♪ Wild Kratts ♪ MARTIN: We’re here off the coast of Africa.

CHRIS: On Madagascar, the land of the lemurs.

Down in the dry forest of the central southern highlands.

It’s us, the Kratt brothers.

I’m Chris.

I’m Martin.

And those are ring-tailed lemurs.

This is the first thing the ring-tailed lemurs do every morning: sun themselves and warm up their bodies and then reconnect with the troop by sitting around and grooming each other.

They run those specialized lower teeth, called a tooth comb, through each other’s fur.

And that keeps their coats nice and healthy.

MARTIN: Oh, babies!

This troop has babies!

Oh, and they are young ones.

Looks like they’re only two weeks old.

Check out how the babies ride the mom’s back.

They just cling on to Mom, under her belly at first.

And then when they get older, they start riding on top.

Woo!

That works!

Once they’ve warmed up, the troop starts moving off to look for breakfast in the forest.

Ring-tailed lemurs have the largest groups of any lemur species.

There could be up to 30 in a single group.

So, communication is vital to ring-tailed lemurs.

In fact, they talk to each other using both sound and smell.

And one way ring-tailed lemurs talk with smell is with an all out-- No-holds barred-- Head-to-head-- Stink fight!

Stink fight!

Imagine if we had ring-tailed lemur powers!

And could actually be contenders in a ring-tailed lemur stink fight!

What if?

What if?

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They’re still sleeping.

Yeah, but we should wake them up.

Sun’s up.

And they should be up too.

That’s right.

When you’re in the spiny desert of Madagascar, getting out there and finding some ring-tailed lemurs is much more fun than sleeping in.

Yup, one of the most famous lemurs in the world.

Well, let’s stop talking about them and start finding them.

All right, sleep time’s over.

Let’s wake ’em up.

(Snoring) (Chittering) Whoa!

What’s that?

(Groaning) Hey, what are you guys doing on the floor?

Uhh, never mind.

(Chittering) Lemurs!

Let’s go!

Wait!

I’m coming too!

Hmm.

They sound like ring-tails!

There are lots of them!

What are they yelling about?

Let’s find out!

(Grunting) (Chittering) Whoa!

Oof!

Oof!

Ooh.

Hmm?

Hmm?

(Chittering) We’re too late!

Wow, ring-tailed lemurs!

They’re one of my favorites!

(Groaning) Get off of me!

Sorry.

What was going on there?

Okay, there are two groups: one over there-- And one over there.

They were definitely fighting about something.

What?

What would two groups of lemurs fight about?

That’s what we’ve got to find out.

Yes, we’ve got to go undercover.

This is a top secret creature mission.

Huddle!

We’ve got to get inside those lemur troops.

You go with one.

I’ll go with the other.

Good.

And I’ll update the Creature Power Discs with-- Shh!

That guy’s listening.

With ring-tailed lemur power!

Yeah.

Break!

Break!

Ooh, smell that, Dabio.

My soap smells like strawberries.

And my shampoo smells like coconut.

Oh, yum.

Yes, it’s nice.

But it’s too ordinary for me.

Other people have soaps that smell like that.

I need special smelly soaps that no one else has.

After all, I am Donita Donata.

And animal fashions are my specialty.

My soap should be like my fashions: different.

I need a soap that smells like something special, one that no one else in the world has.

Dabio, wait.

Wait.

What is that island?

That island with all the plants and animals that aren’t anywhere else in the world?

It starts with an "M".

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mars!

No, that’s a planet!

Don’t make me mad!

Wait, Mad, Mada-- Madagascar, that’s the island!

It’s right by Africa.

If Madagascar has special animals like lemurs, then it must have special smells too.

Let’s go, Dabio.

Take me to Madagascar!

KOKI: Hmm.

Okay, it looks like they’re ready.

Tortuga HQ to Martin.

Come in!

Martin here.

I’m with one of the groups, disc ready, and looking for a way in.

(Laughing) I’ll go in as a baby lemur!

Wow.

Look at that little lemur hold onto mom’s fur.

She really has to cling on tight.

Clingon, oh, that’s what I’ll call her.

Okay, we’ll call this troop Troop Clingon.

Troop Clingon, here I come!

Activate Ring-Tailed Lemur Power!

♪ (Birds chirping) Hey, Clingon, want to play?

(Laughing) I’m in!

Wa-hoo!

Okay, Koki, what about Chris?

(Beeping) Got him.

And it looks like he’s got-- Ah, a tamarind fruit!

Ring-tails have lots of different foods on their menu: leaves, flowers, bark, sap, insects.

But this just might be the lemurs’ favorite.

I’ll use this to get him within activation range.

Here you go, buddy.

(Birds chirping) Activate Ring-Tailed Lemur Power!

♪ Hey Chris, wait!

I need your troop name.

Troop Tamarind, of course.

Thanks!

And I’ll go in bearing gifts.

Troop Tamarind it is!

Get in there, new lemur in town!

Hello, fellow Lemurs!

Tamarind fruits, anyone?

Hmm?

(Chittering) Uhh, is there a problem here?

Oh, the lemur hierarchy, right.

I forgot.

And you must be the alpha female, the leader of the troop.

Ooh!

I thought so.

With lemurs, it’s all about rank.

If you’re a higher rank than the next lemur, you get dibs on food, resting places and, well, just about anything.

Uh-oh.

Ah!

I guess I’m the lowest ranking lemur in the group.

I’m the new guy.

And with lemurs, it’s the alpha female who’s the most important one in the group.

Wherever she goes, everyone else follows.

That means me too, if we’re going to solve this mystery.

You done with this?

Thanks, got to take what I can get.

Whoa!

Clingon, you’re an incredible lemur-back rider.

I like roller coasters.

And this is the best one ever!

Wa-hoo!

(Sighing) So, Clingon, can you keep a secret?

We’re trying to figure out what all the racket was about this morning.

Were your troop and Troop Tamarind fighting about something?

Ah!

(Laughing) Hey, stop fooling around, Clingon.

(Gasping) What?

The troop disappeared!

Oh no!

Don’t worry.

We’ll find ’em, come on!

Hmm.

Ah, the tails!

They help the troop stay together.

(Sighing) Ring-tails hold that tail high like a flag so the rest of the troop can follow.

We’re coming, Mom!

Psst!

Huh?

It’s me.

What are you finding out so far?

I mean, besides you being the lowest lemur in the group, that is.

Very funny.

Don’t worry.

I’ll find a way to move up in rank.

But I’m still looking for clues to the mystery of why they were fighting with Troop Clingon.

Hey!

Hmm.

What are you up to?

(Sniffing) Oh yeah, just what I thought.

What?

He scent marked this tree.

Lemurs make a smelly oil on their wrists that they rub onto trees and logs in the forest.

Leaving the smell is like leaving a little message.

Well, what does the message say?

Read it, uhh, with your nose, I guess.

(Sniffing) Oh yeah.

Uh-huh.

It says "This is our place.

Stay out."

Who’s he talking to?

Other lemurs in other troops.

Troop Tamarind is marking their territory.

And this is the boundary of their home turf.

Hang on.

Koki, come in.

Koki here!

Are you getting this?

Oh yeah, I’ve got your coordinates.

And I’m marking the troop’s home range right now.

Great!

Okay, "Dear, any other lemur that smells this smell.

This is our turf.

Please stay out."

Signed, the newest member of Troop Tamarind."

There!

I like writing letters with lemur stink!

(Humming) Oh.

Uhh, Jimmy, thanks for doing some dusting!

Cleaning up?

I’m not cleaning up!

I’m scent marking my stuff!

Really?

Yeah!

This is Jimmy’s turf.

Please stay out.

(Sighing) Martin, come in, little lemur.

Hey, Koki.

We’re busy scent marking too.

Everybody in the troop helps.

Well, why are they so territorial anyway?

What are they trying to protect?

Uhh, you’re looking at it.

You?

Don’t flatter yourself.

Not me, this!

A tamarind fruit?

MARTIN: Well, yeah, all the food, really.

The troop wants to make sure to protect an area big enough to keep everyone fed, plus sleeping areas and living space too.

Oh, I get it.

Every troop has a territory with enough food in it to keep them fed.

But they don’t want other troops coming in and eating their fruits, sleeping in their trees and everything else.

Exactly.

And by scent marking, the lemurs can keep everything peaceful and avoid fights.

Yeah, well, I can tell you one thing.

I’m not stepping foot near Jimmy’s fridge.

So, his smelly language is working for me.

Ah, righty-o.

Yes, that Smell Detector attachment should do the trick, Dabio.

It can even find the tiniest, most delicate of smells, smells that even human noses can’t find.

Ooh, I’m getting a little smelly, Donita.

Ah.

No, not a flower, something different.

Ooh, bug!

Ah!

A stink bug!

Eww!

Yuck!

Keep searching, Dabio.

Yes, Donita!

(Beeping) What is that smell, Dabio?

Uhh, I don’t know.

It’s just a tiny one.

Okay, amplify it so that I can smell it.

(Beeping) (Sniffing) Ooh, that’s nice.

Ah!

(Coughing) "Nice"?

That’s not nice, Donita.

Oh, yes, it is nice.

It’s simple, yet definitive, delicate, yet musky.

And best of all, I’ve never smelled that smell before.

I must have more, Dabio!

We must have more!

Oh, more here, Donita, and here, here too!

Oh, yes, Dabio, fill up the canister.

I’ll need a lot to make my most wonderfully smelly, wonderfully one-of-a-kind soap!

(Sighing) All that territory marking is hard work!

Ah, the ringtail lotus pose.

I love when the ringtails do this, warming up in the sun.

And I’ve got the best spot.

Huh?

(Screeching) What?

There are plenty of spots.

Go find your own.

Uhh, Chris, I don’t think he’s very happy.

What’s he doing?

He’s rubbing his tail on his wrists and chest where his scent glands are.

I think he’s charging his tail full of lemur stink.

I’m not sure where this is going.

But it seems like he wants me to do this too.

Are we sending another kind of smelly message to someone, buddy?

Ooh!

Whoa!

Lemur stink!

He’s sending a message to me!

(Coughing) I don’t smell anything.

Oh, that’s because it’s not that stinky to a person.

Ooh!

But it is to a lemur.

It’s like a stink fight!

"A stink fight"?

MARTIN: Aviva, look at this!

It is a contest!

The best stink fighter wins.

Ooh, got him with a left hook flick of stink.

I didn’t see that one coming.

And the challenger answers right back at him with a fully charged tail flick!

Ooh, what a match up!

CHRIS: Ah!

Listen, Stinkflicker-- Yikes!

I don’t want to-- Whoa!

Aviva, where’s my lemur chest gland stink?

I don’t have one on my suit!

I have the wrist one, but not the chest one.

Oof!

Ah.

It’s not in there yet because we didn’t know about lemur stink fights when I made it.

Ooh!

You got to get me some chest lemur stink.

My stink message isn’t powerful enough without it!

(Coughing) On it!

Hang in there, Chris.

Ooh, and these guys are really sending those stink messages now, telling each other "I’ve got stink-ier lemur stink so I should get to sit where I want" or "Do what I want before you do."

Oh, a left and a right and, ooh, he’s coming on strong!

What a stinky combination!

Oh, oh, it looks like we’ve got a winner, folks!

His lemur message got through in the clutch!

Oh!

Okay, you want to sit in this spot?

Why didn’t you just say so?

Well, I guess you did in lemur stink messaging.

I smell you loud and clear.

Nobody gets hurt in a lemur stink fight, just stink-ed out.

Ooh!

(Beeping) Hmm.

Okay, so that Lemur chest stink is like a toothpaste-y stuff.

I think I’ve replicated it, Jimmy.

Wait a sec.

That wasn’t toothpaste?

(Groaning) (Chuckling) There, that should be enough.

Updating lemur power disc programming now!

Uh-oh.

We’ve got a problem.

Look!

Donita Donata!

And Dabio, they’re stealing all the lemur scent marks!

Oh no!

They can’t do that!

Those mark the troop boundaries.

Exactly.

These territory lines are basically drawn with smells.

It’s how the lemurs communicate where their home ranges are so the two troops don’t have to fight about it!

Hmm.

I’ve got to stop Donita, and fast!

It’s full, Donita!

Delightful, Dabio!

The soap mixture is ready for my secret scent.

Bring it here.

Oh, in there?

Yes, that concentrate should be just enough smell.

Pour it in!

AVIVA: Wait!

Stop!

You can’t do that, Donita.

The lemurs need those smelly scents to mark their home territories!

"Lemurs"?

You mean this is lemur scent?

Even better.

What?

I’ll call my new soap Lemur Lovely, made from the rare scent of the ring-tailed lemur all the way from Madagascar.

Oh, it’s divine.

(Coughing) Yes, excellent, Donita.

Here, darling, smell this.

No way, you don’t understand.

You can’t just take away the lemurs scent marks.

They’re important messages.

(Coughing) And, no, it doesn’t smell good.

Dabio, get me more.

I need at least a year’s supply of Lemur Lovely just for myself.

No!

You can’t do that!

Aviva?

Chris, Donita messed up the territorial boundaries.

She’s collecting the scent marks.

Oh no!

I better remark my troop’s boundaries right away while you find Martin so he can do his troops.

Quick, before the lemurs notice!

Umm, Aviva, what’s on your face?

Well, it’s lemur scent.

It’s a long story.

Okay, tell me later, come on!

Uhh, hi, Stinkflicker.

Uh-oh.

I think he likes your lemur scent and is mad because he thinks I’m taking you away.

Oh no, not another stink fight match.

He won’t let us go!

You don’t understand.

We’re just going to fix a mess that this animal fashion lady caused-- Ooh!

Yeah, so your troop and Troop Clingon don’t have to fight over-- the updated disc!

Cool, ring-tailed lemur 2.0.

Install.

With updated chest scent.

You can stink fight now.

Okay, buddy, I’m calling a rematch.

Let’s stink fight, lemur-style!

How do you like that stink?

Ooh!

Oh, you’re good.

But check this out!

(Grunting) Oh!

Ah!

Yes!

That’s some good lemur stink you added, Aviva.

He’s letting us go!

That chest stink really works!

Hey, trust me, buddy.

We just have to fix something over here.

Uh-oh, we’re too late!

They’re crossing the border right now.

Yikes!

If Troop Clingon catches them on their territory, there’s going to be a lemur fight!

(Chittering) What?

Troop Tamarind, on our territory?

(Chittering) Chris, what are you guys doing?

Your troop’s trespassing.

It’s Donita!

She stole the scent marks!

Whoa!

Lemurs even fight with their babies on their backs.

Hang on, Clingon!

Oh, it’s a territorial dispute!

This is definitely the sound that woke us up this morning.

They were fighting about territory for sure!

But we’ve got to get those scent marks back in place!

Whoa!

Ah!

Whoa!

Ooh!

Look out, Clingon!

(Sighing) Quick, Martin!

We have to restore the natural order!

I’m on it, bro.

Scent mark.

(Chittering) Reactivate, adult ringtail!

Come on, Clingon.

Scent marking to the creature rescue!

Ring-tail Lemur style!

(Chittering) What is all this racket?

Ah!

Get off me!

Ah!

You smell like a lemur, Donita!

So, they’re treating you like a lemur.

Ah!

Ah!

Well, then I don’t want to smell like a lemur anymore.

This lemur soup was a bad idea.

Get me out of here, Dabio!

Aviva, the lemurs!

They’re going back to their territories!

The territorial boundaries are restored.

We did it.

We did it.

Woo-hoo!

Well, mission accomplished.

We figured out what the ring-tailed lemur troops’ fight was about: territory.

That’s right, to protect their food, their home turf.

And communication with smells is the key for lemurs to talk with each other: with scent marks-- And stink fights.

Okay, then come over here and grab a seat because we’ve got a great stink fight match about to begin: Green Stench versus Blue Pe-Eww.

Take that!

Oh, that’s bad, Bro, but not as bad as this!

And may the stink-iest lemur brother win.

(Laughing) So, ring-tailed lemurs, like lots of animals, use scent for certain types of communication.

And if you follow a troop around for awhile, you’ll find out why.

Oh, there they go.

Check out what the ring-tails found: a lush, green ficus tree.

And it’s filled with fruit.

Now, these ring-tailed lemurs are picky.

They’re making their way through the trees, sniffing at the little bunches of fruit.

But they’re only picking the ripest ones to eat.

They’re going to eat those today, and save the rest for tomorrow and the upcoming days when they’ll return to this tree, making their daily rounds, and then again, pick only the ripest fruits.

It’s trees like these that the ring-tailed lemur troop has to protect.

That’s why they call in the morning.

That’s why they scent mark around their range, because they have to protect their food resources and trees like these.

The lemurs have this whole area scent marked!

Yeah, what they do is they have spurs on their wrists, right next to some scent glands.

And they slash at the little saplings, injecting their scent into the sapling.

Now we can’t smell it.

But other lemur troops sure can.

Scent warns the other troops, saying "This is our home.

Stay out!"

MARTIN: Yeah, they have to protect an area that’s big enough, with enough food to feed all the members of the troop, including the little guys, and a perfect chance for the baby lemur to get some climbing practice.

He’s only two weeks old.

So, he’s not going too far from Mom yet.

He always wants to be a quick jump onto her back, cling on, because you never know when the lemur troop is going to be off and moving again.

For ring-tailed lemurs, smell helps determine rank.

That’s where stink fights come in.

Let the stink-iest lemur win!

Whoa!

He was just sending a stink message right there!

He charged up his tail with the stink, and then flicked it at the other lemur.

But when it came down to it, he didn’t want to have a full-on stink fight.

So, those are the ring-tailed lemurs of Madagascar!

See you later, guys!

We’ll see you on the creature trail!

Keep on creature adventuring.

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