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"Hammerheads" is the 5th episode of the Season 6 of the PBS Kids show Wild Kratts. It is the 139th episode in the series overall. It premiered on November 5, 2019.
Synopsis[]
While the team is relaxing on the Tortuga, and Aviva is doing a Creature Power Disc check, Martin spots a hammerhead shark. He accidentally knocks all the Creature Power Discs into the water and soon sink down into the sand. So the team decides to enlist the help of the hammerhead; one of nature's best predators that knows a thing or two about electroreception. But Zach starts making Zachbots with hammer-heads to break down the Tortuga door and steal their inventions.
Plot[]
The episode opens with Martin Kratt at the Canadian Museum of Nature while Chris Kratt is out in the Caribbean Sea. They may be in different places right now, but they're both investigating sharks. Every shark species has many traits in common. However, each one has its own unique shape and colors. And there's no shark more unique than the hammerhead shark whose head truly lives up to her namesake. The bros then wonder what it would be like to have hammerhead shark powers and the show transitions into the cartoon segment.
Characters[]
Animals[]
Animation[]
Note: Featured animals are in bold.
- Great Hammerhead (called hammerhead shark)
- Osprey
- Eyed Flounder (called flounder)
- Southern Stingray (called stingray)
Flashback[]
Computer Images[]
Live Action[]
Note: Live action animals are linked to Wikipedia.
- Great white shark
- Warty comb jelly
- Black puffer
- Queensland yellowtail angelfish
- Yellowtail snapper
- Shortfin mako shark (called mako shark)
- Lemon shark
- Whale shark
Trivia[]
- This is their first shark adventure of Season 6, and their second shark adventure overall.
- A flashback scene of the blue crab breaking the Wild Pony Power Disc in "Wild Ponies" was recalled by Chris. The disc has since been repaired, but still has an irregular electrical impulse signature.
- This is the first appearance of a flatfish and stingray species in Wild Kratts, in this case, a flounder and southern stingray.
- Along with tomato soup, Zach's favorite food is black and white cookies as he is seen eating a box full while spying on the Wild Kratts.
- An antelope Creature Power Disc was shown in this episode, however, there is yet to be an episode shows the invention or usage of the Creature Power.
- This is the second time the "Angry Turtle Mode" is used.
- This episode reveals that the Tortuga HQ can teleport things into space, as demonstrated by Aviva with a Zachbot.
Key Facts and Creature Moments[]
- All sharks have organs on their faces and snouts called ampulae of lorenzini which are used to detect electric signals from prey, thus allowing sharks to hunt by electroreception.
- Hammerhead sharks have wider longer skulls to increase the amount of electric detecting organs on their faces, to better locate hidden prey in the seafloor.
- Hammerhead sharks have a good wide field of vision thanks to their wide skulls but have a small blind spot in front of them.
- Hammerhead sharks like to swim near the surface of the water.
- A hammerhead shark using its electroreception (ampullae of lorenzini) to find and catch a flounder and stingray underneath the sand.