MARTIN: We’re here in North America, in the Great Lakes region.

It’s us, the Kratt Brothers.

I’m Martin.

I’m Chris, and we’re heading to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

We’re here to check out praying mantis diversity.

"Diversity" meaning the variety of different species.

So, how many species of praying mantis do you think there could be?

CHRIS: Whoa, cool.

Look at them all.

The answer is about 2,500 species of praying mantis that scientists are even aware of.

And there could be 2,500 more that we don’t even know about yet.

MARTIN: Praying mantis have some features in common that all praying mantis have.

The most obvious are raptorial arms for catching prey.

CHRIS: Yeah, every species has raptorial arms.

See with those ridges for catching right there?

And all praying mantis are in a scientific grouping called "Mantodea".

But to sort out all the different types, each kind of praying mantis is given a scientific name.

For example, this general form is called Sphodromantis centralis.

Oh, and a bark mantid with metallic colors: Metallyticus splendidus.

Oh, a dead leaf mimic right over here: Deroplatys desiccata.

And I’ve have a live leaf mimic: Choeradodis rhombicollis.

Praying mantis species have special shapes and body types to survive in different habitats.

Imagine if we could explore a habitat with praying mantis power.

What if?

What if?

♪ On adventure with the coolest creatures ♪ ♪ From the oceans to the trees ♪ ♪ The Brothers Kratt are going places you never get to see ♪ ♪ Hanging with their creature friends ♪ ♪ Get ready, it’s the hour ♪ ♪ We’re gonna save some animals today with ♪ ♪ Creature Power ♪ ♪ Gonna go wild, Wild Kratts ♪ ♪ Gonna go wild, wild, Wild Kratts ♪ ♪ Gonna go wild, Wild Kratts ♪ ♪ Gonna go wild, wild, wild ♪ ♪ Cheetah speed and lizard glide ♪ ♪ Falcon flight and lion pride ♪ ♪ Gonna go wild, Wild Kratts ♪ ♪ Gonna go wild, wild, Wild Kratts ♪ ♪ Gonna go wild, Wild Kratts ♪ ♪ Gonna go wild, wild, Wild Kratts ♪ ♪ Go wild, wild, Wild Kratts ♪ MARTIN: Take her down, Jimmy.

JIMMY: You got it.

♪ (Gasping) What do you do if you find a mother jaguar asleep on a trail?

Oh, I got it: Take another path.

Nope, play with the jaguar kitten.

Whoa!

Whoa!

I agree, Shadow, bad joke.

What’re you talking about?

Shadow jumped on me because he loved it.

Well, anyway, he’s growing up into a real hunter, a true Panthera onca.

Panther onca-dinka wha-wha?

Why don’t you just call him a "Jaguar"?

Well that is his common name, "Jaguar".

But his scientific name is "Panthera onca".

Aww!

He’s a cutie!

"Scientific name"?

It’s a name used by science so everyone around the world, no matter what language they speak, can know an animal species by the same name.

Hmm.

Every animal species has a scientific name?

Yeah!

Yeah!

Okay, let’s take our buddy here.

He’s a jaguar.

(Growling) "Shadow" is the name I named him.

Right, Shadow?

"Jaguar" is his common name.

A jaguar’s scientific name is "Panthera onca".

That first name, "Panthera", is the genus name.

All the biggest cats-- Jaguar, tiger, lion and leopard-- are all in the genus Panthera.

They also have a species name added on: Panthera onca, Panthera tigris, Panthera leo and Panthera pardus.

(Beeping) Oh, that’s some kind of breaking news coming in on the zoology wire!

Okay.

So, scientific names-- I don’t believe this is happening!

Everybody, get in here, quick!

We’re here!

What’s going on?

Come on, Jimmy!

Check this out!

A scientist has just named a new species after the Kratt Brothers!

A new Praying mantis species from the Amazon has been named "Liturgusa krattorum" in honor of the Kratt Brothers’ work to help animals.

Way to go, bros!

How’d you do it?

That’s so cool!

Woo!

Woo!

I-- I can’t believe it.

Yeah, wow!

MARTIN: "Liturgusa krattorum", named after us.

Hmm?

(Crashing) What?

Now animals are getting named after them?

No fair!

I bet the others are going to be as annoyed as I am.

Hello.

It’s breakfast time.

What now?

Did you hear the Wild Ratts had a bug named after them?

What?

Looky-guysy-kratty-kratt-kratt, or something.

It’s so annoying and unfair.

Hmph!

I agree.

I made a dung beetle omelet before, could have called the beetle "Chefano Gourmando"!

And the most exquisite bug should be named "Dazzleme Donita".

I agree!

They should be naming things after us, especially me, not after Martin and Chris!

Mm-hmm!

You’re right.

Yeah!

CHRIS: The Amazon rainforest if full of animals.

And every animal has a scientific name.

Harpy eagle is Harpia harpyja.

Caiman is Caiman crocodilus.

Macaw is Ara macao.

All animals have a scientific name and their own secret creature powers.

Did you notice this praying mantis has tiger stripes?

Wow!

Wow!

I can’t wait to see what power Liturgusa krattorum has.

"Liturgusa krattorum"?

Liturgusa krattorum, like all scientific names, is in the Latin language.

So, why not have a party that celebrates with Latin music?

(Laughing) Do the Praying mantis!

♪ You thinking what I’m thinking?

You don’t even have to ask.

I’m thinking what you’re thinking, Brother.

Today’s creature adventure is-- BOTH: To meet our new little bug brother!

Let’s get geared up and get going.

Naming things after them, we are not going to let them get away with this.

How many times have they foiled our plans?

All because they want to save the animals?

"Save the animals"?

"Save the animals"?

(Laughing) Well then, how ’bout we all use the Liturgusa krattorum in one a our own endeavors?

Might make a crunchy little snack.

No darling: hairpins and barrettes!

Hmm?

Lo-lo-lo-lo-lovely.

And, um, uh, ooh.

I will invent, um, uh, I don’t know.

I’ll use those bugs in a robot or something!

What’s with the peer pressure?

Come on, let’s go and collect a new animal species.

(Laughing) MARTIN: Not only are we going to meet the new praying mantis species that was named after us, we’re going to activate Liturgusa krattorum powers!

Well, we have the base praying mantis disc.

So, when you find and observe Liturgusa krattorum, I’ll add programming of its special features and abilities.

Oh, wow, finally, we get to find out what special powers Liturgusa krattorum has!

Don’t forget the Miniaturizer.

And remember don’t leave it in the forest either, or leave it lying around and turned on.

You never know when which one of the you-know-whos will show up.

Okay, okay, we’ll remember!

(Grunting) I’m okay.

(Laughing) Three planes?

This is a ridiculous waste of fuel!

Oh, so what?

We don’t care about the environment or conservation or recycling or any of that stuff.

And Gaston Gourmand does not care to be seen in a shiny limousine with wings like yours in the mighty Amazon.

Well, I would never ride in your hunk of junk because I would never get there!

(Grumbling) Whoa.

Now I remember why we never team up.

We can’t even decide whose plane to take.

Okay, what do we know about L. krattorum?

Well, we know our namesake is a bark mantid and lives on smooth-barked trees.

Like this one.

Wow!

That’s a lot of bark to cover.

And Liturgusa krattorum is only this big, just over and inch long, and camouflaged to blend into that bark.

Are you thinking what I’m thinking?

Oh yeah, I think I’m thinking what you’re thinking.

I think we’re thinking the same thing.

I think so too.

I have no idea what you two are thinking!

Think you could fill me in?

We won’t find these mantids unless-- We’re small!

We’ve got to get on their level to find them.

We’ve got to get mini-sized!

And miniaturize!

And miniaturize!

Bros, wait.

You just left the Miniaturizer out again!

Oops!

And how many times has that backfired on us?

Too many!

That should do it.

MARTIN: Watch out!

Whoa!

Whoa!

AVIVA: Maybe being mini and riding buzz bikes isn’t such a good idea.

Yeah, we’re like little bugs.

Whoa, being mini is a pretty crazy thing to do, if you’re looking for a bug hunter.

Yeah, tell me about it.

ALL: Uh-oh.

MARTIN: Our praying mantis hunts bugs!

(Gasping) We’ve been found by the mantis we’re looking for!

Whoa!

Hello, Liturgusa krattorum.

It’s us, the Kratt Brothers.

I’m Martin.

I’m Chris.

And I’ve heard about some praying mantises eating their mates, but not about eating the guys you’re named after!

Hmm, let’s see what the scan shows.

I wouldn’t count on it.

You’re in the arms of a hungry predator!

Nice triangular head you got there, and your eyes are big and round.

Yeah, and this mantis is really long and skinny.

Greenish body with brown stripes.

This mantis species is a runner!

Whoa!

Not a sit and wait hunter, our mantis runs down his food, kind of like the cheetah of the mantis world.

I never had such a good view of praying mantis mouth parts.

The jaw-like structures are impressive.

Uh, Chris, remember, you’re the prey.

Those mouth parts are designed to eat you.

Ah!

Hurry, Aviva!

Quick!

Programming complete, coming at you!

BOTH: Activate Liturgusa krattorum powers!

♪ Wow!

Liturgusa krattorum powers are awesome!

Awesome vision.

I feel like hugging a tree.

And running up the trunk!

(Laughing) A big old win for moi!

Only because your hunk of junk crashed!

Ugh!

How much more of this can I endure!

Hey!

What do you think you’re doing?

Martin!

Chris!

Bros?

Well, firstly, let us make sure you don’t alert the Kratt Brothers to our presence here.

(Gasping) Consider all your communications... kaputski!

Let’s find those Wild Ratts!

That’s "Wild Kratts!"

That’s "Wild Kratts!"

Oh, whatever.

They’ll be wherever their new bug buddies are.

(Sniffing) Oh!

The Wild Kratts are that way!

Aww.

He’s like the hound dog I never had.

(Laughing) Woo-hoo!

Yeah!

Wow!

Liturgusa krattorum is fast!

Truly the cheetahs of the mantis world.

Yeah!

And they can stop on a dime!

Uh-huh.

Wow, check it out.

Liturgusa krattorum has great camouflage too.

He blends into the bark and disappears!

Now I understand why we never saw them before.

But they don’t just hide and wait for prey to come to them.

They chase it down!

Whoa!

Whoa!

AVIVA: How’s it going, bros?

Great!

Great!

Uh-oh.

Ah!

This mini adventure has too much big excitement for me.

I’m going to get back to the Miniaturizer to get real size.

Whoa!

Watch out for the bird, bros!

Huh?

Huh?

Ah!

Ah!

Whoa!

A tree tarantula.

Cool, a turnip-tailed gecko!

Whoa!

Whoa!

The life of Liturgusa krattorum is fast and furious!

(Sniffing) We are getting close now.

This way!

Coming!

Oh, goodie!

Okay, so, where exactly did Martin bury the Miniaturizer?

Oh, hello, Shadow.

You are so cute.

Whoa!

Hey!

And I’m a kitty toy.

Huh?

Shadow, what’s wrong?

(Laughing) That sounds like Donita and Zach and Gourmand!

(Sniffing) Up there, that’s where the Kratt Bros are.

Surely, they’re with the new mantis named after them.

Ooh.

That makes me so mad!

Ready for collection, let’s get them all!

Oh, the one thing that brings us together!

(Laughing) Martin, Chris, Donita’s here.

Uh-oh.

And she’s with Zach-- Double uh-oh.

Plus Gourmand!

Triple uh-oh!

Triple uh-oh!

And they are really mad at you!

Wha?

What did we do?

I think they’re mad that a new animal species was named after you.

And they want to capture all the Liturgusa krattorum!

Huh?

(Grunting) Well, what are you waiting for?

Make it snappy.

(Tapping) I didn’t mean literally.

Deploy suction arms quickly.

Shadow, no, no, no, don’t.

Ah!

Hmm.

Hold it!

Wait.

I will give the brothers a double whammy.

While the others collect their bugs, I will name this new jaguar species after me!

I hereby name you Zachis greaticus!

(Laughing) Oh, come on, I can’t take this anymore.

Where’s that Miniaturizer?

I’ve got to get real size.

(Grunting) Oh, no.

Here they come!

(Grunting) A-ha!

Got you!

(Laughing) DONITA: Oh!

Oh, you got another one, Donita.

And they are collecting Liturgusa krattorum.

We got to put a stop to this.

To the creature rescue!

(Grunting) Gourmie, what are you doing here?

Hello, blue bug berry.

I’m collecting all the mantis named after le frère Kratt.

And I’m going to fry ’em up!

(Laughing) Huh?

Donita, you’re bottling up the wrong bug!

Consider them hairpins and barrettes now, darling.

Any extras, I’ll feed to the pigeons in a park in Paris.

You have forgotten one important thing!

Oh?

And what is that?

Praying mantis power!

(Groaning) You made me do that!

Chris, use Liturgusa krattorum’s speed!

On it!

Leave Liturgusa krattorum alone!

Get away from there!

Like I said, leave my bug brothers alone!

(Groaning) Stop it!

Stop it!

Stop it!

I am!

Ah!

(Gasping) Here it is!

Getting back to big size.

Not leaving this out with three villains lurking around.

(Gasping) Thank you very much!

Oh, no, you won’t!

I will have the Miniaturizer!

Not my Miniaturizer!

It’s mine!

How so?

Because I’m Zach!

A new species has been even named after me: Zachis greaticus.

I heard you make that name up.

So?

It’s against the rules of science to name a new species after yourself.

Who cares?

It’s mine!

Is not!

Is so!

Stop it!

Stay still!

Where’d you get to?

Praying mantis mouthparts can bite through bug exoskeletons.

So, they can easily snip through a cheese net.

Fly, bug brothers!

Fly!

Wha?

(Grumbling) (Grunting) Ah!

Huh?

Ah!

Ah!

Wha?

Let go of me!

Get out of my net!

Nice rescue, bro.

ZACH: It’s mine!

No, it’s not!

Give me!

Give me!

You thinking what I’m thinking?

Oh yeah.

I’m thinking the same thing.

I love getting big sized in bug suits.

Yeah, that always totally freaks villains out.

It’s mine.

I’m holding it.

Because you’re trying to steal it.

They’re going to be surprised.

(Grunting) Back to big size!

(Nervous laughing) Hi, Zach.

Ah!

B-B-Big b-b-bug!

Donita, Gourmand, help!

You put a hole in my net!

You smashed my jar!

Now I remember why we don’t villain together!

I have better things to do, like lunch.

Dabio, we’re leaving now!

Where are you going?

Wait, help!

Oh, boy.

What you got there, Zach?

Oh, this, uh, Zachis gr-- Uh, what’s his name again?

Oh, that’s Shadow.

Common name: "Black jaguar".

Scientific name: "Panthera onca".

Yeah, that’s it, P-P-Panthera onca.

Here you are, got to go!

We’re bugging out, back to the plane!

(Screaming) (Laughing) See?

I told you big bug suits always freak the villains out.

Hey, guys!

We’re coming!

We’re here!

(Panting) Yeah, here, here to help.

It’s all over, taken care of.

Really?

Really?

Yeah.

Aww.

Aww.

But you can help us learn more about Liturgusa krattorum, newly discovered and described by science.

And living free and in the wild.

So, we’re in the laboratory of entomologist Dr. Gavin Svenson.

Hey, Gavin.

Hey, guys.

How’s it going?

Good.

Gavin specializes in studying praying mantises from around the world.

And he is the scientist who discovered Liturgusa krattorum and named it.

By the way, thanks again for naming a praying mantis after us.

That’s really cool.

Yeah, we are so psyched.

And now, it’s the moment we’ve been waiting for.

We’d love to check out specimens of Liturgusa krattorum.

GAVIN: Here’s the male.

And here’s the female.

Wow.

Awesome.

Yeah, the female’s much bigger than the male.

MARTIN: Check out these tiger stripes.

The legs are so long and thin.

What’s that all about?

GAVIN: The legs are very long because they run very fast on tree trunks.

CHRIS: There’s animals going after them, right?

Like, what are their predators?

GAVIN: Monkeys, lizards, birds, so they need to be camouflaged and blend in with the tree bark in order to avoid those predators.

They got to be quick to get away.

Now when they go after their prey, are they ambush hunting?

Or are they doing some other method of hunting?

They do ambush hunting.

But they also run after prey and pursue it.

They’re active predators.

They run after things and eat them.

So, they’re fast, like the cheetahs of the praying mantis world?

That’s right.

All right!

I love it!

So, some Praying mantis are run and chase hunters, like Liturgusa krattorum.

CHRIS: Others are ambush hunters, like the Orchid mantis that disguises itself as a flower and waits for bugs to land on it.

MARTIN: Oh, and then there’s the dry leaf mimic from Madagascar.

It’s a mantis, looking like a dried up leaf, a great disguise.

But when she’s on the move, you can see all the praying mantis features.

CHRIS: This is a shield mantis, a live leaf mimic.

You can check out her awesome wings, right under this shield.

See, they’re pinkish.

MARTIN: And now, there’s our namesake, Liturgusa krattorum!

So, all of the world’s biodiversity is organized by scientific names.

To help us keep on learning about all the amazing creatures who share the planet with us.

Keep on creature adventuring.

We’ll see you on the creature trail!

♪ To find out more about cool animals... And collect your own Wild Kratts creature powers... Go to the Wild Kratts website... At PBSKids.org.

BOTH: We’ll see you there!