Space Explorers

Subtitles by explosiveskull

GOOD MORNING, SPACE EXPLORERS.

CONGRATULATIONS, SAMMY AND NICK.

YOU'VE BOTH SCORED HIGH MARKS

ON YOUR SPACE EXPLORERS EXAM.

I'M SO EXCITED, CAPTAIN MAYA.

WE'RE ALL SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU BOTH ON BOARD

- AS THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE SPACE EXPLORER TEAM. - WHOO-HOO!

YOU TWO HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO A PLANET

IN THE MILKY WAY GALAXY.

YUM! THAT MAKES ME HUNGRY.

THE MILKY WAY GALAXY?

THAT'S RIGHT. THERE'S AN INCREDIBLE PLANET THERE

THAT YOU'LL BE EXPLORING CALLED EARTH.

EARTH. I'VE HEARD STORIES OF THAT PLANET.

I'VE HEARD THERE'S JUNGLES, DESERTS, OCEANS,

AND WOODS ALL ON ONE PLANET.

AND THERE'S MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

YOU TWO WILL BE DOCUMENTING PLANET EARTH

AND RELAYING INFORMATION YOU FIND

BACK TO US HERE AT HEADQUARTERS.

- SUPER TERRIFIC. - FOR STARTERS,

THERE'S ONE IMPORTANT QUESTION WE HAVE FOR YOU TO ANSWER

ON YOUR TRIP TODAY.

WHAT'S THAT?

WHY IS IT THAT THE EARTH

IS SO DIFFICULT TO SEE FROM OUTER SPACE?

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, CAPTAIN MAYA.

I SURE HOPE WE CAN FIND AN ANSWER.

WELL, OFF YOU GO.

YOUR SPACE POD WILL HELP YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY.

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

WOW! LOOK AT ALL THOSE PLANETS!

IT'S INCREDIBLE!

DESTINATION REACHED,

THE MILKY WAY GALAXY.

- WHAT'S THAT PLANET OVER THERE? - THAT LOOKS LIKE JUPITER.

THAT'S CORRECT, NICK. THAT IS JUPITER.

IT'S A PLANET MADE UP PRIMARILY OF GASES.

DID YOU SAY "GASES"?

OH, NICK. YOU'RE BEING SILLY.

IT'S THE REASON WHY IT'S OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE GAS GIANT.

IT'S OVER 2 1/2 TIMES LARGER

THAN ALL OTHER PLANETS IN THIS SOLAR SYSTEM COMBINED.

THAT'S HUGE.

IT'S HUGE, BUT THERE ARE NOT ANY LIFE FORMS ON JUPITER.

APPROACHING PLANET EARTH.

- THERE IT IS. - EARTH!

I'VE HEARD STORIES OF THIS PLANET.

THERE'S HUNDREDS OF SPECIES THAT LIVE THERE.

ACTUALLY, NICK, OVER 8.7 MILLION SPECIES

LIVE ON EARTH.

8.7 MILLION SPECIES!

THAT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF LIFE.

INDEED, IT IS A LOT OF SPECIES.

THAT'S WHY YOU TWO WILL BE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON EARTH,

DOCUMENTING AND RELAYING BACK INFORMATION

TO US HERE AT SPACE EXPLORERS HEADQUARTERS.

THIS IS GOING TO BE AN AMAZING ADVENTURE.

WHY DON'T YOU TWO GO EXPLORE THE EARTH'S SURFACE?

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

OVER 70% OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE

IS COVERED BY WATER CALLED OCEANS.

- THE OCEAN LOOKS BEAUTIFUL! - IT CERTAINLY IS.

AND IT'S HOME TO ALMOST 94% OF ALL EARTH'S SPECIES.

LOOK OVER THERE.

THOSE LOOK LIKE DOLPHINS.

WOW, WHAT AN AMAZING FISH.

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS, TO BE EXACT.

AND SORRY, NICK, BUT THE DOLPHIN ISN'T A FISH.

- IT'S A MAMMAL. - THAT'S RIGHT.

MAMMALS CAN LIVE IN THE OCEAN AND ON LAND.

WHY DON'T YOU HAVE THE SPACE POD SCAN THEM

TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION?

SPACE POD, SCAN THOSE DOLPHINS.

SCANNING.

I THINK THE DOLPHIN SEES US.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE DOLPHIN, SPACE POD?

THE BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN

CAN WEIGH OVER 1,000 POUNDS.

THEIR CURVED DORSAL FIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR BACK,

ALONG WITH THEIR POWERFUL TAILS,

ALLOW THEM TO SWIM

AT SPEEDS WELL OVER 20 MILES PER HOUR.

THAT'S FAST!

NOT AS FAST AS OUR SPACE POD.

LET'S GO EXPLORE SOME MORE.

LOOK DOWN THERE!

IT'S SO GREEN.

AMAZING.

THAT'S THE JUNGLE, SPACE EXPLORERS.

THERE'S ALL SORTS OF AMAZING CRITTERS LIVING IN THERE.

WHAT'S THAT, SPACE POD?

THAT IS A SPIDER MONKEY.

THEY USE THEIR TAIL LIKE A FIFTH LIMB,

AND IT HELPS THEM JUMP AND MOVE

THROUGH THE DENSE JUNGLE TREES AND PLANTS.

THEY'RE SO FAST.

AND SO CUDDLY.

I JUST WANNA HUG ONE.

WHERE SHOULD WE GO NEXT, SAMMY?

LOOK AT THAT SURFACE.

I DON'T SEE MANY ANIMALS DOWN THERE.

THOSE ARE DESERT SAND DUNES.

THERE AREN'T THAT MANY SPECIES THAT LIVE HERE,

BUT THE ONES THAT DO

HAVE ADAPTED TO SURVIVE IN THIS HARSH CLIMATE.

I'D LOVE TO SLIDE DOWN THOSE MOUNTAINS OF SAND.

THAT WOULD BE FUN.

WOW, LOOK AT THOSE GUYS.

WHOA, SUCH AN INCREDIBLE CREATURE.

AND LOOK AT THOSE HUMPS!

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THEM, SPACE POD?

THE CAMEL CAN REACH SEVEN FEET HIGH

AND RUN OVER 40 MILES PER HOUR AT TOP SPEED.

WHOA, THAT'S EVEN FASTER THAN THE DOLPHIN.

CAMELS HAVE THREE EYELIDS

AND TWO ROWS OF EYELASHES

THAT PREVENT SAND FROM GETTING IN THEIR EYES.

GOOD IDEA. IT IS PRETTY WINDY AROUND HERE.

LET'S GO GET SOME AIR.

WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE THOSE BIG WHITE PUFFY THINGS?

SPACE POD, CAN YOU DO A SCAN OF THE AREA?

SCANNING. THE WHITE PUFFY SUBSTANCE

YOU ARE SEEING ARE CALLED CLOUDS.

THEY ARE ACTUALLY A LARGE GROUP OF TINY, TINY WATER DROPLETS.

LOOK, SAMMY, FROM ABOVE THE CLOUDS,

YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE ALL THE AMAZING COLORS OF EARTH.

IT'S COMPLETELY BLOCKED.

I THINK WE HAVE THE ANSWER

TO CAPTAIN MAYA'S SECRET QUESTION.

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!

FANTASTIC WORK, GANG.

YOUR FIRST MISSION WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.

YIPPEE!

AND DID YOU FIND OUT THE ANSWER

TO OUR SECRET QUESTION? YES, WE DID.

THE REASON WHY THE EARTH

IS SO DIFFICULT TO SEE FROM OUTER SPACE

IS BECAUSE OF CLOUDS OF WATER VAPOR.

THE LAYERS OF CLOUDS MAKE THE EARTH LOOK LIKE

A WHITE SHINING ORB FROM OUTER SPACE.

AND DIFFICULT TO SEE THE SURFACE,

WHICH IS ALL SORTS OF INCREDIBLE COLORS!

THAT'S FASCINATING, TEAM. GOOD WORK.

WHAT'S OUR NEXT MISSION, CAPTAIN MAYA?

THIS NEXT MISSION IS SURE TO BE YOUR TOUGHEST YET,

SPACE EXPLORERS.

COOL SPACE GASES!

I LOVE DIFFICULT MISSIONS.

I'M ALWAYS UP FOR A CHALLENGE, TOO.

WELL, I'M EXCITED TO REPORT

YOU TWO WILL BE HEADING BACK TO EARTH.

YAY! EARTH!

WE LOVE EARTH.

WE WANT YOU TO LEARN ALL ABOUT SNAKES.

SNAKES? SO EXCITING.

THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR MOST AMAZING MISSION YET.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT SNAKES, CAPTAIN MAYA?

I CAN TELL YOU THAT SNAKES LIVE EVERYWHERE ON EARTH

EXCEPT IRELAND, ICELAND, NEW ZEALAND,

AND THE NORTH AND SOUTH POLES.

SNAKES POSSIBLY EVOLVED

FROM A FOUR-LEGGED REPTILIAN ANCESTOR,

A SMALL FOUR-LEGGED LIZARD,

ABOUT 100 MILLION YEARS AGO.

SOME SNAKES, LIKE BOAS AND PYTHONS,

STILL HAVE TRACES OF BACK LEGS,

CALLED LEG SPURS.

WOW. I CAN'T WAIT TO CHECK THEM OUT.

SNAKES SOUND ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING.

THEY ARE. SNAKES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF EARTH'S ECOSYSTEM.

THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT, IN FACT,

THAT THE SYMBOL OF THE SNAKE IN ART

IS ONE OF THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND OLDEST

IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.

THE OLDEST WRITTEN RECORD ABOUT SNAKES

DATES TO 450 B.C. IN ANCIENT EGYPT.

REALLY? THAT'S INCREDIBLE, CAPTAIN MAYA.

AS YOU KNOW, NICK AND SAMMY,

EVERY TIME WE SEND OUR SPACE EXPLORERS

TO OBSERVE A NEW EARTH SPECIES,

WE ASK THEM TO COLLECT AS MUCH DATA AS POSSIBLE.

- YES, MA'AM. - WE WILL!

BUT ABOVE ALL, THERE'S A QUESTION

THAT ALL THE BRIGHTEST MINDS OF THE GALAXY

HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER ABOUT SNAKES.

WE NEED YOU TWO SPACE EXPLORERS

TO HELP US ANSWER THE MISSION QUESTION ABOUT SNAKES.

WHAT'S THE QUESTION?

DO ALL SNAKES HAVE HINGED FANGS?

THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING QUESTION, CAPTAIN MAYA.

WE'LL FIND THE ANSWER, I PROMISE.

YOUR STATE-OF-THE-ART SPACE POD SKYA

WILL TRANSPORT YOU A MILLION LIGHT YEARS TO EARTH

IN A BLINK OF AN EYE.

AND YOUR TRUSTY HELPER ROBOT CUP-K

WILL ASSIST YOU ON YOUR MISSION.

OFF YOU GO.

SPACE EXPLORERS, GO!