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"A Fish Out of Water" is the 8th episode of Season 7 of the PBS Kids show Wild Kratts. It is the 160th episode of the series overall. It premiered on April 4, 2024.
Synopsis[]
After a Creature Power Disc mishap, the bros become marooned in the world of a mudskipper, a fish that can walk on land. They must find their discs within a foreign world of intense competition, with unexpected dangers at every turn. Meanwhile, Jimmy Z starts to feel a little unappreciated.
Plot[]
Characters[]
Animals[]
Animation[]
Note: Featured animals are in bold.
- Giant Mudskipper (called Mudskipper): Skippy
- Painted Jezebel (called Butterfly)
- Emperor Penguin
- Proboscis Monkey
- Compressed Fiddler Crab
- Asian Water Monitor (called Monitor lizard)
- Purple Heron
- New Guinea Bockadam (called Dog-faced water snake)
- Dusky Darkling Beetle
Live Action[]
Note: Live action animals are linked to Wikipedia.
- Ocellaris clownfish (called Clownfish)
- Sockeye salmon (called Salmon)
- Great white shark (called Shark)
- Atlantic mudskipper (called Mudskipper)
Trivia[]
- This episode marks the first time the Proboscis Monkey Power disc is present.
- A dialogue exchange between Chris and Martin references the song "These Boots Are Made for Walking" by Nancy Sinatra.
- There are the roles in the Wild Kratts Crew: Chris and Martin are zoologists, Aviva is an engineer, Koki is a computer specialist, and Jimmy is an expert pilot and teleporter.
Key Facts and Creature Moments[]
- Mudskippers are one of the few species of fish able to walk on and spend most of their lifestyle on land, occupying a unique niche in the ecosystem.
- Mudskippers walk using powerful modified pectoral fins like legs to drag their bodies along the mud.
- In the water, mudskippers breath through their gills. On land, they breathe through their moist skin.
- Mudskippers keep their skin and eyes moist by covering themselves in mud.
- Female mudskippers lay their eggs within underground chambers while the males will keep the eggs moist by breathing out air in the chamber.
- Mudskippers can see better on land than underwater. Therefore, they keep their eyes above water as they swim.
- Mudskippers can climb tree roots, where they can find insects to eat.
- In addition to insects, mudskippers can also eat crabs.
- Mudskippers dig burrows with their mouths, and spit out excess mud to clear their burrows, burrows are a safe place for mudskippers to hide from predators.
- Male mudskippers fiercely battle over territory and to impress females.
- Mudskippers can jump thanks to their powerful tails.
- A dog-faced water snake hunting for mudskippers, only to get caught by a purple heron.
- An Asian water monitor attempting to hunt mudskippers.