Lizard Walks On Water | Basilisk Lizard | Animals For Kids | Wild Kratts

Oh, look how fast he skitters! I'm gonna call him Skitter. Any lizard could be called Skitter, and this guy does way more than Skitter. For one, he walks on water. Oh, you're right, Chris. I need to come up with something that's all about being a basilisk. They munch fruit and gobble up bugs. So that means a basilisk is an omnivore, eating a lot of different things. But isn't it dangerous to hang out in the open on a branch with so many predators around? We're about to find out. Uh-oh, eagle two o'clock. It's a harpy eagle. A harpy? A harpy eagle has the longest talons of any bird of prey on the planet. Talons as long as a grizzly bear's claws. Aren't harpies known to pluck monkeys out of treetops? Sure are. Uh, Martin, you look kind of like a monkey holding the jobo fruit. Maybe. But this giant blue monkey is too big for even a harpy to snatch. But a basilisk lizard isn't. I didn't even name him yet. Yikes. Oh, that's why a basilisk can hang out like that. Because he has a quick escape. He's walking on water. Running up river. Whoa, check out this big claw he's splashing away. That's what I'm going to call him. Splash Claw. Cool name. He ran over two meters per second on the water. That's fast. Yeah. Wait a second. That's the same as eight kilometers per hour. Humans run that fast. You're right. We can run that fast. So if we do, maybe we can cross the river too. Hmm. On your mark, get set, go. Well, that didn't work. Speed's important. But it's definitely not foot speed alone that makes the basilisk walk on water. Maybe it's the size of those wide back feet. They're way bigger than the rest of them. And it's those feet that he was water walking on. Another water walking trick up my sleeve. Actually, in my backpack. Snow shoes in the rainforest. Hey, you might be more organized. But I'm better prepared. On your mark, get set, go. Well, at least we got a few more steps before we.