A peaceful day out of the prairie, and the Tortuga gently cruises through the air as the Wild Kratts were singing a version of Home on the Range.
Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam
And the deer and the antelope play
Where there are so many creatures
With all sorts of cool features
We could adventure here for millions of days
Home, home on the prairie
Martin laughed a bit.
"Hey, so what animal do we want to check out today then?" Chris asked.
"Well, let's start with an animal that has "prairie" in its name." Martin suggested.
"I like it!" Aviva beamed. "Like a..."
"Prairie Dog!" Koki brought her tablet out showing a Prairie Dog. "Not a dog at all really, but a cute, big old ground squirrel."
Prairie Dogs got their name for a type of sound they sometimes make that sounds like a dog.
"Oh yeah, that's a good one." Martin said as he and Chris jumped down to the main room.
"Or, the Prairie Chicken." Aviva suggested.
Chris and Martin landed on the table showing a Prairie Chicken doing a display dance.
"I love birds that can dance, and it can really put on a show." Aviva said.
It seems since the Birds of a Feather adventure, Aviva has been really into bird displays.
"Hey, if you want to bust a move with a cool bird, check out a Prairie Falcon." Chris said, bringing up a Prairie Falcon on the screen. "This fast-flying relative of the Peregrine Falcon actually hunts Prairie Chickens."
Well, nobody is a better hunter than the crafty and wily prairie wolf!" Martin said bringing up a coyote. "AKA Coyote."
"What about a prairie rattlesnake?" Chris suggested bringing up a prairie rattlesnake. "They eat a lot of prairie dogs and prairie voles."
"Is there a prairie monkey?" Jimmy asked with a banana in his hand.
Amber chattered as she cocked her head weirdly at him. Tyrana did the same.
And then hooting was heard as then Jimmy yelped and ducked as a bird flies into the room and Chris and Martin ducked as it flew over them as well.
And Chris and Martin gasped realizing what kind of bird it was as it lands on the table next to Amber.
"A Prairie Chicken!" Chris, Martin and Aviva said in unison.
"This Prairie Chicken is looking really nervous." Martin said looking at the chicken's expression. "Something's bothering him."
And then Amber tensed a bit and looks around and rushed off as the chicken flies up and pass Aviva and Koki.
"This might be it." Koki said, looking at her tablet. "We're heading straight for some kind of meteorological event." The screen showed the Tortuga heading towards something big. "It could a thunderstorm, a blizzard, or a-"
"A twister!" Jimmy exclaimed.
And then the Tortuga started to shake as it got closer to the twister.
"Jimmy, take it off autopilot and get us outta here!" Martin said.
And Jimmy quickly rushed to the cockpit as a piece of glass falls and hits the floor.
Jimmy quickly got to the cockpit, and froze in his tracks.
"Too late!" Jimmy said.
And soon, the Tortuga was caught in the twister's grip of its winds as it started spinning.
"The tornado has us!" Chris yelled as he flew around the room with Tyrana in his arms.
Jimmy hid behind a chair as a plant pot hits the back of the chair. And Amber screeched as she clings on to a branch of the tree.
"Twisters occur over hot flat lands- a common phenomenon of the prairie habitat." Koki said, holding on to the railing.
And then she noticed a few shell panels being torn off by the twister's wind.
"The Tortuga taking a beating." Koki said.
And soon another panel was stripped off.
"Whoa!" Aviva clings on to a branch of the tree. "We have no choice, everybody."
No, don't even think about it." Koki denied, knowing what she's thinking.
"But we have to!" Chris yelled.
And he hits the big screen, and soon Martin hits the screen as well.
"The twister has the Tortuga in its clutches." Martin said.
"Abandon Turtle!" They all yelled.
"To the garage!" Aviva yelled.
And they all went down a chute leading down to the garage.
"The Tortuga is too large to escape the grip of the twister, but I think we can each take smaller, lighter, high-powered individual flying devices to get out." Aviva said. "Let's go!"
And they rushed off to some smaller vehicles.
And Chris, Martin, Amber and Tyrana took the Buzzbikes.
"Let's meet up on the outside!" Chris yelled.
And they headed outside.
"I'm right behind you, bro." Martin said.
But the moment Chris and Tyrana headed outside, he was immediately pulled into the twister's grip. And same with Martin and Amber.
Meanwhile, Aviva, Jimmy, Skylie and Grubby got on the Hoverbike.
"Ride out with maximum power!" Aviva said.
And they rushed out as Koki, Bumpo and Hornster took the rocket and they head out of the Tortuga, but were soon caught in the twister's grip.
"How are we going to find each other?!" Koki yelled.
And they were suddenly thrown out of the twister.
And Martin yelled as he fell through the sky with Amber clinging to his back and hits the ground. Amber shook her head and then quickly rushed off as Martin's Buzzbike lands on top of Martin as he groans in pain.
Some distance away, Chris yelled as he fell through the sky with Tyrana clinging to his back and hits the ground. Tyrana shook her head and then quickly rushed off as Chris's Buzzbike lands on top of Chris.
"Ow." Chris whined in pain.
Elsewhere, Jimmy screams while clinging to the side-seat of the Hoverbike.
But then, he realized he was already on the ground, with Grubby by his side.
"Oh." Jimmy said.
And then, his banana hits him on the head.
Elsewhere, Aviva has recently crash-landed and struggles a bit as her head was stuck in the ground.
And, with Skylie's help, she was soon able to pull free and rubs her head.
Elsewhere, Koki groans after hitting the ground, with Bumpo and Hornster by her sides, as their rocket was totaled.
Meanwhile, Chris lifts his head up as the twister drifts away from him and Tyrana.
"No one in sight." Chris said. "All right, then." He brought his Creaturepod out. "First step of emergency, Wild Kratt protocol would dictate that I make contact. Calling all creatures-" But he noticed his screen was all static. "Argh, not working. This must be because of interference of damage to the Tortuga's central communication system."
Now Chris and Tyrana were limited with a few options.
"Hm. I'll have to override with the emergency transponder to send an emergency message issuing a meeting point." Chris taps his Creaturepod as a mini radar. "Calling all Wild Kratts! Let's join up with a prairie animal. Hmmm that gives an idea." He noticed a twisted antenna of the Buzzbike. "Find a Prairie Rattlesnake at its sunning spot where this cool creature will be warming up after the storm."
And Chris crawls out from the damaged Buzzbike.
"Let's all meet up there! Come on, Tyrana." Chris said, and he rushed off as Tyrana rushed off to catch up.
Aviva and Skylie meanwhile straps her M.I.K on as she got Chris' message.
"Let's join up with a prairie animal." Aviva brought out her Creaturepod hearing Chris' message. "Find a prairie..." But a static link cuts off the rattlesnake. "Where this cool creature will..." And more static appeared. "Let's all meet up there!"
"Prairie what?" Aviva frowned.
Skylie cocked her head in confusion.
"He must mean Prairie Chicken." Aviva said. "He would pick something that is adverting itself and we all saw it fly through the Tortuga so he knows what it looks like, so it would be the most logical animal to pick. Come on, Skylie." And she rushed off as Skylie rushed off to catch up. "We gotta find a Prairie Chicken."
But was unaware of guessing the wrong animal.
Jimmy and Grubby got Chris' message as well, but like Aviva, he didn't get much.
"Prairie which?" Jimmy frowned.
"Find a prairie..." A static screen appeared like Aviva's. "Where this cool creature will..." The screen statics again. "Let's all meet up there!"
Jimmy chews on his banana a bit.
"Chris likes to climb, so he'll want to meet in a tree where a prairie monkey lives." Jimmy said and got up. "So I have to search for a prairie monkey!"
Grubby cocked his head in confusion.
"Come on, Grubby." Jimmy said.
And he rushed off as Grubby rushed off to catch up.
But completely unaware that monkeys in the Western Hemisphere don't live this far north.
"Now we just have to find a tree." Jimmy said, looking around.
He looks around the prairie and there wasn't a single tree anywhere.
Meanwhile, Koki, Bumpo and Hornster got Chris' message as well, but like Aviva and Jimmy, she only got part of it.
"Prairie where?" Koki frowned. "Chris must meant that goes for prairie dog, the most common animal and the most easy to find. That would be the most logical place to meet. All we have to do is go to the nearest prairie dog town and everybody else will be there. Come on, Bumpo. You too, Hornster."
And Koki rushed off to find a prairie dog town as Bumpo and Hornster rushed off to catch up.
Elsewhere, Martin and Amber got Chris' message, but like everyone else, they only got part of it.
"Prairie who?" Martin frowned. "Ho-ho, that's easy. My brother would go for an animal with an awesome creature power - either a Prairie Wolf or Prairie Falcon. Come on, Amber."
But Amber thinks as if she remembered Chris mentioning a rattlesnake. And then Martin rushed off as Amber rushed off to catch up.
Meanwhile, unaware that everyone has gotten the wrong kind of animal. Chris waits by a rock looking out with binoculars and Tyrana by his side.
"Ah, emergency beacon has been sent, and I think really nailed it with the meeting spot." Chris said. "A Prairie Rattlesnake is the perfect animal to find. On a storm day, he lays out in the sun after the clouds pass to warm up."
As he and Tyrana wait, a Prairie Rattlesnake suddenly showed up and slithers around Chris' left wrist and around his binoculars.
"You can't miss him." Chris said.
Tyrana then notices the Rattlesnake.
And then, the Rattlesnake rattles his tail, making Chris aware of his presence.
"Ohhh. I got the message." Chris said, moving his hand away. "They'll all be here in no time."
Crotalus Viridis: or more commonly known as the Prairie Rattlesnake can be found in central North America. From the northern border of Mexico to as far north to southern Alberta. They only range in size of 3 feet, smaller than the Western Diamondbacks further west and there are few areas where these 2 species coexist with each other.
"My plan is foolproof." Chris said. "So, Prairie Rattlesnakes are territorial, right?"
In response, Tyrana nods at him, and the Rattlesnake rattles at him.
"Yeah, in this area, there's only 1 in a square-mile territory." Chris said. "So figuring where we've landed, everybody should be gravitating to the nearest rattlesnake, and that's you, right here."
Some distance away elsewhere, Aviva and Skylie were still searching for a Prairie Chicken and then hooting was heard.
"Huh?" Aviva frowned.
She and Skylie then looked through the grass and saw a male Prairie Chicken.
"A Prairie Chicken!" Aviva gasped. "And this is a lek, Skylie." She looks at the patch of grass around him. "That means something exciting may be happening soon, because a lek is where a male Prairie Chicken does his dance display."
Skylie stares at the Prairie Chicken in amazement.
And soon the Chicken started his mating display by foot stamping and hooting out.
"I love bird dances!" Aviva beamed. "They are my favorite thing in the creature world! Heehee!" She then lowers down. "Are we the only ones seeing this?" She then giggled. "That is some dance-floor flair hidden under those feathers."
And the male Chicken continues hooting out.
"That sound's called booming." Aviva told Skylie. "He's bringing the boom."
And then, they noticed 2 Prairie Chicken hens who just arrived.
"The female Prairie Chickens are attracted to the sound of the dancing Prairie Chicken." Aviva said but then noticed no one was in sight. "Chris said to meet at the Prairie Chicken. Where is everybody? Why aren't Chris, Martin, Jimmy and Koki showing up?"
Skylie then stared at Aviva.
"Oh. And Amber, Tyrana, Bumpo, Hornster and Grubby too, of course." She giggled sheepishly.
Some distance away elsewhere, Koki, Bumpo and Hornster were walking around the prairie looking for a Prairie Dog town.
And then, they heard yipping sounds and saw some Prairie Dogs ahead.
"Thousands and thousands of Prairie Dogs!" Koki exclaimed. "But how come we're the only human and dinosaurs?" She looks around for the others. "Where are the Wild Kratts?"
Bumpo and Hornster then stared at Koki.
"Oh. And Amber, Tyrana, Skylie and Grubby too, of course." She giggled sheepishly.
They continue walking around the Prairie Dog burrows, and one pokes out squeaking out with a jump.
"What?" Koki turns to him. "What did I do?"
And the other Prairie Dogs jump-yipped, which is a way to warn other Prairie Dogs of danger from predators like Birds of Prey, Wolves, Coyotes, Bears, Cougars, Lynxes, Bobcats, even Snakes and Ferrets.
"If I remember this right, there can be millions of Prairie Dogs in 1 town and they can cover 100 square miles." Koki said, looking through her tablet. "Martin, Chris, Aviva, Jimmy, Amber, Tyrana, Skylie and Grubby could be anywhere out there. Maybe this isn't the best place to meet."
And they walk out as the Prairie Dogs continue to jump-yip.
"Is every one of you gonna holler at us when we walk by?" Koki asked the Prairie Dogs.
1 Prairie Dog jump-yipped again and it was almost as if they were toying with her, Bumpo and Hornster.
Elsewhere, Martin and Amber were still wandering around for either a Prairie Falcon or Prairie Wolf. And soon found the guitar from earlier in a tree.
Home, home on the prairie
Where the falcon is flying so high
Where the grass is so green and the air is so clean
And there isn't a cloud in the sky-eee
Then, suddenly, an off note was when Martin jumped a bit seeing a Prairie Falcon diving right at him.
"Incoming!" Martin yelled.
He then ducks as the Falcon flew over him.
"Whoa. There you are, Prairie Falcon." Martin said, watching the falcon. "Almost as fast as your cousin, the Peregrine, aren't you?" And then he had an idea. "Hey, Prairie Falcons are so similar to Peregrine Falcons. Maybe I can activate Falcon Powers using the Peregrine Falcon Disc..." He brought out the Peregrine Falcon Power Disc and inserts it into his vest. "...and touching a Prairie Falcon!"
And the Prairie Falcon flew by Martin again, and he jumps to touch it. But missed and tried a few other times but missed again.
And the Falcon begins to fly off.
"I don't know, Chris, was it really such a good idea to meet up with a bird that can fly so fast and so far?" Martin questioned.
And they chased after the Falcon.
"Hey, wait up!" Martin yelled out to the Falcon.
And no sooner as they were gone, Jimmy and Grubby showed up with his Creaturepod out still looking for the non-existing "prairie monkey".
"Huh. Got to find a tree somewhere on the prairie." Jimmy said.
And then he bumps into the tree.
"A tree!" Jimmy beamed, but saw no monkey. "Huh? No prairie monkey?" And he turns to his Creaturepod. "No signal!" His Creaturepod screen showed only static. "That's why I can't find any pictures of a prairie monkey. What does a prairie monkey look like anyway?"
Grubby still didn't get what Jimmy was thinking off.
Meanwhile, Aviva and Skylie were still enjoying themselves with the Prairie Chickens.
And then suddenly the male tensed looking at the sky. And Aviva and Skylie looked and saw a Prairie Falcon diving towards them.
And the chickens quickly rushed into the grass to hide. And Aviva and Skylie watched as the Falcon circles back and watches the grass.
"Alright!" Aviva said. "The Prairie Chicken uses the tall grass to hide in."
One of the hens peaks out and hid as the Falcon flew by her. And soon, the Falcon gives up and leaves the area.
"Phew, that was a close one!" Aviva said.
"Hey!"
"Huh?" Aviva looked back.
"Wait up-!"
And then Martin appeared chasing the Falcon and then trips over Aviva and the 2 rolled across the grass.
"Aviva! Skylie!" Martin beamed as Amber got to them and was happy to see her Brachiosaurus sister. "You found the Prairie Falcon too!"
Amber and Skylie then nuzzled each other.
"No." Aviva said as they sat up. "We were waiting with the Prairie Chicken and you two and your Prairie Falcon scared him away."
"Why were you two waiting with a Prairie Chicken?" Martin asked, holding the broken guitar.
"I think that's what Chris meant for us to meet up. "Aviva said and saw the Falcon fly away. "But I could have got it wrong."
"Me too." Martin said. "I just kind of guessed he meant for us to meet up at an animal with a really cool creature power like a Prairie Falcon or a Prairie Wolf." He brought the Peregrine Power Disc out from his vest.
"Have you tried the Prairie Wolf yet?" Aviva asked.
"Not yet." Martin said.
"I guess that's next on our list." Aviva said and runs off.
"Yeah." Martin said. "Let's go find a Prairie Wolf!"
And he runs off as Amber and Skylie followed them.
Meanwhile, Koki, Bumpo and Hornster were still wandering through Prairie Dog town, and the Prairie Dogs continue their jump-yips.
"Okay, is every one of you doing that?" Koki asked, tiredly.
The Prairie Dogs continued jump-yipping as they walk.
"This is really starting to get to me." Koki said.
And then Prairie Dogs jump-yipped again as this time Koki joins them.
"Yip!" Koki jumped. "Oh no! Now I'm doing it too!"
And the Prairie Dogs jump-yipped again as Koki did it again.
"Yip!" Koki jumped. "I gotta get out of here. Yip, yip, yip!"
And Bumpo and Hornster rushed after her.
Meanwhile, Martin, Aviva, Amber and Skylie were still wandering through the prairie looking for a Coyote.
"You know, Aviva, Prairie Wolves - really known as Coyotes - might be the smartest wild animal in North America." Martin said.
Unknowingly behind them, a Coyote suddenly appeared and followed them.
"They're that smart?" Aviva said.
"Yeah!" Martin said. "300 years ago, coyotes lived mainly out here on the Prairies. But they are so intelligent and adaptable that they've spread all across North America. 1 could be living in your backyard and you wouldn't even know it."
""Oh, I would know it." Aviva said.
"Uh, no you wouldn't." Martin denied.
"Would too." Aviva said.
"Not unless the coyote wanted you to know it." Martin said.
Amber and Skylie then sensed something behind them, and glanced back and then saw the coyote.
"Tch! Come on." Aviva said skeptically and then got a strange feeling. "Do you get the feeling we're being watched?"
And then Martin saw the coyote.
"By a Prairie Wolf?" Martin said.
"Huh?" Aviva looked back.
And she saw the coyote.
"What? How long has that coyote been following us?" Aviva said bewildered.
And the coyote sat down.
"Hey, Aviva..." Martin smirked.
"Don't even say it." Aviva warned.
"I told you-" Martin smirked.
"I'm not listening-" Aviva covered her ears.
Amber and Skylie snorted and shook their heads dismissively.
"So!" Martin finished.
"Okay, I admit it: coyotes are obviously very smart." Aviva confessed.
And then Amber snapped at her foot.
"Hey!" Aviva said.
"Nice one." Martin giggled.
And then Skylie hit Aviva's leg with her tail.
"Ow! Skylie!" Aviva shouted.
Martin laughed, but then noticed Aviva glaring back at him, and then giggled sheepishly and cleared his throat.
"Anyway, he was tracking us that whole time we were talking about him, so he already kind of comes with a name; Tracker." Martin said. "He's a super prairie predator and can track down just about any animal out here."
"Hey!" Aviva said having an idea. "If Tracker can track down any animal out here then if we follow him, he'll eventually lead us to the mystery prairie animal that Chris was talking about!"
"Ha! I'm with you, Aviva." Martin said. "Tracker, you can be the key to bringing the Wild Kratts team back together."
And Martin, Aviva, Amber and Skylie begin to follow Tracker.
Meanwhile, Chris and Tyrana were still hanging with the Prairie Rattlesnake as it basks on the rock.
"Argh!" Chris groaned, irritated. "We've been hanging with this Prairie Rattlesnake for about 2 hours now. I mean, how hard can it be to find a Prairie Rattlesnake? You just look for a big sunning rock and boom, there's a rattlesnake. Where is everybody?" He looks around for the others.
Tyrana snorted dismissively, then turns back to the Rattlesnake.
Snakes are not the easiest to come across, though it takes time to find one when looking in the right area with certain things.
And then Chris heard rattling as he turns to the Rattlesnake rattling its tail and in a striking pose as another snake appeared.
"What's that?" Chris wondered and looks at it. "Oh... It has the markings like a Rattlesnake but not a blocky head." And he then realized what kind of snake it is. "Uh-oh, Tyrana, it's a Prairie Kingsnake! Immune to Rattlesnake venom and a predator of Rattlesnakes!"
Like other Kingsnakes, the Prairie Kingsnake is famously known for eating other venomous Snakes.
And the Prairie Kingsnake begins to approach the Prairie Rattlesnake.
Meanwhile, Martin, Aviva, Amber and Skylie were still following Tracker as they walked up a hill and then saw something ahead.
"Whoa! Look at all those Ground Squirrels!" Aviva said, looking at the Prairie Dog town.
"You're right Aviva, they are a kind of Ground Squirrel." Martin said. "Popular name: Prairie Dog. One of the largest ground squirrels in North America. A Prairie Dog town can be huge! The biggest one ever was 25,000 square miles wide and home to 400 million Prairie Dogs."
"That's a lot of meals for a Coyote." Aviva said and then noticed Tracker is gone. "Hey, where is our Coyote?"
"I don't know." Martin shrugged. "He was here just a minute ago."
And then squeaking was heard.
"Do you hear that?" Martin asked.
And the Prairie Dogs did a jump-yip.
"That's the jump-yip, a Prairie Dog's warning call." Martin explained. "So that means..."
He looks around and noticed something among the Prairie Dogs.
"There!" Martin said. "Wait, that's not a Coyote." He saw it clearly. "That's a... Koki!"
"And look! There's Bumpo and Hornster too." Aviva said.
Koki then got up and a Prairie Dog jump-yipped as Koki did as well as if she was completely in it.
Bumpo and Hornster watched her, confused.
"What's she doing?" Aviva asked.
"A jump-yip. But I have no idea why." Martin said.
Amber and Skylie cocked her heads, curiously confused of Koki acting like a jump-yipping Prairie Dog.
Bumpo and Hornster, who were with her, on the other hand, were no different.
"All the Prairie Dogs are wondering too." Aviva said.
And a group of Prairie Dogs jump-yipped again as Koki jump-yipped again.
"Yip!" Koki jumped and lands on her knees.
And then Martin noticed Tracker stalking a Prairie Dog behind some grass with its back turned.
"There's Tracker!" Martin said. "See how smart Coyotes are? He's using Koki, Bumpo and Hornster each as a decoy. While all the Prairie Dogs are distracted by Koki, Bumpo and Hornster, our coyote is sneaking up - on lunch."
Tracker silently got as close to the Prairie Dog as he could. And soon, once in range, Tracker lunges into the air and the Prairie Dog looks up as it was too late.
The other Prairie Dogs, Koki, Bumpo and Hornster heard squeaking and saw a dust cloud from a struggle. And soon Tracker lifts his head up with the Prairie Dog in his mouth, and walks off with his meal.
Seeing him, the other Prairie Dogs quickly rushed down the burrows.
And Martin, Aviva, Amber and Skylie rushed up to Koki, Bumpo and Hornster.
"Koki! Bumpo! Hornster!" They both said.
"What were you doing?" Aviva asked.
But Koki was still caught in the trance.
"Koki." Aviva said a bit loudly.
And then Amber, Skylie, Bumpo and Hornster slapped Koki in the face with their tails. Even Bumpo's hard, clubbed tail, which, surprisingly, didn't break Koki's skull.
It was enough for Koki to shake her head as she regains herself.
"I was in some kind of Prairie Dog trance." Koki said, getting up. "It was those sounds..."
"The jump-yips?" Martin frowned.
"Yeah - were contagious." Koki said. "I couldn't stop jump-yipping."
And then 3 Prairie Dogs poke their heads out from their burrows.
"Ahhh..." Koki nervously looked around.
And 2 more poked out.
"Let's get out of here before they start jump-yipping again." Koki said.
And she quickly rushed off.
And Martin, Aviva, Amber, Skylie, Bumpo and Hornster followed her.
Further away from the Prairie Dogs, they soon found Tracker after he had eaten his fill.
"What were you doing wandering around in Prairie Dog town anyway?" Aviva asked.
"Well Chris said meet at the Prairie Dogs didn't he?" Koki inquired. "They're the most common animal. That's why you're here right?"
"Well, actually I started at the Prairie Chicken." Aviva said.
"And I was chasing a Prairie Falcon around at first." Martin said.
"Until we joined up with this Prairie Wolf." Aviva gestured to Tracker.
"Actually called Coyote, whose name is now Tracker, and he led us to you, Bumpo and Hornster." Martin said.
"We think the Prairie Wolf will lead us to everybody, no matter what animal they thought Chris said to meet up at." Aviva said.
"Sounds good to me." Koki said. "Let's keep following your Prairie Wolf."
"A.K.A Coyote." Martin said.
Meanwhile, Chris was now filming the stand-off between the Prairie Rattlesnake and Kingsnake, with Tyrana by his side.
"Now, this is a rarely/never-seen-before moment, Tyrana - a face-off between a venomous Prairie Rattlesnake and a predatory Prairie Kingsnake."
Tyrana watched as the Rattlesnake rattles its tail at the Kingsnake.
"Most animals will heed the Rattlesnake's warning because they won't want to receive a venomous bite." Chris said.
The Rattlesnake continues rattling as the Kingsnake clearly won't back down, and then he strikes and bites on the Kingsnake's neck as the Kingsnake then bites and wrestles him.
"Oh! Rattlesnake venom doesn't even affect him, making the Kingsnake a deadly predator of the Rattlesnake." Chris said.
The Rattlesnake's tail continues rattling as the kingsnake constricts him. And soon the tail limps and stops rattling.
"And like he does with all his prey, the Kingsnake swallows the Rattlesnake whole." Chris said.
And the Prairie Kingsnake soon finishes swallowing the Rattlesnake as the rattle of its tail vanished into his mouth.
Tyrana was amazed.
She doesn't know it just yet, but when she's fully grown one day, she will be able to swallow 100 - 150 pounds of meat whole in just one bite.
"Oh, well, that's nature." Chris said and checks his Creaturepod. "Hm?" he saw his screen all static. "Aww, Creaturepod is down! I forgot. Oh-No! Everybody's looking for the nearest Prairie Rattlesnake and now he's gone!" He turns to the Kingsnake with a full stomach of Rattlesnake.
"We've got to go find another Prairie Rattlesnake." Chris said.
And he and Tyrana rushed off to find another Prairie Rattlesnake, and as the Prairie Kingsnake begins to slither off to find a place to curl up after his meal which will keep him well-fed for 5 or 6 weeks.
But then he stops as Tracker, Amber, Skylie, Bumpo and Hornster appeared and saw him.
And behind them, Martin, Aviva and Koki soon saw the Kingsnake as well.
"A Rattlesnake!" Aviva gasped.
"That's what he's thinking, too." Martin said, seeing the snake more closely. "This snake has the markings of a Rattlesnake. And he's making a rattling sound. But look closer: his tail has no rattles. He's just vibrating his tail against the dry grass to make the Coyote think twice about trying to eat him."
Some snakes can also mimic the Rattlesnake's rattle, like Copperheads and Cottonmouths and other snakes, by vibrating their tails against dry leaves and grass to fool predators.
Amber stood still as the Kingsnake vibrates his tail against the dry grass, but she then noticed the Snake's head-shape. Rattlesnakes have a triangular head and she can see the snake's head is smooth along with its body. Of course Amber is taught to avoid Rattlesnakes from their warnings, but she can clearly see that it's not a Rattlesnake. But still getting the message, she respectfully backs away from him. And back to Martin, Aviva and Koki.
"So, he's fooling the Coyote." Aviva said with a "I told you so" look. "Well, maybe the Coyote isn't so smart after all, huh, Martin?" She then laughed.
Amber growled in annoyance by her skepticism.
And Bumpo and Hornster snorted dismissively.
"Uh, Aviva, you thought it was a Rattlesnake too." Martin said.
That then brought a smugful look to Amber's, Skylie's, Bumpo's and Hornster's faces.
"Okay, never mind." Aviva said. "Are there any other animals that start with "prairie"?"
"Hmm, let me see." Martin said thinking. "Prairie cat? No. Prairie turtle? Prairie Toad? Prairie snail? No, no, and no. And definitely not prairie monkey. Remember when Jimmy joked about a prairie monkey?"
"Yeah!" Aviva laughed.
And they all laughed unaware he was being serious.
But Amber, Skylie, Bumpo and Hornster were all still confused by that.
And the Prairie Kingsnake slithers off to find a place to curl up.
Meanwhile, Jimmy was still looking for non-existing prairie monkeys with Grubby, unaware they were on a wild goose chase.
"Wow, Grubby. These prairie monkeys must be rare - maybe even endangered - because there are hardly any trees out here." Jimmy said, looking out at the prairie.
Grubby still looked at him confused every time he mentioned that.
"I wonder how everybody else is doing?" Jimmy said.
And he and Grubby walk on their unknowingly wild goose chase.
Meanwhile, Chris and Tyrana were still looking for another Prairie Rattlesnake.
"We've got to find another Prairie Rattlesnake if we're all going to meet up, Tyrana." Chris said walking up a hill with Tyrana.
He soon got to the top and saw something.
"Bison!" Chris exclaimed.
Below him was a large herd of Bison.
"The largest animal on the prairie, weighing over 2 tons!" Chris said. "And these animals run in herds in the tens of thousands. Aaah!" He smacked himself in the forehead. "I should have picked the Bison!" He chuckled. "Also known as Prairie Buffalo. They're the ones who keep the long grass on the prairie mowed down."
And then Chris heard some Bison snorting as he saw 2 males in a headbutting match.
"Whoa! A Bison head-butting battle." Chris beamed. "Oh, I wish Martin were here. He'd love to see this! We need to get a front-row seat for this battle."
Chris and Tyrana then carefully crawl within the herd near the fighting males as they ram into each other.
Not too far away, Jimmy and Grubby were still on their unknowingly wild goose chase of the non-existing prairie monkey.
And then some Bison snorting was heard nearby.
"I think that sounds like an "ooh, ooh" of a monkey!" Jimmy beamed, mistaking the sounds.
And then loud thudding was heard from the headbutts.
"And that must be them cracking nuts." Jimmy said, mistaking that as well.
And then he rushed up the hill with Grubby behind him.
"There must be a forest full of prairie monkeys over the hill." Jimmy said running.
As he ran, he and Grubby then trip over a Prairie Dog burrow and roll down the hill. And right into the middle of the Bison herd near Chris and Tyrana and stops right in front of a Bison mother with a calf as the calf turns to him.
And then Jimmy did the worst possible thing; scream loudly.
"Jimmy! Grubby!" Chris turns to him.
The Bison calf bleats loudly as he was spooked by Jimmy as the mother snorted, turning to him. And then they ran off as the other Bison soon ran as well.
"Whoa!" Jimmy covered his head.
Grubby shrieked in horror.
"I gotcha', Grubby!" Jimmy said, as he held Grubby in his arms.
"It's a stampede!" Chris yelled. "Run, Jimmy! Run, Grubby!"
Chris watches as more Bison continue running and he had an idea.
"All aboard!" He and Tyrana jump onto the back of a passing male.
Jimmy quivered as the Bison ran by him, and he and Grubby were soon snatched up by Chris and Tyrana and hoisted up on the Bison's back.
Meanwhile, Martin, Aviva, Koki, Amber, Skylie, Bumpo and Hornster were still following Tracker.
Home, home on the prairie
Where the coyote tirelessly trots
And wherever he goes
The coyote knows
All of his favorite spots
As they hiked, Tracker suddenly stopped and sniffs out as if he senses something. And then suddenly strangely he runs off.
"Hey, where's he going?" Martin wondered.
"Maybe he's tired." Aviva suggested.
"Does Tracker know something we don't know?" Martin questioned.
And then Amber perks up sensing something, and sniffs the air. And then she lets out a panicked screech and runs off passing by the group.
And Skylie, Bumpo and Hornster could sense it too. And they each let out a panicked squeal and run off, following Amber.
"Where're they going in such a hurry?" Aviva frowned.
And then rumbling was heard as the ground vibrated heavily.
"Do you feel that?" Aviva asked.
"Oh no, not an earthquake!" Koki said. "First a twister, now this?"
Martin then pressed his ear to the ground and listens.
"Well, it's either an earthquake or..." Martin then gasped. "A BISON STAMPEDE!"
And then the Bison herd stampedes into view.
"RUN!" They all yelled and ran for their lives.
"Okay, I admit it!" Aviva said as she ran. "Coyotes are smart! You were right and I was wrong!"
And soon the Bison were starting to run by them.
"We're not going to be able to outrun them!" Martin said. "Any ideas?"
"Yeah, jump on!" Chris said still on the Bison's back with Tyrana, Jimmy and Grubby as they ran by.
"How do we do that without getting trampled?" Koki asked frantically.
"I've got it!" Aviva said with an idea. "I'll use my M.I.K robot arm."
She brought out a controller, and the M.I.K's robot arm extends out and grabs Koki as she was lifted up onto the back of a Bison. And soon brought Martin on the back of another Bison.
"Okay, Aviva, reel yourself in." Martin said, holding the robot arm.
And Aviva reels herself onto the Bison's back as they all cheered.
"We all met up." Chris said. "Well, it would have been a lot easier if we'd all met up with a Prairie Rattlesnake."
"Huh?" Aviva said, baffled.
"What are you talking about?" Martin asked, baffled. "I thought you said Prairie Wolf or Falcon!"
"I thought you said Prairie Chicken!" Aviva said.
"I heard "Prairie Dog"!" Koki said.
"You never said rattlesnake!" They all said in unison.
"Yeah, I did!" Chris remarked, referring back at the Tortuga.
"Guys, we've got another problem." Jimmy said, pointing ahead.
Ahead of them was the damaged Tortuga from the twister as it was on its back.
"Look what the twister did to our poor Tortuga." Koki said.
"And what is the stampede going to do to it?" Jimmy wondered.
"Actually, we'll be swept right past it on the backs of these Bison." Koki added.
"I've got an idea." Chris said. "We can use Bison power to right the Tortuga!" He brought a 2nd Bison Power Disc that Aviva recently made. "But we'll have to act fast."
And Chris and Martin inserted the Bison Power Disc into their Creature Power Suits.
"Activate Bison Power!" They said in unison.
And they jumped off the Bisons' backs with Tyrana and Grubby as they activated into Bison Power Suits.
"To the Tortuga Rescue!" They both rushed to the Tortuga, with Tyrana and Grubby by their sides.
They quickly ran to the Tortuga, and soon got to it and saw Amber, Skylie, Bumpo and Hornster, who had gotten there earlier, and were happy to see their Tyrannosaurus sister and Stegosaurus brother again, and begin to push the Tortuga and flip it over to its feet. And soon the Tortuga flips over and back on its feet.
"Yeah!" Aviva cheered.
"They did it!" Koki cheered.
And soon the Bison herd ran pass the Tortuga as Aviva, Koki and Jimmy leaped off the Bisons' backs and onto the Tortuga's garage ramp. And they cheered as the Bison ran by them.
And soon Chris and Martin join up with them.
"This creature adventure turned out just great!" Martin said.
"What?" Aviva, Koki and Jimmy exclaimed.
"Hey, we all found each other." Chris said.
"And the Tortuga." Koki added.
"And we met a lot of cool prairie creatures." Aviva added.
"And got to be part of one of nature's greatest spectacles, a herd of stampeding Bison." Martin added, watching the Bison herd stampeding away.
"Living free and on the prairie." They all said in unison.
And they watched as the Bison herd disappears from view.
Author's Note:
I don't know why Jimmy thought of a prairie monkey, but he clearly does not know his monkeys well. Ah, well. I gotta at least give him credit for trying to think of and find a type of new species of prairie animal.
Monkeys clearly don't live that far north in the Western Hemisphere.
Now, this is just another one of the few episodes I decided to squeeze in with this story. But not all of them.