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"Cheetah Adopted" is the 22nd episode of the fourth season of Wild Kratts, originally airing on PBS Kids on April 13, 2017. Overall it is the 114th episode of the series.
Plot[]
While the crew is out getting supplies, Chris and Martin are dropped off to do some creature adventuring, only to find their old cheetah cub friend, Spot Swat, has been adopted by Warthogs. Now they must help reunite him with his cheetah mom, Blur, without calling for help from the crew.
Characters[]
Animals[]
Animation[]
Featured animals are in bold
- Cheetah: Spot Swat, Blur
- Warthog
- Aardvark: Slurpy
- Grant's Zebra (called Zebra)
- Thomson's Gazelle (called Gazelle)
- Nubian Giraffe
- Martial Eagle
- African Bush Elephant
- Lion
- War-like Termite (called Termite)
Live Action[]
Note: Live action animals are linked to Wikipedia.
- Australian shepherd
- Butterfly
- Hippopotamus (called Hippo)
- Aldabra giant tortoise (called Aldabra tortoise)
- Domestic pigeon (called White pigeon)
- Rhesus macaque (called Macaque)
- Asian elephant (called Elephant)
- Labrador Retriever (called Dog)
- Black rhinoceros (called Rhino)
- Domestic sheep (called Sheep)
- Western gorilla (called Gorilla)
- Domestic cat (called Kitten)
Trivia[]
- Some of the mixed animal friendships mentioned in the live action sequence included Owen and Mzee, Tarra and Bella, Gertjie and Lammie, and Koko and All Ball.
Key Facts and Creature Moments[]
- It doesn't happen often, but baby animals can sometimes get adopted by other animals of different species.
- Warthogs have tough bony and bumpy snouts with sharp tusks for fighting each other and defending themselves from predators.
- Warthogs can raise their tail high to signal to other warthogs and their young to follow them to get away from predators.
- Warthogs can block a burrow entrance with their snouts and tusks to defend themselves from lions.
- Warthogs can run up to 35 miles per hour, making them like pork-flavored motorbikes.
- Warthogs are omnivores, just like all members of the pig family.