Okey Dokey here is some more backstory for your enjoyment.

Chris and Martin caught up to Jazz and Stinger

"Jazz, Stinger." Martin said "It isn't safe here...If any of the Armed Forces patrolling this area catches sight of either of you, you'll both be shot dead no queastions asked."

"You'll be safe in the Tortuga with us." Chris added

Jazz sighed irritably "Fine." He said as he inspected the mirror in his hand

"Where did you find that?" Martin asked as they began to walk back to the Tortuga

"Simply washed up to me as I was upchucking." Jazz said

As they entered the Tortuga, Aviva and Koki marveled at the Golden Mirror

"How beautiful!" Exclaimed Aviva "It might be an antique!"

"Do you think we should try to locate the owner?" Koki asked

"What if the owner is dead?" Stinger asked

"Well then give it to the relatives or friends of the owner." Aviva said "I know some stuff we humans do might be confusing but there are reasons for our rules."

The sunject of the Mirror was dropped as Jazz placed the Golden Mirror in a basket for things the Wild Kratts found traveling the world that they intended to return to their former owners.

"Would you like some food?" Jimmy asked "I got pizza."

The rumbling coming from Jazz and Stinger's stomachs was all the answer they needed

Chris and Martin felt more then a bit nervous watching Jazz and Stinger devour slices of pepperoni pizza, generally one should never give cooked human food to wild animals but considering that these Mutants seemed very, very human like in both mind and mannerisms maybe their Mutated Bodies thrived better with cooked food, after all it is believed that the invention of cooking by early humans was what caused Human Brains to grow larger in the first place as cooked food is easier to digest then raw food.

"So..." Aviva said trying to find as non-touchy a subject to talk about "...You said their are Mutant...Tribes?"

Jazz nodded as he wiped his long jaws with a napkin, for someone who seemed to have grown up in the wild Jazz seemed to have a fairly good grasp of the concept of table manners.

"Many Mutant Tribes throughout North and South America." Jazz said "How many there are throughout the entirity of the Planet I can only guess...Most Tribes consist only of creatures that are 'cousins' Rodents with Rodents, Birds with Birds, Ungulates with Ungulates.

The Wild Kratts were listening rapt

"The Tribe we joined..." Stinger said "...Was known as The Wild Tribe, this tribe was different any Mutant of Any Species could join the Wild Tribe this was the Tribe for any Mutant who already had friends of radically different species and didn't wish to be split up by the Species Segragating Tribes...The Wild Tribe may be the Oldest Surviving Tribe in exisitance...When we joined we were told of the history...The Founder of the Tribe a Mutant known as 'Old Granny' don't ask what species Old Granny was, we don't know because she died long before we joined and the Tribe Elders didn't feel like sharing that info...Remember we were only barely tolerated because we were such strange,uncanny creatures to them even the most tolerant have their limits to what they can tolerate I have a feeling they were only willing to let us live at their fringes because of Old Granny's Memory."

"Old Granny was supposadly inspired backin the 1960s." Said Jazz "Back when she was a Youngling the Hippies inspired her to found a Tribe that was free of Taxonomic Tribleism and she believed that if all the different species combined their different racial talents, Flight, Burrowing, Strengh, Speed, Supeior Sight, Scent and Hearing then they would be better able to defend protect themselves from the Humans who hunted them."

"It seems like Old Granny's idea was a good one." Aviva said "If the Wild Tribe has been existing since the 1960s without any Naturalists noticing it."

"There have been casulaties throughout the years." Stinger said "Long,long before we joined there were times when the Wild Tribe was reduced to less then a Human has fingers or toes."

"So less then ten?" Aviva asked

"That's how the Tribe Elders phraised it." Stinger said with a shrug "Anyway The Wild Tribe developed many tricks to help them survive, one trick was...Never stay in any one place for long,always keep moving thus they pioneered the Nomadic Tribe technique another trick was the utilazation of disguises, many disguises for many kinds of mutants and many kinds of situations, sometimes a hate and trenchcoat to pass yourself off as merely a REALLY ugly Hobo or covering yourself in plants to disguise yourself as a shrubbery."

"This is amazing!" Chris said as he jotted down notes "The mere fact that Sapient Animals have been living under Humanity's nose for decades!"

Seeing Chris jott down notes, Jazz touched Stinger's ear hole as Stinger couldn't see what Chris was doing Stinger could barely see anything as a Scorpion he had worse then 20/200 vistion, the Wild Tribe Members knowing how bad Stinger's vistion was developed a code system to communicate certain things, touching his ear hole meant 'Don't talk because danger' Stinger quickly understood that he was revealing too many secrets and these Humans while generally well meaning, were still Humans and there were some secrets that were better known only to Mutant Kind.

"Want a drink?" Jimmy asked pouring some more sparkling water into two glasses since he know they both liked the sparking water.

"Indeed." Jazz said taking his glass "For being willing to take in any Mutant and for their many tricks, The Wild Tribe earned themselves the Nickname 'The Merry Mutants of the North'

"Wow!" Exclaimed Jimmy "Like...Robin Hood's Merry Men?"

"Exactly." Jazz said as he took a sip of sparkling water "We Mutants are keen observers of Human Culture many of us are literate and teach literacy to those who aren't."

Meanwhile in the basket, the Golden Mirror was trembling...

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