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GOOD MORNING, SPACE EXPLORERS.

CONGRATULATIONS, SAMMY AND NICK.

YOU'VE BOTH SCORED HIGH MARKS

ON YOUR SPACE EXPLORERS EXAM.

I'M SO EXCITED, CAPTAIN MAYA.

WE'RE ALL SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU BOTH ON BOARD

- AS THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE SPACE EXPLORER TEAM. - WHOO-HOO!

YOU TWO HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO A PLANET

IN THE MILKY WAY GALAXY.

YUM! THAT MAKES ME HUNGRY.

THE MILKY WAY GALAXY?

THAT'S RIGHT. THERE'S AN INCREDIBLE PLANET THERE

THAT YOU'LL BE EXPLORING CALLED EARTH.

EARTH. I'VE HEARD STORIES OF THAT PLANET.

I'VE HEARD THERE'S JUNGLES, DESERTS, OCEANS,

AND WOODS ALL ON ONE PLANET.

AND THERE'S MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

YOU TWO WILL BE DOCUMENTING PLANET EARTH

AND RELAYING INFORMATION YOU FIND

BACK TO US HERE AT HEADQUARTERS.

- SUPER TERRIFIC. - FOR STARTERS,

THERE'S ONE IMPORTANT QUESTION WE HAVE FOR YOU TO ANSWER

ON YOUR TRIP TODAY.

WHAT'S THAT?

WHY IS IT THAT THE EARTH

IS SO DIFFICULT TO SEE FROM OUTER SPACE?

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, CAPTAIN MAYA.

I SURE HOPE WE CAN FIND AN ANSWER.

WELL, OFF YOU GO.

YOUR SPACE POD WILL HELP YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY.

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

WOW! LOOK AT ALL THOSE PLANETS!

IT'S INCREDIBLE!

DESTINATION REACHED,

THE MILKY WAY GALAXY.

- WHAT'S THAT PLANET OVER THERE? - THAT LOOKS LIKE JUPITER.

THAT'S CORRECT, NICK. THAT IS JUPITER.

IT'S A PLANET MADE UP PRIMARILY OF GASES.

DID YOU SAY "GASES"?

OH, NICK. YOU'RE BEING SILLY.

IT'S THE REASON WHY IT'S OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE GAS GIANT.

IT'S OVER 2 1/2 TIMES LARGER

THAN ALL OTHER PLANETS IN THIS SOLAR SYSTEM COMBINED.

THAT'S HUGE.

IT'S HUGE, BUT THERE ARE NOT ANY LIFE FORMS ON JUPITER.

APPROACHING PLANET EARTH.

- THERE IT IS. - EARTH!

I'VE HEARD STORIES OF THIS PLANET.

THERE'S HUNDREDS OF SPECIES THAT LIVE THERE.

ACTUALLY, NICK, OVER 8.7 MILLION SPECIES

LIVE ON EARTH.

8.7 MILLION SPECIES!

THAT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF LIFE.

INDEED, IT IS A LOT OF SPECIES.

THAT'S WHY YOU TWO WILL BE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON EARTH,

DOCUMENTING AND RELAYING BACK INFORMATION

TO US HERE AT SPACE EXPLORERS HEADQUARTERS.

THIS IS GOING TO BE AN AMAZING ADVENTURE.

WHY DON'T YOU TWO GO EXPLORE THE EARTH'S SURFACE?

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

OVER 70% OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE

IS COVERED BY WATER CALLED OCEANS.

- THE OCEAN LOOKS BEAUTIFUL! - IT CERTAINLY IS.

AND IT'S HOME TO ALMOST 94% OF ALL EARTH'S SPECIES.

LOOK OVER THERE.

THOSE LOOK LIKE DOLPHINS.

WOW, WHAT AN AMAZING FISH.

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS, TO BE EXACT.

AND SORRY, NICK, BUT THE DOLPHIN ISN'T A FISH.

- IT'S A MAMMAL. - THAT'S RIGHT.

MAMMALS CAN LIVE IN THE OCEAN AND ON LAND.

WHY DON'T YOU HAVE THE SPACE POD SCAN THEM

TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION?

SPACE POD, SCAN THOSE DOLPHINS.

SCANNING.

I THINK THE DOLPHIN SEES US.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE DOLPHIN, SPACE POD?

THE BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN

CAN WEIGH OVER 1,000 POUNDS.

THEIR CURVED DORSAL FIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR BACK,

ALONG WITH THEIR POWERFUL TAILS,

ALLOW THEM TO SWIM

AT SPEEDS WELL OVER 20 MILES PER HOUR.

THAT'S FAST!

NOT AS FAST AS OUR SPACE POD.

LET'S GO EXPLORE SOME MORE.

LOOK DOWN THERE!

IT'S SO GREEN.

AMAZING.

THAT'S THE JUNGLE, SPACE EXPLORERS.

THERE'S ALL SORTS OF AMAZING CRITTERS LIVING IN THERE.

WHAT'S THAT, SPACE POD?

THAT IS A SPIDER MONKEY.

THEY USE THEIR TAIL LIKE A FIFTH LIMB,

AND IT HELPS THEM JUMP AND MOVE

THROUGH THE DENSE JUNGLE TREES AND PLANTS.

THEY'RE SO FAST.

AND SO CUDDLY.

I JUST WANNA HUG ONE.

WHERE SHOULD WE GO NEXT, SAMMY?

LOOK AT THAT SURFACE.

I DON'T SEE MANY ANIMALS DOWN THERE.

THOSE ARE DESERT SAND DUNES.

THERE AREN'T THAT MANY SPECIES THAT LIVE HERE,

BUT THE ONES THAT DO

HAVE ADAPTED TO SURVIVE IN THIS HARSH CLIMATE.

I'D LOVE TO SLIDE DOWN THOSE MOUNTAINS OF SAND.

THAT WOULD BE FUN.

WOW, LOOK AT THOSE GUYS.

WHOA, SUCH AN INCREDIBLE CREATURE.

AND LOOK AT THOSE HUMPS!

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THEM, SPACE POD?

THE CAMEL CAN REACH SEVEN FEET HIGH

AND RUN OVER 40 MILES PER HOUR AT TOP SPEED.

WHOA, THAT'S EVEN FASTER THAN THE DOLPHIN.

CAMELS HAVE THREE EYELIDS

AND TWO ROWS OF EYELASHES

THAT PREVENT SAND FROM GETTING IN THEIR EYES.

GOOD IDEA. IT IS PRETTY WINDY AROUND HERE.

LET'S GO GET SOME AIR.

WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE THOSE BIG WHITE PUFFY THINGS?

SPACE POD, CAN YOU DO A SCAN OF THE AREA?

SCANNING. THE WHITE PUFFY SUBSTANCE

YOU ARE SEEING ARE CALLED CLOUDS.

THEY ARE ACTUALLY A LARGE GROUP OF TINY, TINY WATER DROPLETS.

LOOK, SAMMY, FROM ABOVE THE CLOUDS,

YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE ALL THE AMAZING COLORS OF EARTH.

IT'S COMPLETELY BLOCKED.

I THINK WE HAVE THE ANSWER

TO CAPTAIN MAYA'S SECRET QUESTION.

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

FANTASTIC WORK, GANG.

YOUR FIRST MISSION WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.

YIPPEE!

AND DID YOU FIND OUT THE ANSWER

TO OUR SECRET QUESTION? YES, WE DID.

THE REASON WHY THE EARTH

IS SO DIFFICULT TO SEE FROM OUTER SPACE

IS BECAUSE OF CLOUDS OF WATER VAPOR.

THE LAYERS OF CLOUDS MAKE THE EARTH LOOK LIKE

A WHITE SHINING ORB FROM OUTER SPACE.

AND DIFFICULT TO SEE THE SURFACE,

WHICH IS ALL SORTS OF INCREDIBLE COLORS!

THAT'S FASCINATING, TEAM. GOOD WORK.

WHAT'S OUR NEXT MISSION, CAPTAIN MAYA?

THIS NEXT MISSION IS SURE TO BE YOUR TOUGHEST YET,

SPACE EXPLORERS.

COOL SPACE GASES!

I LOVE DIFFICULT MISSIONS.

I'M ALWAYS UP FOR A CHALLENGE, TOO.

WELL, I'M EXCITED TO REPORT

YOU TWO WILL BE HEADING BACK TO EARTH.

YAY! EARTH!

WE LOVE EARTH.

WE WANT YOU TO LEARN ALL ABOUT SNAKES.

SNAKES? SO EXCITING.

THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR MOST AMAZING MISSION YET.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT SNAKES, CAPTAIN MAYA?

I CAN TELL YOU THAT SNAKES LIVE EVERYWHERE ON EARTH

EXCEPT IRELAND, ICELAND, NEW ZEALAND,

AND THE NORTH AND SOUTH POLES.

SNAKES POSSIBLY EVOLVED

FROM A FOUR-LEGGED REPTILIAN ANCESTOR,

A SMALL FOUR-LEGGED LIZARD,

ABOUT 100 MILLION YEARS AGO.

SOME SNAKES, LIKE BOAS AND PYTHONS,

STILL HAVE TRACES OF BACK LEGS,

CALLED LEG SPURS.

WOW. I CAN'T WAIT TO CHECK THEM OUT.

SNAKES SOUND ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING.

THEY ARE. SNAKES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF EARTH'S ECOSYSTEM.

THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT, IN FACT,

THAT THE SYMBOL OF THE SNAKE IN ART

IS ONE OF THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND OLDEST

IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.

THE OLDEST WRITTEN RECORD ABOUT SNAKES

DATES TO 450 B.C. IN ANCIENT EGYPT.

REALLY? THAT'S INCREDIBLE, CAPTAIN MAYA.

AS YOU KNOW, NICK AND SAMMY,

EVERY TIME WE SEND OUR SPACE EXPLORERS

TO OBSERVE A NEW EARTH SPECIES,

WE ASK THEM TO COLLECT AS MUCH DATA AS POSSIBLE.

- YES, MA'AM. - WE WILL!

BUT ABOVE ALL, THERE'S A QUESTION

THAT ALL THE BRIGHTEST MINDS OF THE GALAXY

HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER ABOUT SNAKES.

WE NEED YOU TWO SPACE EXPLORERS

TO HELP US ANSWER THE MISSION QUESTION ABOUT SNAKES.

WHAT'S THE QUESTION?

DO ALL SNAKES HAVE HINGED FANGS?

THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING QUESTION, CAPTAIN MAYA.

WE'LL FIND THE ANSWER, I PROMISE.

YOUR STATE-OF-THE-ART SPACE POD SKYA

WILL TRANSPORT YOU A MILLION LIGHT YEARS TO EARTH

IN A BLINK OF AN EYE.

AND YOUR TRUSTY HELPER ROBOT CUP-K

WILL ASSIST YOU ON YOUR MISSION.

OFF YOU GO.

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

WE ARE ABOUT TO REACH OUR DESTINATION, SPACE EXPLORERS...

- EARTH! - WOW.

LOOK AT THAT!

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN ALL THE UNIVERSE.

I LOVE EARTH.

FIRST STOP, SOUTH AMERICA.

THAT'S WHERE WE WILL FIND MANY FASCINATING SPECIES OF SNAKES.

SOUTH AMERICA?

I ALWAYS WANTED TO VISIT SOUTH AMERICA.

HELLO, SPACE EXPLORERS.

I SEE YOU'LL BE HEADING TO SOUTH AMERICA.

HOW EXCITING.

CUP-K, PLEASE,

FILL THE SPACE EXPLORERS IN

ON SOME AMAZING FACTS ABOUT SOUTH AMERICA.

SURE, CAPTAIN MAYA.

NICK, SAMMY,

DID YOU KNOW THAT A DESERT IN CHILE

CALLED THE ATACAMA

IS THE DRIEST PLACE IN THE WORLD?

SOME PARTS OF THE ATACAMA

HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY RAIN IN YEARS.

STILL, OVER A MILLION PEOPLE LIVE THERE.

THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

THE LONGEST MOUNTAIN RANGE IN THE WORLD

IS IN SOUTH AMERICA, TOO.

IT'S CALLED THE ANDES MOUNTAINS.

I NEVER KNEW THAT.

ANOTHER INTERESTING FACT ABOUT SOUTH AMERICA

IS THAT AROUND 40% OF EARTH'S PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES

ARE FOUND THERE.

CONSIDER, SOUTH AMERICA COVERS ONLY 12%

OF THE EARTH'S TOTAL LAND SURFACE.

AMAZING!

SPACE EXPLORERS, PREPARE FOR ENTRY.

WE'RE APPROACHING EARTH EXOSPHERE.

WHOO... HOO!

WHOO-HOO!

WE HAVE ENTERED EARTH'S STRATOSPHERE.

APPROACHING SOUTH AMERICA,

THE AMAZON RAINFOREST, TO BE PRECISE.

AWESOME.

COOL SPACE GASES! THERE IT IS.

THE AMAZON RAINFOREST.

THE AMAZON RAINFOREST IS AN INCREDIBLE PLACE.

A LOT OF AMAZING ANIMAL SPECIES LIVE THERE.

CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED ON OUR MISSION.

THE AMAZON IS THE LARGEST TROPICAL RAINFOREST IN THE WORLD.

THERE ARE OVER 450 REPTILE SPECIES LIVING HERE.

THAT INCLUDES SNAKES.

YOU SHOULD FIND PLENTY OF SNAKES TO OBSERVE.

ENJOY YOUR MISSION, SPACE EXPLORERS.

WE'LL BE WAITING FOR YOUR REPORT.

SEE YOU SOON, CAPTAIN MAYA.

SNAKES MAKE UP A LARGE NUMBER OF RAINFOREST SPECIES.

THEY INCLUDE THE BRIGHTLY COLORED TREE BOAS,

THE VENOMOUS PARROT SNAKES,

AND THE MULTICOLORED BUT DEADLY CORAL SNAKE.

HOW COOL! DO SNAKES HAVE EARS?

SNAKES DON'T HAVE EXTERNAL EARS OR EARDRUMS,

BUT THEIR SKIN, MUSCLES, AND BONES

CARRY SOUND VIBRATIONS TO THEIR INNER EARS.

WOW!

HEY, GUYS, LOOK OVER THERE. WHAT'S THAT?

THAT'S A PIT VIPER.

A PIT VIPER?

THAT'S CORRECT.

THEY'RE CALLED PIT VIPERS

BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SPECIAL ORGAN

BETWEEN THE EYES AND THE NOSTRILS

THAT SENSES BODY HEAT FROM ANIMALS.

IT HELPS THEM LOCATE PREY.

INCREDIBLE.

WHAT OTHER SNAKES LIVE IN SOUTH AMERICA?

APPROACHING ANACONDAS.

ANACONDAS?

ANACONDAS ARE THE HEAVIEST SNAKE IN THE WORLD.

IT WEIGHS OVER 595 POUNDS

AND CAN GROW TO OVER 30 FEET LONG.

IT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO EAT WHOLE CAIMANS AND EVEN JAGUARS.

LOOK OVER THERE. I THINK I SEE AN ANACONDA.

LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK, SKYA.

APPROACHING ANACONDAS.

COOL SPACE GASES! THIS IS SO EXCITING.

EXPLORERS, GO!

CUP-K, WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT ANACONDAS?

ANACONDAS CAN HOLD THEIR BREATH UNDER WATER

FOR UP TO 10 MINUTES.

BUT THAT'S NO PROBLEM FOR THEM.

THEY HAVE EYES AND NOSTRILS

THAT POKE ABOVE THE WATER'S SURFACE

SO THEY CAN BREATHE WHILE HIDING UNDER WATER.

LOOK OVER THERE.

WHAT BEAUTIFUL SKIN.

WHAT'S IT MADE OF?

ANACONDAS' SKIN IS MADE

OF SMALL SMOOTH SCALES.

IN FACT, THEIR SKIN IS NOT SLIMY AT ALL.

INSTEAD, IT'S VERY SOFT AND PLEASANT TO THE TOUCH.

COOL.

ANACONDAS' SKIN COLOR

DEPENDS ON THE SPECIES,

BUT WHATEVER THEIR COLOR,

IT ALWAYS BLENDS IN WITH THEIR TROPICAL BACKGROUND.

WOW, WHAT AN AMAZING CREATURE.

ANACONDA JAWS ARE VERY STRETCHY.

IT ALLOWS THEM TO OPEN THEIR MOUTH WIDE ENOUGH

TO SWALLOW THEIR PREY WHOLE.

INCREDIBLE.

LET'S GO CHECK OUT MORE ANACONDAS.

LOOK AT THAT ONE. IT'S JUST AMAZING.

CUP-K, DO ANACONDAS HAVE HINGED FANGS LIKE PIT VIPERS?

NO, THEY DON'T.

HINGED FANGS BELONG TO SOME TYPES

OF VENOMOUS SNAKES, LIKE VIPERS AND RATTLESNAKES.

ANACONDAS ARE NOT VENOMOUS.

THEY KILL THEIR PREY BY SQUEEZING IT.

INSTEAD, THEY HAVE FOUR ROWS OF BACKWARD POINTING TEETH

ON THEIR UPPER JAW

TO ALLOW THEM TO HOLD ON TO THEIR PREY

WHILE THEY SWALLOW IT WHOLE.

WHOA.

HEY, I THINK WE MIGHT'VE JUST ANSWERED

CAPTAIN MAYA'S MISSION QUESTION.

YAY!

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

FANTASTIC WORK, GANG.

YOUR MISSION WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.

YIPPEE!

AND DID YOU FIND OUT THE ANSWER TO YOUR MISSION QUESTION?

YES, CAPTAIN MAYA, WE DID.

NOT ALL SNAKES HAVE HINGED FANGS.

ONLY SOME TYPES OF VENOMOUS SNAKES DO,

LIKE VIPERS AND RATTLESNAKES.

THAT'S INCREDIBLE, TEAM.

YOU DID IT. GOOD WORK.

THANK YOU, CAPTAIN MAYA.

WHAT'S OUR NEXT MISSION, CAPTAIN MAYA?

THIS NEXT MISSION IS SURE TO BE

YOUR MOST EXCITING YET, SPACE EXPLORERS.

COOL SPACE GASES! I LOVE CHALLENGES.

I'M ALWAYS UP FOR ONE, TOO.

WELL, YOU TWO WILL BE HEADING BACK TO EARTH.

- GREAT. EARTH! - WE LOVE EARTH!

WE WANT YOU TO LEARN ALL ABOUT EAGLES.

EAGLES? SO FASCINATING.

THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR COOLEST MISSION YET.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT EAGLES, CAPTAIN MAYA?

I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 60 DIVERSE SPECIES OF EAGLES.

MOST OF THEM ARE FOUND IN EURASIA AND AFRICA,

WITH ONLY 14 SPECIES RESIDING IN OTHER AREAS

LIKE NORTH, CENTRAL, AND SOUTH AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA.

WOW, I CAN'T WAIT TO CHECK THEM OUT.

EAGLES SOUND ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING.

THEY ARE. EAGLES ARE AT THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN,

WITH SOME SPECIES FEEDING ON BIG PREY LIKE MONKEYS AND SLOTH.

REALLY? THAT'S AWESOME, CAPTAIN MAYA.

AS YOU KNOW, NICK AND SAMMY,

EVERY TIME WE SEND OUR SPACE EXPLORERS TO OBSERVE A NEW EARTH SPECIES,

WE ASK THEM TO COLLECT AS MUCH DATA AS POSSIBLE.

- RIGHT. - WE WILL!

BUT ABOVE ALL, THERE'S A QUESTION

THAT ALL THE BRIGHTEST MINDS OF THE GALAXY

HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER ABOUT EAGLES.

WE NEED YOU TWO SPACE EXPLORERS

TO HELP US ANSWER THE MISSION QUESTION ABOUT EAGLES.

WHAT'S THE QUESTION?

DO ALL EAGLES HAVE WHITE HEADS?

THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION, CAPTAIN MAYA.

WE'LL FIND THE ANSWER, I PROMISE.

YOUR STATE-OF-THE-ART SPACE POD SKYA

WILL TRANSPORT YOU A MILLION LIGHT YEARS TO EARTH

IN A QUICK INSTANT,

AND YOUR AMAZING HELPER ROBOT CUP-K

WILL ASSIST YOU ON YOUR MISSION.

OFF YOU GO.

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

WE ARE ABOUT TO REACH OUR DESTINATION, SPACE EXPLORERS...

- EARTH. - AMAZING!

LOOK AT THAT.

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN THE GALAXY.

THE COOLEST PLANET OF ALL... EARTH!

WHERE ARE WE HEADED, SKYA?

FIRST UP, ALASKA.

THAT'S WHERE WE WILL FIND

MANY AMAZING SPECIES OF EAGLES.

ALASKA?

I ALWAYS WANTED TO VISIT ALASKA.

HELLO, SPACE EXPLORERS.

I SEE YOU'LL BE HEADING TO ALASKA. THAT'S AWESOME.

CUP-K, SKYA, PLEASE FILL THE SPACE EXPLORERS IN

ON SOME GREAT FACTS ABOUT ALASKA.

SURE, CAPTAIN MAYA.

NICK, SAMMY, DID YOU KNOW

THAT THE KENAI RIVER IN ALASKA

RECORDED THE LARGEST SALMON TO EVER BE CAUGHT,

AND IT WEIGHED 97.5 POUNDS?

THAT'S A BIG SALMON.

THE TOWN OF TALKEETNA IN ALASKA

HAS HAD A CAT NAMED STUBBS AS MAYOR FOR 15 YEARS.

ALASKA SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY COOL PLACE.

ANOTHER INTERESTING FACT ABOUT ALASKA

IS THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN THREE MILLION LAKES THERE.

WHOA! THREE MILLION.

SPACE EXPLORERS, PREPARE FOR ENTRY.

WE ARE APPROACHING EARTH'S EXOSPHERE.

WHOO... HOO!

WHOO-HOO!

WE'VE ENTERED EARTH'S STRATOSPHERE.

APPROACHING ALASKA, THE CHILKAT VALLEY, TO BE PRECISE.

- AWESOME! - COOL.

- THERE IT IS. - THE CHILKAT VALLEY.

THE CHILKAT VALLEY IS AN INCREDIBLE PLACE.

A LOT OF AMAZING ANIMAL SPECIES LIVE THERE.

CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED ON OUR MISSION.

THE CHILKAT VALLEY HAS THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION

OF BALD EAGLES IN THE WORLD.

YOU SHOULD FIND PLENTY OF EAGLES TO OBSERVE.

ENJOY YOUR MISSION, SPACE EXPLORERS.

WE'LL BE WAITING FOR YOUR REPORT.

SEE YOU SOON, CAPTAIN MAYA.

EAGLES MAKE UP A VAST MAJORITY

OF THE CHILKAT VALLEY RESIDENTS

BECAUSE OF THE ABUNDANT SALMON

IN THE WATERS AROUND THIS AREA.

HOW COOL! CAN EAGLES FLY BACKWARDS?

EAGLES CANNOT FLY BACKWARDS.

BUT THEY CAN HOVER IN THE AIR

FOR A LONG TIME

OR FLY VERY SLOWLY.

WOW!

HEY, GUYS, LOOK OVER THERE. WHAT'S THAT?

- THAT'S A BALD EAGLE. - A BALD EAGLE?

THAT'S CORRECT.

THEY ARE CALLED BALD EAGLES

BECAUSE BOTH THE MALE AND FEMALE EAGLES

HAVE WHITE HEADS.

THE BALD EAGLE IS ALASKA'S LARGEST

RESIDENT BIRD OF PREY,

WITH A WINGSPAN OF UP TO 7.5 FEET

AND WEIGHT BETWEEN 8 TO 14 POUNDS.

SUPER COOL.

WHAT OTHER EAGLES LIVE IN ALASKA?

APPROACHING GOLDEN EAGLES.

GOLDEN EAGLES?

GOLDEN EAGLES ARE ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN

BIRDS OF PREY IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE.

THE GOLDEN EAGLE IS LONG-LIVED,

WITH A LIFE SPAN OF ABOUT 38 YEARS IN THE WILD

AND ABOUT 50 YEARS IN CAPTIVITY.

LOOK OVER THERE! I THINK I SEE A GOLDEN EAGLE.

LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK, SKYA.

APPROACHING.

COOL SPACE GASSES! THIS IS SO EXCITING.

EXPLORERS, GO!

CUP-K, WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT GOLDEN EAGLES?

GOLDEN EAGLES ARE MONOGAMOUS AND MAY MATE FOR LIFE.

LOOK OVER THERE.

THEY HAVE VERY LARGE WINGS.

HOW FAST CAN THEY FLY?

GOLDEN EAGLES ARE EXTREMELY SWIFT

AND CAN REACH A MAXIMUM AIR SPEED

OF 200 MILES PER HOUR.

COOL!

MALE AND FEMALE GOLDEN EAGLES

TAKE TURNS INCUBATING THEIR EGGS,

WITH ONE EAGLE SITTING ON THE NEST

WHILE THE OTHER PROVIDES THE FOOD.

WELL, THAT IS PRETTY AMAZING.

GOLDEN EAGLES HAVE SUPERB EYESIGHT

THAT ALLOWS THEM TO EASILY TRACK DOWN PREY.

THEY CAN SWOOP DOWN ON THEIR PREY

AT SPEEDS OF 150 MILES PER HOUR.

AND THE STRIKING FORCE OF THEIR POWERFUL TALONS

HAS BEEN COMPARED TO THE FORCE OF A BULLET.

HOW COOL.

LET'S GO CHECK OUT MORE GOLDEN EAGLES.

LOOK AT THAT ONE. IT'S SO REGAL.

HEY, CUP-K, DO GOLDEN EAGLES

HAVE WHITE HEADS LIKE BALD EAGLES?

NO, THEY DON'T.

WHITE HEADS CAN ONLY BE FOUND

ON CERTAIN KINDS OF EAGLES, LIKE THE BALD EAGLE.

GOLDEN EAGLES DO NOT HAVE WHITE HEADS.

THEY HAVE GOLDEN BROWN PLUMES ON THEIR HEAD AND NECK.

- WHOA! - HEY, I THINK WE MIGHT'VE

JUST ANSWERED CAPTAIN MAYA'S MISSION QUESTION.

- YAY! - SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

- SPACE EXPLORERS, GO! - FANTASTIC WORK, GANG.

YOUR MISSION WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.

ALL RIGHT!

AND DID YOU FIND OUT THE ANSWER TO YOUR MISSION QUESTION?

YES, CAPTAIN MAYA, WE DID.

NOT ALL EAGLES HAVE WHITE HEADS.

ONLY SOME TYPES OF EAGLES DO, LIKE THE BALD EAGLE.

THAT'S VERY COOL, TEAM. YOU DID IT. GOOD JOB.

THIS IS SURE TO BE YOUR MOST FASCINATING MISSION YET,

YOUNG SPACE EXPLORERS.

COOL SPACE GASES!

I LOVE GOING ON MISSIONS.

YEAH, ME, TOO.

WELL, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT

YOU TWO WILL BE HEADING BACK TO YOUR FAVORITE PLANET... EARTH.

SO HAPPY!

WE LOVE EARTH.

WE WANT YOU TO LEARN ALL ABOUT TORTOISES.

TORTOISES? THEY'RE SO COOL.

VERY EXCITING!

THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR MOST AMAZING MISSION

IN THE WHOLE WIDE UNIVERSE, SAMMY.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT TORTOISES, CAPTAIN MAYA?

I CAN TELL YOU THAT TORTOISES

ARE THE LONGEST-LIVING LAND ANIMAL IN THE WORLD.

THEY HAVE THE SAME LIFE SPAN AS HUMANS,

AND SOME TORTOISES CAN LIVE FROM 90 TO 150 YEARS.

REALLY? WOW.

I CAN'T WAIT TO CHECK THEM OUT.

TORTOISES ARE TRULY FASCINATING.

THEY ARE. TORTOISES ARE THE ULTIMATE CONSERVATIONISTS.

THEY CAN EXTRACT WATER AND NUTRIENTS

FROM EVEN THE SMALLEST BITES.

THEIR HIND GUT SYSTEM

WORKS LIKE A DOUBLE DIGESTIVE TRACT,

SEPARATING WATER FROM THEIR WASTE.

AMAZING, CAPTAIN MAYA.

AS YOU KNOW, NICK AND SAMMY,

EVERY TIME WE SEND OUR SPACE EXPLORERS

TO OBSERVE A NEW EARTH SPECIES,

WE ASK THEM TO COLLECT AS MUCH DATA AS POSSIBLE.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE WILL.

BUT, ABOVE ALL, THERE'S A QUESTION

THAT ALL THE BRIGHTEST MINDS OF THE GALAXY

HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER ABOUT TORTOISES.

WE NEED YOU TWO SPACE EXPLORERS

TO HELP US ANSWER THE MISSION QUESTION ABOUT TORTOISES.

WHAT QUESTION IS THAT, CAPTAIN MAYA?

DO TORTOISES SWIM?

CAN'T WAIT TO FIND OUT.

WE'LL FIND THE ANSWER FOR YOU, CAPTAIN MAYA.

YOUR STATE-OF-THE-ART SPACE POD SKYA

WILL TRANSPORT YOU A MILLION LIGHT YEARS TO EARTH

FASTER THAN LIGHTNING,

AND YOUR TRUSTY ROBOT HELPER CUP-K

WILL ASSIST YOU ON YOUR MISSION.

- OFF YOU GO. - SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

WE ARE ABOUT TO REACH OUR DESTINATION, SPACE EXPLORERS...

- EARTH. - YES! WE'RE READY.

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE EVER.

YOU GUYS ARE CORRECT.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BLAST.

WHERE ARE WE HEADED, SKYA?

FIRST STOP, CALIFORNIA.

THAT'S WHERE WE WILL FIND

MANY FASCINATING SPECIES OF TORTOISES.

CALIFORNIA? LOVELY PLACE.

I ALWAYS WANTED TO VISIT CALIFORNIA.

HELLO, SPACE EXPLORERS.

I SEE YOU'LL BE HEADING TO CALIFORNIA.

VERY WELL. CUP-K, SKYA,

PLEASE FILL THE SPACE EXPLORERS IN

ON SOME AMAZING FACTS ABOUT CALIFORNIA.

SURE, CAPTAIN MAYA.

NICK, SAMMY, DID YOU KNOW THAT THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY

IS THAT LARGEST COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES

IN TERMS OF LAND AREA?

IT IS LARGER THAN NINE U.S. STATES COMBINED.

WHAT? THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

METHUSELAH, A BRISTLECONE PINE TREE

FROM CALIFORNIA'S WHITE MOUNTAINS

IS THE OLDEST NON-CLONAL STILL STANDING TREE IN THE WORLD.

IT'S ESTIMATED TO BE 4,650 YEARS OLD.

4,000 YEARS OLD?

I NEVER KNEW TREES COULD LIVE THAT LONG.

ANOTHER INTERESTING FACT ABOUT CALIFORNIA

IS THAT HYPERION, A COAST REDWOOD TREE

IN THE REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA,

IS THE TALLEST LIVING TREE IN THE WORLD

AT 377 FEET.

AMAZING.

SPACE EXPLORERS, PREPARE FOR ENTRY.

WE ARE APPROACHING EARTH'S EXOSPHERE.

- WHOO... HOO! - WHOO-HOO!

WE'VE ENTERED STRATOSPHERE.

APPROACHING CALIFORNIA...

THE CALIFORNIA DESERT, TO BE EXACT.

AWESOME.

COOL SPACE SAND!

THE CALIFORNIA DESERT!

THE CALIFORNIA DESERT IS A PRETTY COOL PLACE.

A LOT OF AMAZING ANIMAL SPECIES LIVE THERE.

CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED ON OUR MISSION.

THE CALIFORNIA DESERT AREA SEES LITTLE RAINFALL,

WHICH MAKES IT A DIFFICULT GROWING PLACE FOR PLANTS,

BUT YOU SHOULD FIND PLENTY OF TORTOISES TO OBSERVE.

ENJOY YOUR MISSION, SPACE EXPLORERS.

WE'LL BE WAITING FOR YOUR REPORT.

YES, MA'AM, CAPTAIN MAYA.

THE MOJAVE DESERT IN CALIFORNIA'S DESERT REGION

CONTAINS THE FAMOUS DEATH VALLEY.

DEATH VALLEY IS CONSIDERED TO BE

NORTH AMERICA'S HOTTEST, DRIEST, AND LOWEST REGION.

THAT SOUNDS HARSH.

SAY, CUP-K, ARE TORTOISES NOCTURNAL ANIMALS?

TORTOISES ARE NOT NOCTURNAL ANIMALS.

THEY ARE DIURNAL ANIMALS,

WHICH MEANS THEY ARE ACTIVE DURING THE DAY.

I SEE.

WE SHOULD SPOT LOTS OF THEM THEN.

HEY, GUYS, LOOK OVER THERE. WHAT'S THAT?

THAT'S A MOJAVE DESERT TORTOISE.

A MOJAVE DESERT TORTOISE?

THAT'S CORRECT.

THEY ARE CALLED MOJAVE DESERT TORTOISES

BECAUSE THEY ARE NATIVE TO THE MOJAVE DESERT AREA IN CALIFORNIA.

THE MOJAVE DESERT TORTOISE

CAN SURVIVE ONE YEAR WITHOUT WATER.

THEY ABSORB WATER FROM THE VEGETATION THEY EAT,

AND DIG SHALLOW POOLS IN THE GROUND

TO COLLECT RAINWATER!

THAT'S VERY CLEVER.

WHAT OTHER TORTOISES LIVE IN CALIFORNIA?

APPROACHING SONORAN DESERT TORTOISE.

SONORAN DESERT TORTOISE! HOW CUTE.

SONORAN DESERT TORTOISES HAVE STRONG,

HEAVILY SCALED FRONT LEGS EQUIPPED WITH SHARP CLAWS

THAT ARE USE FOR DIGGING UNDERGROUND BURROWS.

THESE ANIMALS SPEND MORE THAN 95% OF THEIR LIFE

UNDER THE GROUND.

LOOK OVER THERE.

I THINK I SEE A SONORAN DESERT TORTOISE.

LET'S CHECK IT OUT, SKYA.

- APPROACHING. - COOL SPACE SAND!

- THIS IS GREAT! - EXPLORERS, GO!

CUP-K, WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL US

ABOUT THE SONORAN DESERT TORTOISE?

THE SONORAN DESERT TORTOISE IS FLAT AND PEAR-SHAPED.

IT IS MORE ACTIVE IN SUMMER,

AND SEEKS SHADE UNDER LARGE ROCKS AND BOULDERS.

LOOK OVER THERE!

WHAT STUBBY FEET. WHAT ARE THEY USED FOR?

THE SONORAN DESERT TORTOISE

HAS FOUR LIMBS THAT ARE FLATTENED

WITH WELL-DEVELOPED MUSCLES AND USED FOR DIGGING BURROWS,

WHILE THE FEMALES USE THEIR HIND LIMBS TO DIG THEIR NESTS.

THEY'RE ADORABLE.

SONORAN DESERT TORTOISES

MAKE HISSES, POPS, AND POINK SOUNDS

FOR FEAR AND DISTRESS CALLS.

MALES GRUNT WHEN MATING.

TOTALLY AMAZING CREATURES.

DID YOU GUYS KNOW THAT SONORAN TORTOISES

LIVE IN ROCK CREVICES ON DEEP SLOPES AND HILLTOPS?

- INCREDIBLE! - LET'S GO FIND MORE

SONORAN DESERT TORTOISES.

LOOK AT THAT ONE.

VERY COOL, LITTLE GUY.

HEY, CUP-K, DO SONORAN DESERT TORTOISES SWIM?

NO, THEY DON'T. THEY DO NOT HAVE WEBBED FEET.

RATHER, THEIR FEET ARE ROUND AND STUMPY FOR WALKING ON LAND.

- WHOA. - HEY!

I THINK WE MIGHT'VE JUST ANSWERED

CAPTAIN MAYA'S MISSION QUESTION.

YEAH, THAT'S GREAT!

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

FANTASTIC WORK, GANG. YOUR MISSION WAS A SUCCESS.

WE DID OUR BEST, CAPTAIN MAYA.

AND DID YOU FIND OUT THE ANSWER TO YOUR MISSION QUESTION?

YES, CAPTAIN MAYA, WE DID.

TORTOISES DO NOT HAVE WEBBED FEET.

THEREFORE, THEY CANNOT SWIM.

THEIR FEET ARE MADE TO DIG IN THE GROUND.

THAT'S AWESOME, TEAM.

YOU DID IT. I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU.

THANK YOU, CAPTAIN MAYA.

WHAT'S OUR NEXT MISSION, CAPTAIN?

YOUR NEXT MISSION IS TAKING YOU TO CANADA

TO OBSERVE A SPECIES KNOWN AS DEER.

DEERS? THEY ARE VERY CUTE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A FUN ONE, YOUNG SPACE EXPLORERS.

OH, REALLY? WHAT'S IT ABOUT?

YEAH, WHERE ARE WE GOING, CAPTAIN MAYA?

I'M EXCITED TO REPORT YOU TWO WILL BE HEADING BACK TO EARTH.

IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING.

WE LOVE GOING THERE.

WE WANT YOU TO LEARN ALL ABOUT DEER.

DEERS? THEY'RE ADORABLE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE AN AMAZING MISSION.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT DEER, CAPTAIN MAYA?

I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE DEER IS AN HERBIVORE

AND LIVES IN DARK FORESTS.

THEY OCCUR NATURALLY IN EVERY REGION,

EXCEPT AUSTRALIA AND ANTARCTICA.

SIX SPECIES OF DEER WERE INTRODUCED

INTO THE AUSTRALIAN WOODLANDS IN THE 19TH CENTURY.

WOW, I CAN'T WAIT TO CHECK AND OBSERVE THEM.

DEER SOUND TOTALLY FASCINATING.

ABSOLUTELY. DEER HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY SENSE OF SMELL.

THEY CAN SMELL FOOD FROM VERY LONG DISTANCES.

REALLY? THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING, CAPTAIN MAYA.

EVERY TIME WE SEND OUR SPACE EXPLORERS

TO OBSERVE A NEW EARTH SPECIES,

WE ASK THEM TO COLLECT AS MUCH DATA AS POSSIBLE.

- YOU CAN COUNT ON US. - WE WON'T LET YOU DOWN.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW?

CAN A DEER SWIM?

THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION TO ANSWER, CAPTAIN MAYA.

WE'LL FIND OUT WHETHER DEER SWIM OR NOT.

YOUR STATE-OF-THE-ART SPACE POD SKYA

WILL TRANSPORT YOU A MILLION LIGHT YEARS

TO EARTH IN AN INSTANT,

AND YOUR TRUSTY HELPER ROBOT CUP-K

WILL ASSIST YOU ON YOUR MISSION.

OFF YOU GO.

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

WE ARE ABOUT TO REACH OUR DESTINATION, SPACE EXPLORERS...

- EARTH. - SO PRETTY.

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLANET OF ALL.

WE'RE GOING TO LEARN SO MUCH, GUYS.

WHERE ARE WE HEADED, SKYA?

FIRST STOP, AUSTRALIA.

THAT'S WHERE WE WILL FIND

MANY FASCINATING SPECIES OF DEER.

AUSTRALIA? YES!

I LOVE AUSTRALIA.

HELLO, SPACE EXPLORERS.

I SEE YOU'LL BE HEADING TO AUSTRALIA. HOW EXCITING.

CUP-K, SKYA, PLEASE FILL THE SPACE EXPLORERS IN

ON SOME AMAZING FACTS ABOUT AUSTRALIA.

SURE, CAPTAIN MAYA.

NICK, SAMMY, DID YOU KNOW THAT AUSTRALIA

HAS A RANGE OF DIFFERENT LANDSCAPES,

INCLUDING URBAN AREAS,

MOUNTAIN RANGES,

DESERTS, AND RAINFORESTS?

THE WORLD'S LARGEST REEF,

THE GREAT BARRIER REEF,

IS LOCATED OFF THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF AUSTRALIA.

WHOA, THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

AUSTRALIA HAS OVER 750 DIFFERENT REPTILE SPECIES,

MORE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD,

INCLUDING THE BROWN SNAKE, TIGER SNAKE, AND TAIPAN.

I NEVER KNEW AUSTRALIA HAD SO MANY SNAKES.

I LOVE SNAKES.

ANOTHER INTERESTING FACT ABOUT AUSTRALIA

IS THAT IT IS HOME TO MARSUPIALS

LIKE KOALAS, QUOKKAS, AND KANGAROOS,

THAT CANNOT BE FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD.

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE PLACE.

SPACE EXPLORERS, PREPARE FOR ENTRY.

WE ARE APPROACHING EARTH'S EXOSPHERE.

WHOO... HOO!

WHOO-HOO!

WE HAVE ENTERED EARTH'S STRATOSPHERE.

APPROACHING AUSTRALIA,

THE GRAMPIAN RANGES OF VICTORIA, TO BE EXACT.

IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.

YEAH, TOTALLY GRAND! HERE WE ARE.

THE GRAMPIAN RANGES OF VICTORIA?

THE GRAMPIAN RANGES OF VICTORIA

IS A PRETTY AWESOME PLACE.

A LOT OF AMAZING ANIMAL SPECIES LIVE THERE.

CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED ON OUR MISSION.

THE GRAMPIAN RANGES

IS THE THIRD LARGEST NATIONAL PARK IN VICTORIA,

AND ONE OF THE MOST VISITED PLACES IN THE STATE.

YOU SHOULD FIND PLENTY OF DEER TO OBSERVE.

ENJOY YOUR MISSION, SPACE EXPLORERS.

WE'LL BE WAITING FOR YOUR REPORT.

YES, CAPTAIN MAYA.

DEER MAKE UP A LARGE PART

OF THE ANIMAL POPULATION

IN THE GRAMPIAN RANGES OF VICTORIA.

THERE ARE ABOUT SIX DIFFERENT SPECIES OF DEER

WANDERING THE WOODLANDS AND FOREST AREAS.

HOW COOL! DO DEER HAVE HORNS?

DEER DON'T HAVE HORNS.

BUT THEY HAVE ANTLERS!

WHICH ARE HORN-LIKE GROWTHS,

MOSTLY FOUND ON MALE DEER.

WOW.

HEY, GUYS, LOOK OVER THERE.

WHAT'S THAT ANIMAL?

THAT'S A RED DEER.

A RED DEER? SO PRETTY.

YES, IT IS.

ONLY MALE RED DEER, OR STAGS,

AS THEY'RE CALLED, HAVE ANTLERS,

WHICH ARE SHED EVERY SPRING AND REGROWN.

DEER ANTLERS ARE LIVING TISSUES

COVERED WITH THICK COVERING

OF A PROTECTIVE LAYER CALLED VELVET.

MAN IS THE ONLY THREAT TO THE RED DEER.

NO OTHER PREDATOR TRIES TO HARM THESE ANIMALS

BECAUSE OF THEIR SIZE.

A STAG CAN WEIGH UP TO 400 POUNDS.

THAT'S PRETTY BIG.

WHAT OTHER DEER SPECIES LIVE IN AUSTRALIA?

APPROACHING FALLOW DEER.

FALLOW DEER?

ORIGINALLY A EURASIAN SPECIES OF DEER,

THE FALLOW DEER IS NOW WIDELY SCATTERED

THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA, EUROPE, AND ASIA.

IT IS ALSO FOUND IN SOME PARTS OF THE MIDDLE EAST,

THE MEDITERRANEAN, AND THE UNITED STATES.

LOOK OVER THERE! I THINK I SEE A FALLOW DEER.

LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK, SKYA.

- APPROACHING. - THIS IS TOTALLY EXCITING.

EXPLORERS, GO!

CUP-K, WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE FALLOW DEER?

THE AVERAGE LIFE SPAN OF FALLOW DEER IN THE WILD

RANGES BETWEEN 12 AND 16 YEARS.

AND THE LONGEST RECORDED LIFE SPAN OF FALLOW DEER

IS 25 YEARS IN CAPTIVITY.

LOOK! OVER THERE!

WHAT BEAUTIFUL SPOTS.

ARE THEY BORN THAT WAY?

THE FALLOW DEER ARE ONE OF THE FEW SPECIES OF DEER

THAT DON'T LOSE THEIR SPOTS A FEW MONTHS AFTER BIRTH.

THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TWO DIFFERENT COLOR PHASES...

A SUMMER PHASE AND A WINTER PHASE.

VERY ELEGANT.

FALLOW DEER HAVE VERY SHARP VISION.

THEY CAN SEE THE MINUTEST DETAILS

AT GREAT DISTANCES.

REALLY? WHO NEED BINOCULARS?

THE CALL OF THE FALLOW DEER IS CALLED GROANING,

AND IT SOUNDS A LOT LIKE BURPING.

EWW.

LET'S GO VISIT MORE FALLOW DEER.

LOOK AT THAT ONE. HOW REGAL.

HEY, CUP-K, CAN DEER SWIM?

YES, THEY DO.

ACTUALLY, ALL DEER SPECIES CAN SWIM,

EVEN IN VERY DEEP WATERS.

NO WAY! REALLY?

HEY, SAMMY, I THINK WE MIGHT'VE JUST ANSWERED

CAPTAIN MAYA'S MISSION QUESTION.

WE DID? GREAT!

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

FANTASTIC WORK, GANG. YOUR MISSION WAS A SUCCESS.

SO HAPPY TO HEAR IT, CAPTAIN MAYA.

AND DID YOU FIND OUT THE ANSWER TO YOUR MISSION QUESTION?

YOU BET, CAPTAIN MAYA. WE DID.

ALL DEER SPECIES CAN SWIM, EVEN IN DEEP WATERS.

THAT'S GREAT, TEAM. YOU DID IT.

THANK YOU, CAPTAIN MAYA.

WHAT'S OUR NEXT MISSION, CAPTAIN MAYA?

THIS NEXT MISSION IS SURE TO BE

YOUR MOST FUN YET, SPACE EXPLORERS.

OH, YEAH? I LOVE IT.

I'M ALWAYS UP FOR A FUN MISSION.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A PRETTY INCREDIBLE MISSION,

YOUNG SPACE EXPLORERS.

WELL, I'M EXCITED TO REPORT,

YOU TWO WILL BE HEADING BACK TO EARTH.

- AWESOME. EARTH! - WE LOVE EARTH.

WE WANT YOU TO LEARN ALL ABOUT CROCODILES.

CROCODILES? SOUNDS DANGEROUS.

AND A LOT OF FUN.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT CROCODILES, CAPTAIN MAYA?

I CAN TELL YOU THAT CROCODILES

ARE LARGE REPTILES THAT LIVE IN FRESH WATER,

LAKES, RIVERS, AND BRACKISH WATER.

THEY CAN BE FOUND IN TROPIC AREAS OF AUSTRALIA,

AFRICA, AMERICA, AND ASIA.

THERE ARE 23 SPECIES OF CROCODILES,

AND MOST OF THEM ARE ENDANGERED BECAUSE OF POACHING.

WOW, I CAN'T WAIT TO CHECK THOSE GUYS OUT.

CROCODILES SOUND LIKE INCREDIBLE CREATURES.

THEY ARE. CROCODILES HAVE LIVED ON THE EARTH

FOR 240 MILLION YEARS.

THEY APPEARED ABOUT THE SAME TIME WHEN DINOSAURS APPEARED.

WHAT? THAT'S INCREDIBLE, CAPTAIN MAYA.

AS YOU KNOW, NICK AND SAMMY,

EVERY TIME WE SEND OUR SPACE EXPLORERS

TO OBSERVE A NEW EARTH SPECIES,

WE ASK THEM TO COLLECT AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE.

YEP. GOT THAT.

WE WILL, CAPTAIN MAYA.

BUT ABOVE ALL, THERE'S A QUESTION

THAT ALL THE BRIGHTEST MINDS OF THE GALAXY

HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER ABOUT CROCODILES.

WE NEED YOU TWO SPACE EXPLORERS

TO HELP US ANSWER THE MISSION QUESTION ABOUT THEM.

OKAY, COOL. WHAT'S THE QUESTION?

DO CROCODILES REALLY CRY CROCODILE TEARS?

WHOA! THAT'S A VERY STRANGE QUESTION, CAPTAIN MAYA.

WE'LL FIND THE ANSWER. I'M SURE OF IT.

YOUR STATE-OF-THE-ART SPACE POD SKYA

WILL TRANSPORT YOU A MILLION LIGHT YEARS TO EARTH

IN A SHAKE OF A LAMB'S TAIL.

AND YOUR TRUSTY HELPER ROBOT CUP-K

WILL ASSIST YOU ON YOUR MISSION.

- OFF YOUR GO. - SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

WE ARE ABOUT TO REACH

OUR DESTINATION, SPACE EXPLORERS... EARTH.

AMAZING PLANET!

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLANET IN ALL THE UNIVERSE.

I LOVE THIS PLACE!

WHERE ARE WE HEADED, SKYA?

FIRST STOP, FLORIDA.

THAT'S WHERE WE WILL FIND

MANY FASCINATING SPECIES OF CROCODILES.

FLORIDA? I'VE HEARD OF THAT.

I ALWAYS WANTED TO CHECK OUT FLORIDA.

HELLO, SPACE EXPLORERS.

I SEE YOU'LL BE HEADING TO FLORIDA,

A VERY INTERESTING PLACE TO OBSERVE NATURE.

CUP-K, SKYA, PLEASE FILL THE SPACE EXPLORERS IN

ON SOME AMAZING FACTS ABOUT FLORIDA.

SURE, CAPTAIN MAYA.

NICK, SAMMY, DID YOU KNOW THAT FLORIDA

IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF CITRUS FRUIT

IN THE UNITED STATES?

IT PRODUCES THE MAJORITY OF ORANGES,

TANGERINES, AND GRAPEFRUIT

CULTIVATED IN THE UNITED STATES.

ABOUT 90% OF THE CITRUS HARVESTED IN FLORIDA

GOES INTO JUICE-MAKING!

THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

THE PORT OF MIAMI IN FLORIDA

IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST CRUISE SHIP PORT.

WITH 663 MILES OF FINE BEACHES,

IT IS A VACATIONER'S PARADISE.

CRUISE SHIPS? BEACHES?

SOUNDS DREAMY.

ANOTHER INTERESTING FACT ABOUT FLORIDA

IS THAT SOUTH FLORIDA IS THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD

WHERE ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES

COEXIST IN THE WILD.

SPACE EXPLORERS, PREPARE FOR ENTRY.

WE ARE APPROACHING EARTH'S EXOSPHERE.

WHOO-HOO-HOO! WHOO!

WHOO-HOO!

WE'VE ENTERED EARTH'S STRATOSPHERE.

APPROACHING FLORIDA... THE EVERGLADES, TO BE PRECISE.

EVERGLADES?

- AWESOME. - CAN'T WAIT!

- THERE IT IS. - THE EVERGLADES.

THE EVERGLADES IS A FASCINATING PLACE.

A LOT OF VERY UNIQUE ANIMAL SPECIES LIVE THERE.

I'M ITCHING TO GET STARTED ON OUR MISSION.

THE FLORIDA PANTHER AND THE CROCODILE

ARE JUST TWO OF THE ENDANGERED ANIMALS

THE EVERGLADES ECOSYSTEM PROTECTS.

IT IS ALSO HOME TO OVER 16 SPECIES OF BIRDS,

A VARIETY OF MAMMALS, REPTILES, AND PLANTS.

YOU SHOULD FIND PLENTY OF CROCODILES TO CHECK OUT.

ENJOY YOUR MISSION, SPACE EXPLORERS.

WE'LL BE WAITING FOR YOUR REPORT.

SEE YOU SOON, CAPTAIN MAYA.

HEY, GUYS! CHECK THIS OUT.

CROCODILES ARE MOSTLY FOUND IN SMALL NUMBERS

IN COASTAL AREAS OF THE GLADES.

THE EVERGLADES ECOSYSTEM PROVIDES A NATURAL HABITAT

FOR AMERICAN CROCODILES, AMERICAN ALLIGATOR,

AND NILE CROCODILES.

HOW INTERESTING. LOOK AT THOSE GUYS.

SAY, CUP-K, DO CROCODILES SWEAT?

NO, THEY DON'T!

CROCODILES DO NOT HAVE SWEAT GLANDS,

SO THEY DON'T SWEAT.

RATHER, THEY OPEN THEIR JAWS TO COOL THEMSELVES.

OH, YEAH, I SEE THAT.

WHAT'S THAT GUY OVER THERE?

THAT'S AN AMERICAN CROCODILE.

- AN AMERICAN CROCODILE? - THAT'S RIGHT.

AMERICAN CROCODILES ARE CONSIDERED TO BE

ONE OF THE MOST PERFECT CREATURES IN THE WORLD.

BESIDES BEING BY FAR THE MOST BIOLOGICALLY COMPLEX REPTILE,

THEY HAVE THE STRONGEST IMMUNITY SYSTEM OF ALL CREATURES.

THE CROCODILE FEEDS PRIMARILY ON FISH,

BUT WILL EAT CRUSTACEANS, TURTLES,

AND OCCASIONALLY BIRDS AND MAMMALS.

SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY COOL SPECIES.

WHAT OTHER CROCODILES LIVE IN FLORIDA?

APPROACHING NILE CROCODILE.

NILE CROCODILE? TELL US MORE, CUP-K.

THE NILE CROCODILE

IS ONE OF AFRICA'S DEADLIEST PREDATORS!

THIS CROCODILE SPECIES HAS RECENTLY MIGRATED

TO THE FLORIDA SWAMPS.

THIS HUGE REPTILE

IS CAPABLE OF TAKING DOWN PRETTY MUCH ANY ANIMAL

THAT VENTURES TOO CLOSE TO ITS WATERY DOMAIN.

SCARY! HEY, LOOK OVER THERE.

I THINK I SEE A NILE CROCODILE.

LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK, SKYA.

COOL SPACE GASES!

THIS IS SO COOL.

EXPLORERS, GO!

CUP-K, WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE NILE CROCODILE?

THE NILE CROCODILE IS THE SECOND LARGEST

CROCODILE IN THE WORLD,

AND CAN GROW UP TO SIX METERS LONG.

ONLY THE SALTWATER CROCODILE IS BIGGER.

CHECK OUT OVER THERE.

WHAT BEAUTIFUL SKIN.

WHAT IS THEIR SKIN MADE OF?

THE NILE CROCODILE'S SKIN

IS COVERED WITH TOUGH SCALES

AND BONY PLATES CALLED SCUTES.

THEY LINE ITS BACK AND TAIL.

THE NILE CROCODILE IS DARK OLIVE GREEN IN COLOR,

AND ITS UNDERBELLY IS YELLOWISH WHITE.

PRETTY COOL.

THE NILE CROCODILE'S EYES,

EARS, AND NOSTRILS

ARE LOCATED ON THE TOP OF ITS HEAD.

THIS ENABLES THE NILE CROCODILE

TO REMAIN ALMOST FULLY SUBMERGED

WHILE STILL BEING AWARE

OF EVERYTHING GOING ON ABOVE THE WATER.

THESE GUYS DON'T KID AROUND.

NILE CROCODILES HAVE LONG POWERFUL TAILS AND WEBBED FEET

THAT MAKE THEM EXCELLENT SWIMMERS.

AND THEY HAVE VERY POWERFUL JAWS

FOR CATCHING PREY AND TEARING OFF FLESH.

LET'S GO CHECK OUT MORE NILE CROCODILES.

LOOK AT THAT ONE. HOW AMAZING IS THAT?

HEY, CUP-K, DO NILE CROCODILES CHEW THEIR FOOD?

ALL SPECIES OF CROCODILES DON'T CHEW THEIR FOOD.

THEY PRODUCE TEARS WHEN THEY SWALLOW.

THIS IS BECAUSE THEY SWALLOW TOO MUCH AIR!

WHICH COMBINES WITH THE LACRIMAL GLANDS...

GLANDS THAT PRODUCE TEARS,

AND FORCES TEARS TO FLOW.

I GUESS NOBODY EVER TAUGHT THEM TABLE MANNERS.

HEY, I THINK WE JUST FOUND THE ANSWER

TO CAPTAIN MAYA'S MISSION QUESTION.

AWESOME!

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

FANTASTIC WORK, GUYS.

- YOUR MISSION WAS A SUPER SUCCESS. - YES!

AND DID YOU FIND OUT THE ANSWER TO YOUR MISSION QUESTION?

YES, CAPTAIN MAYA, WE SURE DID.

ALL CROCODILES CRY.

THAT'S BECAUSE THEY SWALLOW TOO MUCH AIR WITH THEIR FOOD,

WHICH COMBINES WITH THE LACRIMAL GLANDS

AND FORCES TEARS TO FLOW.

THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION TO KNOW, SPACE EXPLORERS.

YOU DID IT! AWESOME JOB.

THANK YOU, CAPTAIN MAYA.

WHAT'S OUR NEXT MISSION, CAPTAIN MAYA?

THIS IS SURE TO BE YOUR MOST DREAMY MISSION YET,

YOUNG SPACE EXPLORERS.

DREAMY? I LOVE DREAMY MISSIONS.

I'M ALWAYS UP FOR A DREAMY MISSION.

WELL, I'M EXCITED TO REPORT

YOU TWO WILL BE HEADING TO EARTH'S TROPOSPHERE.

TROPOSPHERE?

WHAT... WHAT'S TROPOSPHERE?

IT'S A LAYER OF ATMOSPHERE

IN WHICH NEARLY ALL EARTH'S WEATHER OCCURS,

EXTENDING SOME SIX MILES ABOVE THE GROUND.

WE WANT YOU TO IDENTIFY

AND LEARN ALL ABOUT STRATUS CLOUDS.

STRATUS CLOUDS? SOUNDS FANTASTIC.

THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR MOST AMAZING MISSION YET.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT STRATUS CLOUDS, CAPTAIN MAYA?

I CAN TELL YOU THAT STRATUS CLOUDS ARE OF TWO KINDS...

NEBULOSUS OR FRACTUS.

THEY EXIST IN LOWER ALTITUDES,

GENERALLY REACHING AN ALTITUDE OF ONLY 6,500 FEET.

WOW, I CAN'T WAIT TO CHECK THOSE STRATUS CLOUDS OUT.

THEY SOUND ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING.

THEY ARE. STRATUS CLOUDS ARE TYPICALLY SEEN

EITHER NEAR THE COAST OR AROUND MOUNTAINS.

STRATUS CLOUDS DON'T TYPICALLY PRODUCE MUCH, IF ANY, RAIN.

AND CHECK THIS OUT,

IF A STRATUS CLOUD IS SEPARATED BY WIND GUSTS,

THE CLOUD HAS TURNED STRATUS FRACTUS.

STRATUS FRACTUS?

WHOA, THAT'S A BIG WORD, CAPTAIN MAYA.

NICK AND SAMMY, I WANT YOU TO LEARN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE

ABOUT STRATUS CLOUDS DURING YOUR MISSION.

- YES, MA'AM. - WE WILL!

BUT ABOVE ALL, THERE'S A QUESTION

THAT ALL THE BRIGHTEST MINDS OF THE GALAXY

HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER ABOUT STRATUS CLOUDS.

WE NEED YOU TWO SPACE EXPLORERS

TO HELP US ANSWER THE MISSION QUESTION

- ABOUT STRATUS CLOUDS. - WHAT'S THE QUESTION?

ARE STRATUS CLOUDS FLAT OR PUFFY?

THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION, CAPTAIN MAYA.

WE'LL FIND THE ANSWER. YOU'LL SEE.

YOUR STATE-OF-THE-ART SPACE POD SKYA

WILL TRANSPORT YOU A MILLION LIGHT YEARS TO EARTH

AT THE DROP OF A HAT.

AND YOUR TRUSTY HELPER ROBOT CUP-K

WILL ASSIST YOU ON YOUR MISSION.

- OFF YOU GO. - SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

WE ARE ABOUT TO REACH OUR DESTINATION, SPACE EXPLORERS...

- EARTH. - WOW, LOOK AT IT! BEAUTIFUL.

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN ALL THE UNIVERSE.

I LOVE COMING TO EARTH!

WHERE ARE WE HEADED, SKYA?

FIRST STOP, EARTH'S SKY.

THAT'S WHERE WE WILL FIND MANY STRATUS CLOUDS.

- EARTH'S SKY. - SOUNDS SO COOL.

HELLO, SPACE EXPLORERS.

I SEE YOU'LL BE HEADING TO EARTH'S SKY.

HOW EXCITING.

CUP-K, SKYA,

PLEASE FILL THE SPACE EXPLORERS IN

ON SOME AMAZING FACTS ABOUT THE SKY.

SURE, CAPTAIN MAYA.

NICK, SAMMY, DID YOU KNOW THAT THE ENERGY

PRODUCED FROM THE SUN IS SO STRONG

THAT EVERY SECOND, ITS CORE RELEASES

THE EQUIVALENT OF 100 BILLION NUCLEAR BOMBS?

THAT'S PRETTY MIND-BLOWING.

CHECK THOSE CLOUDS OUT.

I WOULD'VE NEVER IMAGINED THAT.

ANOTHER INTERESTING FACT ABOUT THE EARTH'S SKY

IS THAT ASTRONOMERS DISCOVERED A STAR

MADE ENTIRELY OF DIAMONDS IN 2004

WHICH IS MORE THAN 2,400 MILES ACROSS

AND IS MADE UP OF 10 BILLION, TRILLION, TRILLION CARATS.

WHAT? THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

SPACE EXPLORERS, PREPARE FOR ENTRY.

WE ARE APPROACHING EARTH'S TROPOSPHERE.

WHOO... HOO!

WHOO-HOO!

WE'VE ENTERED EARTH'S TROPOSPHERE.

APPROACHING THE SKY ABOVE THE CALIFORNIA COAST.

- PRETTY! - COOL SPACE GASES!

- THERE IT IS. - THE CALIFORNIA COAST.

THE CALIFORNIA COAST IS AN INCREDIBLE PLACE.

A LOT OF AMAZING WEATHER PHENOMENA HAPPENS THERE!

CAN'T WAIT TO GET LEARNING ABOUT THEM.

FOG IS A COMMON WEATHER PHENOMENON

ALONG THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA IN CALIFORNIA.

YOU SHOULD ALSO FIND PLENTY OF STRATUS CLOUDS TO OBSERVE.

ENJOY YOUR MISSION, SPACE EXPLORERS.

WE'LL BE WAITING FOR YOUR REPORT.

SEE YOU SOON, CAPTAIN MAYA. LET'S GET FLYING, SKYA.

SPEAKING OF FLYING,

DID YOU GUYS KNOW THAT CALIFORNIA FLYING FISH,

CYPSELURUS CALIFORNICUS,

OFTEN SPOTTED BY BOATERS

HEADING TO AND FROM SANTA CATALINA ISLAND,

CAN GLIDE IN THE AIR

FOR DISTANCES UP TO 20 YARDS?

TO STAY ALOFT, THE 15-INCH FISH

USES ITS PECTORAL AND PELVIC FINS AS WINGS.

WHOA, A FLYING FISH!

HEY, LOOK OVER THERE. WHAT BEAUTIFUL CLOUDS.

THEY MUST BE STRATUS.

WHY ARE THEY CALLED STRATUS, CUP-K?

THE WORD "STRATUS" MEANS BLANKET OR A LAYER.

THE STRATUS CLOUDS ARE CALLED SO

BECAUSE THEY ARE SPREAD ACROSS THE SKY

IN A THIN LAYER.

WOW!

HEY, GUYS, LOOK OVER THERE. WHAT'S THAT?

THAT'S A STRATOCUMULUS.

A STRATOCUMULUS?

THAT'S CORRECT.

STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS ARE DEVELOPED VERTICALLY,

AND HENCE, APPEAR AS ROWS OF COTTON BALLS

WHEN VIEWED FROM BELOW.

DUE TO ITS VERTICAL ARRANGEMENT OF STRATOCUMULUS,

THE TOP END MIGHT SOMETIMES COOL DOWN

DURING THE WINTER AND CAUSE RAIN.

OTHERWISE, THEY RARELY CAUSE ANY PERSPIRATION.

INCREDIBLE!

WHAT OTHER CLOUD FORMS CAN BE FOUND IN CALIFORNIA?

APPROACHING CIRROSTRATUS.

CIRROSTRATUS?

CIRROSTRATUS IS SHEET-LIKE THIN CLOUDS

THAT USUALLY COVER THE ENTIRE SKY.

THE SUN OR MOON CAN SHINE THROUGH CIRROSTRATUS CLOUDS.

SOMETIMES THE SUN OR MOON

WILL APPEAR TO HAVE A HALO AROUND IT

WHEN IN THE PRESENCE OF CIRROSTRATUS.

DREAMY. HEY, LOOK OVER THERE.

I THINK I SEE A CIRROSTRATUS.

LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK, SKYA.

- APPROACHING. - COOL SPACE GASES!

- THIS IS SO EXCITING. - EXPLORERS, GO!

CUP-K, WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT CIRROSTRATUS?

CIRROSTRATUS CLOUDS USUALLY COME

12 TO 24 HOURS BEFORE A RAIN OR SNOWSTORM,

ESPECIALLY IF MIDDLE GROUP CLOUDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

LOOK! OVER THERE!

DO CIRROSTRATUS CLOUDS

MEAN A STORM IS COMING, LIKE CUMULUS CLOUDS?

NO, THEY DON'T.

CIRROSTRATUS CLOUDS MEANS RAIN

OR SNOW IS COMING,

UNLIKE CUMULUS CLOUDS,

WHICH MEANS A STORM OR THUNDERSTORM IS COMING.

OH! VERY INTERESTING.

CIRROSTRATUS CLOUDS ARE USUALLY MADE UP

OF TINY ICE CRYSTALS.

AND BECAUSE OF THIS, SOMETIMES AT NIGHT

THEY CAN ALSO MAKE A HALO AROUND THE MOON.

THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING.

CIRROSTRATUS IS A THIN, SHEET-LIKE LAYER OF CLOUD

WHICH IS 18,000 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.

WHOA, PRETTY.

LET'S GO CHECK OUT MORE CIRROSTRATUS CLOUDS.

LOOK AT THAT ONE.

IT'S JUST AMAZING.

HEY, CUP-K,

ARE CIRROSTRATUS CLOUDS AS BIG AND PUFFY

AS CUMULUS CLOUDS?

CIRROSTRATUS CLOUDS

ARE THIN, WISPY, STRINGY CLOUDS

WAY UP HIGH IN THE SKY.

AND JUST LIKE STRATUS CLOUDS, THEY ARE FLAT AND HAZY.

- OH, I SEE. - HEY, NICK,

I THINK WE MIGHT'VE JUST FOUND THE ANSWER

TO CAPTAIN MAYA'S MISSION QUESTION.

WE DID? YAY!

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

GREAT JOB, KIDS,

YOUR MISSION WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.

- AWESOME! - AND DID YOU FIND OUT

THE ANSWER TO YOUR MISSION QUESTION?

YES, CAPTAIN MAYA, WE DID.

STRATUS CLOUDS ARE FLAT, JUST LIKE CIRROSTRATUS CLOUDS,

AND NOT PUFFY LIKE STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS.

THAT'S INCREDIBLE, TEAM. YOU DID IT. GOOD WORK.

THANK YOU, CAPTAIN MAYA.

WHAT'S OUR NEXT MISSION, CAPTAIN MAYA?

THIS IS SURE TO BE YOUR MOST INTERESTING MISSION YET,

YOUNG SPACE EXPLORERS.

COOL SPACE GASES! I CAN'T WAIT.

I'M ALWAYS UP FOR AN INTERESTING MISSION, TOO.

WELL, I'M EXCITED TO REPORT

YOU TWO WILL BE HEADING BACK TO EARTH.

YES! LOVE IT!

WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE GOING TO EARTH.

YES, THIS TIME WE WANT YOU TO LEARN ALL ABOUT PENGUINS.

PENGUINS? THEY'RE SUPER CUTE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR MOST ADORABLE MISSION EVER.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT PENGUINS, CAPTAIN MAYA?

I CAN TELL YOU THAT MOST PENGUINS

LIVE IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.

FOSSILS PLACE THE EARLIEST PENGUIN RELATIVE

AT SOME 60 MILLION YEARS AGO,

MEANING AN ANCESTOR OF THE BIRDS WE SEE TODAY

SURVIVED THE MASS EXTINCTION OF THE DINOSAURS.

WHAT? I CAN'T WAIT TO CHECK THEM OUT.

PENGUINS SOUND TOTALLY FASCINATING.

THEY ARE. PENGUINS ARE FLIGHTLESS BIRDS.

WHILE OTHER BIRDS HAVE WINGS FOR FLYING,

PENGUINS HAVE ADAPTED FLIPPERS

TO HELP THEM SWIM IN THE WATER.

BIRDS WITH FLIPPERS INSTEAD OF WINGS?

THAT'S INCREDIBLE, CAPTAIN MAYA.

AS YOU KNOW, NICK AND SAMMY,

EVERY TIME WE SEND OUR SPACE EXPLORERS

TO OBSERVE A NEW EARTH SPECIES,

WE ASK THEM TO COLLECT AS MANY FACTS AS POSSIBLE.

- YES, CAPTAIN MAYA. - WE WILL.

BUT ABOVE ALL, THERE'S A QUESTION

THAT ALL THE BRIGHTEST MINDS OF THE GALAXY

HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER ABOUT PENGUINS.

WE NEED YOU TWO SPACE EXPLORERS

TO HELP US ANSWER THE MISSION QUESTION

ABOUT THIS FASCINATING SPECIES.

- WHAT'S THE QUESTION? - CAN PENGUINS FLY?

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, CAPTAIN MAYA.

WE'LL FIND THE ANSWER. I HAVE NO DOUBT.

YOUR STATE-OF-THE-ART SPACE POD SKYA

WILL TRANSPORT YOU A MILLION LIGHT YEARS TO EARTH

IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS.

AND YOUR TRUSTY HELPER ROBOT CUP-K

WILL ASSIST YOU ON YOUR MISSION. OFF YOU GO.

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

WE ARE ABOUT TO REACH OUR DESTINATION, SPACE EXPLORERS...

- PLANET EARTH. - WOW, LOOK AT IT.

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE EVER.

I LOVE EARTH, TOO.

WHERE ARE WE HEADED, SKYA.

FIRST STOP, NEW ZEALAND.

THAT'S WHERE WE WILL FIND

MANY FASCINATING SPECIES OF PENGUINS.

NEW ZEALAND? YES!

GREAT! I ALWAYS WANTED TO CHECK OUT NEW ZEALAND.

HELLO, SPACE EXPLORERS, I SEE YOU'LL BE HEADING TO NEW ZEALAND.

HOW EXCITING.

CUP-K, SKYA,

PLEASE FILL THE SPACE EXPLORERS IN

ON SOME AMAZING FACTS ABOUT NEW ZEALAND.

SURE, CAPTAIN MAYA. NICK, SAMMY,

DID YOU KNOW THAT HECTOR'S DOLPHIN

IS THE SMALLEST DOLPHIN IN THE WORLD,

AND IT IS FOUND ONLY IN THE WATERS

AROUND NEW ZEALAND.

ADULT DOLPHINS AVERAGE ABOUT 4 1/2 FEET IN LENGTH,

SMALLER THAN MOST ADULT HUMANS.

CUTE.

NEW ZEALAND IS ALSO HOME

TO THE WORLD'S ONLY FLIGHTLESS PARROT, THE KAKAPO.

A FLIGHTLESS PARROT?

I NEVER KNEW THEY EXISTED.

ANOTHER INTERESTING FACT

ABOUT NEW ZEALAND

IS THAT THERE ARE NO SNAKES IN THE COUNTRY.

WHAT? AMAZING.

SPACE EXPLORERS,

PREPARE FOR ENTRY.

WE ARE APPROACHING EARTH'S STRATOSPHERE.

WHOO-HOO!

WHOO... HOO!

WE'VE ENTERED

EARTH'S STRATOSPHERE.

APPROACHING NEW ZEALAND,

STEWART ISLAND, TO BE PRECISE.

- AWESOME! - COOL!

THERE IT IS.

STEWART ISLAND.

STEWART ISLAND IS A VERY FASCINATING PLACE.

A LOT OF PRETTY INCREDIBLE ANIMAL SPECIES LIVE THERE.

CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED ON OUR MISSION.

STEWART ISLAND IS NEW ZEALAND'S THIRD LARGEST ISLAND.

IT'S ALSO HOME TO AT LEAST THREE SPECIES OF PENGUINS

AND MORE THAN 20,000 KIWI BIRDS.

YOU SHOULD FIND PLENTY OF PENGUINS TO OBSERVE.

ENJOY YOUR MISSION, SPACE EXPLORERS.

WE'LL BE WAITING FOR YOUR REPORT.

SEE YOU SOON, CAPTAIN MAYA.

STEWART ISLAND IS A HAVEN FOR THE BLUE PENGUIN,

THE RARE YELLOW-EYED PENGUIN,

AND THE FIORDLAND CRESTED PENGUINS,

WHICH WADDLE AMONG THE ROCKS.

HOW COOL. HEY, CUP-K,

DO PENGUINS EAT PLANTS?

PENGUINS DON'T EAT PLANTS.

THEY ARE CARNIVORES,

AND FEED PRIMARILY ON SEA ORGANISMS,

LIKE FISH, KRILL, AND SQUID.

INTERESTING.

HEY, GUYS, LOOK OVER THERE.

WHAT'S THAT ANIMAL?

THAT'S A BLUE PENGUIN.

A BLUE PENGUIN?

THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT LITTLE BLUE PENGUIN

IS ALSO CALLED A FERRY PENGUIN

AND MEASURES LESS THAN 13 INCHES TALL

AND ABOUT THREE POUNDS IN WEIGHT AS ADULTS.

THEY ARE IN FACT THE SMALLEST SPECIES OF PENGUIN.

BLUE PENGUINS HAVE BLUE HEADS

AND GRAY BEAKS.

THEY ARE ALSO BLUE BACKS WITH WHITE BELLIES.

CUTE OVERLOAD.

WHAT OTHER PENGUINS LIVE IN NEW ZEALAND.

APPROACHING YELLOW-EYED PENGUINS.

YELLOW-EYED PENGUINS?

THEY ARE THE FOURTH LARGEST PENGUIN

AND GROW AS HIGH AS TWO FEET TALL.

LOOK OVER THERE.

I THINK I SEE A YELLOW-EYED PENGUIN.

LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK, SKYA.

- APPROACHING. - COOL SPACE GASES!

THIS IS SO EXCITING.

EXPLORERS GO!

CUP-K, WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YELLOW-EYED PENGUINS?

THEY FEED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON FISH AND SOME SQUID,

SWIMMING NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN

TO CATCH BLUE COD, RED COD,

SPRAT, AND OPALFISH.

THEY SWIM UP TO 15 MILES OFFSHORE TO FIND FOOD

AND ARE EXCELLENT DIVERS.

LOOK OVER THERE.

WHAT BEAUTIFUL FEATHERS.

WERE THEY BORN THIS WAY?

YELLOW-EYED PENGUINS

HAVE VERY BEAUTIFUL FEATHERS,

AND AT THE END OF EACH BREEDING SEASON,

THE ADULTS MOLT AND REGROW THEIR FEATHERS

ALL AT ONCE.

THEY'RE GORGEOUS.

THE YELLOW-EYED PENGUIN

IS SO RECLUSIVE THAT BREEDING COUPLES

MUST MATE IN COMPLETE ISOLATION,

OUT OF THE VIEW OF OTHER PENGUINS.

OH, THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN

OF A YELLOW-EYED PENGUIN

IS 23 YEARS.

MALES ARE BELIEVED TO LIVE LONGER THAN FEMALES.

INCREDIBLE!

LET'S GO CHECK OUT MORE YELLOW-EYED PENGUINS.

LOOK AT THAT ONE.

THAT'S JUST AMAZING.

HEY, CUP-K,

DO YELLOW-EYED PENGUINS HAVE WINGS?

PENGUINS DON'T HAVE WINGS.

THEY CAN'T FLY.

BUT THEY HAVE FLIPPERS,

WHICH LOOK LIKE WINGS

AND ARE TAPERED AND FLATTENED FOR SWIMMING.

WHOA! A BIRD THAT CAN'T FLY?

HEY, I THINK WE MIGHT'VE JUST ANSWERED

CAPTAIN MAYA'S MISSION QUESTION.

WE DID?

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

GOOD JOB, GANG.

YOUR MISSION WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.

YIPPY!

AND DID YOU FIND OUT THE ANSWER TO YOUR MISSION QUESTION?

YOU BET, CAPTAIN MAYA! TELL HER, SAMMY.

PENGUINS CAN'T FLY.

THEY DON'T HAVE WINGS, BUT FLIPPERS,

WHICH ARE TAPERED FOR SWIMMING, NOT FLYING.

THAT'S GOOD, TEAM. YOU DID IT. GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU, CAPTAIN MAYA.

WHAT'S OUR NEXT MISSION, CAPTAIN MAYA?

THIS IS SURE TO BE YOUR MOST ADVENTUROUS MISSION YET,

YOUNG SPACE EXPLORERS.

COOL SPACE GASES!

I LOVE ADVENTUROUS MISSIONS.

I'M ALWAYS UP FOR AN ADVENTURE, TOO.

WELL, I'M EXCITED TO LET YOU KNOW

YOU TWO WILL BE HEADING BACK TO EARTH.

I KNEW IT. WE'RE SO LUCKY.

WE LOVE EARTH, CAPTAIN MAYA.

WE WANT YOU TO LEARN ALL ABOUT ROCK FORMATION.

ROCK FORMATIONS?

SO EXCITING.

THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR MOST AMAZING MISSION YET.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US

ABOUT ROCK FORMATIONS, CAPTAIN MAYA?

I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE EARTH'S CRUST

IS MADE UP OF ROCK AND THAT ROCKS

ARE NATURALLY OCCURRING SOLIDS

MADE UP OF MINERAL.

WOW. I CAN'T WAIT TO CHECK THESE ROCKS OUT.

YEP, ROCK FORMATIONS SOUND ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING.

THEY ARE. ROCK FORMATIONS

ARE GENERALLY NOT UNIFORM

OR MADE UP OF EXACT STRUCTURES

THAT CAN BE DESCRIBED BY SCIENTIFIC FORMULAS.

THEY ARE GENERALLY CLASSIFIED BY HOW THEY WERE MADE OR FORMED.

THERE ARE THREE MAJOR TYPES OF ROCKS...

METAMORPHIC, IGNEOUS, AND SEDIMENTARY.

WHOA. THOSE ARE SOME BIG WORDS, CAPTAIN MAYA.

NICK AND SAMMY, YOU KNOW THAT

EVERY TIME WE SEND OUR SPACE EXPLORERS TO EARTH,

WE ASK THEM TO COLLECT AS MUCH DATA AS POSSIBLE.

YES, MA'AM, WE WILL.

YOU BET!

BUT ABOVE ALL, THERE'S A QUESTION

THAT ALL THE BRIGHTEST MINDS OF THE GALAXY

HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER ABOUT ROCK FORMATION.

WE NEED YOU TWO SPACE EXPLORERS

TO HELP US ANSWER THE MISSION QUESTION

ABOUT ROCK FORMATIONS.

WHAT'S THAT, CAPTAIN MAYA?

DO ALL CANYONS HAVE RIVERS?

THAT'S A FASCINATING QUESTION, CAPTAIN MAYA.

YOUR STATE-OF-THE-ART SPACE POD SKYA

WILL TRANSPORT YOU A MILLION LIGHT YEARS TO EARTH

AT ONE FELL SWOOP.

AND YOUR TRUSTY HELPER ROBOT CUP-K

WILL ASSIST YOU ON YOUR MISSION.

OFF YOU GO.

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

WE ARE ABOUT TO REACH

OUR DESTINATION, SPACE EXPLORERS... EARTH.

YES, AMAZING PLACE.

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE EVER.

I LOVE EARTH!

WHERE ARE WE HEADED, SKYA?

FIRST STOP, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THAT'S WHERE WE WILL FIND

MANY FASCINATING KINDS OF ROCK FORMATIONS.

UNITED STATES?

I ALWAYS WANTED TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES.

HELLO, SPACE EXPLORERS.

I SEE YOU'LL BE HEADING TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

AN AMAZING PLACE.

CUP-K, SKYA,

PLEASE FILL THE SPACE EXPLORERS IN

ON SOME AMAZING FACTS

ABOUT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

YOU GOT IT, CAPTAIN MAYA.

NICK, SAMMY,

DID YOU KNOW THAT THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD,

MAUNA KEA,

IS LOCATED IN HAWAII?

WHEN MEASURED FROM THE SEAFLOOR,

IT IS OVER 32,000 FEET HIGH,

WHILE MOUNT EVEREST

IS 29,028 FEET HIGH.

THAT'S AMAZING.

IT HAS TO BE A HUGE MOUNTAIN.

A BIT OF TRIVIA FOR YOU GUYS...

CHICAGO, A CITY IN THE UNITED STATES,

IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF FIRST EVER FERRIS WHEEL,

WHICH WAS 264 FEET TALL

AND DEBUTED IN THE 1893 WORLD'S FAIR.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE FUN.

ANOTHER INTERESTING FACT

ABOUT THE UNITED STATES

IS THAT THREE OF THE WORLD'S FIVE OLDEST RIVERS FLOWS HERE.

THE NEW, THE SUSQUEHANNA, AND THE FRENCH BROAD RIVERS

ARE EACH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF YEARS OLD.

NO WAY.

SPACE EXPLORERS, PREPARE FOR ENTRY.

WE ARE APPROACHING EARTH'S EXOSPHERE.

- WHOO... HOO! - WHOO-HOO!

WE'VE ENTERED EARTH'S STRATOSPHERE.

APPROACHING UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

NEVADA, TO BE PRECISE.

YEAH!

COOL SPACE METEORITES! THERE IT IS.

NEVADA. SO BEAUTIFUL.

NEVADA IS AN INCREDIBLE PLACE TO VISIT.

CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED ON OUR MISSION.

NEVADA'S THE SEVENTH LARGEST STATE IN THE UNITED STATES.

ABOUT 85% OF ITS LAND

IS OWNED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

YOU SHOULD FIND PLENTY OF ROCK FORMATIONS TO OBSERVE.

ENJOY YOUR MISSION, SPACE EXPLORERS.

WE'LL BE WAITING FOR YOUR REPORT.

SEE YOU LATER, CAPTAIN MAYA.

HEY, GUYS, DID YOU KNOW

THAT THE RED ROCK CANYON WAS DESIGNATED

AS NEVADA'S FIRST NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA?

IT IS LOCATED 17 MILES WEST

OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS.

INTERESTING.

ARE THERE WATERFALLS IN RED ROCK CANYON?

THERE ARE WATERFALLS AT RED ROCK CANYON.

MOST OF THEM ARE SEASONAL.

AMAZING.

HEY, GUYS, LOOK OVER THERE. WHAT'S THAT?

THAT'S RED ROCK CANYON.

YEP, THE GREAT SANDSTONE CLIFFS AT RED ROCK

ARE THOUSANDS OF FEET HIGH.

THEY ARE MADE UP OF AZTEC SANDSTONE.

THESE FORMATIONS

ARE ABOUT 190 MILLION YEARS OLD.

THE RED COLOR OF SOME OF THE OUTCROPS

OF THE AZTEC SANDSTONE

IS DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF IRON OXIDE

OR HEMATITE IN ITS COMPOSITION.

TOTALLY BEAUTIFUL.

WHAT OTHER CANYONS ARE THERE IN THE UNITED STATES?

APPROACHING GRAND CANYON.

GRAND CANYON. CAN'T WAIT.

THE GRAND CANYON

IS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

IT'S 277 MILES IN LENGTH

AND 18 MILES ACROSS AT ITS WIDEST POINTS.

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

THE GRAND CANYON IS AROUND 6,000 FEET DEEP.

NO WONDER IT'S CALLED GRAND.

LOOK! LOOK OVER THERE!

I THINK I SEE THE GRAND CANYON.

WHOA. INCREDIBLE.

LET'S TAKE A CLOSER PEEK, SKYA.

APPROACHING.

COOL SPACE GASES!

THIS IS SO COOL.

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

THE ROCK FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GRAND CANYON

IS CALLED SCHIST

AND IS AROUND TWO BILLION YEARS OLD,

WHILE THE ROCK FOUND IN THE UPPER RIM,

CALLED LIMESTONE,

IS ABOUT 230 MILLION YEARS OLD.

LOOK OVER THERE! INCREDIBLE VIEWS.

CAN I HIKE IN THE GRAND CANYON?

YES, YOU CAN.

THERE ARE NUMEROUS HIKING TRAILS

ACROSS THE ENTIRE CANYON

THAT AMATEURS AND VETERANS CAN HIKE.

I KNEW IT!

THE GRAND CANYON

IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S NATURAL WONDERS

AND SEES MILLIONS OF VISITORS

ON ITS CLIFFS EVERY YEAR.

WOW, WHAT AN AMAZING PLACE.

BUT IT CAN ALSO BE DANGEROUS.

SNAKES ABOUND IN THE GRAND CANYON.

AND WHILE MOST OF THEM ARE HARMLESS,

SOME OF THEM, LIKE THE RATTLESNAKE,

ARE VENOMOUS.

SO HIKERS MUST ALWAYS WATCH THEIR STEP.

DID YOU KNOW THAT OF THE SIX RATTLESNAKE SPECIES

THAT LIVE IN THE PARK,

ONE HAS AN UNUSUAL PINK HUE

THAT MATCHES THE LOCAL ROCKS.

TO BLEND IN. VERY SMART.

LET'S GO CHECK OUT MORE CANYONS.

LOOK OVER AT THAT.

THAT'S JUST AMAZING.

HEY, CUP-K, CAN I FISH IN THE GRAND CANYON?

YES, YOU CAN FISH IN THE GRAND CANYON,

JUST LIKE AS IN EVERY OTHER CANYON

BECAUSE A RIVER RUNS RIGHT THROUGH IT.

IN FACT, IT'S THE VERY WATER RUNNING THROUGH

THAT OVER THE AGES HAS CARVED THE CANYON.

AMAZING.

HEY, I THINK WE MIGHT'VE JUST ANSWERED

CAPTAIN MAYA'S MISSION QUESTION.

YES, CANYONS HAVE RIVERS.

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

FANTASTIC WORK, GUYS.

YOUR MISSION WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.

I KNEW IT WOULD BE.

AND DID YOU FIND OUT THE ANSWER TO YOUR MISSION QUESTION?

YES, CAPTAIN MAYA, WE SURE DID.

CANYONS HAVE RIVERS.

AND YOU CAN EVEN FISH IN THEM.

THAT'S AMAZING, TEAM.

YOU GOT THE ANSWER. GOOD WORK.

THANK YOU, CAPTAIN MAYA.

WHAT'S OUR NEXT MISSION, CAPTAIN MAYA?

THIS NEXT MISSION

IS SURE TO BE YOUR MOST FUN YET, SPACE EXPLORERS.

WE'RE SENDING YOU TO AFRICA TO STUDY RIVERS.

RIVERS? HOW REFRESHING.

I CAN'T WAIT.

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

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