Marine Iguanas 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 things we'd like to know

# So climb aboard the Kip Mobile 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!

There we go, Tamara. Hello, I'm Andy.

And I work as a park-keeper at Pickles Animal Park.

I look after all the animals. This is Tamara.

She's a type of lizard called a tegu.

They come from South America where it's hot.

See her pink tongue? It's really long.

She's actually smelling the air.

(FUNNY VOICE) I smell something that hasn't washed for a while.

It's YOU, Andy!

Lizards and snakes use their tongue to smell things.

And look how long she is.

They can grow to about a metre long. Or about three feet.

-But she's really friendly.

-"Andy, come in. Over."

-(BEEPS) Hang on.

It's Mr Pickles, the boss. Excuse me, Tamara.

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

"Hello, Andy. How are you getting on? Over."

-Not bad at all, sir. I'm with Tamara the lizard.

-"Oh, excellent."

"I wonder if you could do me a favour. I was showing people

around the aquarium, and noticed the sea turtles need more seaweed to eat."

-Could you bring some over? Over."

-No problem, sir. I'm heading back to the workshop.

-I'll bring some straight over. Over.

-"Thanks, Andy. Pickles out."

-Come on, Tamara.

-'Time for a bath!'

-Hello, Kip!

-Oh, hello, Andy!

Ah, these look like my broken sunglasses.

They WERE your broken sunglasses, but now I have mended them.

-And fitted them with wipers.

-Wipers?!

Now they are your wondrous wet-wiping, windscreen glasses.

Cool! So what do they do, then?

Do you remember that day when it was raining so hard

you fell over because you couldn't see properly?

Yep. That's when I broke the sunglasses. They were in my pocket.

(CHUCKLES) Well, that got me thinking.

Wouldn't it be great if you had some glasses to wear in the rain?

So I made these. When it starts to rain you just press the button,

and - hey, presto! - the wipers allow you to see perfectly!

KIP CHUCKLES

-Brilliant, Kip, you're a genius!

-I can't wait to try these.

-Me, too!

Oh. So, what have you been doing?

This morning I fed Tamara the tegu.

-Tamara the too-who?!

-The tegu.

-Tegu's are large lizards that live in South America.

-Oh!

-So where do other lizards live?

-Almost everywhere.

Jungles, mountains, grasslands...

In fact, one lizard spends most of its time in the ocean

looking for seaweed.

-A lizard that goes in the ocean?

-It's called a marine iguana.

-Oh!

And it's the only marine lizard in the world.

It spends most of its time swimming in the ocean

looking for seaweed that grows on the sea bed to eat.

A lizard that eats seaweed underwater?!

-I'd love to see that!

-You know what this sounds like, don't you, Kip!

It's time to go on a wild adventure.

We get to see swimming iguanas.

And we can try out my wondrous wet-wiping windscreen glasses, too!

Well, what are we waiting for? Let's do it!

-One... gadget pack!

-Check!

Two, gizmo!

-Check!

-Three...

my wondrous wet-wiping windscreen glasses.

-Check!

-Just in case we need them.

And, last but not least - the Kip Mobile!

Seat belts on.

Hit it, Kip!

Lift off!

KIP CHUCKLES

-WOO-HOO-HOO!

-Yay!

-We're in space!

-So, where to, Andy?

-The Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean, Kip.

It's the only place in the world where the marine iguanas live.

Then the Galapagos Islands here we come!

Go, cat-nav, go!

Whoa-ohhhhhhh...!

Where do you think we'll find these marvellous marine iguanas, Andy?

Well, they eat seaweed, Kip, I'm guessing just down there.

-By the edge of the sea.

-Oh, great. Well, let's head down.

I haven't seen any yet, Andy. Maybe they're too small to see from here.

Small?! They're good at camouflaging themselves, but small they are not.

A fully grown marine iguana can grow up to... a metre and a half long.

-(GASPS) That's even bigger than I am!

-That's right.

Oh, no. A gust of wind seems to be blowing us inland.

Nice one, Kip. Come on.

Let's go find those marine iguanas and go for a swim.

Erm... Erm...

I think I might just stay here and look after the Kip Mobile.

Cats aren't too keen on water.

-OK. If you're sure.

-Yeah, yeah.

But don't let that stop you. Just be careful.

I will, Kip. I'll see you soon.

Whilst Andy's out on his adventure, I'll catch up on some important work.

Haha!

My favourite! I love this one!

Oh, look! I've found some marine iguanas!

But, as you can see, these guys aren't by the water's rocky edge,

they're actually laying eggs on this soft ground.

And those legs and claws aren't just good for digging,

they're good for running, too.

Wow! She's really fast! Wait for me! Come on, let's follow her.

I followed her all the way to the water's edge and, look!

There are hundreds and hundreds of marine iguanas.

Right, I'm gonna shrink down to their size

so we can get a really good look at them.

Size of a marine iguana.

Perfect! Now I can... Hey! Watch where you're spraying!

As you can see, marine iguanas have a very special way

of getting rid of the salty sea water that they swallow.

They spray it - oh, excuse me! - out of their noses!

Urgh! The only probelm is, it makes it really difficult for me to see!

Urghh! Hang on! Oh. I've got a good idea!

Huh? Kip's wondrous wet-wiping windscreen glasses. Perfect!

Now I can see what I'm doing. Ha-ha...! See?

Kip's a genius. Right, everybody finished? Good.

Is it... Hey, you!

Right, now, as you can see, these marine iguanas are sunbathing now.

That's because they're lizards.

And lizards often use the heat from the sun to warm themselves up.

But marine iguanas aren't the only animals that live on these rocks.

Come on, I'll show you. See you in a moment.

These crabs are called Sally Lightfoot crabs.

They scramble over the iguanas to eat any parasites, seaweed and dried skin they find.

But it doesn't hurt the marine iguana.

It gives it a little make-over, and the crabs get a tasty meal.

If you like that kind of thing.

But now it's the iguana's turn to eat.

Come on, let's follow them and see where they go.

Well, I followed the iguanas

and, look, there's a whole group of them off to get some seaweed.

Look at them go!

Oh, wow! That looks like great fun! You know what?

I'm gonna give it a go.

Better take my hat off. Take my glasses.

These will help me see under water...

There we go. Now, one more thing to do.

Activate rocket pack. Underwater mode.

OK, I'm ready to go.

Into the wild!

Whoa!

Wow! That was amazing!

Now it's time for me to get out.

Oh. Hang on. How do I get out, though?

Erm... er...

Kip!

(LAUGHS) Oh, there's one!

-"Kip, can you come and get me, please?"

-Aw, Andy...!

Whoah! Kip!

Kip!

It's all right, Andy. I'm coming.

Andy, upload.

Oh, nice one, Kip!

See you later, marine iguanas.

-Welcome back, Andy.

-Thanks, Kip.

So, did you see the iguanas eating seaweed?

I most certainly did. It was brilliant!

-Oh, and your wondrous wet windscreen swipers worked a treat.

-Oh. Great.

Then let's head home.

-It looks like rain.

-Oh, yeah. Oh, hang on...

-Ah! There we go.

-(KIP CHUCKLES)

-"Come in, Andy. Are you receiving, over."

-Uh-oh. That'll be Mr Pickles.

-"Andy?"

-Hello, Mr Pickles, Andy here. Over.

"Andy, any luck getting the seaweed I asked for?"

"The sea turtles could really do with some more to eat. Over."

Erm, well, you see, sir, you see...

You see I've got some sea weed, right here. Over.

"Ah, smashing, Andy!"

"Sounds like we've got everything under control. Pickles out."

Yes! See you next time!

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