In the film Ice Age : Continental Drift , Scrat is stranded in a desert and his tears are boiled in the heat .
In the film 's epilogue , Scrat discovers the island on the map , known as Scratlantis ( a parody of Atlantis ) , but his uncontrollable urge to hunt acorns in the acorn-rich city inadvertently causes the entire island to sink when he unplugs an acorn drain holder ; Scrat is then ejected into a newly created desert landscape , through which he screams as his tears boil from the heat.
Ice Age-COLON- Continental Drift