Transcript: Polar Bear Day: Thursday February 27
Lucas is in his twenties, with short puffy brown hair and wears jeans and an orange T-shirt.
Laura is in her twenties, with above the shoulders straight brown hair with bangs and wears jeans and a purple T-shirt.
As a song plays, Lucas and Laura walk in the woods, cross a bridge, balance on a fallen tree trunk, cross a stream, run across the city and in a park full of geese. Fast clips show them next to Greg playing and having fun in the tree fort. Greg is in his twenties, with short black hair. He wears a blue sweater.
The song says PACK UP YOUR BAGS
KISS YOUR TURTLE GOODBYE
COME UP AND CLIMB
WHERE WE CAN TOUCH THE SKY
SO MUCH TO SEE
SO MUCH TO DO
IN OUR TREE FORT
WE GOT A SHOW FOR
THAT TVOKIDS, THAT TVOKIDS
THAT TVOKIDS
THAT TVOKIDS SHOW
Laura says PASSWORD PLEASE.
[FWEET!]
Lucas whispers something in Laura's ear as a caption reads "Seal."
In animation, a dialogue bubbles pop out of a map with a caption "That TVO Kids Show."
The song continues LA, LA, LA, DO, DO, DO,
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH
THAT TVOKIDS SHOW!
Holding a tablet on a board, Greg says HEY, TVOKIDS, WELCOME
BACK TO THE TREE FORT.
TVOKIDS, TODAY IS AN EXCITING
DAY BECAUSE TODAY IS
INTERNATIONAL POLAR BEAR DAY.
I'M SO EXCITED.
I LOVE POLAR BEARS AND TODAY I'M
CELEBRATING BY WATCHING SOME
TREE TV.
I'M WATCHING GREG GRYLLZ, MAN
VERSES WILDERNESS.
NOT ONLY IS GREG GRYLLZ A
SURVIVOR EXPERT AND ANIMAL
EXPERT, HE IS ALSO MY SECOND
COUSIN FROM AUSTRALIA AND I'M SO
EXCITED TO WATCH HIS SHOW, SO
LET'S TUNE IN!
A clip plays.
Greg appears as Gryllz. He wears glasses, a hat, an orange shirt and a safari vest.
Gryllz says G'DAY, MATE.
I'M GREG GRYLLZ AND TODAY I'M ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR SOME POLAR
BEARS.
AS CAN YOU SEE BEHIND ME I FOUND
SOME REALLY CUTE POLAR BEAR
CUBS.
NOW THESE BEAUTIFUL CREATURES
ARE HYPER CARNIVOROUS WHICH
MEANS THEIR DIET CONSISTS OF 70 percent
MEAT.
THESE ARE ONE OF THE MOST FIERCE
PREDATORS ON THE PLANET AND
MAMMA IS PROBABLY NEARBY SO WE
HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND QUIET
Sealia pops up. She is a puppet wearing a long brown wig.
Sealia yells POLAR BEARS!
Gryllz says YOU HAVE TO BE
QUIET
Sealia yells IT'S THE END FOR
SEALIA.
I NEED TO GO BACK.
NATURAL SELECTION IS CRUEL!
Greg watches them eating pop corn.
Gryllz says BE QUIET.
OH IT'S RIGHT BEHIND ME, ISN'T
IT?
AHHHHHHH!
The clip ends.
Shocked, Lucas says MY COUSIN NEEDS MY
HELP.
IF YOU KNOW HOW TO HELP, PLEASE
CALL INTO THE TREE FORT.
I NEED YOU.
GREG GRYLLZ NEEDS YOU.
SEALIA NEEDS YOU, EVERYBODY
NEEDS YOU.
I NEED YOU TO CALL THAT PHONE
RIGHT NOW
The Frog phone rings.
Greg says GREAT TIMING.
YOU ALWAYS HAVE MY BACK.
WHO DO WE HAVE TODAY?
He puts on the headsets and says HEY, IT'S GREG IN THE TREE FORT
TRYING TO SAVE HIS SECOND COUSIN
FROM AUSTRALIA.
WHO IS THIS?
River and Teigen say RIVER AND TEIGEN.
Greg says DO YOU KNOW THE PASS
WORD?
River says SEAL.
Greg says I'LL LET NEW AND YOU
ARE IN THE SKY, MY FRIENDS.
WELL COULD. HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
River and Teigen pop up in the sky.
The girls say GOOD.
Greg says GOOD, GOOD.
I HAVE A BIG PROBLEM THAT I NEED
YOUR HELP SOLVING.
MY COUSIN, GREG GRYLLZ, IS
FACE-TO-FACE WITH A POLAR BEAR.
THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM I NEED YOU
TO THINK OF SOMETHING, SO IT'S
TIME TO PUT ON YOUR THINKING
CAP.
THERE YOU GO TEIGEN.
AND RIVER, HERE IS YOUR THINKING
MOUSTACHE.
He holds a big moustache and a big hat near River and Teigen.
He says WHAT SHOULD GREG GRYLLZ DO?
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE
FACE-TO-FACE WITH A POLAR BEAR.
River says RUN.
Teigen says RUN AWAY.
Greg says THAT'S SUCH A GOOD
ANSWER.
RUN AWAY.
I'LL LET HIM KNOW YOU SAID THAT
BUT ALL THIS POLAR BEAR TALK
IS... I NEED A CUTE TIME OOT SO
LET'S GO SEE OUR CUTE CHAMPION.
A series of pets appear with the title "Cute time oot."
A Male Voice says CHAMPION!
Greg says ALL RIGHT.
FRIENDS.
THIS IS CUTE TIME OOT CHAMPION
FROM YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY IT WAS PINK SHIRT DAY
AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT KINDNESS
AND LIFTING EACH OTHER UP.
A clip shows two dogs holding a stick on the beach.
He continues NOW THIS DOG FRIEND IS HELPING
THIS OTHER DOG LITERALLY LIFT UP
HIS STICK.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS?
WHAT'S GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND
RIGHT NOW?
River says I'M HAPPY.
Teigen says I THINK 100 OUT OF
100 MILLION.
Greg says OKAY, ORKS RIVER SAYS HAPPY FACE EMOJI.
AND RIVER SAYS A HUNDRED OUT OF
A MILLION AND NOW LET'S CHECK
OUR CHALLENGER.
The Male Voice says CHALLENGER!
Greg says OKAY IT IS POLAR BEAR
DAY SO WE HAVE THESE LITTLE
POLAR BEAR CUBS AND THEY ARE
PLAYING AND FIGHTING.
OH, RIVER, I SEE YOU SMILING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS?
River says I THINK IT'S CUTE.
Greg says HAPPY FACE EMOJI OR
SMILELY FACE, CUTE FACE EMOJI?
River says YES.
Greg says ALL OF THEM?
River says YES.
Greg says AND HOW ABOUT YOU
TEIGEN.
Teigen says I THINK IT WOULD BE ONE
HUNDRED MILLION.
Greg says ONE HUNDRED MILLION.
ALL RIGHT MY FRIENDS, FINAL
VERDICT, WHO WINDS?
IS IT THE DOG OR THE POLAR
BEARS.
The girls say THE DOG.
Greg says UNANIMOUS VOTE, THE
DOGS WIN!
THANKS FOR PLAYING.
THANKS FOR CALLING IN AND THE
ADVICE.
WE'LL TALK TO YOU SOON.
River says OKAY, BYE.
Greg says BYE.
TVOKIDS, THERE IS SO MUCH TO
LEARN AND SO MUCH TO KNOW WHICH
MEANS IT'S TIME FOR...
A loud voice shakes the studio and says WE NEED TO KNOW!
Greg says I'M SO LUCKY BECAUSE JENNY IS
HERE.
LET'S PUT HER UP IN THE SKY.
HEY, JENNY, HOW ARE YOU?
A caption reads "Jenny. Polar Bears International."
Jenny pops up in the sky. She is in her mid-thirties, with long blond hair. She wears a dark blue shirt.
Jenny says I'M GOOD.
HOW ARE YOU?
Greg says I'M DOING REALLY GOOD
BUT MY SECOND COUSIN FROM
AUSTRALIA IS NOT DOING AS WELL.
BUT FIRST, JENNY FOR THE
TVOKIDS, WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DO
YOU DO?
Jenny says I'M A SCIENTIST WITH POLAR
BEARS INTERNATIONAL WITH THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IN
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, AND I STUDY
POLAR BEARS.
Greg says AMAZING AND VERY
IMPRESSIVE.
WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM A
TVOKIDS.
THIS IS LAUREN, AGE 7.
SHE IS ASKING, WHAT DO POLAR
BEARS EAT?
DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT
THIS, JENNY?
Jenny says YA, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION,
LAUREN.
SO POLAR BEARS' FAVOURITE FOOD
IN THE ENTIRE WORLD IS A SEAL.
POLAR BEARS LOVE TO EAT FAT AND
SO THEY WILL EAT SEALS AND WALLD
WALRUSs AND SOMETIMES WHALES.
Greg says BUT MOSTLY SEALS.
Jenny says MOSTLY SEALS.
Greg says THAT'S NOT GREAT FOR
GREG GRYLLZ BECAUSE HIS ONLY
COMPANION RIGHT NOW IS A SEAL.
HOW DOES A POLAR BEAR HUNT FOR
SEALS?
Jenny says SO, POLAR BEARS HUNT FOR
SEALS A COUPLE OF WAYS BUT THEY
USUALLY SNEAK UP ON THEM.
SO THEY WILL WAIT AND WHEN THE
SEAL COMES UP TO BREATHE THEY
WILL CATCH IT WITH THEIR REALLY
SHARP CLAWS.
Greg says I SEE, THEY ARE
AMBUSH PREDATORS.
OKAY TVOKIDS, JENNY WILL STICK
AROUND.
AND LET'S FIND OUT FROM YOU
TVOKIDS LEARNING ABOUT POLAR
BEARS.
An animated slate says DID YOU KNOW?
POLAR BEAR EDITION.
A girl with dreadlocks reads THE SCIENTIFIC NAME FOR A
POLAR BEAR IS
A boy with a blue woollen hat reads URSUS
A boy with black hair reads MARITIMUS.
The girl with dreadlocks reads URSUS
A girl with an orange shirt reads MARITIMUS.
A boy with a gray T-shirt says I THINK IT MEANS A FAT
ANIMAL.
A girl with black hair reads POLAR BEARS LOVE TO EAT BUT
A boy with a white shirt reads THEY CAN GO 8-12 MONTHS WITHOUT
EATING.
The boy with black hair says I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO A
WHOLE DAY WITHOUT FOOD.
The girl with dreadlocks says I THINK THAT WOULD BE COLD.
The girl with black hair says I WISH I COULD DO THAT BUT
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
The girl with dreadlocks says THAT WOULD BE FUN BECAUSE I
WOULD HAVE MORE TIME TO DO
HOMEWORK.
The boy with woollen hat says I CAN PLAY WITH OTHERS AND I
WON'T HAVE TO, LIKE, EAT, SO MY
MOM WOULDN'T CALL ME.
The girl with dreadlocks says I COULD PLAY AND WOULD HAVE
MORE TIME.
The boy with a gray T-shirt reads DID YOU KNOW A POLAR BEARS
FUR IS ACTUALLY SEE THROUGH?
The boy with black hair reads THE LIGHT REFLECTS OFF THEIR FUR
TO MAKE IT APPEAR WHITE.
The boy with a gray T-shirt says THAT'S COOL.
The boy with black hair says I DIDN'T KNOW THAT BEFORE.
The girl with an orange shirt says SO POLAR BEARS DON'T GET
COLD.
Back in the tree fort, Greg says JENNY, WELCOME BACK
AND THANKS FOR WAITING.
I LOVE LEARNING AND I FEEL LIKE
YOU KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT POLAR
BEARS, I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN A
LITTLE BIT MORE.
HOW DO YOU STUDY POLAR BEARS?
Jenny says SO, I STUDY POLAR BEARS BY
LOOKING AT THEIR SEE-THROUGH
HAIR.
SO WE WANT TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT
POLAR BEARS EAT, SO WE CAN TAKE
THE HAIR AND WE SET IT ON FIRE
AND WE FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF
FUELS OR WHAT KIND OF WHALES,
AND WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN, ALL
FROM THEIR HAIR.
Greg says THAT IS SO COOL AND
SO INTERESTING.
SO IF I GAVE YOU SOME OF MY
HAIR, JENNY, COULD YOU TELL WHAT
I HAVE EATEN IN THE PAST WEEK?
Jenny says I COULD.
I COULD TELL IF YOU HAVE BEEN
EATING A LOT OF HOTDOGS OR
HAMBURGERS OR SALAD.
Greg says I DO EAT A LOT OF SALADS.
AND MY NEXT QUESTION, IF I SEE A
POLAR BEAR, WHAT SHOULD I DO?
Jenny says WELL, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS
YOU SHOULD DO.
THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO
IS STAY CALM.
YOU DON'T WANT TO RUN AWAY.
RUNNING AWAY IS A VERY BAD THING
TO DO.
Greg says WHY IS THAT?
Jenny says YOU WANT TO MAKE A LOT OF
NOISE AND NOT APPEAR LIKE PREY.
SO YOU DON'T WANT THE BEAR TO
CHASE YOU BECAUSE BEARS ARE A
LOT FASTER THAN HUMANS.
Greg says OKAY.
TEIGAN AND RIVER, IF YOU ARE
WATCHING THIS, DON'T RUN AWAY
BECAUSE THE BEAR WILL CATCH YOU.
SO YOU SHOULD ACT LIKE A
PREDATOR AND TRY TO SCARE IT
OFF?
Jenny says YEAH.
MAKE A LOT OF NOISE.
Greg says AND JENNY YOU HAVE
SEEN POLAR BEARS AND YOU HAVE
SOME PHOTOS HERE.
CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THESE PHOTOS?
Jenny says YA!
SO THESE BEARS ARE ON THE TUNDRA
IN CHURCHILL, MANITOBA, AND THIS
IS WHEN I WAS VOLUNTEERING WITH
POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL,
TALKING TO VISITORS ABOUT HOW
IMPORTANT POLAR BEARS ARE, WHAT
MAKES THEM REALLY SPECIAL AND
HOW THEIR HABITAT IS CHANGING
WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.
Greg says IT SEEMS THE MORE WE
TALK IT'S BECOMING MORE AWARE TO
ME AND APPARENT TO ME THAT POLAR
BEAR INTER NATIONAL DAY IS
RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT CLIMATE
CHANGE AND HOW IT A FRECTS THE
POLAR BEARS.
HOW DOES IT AFFECT THEM.
Jenny says POLAR BEARS ARE LOSING THEIR
HOME.
POLAR BEARS USE THE ICE TO HUNT,
TO TRAVEL, TO FIND PLAYER MATE,
TO HAVE THEIR BABIES AND WITH
GLOBAL WARMING THAT ICE IS
MELTING AND THEY ARE LOSING
THEIR HOME.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US
TO TAKE ACTION SO THAT THEY
DON'T LOSE THEIR HOME.
Greg says RIGHT ALL THESE
UNFORTUNATE THINGS ARE HAPPENING
BUT THE MORE WE LEARN ABOUT
POLAR BEARS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
THE MORE WE CAN DO TO HELP OUT,
TVOKIDS.
JENNY THAT'S OUR TIME.
THANK YOU FOR BEING IN THE TREE
FORT WITH US AND WE'LL CATCH UP
WITH YOU ANOTHER TIME.
BYE FOR NOW.
ALL RIGHT.
THAT WAS FUN AND I WANT TO LEARN
A LITTLE BIT MORE SO LET'S GO TO
SOME FUN FACTS ABOUT POLAR
BEARS.
In off, Daniel says EXPLORING FUN FACTS ABOUT
POLAR BEARS.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT POLAR
BEARS?
A Female Voice says POLAR BEARS ARE MALES.
Daniel says WHAT ELSE?
Fast clip show polar bears walking and eating in a zoo.
The Voice says THEY ARE PART OF THE BEAR
FAMILY.
Daniel says COME ON.
WHAT ELSE?
The Voice says POLAR BEARS ARE THE SAME SIZE
AS A GUINEA PIG.
Daniel says NO.
The Voice says WHEN THEY ARE BORN.
Daniel says RIGHT, OKAY THAT MAKES SENSE.
The Voice says A BABY POLAR BEAR HIGHWAYS
HALF A KILOGRAM OR AS MUCH AS A
CAN OF SOUP.
WHEN THEY GROW UP THEY CAN WEIGH
UP TO 680-KILO GRAMS WHICH IS
ABOUT THE SAME AS A HUNDRED
BOWLING BALLS.
THIS MAKES POLAR BEARS THE
LARGEST LAND DWELLING CARNIVORE.
Daniel says CARNIVORE DOES THAT MEAN THEY
EAT OTHER ANIMALS.
The Voice says YES THEY WILL EAT SEALS AND
FISH AND OTHER ANIMALS AND CAN
SNIFF UP THEIR PREY FROM UP TO
16 KILOMETRES AWAY.
Daniel says GOOD THING THEY LIVE SO FAR.
The Voice says IN THE ACTIC CIRCLE NEAR THE
NORTH POLE AND CANADA IS HOME TO
60 percent OF ALL POLAR BEARS.
Daniel says AWESOME.
The Voice says POLAR BEARS HAVE BLACK SKIN
EVEN THOUGH THEY APPEAR WHITE.
Daniel says OKAY, OKAY.
BUT HOW DID POLAR BEARS STAY
WARM IF THEY LIVE IN THE ARCTIC
AND ONLY HAVE FUR?
Polar bears swim and have fun.
The Voice says THEIR FUR IS THE FIRST STEP
TO KEEP THEM WARM.
IT IS A GREAT INSULATOR AND
THEIR BLACK SKIN HELPS TRAP IN
HEAT FROM THE SUN.
BUT POLAR BEARS HAVE A THICK
LAYER OF FAT CALLED BLUBBER LIKE
A WHALE WHICH SAY EVEN BETTER
INSULATOR THAN THEIR FUR AND
KEEPS THEM WARM IN ICY WATERS.
Daniel says THAT MAKES SENSE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO KNOW
ABOUT POLAR BEARS?
The Voice says OF COURSE.
BUT LAST FACT A GROUP OF POLAR
BEARS ARE SOMETIMES REFERRED TO
AS A PACK OR A SLEW.
Daniel says WHAT'S A SLEW?
The Voice says YOU WILL HAVE TO DO SOME
DETECTIVE WORK TO FIGURE THAT
OUT.
Excited, Greg says GREG GRYLLZ ANSWER
THE PHONE!
I HAVE SOME PERTINENT
INFORMATION TO HELP YOU OUT.
HEY, HOW IS IT GOING.
Gryllz says IT'S NOT
LOOKING GOOD.
THE SEALIA AND I ARE HIDING.
Greg says WHERE IS THE POLAR
BEAR.
Sealia says IT'S JUST OUT SIDE
AND IT WILL FIND US.
Gryllz says QUIET.
HAVE YOU LEARNED ANYTHING.
Sealia says WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT POLAR BEARS?
AREN'T YOU AN ANIMAL EXPERT.
Gryllz says AUSTRALIAN
ANIMALS.
Greg says STAY CALM YOU CAN'T
ACT LIKE PREY.
YOU HAVE TO BE BIG AND
THREATENING.
Gryllz says GREAT IDEA.
SEAL GET ON MY HEAD.
Sealia yells WHAT!
Gryllz says GET ON MY
HEAD.
Gryllz sits Sealia on his head and runs yelling CHAAAAAAARGE.
Greg says I DID MY BEST I HOPE
THEY'RE OKAY.
TOMORROW SAY EXCITING DAY
BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR FIRST... A
NEW EPISODE OF ODD SQUAD MOBILE
UNIT AND WE WILL CELEBRATE LEAP
YEAR DAY.
SO, IF YOU ARE REALLY LUCKY AND
YOU HAVE A LEAP YEAR BIRTHDAY,
MEANING YOUR BIRTHDAY IS
FEBRUARY 29TH, PLEASE CALL IN,
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
AS ALWAYS, MY NAME IS GREG.
A caption reads "Call us at 1-88-886-5437."
He continues EAT YOUR VEGETABLES AND WE'LL
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
POLAR BEARS!
(music plays)
A caption reads "Copyright 2020, The Ontario Educational Communications Authority."
Laura is in her twenties, with above the shoulders straight brown hair with bangs and wears jeans and a purple T-shirt.
As a song plays, Lucas and Laura walk in the woods, cross a bridge, balance on a fallen tree trunk, cross a stream, run across the city and in a park full of geese. Fast clips show them next to Greg playing and having fun in the tree fort. Greg is in his twenties, with short black hair. He wears a blue sweater.
The song says PACK UP YOUR BAGS
KISS YOUR TURTLE GOODBYE
COME UP AND CLIMB
WHERE WE CAN TOUCH THE SKY
SO MUCH TO SEE
SO MUCH TO DO
IN OUR TREE FORT
WE GOT A SHOW FOR
THAT TVOKIDS, THAT TVOKIDS
THAT TVOKIDS
THAT TVOKIDS SHOW
Laura says PASSWORD PLEASE.
[FWEET!]
Lucas whispers something in Laura's ear as a caption reads "Seal."
In animation, a dialogue bubbles pop out of a map with a caption "That TVO Kids Show."
The song continues LA, LA, LA, DO, DO, DO,
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH
THAT TVOKIDS SHOW!
Holding a tablet on a board, Greg says HEY, TVOKIDS, WELCOME
BACK TO THE TREE FORT.
TVOKIDS, TODAY IS AN EXCITING
DAY BECAUSE TODAY IS
INTERNATIONAL POLAR BEAR DAY.
I'M SO EXCITED.
I LOVE POLAR BEARS AND TODAY I'M
CELEBRATING BY WATCHING SOME
TREE TV.
I'M WATCHING GREG GRYLLZ, MAN
VERSES WILDERNESS.
NOT ONLY IS GREG GRYLLZ A
SURVIVOR EXPERT AND ANIMAL
EXPERT, HE IS ALSO MY SECOND
COUSIN FROM AUSTRALIA AND I'M SO
EXCITED TO WATCH HIS SHOW, SO
LET'S TUNE IN!
A clip plays.
Greg appears as Gryllz. He wears glasses, a hat, an orange shirt and a safari vest.
Gryllz says G'DAY, MATE.
I'M GREG GRYLLZ AND TODAY I'M ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR SOME POLAR
BEARS.
AS CAN YOU SEE BEHIND ME I FOUND
SOME REALLY CUTE POLAR BEAR
CUBS.
NOW THESE BEAUTIFUL CREATURES
ARE HYPER CARNIVOROUS WHICH
MEANS THEIR DIET CONSISTS OF 70 percent
MEAT.
THESE ARE ONE OF THE MOST FIERCE
PREDATORS ON THE PLANET AND
MAMMA IS PROBABLY NEARBY SO WE
HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND QUIET
Sealia pops up. She is a puppet wearing a long brown wig.
Sealia yells POLAR BEARS!
Gryllz says YOU HAVE TO BE
QUIET
Sealia yells IT'S THE END FOR
SEALIA.
I NEED TO GO BACK.
NATURAL SELECTION IS CRUEL!
Greg watches them eating pop corn.
Gryllz says BE QUIET.
OH IT'S RIGHT BEHIND ME, ISN'T
IT?
AHHHHHHH!
The clip ends.
Shocked, Lucas says MY COUSIN NEEDS MY
HELP.
IF YOU KNOW HOW TO HELP, PLEASE
CALL INTO THE TREE FORT.
I NEED YOU.
GREG GRYLLZ NEEDS YOU.
SEALIA NEEDS YOU, EVERYBODY
NEEDS YOU.
I NEED YOU TO CALL THAT PHONE
RIGHT NOW
The Frog phone rings.
Greg says GREAT TIMING.
YOU ALWAYS HAVE MY BACK.
WHO DO WE HAVE TODAY?
He puts on the headsets and says HEY, IT'S GREG IN THE TREE FORT
TRYING TO SAVE HIS SECOND COUSIN
FROM AUSTRALIA.
WHO IS THIS?
River and Teigen say RIVER AND TEIGEN.
Greg says DO YOU KNOW THE PASS
WORD?
River says SEAL.
Greg says I'LL LET NEW AND YOU
ARE IN THE SKY, MY FRIENDS.
WELL COULD. HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
River and Teigen pop up in the sky.
The girls say GOOD.
Greg says GOOD, GOOD.
I HAVE A BIG PROBLEM THAT I NEED
YOUR HELP SOLVING.
MY COUSIN, GREG GRYLLZ, IS
FACE-TO-FACE WITH A POLAR BEAR.
THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM I NEED YOU
TO THINK OF SOMETHING, SO IT'S
TIME TO PUT ON YOUR THINKING
CAP.
THERE YOU GO TEIGEN.
AND RIVER, HERE IS YOUR THINKING
MOUSTACHE.
He holds a big moustache and a big hat near River and Teigen.
He says WHAT SHOULD GREG GRYLLZ DO?
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE
FACE-TO-FACE WITH A POLAR BEAR.
River says RUN.
Teigen says RUN AWAY.
Greg says THAT'S SUCH A GOOD
ANSWER.
RUN AWAY.
I'LL LET HIM KNOW YOU SAID THAT
BUT ALL THIS POLAR BEAR TALK
IS... I NEED A CUTE TIME OOT SO
LET'S GO SEE OUR CUTE CHAMPION.
A series of pets appear with the title "Cute time oot."
A Male Voice says CHAMPION!
Greg says ALL RIGHT.
FRIENDS.
THIS IS CUTE TIME OOT CHAMPION
FROM YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY IT WAS PINK SHIRT DAY
AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT KINDNESS
AND LIFTING EACH OTHER UP.
A clip shows two dogs holding a stick on the beach.
He continues NOW THIS DOG FRIEND IS HELPING
THIS OTHER DOG LITERALLY LIFT UP
HIS STICK.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS?
WHAT'S GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND
RIGHT NOW?
River says I'M HAPPY.
Teigen says I THINK 100 OUT OF
100 MILLION.
Greg says OKAY, ORKS RIVER SAYS HAPPY FACE EMOJI.
AND RIVER SAYS A HUNDRED OUT OF
A MILLION AND NOW LET'S CHECK
OUR CHALLENGER.
The Male Voice says CHALLENGER!
Greg says OKAY IT IS POLAR BEAR
DAY SO WE HAVE THESE LITTLE
POLAR BEAR CUBS AND THEY ARE
PLAYING AND FIGHTING.
OH, RIVER, I SEE YOU SMILING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS?
River says I THINK IT'S CUTE.
Greg says HAPPY FACE EMOJI OR
SMILELY FACE, CUTE FACE EMOJI?
River says YES.
Greg says ALL OF THEM?
River says YES.
Greg says AND HOW ABOUT YOU
TEIGEN.
Teigen says I THINK IT WOULD BE ONE
HUNDRED MILLION.
Greg says ONE HUNDRED MILLION.
ALL RIGHT MY FRIENDS, FINAL
VERDICT, WHO WINDS?
IS IT THE DOG OR THE POLAR
BEARS.
The girls say THE DOG.
Greg says UNANIMOUS VOTE, THE
DOGS WIN!
THANKS FOR PLAYING.
THANKS FOR CALLING IN AND THE
ADVICE.
WE'LL TALK TO YOU SOON.
River says OKAY, BYE.
Greg says BYE.
TVOKIDS, THERE IS SO MUCH TO
LEARN AND SO MUCH TO KNOW WHICH
MEANS IT'S TIME FOR...
A loud voice shakes the studio and says WE NEED TO KNOW!
Greg says I'M SO LUCKY BECAUSE JENNY IS
HERE.
LET'S PUT HER UP IN THE SKY.
HEY, JENNY, HOW ARE YOU?
A caption reads "Jenny. Polar Bears International."
Jenny pops up in the sky. She is in her mid-thirties, with long blond hair. She wears a dark blue shirt.
Jenny says I'M GOOD.
HOW ARE YOU?
Greg says I'M DOING REALLY GOOD
BUT MY SECOND COUSIN FROM
AUSTRALIA IS NOT DOING AS WELL.
BUT FIRST, JENNY FOR THE
TVOKIDS, WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DO
YOU DO?
Jenny says I'M A SCIENTIST WITH POLAR
BEARS INTERNATIONAL WITH THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IN
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, AND I STUDY
POLAR BEARS.
Greg says AMAZING AND VERY
IMPRESSIVE.
WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM A
TVOKIDS.
THIS IS LAUREN, AGE 7.
SHE IS ASKING, WHAT DO POLAR
BEARS EAT?
DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT
THIS, JENNY?
Jenny says YA, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION,
LAUREN.
SO POLAR BEARS' FAVOURITE FOOD
IN THE ENTIRE WORLD IS A SEAL.
POLAR BEARS LOVE TO EAT FAT AND
SO THEY WILL EAT SEALS AND WALLD
WALRUSs AND SOMETIMES WHALES.
Greg says BUT MOSTLY SEALS.
Jenny says MOSTLY SEALS.
Greg says THAT'S NOT GREAT FOR
GREG GRYLLZ BECAUSE HIS ONLY
COMPANION RIGHT NOW IS A SEAL.
HOW DOES A POLAR BEAR HUNT FOR
SEALS?
Jenny says SO, POLAR BEARS HUNT FOR
SEALS A COUPLE OF WAYS BUT THEY
USUALLY SNEAK UP ON THEM.
SO THEY WILL WAIT AND WHEN THE
SEAL COMES UP TO BREATHE THEY
WILL CATCH IT WITH THEIR REALLY
SHARP CLAWS.
Greg says I SEE, THEY ARE
AMBUSH PREDATORS.
OKAY TVOKIDS, JENNY WILL STICK
AROUND.
AND LET'S FIND OUT FROM YOU
TVOKIDS LEARNING ABOUT POLAR
BEARS.
An animated slate says DID YOU KNOW?
POLAR BEAR EDITION.
A girl with dreadlocks reads THE SCIENTIFIC NAME FOR A
POLAR BEAR IS
A boy with a blue woollen hat reads URSUS
A boy with black hair reads MARITIMUS.
The girl with dreadlocks reads URSUS
A girl with an orange shirt reads MARITIMUS.
A boy with a gray T-shirt says I THINK IT MEANS A FAT
ANIMAL.
A girl with black hair reads POLAR BEARS LOVE TO EAT BUT
A boy with a white shirt reads THEY CAN GO 8-12 MONTHS WITHOUT
EATING.
The boy with black hair says I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO A
WHOLE DAY WITHOUT FOOD.
The girl with dreadlocks says I THINK THAT WOULD BE COLD.
The girl with black hair says I WISH I COULD DO THAT BUT
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
The girl with dreadlocks says THAT WOULD BE FUN BECAUSE I
WOULD HAVE MORE TIME TO DO
HOMEWORK.
The boy with woollen hat says I CAN PLAY WITH OTHERS AND I
WON'T HAVE TO, LIKE, EAT, SO MY
MOM WOULDN'T CALL ME.
The girl with dreadlocks says I COULD PLAY AND WOULD HAVE
MORE TIME.
The boy with a gray T-shirt reads DID YOU KNOW A POLAR BEARS
FUR IS ACTUALLY SEE THROUGH?
The boy with black hair reads THE LIGHT REFLECTS OFF THEIR FUR
TO MAKE IT APPEAR WHITE.
The boy with a gray T-shirt says THAT'S COOL.
The boy with black hair says I DIDN'T KNOW THAT BEFORE.
The girl with an orange shirt says SO POLAR BEARS DON'T GET
COLD.
Back in the tree fort, Greg says JENNY, WELCOME BACK
AND THANKS FOR WAITING.
I LOVE LEARNING AND I FEEL LIKE
YOU KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT POLAR
BEARS, I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN A
LITTLE BIT MORE.
HOW DO YOU STUDY POLAR BEARS?
Jenny says SO, I STUDY POLAR BEARS BY
LOOKING AT THEIR SEE-THROUGH
HAIR.
SO WE WANT TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT
POLAR BEARS EAT, SO WE CAN TAKE
THE HAIR AND WE SET IT ON FIRE
AND WE FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF
FUELS OR WHAT KIND OF WHALES,
AND WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN, ALL
FROM THEIR HAIR.
Greg says THAT IS SO COOL AND
SO INTERESTING.
SO IF I GAVE YOU SOME OF MY
HAIR, JENNY, COULD YOU TELL WHAT
I HAVE EATEN IN THE PAST WEEK?
Jenny says I COULD.
I COULD TELL IF YOU HAVE BEEN
EATING A LOT OF HOTDOGS OR
HAMBURGERS OR SALAD.
Greg says I DO EAT A LOT OF SALADS.
AND MY NEXT QUESTION, IF I SEE A
POLAR BEAR, WHAT SHOULD I DO?
Jenny says WELL, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS
YOU SHOULD DO.
THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO
IS STAY CALM.
YOU DON'T WANT TO RUN AWAY.
RUNNING AWAY IS A VERY BAD THING
TO DO.
Greg says WHY IS THAT?
Jenny says YOU WANT TO MAKE A LOT OF
NOISE AND NOT APPEAR LIKE PREY.
SO YOU DON'T WANT THE BEAR TO
CHASE YOU BECAUSE BEARS ARE A
LOT FASTER THAN HUMANS.
Greg says OKAY.
TEIGAN AND RIVER, IF YOU ARE
WATCHING THIS, DON'T RUN AWAY
BECAUSE THE BEAR WILL CATCH YOU.
SO YOU SHOULD ACT LIKE A
PREDATOR AND TRY TO SCARE IT
OFF?
Jenny says YEAH.
MAKE A LOT OF NOISE.
Greg says AND JENNY YOU HAVE
SEEN POLAR BEARS AND YOU HAVE
SOME PHOTOS HERE.
CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THESE PHOTOS?
Jenny says YA!
SO THESE BEARS ARE ON THE TUNDRA
IN CHURCHILL, MANITOBA, AND THIS
IS WHEN I WAS VOLUNTEERING WITH
POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL,
TALKING TO VISITORS ABOUT HOW
IMPORTANT POLAR BEARS ARE, WHAT
MAKES THEM REALLY SPECIAL AND
HOW THEIR HABITAT IS CHANGING
WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.
Greg says IT SEEMS THE MORE WE
TALK IT'S BECOMING MORE AWARE TO
ME AND APPARENT TO ME THAT POLAR
BEAR INTER NATIONAL DAY IS
RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT CLIMATE
CHANGE AND HOW IT A FRECTS THE
POLAR BEARS.
HOW DOES IT AFFECT THEM.
Jenny says POLAR BEARS ARE LOSING THEIR
HOME.
POLAR BEARS USE THE ICE TO HUNT,
TO TRAVEL, TO FIND PLAYER MATE,
TO HAVE THEIR BABIES AND WITH
GLOBAL WARMING THAT ICE IS
MELTING AND THEY ARE LOSING
THEIR HOME.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US
TO TAKE ACTION SO THAT THEY
DON'T LOSE THEIR HOME.
Greg says RIGHT ALL THESE
UNFORTUNATE THINGS ARE HAPPENING
BUT THE MORE WE LEARN ABOUT
POLAR BEARS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
THE MORE WE CAN DO TO HELP OUT,
TVOKIDS.
JENNY THAT'S OUR TIME.
THANK YOU FOR BEING IN THE TREE
FORT WITH US AND WE'LL CATCH UP
WITH YOU ANOTHER TIME.
BYE FOR NOW.
ALL RIGHT.
THAT WAS FUN AND I WANT TO LEARN
A LITTLE BIT MORE SO LET'S GO TO
SOME FUN FACTS ABOUT POLAR
BEARS.
In off, Daniel says EXPLORING FUN FACTS ABOUT
POLAR BEARS.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT POLAR
BEARS?
A Female Voice says POLAR BEARS ARE MALES.
Daniel says WHAT ELSE?
Fast clip show polar bears walking and eating in a zoo.
The Voice says THEY ARE PART OF THE BEAR
FAMILY.
Daniel says COME ON.
WHAT ELSE?
The Voice says POLAR BEARS ARE THE SAME SIZE
AS A GUINEA PIG.
Daniel says NO.
The Voice says WHEN THEY ARE BORN.
Daniel says RIGHT, OKAY THAT MAKES SENSE.
The Voice says A BABY POLAR BEAR HIGHWAYS
HALF A KILOGRAM OR AS MUCH AS A
CAN OF SOUP.
WHEN THEY GROW UP THEY CAN WEIGH
UP TO 680-KILO GRAMS WHICH IS
ABOUT THE SAME AS A HUNDRED
BOWLING BALLS.
THIS MAKES POLAR BEARS THE
LARGEST LAND DWELLING CARNIVORE.
Daniel says CARNIVORE DOES THAT MEAN THEY
EAT OTHER ANIMALS.
The Voice says YES THEY WILL EAT SEALS AND
FISH AND OTHER ANIMALS AND CAN
SNIFF UP THEIR PREY FROM UP TO
16 KILOMETRES AWAY.
Daniel says GOOD THING THEY LIVE SO FAR.
The Voice says IN THE ACTIC CIRCLE NEAR THE
NORTH POLE AND CANADA IS HOME TO
60 percent OF ALL POLAR BEARS.
Daniel says AWESOME.
The Voice says POLAR BEARS HAVE BLACK SKIN
EVEN THOUGH THEY APPEAR WHITE.
Daniel says OKAY, OKAY.
BUT HOW DID POLAR BEARS STAY
WARM IF THEY LIVE IN THE ARCTIC
AND ONLY HAVE FUR?
Polar bears swim and have fun.
The Voice says THEIR FUR IS THE FIRST STEP
TO KEEP THEM WARM.
IT IS A GREAT INSULATOR AND
THEIR BLACK SKIN HELPS TRAP IN
HEAT FROM THE SUN.
BUT POLAR BEARS HAVE A THICK
LAYER OF FAT CALLED BLUBBER LIKE
A WHALE WHICH SAY EVEN BETTER
INSULATOR THAN THEIR FUR AND
KEEPS THEM WARM IN ICY WATERS.
Daniel says THAT MAKES SENSE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO KNOW
ABOUT POLAR BEARS?
The Voice says OF COURSE.
BUT LAST FACT A GROUP OF POLAR
BEARS ARE SOMETIMES REFERRED TO
AS A PACK OR A SLEW.
Daniel says WHAT'S A SLEW?
The Voice says YOU WILL HAVE TO DO SOME
DETECTIVE WORK TO FIGURE THAT
OUT.
Excited, Greg says GREG GRYLLZ ANSWER
THE PHONE!
I HAVE SOME PERTINENT
INFORMATION TO HELP YOU OUT.
HEY, HOW IS IT GOING.
Gryllz says IT'S NOT
LOOKING GOOD.
THE SEALIA AND I ARE HIDING.
Greg says WHERE IS THE POLAR
BEAR.
Sealia says IT'S JUST OUT SIDE
AND IT WILL FIND US.
Gryllz says QUIET.
HAVE YOU LEARNED ANYTHING.
Sealia says WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT POLAR BEARS?
AREN'T YOU AN ANIMAL EXPERT.
Gryllz says AUSTRALIAN
ANIMALS.
Greg says STAY CALM YOU CAN'T
ACT LIKE PREY.
YOU HAVE TO BE BIG AND
THREATENING.
Gryllz says GREAT IDEA.
SEAL GET ON MY HEAD.
Sealia yells WHAT!
Gryllz says GET ON MY
HEAD.
Gryllz sits Sealia on his head and runs yelling CHAAAAAAARGE.
Greg says I DID MY BEST I HOPE
THEY'RE OKAY.
TOMORROW SAY EXCITING DAY
BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR FIRST... A
NEW EPISODE OF ODD SQUAD MOBILE
UNIT AND WE WILL CELEBRATE LEAP
YEAR DAY.
SO, IF YOU ARE REALLY LUCKY AND
YOU HAVE A LEAP YEAR BIRTHDAY,
MEANING YOUR BIRTHDAY IS
FEBRUARY 29TH, PLEASE CALL IN,
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
AS ALWAYS, MY NAME IS GREG.
A caption reads "Call us at 1-88-886-5437."
He continues EAT YOUR VEGETABLES AND WE'LL
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
POLAR BEARS!
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