Bull Frogs Andy's Wild Adventures

# I'm Andy the park keeper and I'm busy on my rounds

# Kip is the inventor She's the coolest cat in town

# There's things we'd like to show you

# And there's things we'd like to know

# So climb on board the Kipmobile and ready, steady, go!

# One, two, three, four!

# Andy and Kip on another wild adventure

# Hey, join the crew!

# Off to see the animals to find out what they do

# Yeah, you can come, too!

# It's Andy's wild adventures

# Round the world! #

Morning, you lot! Hi, I'm Andy and I work here at Pickles Animal Park.

It's my job to look after all the animals,

including my furry friends right here, the meerkats.

-Morning!

-All right, Andy!

You can see that they've got long curved claws,

which are perfect for digging up food in the wild.

But right here at the Animal Park, I give them their food.

We're going to have a bit of fun.

I'm going to bury this and they have to find it.

All right, you lot, no peeking!

Here we go. Look, go over there, over there.

This way they get plenty of exercise, it's lots of fun,

and they get a tasty treat. If they find it.

'Come in, Andy. Are you receiving? Over.'

That's Mr pickles, my boss.

Hello, Mr Pickles, Andy here. Receiving loud and clear. Over.

-'Hello, Andy. How's it going?

-Not too bad, thanks, sir.

I'm here with the meerkats at the moment.

'Excellent. I wonder if you could do me a favour.

'I was wondering whether you had remembered to take any mud

'over to the rhinos.

'We really don't want their skin drying out. Over.'

Not at all, sir.

I'm just going to go on my tea break and then I'll get to it. Over.

'Oh, thanks, Andy. Pickles out.'

Right, time to go back to the workshop. Happy digging. See ya!

It must be around here somewhere. Keep on looking!

-Hello, Kip.

-Hello, Andy.

-You look hard at work.

-What's this you're working on?

-Oh, that?

I'm just busy finishing my latest invention.

What, a spade? I'm sorry to tell you this,

-but spades were invented a long time ago.

-Hmmm!

It's not just any old spade because they take up too much room

in the shed, leaving almost no room for my sun lounger.

To solve the problem, I've made this, my fabulously fun folding spade.

You fold it over like this, and it hardly takes up any room at all.

Plus, it has an extra specially sharp end to make it easier to dig.

Great idea, Kip!

With this, you'll be able to dig as good as the meerkats.

They really are good diggers, aren't they?

In fact, they're almost as good as us cats.

-Lots of animals that are really good diggers. Frogs.

-Frogs?

African bullfrogs are so good at digging

that they can even take tiny little ditches, and they do that

so that the young tadpoles can swim from puddle to puddle.

Bullfrogs digging ditches? I'd love to see that!

You know what this sounds like, don't you?

BOTH: Time to go on a wild adventure!

We get to see bullfrogs digging.

And we get to try out my fabulously fun folding spade.

What are we waiting for? Let's do it!

-One, gadget pack!

-Check!

-Two, gizmo!

-Check!

-Three, my fabulously fun folding spade!

-Check!

Just in case we need it.

-Last but not least, the Kipmobile!

-Seatbelts on.

Hit it, Kip!

Lift off!

-Ha-ha-ha-ha!

-Woo-hoo-hoo! We're in space!

-Where to, Andy?

-The grassy plains of Southern Africa, Kip.

That's where we'll find our big and bouncy bullfrogs.

Southern Africa, here we come! Go, catnav, go!

Wo-ho-ho-ho!

Where exactly do these African bullfrogs live?

-They're really tough, so they can live anywhere.

-Oh!

Including places that are really hot in the summer,

and places that are really cold in the winter.

-How do we know where to land then?

-That's the thing, we don't.

-Oh.

There's a storm coming, so it might be a good idea to land now.

-Just over there.

-Oh, OK.

-Whoa!

Good landing, Kip.

-I can't wait to see those cute little frogs.

-Cute?

-I wouldn't say they're cute. They're bullfrogs.

-Oh.

-So they're cute little popping things that sound like bulls.

-Yeah!

-Giant bullfrogs.

-Giant?!

Giant? Huh?! Ah...

If it's all the same to you, I think I might just stay here and um...

Clean the Kipmobile.

The Kipmobile? Really?

Hmm. Maybe you're right.

-Anyway, you be careful.

-I will, Kip. I always am. I'll see you later.

Eh?

Huh?

I've looked and I've looked

and I still can't find any giant African bullfrogs.

That's not surprising as they spend most of the time under

the ground, waiting for the perfect weather to come along.

Hang on a minute. I think that's now.

RAIN CLOUDS GRUMBLE

Rain! I'm going to shrink down to their size.

That way I can get right down there with them if they appear.

Size of a giant African bullfrog. Here goes!

Perfect. Now it's time to look for the bullfrogs.

What sound do they make again? Oh, yeah.

Buuul! Buuuul!

Buuul! Buuul!

THUNDER CLAP

Buuul! Oh, yes! It's started to rain.

That's good news. It means that the giant bullfrogs should be coming

out of the ground any minute now.

Right, there's none over there.

There's none over there either. Oh, where can they be?

Oops! Oh! Wow!

Now that's what I'm talking about! Look at him, he's huge!

Male African bullfrogs can grow over 22 centimetres long

and weigh as much as a small puppy.

He might have dug himself in that hole over a year ago,

and now he's come up because it's started to rain.

Come on, let's follow him

and hopefully he'll start digging some ditches.

Look! He's led me to lots more of them!

And they're all enjoying themselves in the flooded grass.

This is incredible!

And the one thing that the male's do a lot of is fighting. Whoa!

Hang on a minute! Time for me to exit.

This is a real display of strength.

For the winner,

it means that he gets to hang on to his patch of the swamp.

Well done, buddy!

Phew! I'm glad that's over.

The male bullfrogs aren't just fighters,

they've got their caring side too.

Like when they're looking after their tadpoles.

That is where the ditch digging comes in.

Let's go and find the local daddy daycare centre.

Ah! I've found the daddy daycare centre!

There are thousands of tadpoles! Come on!

You see, frogs are amphibians,

which means that they lay their eggs in water.

Then the eggs turn into wriggling tadpoles.

The only problem is, it's been so hot recently

that these poor tadpoles are needing more water

because the water is drying up. That is where the daddy comes in.

Hello! How are you doing? I think they're excited to see you.

He knows he's got a lot of hard work to do

because if he doesn't get these tadpoles into a bigger pool

of water over here, they could be in big trouble.

-'Hi, Andy. How's it going?'

-Hi, Kip. Everything is fine, thanks.

-How are you?

-'All good here, thanks.'

I've been cleaning the Kipmobile, making it completely spick and span.

Oh, nice one. I can't wait to see it.

Kip, take a look at this! This is exactly what I wanted to show you.

Bullfrogs digging ditches. Look!

This one's more like a bulldozer. Look what he's doing with his legs.

He's pushing the mud aside.

Go on, buddy!

That's amazing!

I wish there was some way I could help him out.

-Why don't you use my fabulously fun folding spade?

-Brilliant! Of course!

Why didn't I think of that? Nice one!

Right!

BAG UNZIPS

Don't worry, Mr Bullfrog, I'll give you a helping hand!

Phew!

Oh, yes!

Phew!

Oh.

It's really working! Come on, guys, keep on swimming.

They're almost all in there now. That's it!

Good teamwork, Mr Bullfrog. Oh! Aw! Oyy!

Hang on! Where are you going?! Help us out, please!

Oh! Oh, no! I'm going to need some help. Kip! Kip, I'm stuck!

Can you come and get me, please?

-Kip!

-It's all right, Andy, I'm coming!

Oh! Nice one, Kip! I can always count on you.

Andy upload!

See you later, tadpoles. And bullfrog, wherever you are.

Oh, no! My nice clean Kipmobile!

Sorry, Kip!

-Let's head home and get you all cleaned up.

-Yeah.

'Come in, Andy. Andy, are you receiving? Over.'

Uh-oh. It's the boss. I was supposed to get him something.

I can't remember what.

'Andy, come in.

Hello, Mr Pickles. Andy here. Receiving loud and clear. Over.

'I was wonder, Andy,

'whether you'd remembered to take any mud over to the rhinos.

'I really don't want their skin drying out. Over.

Uh...it's OK, Mr Pickles.

I've collected quite a lot of mud here already. Over.

'Well done, Andy. I can always count on you. Pickles out.'

Oh, well done, Andy. You go and see the rhinos and I'll clean the buggy.

Thanks. Good idea. See you next time for another wild adventure.

Ha-ha.

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