Wild Kratts | Swimming Stars! | Season 5 | Episode 1

Whoa, they zoom around like missiles.

How do they swim like that?

Flap flippers?

Whoa.

The suit works.

Okay, so let's break down how these work.

Flipper flap down for moving forward.

And now I understand the penguin body shape.

It's sleek and streamlined for moving through the water.

Yeah, and check it out.

Flapping and curving their wings up and down let's them change direction.

Angling the wings up makes you go up.

Angling them down makes you go down.

The wing helps provide power and speed for moving up and down in the water.

(shouting) [Both] Iceberg!

Angle wings down to go down.

Oh.

(groaning) We still have some things to learn.

Yeah, like how do they turn?

[Martin] Oh, I think they use their hind feet too.

[Chris] So they use both their wings and their feet to steer.

Okay, okay, now I get it.

Oh yeah!

Wahoo!

Woo-hoo, we're swimming like penguins.

(laughing and whooping) Woo-hoo, I'm with you, buddy.

Oh-ho, I've got it now.

Penguin power.

And it's a good thing we did before we met up with an orca or a leopard seal.

Those are major predators of the penguins.

And what keeps penguins out of their jaws is swimming power.

You know, I've never seen a leopard seal before, but I really wanna see one, I think.

Hey, bro, penguins are predators too.

Look what they're hunting, a school of silverfish.

[Martin] Woo, look at them move.

[Chris] Wow, a penguin can eat underwater.

That helps them stay down here and just keep eating.

[Martin] Because penguins can hold their breath for 27 minutes.

That's some great swimming power.

Hey, bro, you hungry?

For live fish?

Uh, not really, but we've gotta put our penguin powers through their paces.

Uh, we should forget about the fish.

Is this what I think it is?

Mm-hmm.

[Both] Leopard Seal!

[Martin] Wow, it looks awesome.

[Chris] Awesomely dangerous!

Swim!

[Chris] Fly!

Swim-fly.

Fly-swim.

(chase music) [Martin] Keep flapping, Chris.

[Chris] Oh, I'm flapping.

Penguin powers are fast and maneuverable.

But so are leopard seal powers.

[Martin] (shrieking) Oh, we can't shake him.

[Martin] Into the iceberg, bro.

I think we lost him.

(screaming) Nope.

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