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"Mystery of the Weird Looking Walrus" is the 13th episode of Season 1 of the PBS Kids show Wild Kratts. It is the 13th episode of the series overall. It premiered on January 27, 2011. On October 10, 2017, "Mystery of the Weird Looking Walrus" was first released on DVD as part of Wild Kratts: Wild Winter Creatures!
In this episode, the Kratt Brothers find a herd of walruses in the Bering Sea to find out why walruses look the way they do. They soon discover that inventor Zach Varmitech has stolen the priceless Arctic Pearl from a museum and has persuaded fashion designer Donita Donata to help him find pearls in the Bering Sea so he can make money, and to the benefit of Donita, she can make pearl-themed fashions.
Synopsis[]
Chris and Martin are on a mission to discover why walrus look so weird, but discover that Zach Varmitech has kidnapped a herd to mine precious pearls for Donita Donata's fashion line. The Wild Kratts team must use the walrus features against Zach to save the creatures and return them to their Arctic domain. Science Concepts: Suction.
Plot[]
The episode begins with a live-action segment. The Kratt Brothers are hanging out with a moose, which they believe has weird features that play a role in its life. Afterward, they ask their "What if?" question, and the show transitions into the cartoon segment.
The Kratt Brothers ride their Manta Riders to a herd of walruses in the Bering Sea to find out why walruses look the way they do. Meanwhile, Zach Varmitech, with a pearl called the Arctic Pearl, which one of his Zachbots stole from a museum, convinces fashion designer Donita Donata to work with him to find pearls in the Bering Sea so he can make money, and to the benefit of Donita, she can make pearl-themed fashions.
While plotting, the case holding the Arctic Pearl cuts one of Zach's fingers. A Zachbot squirts a lot ointment on the finger, and due to the slipperiness, Zach drops the Arctic Pearl into the water. Donita calls and says she will come soon to collect the pearl. To keep his promise, Zach orders his Zachbots to dive into the water to search for the Arctic Pearl.
The Kratt Brothers find out that walruses use their whiskers and tusks to find clams hidden under the ocean floor, and that they eat clams by sucking them out of their shells. But then, the Kratt Brothers find out that Zach's Zachbots have been spying on them. They activate their Walrus Creature Power Suits and pursue them up to the surface, where they overhear Zach's plan to find the Arctic Pearl and to collect the rest of the pearls in the Bering Sea.
Later, Zachbots set up a system to bring pearls found by mind-controlled walruses in the water to mind-controlled walruses above water to extract the pearls from the clams. The Kratt brothers disguise themselves as mind-controlled walruses after Zachbots place mind-control helmets on them. Then Donita Donata arrives in her jet. Zach tries to stop Donita from realizing that he lost the pearl, but Donita only grows more suspicious. While they argue, Martin calls out that he found the Arctic Pearl, which Zach and Donita hear. To avoid them getting their hands on the pearl, Martin rolls it into the ocean. The Kratt brothers head into the water with Zachbots following them. After Chris finds the Arctic Pearl, the Zachbots chase Martin and Chris which Martin defeats the first two the final one traps him inside a cave, but Chris comes to his rescue by placing a clam on the Zachbot which causes the Octopus to crush the Zachbot, freeing Martin.
With the help of Aviva, the Kratt Brothers turn off the mind-control device, freeing the walruses. Refusing to give up, Zach freezes the water around his yacht, trapping the walruses and the Kratt brothers in the water under a thick sheet of ice. This does not stop the walruses, as they bash through the ice with their heads. One bursts through the ice under Zach's feet, launching him up into the air, and onto a ledge, where he hangs by his overcoat. Donita also decides to leave. Later, at the Tortuga, the Wild Kratts summarize what they have found out about the features of walruses.
The show transitions into the ending live-action segment, in which the Kratt Brothers mention several animals with features that they think are unusual. Afterward, they conclude the episode by saying, "Keep on creature adventuring. We'll see you on the creature trail!"
Characters[]
- Chris Kratt
- Martin Kratt
- Aviva Corcovado
- Koki
- Jimmy Z
- Zachbots
- Zach Varmitech
- Donita Donata
- Unnamed boy
- Unnamed girl
Animals[]
Animation[]
Note: Featured animals are in bold.
- Walrus: Blobby
- Giant Pacific Octopus
- Butter Clam (called clam)
Mentioned[]
Note: Mentioned animals are linked to Wikipedia
Live Action[]
Note: Live action animals are linked to Wikipedia.
- Bornean orangutan (called orangutan)
- Big free-tailed bat (called bat)
- Gelada (called gelada baboon)
- Moose
- African bush elephant (called elephant)
- Dove
- Grant's zebra
- Lion
- Common warthog (called warthog)
- Butterfly
- Giant anteater
- Blue wildebeest (called wildebeest)
- Southern white rhinoceros (called rhino)
- Lappet-faced vulture (called vulture)
- Galápagos tortoise (called tortoise)
- Marabou stork (called stork)
Trivia[]
- This episode reveals that Zach and Donita first met at the "Finding Your Inner Villain in 30 Days" seminar.
- The default display on the Large Screen, showing two different views of planet Earth, has a different design than the one seen in other episodes.
- This episode reveals that Aviva and Zach went to science camp together.
- The Zachbot's girl disguise uses one of the possible avatar appearances from the Your Room page on the Wild Kratts PBS Kids website.
- Although it's mentioned that Zach has six toes on his left foot in this episode, he is shown to have five in other appearances.
- This is the second episode where none of the Wild Kratts members, including the Kratt Brothers, directly interact with Donita nor do they mention her name, despite the fact that she appears in an episode. The first being "Voyage of the Butterflier XT".
Key Facts and Creature Moments[]
- Walruses suck clams out of their shells with their powerful lips to eat them.
- A walrus can eat hundreds of clams in a single feeding session.
- Walruses use their many whiskers to locate clams on the seafloor.
- Walruses use their tusks as defense against predators as well as to dredge through the seafloor to dig out clams.
- Like all pinnipeds, walruses use their front and rear flippers to swim and steer through the water.
- Pearls typically form when a microscopic parasite gets into the clam's shell. To protect itself, the clam coats the parasite in layers of a viscous liquid called nacre, which hardens over a few years to make a pearl.
Home Media[]
DVD[]
- Wild Winter Creatures!