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"Prairie Who?" "Chameleons on Target"

"Mystery on the Prairie" is the 14th episode of Season 3 of the PBS Kids show Wild Kratts. It is the 80th episode of the series overall. It premiered on July 10, 2014.

In this episode, Jimmy tells his teammates that he noticed something disturbing at a thorn bush. The Kratt brothers decide to investigate it, and when they arrive, they find several small animals impaled onto thorns. It turns out that the one responsible is a predatory songbird called a loggerhead shrike, and the investigation leads to another creature called the cowbird, which is a nest parasite that lays its eggs in loggerhead shrike nests.

Plot[]

The episode begins with a live-action segment. The Kratt brothers are close to a herd of bison, discussing an animal that stays even closer because it relies on the bison for food: the buffalo bird. Afterward, they ask their "What if?" question, and the show transitions into the cartoon segment.

The Tortuga needs to take off because a herd of bison is nearing it and they will come in two minutes. Chris panics and tells Jimmy to lift off. Martin then remembers that he left his Buzz Bike outside and goes out to bring it back inside. Koki explains to everyone that the herd roams about three miles (five kilometers) every day. Chris explains that animals know to get out of the way when bison are coming through and no one wants to be caught in the middle of the herd. Koki again tells Jimmy to lift off. Aviva reminds them that Jimmy is absent from the Tortuga because he is out collecting berries for his famous buffalo berry pie. Koki wonders who is going to drive the Tortuga. Jimmy, the pilot, finally arrives and faints, mentioning something weird near some thorn bushes. The Kratt brothers, intrigued, head off in their Buzz Bikes. Right after, the bison surround the Tortuga and now the crew is unable to lift-off, because if they do, it will cause a stampede.

The Kratt brothers find the thorn bush, which has several dead insects speared on its thorns. To find out what animal did this, they decide to miniaturize and wait for it to come. They climb up a rock, where they see a bird taking a prairie kingsnake to the bush after killing it. Another of the same kind of bird beats and subdues Martin, and it takes him to a tree where he is speared upon a thorn. After running a scan, Chris finds out that the bird is a loggerhead shrike. Martin tries to un-spear himself but is unable to, leaving him to name the bird that speared him, Spike. Chris decides to return to normal size to rescue Martin. To sneak his way through the bison herd, Chris dons a thorn bush as a disguise.

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Martin in Loggerhead Shrike Power is hatching out of his egg and he is saying "Happy Birthday!"

A cowbird jumps onto the branches where Martin is speared, releasing him, and causing him to end up in a birds nest where he notices an egg that has different color compared to the rest. Martin convinces Aviva to make the animal's Creature Power Disc. Jimmy activates the Teleporter and receives a feather from Martin, and Koki finds out the feather came from a loggerhead shrike. With this feather, Aviva finishes a Loggerhead Shrike Disc. Jimmy teleports it to Martin, who activates his Creature Power Suit just after the mother shrike arrives. But instead of transforming into a shrike, he first transforms into a shrike egg, because his other hand was touching the egg which caused him to turn into an egg. After a while, Martin hatches out of his egg. All the other chicks hatch as well, including the one from the different-colored egg. Koki finds out that the chick is a buffalo bird, and afterward, Martin names the buffalo bird chick Moo, and the shrike chicks Thorn, Spear, and Spike Jr. While the adults find food, Martin calls Koki and Aviva, saying that they have to get him and Moo out as fast as possible. They head in towards the bush and drop a rope down, and Martin grabs onto it as he holds Moo. However, Chris finds out that cowbirds are nest parasites, and he calls them saying that they made a mistake in rescuing Moo. Moo was not accidentally laid in the nest, he was supposed to be there the whole time. Martin and Chris both realize they need to correct their mistake by becoming Moo’s new parents.

Sundown approaches and the Wild Kratts summarize their adventure. Chris is still in his bush and Moo is above his head in his own nest. Martin, an adult loggerhead shrike, feeds Moo an earthworm. The Kratt brothers then groan after realizing that they have to wait for a few weeks before the chick matures.

The show transitions into the ending live-action segment, in which the Kratt brothers find a loggerhead shrike nest. Afterward, they conclude the episode by saying "Keep on creature adventuring; we’ll see you on the creature trail!"

Characters[]

Animals[]

Animation[]

Note: Featured animals are in bold.

Database Images[]

Live Action Images[]

Note: Live action animals are linked to Wikipedia.

Live-action Videos[]

Note: Live action animals are linked to Wikipedia.

Mentioned[]

Note: Mentioned animals are linked to Wikipedia.

Trivia[]

  • This is the first time Martin gets egg powers.
  • Chris whistles the Wild Kratts theme while making his way through the bison herd.
  • This is the first time Martin is referred to Martino by someone other than Donita. In this case, Martin is referred to Martino by Jimmy.

Key Facts and Creature Moments[]

  • Shrikes are the only predatory songbirds and they sometimes catch things even bigger than themselves, like lizards, mice, voles, frogs, and even other birds.
  • Buffalo birds are nest parasites that lay their eggs in other birds' nests.
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