Line #127 WebAnimation/NaturalHabitatShorts


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2	[[caption-width-right:303:Clockwise from top: Jason, [[SeriesMascot Batrick]], [[ButtMonkey Albie]], [[JerkassToOne Mouth]].]]
3	''[[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/ Natural Habitat Shorts]]'' is a [=TikTok=]-based EdutainmentShow created by Brennan Brinkley, Nicole Low, and Tyler Kula. It teaches its viewers about animals and their behavior by showcasing "animals in human situations" -- that is, how day-to-day life in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals must be laden with FurryReminder.
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5	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]], [[https://twitter.com/Natural_habitok Twitter]] and [[https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092503092600 Facebook]]. They also have a fair amount of [[TheMerch merchandise]], including stickers, shirts, and plush toys.
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8	!!Natural Habitat Shorts contains examples of:
9	* AbusiveParents: By human standards, though for animals it's normal.
10	** The owl dad lets the strongest kid gorge himself and leaves the others to pick through the leftovers.
11	** Michael the sea otter blackmails his wife into giving him her food by holding their son Kevin underwater.
12	** Andrew the ferret fired his own four-month-old son from the family in a gag relating to a group of ferrets being called a "business".
13	** The cockatiel parents [[NotNowKiddo completely fail to notice]] that their son is legitimately terrified of his murderous cuckoo brother.
14	** A quokka woman throwing her baby at a mugger, who then adopts the kid and raises them to be a criminal like him.
15	* AttendingYourOwnFuneral: Lisa ends up in a coffin while she was hibernating because she was mistakenly thought to be dead.
16	* ArtShift: For Christmas 2023, the stroke of midnight turns the short from cel-shaded 2D animation into static-model 3D animation.
17	-->'''Michael:''' [[BreakingTheFourthWall Kevin! Did you ask Santa to put us in a]] Creator/RankinBass [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas special]]?
18	* BagOfHolding: In [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-668844d6-de87-417d-b8a5-fe521d5d4920 "Airport"]], an opossum is asked by an airport security agent to empty her pockets for scanning. She then reaches into her pouch and pulls out [[MassiveNumberedSiblings her many, many babies]].
19	* BatOutOfHell: Averted; Batrick the bat is usually benevolent, and is the SeriesMascot.
20	* BigLittleBrother: In "[[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-bd5dd1ea-ed78-4dcc-8467-c65bcc1b9416 Fast Fhood]]", the biggest and strongest of the three owlets is given his food first, leaving some scraps for the other two. It's then revealed at the very end that said big owl is the ''youngest'' in the family.
21	* BlackBeadEyes: Characters are drawn with these. This ends up PlayedForLaughs in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-378fc7d6-a5f8-49fe-a928-5f8c8533189e "Open Mic"]], where Gregorio the frog has the BlackBeadEyes when acting anthromorphically (speaking in human speech and holding a guitar), but they turn into the more realistic frog eyes when he drops the guitar and does the passionate croaking actual frogs do.
22	* BloodsuckingBats: Batrick seems to specifically be a vampire bat, as shorts like [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-35046f68-dd72-4217-a279-a9918a52cb89 "Cranmas"]] and [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-8f4b0a23-7240-4c9d-a359-37a89bebe1c0 "Fine Dying"]] show him drinking blood.
23	* BodilyFluidBlacklightReveal: Platypi will naturally glow under blacklight, as [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zxf2MgYCOm0 this unfortunate bellhop found out]].
24	-->'''Chris the Platypus''': What? Is there something on my face? ''[looks down at self]'' Why am I blue? Does everyone glow blue?\
25	'''Bellhop''': ''[shakes head with horrified expression]''\
26	'''Chris''': What does blue mean?\
27	'''Bellhop''': ''[ThousandYardStare]''\
28	'''Chris''': ''[looks around at the various glowing blue stains in the room, horrified as he puts two and two together]'' WHAT DOES BLUE MEAN?!
29	* BrooklynRage: The rat in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-c3f3e238-31a2-4903-b270-0e7ea4102b4f "GPS Rat"]] has a New York accent, likely playing off the idea that [[TheBigRottenApple New York City is teeming with rats]], as well as tying into how his attire and dialogue is reminiscent of a taxi driver.
30	* ButtMonkey:
31	** Albie 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.
32	** Lisa the hedgehog keeps ending up in unfortunate situations, from suffering balloon syndrome to being BuriedAlive in a funeral because her hibernation was mistaken for death. It gets to the point where her catchphrase is nervously humming.
33	* 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 onto Albie, who's screaming in pain because the coffee is scalding him.
34	* ChristmasEpisode:
35	** 2022 has [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-35046f68-dd72-4217-a279-a9918a52cb89 "Cranmas"]], where the animals are all having Christmas dinner and Batrick brought "cranberry sauce" ([[BloodsuckingBats which is actually blood]]).
36	** 2023 has [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-6e30e3ac-d696-46e8-a00c-d5519535d7cb "A Natural Habitat 3D Christmas"]], which is rendered in a 3D art style reminiscent of Rankin-Bass Christmas specials.
37	* 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, [[EyeScream making things even worse]].
38	* CowardlyLion: Lisa normally is a walking pincushion of nervousness, but she gets a brief moment of this on Halloween. When Batrick appears to have become a vampire, she's the one who tosses (a jar of) garlic at him. She then grabs a wooden spoon with intention to stake him - meaning, she was perfectly willing to get up close and personal with what she thought was an ''actual vampire''. When Steve is taken to the hospital with rabies, [[BrickJoke she's still brandishing the spoon when Batrick is wheeled by on a stretcher]], suggesting that [[BewareTheNiceOnes she feels he still deserves a staking]].
39	* CreepyChild:
40	** The little owl boy is willing to trick Albie into pepper spraying him and [[DiggingYourselfDeeper gabbling himself into]] [[MistakenForPedophile bigger trouble]] to help Mouth in his apparently unnecessary vendetta.
41	** Jessica has bitten enough of her playmates that her dad is running out of playgrounds he can take her to.
42	** Robert the cuckoo is the same age as his cockatiel nestmate, but much bigger, usually seen in shadow, and with a deep reverberating voice which pushes him into outright terrifying territory even before one takes into account his murderous intentions.
43	** Ashley uses her own shed skin as a doll in a tea party, roleplaying an elaborate intrigue which involves her poisoning "Mister Sheddingskin" for [[BlameTheParamour stealing her fiance]].
44	* {{Crossover}}: Did [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xJ8_Tz36Y8A one]] with [=YouTube=] animator [[https://www.youtube.com/@JavaDoodles JavaDoodles]] in which Batrick listens to one of the animator's auto-tuned talking mugs (voiced in the video by Creator/SarahNatochenny) go on about remembering wanting a time machine from SantaClaus for Christmas. As the mug talks, Batrick asks the star-nosed mole barista if the mug is supposed to talk and if he could still drink the hot cocoa from the mug, which he does after the mole just shrugs, causing the mug to scream.
45	* CuteButCacophonic: Batrick 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]].
46	* 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. He then has a DelayedOhCrap moment and elicits a [[{{Pun}} "Crowstly Wail"]].
47	* DetachmentCombat: "[[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-98b4a452-3657-4dd8-9268-1ef145f0bf99 Tailed]]" has a gerbil thief detaching its own tail and using it to threaten the police.
48	* DisruptingTheTheater: [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-c86152a2-26cd-40b7-8845-f815c64c80ed "Movie Theatre"]] features a geeky rabbit who whispers to his friend while watching a movie. The owl sitting in front of him is annoyed by this, and constantly [[FurryReminder turns his head around]] to give him a DeathGlare.
49	* EntertaininglyWrong: PlayedForLaughs, then played straight when Batrick dresses as a proper vampire for Halloween. The others retaliate by splashing him with Albie'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 Albie admits it's just tap water for his costume. [[MoodWhiplash Turns out it's rabies]], which causes hydrophobia in creatures afflicted by it.
50	* ExcrementStatement: In [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-286d7065-a4d1-4b09-b694-0afb1efbd9f5 "The Popcorn Incident"]], Johnson the binturong is embarrassed by his boss Andrew pointing out he smells like popcorn; he gets his revenge by [[DisproportionateRetribution defecating on him]].
51	* FamilyBusiness: In [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-57d6f419-a734-47db-8315-b1c023d18906 "Family Business"]], a black-footed ferret named Andrew, here portrayed as the boss of a company, "fires" his four-month-old son from the family (as four months is the age at which black-footed ferrets are able to fend for themselves). This is a pun, as a group of ferrets is called a business.
52	* FeatheredFiend: In [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-8ca36966-ee78-435f-bc62-90114640cbe0 "Gull Gum"]], after an entire class of seagulls realize a young Batrick has gum, the teacher, after asking if Batrick has any to share to which the young bat proceeds to eat all of his gum in response, commands everyone to "seize him", to which all of Batrick's seagull classmates proceed to do.
53	* FunTShirt: Lisa the hedgehog (who is always seen holding a balloon with her name on it) wears a T-shirt of herself holding a balloon and wearing a [[DrosteImage T-shirt of herself holding a balloon and wearing a...]]
54	* FunWithSubtitles:
55	** The platypus's sobbing at the end of "[[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-5ab20b30-07a8-4860-affa-c7efcadc2937 Blue Prints]]" is subtitled as "Illuminated sobbing".
56	** In "[[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-716e30e5-4733-42d4-b52f-bf01d30d7812 AxolMazel]]", the clapping while the baby axolotl says "Mazel tov" is subtitled as "[[{{Pun}} circumstantial]] clapping".
57	* FurryReminder: Practically ''runs'' on this trope. Every short is based around a certain animal and their behavior in the wild.
58	* GratuitousJapanese: One of the raccoons to leave the handicap restroom is a raccoon ''dog,'' AKA a tanuki. As he leaves, he says, in Japanese, "Taco Tuesdays, am I right?"
59	* HalloweenCosplay: The crows in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-203516b7-38f1-4a75-8892-f278d258fff6 "Scared-Crow"]] are dressed up as Dorothy and the Scarecrow from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
60	* HalloweenEpisode:
61	** [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-203516b7-38f1-4a75-8892-f278d258fff6 "Scared-Crow"]], where a crow dresses up as a scarecrow for a Halloween party and ends up scaring himself and his girlfriend.
62	** [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-48cb12f1-25b6-42ef-bf82-eb29c8dbbb25 "Mouth II"]], where the chipmunk from "Mouth" comes back to "haunt" Albie the rabbit cashier.
63	** [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-0b5e3d43-2a01-421b-9800-eb7659cf03aa "Mouth III: Owlween"]], in which Albie 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 Albie, as ordered by the chipmunk.]]
64	* HarmlessFreezing: According to Nature Habitat Shorts, [[TruthInTelevision "Wood frogs can freeze solid in the winter for up to 8 months and then thaw in the spring unharmed".]] This shows up in [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Iw3SmTkadeQ the respective animation]] where the scarfless frog ends up freezing in place. Another frog just says "I'll see you in the spring when you thaw". The scarfless frog ends up with scarfless regret, though.
65	* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: Downplayed. While the titular rat in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-0de3adbc-182a-48c4-84c8-2c07850bc2e7 "Gym Rat"]] is ''already'' wearing earbuds from the very beginning of the short (as she's working out at a gym, and most people listen to music while they work out), when the JerkJock skunks behind her get into a fight, she turns up her music to drown them out.
66	* HuskyRusskie: The cuckoo who [[KillAndReplace replaced]] Robert the cockatiel is ''enormous'' compared to his "brother" and he has a heavy Russian accent.
67	* HopeSpot: When Lisa is about to be BuriedAlive in a funeral because everyone thought she was dead, one attendee asks the funeral to be stopped, to Lisa's relief... because she would've wanted to be cremated.
68	-->'''Lisa:''' Shrieks of fiery terror
69	* IAteWhat: In [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-35046f68-dd72-4217-a279-a9918a52cb89 "Cranmas"]], when Lisa the hedgehog is told that the "cranberry sauce" Batrick served at dinner was actually blood, she clearly looks horrified.
70	* IndividualityIsIllegal: Kyle ''thinks'' this is what's happening when his parents try to make him grow out his winter coat. He learns the hard way after he storms out in his summer fur in protest [[DidntThinkThisThrough that "standing out" is not a good thing with predators about]].
71	* InflatingBodyGag: Lisa swells up from lactose intolerance and slowly floats up like a balloon. TruthInTelevision as hedgehogs in real life cannot drink milk and often suffer from bloating.
72	* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: Predictably, [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-b9f94a25-eebd-4339-b0f6-6f9090260821 "Funeral for a Bird"]] takes place on a rainy day.
73	* JerkJock: The two skunks in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-0de3adbc-182a-48c4-84c8-2c07850bc2e7 "Gym Rat"]] are both muscular "gym bro" types, and they're portrayed as very aggressive and quick to fight each other.
74	* KillAndReplace: Robert, the [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-c3fa4ea0-9f7c-4c13-a723-ae7b373ccb76 cuckoo bird]] replaced the actual cockatiel Robert. After his twin brother expresses concerns that Robert is going to hurt him, his dad brushes it off before tucking them both to bed. We then see Robert attempting to unscrew the top bunk while taunting his "brother".
75	-->'''Robert''': '''[[evil:More pancake for me]]'''
76	* TheKlutz: The titular squirrel in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-437f701c-031f-4411-931e-cd285b97fe08 "Squirrel"]] keeps knocking things over with his tail.
77	* LatinLover: [[ImpliedTrope Implied:]] Gregorio has a Hispanic name and successfully seduces a female frog in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-378fc7d6-a5f8-49fe-a928-5f8c8533189e "Open Mic"]]. They then engage in passionate kissing.
78	* MakeOutKids: After Gregorio (a frog) seduces a female frog with his mating call in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-378fc7d6-a5f8-49fe-a928-5f8c8533189e "Open Mic"]], the two of them make out in front of everyone at the cafe. They eventually get ''so'' intimate that everyone is grossed out and leaves- except for one gerbil, who's [[ThePeepingTom into it]].
79	-->'''Everyone''': ''(groans in disgust and leaves)''\
80	'''Gerbil''': ''(beat)'' '''YEEEEEAAAUUUHH!!!'''
81	* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: One short has Batrick suffering from ''rabies,'' yet he's still fully lucid and shows no signs of any pain. The only rabies symptoms he does display are frothing from the mouth and a fear of water.
82	** The gerbil burglar rips his own tail off and threatens the police officers with it, not showing any pain whatsoever.
83	* MistakenForPedophile: Albie 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. Albie 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]].
84	* MistakenForRomance: [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-9cffd88b-8326-4005-853c-16ea68447fe6 "Subway Creatures"]] has an otter hold hands with a gerbil while napping on the subway. An elderly bird sees them holding hands and mistakes them for a couple.
85	* NationalAnimalStereotypes: The {{Tanuki}} in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-f8dccf04-de05-4e92-96b2-33296c7c7b42 "Handicacoon"]] only speaks Japanese.
86	* TheNavigator: The titular rat in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-c3f3e238-31a2-4903-b270-0e7ea4102b4f "GPS Rat"]]. Because rats in RealLife have an amazing ability to remember where things are and locate them, this rat is used as a "GPS" by a weasel, giving him directions while he's driving.
87	* NerdyNasalness: The mole barista has a very nasal voice.
88	* 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 Albie 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.
89	* NoPokerFace: [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-849de611-7048-429f-a8f9-5d53c47be26e "Poker Face"]] shows the rat giggling and boggling (bulging his eyes in and out, something rats do when they're very happy) when he gets a good hand during a game of Texas hold 'em, prompting his opponents to fold. Despite this, the rat actually seems to be winning since he has more chips than everyone else.
90	* TheNoseKnows: [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-ca27d934-c970-409c-9efe-81f85c7cb1b7 "Coffee"]] features a star-nosed mole (an animal that has very poor eyesight and uses its nose and the touch receptors on them to "see"). He works as a barista, and in order to ensure his customers get what they ordered, he'll press his nose up against them and sniff them.
91	* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Again, the star-nosed mole in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-ca27d934-c970-409c-9efe-81f85c7cb1b7 "Coffee"]]. All of his customers are grossed out by the way he presses his nose up to others and sniffs them.
92	* NothingIsFunnier: The shorts never elaborate why does the Chimpunk wants to cause torment in Alfie's life and that's what make it so funny.
93	* NothingIsScarier:
94	** We never see what kind of mess the raccoons made in the handicap stall, but it was horrible enough for Albie to make a sign of the cross.
95	** In [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-48cb12f1-25b6-42ef-bf82-eb29c8dbbb25 "Mouth II"]], we never see what the chimpunk did to Albie after getting inside his house, we just see jumping from the roof to him and Albie screaming before the short ends
96	* ObnoxiousInLaws: When Jason the ferret visits his prairie dog girlfriend's family in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-b9fc58b9-4d1b-4d8b-ad21-db68df6ab3b6 "Little Kiss on the Prairie"]], her father Gerald is hesitant to greet him with [[PlatonicKissing a kiss]] (as is typical of their species). He tries to just give him a handshake and a hug before his wife reminds him to give Jason a proper kiss, which he does in a drawn-out, clearly-not-wanting-to-do-it way.
97	* OfCorpseHesAlive: In [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-c168d3d2-dd54-4116-b675-d813319220e3 "RIPossum"]], Jeremy the opossum claims his father is really good at [[PlayingPossum playing dead]]. It then cuts to an opossum skeleton sitting on a chair, obviously meant to be his dad. Furthermore, his mother is shown to clearly be mourning her dead husband. [[ImplausibleDeniability And yet Jeremy is still convinced he's just pretending]].
98	* OminousOwl: The owl in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-c86152a2-26cd-40b7-8845-f815c64c80ed "Movie Theatre"]]. When he hears someone [[DisruptingTheTheater talking during a movie]], he turns his head around 180 degrees to shoot him a DeathGlare, and eventually carries him off to ''really'' get him to shut up.
99	* ParentalFavoritism: The father owl in "Fast Fhood" gives his biggest and strongest child their food first, and the other two are left to eat whatever he has left over. This is a reference to how owls will always feed their strongest baby first.
100	* PercussiveMaintenance: "[[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-1378ee82-7698-4e5c-8fec-dde79073d029 Otter Tools]]" shows an otter trying to fix his car engine by hitting it with a rock. It doesn't work, and the engine bursts into flames.
101	* PlantHair: The two sloths in "[[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-6ff1cdcb-3ad3-48d6-a7cd-56a43bfe6be9 Sloth and Lust]]" have what looks like colored hair, but is actually algae growing on their hairs.
102	* PlatonicKissing: In [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-b9fc58b9-4d1b-4d8b-ad21-db68df6ab3b6 "Little Kiss on the Prairie"]], we meet a prairie dog family who greets each other, and their guests, by kissing them on the lips. This is how prairie dogs greet each other in RealLife.
103	* 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 Batrick [[ThePrankster to prank him]]. After he 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]].
104	* PokemonSpeak: Mouth the chipmunk gets his name because the only word he ever says is "mouth."
105	* PoolEpisode: [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-7e1c7874-3a3f-4ef6-b18c-f7efe9bef2d2 "Water Park"]], which features a beaver at a water park who can't stand the sound of the lazy river (which is actually why beavers in RealLife make dams; they hate the sound of running water). He then tries to dam it up with inner tubes, and the lifeguards reprimand him for it.
106	* PottyEmergency: [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-f8dccf04-de05-4e92-96b2-33296c7c7b42 "Handicacoon"]] features a rabbit with a broken leg waiting outside the handicap stall. Apparently, it's being used by a large group of raccoons ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and one]] {{Tanuki}}), who were all using it at the same time.
107	* PunnyName: In [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-8ca36966-ee78-435f-bc62-90114640cbe0 "Gull Gum"]], the bat's name is revealed to be "Batrick".
108	* PuzzlingPlatypus: In [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-5ab20b30-07a8-4860-affa-c7efcadc2937 "Blue Prints"]], a platypus named Chris glows during a UV light inspection, something even Chris ''himself'' doesn't understand.
109	* RefuseToRescueTheDisliked: The star-nosed mole refuses to help Lisa when she suffers balloon syndrome because [[DisproportionateRetribution she didn't tip better]].
110	* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: In [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-9a8d819a-d6d4-470b-b64c-a7c960230798 "Eulisagy"]], Lisa is about to be BuriedAlive in a funeral because everyone thought she was dead, since hedgehogs lower their heart rate and body temperature when they hibernate.
111	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: ''Every single character!'' Due to this series's art style, every single animal ends up looking adorable, even those that aren't very cute in real life.
112	* RuleOfFunny: Explicitly mentioned in "Fast Fhood". Owls typically feed their strongest baby first, but in practice that's usually the oldest chick; the BigLittleBrother gag is improbable, but much funnier.
113	* SapientFurTrade: In [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-d1404a89-c2e0-4b4e-bf58-b011229c52e8 "Frotion"]], Lois the rabbit, who owns a beauty store, is asked what ingredients are in the lotion her store sells. Lois then reveals that she makes it with the help of a waxy monkey frog (a species that secretes a waxy substance from its body that acts as a natural sunscreen and moisturizer) named Jerry, who sits in a tub all day and whose secretions are collected and bottled up to make lotion. It's an unglamorous job, [[OnlyInItForTheMoney but at least Jerry gets paid]].
114	* ScreamingPlaneBaby: In [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-668844d6-de87-417d-b8a5-fe521d5d4920 "Airport"]], a black-footed ferret has to endure a plane ride where the only two passengers that aren't screaming opossum babies are him and the mother opossum. To make matters worse, the baby seated behind him kicks his seat non-stop.
115	* SerenadeYourLover: [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-378fc7d6-a5f8-49fe-a928-5f8c8533189e "Open Mic"]] has a FurryReminder variation, in which Gregorio the frog goes up on stage to sing a song for his girlfriend, and said "song" ends up being a long croak (which is used by frogs to attract mates).
116	* ShapedLikeItself: Lisa wears a costume of ''herself'' for Halloween, with the fake head having a mouth that shows her actual face.
117	* ShowerOfAngst: The platypus bellhop, Chris, in "Blue Prints", after (he thinks) he figures out what glowing blue under a blacklight means, throws himself in the shower.
118	-->'''Chris''': ''(illuminated sobbing)''
119	* 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).
120	* SluggishSloths: {{Inverted\|Trope}} in "[[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-6ff1cdcb-3ad3-48d6-a7cd-56a43bfe6be9 Sloth and Lust]]". As soon as the female sloth screams, a bunch of male sloths barge into her house at breakneck speed. This is because the short is based on three-toed sloths, and they move ''very'' quickly when angry or excited.
121	* SmallTaxonomyPools: The show sometimes averts this by depicting more obscure animals. For instance, the skunks in "Gym Rat" are spotted skunks, rather than the more commonly seen striped ones.
122	* SmellySkunk: The skunks in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-0de3adbc-182a-48c4-84c8-2c07850bc2e7 "Gym Rat"]], of course. Once one of them sprays the other, they both retch at their own scent.
123	* StealthPun: The deceased crow in "Funeral For A Bird" is named [[Creator/RussellCrowe Russell]].
124	* StockAnimalDiet:
125	** The chipmunk's groceries in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-ffa809ba-5fa7-4849-912d-906456904d1c "Mouth"]] consist entirely of nuts.
126	** Batrick is frequently shown [[BloodsuckingBats drinking blood]].
127	** The rat in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-c3f3e238-31a2-4903-b270-0e7ea4102b4f "GPS Rat"]] is shown to be very fond of cheese.
128	* StripPoker: The rat mistakenly thinks he's playing this with the skunks, but for some reason he removes his own clothes even though he just won a hand. He's quite disappointed when he finds out they're not playing strip poker. Apparently, this is a regular thing, since one of the skunks says he always does this.
129	* SubwaysSuck: In [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-9cffd88b-8326-4005-853c-16ea68447fe6 "Subway Creatures"]], an otter falls asleep on the subway and grabs onto a gerbil's hand (as in RealLife, otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift away). The problem arises when the gerbil has to get off the subway and can't escape the otter's iron grip.
130	* SurprisinglyCreepyMoment: The chipmunk's face in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-ffa809ba-5fa7-4849-912d-906456904d1c "Mouth"]] when he insists on his groceries being put into his mouth (instead of in a bag).
131	* ThatCameOutWrong: After accidentally pepper spraying a young owl child, Albie'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''.
132	* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Batrick has died at least twice.
133	** One episode has him, a vampire bat, give up blood. He collapses in the middle of date after rejecting some from a waiter.
134	** One HalloweenEpisode [[spoiler: has him suffering from rabies to the point he hypersalivates and has an urge to bite people, [[YouAreAlreadyDead meaning he was already more-or-less doomed at that point.]]]]
135	* TickleTorture: To obtain information from a rat in "[[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-9b731729-64fa-49e5-8780-056d500b386d Tickle Mobster]]", a member of TheMafia reaches towards him (presumably to attack) but the rat assumes he's going to tickle him and starts preemptively laughing. Apparently, rats are very ticklish.
136	* ToiletHorror: Whatever the raccoons did to the bathroom stall in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-f8dccf04-de05-4e92-96b2-33296c7c7b42 "Handicacoon"]] was ''not'' pretty, since it prompts Albie to cross himself before he ventures inside.
137	* ToiletHumour: "The Popcorn Incident" has this as the punchline. To recap, Johnson the binturong gets offended by Andrew the ferret's remark that he smells like popcorn. In the next scene, Johnson winds up to take a hot deuce on Andrew from the ceiling of the latter's office. One SmashCut later, Andrew's tiredly letting some other employees know that he let Johnson go.
138	* TooKinkyToTorture: As seen under TickleTorture, the GPS rat weirds out his kidnappers with his proclivities, even pointing out that they weren't the ones who tied him up.
139	* UnsoundEffect: Being [=TikTok=] videos, these shorts have subtitles. This comes up in [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Iw3SmTkadeQ a video]] where, after a frog gets frozen, the subtitles say "scarfless regret".
140	* ValentinesDayEpisode: "[[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-6ff1cdcb-3ad3-48d6-a7cd-56a43bfe6be9 Sloth and Lust]]", based on the fact that female three-toed sloths scream to attract mates. It was first uploaded to [=YouTube=] on February 8, 2024.
141	* VegetarianVampire: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in [[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-8f4b0a23-7240-4c9d-a359-37a89bebe1c0 "Fine Dying"]]. Batrick 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).
142	* VisualPun: "Gym Rat" has two spotted skunks that offer to ''spot'' the titular rat during her workout.
143	* VocalDissonance:
144	** 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.
145	** The strongest of the baby owls has an unnaturally deep voice.
146	** The female otter in "[[https://www.naturalhabitatshorts.com/shorts?pgid=ku471zfv-8a0831f0-c726-4ad6-8a65-b1bac3c9e0d6 Eye for a Fry]]" has a man's voice.
147	* TheVoiceless: Some shorts indicate that Lisa the hedgehog can talk, but the viewer never sees her do so. At most, she makes a humming sound whenever something bad happens.
148	** A couple shorts show her thinking in images which are superimposed on the screen, suggesting that while she can use language it's not her natural way of processing the world.
149	* WoodlandCreatures: The majority of the animals tend to be these.
150	* YouDirtyRat: The rat in "GPS Rat" wears dirty clothes and lives in a glovebox filled with trash.

Context WebAnimation / NaturalHabitatShorts