History WebAnimation / NaturalHabitatShorts

-->'''Michael:''' [[BreakingTheFourthWall Kevin! Did you ask Santa to put us in a]] Creator/RankinBass [[BreakingTheFourthWall Christmas special]]?

** One HalloweenEpisode [[spoiler: has him suffering from rabies to the point he hypersalivates and has an urge to bit people, [[YouAreAlreadyDead meaning he was already more-or-less doomed at that point.]]]]

** One HalloweenEpisode [[spoiler: has him suffering from rabies to the point he hypersalivating and have an urge to bit people, [[YouAreAlreadyDead meaning he was already more-or-less doomed at that point.]]]]

** Bats are frequently shown [[BloodsuckingBats drinking blood]].

* VegetarianVampire: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-8f4b0a23-7240-4c9d-a359-37a89bebe1c0 "Fine Dying"]]. A vampire bat attempts to abstain from drinking blood, and he ends up dropping dead in the middle of a date (because blood is a vampire bat's only source of food).

* EntertaininglyWrong: PlayedForLaughs, then played straight when Batrick dresses as a proper vampire for Halloween. The others retaliate by splashing him with the priest bunny's "holy water" and then tossing a jar of garlic at his forehead before Batrick insists it's just a costume. The others assume the ''garlic'' is proof that he really is a vampire, but Batrick points out that [[CaptainObvious getting a jar thrown at your head is going to hurt]], regardless of what's in it. Then he himself admits that the holy water really hurt and wonders if he is really is a vampire... but the bunny admits it's just tap water for his costume. [[MoodWhiplash Turns out it's rabies.]]

[[caption-width-right:303:Clockwise from top: Jason, [[SeriesMascot Batrick]], [[ButtMonkey Albie]], [[JerkassToOne Mouth]].]]

-->'''Platypus''': Is there something on my face? Why am I blue? Does everyone glow blue?
-->'''Bellhop''': ''(shakes head)''
-->'''Platypus''': What does blue mean?
-->'''Bellhop''': ''(disgusted face)''
-->'''Platypus''': ''(looks around; horrified) What does blue mean?!''

* EntertaininglyWrong: PlayedForLaughs, then played straight when Batrick dresses as a proper vampire for Halloween. The others retaliate by splashing him with priest!bunny's "holy water" and then tossing a jar of garlic at his forehead before Batrick insists it's just a costume. The others assume the ''garlic'' is proof that he really is a vampire, but Batrick points out that [[CaptainObvious getting a jar thrown at your head is going to hurt]], regardless of what's in it. Then he himself admits that the holy water really hurt and wonders if he is really is a vampire... but the bunny admits it's just tap water for his costume. [[MoodWhiplash Turns out it's rabies.]]

-->'''Everyone''': ''(groans in disgust and leaves)''
-->'''Gerbil''': ''(beat)'' '''YEEEEEAAAUUUHH!!!'''

* VocalDissonance: The chipmunk from [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-ffa809ba-5fa7-4849-912d-906456904d1c "Mouth"]] has a very deep voice that does not fit his small size.

* WoodlandCreatures: The majority of the animals tend to be these.

-->'''Michael:''' Kevin! Did you ask Santa to put us in a Creator/RankinBass Christmas special?

[[caption-width-right:303:Clockwise from top: Jason, [[SeriesMascot Batrick]], [[ButtMonkey The Rabbit]], [[JerkassToOne Mouth]].]]

* ButtMonkey: The rabbit never seems to catch a break. He gets his hands stuck in a mouth of a chipmunk and is stalked and harassed by said chipmunk. As well as getting scalded by hot coffee by Batrick hanging from the ceiling.
* CeilingCling: In [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-0dd59fad-976f-4ba5-a422-80aca0939a2d "Happy Fall"]], Batrick is hanging upside-down ([[FurryReminder as bats tend to do]]) while drinking coffee. Because he's upside-down, the coffee spills out of his cup and onto a rabbit, who's screaming in pain because the coffee is scalding him.

** [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-48cb12f1-25b6-42ef-bf82-eb29c8dbbb25 "Mouth II"]], where the chipmunk from "Mouth" comes back to "haunt" the rabbit cashier.
** [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-0b5e3d43-2a01-421b-9800-eb7659cf03aa "Mouth III: Owlween"]], in which the rabbit cashier accidentally pepper sprays a young owl he mistakes for the chipmunk, with the whole town ''burning his house down'' after his attempt to explain things... [[spoiler:As it's later revealed the owl was faking his tears to turn everyone against the rabbit, as ordered by the chipmunk.]]

* MistakenForPedophile: The rabbit cashier had a pair of unsettling encounters with a chipmunk named "Mouth". After the second incident during Halloween, with Mouth disguised as a ghost, he sprays the ghost with mace the Halloween later... only to learn it's actually a young owlet. The rabbit then attempts to explain himself to his concerned neighbors but the way he does comes out as [[ThatCameOutWrong horribly,]] ''[[DiggingYourselfDeeper horribly]]'' [[FromBadToWorse wrong]]. Like... [[PaedoHunt "burn your house down" wrong]].

* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: The chipmunk character from [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-ffa809ba-5fa7-4849-912d-906456904d1c "Mouth"]]. He just wants food, but his insistence on storing everything in his mouth, lack of manners, and deep voice results in the rabbit character becoming terrified of him. In fact, his next appearance, [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-48cb12f1-25b6-42ef-bf82-eb29c8dbbb25 "Mouth II"]], is a HalloweenEpisode.

* NothingIsScarier: We never see what kind of mess the raccoons made in the handicap stall, but it was horrible enough for the rabbit to make a sign of the cross.

* ThatCameOutWrong: After accidentally pepper spraying a young owl child, the rabbit cashier's desperate attempt to explain his awkward history with the chipmunk in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-0b5e3d43-2a01-421b-9800-eb7659cf03aa "Mouth III: Owlween"]] leads to the horrified civilians ''burning his house down''.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Noticeably, the skunks in this show are spotted skunks, rather than the more commonly seen striped ones

* CuteButCacophonic: The bat in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-8b4df769-f6e0-439b-8a3c-3944fa4f23ee "Echolocation"]]. He's a small and cute guy, but he has a very loud yell. [[FurryReminder And since he's a bat]], he often uses that yell to [[BizarreAlienSenses find where things are through echolocation]].
* DeadAllAlong: [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-b9f94a25-eebd-4339-b0f6-6f9090260821 "Funeral for a Bird"]] depicts a crow coming across a group of other crows having a funeral and quipping "Looks like we got a [[{{Pun}} murder]] over here!" After no one reacts to his joke, it's revealed that he's a ghost and the funeral is his own, hence why no one heard him.

* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: Upon learning [[MonsterOrganTrafficking how Lois's lotion is made]] in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-d1404a89-c2e0-4b4e-bf58-b011229c52e8 "Frotion"]], a raccoon mother covers her kid's eyes so he doesn't have to look. Unfortunately, her hands were covered with the frog-produced lotion, making things even worse.

* PlayingPossum: [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-c168d3d2-dd54-4116-b675-d813319220e3 "RIPossum"]] focuses on opossums and their tendency to play dead. It features an opossum named Jeremy who "dies" in front of his friend [[ThePrankster to prank him]]. After the friend realizes it's a prank and congratulates Jeremy on how convincing he is, Jeremy says "If you think I'm good, you should see my dad!" It then pans over to the corpse of his dad, whom Jeremy is convinced [[OfCorpseHesAlive is just pretending to be dead]].

* ButtMonkey: The rabbit never seems to catch a break. He gets his hands stuck in a mouth of a chipmunk and is stalked and harassed by said chipmunk. As well as getting scalded by hot coffee by a bat hanging from the ceiling.

* ShownTheirWork: Descriptions in each short talk about the context of a featured animal. For example, Batrick screaming in the grocery store, just to find acorns for a customer, is based on how real bats use echolocation (or sonar) to compensate for living in dark areas.

* ShownTheirWork: Descriptions in each short talk about the context of a featured animal. For example, Batrick screaming in the grocery store, just to find acorns for a customer, is based on how real bats use echolocation (or sonar) to compensate for their natural blindness.

* MistakenForPedophile: The rabbit cashier had a pair of unsettling encounters with a chipmunk named "Mouth". After the second incident during Halloween, with Mouth disguised as a ghost, he sprays the ghost with mace the Halloween later... only to learn it's actually a young owlet. The rabbit then attempts to explain himself to his concerned neighbors but the way he does comes out as [[CameOutWrong horribly,]] ''[[DiggingYourselfDeeper horribly]]'' [[FromBadToWorse wrong]]. Like... [[PeadoHunt "burn your house down" wrong]].

* MistakenForPedophile: The rabbit cashier's attempts to explain himself after mistakenly macing a child goes horribly, ''horribly'' wrong. Like "burn your house down" wrong.

The series has become very popular on [[https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalhabitok its native TikTok]], and also has pages on [[https://www.instagram.com/naturalhabitatshorts/ Instagram]], [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSb_Sui6FBxVS4_ROsrU_Iw YouTube]], and [[https://twitter.com/Natural_habitok Twitter]] They also have a fair amount of [[TheMerch merchandise]], including stickers, shirts, and a plush toy of Batrick the bat (the SeriesMascot).

* BatOutOfHell: Averted- Batrick the bat is usually benevolent, and is the SeriesMascot.