the world of weird wildlife

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The World of Weird Wildlife

Written By

Emily Clarkson

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INTRODUCTION

The Earth FADES IN on a starry background. The title'The World of'

Also FADES IN as the world revolves and the stars wink.

SPLAT

The BLOBFISH drops in and squashes the Earth while thesecond half of the title appears

'Weird Wildlife'

EXT. SCENE 1-BLOBFISH

With a pop, the titles disappear and the BLOBFISH falls intowater with a splash. Deep sea ambience is established. Thecamera TRACKING its rapid descent. The BLOBFISH hits theocean floor with a thump and a cloud of dust before floating

out of shot.

BLOBFISHBleugh

A new BLOBFISH floats/swims into view as captions appear

CAPTIONThe BLOBFISHFact1. The BLOBFISH can grow up to30cm long

A children's 30cm Ruler slides in to view for clarity and

slides away again.

CAPTIONFact 2. They can weigh up to 9.5Kilograms

Suddenly nine and a half bags of sugar drop in and crush theBLOBFISH

BLOBFISH(Muffled pained noise)

CAPTION

That's nine and a half bags ofsugar.

Focus on a new BLOBFISH that floats into view at the bottomof the screen. A pair of seaweed leaves in the shape of

Australia and Tasmania float down and bob for a bit.

CAPTIONFact 3. The BLOBFISH lives around

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the coast of Australia and

CAPTION (CONT'D)

Tasmania.Fact4. Its a deep sea fish, livingaround 3000ft underwater.

BLOBFISH is crushed by Big Ben and the leaf maps scatter.

BLOBFISH(Pained strained voice)Not again!

ZOOM OUT to see the depth of the sea and 10 Big Ben'sstacked end on end till half sticks out of the surface.

CAPTIONThat's nine and a half times thesize of Big Ben

The Tower clocks disappear and a new BLOBFISH drops into thewater, swims down a little and starts to feed on crabs and

sea pens

CAPTIONFact 5. BLOBFISH are almost jellylike, unlike goldfish. But that isso they don't get squashed by theweight of the entire ocean

A goldfish drops into the water and is immediatelyflattened.

BLOBFISH(Slightly evil chuckle) Hehehe

CAPTIONFact 6.They sometimes get caught bydeep sea fishing nets

The BLOBFISH is caught up in a nets and sighs

EXT. SCENE 2- AXOLOTL

The BLOBFISH disapates, turning into rocks and plant life.The background becomes a mottled brownish green. Runningstream ambience replaces the deep sea. A hyperactive AXOLOTLswims in.

CAPTIONThe AXOLOTL (axe- uh-lottle)Fact1 AXOLOTLS weigh up to twohundred and twenty seven grams.That's less than a Beanie Baby

A TY Beanie baby drops in and comes to rest beside theAXOLOTL, who nuzzles it for a second PURRING slightly. The


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AXOLOTL swims behind a large rock in the foreground.

CAPTIONFact2. The wild AXOLOTL lives injust one lake in the whole worldLake Xochimilco, in Mexico.

The algae on the rock is in the shape of Mexico, a splodgeof different colour algae forms the lake.

AXOLOTL(Repeats) Lake Xochimilco!

The AXOLOTL swims out from behind the rock again.

CAPTIONFact 3.AXOLTOLS are like Frogs.They are amphibians

A tadpole swims by, followed by one with legs much like theAXOLOTL. Finally a frog swims by.

CAPTIONFact4. AXOLOTLS never grow up intothe land creature, they are forevertadpoles.

AXOLOTL shrugs making an 'oh well' kind of sound and swimson.

CAPTIONFact5. AXOLOTLS are sometimes eaten

in Mexico

THE AXOLOTL dodges some knives and forks that drop into thewater.

CAPTIONOnly if they manage to avoid thefish first.

A giant Fish zips in and appears to gobble the AXOLOTL. Thefish swims on and the AXOLOTL reappears from behind a rock.

AXOLOTL

Phew!

AXOLOTL shape disapates. The background pans upward. Thecolours becoming a richer green and tree trunksmaterializing.

EXT. SCENE 3- PROBOSCIS MONKEY

At the top of the tree's sit three monkey's with tails


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swinging and twitching, while scratching their bodies.

CAPTIONThe PROBOSCIS MONKEYFact1. They are one of the largestmonkeys in Asia, but only stand

about two and a half feet tall.

A Monkey dangles from a branch. An explorer scrambles up todangle beside him for size clarity. The monkey pokes theexplorer in the armpit, who falls with a cry.

EXPLORER(Long Yell) AH!

CAPTIONFact 2. These Monkeys like to eatonly fruit that is unripe

One of the background monkeys picks off a green fruit andstarts eating. The others do the same. One throws theremaining fruit, knocking a monkey off his branch with acry. The remaining monkey throws fruit at the screen. Debrissplattering everywhere,

CAPTIONFact 3. The PROBOSCIS MONKEY canonly be found in Borneo, Indonesia

The debris looks like a map of the Indonesian islands.Shortly before sliding off-screen. One of the monkey's sitsnormally in a tree while the other dangles from its tail.

CAPTIONFact4. Male PROBOSCIS MONKEY'S haveoverlarge noses that help them tocall to one another by making loudhonk noises.

One PROBOSCIS MONKEY takes hold of its nose making a fewhonks. The second takes his nose and plays a ridiculoustune.

CAPTION

Fact 5. Much of the PROBOSCISMONKEY habitat is being cut downgiving them less space to live in

Noise of a chainsaw can be heard and one of the tree's witha monkey in it topples over. The remaining monkey in itstree looks shocked.


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PROBOSCIS MONKEYOops!

The PROBOSCIS MONKEY disapates, the tail morphing into apylon. The colours change to a rocky outdoor setting.

EXT. SCENE 4- CALIFORNIA CONDOR

Camera Pans left to reveal a CALIFORNIA CONDOR on the rockydesert floor

CAPTIONThe CALIFORNIA CONDOR

CAPTIONFact. 1 The CALIFORNIA CONDOR canlive up to sixty years

CAPTION

Fact. 2 They stand about 4.5 feettall and have a wingspan of around10 feet!

A generic 6ft man walks into the scene to stand alongsidethe condor. He is then silhouetted and turned sidewaysacross the wingspan of the CONDOR as it spreads its wings.The silhouette FADES OUT after a short pause.

CAPTIONFact 3. The CALIFORNIA CONDOR canweigh up to 14 kg (thats aroundthe same weight as a three year old

boy)

A little boy drops in and lands on a set of scales thatconveniently pop up. The CONDOR rolls its eyes with a sigh.The boy FADES OUT

CAPTIONFact 4. CALIFORNIA CONDORS arescavenger birds, much likevultures. They will eat anythingfrom the dead bodies of deers andsheep to donkeys to bears

The CONDOR starts to daydream, with a thought bubblecontaining the faces of each of the beasts, before lickingits beak

CALIFORNIA CONDORNom nom nom

CAPTIONFact 5. Sometimes these birds

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nervously and starts digging for insects instead.

CAPTIONFact 5. The AYE AYE is believed tobe a bad luck sign by some peopleof Madagascar.

A hunter climbs a tree in the background and sees the AYEAYE. He gasps and falls to his death. The AYE AYE chuckles.The scene FADES TO BLACK

OUTTRO

All the creatures that have featured appear. The BLOBFISHand AXOLOTLS each appear in a fish Bowl. The rest stand in aline up, in relative size to each other.

CAPTIONThe most important fact of all. Is

that all of these animals areendangered.

FADE TO BLACK

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