Speaker 1: Part one.
Speaker 2: Why it's the way it is.
Speaker 1: Today. Why it's the way it is We're gonna get
Speaker 1: into why is a teddy bear a teddy bear? Now,
Speaker 1: I know people call them all kinds of things, they
Speaker 1: call them stuffies, fuzzies, I don't know, but teddy bears
Speaker 1: is kind of the original name for when you had
Speaker 1: like a little friend, right that would you take the
Speaker 1: bed with you and carry around with you. And at
Speaker 1: a time, a long time ago, most of those little
Speaker 1: stuffies took.
Speaker 3: The shape of a bear.
Speaker 1: And I'm gonna talk about why that came to be
Speaker 1: and how that name teddy bear came into existence. And
Speaker 1: to understand this you have to go all the way
Speaker 1: back to nineteen oh two, one hundred and twenty years ago.
Speaker 1: The President of the United States in nineteen oh two
Speaker 1: was named Theodore Roosevelt. People would call him Teddy Roosevelt,
Speaker 1: though he didn't like that nickname.
Speaker 3: He might be the most.
Speaker 1: Important president in terms of wildlife and wild places in America.
Speaker 1: In South Dakota, there's a thing Mount Rushmore where there's
Speaker 1: these huge carvings in the mountain of different presidents' faces
Speaker 1: for very important presidents. He's one of those presidents alongside
Speaker 1: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Thomas Jefferson. Now he was
Speaker 1: just like he was a great conservationist and did a
Speaker 1: lot for wildlife in America and to preserve wild places
Speaker 1: in America.
Speaker 3: He was a very.
Speaker 1: Avid hunter, which seems funny now. It seems funny now
Speaker 1: to imagine a US president who spends a lot of
Speaker 1: time out hunting.
Speaker 3: Bears, right, But that was the thing then.
Speaker 1: And in nineteen oh two, Theodore Roosevelt was invited down
Speaker 1: by the governor of Mississippi to go on a bear hunt. Now,
Speaker 1: when the president comes down to Mississippi to bear hunt,
Speaker 1: they want to make sure he's paired up with the
Speaker 1: best guide, the best hunter they can find. And that
Speaker 1: hunter is a man named Hult Collier. Now Hult Collier
Speaker 1: has a very interesting history that might be surprising to you.
Speaker 1: Hult Collier was an African American man and he was
Speaker 1: born a slave on a plantation in Mississippi around eighteen fifty.
Speaker 1: And at that time it was legal in the Southern States,
Speaker 1: it was legal for white people.
Speaker 3: To own black slaves. They would make a slave.
Speaker 1: Work for them, but they didn't have.
Speaker 3: To pay the slave. You could tell the slave.
Speaker 1: When to eat, what to eat, who to marry, where
Speaker 1: to sleep. You owned a person like property, and that's
Speaker 1: how he was born. And he, as a slave, killed
Speaker 1: his first bear when he was just ten years old,
Speaker 1: and he became such a talented, exceptional hunter that his
Speaker 1: job as a slave was to hunt for game meet
Speaker 1: that could be fed to other slaves. Now, later all
Speaker 1: of the slaves were freed. Earlier I mentioned Mount Rushmore
Speaker 1: and a president whose face is on Mount Rushmore, Abraham Lincoln.
Speaker 1: Abraham Lincoln was the president who freed the slaves. After
Speaker 1: Holt Collier became a free man, he remained a very
Speaker 1: well recognized famous hunter. So here you have this man
Speaker 1: who had been born a slave, who is now such
Speaker 1: a well respected hunter that when President Theodore Roosevelt comes
Speaker 1: to hunt, Hult becomes his guide. Theodore Roosevelt would later
Speaker 1: say that Hult Collier was the greatest hunter and guide
Speaker 1: I have ever known. But on this bear hunt, Roosevelt
Speaker 1: wasn't doing well. Other hunters were getting bears, but he
Speaker 1: wasn't getting a bear, and Hult Collier became worried that
Speaker 1: Roosevelt was going to be upset that he didn't get
Speaker 1: a bear. One day, Hult Collier was out with his
Speaker 1: dogs and they were tracking a bear, and he had
Speaker 1: told the President where to wait, because he suspected that
Speaker 1: as they track this bear at the dogs, the bear
Speaker 1: was going to come through a specific area, and he
Speaker 1: told the president wait here, the president and it waited
Speaker 1: and waited, and the bear never showed up, so the
Speaker 1: President left and then guess what, Sure enough, a bear
Speaker 1: runs right through where the President was supposed to be waiting,
Speaker 1: but he wasn't there. But Holt Collier kept chasing this
Speaker 1: bear with his dogs, and eventually his hunting dogs caught
Speaker 1: up to the bear and they did what was called
Speaker 1: bade it. They cornered the bear so the bear couldn't
Speaker 1: get away, and Wholt Collier rode up on his horse
Speaker 1: with a lariat or a lasso, a rope and lassold
Speaker 1: the bear and tied the bear to a willow tree,
Speaker 1: and then sent for the President and said, tell the President,
Speaker 1: I have his bear ready for him. Well, Roosevelt comes
Speaker 1: and he finds this bear the whole Collier has caught
Speaker 1: and tied to a tree, and the President says it
Speaker 1: it would be unsportsmanlike to shoot a bear that has
Speaker 1: been captured and tied to a tree. He refuses to
Speaker 1: shoot the bear. Now, on this hunt, this might surprise you,
Speaker 1: But on this hunt there were a lot of reporters, journalists,
Speaker 1: and they wrote about this. They wrote articles about the
Speaker 1: president not wanting to shoot a bear that was tied
Speaker 1: to a tree. And here's an interesting detail. It was
Speaker 1: a big bear. It was a two hundred and fifty
Speaker 1: pound bear, the whole collier tied to the tree. But
Speaker 1: when people made cartoons of what happened, they made cartoons
Speaker 1: where it was a little baby bear, and this story
Speaker 1: really caught on. It became a story that everybody at
Speaker 1: that time knew about that Teddy Roosevelt wouldn't shoot this
Speaker 1: little bear that we know was actually a big bear,
Speaker 1: wouldn't shoot this little bear tied to a tree. Now,
Speaker 1: there was an inventor and a toy shop owner in
Speaker 1: New York named Maurice Mitchtum and Morris Mitchtamb wrote to
Speaker 1: President Roosevelt asking if he could name one of his
Speaker 1: stuffed toy bears a Teddy Bear, and Roosevelt gave him
Speaker 1: permission to do so. That man began mass producing the
Speaker 1: bears and founded a company called the Ideal Toy Company,
Speaker 1: and they produced so many Teddy Bears that the name
Speaker 1: just took hold to the point where anyone who made
Speaker 1: a little stuffed bear would call it a Teddy bear.
Speaker 1: So today, if you see a little stuffy shaped like
Speaker 1: a bear and someone refers to it as a Teddy bear,
Speaker 1: what they're talking about is Teddy Roosevelt in his Great
Speaker 1: Mississippi Bear Hunt with Holt Collier in nineteen oh two.
Speaker 1: And as a little extra note at the end of
Speaker 1: the story, Hoult Collier became the only African American to
Speaker 1: have a national wildlife refuge named after him. The Holt
Speaker 1: Collier National Wildlife Refuge in Mississippi is there today, and
Speaker 1: you can go there and explore and go duck hunting,
Speaker 1: and remember that famous day of Holt Teddy and the
Speaker 1: bear tied to a tree.
Speaker 2: Part two, Guess that Critter.
Speaker 4: It's time for Guess that Critter, where we play animal
Speaker 4: sounds and you've got to guess what animal is making
Speaker 4: those sounds. And don't worry, we'll throw in some clues
Speaker 4: along the way. This noise from a member of the
Speaker 4: deer family is usually heard in late September or early October,
Speaker 4: during the mating season. Males of this species can weigh
Speaker 4: up to sixteen hundred pounds and reach up to six
Speaker 4: and a half feet tall at the shoulder. They have
Speaker 4: the largest antlers of any animal in the world. Here's
Speaker 4: what the male sounds like. Now back to the female's noise.
Speaker 4: Females can weigh up to one thousand pounds or half
Speaker 4: a ton. These animals are strong swimmers and have a
Speaker 4: great sense of smell and hearing. They can detect calls
Speaker 4: like these from almost five miles away. Okay, it's time
Speaker 4: for the reveal. It's a moose. These woodland giants are
Speaker 4: found in all northern US states bordering Canada, which includes
Speaker 4: our biggest state, Alaska, as well as in Colorado, Utah,
Speaker 4: and Massachusetts. If you're out and see a moose, keep
Speaker 4: your distance and back away, since they can be mighty
Speaker 4: aggressive when scared or harassed. The blackfeet word for moose
Speaker 4: translates to black going out of sight, referring to the
Speaker 4: moose's color and probably related to how these huge animals
Speaker 4: can still manage to disappear into dark forests when scared.
Speaker 4: Make sure to join us next week four Guess that Critter?
Speaker 2: Part three Trivia.
Speaker 5: And now it's time for Meat Eater Kids Trivia, the
Speaker 5: other only game show where conservation always wins. This is
Speaker 5: a quiz show for kids who love the outdoors.
Speaker 3: Take it away, Spencer. Today, I'm joined by Jimmy, Rosie, Matthew, Aina, Mabel, Hayden, Conley, Reid,
Speaker 3: and Bay. Each player will earn ten dollars for conservation
Speaker 3: with every question they get right today. There's a potential
Speaker 3: for this room to earn up to two hundred and
Speaker 3: seventy dollars this week. That donation is going to the
Speaker 3: National Wildlife Federation, who publishes the kids magazine Ranger Rick.
Speaker 3: Let's see how much money our players can raise. Question one,
Speaker 3: Which of these fish is not native to North America?
Speaker 3: Is it carp, bluegill or walleie? Two of those fish
Speaker 3: are native, one of them is not native. Your three
Speaker 3: choices are carp, bluegill or walleye. Jimmy, do you know
Speaker 3: this answer?
Speaker 4: I think so?
Speaker 3: Okay? How about over here, Hayden, you got this one right?
Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure I got it.
Speaker 3: Which of these fish is not to North America? Carp, bluegill, walleye?
Speaker 3: Does everybody have an answer? I see some cheating happening
Speaker 3: over here. Are you changing your answer now? Yes, you are.
Speaker 4: I don't think I'm right.
Speaker 3: How do you know your answer wasn't right?
Speaker 2: I just think I'm wrong because I have no idea
Speaker 2: what this is? Okay, what are the answers again?
Speaker 3: Carp, Bluegill or Walleye.
Speaker 2: If I get this wrong, I've officially failed my father.
Speaker 3: You think so? Yes, okay, we just won't let him
Speaker 3: hear it. Are we ready go ahead and reveal your answers.
Speaker 3: We have Aina saying carp. We have Rosie saying carp,
Speaker 3: bas saying carp, Mabel saying carp, Jimmy saying Bluegill Read
Speaker 3: saying Bluegill, Matthew saying Walleye, Conley saying carp, Hayden saying carp.
Speaker 3: The correct answer is carp. We did pretty well. The
Speaker 3: girls did especially well. I think we went four for
Speaker 3: four over here. Well done. Bluegill and Walleye have a
Speaker 3: similar native range, which encompasses about forty states east of
Speaker 3: the Rocky Mountains. Carp come from Europe and Asia. Common
Speaker 3: carp have been here for about one hundred and fifty years.
Speaker 3: The people who brought them here did it because they
Speaker 3: loved eating carp Who in this room has caught a carp? Jimmy,
Speaker 3: just Jimmy.
Speaker 2: I don't know.
Speaker 3: Matthew, maybe pretty sure, I have Rosie. What'd you do
Speaker 3: with that carp? Did you take it home and eat it?
Speaker 5: No?
Speaker 3: No, we didn't.
Speaker 5: We let it go.
Speaker 3: So you don't think they taste as good? Maybe as
Speaker 3: they did one hundred and fifty years ago.
Speaker 4: No, they're not good.
Speaker 3: Okay, they probably tastes the same. I think maybe we
Speaker 3: got better options now. Question two. If an anelope is
Speaker 3: running thirty miles per hour, then how far can it
Speaker 3: get in twenty minutes? Is it five miles, ten miles,
Speaker 3: or fifteen miles. You're gonna have to do some math here.
Speaker 3: If an anelope is running thirty miles per hour, then
Speaker 3: how far can it get in twenty minutes? This is
Speaker 3: some real schoolwork we're doing here. It's probably maybe the
Speaker 3: least fun trivia question you'll get, but there's an antelope
Speaker 3: in it, so that makes it a little more fun.
Speaker 3: If an antelope is running thirty miles per hour, then
Speaker 3: how far can it get in twenty minutes? Five miles,
Speaker 3: ten miles, fifteen miles? See some of our players are
Speaker 3: doing math? I know, how are you at math?
Speaker 1: I love math?
Speaker 2: You're doing my favorite subject.
Speaker 3: Are you going to get this one right? I hope?
Speaker 2: So I'm kind of freaking out right Okay, I'm kind
Speaker 2: of freaking out right now.
Speaker 3: Because my brain is not working. Five miles, ten miles,
Speaker 3: fifteen miles. How far can that antelope get running thirty
Speaker 3: miles per hour in twenty minutes? Hayden, you think you
Speaker 3: got this one right? Pretty much?
Speaker 2: Guessing?
Speaker 3: Pretty much guessing. That's no way to do math. Bay,
Speaker 3: Are you any more confident?
Speaker 4: No?
Speaker 3: Okay, everyone seems like they're guessing, except for maybe I
Speaker 3: know said math strong.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I got it to I've tried to do a
Speaker 2: standard out, but I ended up with the answer.
Speaker 3: That wasn't okay. That's a lot of words to say
Speaker 3: you're guessing. Is everybody ready reveal your answers? We have
Speaker 3: Anel saying five miles, Rosie saying ten miles, Bay saying
Speaker 3: ten miles, Mabel saying ten miles, Jimmy saying ten miles,
Speaker 3: Read saying ten miles, Matthew saying ten miles, Conley saying
Speaker 3: ten miles, Hayden saying fifteen. The correct answer is ten miles.
Speaker 3: Our players did pretty well. Anelope can run sixty miles
Speaker 3: per hour in short bursts and couldn't run thirty miles
Speaker 3: per hour for long distances. They could run a twenty
Speaker 3: six mile marathon in just fifty two minutes. Jannis said
Speaker 3: he could run a marathon in three and a half hours.
Speaker 3: That means the anlope could complete the marathon watch seven
Speaker 3: episodes of SpongeBob and still have five minutes to spare
Speaker 3: before Yannis would reach the fin Now, for those who
Speaker 3: got it right, how'd you come up with the right answer?
Speaker 1: I just guess.
Speaker 3: Okay, that's one way to get it right. Math. Math.
Speaker 3: So you figured out how that antelope made it ten miles?
Speaker 3: Is there a lot of guessing there? Did some of
Speaker 3: you actually know it?
Speaker 2: The one in the middle, I just thought that it
Speaker 2: couldn't run fifteen miles?
Speaker 3: Okay, that's reasonable. Question three? Which state is known as
Speaker 3: the Grand Canyon State? Is it Arizona, Nevada? Or Texas?
Speaker 3: Which state is known as the Grand Canyon State? Your
Speaker 3: three choices are Arizona, Nevada and Texas. Mabel, are you
Speaker 3: cheating again?
Speaker 1: No?
Speaker 3: Okay, you know your dad does the same thing. When
Speaker 3: we're playing trivia, he likes to watch the other players
Speaker 3: come up with their answer, and then he bases his
Speaker 3: answer off of their reaction.
Speaker 1: Wow, you're honest.
Speaker 2: It might I'm just looking around to see if people
Speaker 2: are like, right away, I know it or.
Speaker 3: Just own it's the same thing your dad does. Which
Speaker 3: state is known as the Grand Canyon State, Arizona, Nevada,
Speaker 3: or Texas? Does everybody have an answer?
Speaker 4: Yes?
Speaker 2: Yes, yeap, yes, you can't change it now math and
Speaker 2: now I'm going back.
Speaker 3: Are we ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers? We
Speaker 3: have saying Arizona, Rosie saying Arizona. Bay saying Arizona, Mabel
Speaker 3: saying Nevada, Jimmy saying Nevada. Read saying Nevada, Matthew saying Texas,
Speaker 3: Conley saying Arizona. Hayden saying Arizona. The correct answer is Arizona.
Speaker 3: The room did pretty well. Some of its other nicknames
Speaker 3: are the Copper State and Apache State. The Grand Canyon
Speaker 3: is over a mile deep and ten miles wide in
Speaker 3: some places. By some measurements, it's the third deepest canyon
Speaker 3: in the world, behind canyons in Peru and Paul Have
Speaker 3: any of you ever been to the Grand Canyon. Nope?
Speaker 2: Okay, So I'm learning about the Grand Canyon School right now.
Speaker 3: And did you get that one right?
Speaker 2: No?
Speaker 3: No, they didn't tell you what state it's in, or
Speaker 3: did they tell you it's Texas? Maybe your teacher was wrong.
Speaker 2: Well, watched a video on it, and I've just forgot
Speaker 2: so quickly.
Speaker 3: Okay, Arizona kind of looks like Texas. Now that's it
Speaker 3: for today's round of trivia. Fill the engineer. How much
Speaker 3: money did we raise?
Speaker 5: They raised one hundred and ninety dollars.
Speaker 3: One hundred and ninety dollars out of a potential to seventy.
Speaker 3: That's one hundred ninety dollars going to the National Wildlife Federation.
Speaker 3: Well done, kids. Join us next time for more meat
Speaker 3: Eater Kids Trivia, the only other game show where conservation
Speaker 3: always wins. Thank you so much for listening.
Speaker 5: We really hope you enjoyed the episode. Now get outside.
Speaker 5: Be sure to tune in next week for another episode
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