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Ahh!!! Gahhh! organization I can't see anything!
Where are my eyes? Where are my eyes?!
Oh! Ow! Reggie! Reggie, where are you?
Ah! Sleep mask! You want my sleep mask?
Well, I can't find it.
My eyes are missing.
Ah! Ah! Brr! Brr! Oh.
I'm wearing my sleep mask, aren't I?
And that's why I can't see anything.
There we go. Better?
Wow, this place is real dump.
Who made this mess?
Any who, now that we're awake, let's take a look at our to -do list for the day.
OK, let's see here.
It says write a to -do list, practice serious space in the mirror, scheduled dance party for one, eat cheese, go to the grand opening of the neighborhood pool.
The neighborhood pool!
It opens today! Oh, phone call!
Ahoy! Mindy, are you up?
The new neighborhood pool is opening today!
I know, Guy Raas. I'm so excited I can jump out the window!
What? But I won't. Well, hurry up and get ready.
We've got to get down there before it gets crowded.
Okay, okay. Let me just pack up my stuff real quick and I'll meet you outside.
Oh, and will you call grandma G -Force, Thomas Fingirling, and Dennis to let them know?
They're already there.
G -Force and Fingirling camped out outside the gate last night, and Dennis is working at the snack shack.
What? Lucky. Anyway, they're already there.
Hurry up and get packed up.
OK, OK. I'll meet you outside in 30 seconds.
Great. See you then.
OK, Reg. We've got to get packed up for a day at the pool.
Hand me that tote bag over there.
Thank you. OK, let's see here.
Underwater magnifying goggles for underwater detective work, Emergency cheese, inflatable donkey, backup inflatable donkey, my loudest tap flip -flop, a glitterer, mustaches in case I need a new identity, electric armpit fans, underwater sandwich, my pool noodle named Kevin.
Hi Kevin. Swimsuit, shrimp suit, narwhal suit, birth certificate, superhero cape and kitchen sink.
Ah. fits perfectly.
Did I miss anything, Reg?
Oh yeah, how could I forget?
A towel. I'd better grab 14 just to be safe.
Get in there, towels.
Get in there. OK. Ready to go, Reg.
Just got to grab this big bag of stuff.
OK. After you. Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk!
Can you grab the door?
Thank you. Hey, Mindy, you ready?
Oh, hey, Garroty. We're all ready to go.
Mindy, Mindy, what is all that stuff?
All the stuff we need for a day at the pool.
Well, it looks like you packed everything but the kitchen sink.
Nope, never mind. There's the sink you think I would forget the kitchen sink help me get it back in the bag Okay, let's get to the pool thinking could hold the bad guy Ross.
No sure Ah, oh! Mindy!
Come on! Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk.
Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk.
Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk.
Walk! Ah! Are we almost there?
Ah, here we are, Guy -Ros!
Ah, nothing like the smell of too much chlorine to really awaken your sinuses.
Hello, welcome to the pool passes, please.
Oh, yeah, Mindy, do you have our pool passes?
You know what, Guy -Raz?
They're at the bottom of the pool back.
What? Just stick around a little.
I think they might be under the waterproof pizza.
Ugh! Every year, I promise myself that I'm going to finally put boundaries in place.
While you're looking for your passes, I'll go over the pool rules.
Oh, that's OK. We don't need any rules.
Yes we do. Number one, no pizza in the pool.
Number two, no peeing in the pool.
Number three, no swimming while the lifeguards Number four.
Found them! Two pool passes.
Yes! Thank you, have a great time.
Oh, and remember, the most important pool rule is that...
Oh, no thank you. Come on, Guy Roz, and don't forget the bag.
Walk, walk, walk, walk.
Walk, walk, walk. I already told you, Fingerling, I'm the unicorn whale.
You're the scared little fish.
Nah, I... I'm the unicorn whale.
No colloquial names in the pool.
Unicorn whales are called narwhals.
They're a species of whale that live in the Arctic.
Whale, huh. This is your first warning.
Aw, man. That is a very knowledgeable lifeguard. Yeah.
Fine, I'm the narwhal, fingerling.
No, I should be the narwhal.
You'll be the Arctic charfish.
Yeah -yeah -yeah. Oh, boy.
Hi Grandma G -Force, hi Thomas Fingerling.
Mandy, tell Fingerling here that I should be the narwhal with the majestic horn.
G -Force, girl, narwhals don't have horns.
Only the boy narwhals do.
Whoa, don't you make whale sounds at me.
What in the? Actually, that's not entirely true.
What, it hate? That's it, garage.
Lay the smack down.
While it is true that most Narwhals with horns are male, on rare occasion, female Narwhals can have them too.
Booyah! Rats! And a Narwhal's horn isn't actually a horn at all.
What? It's a tooth!
Oh, man. You two are blowing my mind.
Yeah, it's a specialized tooth called a tusk, and it just keeps growing throughout the Narwhals' entire life.
And some can grow up to 10 feet long!
Wow. That's longer than two G -forces stacked on top of each other.
So then I should be two narwhals then.
What now? No being two narwhals at the same time.
You may only be one narwhal.
These are very specific rules.
What is going on here anyway?
Is this some sort of game you're playing?
No. Yes, it is. We're trying to play a game of narwhals.
and fish, where the narwhal hunts the fish and then eats it.
But that narwhal up there in the hide chair said no eating fish in the pool.
Well, the good news is that you're both technically people, so if Grandma Jeep Force eats Thomas Fingerling, you won't be breaking any rules.
Hooray! No eating people in the pool!
Man! Well, if I can't eat Fingerling in the pool, Then how are we supposed to have any fun out here?
Well, what if I told you that I just read a new scientific study!
No. No scientific studies in the pool!
That's what I'm talking about.
Objection! OK, fine.
Just one scientific study allowed in the pool at a time.
Yes! What if I told you that I just read a new scientific study in the journal Frontiers and Marine Science that discovered that narwhals in the Arctic not only use their tusks to hunt for their fish, but that they might actually be using them to play with their fish.
Kairos, are you suggesting that narwhals might play with their food?
Well, according to this study, yes!
Neat. OK, Grandma G -force, you put on this narwhal suit.
Ooh, a narwhal suit.
Don't mind if I do.
Why, hey, no fair. Ugh.
Here come nobody told me that a narwhal was just a big, foxy sea sausage with a round head and no beak.
Yeah, I didn't know a narwhal had short, stubby flippers like that and a tail that looks like it was put on backwards or something.
Look at me, everybody!
I'm a sea sausage! I don't think that's, uh...
Okay, and Thomas Fingertling, I need you to dress up in this Arctic charfish suit!
Wait, dude! Oh, snap!
That's an ugly fish!
Suit up, Thomas Fingertling!
Okay, fine! Well, anyway, as I was saying, I just read this fascinating new study where some marine biologists from Florida Atlantic University were studying narwhals in the Canadian high arctic seas.
Wow. Cannonballs! You will be angry.
Low cannonballs! Yes, cannonballs.
Wait a minute, Kairos, the reason we don't know a whole lot about narwhals is because they're super shy and hard to spot in the wild.
Well, that's true. So last August, these researchers, with the help of some local Inuit communities found a spot to set up camp and from there they flew drones with cameras attached over a spot in the water where narwhals had been previously spotted.
So basically they got a tip on where narwhals like to spend their summer vacations and then they spied on them with drone cams?
Well I guess that's one way to put it, anyway it turns out that this spot was not only perfect for a narwhal summer, but it was also the perfect spot to observe them as well.
How so? Well, the waters were calm and shallow and clear.
And not only that, this whole area had almost 24 hours of daylight in August. Ah, so perfect narwhal snooping conditions.
Oh, did someone say perfect snooping conditions?
No snooping! I'm not even in the pool, Chad!
And I'm not snooping.
I mean he's dropping.
No! Dennis is talking to Chad the lifeguard!
Well, lucky for me, I'm not a Dennis.
I'm a narwhal. See my narwhal horn and sausage body?
You're not a narwhal.
You're just a Dennis wearing your Snack Shack corn dog costume upside down.
What? Dennis, get back to your post at the Snack Shack immediately.
Thank you. Coming. I'll be back, Tad.
Anyway, once the researchers brought all of their narwhal spy cam footage back to the lab, they noticed something fascinating.
Fascinating? What was it?
Well, they noticed that in addition to using their tusks to do things like explore and hunt for fish and show off to attract mates, they also notice that the narwhals seem to be using their tusks to play.
No way! As they continued to observe the narwhals, they discovered that at times they would use their tusks to chase down prey like arctic charfish.
I'll get you, my fishy.
Ah, swim away, swim away!
But not use their tusks to stun them, or spear them, or even catch and eat them.
So, kind of like a game of tag where you chase the other person, but ultimately let them win to keep the game from ending?
Well, yeah. At least that's what it looked like to these researchers.
They even noticed that at certain times, the narwhals would actually slow down just enough to keep the fish near to the tips of their tusks, but not close enough to touch them.
Almost like they were teasing them or something.
Huh, fishy, fishy, fishy.
I'm not gonna eat ya.
I'm just gonna boop ya.
Quit pooping me, G -Force.
They even noticed that when the narwhals did touch the fish in these moments, they would only use gentle taps or nudges.
Quit tickling me with your tusks too, G -Force!
Wow. And this is a big difference from what it must feel like to be a fish hunted down by a narwhal as prey.
I mean, do you think that the charfish even knew that they were not in any real danger of being eaten?
Well, it certainly appeared that way.
The researchers also noticed that the fish didn't seem to be trying to escape from the narwhals either.
Bunker balls! So, narwhals like to play with their food, too.
Well, these researchers are reluctant to use the word play until they have a chance to do more research to know for sure.
But yeah, I mean, that's certainly what it looked like to them.
Well, now I wanna get in there and play narwhal.
Here, Guy Raz, attach this pool noodle to my forehead.
Okay. Hey, Grandpa G -Force, I'm gonna get in and join you as your granddaughter narwhal.
No! Aw, come on, I wanna play, too.
You know, Mindy, the study also mentioned that it was possible that the older narwhals were using this seemingly playful behavior to teach the younger narwhals how to pursue prey.
You can only play narwhals with us if Garrosh gets in and buys a shrimp.
Ah! A shrimp? Oh, narwhals love shrimp, Guy -rozz.
And I have a shrimp suit right here in my bag.
Oh, boy. Hey, put it on.
Ah, fine. Watch out, everyone.
I'm coming in. Oh, watch it, Mandy.
You got me all wet.
No getting people wet who are already wet.
Yeah! Sorry! Now, circle around, young Narwhal.
First things you gotta do is stub that little shrimp.
Uh -huh. And then you're going to stab it with the tip of your tusk.
Uh -huh. And then using the shaft of the tusk, You're gonna slash the shrimp.
What? I don't think I like this game.
And then, when that little shrimp is good and dead, you're gonna gobble it all up!
Not if I get to that shrimp first!
Nyeh! Dennis?! Sure..?!
Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme!
No! Dennis is in the pool!
Second warning! I'm not Dennis!
I'm Super Single Man!
And I'm here to swoop in and save all the shrimp and fish from the noxious narwhals.
Dennis, where did you get that seagull costume?
From Mindy's pool bag.
Dennis, back to your snack shack.
I'm on a break, Chad.
And I'm hungry for real.
You got any of those little upside down narwhal doggies at the snack shack, boy?
Oh boy, do I. Upside down narwhal doggies?
I think she means corn dog?
Oh. Oh. Follow me to the snack shack, everyone.
Upside down narwhal doggies for everyone, unless you were narwhal, then you have to eat gaeras.
What? Hold on, hold on.
Let me finish peeing first. Ugh.
Team Corso, lock the pH balance off.
Got to balance the age with the pee.
Ah! That's it. Everyone out of the pool.
Wow in the world we'll be right back.
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