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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello, Critter Protectors.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Mister Jim here and welcome to Kids Animal Stories, a
place where there's always a mystery and adventure around every
single corner. If you love critters of all shapes and sizes,
I need you on our Critter Protector team. Join our
adventure as we learn about critters from around the world.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
And in our back yards. Well, my friends, are you
ready for today's adventure? Me too, Let's go. On the
last episode of this mystery series, we learned about Rory,
who believes I'm pretty sure it's some kind of fish

(00:48):
in the ocean. Not exactly sure who Rory is yet,
but got to make sure that you listen to part
one hear those clues. Rory, a member of the Grand
Central Station re just spent the day welcoming new members
to her school. She showed them around, heard about their
crazy journey and how they needed to use their toxic

(01:11):
tales against predators. Rory had shown them the best places
to eat algae, and they all got settled down in
their beautiful home of Cauliflower Reef. As soon as Rory's
family members came home to meet Eli, James, Ali and Amelia,

(01:31):
somebody set off a terrible Jane of color changing mess.
Rory was left out with no other choice but to
change as well, but she needed to know who was
stressed out to begin with. Ah, that's an interesting clue. Yes,
stress stress is what makes these amazing critters change color.

(01:56):
Their mood can affect their coloring. When their normal blue
with yellow fins, this means they're happy. But if something
scares them or makes them worried or upset, they change
to a deep, dark purple. Whow, okay, good, it's not purple.
Ninja's involved. We can cross that off the list. All

(02:19):
these members of Rory's group must have gotten scared and
they saw the others changing color. It was like a
chain effect. Wow. Can you imagine if you started feeling
a certain emotion or you felt scared or worried that
you just turned bright purple all of a sudden, that

(02:40):
would be pretty hilarious? Or what color hm think of
a big emotion? Maybe funny? Like whenever you felt funny
you turned some color. What color would you turn if
you were super super funny all of a sudden, that
would be hilarious? Scare excuse me? I need to know

(03:02):
what is making everyone so upset? Rory said, as she
frantically swam around. She bumped into some asked others if
they knew, but couldn't find any answers. After searching for
quite some time, she spotted Milo. He was with the
newcomers and they were all huddled together. Oh, Milo, I'm

(03:26):
glad I've found you. What's going on, Rory asked, Well,
the only explanation I can come up with is that
someone was spooked. We need to find a friend on
the perimeter to see if they know more. Milo said, Oh,
that's a good idea. I'll gotta check around the outside

(03:48):
edges of our home. You stay here for now, guys,
Rory said, thanks, Rory, Milo has a relieved that someone
was going to get to the bottom of all this
purple tie. She looked low. Then she saw it, swimming
back and forth was the largest yellowfin tuna that Rory

(04:10):
had ever seen. Whoa. It was close to six feet long.
Tunas are not to be messed with because they are
a large predator of Rory's species. These tuna have to
keep on swimming to stay alive, so it swam back
and forth, back and forth. Rory knew it was looking

(04:33):
for something to eat, which was so terrifying. Just below
the tuna, Rory could see one small blue blob laying
completely still. If she didn't know any better, she would
have thought the little fish was dead, but she knew
it was a trick. You see, fish like Rory will

(04:56):
sometimes float on their side and pretend to be dead.
This keeps predators from seeing them or swimming after them
as much. It's a really special defense trick. Rory watched
from her same spot, motionless. If she moved it all,
she might catch the tuna's attention, and then she would

(05:17):
be in big trouble. Ma'm a lot of your bat turna,
Rory whispered to herself. She watched and watched them. Miraculously,
the tuna swam away. The little fish opened one eye,
saw it was gone, and swam straight to Rory. Oh, Mia,
that's you, Rory said, as she realized who that fish was. Huh,

(05:43):
how well surspared, Mia said, as she tried to calm
down a little bit. You did the right thing, Mia.
That tuna didn't see you at all, Rory said. Even
with razor sharp, venomous barbs on her tail, she would
have been no match for such a huge predator, all right,

(06:03):
do we have any guesses of what this mystery critter
is Rory and all our friends? Uh, I think I
might have a guess. Do you have any guesses? What
fish has a blue body, yellowtail and lives in coral
reefs and they also have toxic spines, change color with

(06:24):
their mood play dead? Huh? You are you thinking of
a word that rhymes with rory? Yes, like Dory. This
critter is called a regal blue tang. It's a fish
that's a part of the surgeon family. They can be
found in coral reefs throughout the ocean, and they play

(06:44):
a major part in helping coral stay clean and Aljane free.
Remember that fun bluefish. Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming. Yeah,
that's who these fish are. Well, both regalangs get it
back to their school of other surgeon fish. Rory went

(07:04):
to Milo and the new friends to tell them the
whole story about the tuna. Mia told everyone else. As
the fish all settled down for the night their cozy
cauliflower coral, it couldn't help but be very thankful that
they had so many defenses against predators in the big
blue ocean. And that was about time when they changed

(07:26):
back to their normal bright blue color. The end. We'll
be right back to talk more about this adventure after
a word from our sponsor. Great job, you listened all
the way to the end. All right, my critter protectors,
how are we doing today? Well? I hope you're doing

(07:48):
a fantastic If this is your first time hanging out
with us, welcome. We love critters of all shapes and sizes,
and so it's our job to not only learn about them,
but to protect both in our backyards and around the world.
I also want to invite you into a challenge, Just
Story Challenge Parents. Audio stories have been amazing in helping

(08:11):
reduce screen time and increase imagination. So listen to stories
along with us for five days in a row and
watch something magic happen with your imagination. I will see
you on our next adventure. Bye.