SAM: HEY GUYS, IT'S ME SAM,
AND I'M YOUR AQUATIC GUIDE
IN THE ATLANTIC CORAL REEF
AT THE NATIONAL AQUARIUM.
READY TO DIVE AND LEARN
ABOUT A PRETTY AWESOME FISH,
BUT BEFORE WE DO,
ALWAYS REMEMBER, SAFETY FIRST!
THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
TO WEAR THE RIGHT GEAR:
A SCUBA SUIT KEEPS
ME WARM UNDERWATER.
IT GETS PRETTY
COLD DOWN THERE!
MY OXYGEN TANK, SO
I CAN BREATHE UNDER WATER.
FLIPPERS, HELP
ME SWIM LIKE THE FISHES.
AND A MASK, LETS ME SEE THE
AMAZING CREATURES DOWN THERE.
I'M ALL GEARED
UP AND READY TO GO,
LET'S SEE WHAT
TODAY HAS IN STORE.
♪ [THEME MUSIC PLAYING] ♪
IMAGINE, A FISH AND A
PORCUPINE TOGETHER, WHOA!
SOUNDS LIKE AN
INTERESTING COMBO, RIGHT?
WELL TODAY, WE'RE GOING ON
A DIVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
SPOTFIN PORCUPINEFISH.
NOT ONLY DOES IT
HAVE A FUNKY NAME,
BUT IT'S PRETTY
FUNKY LOOKING TOO!
IT CAN INFLATE
ITSELF WITH WATER,
PUFFING UP LIKE A WATER
BALLOON AND WHEN IT DOES,
THESE SHARP SPINES
POKE OUT, LIKE A PORCUPINE.
WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR THE
SPOTFIN IN THIS AWESOME TANK,
WITH THE HELP OF MY
DIVE BUDDY, JACKIE COOPER,
WHO LOOKS AFTER THE
SAFETY OF ALL THE DIVERS
HERE AT THE AQUARIUM.
♪ ♪
SEEING ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL
FISH DOWN HERE MAKES IT SO
HARD TO FOCUS ON JUST ONE.
WELL, I GUESS THEY
WEREN'T TOO HARD TO SPOT,
BECAUSE JACKIE'S FOUND ONE!
JUST LOOK AT
HOW BIG THEY ARE!
THERE ARE THREE IN HERE!
TWO VERY BIG ONES
AND ONE SMALLER ONE.
WOW THEY
HAVE SUCH BIG EYES.
AND REMEMBER IF YOU GET
TOO CLOSE, THEY'LL PUFF UP!
JUST LIKE A PORCUPINE,
THE SPOTFIN PORCUPINE USES
THOSE SHARP SPINES TO
PROTECT AGAINST PREDATORS.
I BETTER STAY BACK, I
DON'T WANT TO GET POKED!
LET'S GET OUT TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS
CRAZY LOOKING
FISH FROM JACKIE!
OKAY, JACKIE, WE SAW
SOME SPOTFIN PORCUPINE, RIGHT?
JACKIE: YES.
SAM: SO WE HAVE THREE
SPOT-FI, SPOTFIN PORCUPINE FISH,
IT'S REALLY HARD
TO SAY THEIR NAME.
SOME PEOPLE CALL THEM.
JACKIE: PUFFERFISH.
SAM: AND THAT'S A COMMON
TERM TO CALL THEM, RIGHT?
JACKIE: THAT'S A
COMMON TERM TO CALL THEM
AND PEOPLE CALL
THEM PUFFERFISH BECAUSE
BECAUSE THEY CAN PUFF UP.
SAM: WHY DO THEY PUFF UP?
JACKIE: GENERALLY,
IT'S A DEFENSIVE MECHANISM,
SO IF THEY
WERE THREATENED,
THEY WOULD PUFF UP AND
SOMETHING REALLY COOL HAPPENS.
NOT ONLY CAN THEY
BE THREE TIMES LARGER,
BUT NOW THEY HAVE
LONG SPINES STICKING OUT.
SAM: THEY CAN GROW
FROM ABOUT 20 CENTIMETERS
UP TO AS MUCH AS 3 FEET.
THREE TIMES LARGER THAN
THE SIZE THEY ARE ALREADY NOW?
JACKIE: THAT IS CORRECT.
SOMETIMES
EARLY IN THE MORNING,
WE CAN CATCH THEM WHEN
THE LIGHTS FIRST COME UP,
AND THEY'LL PUFF WHEN
NOTHING'S GOING ON AND WE
THINK THAT'S KIND
OF LIKE STRETCHING AS YOU
GET OUT OF BED.
SAM: ME TOO, I CAN ALWAYS USE
A GOOD STRETCH IN THE MORNING.
[YAWNS].
SO WHERE DID THE SPOTFIN
PORCUPINE GET ITS NAME?
JACKIE: IT'S
REALLY COMPLICATED.
THEY'RE CALLED SPOTFIN
PORCUPINES BECAUSE WAIT FOR IT,
THEY HAVE
SPOTS ON THEIR FINS.
SO, ANOTHER
COOL NAME FOR THEM,
THEIR SCIENTIFIC
NAME IS DIODON HYSTRIX,
WHICH SOUNDS
REALLY CRAZY,
BUT IT'S GREEK FOR
"TWO TEETH PORCUPINE."
SAM: THEY ACTUALLY
ONLY HAVE TWO TEETH?
JACKIE: SO, THEIR UPPER
AND LOWER TEETH ARE FUSED,
SO THEY ONLY HAVE ONE
TOOTH ON THE TOP, BASICALLY,
AND ONE TOOTH ON
THE BOTTOM LIKE A BEAK.
SAM: WOW, A BEAK, THIS
REALLY IS A COOL FISH!
♪ WOMAN: CAUSE
WHEN IT BREATHES DOWN ♪
♪ I WANT TO FOLLOW YOU
EVERYWHERE, ANYWHERE. ♪♪
SAM: THANKS JACKIE, FOR
ALL THE FUN FISH FACTS.
GUYS, TODAY WE
HAD SO MUCH FUN!
WHAT DID WE SEE?
THE SPOTFIN PORCUPINE FISH.
WE LEARNED THAT
WHEN HE BLOWS UP,
HE HAS SOME
SPIKES THAT STICK OUT.
THAT MEANS HE'S
IN DEFENSE MODE.
SO A PORCUPINE
FISH THAT GETS PUFFED UP,
IS JUST TRYING
TO PROTECT ITSELF.
WE MAY NOT HAVE
"PUFFER-POWERS" BUT WE CAN
PROTECT OURSELVES UNDERWATER
BY WEARING A SCUBA SUIT,
OXYGEN TANK,
FLIPPERS AND A MASK.
REMEMBER SAFETY FIRST!
♪ WOMAN: I WOULD FOLLOW
YOU EVERYWHERE, ANYWHERE ♪
♪ I'M GONNA FIND YOU,
UH-HUH SOMEWHERE. ♪
SAM: BYE EVERYBODY, I'LL SEE
YOU ON OUR NEXT ADVENTURE!
