1 00:00:07,841 --> 00:00:09,175 - [thud] - [heavy metal music] 2 00:00:09,259 --> 00:00:12,637 - Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! - [animals roaring] 3 00:00:12,721 --> 00:00:14,764 Oh, how I love it so! 4 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:19,436 Of course, there are so many reasons why animals throw down. 5 00:00:19,519 --> 00:00:22,814 - [bear roars] - To protect, to defend territory, 6 00:00:22,897 --> 00:00:24,566 - for mating dominance... - [snarls] 7 00:00:24,733 --> 00:00:29,154 ...and just because animals seem to find roughhousing way rad. 8 00:00:29,237 --> 00:00:30,238 [monkeys screeching] 9 00:00:30,321 --> 00:00:32,657 So, I figured, why not sit back, 10 00:00:32,741 --> 00:00:35,744 and watch them bash each other's brains out! 11 00:00:35,827 --> 00:00:38,329 [kangaroo] Why are you hitting yourself? Stop hitting yourself! 12 00:00:38,413 --> 00:00:39,998 [Mother Nature] Here, on my... 13 00:00:41,082 --> 00:00:44,461 Absurd Planet! 14 00:00:46,921 --> 00:00:48,131 [wind howling] 15 00:00:48,923 --> 00:00:51,176 Those guys we just saw duking it out 16 00:00:51,259 --> 00:00:53,428 are called elephant seals. 17 00:00:53,553 --> 00:00:55,805 Folks are always asking me, 18 00:00:55,930 --> 00:00:58,600 "How did you come up with such a mush-faced 19 00:00:58,683 --> 00:01:00,477 mammal mashup anyway?" 20 00:01:01,311 --> 00:01:03,188 Worthy question, nerds. 21 00:01:03,271 --> 00:01:04,898 - [lively music] - [elephant trumpets] 22 00:01:04,981 --> 00:01:09,486 I simply took the rubbery schnozzola of the feisty elephant, 23 00:01:09,569 --> 00:01:12,447 combined it with the salty sleek seal, 24 00:01:12,530 --> 00:01:13,615 and voilà! 25 00:01:14,365 --> 00:01:15,365 [fart noise] 26 00:01:15,492 --> 00:01:18,286 One of the most beautiful creatures on Earth, 27 00:01:18,369 --> 00:01:20,538 [chuckles smugly] if I do say so myself. 28 00:01:20,622 --> 00:01:23,625 [grunts and snarls wetly] 29 00:01:23,750 --> 00:01:27,087 Oh, hello, my pugnacious pretty. 30 00:01:27,170 --> 00:01:32,133 He sounds like a lactose-intolerant old guy at a grilled-cheese convention, 31 00:01:32,425 --> 00:01:35,386 but those bubbling burp-like vocalizations 32 00:01:35,470 --> 00:01:37,430 are designed to make the ladies 33 00:01:37,514 --> 00:01:40,642 fall weird-head over flappy-flippers for him. 34 00:01:40,725 --> 00:01:43,269 [grunting] 35 00:01:43,645 --> 00:01:46,272 And by the time the males are eight years old... 36 00:01:46,356 --> 00:01:47,649 [grunting] 37 00:01:47,816 --> 00:01:50,568 ...the battle for dominance begins. 38 00:01:50,652 --> 00:01:51,945 [snarling] 39 00:01:52,153 --> 00:01:54,656 - [heavy metal music] - [Pedro] Q, you're about to get wrecked. 40 00:01:54,739 --> 00:01:56,908 - [video game music] - [game VO] Let's begin. 41 00:01:56,991 --> 00:01:58,451 [heavy metal music continues] 42 00:01:58,535 --> 00:01:59,369 [chomping] 43 00:01:59,452 --> 00:02:00,495 [video game sounds] 44 00:02:05,875 --> 00:02:06,918 [chomping] 45 00:02:10,171 --> 00:02:12,006 [Pedro] Oh, yeah, there we go! 46 00:02:12,132 --> 00:02:13,633 [heavy metal climaxes] 47 00:02:13,842 --> 00:02:17,428 [Mother Nature] Way to go, Pedro! Now, show me how you win gracefully. 48 00:02:17,512 --> 00:02:21,307 [Pedro] I win, I win, I win, I win... 49 00:02:21,391 --> 00:02:23,560 Uh-uh! That's not at all what I had in mind. 50 00:02:23,643 --> 00:02:24,477 I win, I win... 51 00:02:24,561 --> 00:02:25,854 [dramatic music] 52 00:02:26,604 --> 00:02:30,400 Animals of the same species tussle all the time, 53 00:02:30,483 --> 00:02:33,862 like two dads fighting over who gets to man the grill. 54 00:02:33,945 --> 00:02:36,156 - [growling] - But when push comes to shove, 55 00:02:36,239 --> 00:02:38,825 neither pudgy, sunburnt wuss 56 00:02:38,908 --> 00:02:42,954 is ultimately ready to stick his neck out to wage war. 57 00:02:43,705 --> 00:02:47,250 - Unlike these typically mild-mannered Gs. - [gentle music] 58 00:02:47,625 --> 00:02:51,629 Giraffes are often thought of as one of the most gentle giants 59 00:02:51,713 --> 00:02:52,713 in the Sahara. 60 00:02:53,047 --> 00:02:55,884 Look at 'em. Just eating trees and stuff. 61 00:02:56,301 --> 00:02:57,301 [giraffe] Mm-mm. 62 00:02:57,343 --> 00:03:00,763 - [dramatic music] - But today, these two alpha males 63 00:03:00,847 --> 00:03:03,266 standing over 19 feet tall 64 00:03:03,349 --> 00:03:06,853 and weighing in at 3,500 pounds, 65 00:03:06,936 --> 00:03:10,899 have one good reason to check themselves 66 00:03:10,982 --> 00:03:14,569 before they neck-wreck themselves! 67 00:03:14,819 --> 00:03:17,488 - [female giraffe] Yoo-hoo, boys! - [cheesy music] 68 00:03:17,614 --> 00:03:19,407 [Mother Nature] Girls! Duh. 69 00:03:19,616 --> 00:03:22,368 I don't know why they can't just do something romantic, 70 00:03:22,452 --> 00:03:23,912 like write her a poem. 71 00:03:24,162 --> 00:03:28,124 [male giraffe] Roses are red, your neck is long, 72 00:03:28,458 --> 00:03:31,127 I would really enjoy 73 00:03:31,336 --> 00:03:33,922 - if you played with my... - [music slows down] 74 00:03:34,088 --> 00:03:35,298 [embarrassed] O-kay... 75 00:03:35,381 --> 00:03:36,216 [giraffe squealing] 76 00:03:36,299 --> 00:03:38,426 [Mother Nature] Maybe fighting is better than poetry. 77 00:03:38,509 --> 00:03:39,510 [male giraffe] What? 78 00:03:39,719 --> 00:03:41,304 I was gonna say "gong." 79 00:03:41,387 --> 00:03:42,472 [gong crashes] 80 00:03:42,597 --> 00:03:45,266 [Mother Nature] Anyway, the fight starts off simply. 81 00:03:45,767 --> 00:03:48,394 A little nudging here, a little shoving there. 82 00:03:48,645 --> 00:03:51,064 But soon, the battle intensifies, 83 00:03:51,147 --> 00:03:55,109 and they whip their heads back and forth at breakneck speeds! 84 00:03:55,526 --> 00:03:58,154 They're trying to knock the other off balance. 85 00:03:58,321 --> 00:04:00,740 Or even knock the other one out cold! 86 00:04:01,241 --> 00:04:03,952 In the end, the giraffe who loses the battle, 87 00:04:04,035 --> 00:04:07,330 hangs his head low and droops his ears. 88 00:04:07,664 --> 00:04:10,833 And the winner gets to enjoy a little more necking 89 00:04:10,917 --> 00:04:12,543 with his new lady friend. 90 00:04:13,127 --> 00:04:16,965 [female giraffe] Ooh, you're so randomly stronger than that other giraffe. 91 00:04:20,426 --> 00:04:22,428 [playful music] 92 00:04:22,553 --> 00:04:24,555 [Mother Nature] These are cormorants. 93 00:04:24,847 --> 00:04:28,226 Seabirds enjoying their daily dive for fish. 94 00:04:28,518 --> 00:04:29,519 Looks like fun. 95 00:04:29,936 --> 00:04:32,146 Dive, gorge, repeat. 96 00:04:32,647 --> 00:04:35,650 But you remember that old chestnut that goes... 97 00:04:35,733 --> 00:04:38,236 "Sometimes, the hunter becomes the hunted"? 98 00:04:38,319 --> 00:04:40,321 - [menacing music] - Hard to fathom this shark 99 00:04:40,405 --> 00:04:43,491 not getting to enjoy his early-bird special. 100 00:04:43,574 --> 00:04:45,034 [menacing music continues] 101 00:04:45,118 --> 00:04:47,704 But nooo... 102 00:04:47,829 --> 00:04:48,663 [music ends] 103 00:04:48,746 --> 00:04:52,250 A fight that's over before it even starts. 104 00:04:52,834 --> 00:04:56,587 That attack turned out to be water off a cormorant's back. 105 00:04:57,130 --> 00:04:58,381 For... now. 106 00:04:58,506 --> 00:05:00,300 [music reprises] 107 00:05:00,466 --> 00:05:02,719 [cormorant] Heading into your stomach, chief. 108 00:05:03,928 --> 00:05:06,973 [Mother Nature] These next critters are worldwide prizefighters. 109 00:05:07,056 --> 00:05:09,851 From Asia to Europe to North America, 110 00:05:10,310 --> 00:05:14,105 nothing can stop these winged warriors from exchanging stinging blows. 111 00:05:14,522 --> 00:05:17,275 But unfortunately, back in Giraffe City, 112 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:21,446 I can't stop these two dingleberries from commentating on them. 113 00:05:21,821 --> 00:05:24,657 Thanks, Mother Nature, we love you, too. I'm Brian. 114 00:05:24,741 --> 00:05:25,742 And I'm Bhryann. 115 00:05:25,825 --> 00:05:27,076 [driving rock music] 116 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,996 - And we're... - [together] The Battle Bug Bros! 117 00:05:30,455 --> 00:05:34,500 [Bhryann] We have got an epic match-up today between the hornets and the bees! 118 00:05:34,584 --> 00:05:38,880 [Brian] Hold onto your flatbill bros, because this place is about to get lit. 119 00:05:39,047 --> 00:05:40,882 [Bhryann] So lit! Check it out! 120 00:05:40,965 --> 00:05:43,301 The hornets are moving in on the beehive! 121 00:05:43,384 --> 00:05:45,345 They're gonna destroy all their larvae, 122 00:05:45,428 --> 00:05:49,474 and then they're just gonna annihilate the whole hive after broseph. 123 00:05:49,557 --> 00:05:52,602 [Brian] Dude, those hornets have no chill, Joe Brogan. 124 00:05:53,102 --> 00:05:54,896 [Bhryann] Straight-up savages! 125 00:05:54,979 --> 00:05:59,942 The hornets actually decapitate the bees, cutting their bodies in half! 126 00:06:00,318 --> 00:06:01,736 [Brian] Dude, that's nasty. 127 00:06:02,111 --> 00:06:04,030 But hornets have a massive advantage. 128 00:06:04,113 --> 00:06:07,241 One hornet can easily shred, like, 20 bees. 129 00:06:07,325 --> 00:06:12,288 [Bhryann] Wa-hoa! That hornet's eating him like a little breakfast bee-rito! 130 00:06:12,789 --> 00:06:14,999 [Brian] Dude, remember that girl at the burrito place? 131 00:06:15,083 --> 00:06:17,377 She gave me her number but then you called her. 132 00:06:17,460 --> 00:06:20,129 [Bhryann] Dude, her name was Betty Burrito, 133 00:06:20,213 --> 00:06:23,049 and she was, like, super annoying. I said I was sorry! 134 00:06:23,132 --> 00:06:24,842 [Brian] You still owe me three tacos, bro. 135 00:06:25,510 --> 00:06:28,554 But wait! These bees have figured out an extreme way 136 00:06:28,638 --> 00:06:31,224 of fighting back against these gnarly hornets. 137 00:06:31,724 --> 00:06:34,852 [Bhryann] That's right, bro! Epic comeback by Bee-town! 138 00:06:35,019 --> 00:06:37,647 The bees will surround the hornet in a ball, 139 00:06:37,730 --> 00:06:41,734 and then vibrate their wings and muscles to generate so much heat 140 00:06:41,901 --> 00:06:44,570 that they literally cook the hornet to death. 141 00:06:44,904 --> 00:06:47,990 [Brian] The little bro-becue. That's cookin' with gas! 142 00:06:48,741 --> 00:06:51,160 [Bhryann] Dude! I hope we never fight like that! 143 00:06:51,577 --> 00:06:53,121 [Brian] We just did, bro! 144 00:06:53,329 --> 00:06:55,164 [Bhryann] I love you, Betty Burrito! 145 00:06:55,289 --> 00:06:56,749 [Brian] Too soon, dude! 146 00:06:57,041 --> 00:07:00,211 - [Bhryann] We are... - [together] The Battle Bug Bros! 147 00:07:01,963 --> 00:07:06,050 [Mother Nature] Every great bruiser has an adrenaline-inducing training regimen. 148 00:07:06,968 --> 00:07:09,846 Rocky... Van Damme... Mulan... 149 00:07:10,179 --> 00:07:11,222 [hard rock music] 150 00:07:11,431 --> 00:07:12,431 ...Bieber. 151 00:07:13,015 --> 00:07:17,478 And in East Africa, there's an iron church where some of the best creature combatants 152 00:07:18,062 --> 00:07:20,773 earn their stripes by clangin' and bangin'. 153 00:07:23,651 --> 00:07:24,861 [hard rock continues] 154 00:07:25,945 --> 00:07:27,530 [gerenuk] I know what you're thinking. 155 00:07:27,613 --> 00:07:29,073 You look at me and you say, 156 00:07:29,157 --> 00:07:31,742 I wish I was lucky like that gorgeous beast. 157 00:07:31,993 --> 00:07:33,286 He has killer genes. 158 00:07:33,828 --> 00:07:34,662 Wrong! 159 00:07:34,745 --> 00:07:37,540 We "jerenuks" have little use for denim, 160 00:07:37,623 --> 00:07:38,791 and number "B," 161 00:07:38,875 --> 00:07:41,961 I didn't always look like this chiseled, golden gladiator. 162 00:07:42,170 --> 00:07:44,338 [Mother Nature] You're pronounced "gerenuk." 163 00:07:44,505 --> 00:07:46,507 But you're already ripped like Triple G. 164 00:07:46,841 --> 00:07:50,178 - What's your secret? - Secrets are for ostriches, shorty. 165 00:07:50,261 --> 00:07:52,513 Just hard work, eating right, 166 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:54,015 plants, veggies, 167 00:07:54,223 --> 00:07:55,349 physical fitness, 168 00:07:55,433 --> 00:08:00,396 and intense, vein-popping, isometric flexing when I make stools. 169 00:08:00,563 --> 00:08:03,024 That's my gospel, Mona. 170 00:08:03,316 --> 00:08:06,277 [Mother Nature] So what kind of animals work out at your gym? 171 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:09,572 [gerenuk] Any animal tired of getting rocked by predators, 172 00:08:09,822 --> 00:08:11,407 intruders on their turf, 173 00:08:11,491 --> 00:08:13,784 or ones just wanting to get ready for his, 174 00:08:13,868 --> 00:08:16,454 or her, woke special mate. 175 00:08:17,205 --> 00:08:18,831 Testify, wildebeest! 176 00:08:18,915 --> 00:08:21,125 [Ted] I used to run from lions and cheetahs. 177 00:08:21,250 --> 00:08:24,337 Now I just walk right up to 'em and get in their face! 178 00:08:24,420 --> 00:08:26,672 [gerenuk] Great doorbell camera footage, Ted. 179 00:08:27,131 --> 00:08:29,217 See! The results are clear. 180 00:08:29,592 --> 00:08:33,346 [Mother Nature] So you're telling these animals not to run away from predators? 181 00:08:33,638 --> 00:08:34,638 [gerenuk] I am. 182 00:08:34,805 --> 00:08:36,807 But results may vary. 183 00:08:37,141 --> 00:08:38,935 Like this result... 184 00:08:39,018 --> 00:08:40,186 which was bad. 185 00:08:40,937 --> 00:08:45,900 I built this gym with my blood, sweat, deer tears and fears, Mother Nature. 186 00:08:45,983 --> 00:08:48,736 This is "Jerenuk's" Gym. That's me. 187 00:08:49,153 --> 00:08:51,739 I'm the "jerenuk." And I have this gym. 188 00:08:51,822 --> 00:08:54,033 [Mother Nature] You're pronounced "gerenuk"! 189 00:08:54,242 --> 00:08:58,621 [gerenuk] Here at Gerenuk's "gim," I put the "buff" in buffalo, 190 00:08:58,704 --> 00:09:00,498 the "war" in warthog, 191 00:09:00,790 --> 00:09:03,209 the "hell" in gaz-hell, 192 00:09:03,292 --> 00:09:05,711 and the "hyah!" in hyena. 193 00:09:06,128 --> 00:09:08,214 [Mother Nature] And the "bull" in bull. 194 00:09:08,297 --> 00:09:10,049 [gerenuk] No! Days! Off! 195 00:09:10,132 --> 00:09:11,217 [hard rock ends] 196 00:09:11,300 --> 00:09:12,176 [birds chirping] 197 00:09:12,301 --> 00:09:14,303 [Mother Nature] The most cinematic fight scenes 198 00:09:14,470 --> 00:09:18,099 always have the perfect musical score to amp up the drama, 199 00:09:18,766 --> 00:09:23,354 and I think to not include a heart-pumping musical montage right now 200 00:09:23,604 --> 00:09:26,315 would be downright... funk-ay! 201 00:09:26,399 --> 00:09:27,233 ♪ Kick it! ♪ 202 00:09:27,316 --> 00:09:28,526 [funk music playing] 203 00:09:35,783 --> 00:09:37,368 ♪ Don't let me funk you up ♪ 204 00:09:37,451 --> 00:09:39,745 ♪ Ooh! I'm gonna funk you up ♪ 205 00:09:39,829 --> 00:09:42,081 - ♪ Ow! ♪ - ♪ Don't let me funk you up ♪ 206 00:09:42,164 --> 00:09:44,166 ♪ Ooh! I'm gonna funk you up ♪ 207 00:09:44,250 --> 00:09:45,710 ♪ Yow! It's a rumble ♪ 208 00:09:45,793 --> 00:09:46,919 ♪ In a jungle ♪ 209 00:09:47,003 --> 00:09:49,130 - ♪ I'm about to lose my cool ♪ - ♪ Ooh! ♪ 210 00:09:49,213 --> 00:09:53,551 ♪ It's a clashing of the titans You gonna be the fool ♪ 211 00:09:53,884 --> 00:09:58,222 ♪ It's a stingin' sensation When you're cracked upside the head ♪ 212 00:09:58,347 --> 00:10:03,060 ♪ It's survival of the fittest You got me seein' red. Ooh! ♪ 213 00:10:03,144 --> 00:10:05,521 ♪ I have big fists ♪ 214 00:10:05,605 --> 00:10:07,273 ♪ You have got sharp teeth ♪ 215 00:10:07,857 --> 00:10:11,360 - ♪ I'm gon' knock you out ♪ - ♪ To this funky beat ♪ 216 00:10:11,444 --> 00:10:15,531 ♪ I'm gonna fight for my life ♪ 217 00:10:16,115 --> 00:10:20,620 ♪ You gotta fight for your life ♪ 218 00:10:20,703 --> 00:10:23,789 - ♪ I'm gonna fight for my life ♪ - ♪ Don't let me funk you up ♪ 219 00:10:23,873 --> 00:10:25,541 ♪ I'm gonna funk you up ♪ 220 00:10:25,625 --> 00:10:30,087 - ♪ You gotta fight for your life ♪ - ♪ I'm gonna funk you up ♪ 221 00:10:30,254 --> 00:10:31,464 ♪ Funk you up ♪ 222 00:10:32,381 --> 00:10:33,381 ♪ Hey! ♪ 223 00:10:33,674 --> 00:10:34,674 [growling] 224 00:10:34,925 --> 00:10:37,470 [Mother Nature] Not all animals fight for survival, 225 00:10:37,637 --> 00:10:41,349 or in the name of some testosterone-fueled mating rage. 226 00:10:41,432 --> 00:10:43,934 - [thwack] - Some of my fuzzy little furballs 227 00:10:44,018 --> 00:10:47,730 play "King of the Mountain" for completely good-natured reasons. 228 00:10:48,022 --> 00:10:48,856 For fun! 229 00:10:48,939 --> 00:10:51,901 - [chirpy folk music] - Like this wee marmot of North America. 230 00:10:51,984 --> 00:10:54,570 - Wait! Where's my marmot? - [music ends suddenly] 231 00:10:54,654 --> 00:10:56,405 [man] I've taken your marmot. 232 00:10:56,489 --> 00:10:58,407 [Mother Nature] You kidnapped my marmot? 233 00:10:58,491 --> 00:11:00,701 Why? What's the ransom? 234 00:11:00,785 --> 00:11:01,619 [man] More. 235 00:11:01,702 --> 00:11:03,162 [Mother Nature] More marmots? 236 00:11:03,245 --> 00:11:07,792 Okay, but they're not what I would call the easiest animals to keep as pets. 237 00:11:08,417 --> 00:11:11,253 - [chirpy folk music] - All they do is play-fight constantly 238 00:11:11,337 --> 00:11:14,674 and they're also known for their high-pitched chirps and whistles. 239 00:11:14,757 --> 00:11:16,759 [high-pitched chirping] 240 00:11:18,052 --> 00:11:20,262 In fact, they whistle so much 241 00:11:20,346 --> 00:11:23,808 that Whistler Mountain in British Columbia was named after them. 242 00:11:23,891 --> 00:11:25,267 [man] Bor-ing! 243 00:11:25,810 --> 00:11:28,020 More... marmots! 244 00:11:28,813 --> 00:11:31,982 [Mother Nature] Okay, but, plus... they love to eat. 245 00:11:32,066 --> 00:11:34,902 - They never stop eating and whistling... - [chirping] 246 00:11:34,985 --> 00:11:37,822 - and play fighting, and eating... - [chirping] 247 00:11:37,905 --> 00:11:39,740 - But you're in charge, boss. - [chirps] 248 00:11:39,990 --> 00:11:41,867 Take more marmots. 249 00:11:41,951 --> 00:11:43,828 - [man] Ugh! I was so wrong. - [chirps] 250 00:11:43,911 --> 00:11:45,913 - These things are the worst! - [chirping] 251 00:11:45,996 --> 00:11:47,498 - Stop play-fighting! - [chirps] 252 00:11:47,707 --> 00:11:49,792 - Ah! Stop play-fighting! - [chirping] 253 00:11:50,126 --> 00:11:52,002 [Mother Nature] Good luck with all that! 254 00:11:52,086 --> 00:11:54,714 - [man] I swear, I'll find human friends! - [chirping] 255 00:11:55,047 --> 00:11:57,591 For the love of everything good and decent... 256 00:11:57,675 --> 00:12:00,094 - Take. Back. Your. Marmots! - [chirping loudly] 257 00:12:00,511 --> 00:12:03,556 - [Mother Nature] 'Kay, byeee! - [chirping] 258 00:12:04,056 --> 00:12:05,057 [new age music] 259 00:12:09,228 --> 00:12:10,228 [male moose] I... 260 00:12:10,813 --> 00:12:11,813 am... 261 00:12:12,773 --> 00:12:13,774 moose. 262 00:12:15,151 --> 00:12:16,235 A giant... 263 00:12:17,445 --> 00:12:18,445 deer. 264 00:12:22,116 --> 00:12:23,576 My antlers... 265 00:12:24,243 --> 00:12:25,953 are made of bone... 266 00:12:26,871 --> 00:12:27,955 velvet... 267 00:12:29,373 --> 00:12:31,083 and pride. 268 00:12:34,545 --> 00:12:35,545 Mad... 269 00:12:35,838 --> 00:12:37,089 mating moose... 270 00:12:38,674 --> 00:12:40,134 must mess... 271 00:12:41,552 --> 00:12:42,552 with many... 272 00:12:43,345 --> 00:12:44,388 moose... 273 00:12:45,055 --> 00:12:46,098 males. 274 00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:52,313 [yawning] 275 00:12:53,981 --> 00:12:55,107 I don't wanna fight... 276 00:12:55,900 --> 00:12:56,900 today. 277 00:12:57,777 --> 00:12:58,778 Today... 278 00:12:59,487 --> 00:13:00,529 Today... 279 00:13:00,988 --> 00:13:01,988 Today... 280 00:13:02,698 --> 00:13:03,741 Guess I'll... 281 00:13:04,241 --> 00:13:05,241 vam-... 282 00:13:05,826 --> 00:13:06,826 moose? 283 00:13:07,286 --> 00:13:09,747 [salesman] Introducing a new board game adventure 284 00:13:09,830 --> 00:13:11,749 from your friends in Absurd Games! 285 00:13:12,041 --> 00:13:13,334 [all together] Yay! 286 00:13:13,417 --> 00:13:16,212 If you love boards, and you love hippos, 287 00:13:16,295 --> 00:13:20,674 then you're gonna shout "hip hip hooray" for Hangry Hangry Hippos. 288 00:13:20,758 --> 00:13:22,301 [impersonates child] How do we play? 289 00:13:22,384 --> 00:13:25,221 [salesman] This game is all about staying alive. 290 00:13:25,304 --> 00:13:26,889 [impersonates child] How do I win? 291 00:13:26,972 --> 00:13:30,142 [salesman] Great question, Timmy! In the African Sahara, 292 00:13:30,226 --> 00:13:33,938 these fired-up hippos will show off how big their jaws are 293 00:13:34,021 --> 00:13:38,484 to send a warning to any predator to stay off their territory 294 00:13:38,567 --> 00:13:41,487 and to stay away from their mates. 295 00:13:41,570 --> 00:13:42,696 Fun, right? 296 00:13:42,780 --> 00:13:45,115 [Timmy] Those hippos seem angry. 297 00:13:45,199 --> 00:13:46,408 [salesman] Shut up, Timmy! 298 00:13:46,826 --> 00:13:49,578 If the hippo challenger ignores the warning, 299 00:13:49,662 --> 00:13:52,206 then it's time to fight to the death! 300 00:13:52,289 --> 00:13:54,416 [Timmy] Hippos die in this game? 301 00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:56,210 [salesman] Ha! You bet they do, 302 00:13:56,293 --> 00:14:00,756 and that's why kids love the silly game of Hangry Hangry Hippos! 303 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,633 [Timmy] I don't like this. 304 00:14:02,716 --> 00:14:04,385 [salesman] I said shut up, Timmy! 305 00:14:04,468 --> 00:14:06,512 - [Timmy crying] - [man] All hippos were harmed 306 00:14:06,595 --> 00:14:09,356 in the making of this Hangry Hangry Hippos Board Game: The Commercial. 307 00:14:10,307 --> 00:14:11,433 [anthemic rock music] 308 00:14:11,725 --> 00:14:17,231 [Brian] We're back with another epic fight between two of Nature's gnarliest insects! 309 00:14:17,356 --> 00:14:21,610 Rhino beetle and then, like, another rhino beetle! 310 00:14:22,528 --> 00:14:25,447 - I'm Brian. - And I'm Bhryann. And we're... 311 00:14:25,656 --> 00:14:27,741 [together] The Battle Bug Bros! 312 00:14:28,450 --> 00:14:30,995 [Brian] These bros are really sizing each other up! 313 00:14:31,078 --> 00:14:34,790 [Bhryann] Dude, in Asia, sometimes these guys are kept as pets. 314 00:14:34,874 --> 00:14:37,501 [Brian] Whoa! Trivia alert, Einstein! 315 00:14:37,918 --> 00:14:39,545 Here we go, it's on! 316 00:14:39,628 --> 00:14:43,549 Looks like one beetle already has the other beetle in a death grip. 317 00:14:44,133 --> 00:14:46,093 [Bhryann] That rhino bro looks shook. 318 00:14:46,176 --> 00:14:48,387 But why are they even squabbling, dude? 319 00:14:48,804 --> 00:14:50,306 [Brian] Excellent quest, bro! 320 00:14:50,389 --> 00:14:52,224 You'd think they'd just hug it out, 321 00:14:52,308 --> 00:14:53,976 but they have these mega horns, 322 00:14:54,059 --> 00:14:56,979 and they use them to always battle each other over females. 323 00:14:57,062 --> 00:15:00,357 - Sound familiar, bro? - [Bhryann] Dude, Shelly was my girl! 324 00:15:00,441 --> 00:15:02,484 I still can't believe you took her to the luau. 325 00:15:02,568 --> 00:15:05,696 [Brian] Mahalo, dude! Shelly sucked! 326 00:15:05,779 --> 00:15:08,407 I promise, next luau, I'm taking you! 327 00:15:08,490 --> 00:15:10,326 [Bhryann] Ohana for life, dude. 328 00:15:11,368 --> 00:15:14,663 Anyway, it looks like this beetle's about to do an epic body slam! 329 00:15:15,205 --> 00:15:17,708 Just like the legend Hulk Bro-gan, dude. 330 00:15:17,791 --> 00:15:21,170 [Brian laughing] Yeah, dude! Rhino beetles use their big horns 331 00:15:21,253 --> 00:15:23,631 to lift and push each other around. 332 00:15:23,839 --> 00:15:27,927 The victorious beetle will eventually break off the other dude's horn, 333 00:15:28,010 --> 00:15:32,181 causing him to be, like, extra embarrassed and run away. 334 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:34,934 [Bhryann] I'd never break off your horns, dude. 335 00:15:35,017 --> 00:15:38,395 [Brian] Thanks, man. That would totally harsh our bro-jo! 336 00:15:38,479 --> 00:15:39,647 And that was... 337 00:15:39,730 --> 00:15:41,941 [together] The Battle Bug Bros! 338 00:15:42,483 --> 00:15:44,323 - [Bhryann] Shelly, hit me up sometime. - Dude! 339 00:15:44,401 --> 00:15:47,529 Not cool, Bhryann with a "Y," "H," and two "N"s! 340 00:15:50,074 --> 00:15:52,534 [Mother Nature] One of the most gratifying aspects 341 00:15:52,618 --> 00:15:55,663 of watching two of my most tenacious species 342 00:15:55,746 --> 00:15:57,831 beat the bubblegum out of each other, 343 00:15:57,915 --> 00:16:00,459 is wondering who's gonna come out on top. 344 00:16:01,001 --> 00:16:02,586 - [dramatic music] - [fight bell dings] 345 00:16:02,670 --> 00:16:04,046 So, in this corner, 346 00:16:04,129 --> 00:16:06,799 we have the Indian grey mongoose, 347 00:16:06,882 --> 00:16:09,009 found primarily in Asia. 348 00:16:09,927 --> 00:16:12,596 Mongooses are bold and inquisitive, 349 00:16:12,846 --> 00:16:14,264 but also wary, 350 00:16:14,848 --> 00:16:17,601 and rarely venture out far from cover. 351 00:16:18,602 --> 00:16:20,729 Beware the shy ones! 352 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:25,526 Mongooses and their kin, like meerkats, are omnivores, 353 00:16:25,609 --> 00:16:28,779 their diet consisting mainly of prey that they catch. 354 00:16:29,071 --> 00:16:31,490 Such as scorpions, beetles, 355 00:16:31,573 --> 00:16:33,325 other crunchy insects, 356 00:16:33,742 --> 00:16:37,538 and you can bet your Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, 357 00:16:37,705 --> 00:16:38,998 also snakes. 358 00:16:40,124 --> 00:16:43,043 - [mongooses snarl] - Which leads us to our next competitor: 359 00:16:43,127 --> 00:16:44,837 The cobra snake. 360 00:16:45,504 --> 00:16:47,548 Cobras are highly venomous, 361 00:16:47,631 --> 00:16:51,593 with the ability to rear back and fan out their hoods when threatened. 362 00:16:51,844 --> 00:16:53,303 They have short fangs 363 00:16:53,387 --> 00:16:57,725 and a sinister talent to inject neurotoxins into their prey. 364 00:16:57,808 --> 00:16:58,642 [cobra] Strike! 365 00:16:58,726 --> 00:17:02,479 Which is often a fatal blow to the nervous system. 366 00:17:02,563 --> 00:17:03,563 [cobra] Strike! 367 00:17:03,605 --> 00:17:05,232 So, sports fans... 368 00:17:05,315 --> 00:17:06,859 [cobra] Strike three, you're dead! 369 00:17:06,942 --> 00:17:08,610 ...place your bets! 370 00:17:09,319 --> 00:17:13,991 Let's see what happens when these two powerhouses collide! 371 00:17:14,658 --> 00:17:16,076 [cobra] Hey, Mr. Mongoose. 372 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:17,661 I'm about to get loose, 373 00:17:17,786 --> 00:17:19,413 and knock you on your caboose. 374 00:17:19,955 --> 00:17:21,248 Oh, hello, Mr. Cobra, 375 00:17:21,331 --> 00:17:24,835 I'm so sorry, but I'm just gonna have to eat your baby. 376 00:17:24,918 --> 00:17:26,462 [musical climax] 377 00:17:29,506 --> 00:17:31,967 - [spectators applaud] - [announcer] And here we go! 378 00:17:32,593 --> 00:17:34,344 Ooh, watch out Daniel-san, 379 00:17:34,428 --> 00:17:37,389 Cobra Kai is poised and ready to kill. 380 00:17:38,098 --> 00:17:40,017 The mongoose goes straight to work! 381 00:17:40,642 --> 00:17:42,644 And just like Ali in the jungle, 382 00:17:42,728 --> 00:17:45,189 the mongoose is trying to exhaust the cobra 383 00:17:45,272 --> 00:17:46,940 with a little bit of rope-a-dope. 384 00:17:47,483 --> 00:17:50,277 Is he playing with toxic fire? Yes! 385 00:17:50,611 --> 00:17:53,614 Uh, wait a minute, I was just handed a scientific note. 386 00:17:53,697 --> 00:17:56,158 The mongoose isn't playing with toxic fire. 387 00:17:56,241 --> 00:17:59,536 He's actually immune to venomous snake bites. 388 00:17:59,661 --> 00:18:02,456 Harold, does that change the judge's scorecard? 389 00:18:02,539 --> 00:18:06,126 [Harold] How would I know? It's a mongoose fighting a cobra. Shut up! 390 00:18:06,210 --> 00:18:08,128 [announcer] And down goes cobra! 391 00:18:08,212 --> 00:18:10,214 - Down goes cobra! - [spectators groan] 392 00:18:10,297 --> 00:18:11,632 Let's take another look. 393 00:18:11,715 --> 00:18:14,593 A spectacular move from the mongoose, 394 00:18:14,676 --> 00:18:18,806 as it accelerates and takes down the mighty serpent. 395 00:18:19,223 --> 00:18:22,267 I am absolutely going to plotz! 396 00:18:22,351 --> 00:18:24,311 ♪ I like-ah the pangolin ♪ 397 00:18:24,394 --> 00:18:26,313 ♪ I like-ah the horny toad ♪ 398 00:18:26,396 --> 00:18:28,357 ♪ I like-ah the man o' war ♪ 399 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:30,317 ♪ I like-ah the crab in the road ♪ 400 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:32,319 ♪ I like-ah the Jumping Stick ♪ 401 00:18:32,402 --> 00:18:34,279 ♪ A super-engorged brown tick ♪ 402 00:18:34,363 --> 00:18:36,323 ♪ A magical unicorn tang ♪ 403 00:18:36,406 --> 00:18:38,367 ♪ A deer with a crazy fang ♪ 404 00:18:38,450 --> 00:18:42,746 ♪ And they like yooou ♪ 405 00:18:43,455 --> 00:18:44,455 ♪ Pah! ♪