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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 because he thinks the team really needed him.
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. Although the Proboscis Monkey Power Suit was first used in the episode, Kerhonk, the Proboscis Monkey Power Discs were blank. And even though the discs were blue and green in Kerhonk, one of them was purple in this episode.
- 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.
- In this episode, Aviva and Koki didn't think that they could teleport the Mudskipper Power Disc. But in the episodes, Desert Elves and In Search Of The Easter Bunny, they managed to teleport the Elf Owl, Snowshoe Hare, and Jackrabbit Power Discs. However, the Snowshoe Hare and Jackrabbit Power Discs got stuck in an ice wall and on a cactus in the latter episode. Also, the Yeti Crab Power Disc went inside Chris' sandwich when Aviva teleported it in the episode, Seasquatch.
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.