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This will be the last post for tonight. The episode is about a few creature myths that are told by Chris, Martin and Allison during a thunderstorm that knocked out the power in the Creature Club. Chris tells the story of the cold-hearted, loner and streetwise rhino who received special horns from Crucian the white egret who was Mungu's helper at the sacred mountain. See, Mungu desired to honour the request from Crucian on behalf of the animals to help them defend themselves. So, he promised horn protection, and the Kratt brothers even get in the story: Martin as a buffalo and Chris as an impala. Crucian however gives the rhino the forbidden speical horns and all the creatures laughed themselves silly, sending the rhino into a solitary lifestyle. Mungu found out and was enraged, banishing Crucian forever from sacred mountain and to live with the rhino that he had helped. Allison's story takes place in Australia and featured the platypus. The animals were all trying to prove who was the best: mammals, birds and underwater creatures. First, the birds asked the platypus but she refused. Next, her fellow mammals tried to seduce her but again she said no. Finally, her fellow underwater creatures tried to get the platypus to join their meeting but she resisted again. She asked her friend and other fellow monotreme the echidna (egg-laying mammal) what to do. The echidna's advice? Be your own creature; you're unique just the way you are and NOBODY should define you and manipulate you. Not bad advice at all. Afterwards, Martin finishes things up by telling his story about the ostrich. He unfortunately starts out somewhat evolutionary by "revealing" that long ago there were no animals at all. One night however, the earth cracked. Out of the crack crawled every creature on earth. So, Martin puts himself in the picture to give direction. That leads us to the ostrich. She was having an identity crisis. At first she thought she was a bird, but when she showed her new egg to the birds they laughed her silly: she couldn't fly, wasn't colourful, and was a HUGE bird. (Wonder why the emu didn't join her??) Anyways, the ostrich then foolishly says to herself that she must be a mammal. A giraffe scolds her and reveals to her that she's actually a bird due to her egg-laying and walking on two legs. The ostrich as a result goes to the sun wizard who gets the ostrich's egg in return for long and strong legs to keep up with all of the other animals. Thus, the ostrich chose to live on the savannah. Again, a great episode and one that provides a break from non-stop fact. Goodnight!
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