An Alphabet of Animals (1974)

[Music] The alphabet will help us find animals of every kind. Animals both wet and dry. Animals that swim and fly. Animals that run and walk. Animals that squawk and talk. Animals is what we'll see from A to L from M to Z. [Music] A is for animal. A is for animal. What could be better? Which animal's names begin with this letter? Well, think of ants that work all day. Arctic terns that fly a long way. An antelope. An alligator. You can think of others later. B is for bees. B is for bees with their own special home. They work to make honey that's put in a comb. Each little bee has a job it must do. What other insects must share their work, too? C is for colors. C is for colors that animals show. They brighten the world wherever they go. D is for drink. D is for drink. All animals drink. What do they drink? Well, what do you think? E is for eggs. E is for eggs that animals lay. Some animal babies are born that way. But that's not the way all babies arrive. Some animal babies are born alive. F is for food. F is for food that animals eat. Some eat plants and some eat meat. Some have teeth and some do not. Some eat a little and some eat a lot. Animals eat as much as they need. Now, let's watch some animals feed. G is for gills. G is for gills. You'll find them where? On animals that don't live in air. [Music] H is for home. H is a home where animals rest. A home is a hive. A home is a nest. It might be a hole that's made in a tree. In what other places might animals be? I is for ice. I is for ice with temperature low. Ice in far away lands where the cold winds blow. Far in the north is the white polar bear. And far in the south why the penguin is there. J is for jump. J is for jump. Like this. And like that. A grasshopper jumps. And so does a cat. [Music] Frogs can all jump. And so can you. But the jumper that's best is the kangaroo. K is for kangaroo. And K is for the kangaroo. Let's watch some things that they can do. [Music] [Music] L is for legs. L is for legs. And birds just have two. And some of them look like they just grew and grew. Some animals have four, like a cow and a horse. And a centipede has many, of course. M is for microscope. M is for microscope, helping your eyes to see animals too small to see otherwise. Animals like these are everywhere. But only a microscope shows them there. N is for night. N is for night when there is no sun. A time of sleep for everyone. For everyone? Well, no. For that's the active time for fluttering bats. [Music] O is for ocean. O is for ocean, deep and blue. Make way for animals coming through. [Music] P is for pet. P is for pet that you keep in the house. Like a dog. Or a parrot. Or cute little mouse. A hamster or gerbil. An interesting pet. What kind of animal would you like to get? Q is for quiet. Q is for quiet. Like turtles and fish. They don't make a sound. Not even a swish. The lion awake makes a terrific roar. But when he's asleep, just a soft little snore. R is for rat. R is for rat. Let's forget about that. [Music] S IS FOR SOUNDS. S is for sounds. The sound of a snake. What other sounds do animals make? There's the roar of a lion. The croak of a frog. The hoot of an owl. The bark of a dog. Down on the ground, up in the air. Animal sounds are everywhere. T is for trees. T is for trees growing tall from the ground. Where many animals can be found. [Music] U is for underground. U is for underground. That's where we'll see busy ants in a colony. Worms that tunnel and dig all day. And prairie dogs that like to play. V is for velocity. V is velocity. A word for speed. To run like animals, that's what you need. W is for wings. W is for wings. Seagulls fly low near the sea or high in the sky. Birds have wings, some insects, too. If you had wings, what would you do? X is for x-ray fish. X is for x-ray fish. A very strange fish. You can see all his bones whenever you wish. Y is for you. Y is for you. And you. And you. For didn't you know you're an animal, too. You come in all sizes and shapes and colors, but you're easy to tell from all the others. [Music] Z is for zoo. Z is for zoo. That's not a big word, but zoology, is that a word that you've heard? Well, when you study turtles and dogs, and when you study toads and frogs, and when you study long, thin worms, and when you study animal germs, and every creature in your mind, animals of every kind, animals from A to Z, you're studying zoology. With animals from Z to A, the alphabet just came your way. From A to Z, what did you get? An animal alphabet. [Music]