Piper is the first Pixar short film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, since 2001's For the Birds.The short ends with Piper no longer afraid of the waves, even jumping playfully in the water and tucking herself in the sand each time a wave flows and is seen later that night, sleeping in the nest with her mother and using shells as a pillow. Opening her eyes, she marvels over all the bivalves creeping out of the sand to take a quick breath before the wave ends. The problem is, the food is buried in the sand where scary waves roll up. The wave submerges Piper, but she still stays safely at the bottom. Animation Short Family A hungry sandpiper hatchling ventures from her nest for the first time to dig for food by the shoreline. Out of other options, Piper resorts to imitating the crab.

Press Release Contact Us EpicHeroes Mobile App Epic Heroes Shop Movies Toys TV Video Games News Art Entertainment since 1999. PIPER Disney Pixar Full Short Film Official Promos Finding Dory Bonus (2016) Animation Adventure. As a new wave approaches, she observes that the crab simply buries himself down in the sand. PIPER Disney Pixar Full Short Film Official Promos Finding Dory Bonus (2016) Animation Adventure. On her second attempt, she sees a tiny hermit crab who also comes ashore to feed. Traumatized, Piper refuses to go to the shore again however, her hunger leaves her no choice but to risk it. However, she is caught off guard by an incoming wave and becomes engulfed in it. The short focuses on a newborn sandpiper, the eponymous Piper, who is brought to the shoreline by her mother so she can learn how to feed on bivalves.

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