Chameleons 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! #

I'm Andy, I work here at Pickle's Animal Park.

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

Anita is a giant anteater.

And that doesn't mean that she eats giant ants.

It means that she's the largest type of anteater in the whole world.

-Isn't that right?

-Hmm, yes, I am, Andy.

I'm over two metres long

from the tip of my nose to the tip of my tail.

That's not including your long tongue, though, is it?

It's over half a metre long. Look at it! It's huge!

Now, here at the animal park, she loves to eat avocados

and yoghurt, but in the wild, anteaters eat ants and termites.

Sometimes, they can eat up to 30,000 ants in a single day.

Now, that's ant-tastic! OK, see you, Anita.

Hey, Andy, bring me back some ant fajitas!

'Come in, Andy. Come in, over.'

It's Mr Pickles, my boss. Hello, Mr Pickles. Andy here, over.

'Andy, is everything all right? Over.'

Yes, sir. Everything is fine. Over.

'Great. Then I wonder if you could do me a favour.

'I was visiting the fruit bats and saw they were low on food.

'Could you take some fruit over during your rounds?'

No problem. I'm just popping to the workshop for a break.

-I'll bring some straight over. Over.

-'Oh, thanks, Andy. Pickles out.'

Fajitas!

HE SIGHS

Hi, Kip. Kip?

-Kip?

-Hi, Andy.

That's funny, I can hear her, but I can't see her.

Boo!

Oh, Kip! Hang on... How did you?

This is my latest invention for your gizmo.

You can blend into whatever background you find yourself in.

I call it my instantly-invisible camouflage costume!

I made it for you so you can get even closer to your animals

on your wild adventures.

Oh, thanks, Kip. But I'm not sure I'm going to fit into that.

-Well, don't worry, I made one in your very own size.

-Brilliant!

-What have you been up to?

-I've been feeding the giant anteater.

Well, it's lucky my aunt's not here.

No, not aunt - ant!

An anteater has a long, sticky tongue

that they stick into termite mounds and ant nests.

-They want the insects inside.

-Really?!

But the prize for the most amazing tongue in the world goes to...

Drum roll, please!

-The chameleon.

-The chameleon!

In the Green Mountains of Africa and in Madagascar, there are chameleons.

Their tongues are really fast.

So fast that when they shoot out of their mouths,

catch the insect and shoot back in, you can hardly see it move.

A lizard that can grab things with the end of its tongue!

-Wow, I'd love to see that, yeah!

-You know what this sounds like, Kip?

BOTH: It's time to go on a wild adventure!

Chameleons catching insects with their tongue!

We can test my camouflage costume!

-Well, in that case, let's do it!

-Yeah!

-One, gadget pack.

-Check!

-Two, gizmo.

-Check!

-Three, my instantly-invisible camouflage costume.

-Check!

Just in case we need it. And last but not least, the Kipmobile!

Seatbelts on.

Hit it, Kip.

Lift-off!

Wow, we're in space!

-So, where to, Andy?

-Tanzania in East Africa, Kip.

Then Tanzania it is. Go, cat-nav, go!

Whoa!

So, what kinds of places do chameleons live in, Andy?

Well, some of them live on the ground,

but most live in bushes and trees, like the ones down there.

Great, I'm going to land over there, Andy.

Come on, let's land.

Right, let's go.

Just as a matter of interest, Andy, how big are the chameleons?

Well, that depends, Kip.

The smallest are about the size of a fingernail,

-which is that size.

-Oh, wow! They're tiny!

-And the biggest?

-Ah, the biggest?

Well, that would be the Malagasy giant chameleons,

and they can grow to about that size.

Giant chameleons... Um, you know what?

I think I might just stay here with the Kipmobile.

After all, there's no point in us both looking in the same place,

is there?

-I guess not.

-So, you go ahead and I'll keep an eye from here.

-OK, Kip, I'll see you soon.

-But Andy...

-Yes?

-Be careful.

I always am, Kip.

Well, I've been walking for miles and miles

and I still haven't found a single chameleon, which is weird.

I know that lots of them live here.

Saying that, they are the master of disguise,

so it does make it very difficult for me to spot them.

Oh, but what I have found is a fig tree.

Yes! I'm going to take a fig back for the fruit bats.

That will please Mr Pickles.

Ah, yes! Perfect!

Now to go and find those colour-changing chameleons.

They have to be around here somewhere.

-Hi, Andy.

-'Hi, Kip.'

Is everything all right?

I've climbed up this hill and I still haven't found any chameleons.

'They're really good at changing colour

'and blending right into the background, so as not to be seen.'

-Why don't you do the same?

-What do you mean?

Use my instantly-invisible camouflage costume. And your gizmo!

So you can easily blend into the colours around you.

That way, they won't see you coming.

'Brilliant idea, I'll do that right now!'

Yes! Colours of the forest.

Here goes.

Hey, it's worked!

Perfect! Kip is a genius!

Come on!

Chameleons, come out, come out, wherever you are.

Hello? Where are you?

Maybe they're out there. Kip, are you there?

'I can't find any chameleons on the ground.

'I'll look up in the treetops. Could you pick me up, please?'

OK, Andy. On my way.

Andy upload!

Oh, thanks, Kip. Now it's time for me to get smaller

so I can get up close with the chameleons.

Size of a chameleon.

OK, Kip. Get me down here, close to this branch.

-OK, Andy.

-Here goes!

See you soon, Kip!

Have fun!

That's better.

Right, now, I've got to be careful,

but this should be the perfect place to find hungry Jackson's chameleons.

Oh, look, here's one coming right now.

You can tell he's male because of his incredible horns.

But what's even more amazing than his horns are his eyes.

Unlike us, all chameleons can look in two different directions at once.

Let me try that.

No!

That way, one eye can be kept on the insect for the food

and the other eye can be kept on

anything trying to sneak up on him from behind.

Hang on a minute - I think he might have spotted some food now,

but his eyes are looking everywhere.

I can't really tell which direction he's looking.

Ah, yes, he's looking at that insect on that branch.

Time for lunch!

Right, I'm going to try to film this on the gizmo,

because their tongues move so fast and they're so difficult to see,

we can watch it back on the gizmo in slow motion.

First, he gets both eyes lined up on it,

and then, he works out how far away it is,

and then it spring loads its sticky tongue until...

Wow!

Well done, well done, good show! Now, let's see that in slow motion.

The tongue shoots out, grabs the insect.

Look at that! Tongue-tastic! And a tasty meal too.

Uh-oh, you really do have to have eyes that look everywhere.

This one's coming after me!

It's all right.

-Kip!

-I'm coming, Andy.

Kip!

Andy upload!

See you soon, chameleons.

Take care.

Perfect timing, Kip. As always.

Oh, and your instantly-invisible camouflage costume was a lifesaver.

Any time, Andy. Come on, let's head home.

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

Oh, that will be the boss. Hello, Mr Pickles.

Andy here, receiving loud and clear. Over.

'Is everything all right, Andy?

'Have you got some fruit for the fruit bats?'

Yes, sir, everything is fine, I've just been getting some...

Um, I've just been getting some...

I've just been getting some...figs for the bats. Over.

'Oh, well done, Andy, that's marvellous. Pickles out.'

-I hope they like them squishy.

-Yes, me too!

-See you next time.

-Bye!

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