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Hello friends, it's mister Jim and welcome

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back to Kids Animal Stories. This

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one is going to be amazing.

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Have you ever seen an iguana before? Oh?

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Iguanas are super cool,

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ginormous lizards, and

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they're pretty good in the water. And we're gonna

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meet an old friend of mine,

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Iggy, who is about to

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enter a surfing competition. Are

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you guys ready for Iggy

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the surfing Iguana?

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Me too, Let's go. It

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was a beautiful tropical

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morning on the island and

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Iggy I

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was just waking up. Today

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was a pretty big day for Iggy as

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it was the surfing competition.

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But I guess not he was this just the surfing

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competition. It was the World

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Championships, and like

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he'd been racing this race his

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whole life and today

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was his last run. He

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had mixed feelings about today. He was excited

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for the race, but kind of a little sad

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for it to come to an end. He'd never

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been able to win the World Championships before,

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but he always had a lot of fun racing

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with all of his friends, and you

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know, being a part of the whole process was just really

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exciting in and of itself. Well,

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look, I think I gotta go get my board

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from Connor. Oh

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yeah, I hope it's all nice and

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waxed up. Connor was an

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old friend of Iggy's who is

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a sea turtle and was a really

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good board waxer. See, an

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important part of surfing is that you

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need to wax your boards that it gives you

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better grip, and Connor was

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the best waxer around. As

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Iggy ate a delicious fruit salad

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for breakfast, he got going. You

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see, Iggy was a marine iguana

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marine iguanas. You

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might be thinking of an iguana that's

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green, right, Yeah, those are

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green iguanas, which are really cool. But Iggy,

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he's a marine iguana, which is a

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different kind of iguana. They're black

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with white stripes and usually

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like brown or tan speckles

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all over their body, and they have some

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white crests on the top of their head. They're

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a really cool creature, and I

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guess pretty good at surfing. As

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Iggy left his house and started walking

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over towards Connor's surfboard

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stand, he saw a bunch of

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friends in the distance. Hey,

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Iggy, today's the big day.

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We're so excited to see you out there, shouted

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at some of his friends. Oh,

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thanks, guys. I'm gonna give it my best

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shot and I have a lot of fun

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along the way. Sure they'll be

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something easy that happens. Yeah,

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you always have the best stories

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after your race. We can't wait to hear

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about him, they shouted. Iggy

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smiled, and then walked into Connor's surfboard

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store. Hey, Connor,

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how's my board looking today? Dude?

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What's going on? Broh Eggy,

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come here? Connor.

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The sea turtle ran over to Iggy to give him

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a big bro hug. Bro,

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I got your board, Oh ready for you. It's gonna

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be totally sick. You're gonna catch the

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northiest waves and the curls.

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Oh, the water's gonna be oh

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crystal today. You're just gonna tear

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it up out their repro Iggy

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laughed and said, oh yeah,

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give him best shot. But wow,

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you're right. You did a great job

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with this board, Connor. Wow,

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what do I owe you for this one? Ah?

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Iggy? Come on, man, you don't

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owe me anything for this this. I

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just love doing this for my bro. Who's

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gonna just Oh,

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I can't wait to see you out there. You're gonna

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tear it up so proud of you, Iggy.

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I know this is your last run, but nobody

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will ever forget how awesome you

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are. Remember the seventy two

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race, Yes,

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I do, I do. Seventy

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two was a good year. I came

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in second place. That was pretty close.

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Second place. Dude, bro in

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the World Championships. You're the Oh

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my, I just can't even seventy

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two. That was such a sick year.

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Just keep an eye out for those gnarly sharps

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out there, man, Remember

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in eighty five when they took off a

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chunkier tail. You're

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not afraid of nothing. Well,

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I gotta go check in at the registration.

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But thank you Connor this board.

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You've been so good to me over the years, and this

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board is gonna be so fun out there. I'll

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see you at the finish line. Go

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get them, Iggy way. Iggy

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grabbed his board and headed over towards registration.

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You see, this was not

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your normal like surfing competition

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of riding wave. This was a

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little bit more of an endurance race. You

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see. They would have all the surfboards

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wading out way out at shore,

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like a mile or two out in the water.

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The first part of the competition was to swim

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out to your boards as fast as you could,

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so swimming was really important. Iggy was

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a very good swimmer. And then

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you would need to ride your board all

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the way in, catching as many waves along

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the way to the beach, and the first one

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back to the beach would win the whole

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prize. As all the participants

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lined up on the beach, Iggy was

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stretching and oh,

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oh, I don't remember having to stretch

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this much before. I guess

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that's the price you pay for having as much fun

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as I've had over the years. First,

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take your marks ready,

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shut gold, And

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just like that, all the racers dove

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into the water and started swimming as fast as

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they could. They had a long swim

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ahead to get to their surfboards, and

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Iggy was doing great. Oh

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this this feels good to get in the water

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water again. Ah.

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He was a very fast swimmer. You

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see marine iguanas they pull

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their legs in close to their body and

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they swim. Think of maybe

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like a mermaid or a dolphin swimming.

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That is how they would swim.

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Up ahead, he could see a whole bunch

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of commotion. Wait a second,

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why are people turning around? What

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was going on up there. Something

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strange was going on. A whole bunch of the racers

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up ahead of Iggy were spooked

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of something. They were turning around and

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heading back to the beach. Iggy

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chuckled as he thought those were

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a bunch of rookies that had never been out this deep

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before. Ha I

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wonder if they touched some seaweed with

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their tail and must have spooked him.

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Well, holy Toledo,

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what is that up there? Iggy

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had finally made it to the surfboards.

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He found his board and realized that

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nobody else was around. As

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he climbed atop his surfboard,

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all of a sudden, he felt a

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pole on his tail. What the

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and got pulled underwater.

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Some kind of massive creature

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has just attacked Iggy and pulled him

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underwater. What in the world

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is gonna happen? Is he going to

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be okay? Is the competition

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canceled due to some kind of Are

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those sharks? Oh no, We'll

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have to wait and see what happens on the next episode

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of Kids Animal Stories. Great

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job, you listened all the way to the end,

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and let's recap about marine iguanas.

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Marine iguanas are amazing swimmers

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that can stay underwater for

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forty five minutes.

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Holy smokes, I cannot

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do that. That is very good

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and pretty impressive that they can.

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That's probably why they make good surfers,

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right Yeah, Well, hopefully that

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will keep Iggy alive from

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whatever has just powled them under the water.

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I don't know what it is, but it does

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sound kind of like it's gonna be a shark of

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some kind. Well, friends, you

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have a super duper Hey, I'll see

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you later. Bye.