FALL WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 70'S
ON SATURDAYrt AND SUNDAY.
JENNIFER MUTUAL OF OMAHA'S WILD
KINGDOM IS ON TOUR.
THEY ARE JOIrtNING US LIVE THIS
MORNING IN THE STUDIO.
>> WE ARE GOING TO START WITH
ONE OF THE MOST ENDANGERED
SPECIES ON THE PLANET.
THIS IS THErt TIGER.
SHE IS VERY YOUNG.
THIS IS A BABY.
rtSHE CAN AT LEAST SEE HER PAWS.
SHE WILL GROW TO BE AN EXTREMELY
LARGE CAT.
JENNIFER: SHE IrtS SPECTACULAR.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FACT THEY
ARE AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.
>> THEY ARE VERY ENDANGERED FOR
A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
rtHABITAT ENCROACHMENT AND LOGGING
IS AN ISSUE.
rtWE HAVErt T FACT THEY ARE BEING
POACHED AS WELL FORrt BODY PARTS.
THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT TIGERS
IS TO PROTECT THEIR HABITAT AND
PROVIDE FUNDS FOR ORGANIZATIONSrt
DOING THEIR BEST TO PROTECT THEM
IN THE WILD.
SHE IS AN INCREDIBLE MASSACRE
FOR HER SPECIES TO TEACH PEOPLE
THAT THEYrt ARE BEAUTIFUL, BUT
THEY ARE ALSO A PREDATOR.
THEY DO GET SOME SHARP TEETH AND
CAL -- AND CLAWSrt, AND THEY DO
NEED TO BE RESPECTED.
JENNIFER: YOU ALSO BROUGHT SOME
OTHER ANIMALS.
rt>> THIS IS GRANT HOLDING AN
EURASIA EAGLE OWL.
rtIT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST OWL
SPECIES ON THE PLANET.
OWLS CANNOT TURN THEIR HEAD ALL
THE WAYrt AROUND, BUT THEY CAN
ALMOST DO IT.
THEY HAD THESE EXCELLENT EYEBALL
rtS WITH GREAT VISION.
THEY ARE FIXED IN THEIR SKULL.
THEY CANNOT MOVE THEM AROUND
LIKE WErt CAN'T, SO THEY HAD
ADAPTED WITH A VERY FLEXIBLE
NECK -- LIKE WE CAN, SO THEY
HAVErt ADAPTED WITH AN EXT
REMELY FLEXIBLE NECK.
rtTHEY CAN JUMP OFF A TREE,
SILENTLY SWOOP DOWN, AND GRAB
HER PREYrt WITH HER TALONS.
JENNIFER: YOU ALSO BROUGHT A
SLOTH?
rt>> YES, THIS IS A TWO-TOED SLOTH
FROM CENTRAL AMERICA.
SHE IS LOOKINGrt UP AT THINGS SHE
WANTS TO GRAB, BECAUSE SHE IS
BUILT FOR CLIMBING.
rtHER WHOLE BODY IS DESIGNED SO
THAT SHE CAN HANG UPSDIE DOW --
UPSIDE DOWN.
SHErt HAS HOOKS FOR THAT.
ALL OF H MUSCLES AND
INTESTINES ARE MEArtNT FOR HER TO
BE HANGING UPSIDE DOWN.
SHE CAN GROW COMPLETELY THROUGH
HER LIFE UPSIDErt DOWN.
SHE IS REACHING FOR YOU, BECAUSE
YOU HAVE BLUEBERRIES.
SHE LOVES HER ANTIOXIDANTS.
JENNIFrtER YOU ARE GOING TO BE IN
CECIL COUNTY?
>> WE ARE SPONSORING A MILITARY
APPRECIATION DAY.
rtWE HAVE INVITED ALL MILITARY
FAMILIES TO COME OUT AND HANG
OUT FOR THE DAY.
WE WILL DO A VARIETY OF FUN
rtEVENTS, AND THESE ANIMALS WILL
BE THERE.
YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT THEM AND HOW
TO PROTECT THEM OUT IN THE WILD
AS WELL.
JENNIFER: DO WE HAVE TIME FOR
ONE MORE?
>> I THINK WE ARE ALLrt DONE, BUT
WE WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT WILD
KINGDOM IS BACK, SO MAKE SURE TO
GO TO WILDKINGDOM.COM.
rtYOU CAN WATCH EPISODES FROM THE
PAST ON THE WEBSITE OR ON
YOUTUBErt SO YOU CAN GET NOSTALGIC