- Hey.
How's that breakfast?
- [Announcer] Over the years, Coyote Peterson has had,
or at least he thinks he has had a wide range
of conversations with animals.
- I can speak sloth.
(high pitch screech)
- [Announcer] So tonight, on Conversation with Creatures,
we are visiting Ohio's number one science center, CoSi
to speak with its species and find out
if they are as excited to see Universal Pictures'
new film, "Dolittle" as Coyote is.
- You can talk to animals?
- Yes.
- [Polar Bear] I'm coming, Doc!
- [Announcer] With us tonight, Harold,
the fast talking turtle,
Mrs. Owl, the one eyed hooter,
and Mr. Blue, the chillest skink from down under.
In a special performance by the talented
basketball-playing rats, Bernard and Bianca.
Now, here's your host, Coyote.
(audience applause)
(mellow piano music)
(footsteps)
- Good evening.
I'm Coyote Peterson and welcome
to Conversations with Creatures.
Tonight, I will have a wide variety of guests on the show,
many of which are the most intelligent animals
I think any of us have ever seen.
First up, is a very handsome and very wise
turtle named Harold.
Good evening, Harold.
Good to see you.
I can see you're very excited to get started.
Okay so first question, here we go.
So, all turtles have shells.
But one thing people often times ask me is
do turtles change their shells as they grow bigger?
Okay, Harold, right into the microphone now.
Tell us.
Do turtles change their shells.
- [Harold] Of course not.
Who is this guy?
I thought I was getting interviewed by Dr. Dolittle.
Is this a movie set?
Am I on TV?
Oh, look at all those cameras.
Hello?
Is this thing on?
Well let me show you my good side.
Oh boy, I always wanted to be famous.
(farts)
Oh, excuse me.
- Oh, Harold, let's turn this way.
Just like this.
- [Harold] Hey, you.
Don't touch my shell,
weirdo. - Ah, this is the one
that we all wanted to answer.
Are you excited to see
Universal Pictures' new movie "Dolittle?"
- [Harold] You better believe it.
In fact, I already ordered my tickets.
(Coyote laughs)
- Yep, me too, Harold.
Me too, buddy.
Harold, thank you so much for being here tonight
and for answering all these questions to
the best of your ability.
Dr. Aldaboa, if you would,
please escort Harold down off of the stage
as we prepare for our next guest.
This next animal is known as a screech owl--
- [Harold] I'm flying!
Wee! - A very wise owl.
And I have a feeling some of the answers
we're gonna get out of this hooter
are gonna be pretty exciting.
Welcome to the stage, Miss Owl.
Now, you are a screech owl.
Very fascinating and adorable little owl.
Yes, you are very, very cute.
Now my first question, if you're ready.
Why do owls hoot?
You know, hoot, hoot, hoot, hoot.
- [Ms. Owl] Hoot?
Did he say hoot?
I'll give you a hoot, mister.
Owls do not hoot, we call.
And we only call when we have something of intelligence
to say to another owl.
- Very fascinating.
Very, very interesting.
No, yeah, I appreciate that.
Huh, yeah, you know what?
Actually my favorite owl call is the barred owl.
I like how they call, you know, the who cooks for you?
Who cooks for you?
(mimics owl call)
(audience applause)
- [Ms. Owl] How awkward.
Clearly, this man is not an owl.
Are we done here?
Somebody call my agent.
- [Coyote] Okay, so last question.
- [Ms. Owl] Oh, heavens, is he still talking?
- Are you excited to see "Dolittle?"
- [Ms. Owl] Ah, finally!
A sensible question.
Of course.
Several of my avian fans will be starring
in this motion picture.
We need more birds on the big screen.
(Coyote laughs)
- All right, Dr. Aldaboa, if you would please
escort our guest off the stage and we are going to be
getting ready for our next animal.
- [Ms. Owl] Thank heavens this is over.
Now take me to the movies.
- Yeah, thank you.
You did fantastic.
See how she's winking at me the whole time.
I knew that owl was gonna enjoy that interview.
I'm a little nervous about this one,
it's our first international guest.
This is the blue tongue skink from Australia so
wanna make sure that I've got my questions
all properly prepared and obviously,
I gotta get into character.
If the blue tongue skink has a blue tongue,
I gotta have a blue tongue too so
eating some candy.
Got my blue tongue ready.
This animals speaks in tongues, I've gotta be able to
relate with this animal.
(audience laughter)
That's how you say hello in skink.
These animals communicate using their tongues.
Now, I have to tell ya, I'm a little nervous because
you are our first international guest
so we will get right down to the questions.
Okay, here we are.
Hey there, Mr. Blue.
Are you excited for the upcoming release of "Dolittle?"
- [Mr. Blue] Boy, does a kangaroo have a pouch?
You better believe it.
Woo-wee, this movie's gonna be a real ripper.
I can hardly wait, mate.
- Yeah, no, I know, me too.
I cannot wait to see all of the surprises
that they have in store for us.
All right, well thank you so much for being here today,
Mr. Blue, I think it is time that we move on
to our next and our featured guest of the evening.
I know you guys have all been waiting for this moment.
Our official sporting event is about to begin
right after this commercial break.
(Mr. Blue laughs)
- [Mr. Blue] Hey, mate.
How's about you give me a lick of that lolly?
(audience laughter)
- What we are going to do next is actually
put these two rats into a basketball court
and watch them play this incredible sport.
Are you guys ready?
All right, I'm gonna pick you up and put you
in the court.
Oh, they know that it's time.
Here we go.
Bianca is headed into the court.
And Bernard, if you are ready, let's head off and
into the court.
There we go.
So what I have here is what we would consider
a rat basketball.
And as you can see, they are warming up on the court.
All I need to do is drop this ball right into center court
for the tip-off and before you know it,
these rats are gonna get the game started.
On the count of three, one, two...
No, no, no, stay inside the court.
Three.
Time for rat basketball.
All right, guys, go for it.
Oh, and Bianca's got the first ball and ooh, slam dunk!
That means that she has earned a little Cheerio treat.
And here comes Bernard.
He now recognizes that well, it is time
to play some basketball.
Bernard, oh, look at that!
All the way through the hoop.
Have you ever seen a rat actually dunk
down and through the basketball hoop?
Okay, Bernard, there is your Cheerio treat.
And Bianca scores two more points.
We've got a nail-biter here.
Okay, Bernard has got the ball, dribbles down court.
Oh, from the free throw line, slam dunk
all the way through the hoop.
And Bianca, two-handed slam dunk.
Almost broke the rim on that one.
These rats just keep going.
Have you ever seen rats this athletic?
Now, this is a part of these rats' daily enrichment,
which means that this is their exercise so
playing basketball is a good way to earn
some extra treats and of course,
to make sure that they're healthy and fit.
I cannot keep up with how fast these rats
are capable of dunking basketballs.
Here comes Bianca going for the steal.
Oh, is she gonna get away from Bernard?
Bernard playing defense, Bianca makes the steal, and
two-handed slam dunk!
We've got ourselves a tie game.
Here we go, coming for the treat!
And you know, they're actually faster at getting the treats
than they are dunking the basketball.
But as you can see, these rats have learned
that as long as I get that ball
or the ball and my body through that hoop,
there's a good chance--
in fact, a definite chance we are going to get
that Cheerio enrichment treat.
Oh, Bianca!
I think she's gonna take the win!
Bernard,
does Bianca win?
I think Bianca has won the game.
Well, I would definitely say it was a very educational day.
And my ability to communicate with animals
from the box turtle to the screech owl,
the blue tongue skink, or even basketball-playing rats,
would maybe even impress Dr. John Dolittle himself.
I'm Coyote Peterson....
- [Bianca] Be brave.
- [Bernard] Stay wild.
- We'll see you on the next adventure.
All right, you guys ready for another round of basketball?
Sounds good to me.
- [Harold] Oh, thanks for watching my show, guys.
As you can see, having conversations with creatures
can be a challenge, even for Coyote.
But we sure are excited to see our animal co-stars
up on the big screen.
I don't know about you, but I'm definitely excited
to see "Dolittle" on January 17th.
And I know this re-imagining of the classic tale
is sure to be pack full of charismatic creatures
and will be a grand adventure for the entire family.
Welp, that's a wrap.
How'd I do?
(audience applause)
Okay, come get me.
I'm flying again!
Yahoo!
- [Coyote] Hey Coyote Pack,
if you enjoyed Conversations with Creatures,
make sure to go back and watch our last collaboration
with Universal Pictures where we traveled
deep into the caves of New Zealand to encounter
the dragon-like world of bioluminescence.
And don't forget, head to theaters on January 17th
to see Robert Downey, Jr. as "Dolittle,"
where he will have his own conversation with creatures
on the big screen.
(nature sounds)