WEBVTT - 9 Very Important Facts About Bears

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<v Speaker 1>Guess what, mango? What's that? Will?

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<v Speaker 2>Did you know there's a polar bear jail in Churchill, Canada?

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<v Speaker 1>So I do know that Churchill is considered the polar

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<v Speaker 1>bear capital of the world because my mom has wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to make a pilgrimage there forever. And I'd also heard

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<v Speaker 1>that people there leave their cars unlocked in case you

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<v Speaker 1>ever need to make like a quick escape from a

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<v Speaker 1>wayward bear. White too serious about that. You can actually

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<v Speaker 1>just hop in a stranger's car and take shelter, which

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<v Speaker 1>is such a weird things. I'm sure you can only

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<v Speaker 1>get so much protection from a crazed bear in a car.

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<v Speaker 1>But tell me about polar bear jail.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, according to the Atlantic, it was built in nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>eighty two and it has space for twenty eight fuzzy inmates.

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<v Speaker 1>Basically, the town has so.

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<v Speaker 2>Many bears wandering through officials have set up a hotline

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<v Speaker 2>for locals. It's just six seventy five bear. So if

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<v Speaker 2>you see a bear on the outskirts of town, officials

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<v Speaker 2>will come and try to scare it away with whatever

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<v Speaker 2>they can use, whether it's firecrackers or sometimes rubber bullets

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<v Speaker 2>or paintballs, and generally the bears get the hint. But

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<v Speaker 2>if a bear decides he still wants to visit, or worse,

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<v Speaker 2>if a bear starts loitering in places that they shouldn't be.

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<v Speaker 2>That's often what juvenile bears will do. That's when the

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<v Speaker 2>threat of jail time kicks in. So the bear patrol

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<v Speaker 2>tries to lure these big delinquents into a giant cylindrical

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<v Speaker 2>trap baited with seal meat, and when the cage snaps shut,

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<v Speaker 2>they truck them off to the polar bear jail. Of course,

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes the bears aren't hungry and they just have to

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<v Speaker 2>use tranquilizers. But the system actually works pretty well.

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<v Speaker 1>So this doesn't sound like due process. But how long

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<v Speaker 1>do these bears get sentenced for?

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<v Speaker 2>Generally it actually is a few months, and they keep

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<v Speaker 2>them there until the weather gets colder or the water

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<v Speaker 2>freezes over, and then the older and hopefully wiser bears

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<v Speaker 2>get sprung back to their old neighborhoods and they'll hopefully

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<v Speaker 2>turn over a new leaf in the process. But that's

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<v Speaker 2>just the first of nine facts on bears we're covering today,

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<v Speaker 2>So let's dive in. Hey, their podcast listeners, welcome to

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<v Speaker 2>part time genius. I'm Will Pearson. And as always, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>joined by my good friend Mangush hot Ticketer and sitting

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<v Speaker 2>behind the soundproof glass wearing two big lobster claws and

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<v Speaker 2>a shirt that says what does it say? It says

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes I share. Sometimes I'm a fellyfish. That's our Palin producer,

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<v Speaker 2>Tristan McNeil. What.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that Tristan gets all dressed off as usual,

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<v Speaker 1>But I think we forgot to tell him that we

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<v Speaker 1>were changing the topic from lobsters to bears these things.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm so sorry. Tristan will update the calendar soon.

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<v Speaker 2>He just looks so sad pinching those lobster claws of

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<v Speaker 2>that mean, do you have at least one lobster fact

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<v Speaker 2>you could share to make him feel little better?

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<v Speaker 1>You know? I don't. Oh, okay, well me either. I

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<v Speaker 1>do have some facts the trick. So I know you

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<v Speaker 1>started with a story on polar bears, but do you

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<v Speaker 1>know there's actually a bear known as a pisly bear.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes it's also called a groller bear, and basically it's

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<v Speaker 1>a polar bear grizzly bear combination or hybrid, and mostly

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<v Speaker 1>the sort of breeding has occurred in captivity. It produces

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<v Speaker 1>like a really beautiful white bear with light brown patches.

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<v Speaker 1>But Canadian hunters have been finding more and more of

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<v Speaker 1>these pizzlies in the wild, and they think that the

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<v Speaker 1>inner bear romance's trend will continue because of global warming,

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<v Speaker 1>though actually the two bears have actually lived in overlapping

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<v Speaker 1>territories for a while. That's pretty interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>I've never heard of either of those, the pizly or

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<v Speaker 2>the grollar bear. So what are these hybrid bears like

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<v Speaker 2>in terms of their behaviors, because those are two pretty

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<v Speaker 2>different types of bears.

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<v Speaker 1>Do we know much about them? Well, you know, some

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<v Speaker 1>hybrids can't mate, but these are definitely not sterile. They

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<v Speaker 1>can continue to mate, which is pretty interesting. They actually

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<v Speaker 1>tend to take on the polar bears hunting skills, so

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<v Speaker 1>they can be aggressive and pretty skilled hunters, but they're

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<v Speaker 1>not actually as good at swimming as purebred polars. So

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<v Speaker 1>you know, polar bears can actually swim for one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>miles continuously, and they can't go that far. But in

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<v Speaker 1>the long run, scientists actually think these pizzlies will probably

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<v Speaker 1>be successful by mating more and more with grizzly bears

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<v Speaker 1>than polar bears. And that's just because the numbers favor that,

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<v Speaker 1>and also how the environment seems to be going. What

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<v Speaker 1>is interesting, though, this isn't the only hybrid species that

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<v Speaker 1>comes out of climate change. Pacific Standard magazine has ridden

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<v Speaker 1>that luga whales are mating with narwals to create nar lugas.

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<v Speaker 1>At the very least fun to say, I mean, that

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<v Speaker 1>definitely sounds made up.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I was probably in my twenties before somebody

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<v Speaker 2>convinced me that nar wals were actually.

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<v Speaker 1>A real thing. Anyway, So these nar lugas, that's crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>I do think it's funny when you get these names

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<v Speaker 2>like ligers and beefalows. They're kind of fun to say,

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<v Speaker 2>but there are some that are just terrible, like jag

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<v Speaker 2>lions and dog wolves, which honestly just feels lazy to me.

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<v Speaker 2>All Right, So here's a strange one, and it sounds

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<v Speaker 2>like an urban legend, but.

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<v Speaker 1>It's actually true.

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<v Speaker 2>There was this man in China who bought two puppies

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<v Speaker 2>on the border of China and Vietnam, and then he

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<v Speaker 2>took them home. I guess they looked like little black chowchows,

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<v Speaker 2>and so he fed them and he groomed them, and

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<v Speaker 2>then things.

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<v Speaker 1>Started to get a little weird. They wanted more and

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<v Speaker 1>more food.

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<v Speaker 2>They started feasting on his chickens, and then they grew

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<v Speaker 2>to one hundred pounds. But he only fully realized he'd

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<v Speaker 2>been duped when he read a government flyer about bear safety,

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<v Speaker 2>and then he recognized the animals in the picture. It

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<v Speaker 2>became pretty clear to him that he was actually the

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<v Speaker 2>proud owner of two Asian.

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<v Speaker 1>Black bear cups.

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<v Speaker 2>So now they live in a sanctuary where they get

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<v Speaker 2>to eat more than just dog food, thankfully.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty funny. Actually, this is super weird, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure I've told you this before, but my grandfather was

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<v Speaker 1>in the forestry service, and one day when he was

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<v Speaker 1>on tour, he found these three bear cubs whose mother

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<v Speaker 1>had been shot. I think the mom of bear couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>give milk, so she was aggressive in attacking the town.

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<v Speaker 1>But he and his colleagues found these bears, so he

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<v Speaker 1>brought one of them back with him. And the story

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<v Speaker 1>was that my mom had a pet bear for a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit until they good place in the sanctuary. And

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<v Speaker 1>so like my mom is unafraid of any animal. But

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<v Speaker 1>the funny part, and the thing we always used to

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<v Speaker 1>tease my grandmother about, was like how did she let

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<v Speaker 1>a pet bear in the house, And she always just

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<v Speaker 1>said like she thought it was a dog, And I

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<v Speaker 1>guess there must be some sort of resemblers. She was

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<v Speaker 1>just like willfully ignoring the fact that my grandfather would

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<v Speaker 1>bring these ridiculous baby animals home for the whiter That

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<v Speaker 1>is great, but my fact. So since we're talking about Cubs,

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<v Speaker 1>here's the fact about the Chicago Cubs and how they

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<v Speaker 1>got their name. So you know, even though I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>a huge baseball fan, I do love the strange team

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<v Speaker 1>names that stick around for a little bits of time.

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<v Speaker 1>Like in Brooklyn, the baseball team was called the Brooklyn

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<v Speaker 1>Bridegrooms for a season, and I guess this is because

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<v Speaker 1>like a number of them all got married in one

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<v Speaker 1>season and that's just the nickname they took on. Similarly,

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<v Speaker 1>the Cubs used to be called the White Stockings, which

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<v Speaker 1>you know isn't particularly useful since they also have the

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<v Speaker 1>White Sox in Chicago. And then they lost their manager

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<v Speaker 1>whose contract wasn't renewed, I guess, and the team went

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<v Speaker 1>by the name the Chicago Orphan, So I know it's

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<v Speaker 1>ad and they were horrible because obviously teams aren't great

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<v Speaker 1>when they don't have managers, right, But then they started

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<v Speaker 1>rebuilding the team with these super talented players, but all

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<v Speaker 1>of them were really really young, and that's how they

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<v Speaker 1>got the name the Cubs. You know, it wasn't like

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<v Speaker 1>the super formal name. Apparently, there's the site Wrigley Ivy

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<v Speaker 1>and it says that young players were commonly called cubs

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<v Speaker 1>or cults or you know, other young animal names. But

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<v Speaker 1>then this typesetter in Chicago may have accidentally like capitalized

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<v Speaker 1>the description in print, and that nickname stuck.

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<v Speaker 2>I do like this idea that a team could have

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<v Speaker 2>a different name every couple of years, just based on

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<v Speaker 2>something the team's been up to, or like this idea

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<v Speaker 2>of they all got married so they were the bride groups.

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<v Speaker 2>But actually I looked up to Chicago Bears and I've

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<v Speaker 2>got a quick one about the Super Bowls shuffle. So

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<v Speaker 2>did you realize it was nominated for a Grammy.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it is such a novelty song and it's

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<v Speaker 1>hard to imagine any critics actually liking it.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, the strangest part is that it was beat out

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<v Speaker 2>by Prints and the Revolution's k Thank goodness, it was

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<v Speaker 2>beat out. If it had beaten that song, that's ridiculous

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<v Speaker 2>and it's crazy to think that they were even in

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<v Speaker 2>the same category. But one other thing I didn't realize,

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<v Speaker 2>but the year the Bears won the Super Bowl was

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<v Speaker 2>also the year of the Challenger disaster, and that happened

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<v Speaker 2>around the same time. So the team actually never got

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<v Speaker 2>to visit the White House for understandable reasons. But they

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<v Speaker 2>did eventually get to go when fellow Chicago and Barack

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<v Speaker 2>Obama invited the team to the White House twenty five

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<v Speaker 2>years later.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, that is crazy that they had to wait

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five years for the kind of amazing that it happened. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>since we've moved into sports and pop culture, there's a

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<v Speaker 1>Fozzy Bear fact. I was trying to slip into the

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<v Speaker 1>Sesame Street episode. We did a couple episodes back, but

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't do it because he's more of a muppet.

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<v Speaker 2>Is the fact that you keep sending me Fazzy Bear

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<v Speaker 2>jokes from Twitter?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that what your fact is? I mean, they're so corny. Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>have you seen that Mike Probiculi a special where he

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<v Speaker 1>talks about the one time he had to follow Fozzy

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<v Speaker 1>Bear on a comedy tour, Like Fozzy Bear opened for

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<v Speaker 1>him and he said it was so so difficult because

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<v Speaker 1>you know, any bad joke Fozzy tells he's loved because

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<v Speaker 1>of his Waka walka walka, the audience just eats it

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<v Speaker 1>up and he's a friendly a hard act to follow up.

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<v Speaker 1>But the one thing I was gonna say was that

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<v Speaker 1>on the original Muppet Show, the gag was that Fazzy

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<v Speaker 1>Bear would tell jokes that were so bad that he'd

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<v Speaker 1>then get no reaction and he gets so upset that

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<v Speaker 1>he'd get depressed or even start to cry. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>that sounds funny in theory, but apparently the audiences didn't

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<v Speaker 1>know what to do, like, they mostly just felt bad

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<v Speaker 1>for him, and it made the segments really, really awkward.

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<v Speaker 1>So when Henson and Frank Oz were retooling the character,

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<v Speaker 1>they played down the sympathy aspects and just made him

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<v Speaker 1>this sort of eternally optimistic, diluted bear who you know

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<v Speaker 1>still gets tomatoes and tomato soup thrown at him, but

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<v Speaker 1>he believes he's crushing it on stage every time. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>they friendly retooled his eyebrows in the process because they

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<v Speaker 1>used to make Fazzy Bear frown more, you know, when

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<v Speaker 1>he was getting upset, right and they had this apparatus

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<v Speaker 1>built in the puppet that frank Oz could like pull

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<v Speaker 1>so that the eyebrows shifted down, but then the hat

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<v Speaker 1>mostly covered them up and they retool the character, so

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<v Speaker 1>then they drop that element.

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<v Speaker 2>Huh, all right, so I'm going to try to bring

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<v Speaker 2>this back to real bears.

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<v Speaker 1>Nothing gets fozzy.

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<v Speaker 2>He's great, But I actually like reading about all the

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<v Speaker 2>unusual skills that they have. They have this incredible sense

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<v Speaker 2>of smell, and this is how extreme it gets. So

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<v Speaker 2>they're seven times better at smelling than a bloodhound. A

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<v Speaker 2>polar bear can actually smell seals from twenty miles away,

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<v Speaker 2>and can smell a seal under the ice through its

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<v Speaker 2>breathing hole from a mile Awaybelievable, it really is. And

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<v Speaker 2>so they're also pretty crafty. This is according to metal Flaws.

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<v Speaker 2>They will roll rocks into a bear trap in order

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<v Speaker 2>to set them off. But the most intriguing thing to

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<v Speaker 2>me was that bears are apparently good at math. Now

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<v Speaker 2>this comes from nat Geo, and it says bears actually

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<v Speaker 2>have the largest brain of any carnivore, and scientists wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to find out whether they could count, so they set

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<v Speaker 2>up these side by side touch screens where bears would

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<v Speaker 2>have to paw or touch their nose to this with

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<v Speaker 2>more dots on them, And when they picked the screen

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<v Speaker 2>with more dots, they got a little treat. Apparently bears

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<v Speaker 2>are very motivated by trees. And as scientists kept varying

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<v Speaker 2>the size and the colors of the dots, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>there might have been fifteen tiny dots on one screen

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<v Speaker 2>and twelve on another, these genius bears kept picking the

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<v Speaker 2>right one. In fact, the biggest problem with the study

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<v Speaker 2>ended up being that all the bears wanted to participate

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<v Speaker 2>at the same time, and the scientists didn't have enough

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<v Speaker 2>testing stations for them. You know, like I said, they

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<v Speaker 2>are very motivated by treats.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, we've still got two more bear factors you get too,

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<v Speaker 1>But before we do, let's take a quick break. Welcome

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<v Speaker 1>back to Part time Genius. So, you know, Will, I

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<v Speaker 1>was thinking about that story you told about that dude

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<v Speaker 1>who bought two dogs and they turned out to be bears,

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<v Speaker 1>and it reminded me of this great story about Lord

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<v Speaker 1>Iron at college. Apparently, the rule at Cambridge was that

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<v Speaker 1>you couldn't have dogs on campus, and Byron was so

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<v Speaker 1>irritated that he decided to like skirt the rules, and

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<v Speaker 1>he decided to go out and get himself a bear,

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<v Speaker 1>like a team bear. And there were, of course no

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<v Speaker 1>explicit rules about having a bear on campus, so I

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<v Speaker 1>guess he got away with it, and he'd actually frequently

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<v Speaker 1>walk it around campus on a leash. But the funniest

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<v Speaker 1>part is that people kept asking him what are you

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<v Speaker 1>going to do with that bear? And his standard reply

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<v Speaker 1>was he was going to try to get him enrolled

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<v Speaker 1>at the school and have him sit for a Fellowshit.

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<v Speaker 1>Apparently that part of the plan never all came through. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>that's pretty crazy. So is that what you're using for

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<v Speaker 1>your last fact? Actually, I've got another one I want

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<v Speaker 1>to use, So I actually think this is pretty interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>And I realized this when I was reading a Berenstein

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<v Speaker 1>Bear's book about Easter to my daughter. And as I

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<v Speaker 1>was reading it, I realized it was less about the

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<v Speaker 1>chocolate bunnies and an Easter icon, and there was a

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<v Speaker 1>little more overt religion in there than I was expecting.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it was more explicit than I'd remembered, and

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<v Speaker 1>I guess I was a little confused because I started wondering, like,

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<v Speaker 1>had the Berenstein Bears always been talking about religion like

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<v Speaker 1>jars of clay, and I just hadn't picked up on it,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. And I've been confused about this stuff in

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<v Speaker 1>the past two like not growing up Christian. I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>realize that Asthla and Line the Witch in the Wardrobe

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<v Speaker 1>was supposed to be christ until one of my best

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<v Speaker 1>friends pointed out to me. Or I remember finding Archie

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<v Speaker 1>comics online and there's this one where Archie gets religious

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<v Speaker 1>and he converts a hippie. Really, yeah, it was because

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<v Speaker 1>the comic got licensed to a Christian publisher for a bit. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>I was curious that the Berenstein Bears had like some

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<v Speaker 1>sort of similar agreement. But it turns out that it's

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<v Speaker 1>Jen and Stan Berenstein's son Michael, who's been inserting more

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<v Speaker 1>religious titles in the mix. And apparently when Stan passed away,

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<v Speaker 1>Michael actually stepped in to help his mom keep writing books,

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<v Speaker 1>and he'd apparently made his name by writing Christian theme

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<v Speaker 1>books for about thirty years. So, according to mental class,

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<v Speaker 1>when you see a title like the Berenstein Bears Show

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<v Speaker 1>God's Love, the Berenstein Bears say their prayers or the

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<v Speaker 1>Bear Bears go to Sunday School. That generally indicates he's

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<v Speaker 1>the one who wrote it. Huh, that's interesting. All right.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, since we're sticking with fictional bears here, I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to join you with a Paddington fact. So did you

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<v Speaker 2>know that Paddington was originally written to be from Africa?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, the only recent thing I know about Hackington

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<v Speaker 1>was a he switched from eating marmalade to marmite sandwiches

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<v Speaker 1>for this ad campaign, and people were pissed. I bet

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<v Speaker 1>they were. They felt like Pangton was a sellout. Yeah, seriously,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I knew that Pangington's from Darkest Peru, but

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<v Speaker 1>why was he from Africa before that?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, this was a last minute adjustment and it was

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<v Speaker 2>pointed out to author Michael Bond that bears don't really

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<v Speaker 2>live in Africa, so he pivoted to Darkest Peru and

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<v Speaker 2>that's where he based his creature on this spectacled bear.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I mean, I liked a lot of these bear facts.

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<v Speaker 1>I've got to say my favorite was that bears can

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<v Speaker 1>do math problems. I think you're going to take the

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<v Speaker 1>trophy this week. All right, Well, thank you very much.

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<v Speaker 1>It's an honor, and thank you guys for listening. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>be back with a full length episode tomorrow. The