oops
03:41No big deal
03:42Cookie!
03:44Jimmy fainted again
03:46He'll wake up if he smells cookies
03:50Here you go
03:52Whoa!
03:54We're going down!
03:57We gotta go back up
04:02Jimmy!
04:03Wake up!
04:04Wake up!
04:05She's in a downward dive!
04:07Uh-oh!
04:09That just spins it around!
04:11Ah!
04:12Ah!
04:14How do you work these controls?
04:16Oh, quit the cookie!
04:22Cookies!
04:23Ah!
04:24Ah!
04:25She's falling fast!
04:26Hang on!
04:27Ah!
04:31Ah!
04:32Ah!
04:32Ah!
04:35Ah!
04:35Ah!
04:37Ah!
04:38Ah!
04:38Well, not exactly as graceful a landing as our beagle
04:41Oof!
04:42Yum!
04:44Uh-oh!
04:46This is not good!
04:48Can you fix it, Cookie?
04:49Well, not in five minutes!
04:52The electrical system is fine!
04:56Totally shorted out!
05:02Yep, power doors don't work!
05:06Ow!
05:08No power!
05:09The electrical system sends power to every part of the ship, Jimmy!
05:13Without it, there's no light, no power doors, no computers, nothing!
05:18I think I'm gonna have to rebuild all the electrical circuits!
05:24Electrical circuits?
05:25Huh?
05:27Well, energy travels in a circuit from a power source!
05:31Jimmy!
05:32See, this is a simple electrical circuit!
05:35It just needs a power source, like a battery!
05:39And, when I put the battery in the circuit, it turns on the light bulb!
05:43But how?
05:44Well, tiny energy-charged things called electrons flow from one end of the battery through the wires!
05:51They pass through the light bulb, casting off energy to light it up!
05:55Then, continue back to the battery!
05:58Cool!
05:59An electrical circuit!
06:01A loop!
06:02Yep!
06:03But, if the loop is broken, the circuit is dead!
06:06There's no power!
06:08Or, if the power source is damaged, same thing!
06:12No power!
06:13Oh, no!
06:14How long do you think it'll take to fix?
06:19I need to check every circuit and all the power sources for damage!
06:24Could take a while!
06:26Great!
06:28No, no, no, no!
06:29Not great!
06:31Sure it is!
06:32That'll give us plenty of time to explore the Amazon rainforest!
06:38Harpy eagles, jaguars, crocodilians, here we come!
06:42That's why it's not great!
06:43The Tortuga is open, exposed!
06:46Any animal with big teeth and sharp claws can just wander in here!
06:50We don't even have the power to put the Tortuga in lockdown mode or anything!
06:55Don't worry about it, Jimmy!
06:57It'll be fine!
06:58Besides, we won't be that long!
07:00Yeah, Cokie's a pro at this!
07:01We'll just step out of here so we're not in the way!
07:04See ya!
07:05Huh?
07:07Oh, Jimmy!
07:09Woo-hoo!
07:10Woo-hoo!
07:20Woo-hoo!
07:22Ah, yes!
07:23There's nothing like a little Tortuga breakdown!
07:26Yep!
07:27A great excuse for a creature adventure!
07:30And, hey, out here, you never know what creatures you'll uncover!
07:37Like that!
07:38A-m-m-m-m-m-m-monster!
07:43It's not just one!
07:44It's a whole swarm of creatures!
07:51Uh-oh!
07:52Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
07:53Yeah!
07:54We'd better charge out of here or we'll get a jolt from these electric eels!
07:59Woo-hoo!
08:01Ah!
08:02See ya!
08:03Oh, electric!
08:05Guys, easy!
08:07You didn't have to zap us!
08:10Bro!
08:10Can you believe it?
08:11Ha-ha!
08:12I am so charged up!
08:14In more ways than one, we actually found some electric eels!
08:19That is awesome!
08:22Oh!
08:23Whoa!
08:24These eels pack a powerful shock!
08:27And I don't even think they gave us all they've got!
08:30Was it you?
08:31Hmm.
08:32Well, I think I'll call you voltage!
08:35Get it?
08:35Volts?
08:36Like how much energy a battery holds!
08:38Mark, he's an electric eel, not a battery!
08:41Hmm.
08:42How does your e-electricity work anyway?
08:47Investigating creature mystery!
08:49Set it to sense electrical charges!
08:56Those three special body parts are all making electrical charges!
09:02Chris, check it out!
09:03He's doing something!
09:05Straightening out real long in the water!
09:07And look!
09:08That body part is activated!
09:11It's sending out an electrical charge!
09:13Just a low-voltage one!
09:15Not a high-voltage, shocking one!
09:18Voltage?
09:18What are you up to?
09:21Something's in the electrical field!
09:24Something's coming close!
09:26Over there!
09:35Piranha!
09:36Piranha?
09:37Huh?
09:44The other two body parts!
09:47They're activating now!
09:48They must be...
09:49Uh-oh!
09:51Martin!
09:51Look out!
09:54Whoa!
10:02Whoa!
10:03That's shocking!
10:04It's eel-lectric!
10:06Heh-heh!
10:06We just saw the electric eel's shock power in action!
10:10The shock was too much for the piranha!
10:12It paralyzed him!
10:13He couldn't move!
10:14And that's how the eel catches his prey!
10:18Amazing!
10:19Now I know why electric eels don't have teeth!
10:21They don't need them!
10:22They catch prey with shocking power!
10:26So they use a little electrical charge to sense things around them!
10:30Like incoming prey!
10:32Exactly!
10:33And that comes from this body part!
10:36And they use a strong electrical pulse to give a powerful shock!
10:40And that comes from these two body parts!
10:45Amazing!
10:46A creature who was using battery-powered electricity way before humans even figured it out!
10:53Hey!
10:54Batteries!
10:55Power!
10:56Voltage!
10:57That's it!
10:59Hey, Voltage!
11:00Do you think you can help us out with our broken-down Tortuga?
11:03Oh, yeah!
11:03It won't take very long!
11:05And we'll have you back home in a flash!
11:07We promise!
11:19Okay!
11:20Let's go!
11:21Whoa!
11:22But wait!
11:22Do we really even want to fix the Tortuga right now?
11:25What do you say we keep checking out these eels and fix it later?
11:28Pardon!
11:29Jimmy's freaking out back there!
11:31Ah!
11:32Ah!
11:32Ah!
11:35He's fine!
11:37Listen!
11:37I'll take Voltage back there!
11:39You stay here and find out more about these eels!
11:42I owe you one, bro!
11:46I'll get you back home soon, Voltage!
11:52Uh, Jaguars!
11:54Cayman Crocodiles!
11:55Coming closer!
11:58Almost done, Cokie!
12:00Well, I've fixed all the electrical circuits and wiring!
12:04Great!
12:04Let's start her up, then!
12:05But the battery is blown!
12:08And there's no way we can start up the ship's power systems without a battery!
12:12A start-up power source!
12:14Oh, not great!
12:19Electric!
12:21Huh?
12:22I've got the answer to all our problems right here!
12:25Meet Voltage, the electric eel!
12:27Hi, Voltage!
12:28Aw, you're not exactly cute, but I'll pet you anyway!
12:33I wouldn't do that if I were you!
12:35Why?
12:35He's called an electric eel for a reason!
12:38He packs 600 volts of electrical shocking power!
12:42That's five times as much as most wall sockets!
12:46Shh!
12:48What?
12:49Shocking, I know!
12:50But check it out!
12:53He's like a living battery!
12:56His head area is the positive charge, and his tail area is the negative charge!
13:01See?
13:03Electricity!
13:04Even when he's just swimming around using his low-voltage energy, he can light up a light bulb!
13:09For real!
13:10Wow!
13:11Cokie's gotta see this!
13:14So you're telling me he can give off even more potential energy than a car battery?
13:19Fifty times more than a car battery!
13:22A creature that has the voltage of lots of car batteries!
13:27Oh, I could kiss you!
13:30But I won't!
13:31That's enough to start up the Tortuga, right?
13:33That's a lot of voltage!
13:35But the Tortuga is a huge ship and needs massive battery power to start up!
13:40Voltage just can't release enough power fast enough to replace this huge battery!
13:44It won't work!
13:46Hmm...
13:46Ugh...
13:47Sorry!
13:48I got it!
13:51Voltage may not have enough power to start up the Tortuga,
13:53but he surely has enough power to run my mobile invention kit, right?
13:57He should have enough of that!
13:59Great!
14:00So, if we get this going, I can design electric eel power suits!
14:04Together, Chris and Martin just might be able to generate enough power to start the Tortuga!
14:09Good thinking, Aviva!
14:10Let's do it!
14:22Okay!
14:23The terminals are in place!
14:25Start it up, Aviva!
14:26Wait!
14:26We need Voltage to unleash his full electricity power!
14:30His high-voltage hunting power!
14:32Oh!
14:34The Fishmobile!
14:36Hopefully, he'll think it's a real fish and zap it!
14:39Ready?
14:41Ready!
14:41Oh, please work!
14:44And...
14:44Here goes!
14:55Aviva!
14:56Now!
14:59It worked!
15:01It's on!
15:02Woo-hoo!
15:03I'm back in invention action!
15:07Sorry, Voltage!
15:09It's not a real fish, but you did it!
15:11We owe you one, buddy!
15:14Okay, as long as I stay out of their zapping range, I should be fine!
15:19A Creature Adventurer's gotta do what a Creature Adventurer's gotta do!
15:26Whoa!
15:27Stay away from their electrical sensing fields!
15:30That's it!
15:31Easy does it!
15:33We're all friends here!
15:38Hey, buddy!
15:39What do you have behind your back?
15:41Hmm, do eels have backs?
15:43Whoa!
15:44Eggs!
15:45It's a nest!
15:46That eel has a nest of eggs!
15:49Oh, and of course!
15:51The father electric eels defend and protect the eggs and baby eels fiercely!
15:56Uh-oh!
15:57Shh!
15:58Gah!
16:00Yeah!
16:01Ow!
16:04Ow!
16:05Okay, okay, I get it!
16:08Uh-oh!
16:09If the eels here have nests that they're protecting...
16:13Voltage!
16:19This was his territory, and...
16:22Oh, no!
16:23That's what he was afraid of!
16:26Voltage's nest!
16:27It's unguarded!
16:28Exposed!
16:29Chris, Mayday!
16:30Mayday!
16:31Get Voltage back here quick!
16:32He has a nest to protect!
16:34What?
16:35A nest?
16:36Yeah, it's exposed!
16:38And it's our fault!
16:40Oh, no!
16:41Voltage!
16:42I'm sorry, I didn't know!
16:44Don't worry, I'll get you back in a flash!
16:47Wait, but I'm not done!
16:48I still need his power to finish the suits!
16:50I can't wait!
16:52The eel eggs need their daddy!
16:53I gotta take him now!
16:55Then you'll have to take me, too!
16:58Keep it steady, Chris!
17:00To the baby electric eel rescue!
17:05But what about me?
17:06I'm unprotected, too!
17:09From the Caymans!
17:17The first hatchling!
17:20Oh, hey, little guy!
17:22Listen, your dad, he just went to help us with something.
17:24And I'll watch you till he gets back, okay?
17:28Uh-oh!
17:31Maybe not soon enough!
17:32How am I gonna defend the nest?
17:34I have no defensive power!
17:36Not against...
17:37Badmouth!
17:39Hey, Cayman buddy!
17:41Nothing to see here!
17:46Who is it?
17:47Over here!
17:48Cayman alert!
17:49The nest is under attack!
17:51Oh, no!
17:55Go, Voltage!
17:56Go!
18:00Voltage!
18:06Electric power!
18:08Yeah!
18:09The baby eels are safe!
18:13Woo-hoo!
18:14Nice defense, Voltage!
18:16And that's the third use of electric power.
18:19Defense!
18:20Oh, and I really want electric eel power.
18:23Ah, sorry, bro.
18:26Aviva didn't have time to finish the disks.
18:28Who says I didn't have time to finish the disks?
18:33Two electric eel power disks ready for action.
18:37Here!
18:42Uh-oh!
18:43An SOS flare!
18:45It's coming from the Tortuga!
18:47Jimmy and Cokie must be in trouble!
18:49We gotta get back!
18:50We'll take the water route.
18:52Eel style!
18:53Uh-oh!
18:54To activate, we've gotta touch an electric eel!
18:56That's crazy!
18:58Shocking, really!
18:59Hurry!
19:01Gotta do what we gotta do!
19:05Activate the electric eel power!
19:19Awesome!
19:20I feel so energized!
19:22All right!
19:25So full of electric power!
19:27Okay, guys.
19:28So use some of that energy to get back to the Tortuga.
19:31Fast!
19:33We'll meet you there.
19:34To the Tortuga rescue!
19:48Easy, Chopper.
19:49You better back off.
19:51Yeah!
19:53Do we have any more flares?
19:55We used the last one.
19:57And I hope they saw it.
19:58We could use a little help back here.
20:01Ah!
20:02And back there!
20:03We're here, guys.
20:04Okay, easy, buddy.
20:06Back off.
20:08Don't make me use my electric eel power!
20:12Whoa!
20:17I told you not to do that!
20:19The electric power!
20:22No hard feelings, buddy, but, you know, I really didn't want to be your lunch today.
20:27Guys, guys!
20:28Is everything...
20:29Whoa!
20:32Okay, buddy, if you're done with your nap, could we have our Tortuga back, please?
20:38Oh, yeah.
20:39This guy must already know about electric eels.
20:42Most predators just need to get shocked once before they quickly realize that it's never worth messing with an electric
20:49eel.
20:50Well, I guess there's just too much positive energy in here for them.
20:55Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
20:59Thanks, team.
21:00Those guys were pretty shifty.
21:04Did you have to say shifty?
21:07Uh-oh!
21:07We're slipping into the river!
21:09We don't have much time!
21:12Okay, gang!
21:13It's now or never!
21:14We've got to put our e-electricity powers together and see if we can start up the Tortuga!
21:18It's our last chance!
21:20Let's do it, brother!
21:23All right, the front of the eel is positive, so that goes to the positive terminal.
21:28Battery two?
21:29At your service.
21:31And negative end of the eel to the negative terminal.
21:34Okay, Jimmy, get ready to start the engines!
21:39Rightio!
21:40Let's power it up!
21:42Initiating electrical charge!
21:56Jimmy, now!
22:01Oh, no!
22:04Keep going, guys!
22:06We'll give it all we've got!
22:09Try again, Jimmy!
22:13Wahoo!
22:18Yay!
22:19It worked!
22:21The engines are back on!
22:22Yeah!
22:23We did it!
22:27Woohoo!
22:33We're going to say goodbye to voltage!
22:35Okay, meet you there!
22:43I can't believe it!
22:45They're here!
22:46Woohoo!
22:47The babies are here!
22:51All your babies hatched!
22:53And check it out!
22:54They're fritzing a little bit!
22:55Ha!
22:56Practicing using their electric eel shock power!
23:00But their charge is still weak, so voltage will have to keep protecting them for four months!
23:05Well, Chris, I'd say that's mission accomplished!
23:08And the coolest thing, voltage here, basically has body parts that are like natural batteries!
23:17Thanks to him, we got the Tortuga going again!
23:20You ready for pickup, guys?
23:22Not quite!
23:23Not quite!
23:23There's one more thing we need to do!
23:25What?
23:27Teach these little eels a cool dance move!
23:29The electric slide!
23:30Oh, brothers!
23:38So, electric eels have an incredible electric shocking power!
23:43600 volts!
23:44That's 50 times more potential energy than a car battery!
23:49And it all comes from special organs inside the eel's body that act like natural batteries!
23:55Do you want to see the electric eel's creature powers in action?
23:59Come on!
24:02Right now, the electric organs inside these eels are at work, sending out electrical impulses
24:09to sense their surroundings.
24:10It's the way the eels see in murky water.
24:14And although we don't want to touch this guy because we don't want him to get startled
24:18and shock us, we can set up some equipment to show you how powerful the electric eel's
24:24charge is.
24:25We're going to see if we can get this eel to use his e-electricity power to light up
24:31the light bulb on this circuit.
24:34And remember, don't try this at home.
24:36That's right!
24:37Working with electricity can be very dangerous, and you should only do it if you're a trained
24:42professional.
24:43And one thing to remember about electricity is that it always travels in a circuit, a
24:47circle.
24:48It starts from one end of the power source, the positive end, and goes to the other end
24:53of the power source, the negative end.
24:55So in this case, it'll start with the electric eel, going down this wire, through this light bulb,
25:02and back to the electric eel.
25:04The electric eel is the battery.
25:07Are you ready to try it?
25:08All right, let's give this a shot.
25:10Okay, I've got this rod positioned by his tail.
25:12And I've got this one by his head.
25:15They're checking it out.
25:16They're sending out their navigational impulses to see what these are.
25:21Oh, look, it's lighting up!
25:23Yeah!
25:25It works!
25:26That is the power of the electric eel.
25:29And that's just his navigation impulse.
25:32His shock impulse is much stronger.
25:35Hey, thanks for showing us your awesome electric eel powers.
25:39Want a few more snacks for the road?
25:41Keep on creature adventure.
25:43We'll see you on the creature trail.
25:46Here you go, girl.
25:48Woo!
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