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"Sloth Bear Suction" is the 11th episode of Season 5 of the PBS Kids show Wild Kratts. It is the 129th episode of the series overall. It premiered on April 26, 2018. On June 2, 2020, "Sloth Bear Suction" was first released on DVD as part of Wild Kratts: Around the World Adventures.
Synopsis[]
While the Wild Kratts are in India, Wild Kratts Kid Mala tells them about an Indian animal in danger: the sloth bear. Since the team doesn't know much about this unusual bear species, they decide to study it. But at the same time, they must rescue a sloth bear from Donita. They then learn about how sloth bears use suction power.
Plot[]
Characters[]
Animals[]
Animation[]
Note: Featured animals are in bold.
- Sloth Bear: Shaggo, Shaggette, Shaggy Vacuum
- Peregrine Falcon
- Southern Plains Gray Langur
- Warlike Termite (called termite)
- Bengal Tiger (called tiger)
Live Action[]
Note: Live action animals are linked to Wikipedia
- Brown-throated sloth (called sloth)
- American black bear (called black bear)
- Grizzly bear (called brown bear)
- Sockeye salmon (called salmon)
- Giant panda
- Ant
Trivia[]
- This is their fourth bear-related adventure.
Key Facts and Creature Moments[]
- There are about eight different species of bear in the world.
- The claws of a sloth bear are long and curved, just like a sloth's, which is where it gets its name from.
- Sloth bear fiercely defending itself and fighting off a tiger.
- Sloth bear breaking into a termite mound and eating termites.
- Sloth bears are the only bears in the world that carry their cubs on their back.
- Sloth bear cubs have longer hair than other types of bear cubs.
- Male bears will sometimes kill cubs.
- Sloth bear lips are really flexible. They can wrap around the tunnel entrance and create an air tight seal to suck up and eat termites.
- The sloth bear is the only animal we know of that uses the physics of suction to eat termites.
Home Media[]
DVD[]
- Around the World Adventures