1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: I guess, well, well, what's that man? Do you know 2 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: that the kangaroo and the emu are on the Australian 3 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: coat of arms. I mean it doesn't seem that surprising. 4 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: I mean both of them are native to Australia, right, Yeah, 5 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: but there are so many animals in Australia and there's 6 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: a reason they were chosen over like Tasmanian devils and platypus, 7 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: and that's because neither animal can move backwards. Wait, kangaroos 8 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: can't move backwards. No, it's like they're one design flaw, 9 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: like everything else about kangaroos is perfect. I mean, it's 10 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: one of those weird things like crocodiles can't chew. They 11 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: can bite and swallow big chunks, but they can't actually 12 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: chew their food. And kangaroos are kind of similar, like 13 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 1: their tails aid their balance and their mobility, but it 14 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: prevents them from moving backwards. But Australia has embraced it 15 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: in that like they're constantly moving forwards and this symbolizes progress. 16 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:50,840 Speaker 1: It's a good way to look at it. They could 17 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 1: have picked the shark though, right anyway, That's just one 18 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: of nine facts we've got for you today. About Australia's animals, 19 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:20,680 Speaker 1: So let's dig in a their podcast. Listeners, welcome to 20 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: Part Time Genius. I'm Will Pearson and as always I'm 21 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:25,639 Speaker 1: joined by my good friend Man Guesho Ticketer and sitting 22 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,960 Speaker 1: behind the soundproof glass, he just taped a crocodile Dundee 23 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,960 Speaker 1: poster to actually whoa crocodile Dundee two as well? Taped 24 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: to the wall. That's our friend and producer Tristan McNeil's 25 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: a busy guy. So you know what's funny is I 26 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: looked up crocodile dundee because I thought would be fun 27 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: to slip in as an animal fact. And uh, and 28 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 1: Roger Ebert hated those movies. I thought he didn't like 29 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: the sequels, like he called the last one less fun 30 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: to wash than attacks on it. But I actually pulled 31 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: a quote of his review for the first movie, which 32 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: he barely gave two stars. And here's how it ends. 33 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: The ending of the movie involves a love scene on 34 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: a subway platform. If these were two lovers, we really 35 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: cared about. The scene as written could have had the 36 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: impact of that moment in an Officer and a Gentleman 37 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: as it's acted in this movie. Last the scene is 38 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,679 Speaker 1: so unconvincing that the lovers are upstaged by the other 39 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: people on the train platform. Alright, well, Mango, before we 40 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 1: keep going with facts, we've actually got Gabe on the line. 41 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: Hey Gabe, Hey, guys, how's it going. So I'm curious 42 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: from both you guys. Have either of you been to Australia? Mango, 43 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 1: have you been to Australia And I haven't been there? Gabe, 44 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: you no, I've never made it. Well, I'm glad that's 45 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,119 Speaker 1: the three of us are are going to be talking 46 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: about animals from Australia, none of us having been there. 47 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: But but we've done our homework. So all right, well, Gay, 48 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: why don't we throw the mic to you and lets 49 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 1: you share your first fact? Yeah? Absolutely so, since you 50 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: started with Kangaroo's, I'm gonna go with the fact about 51 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: their diminutive cousins, the Wallaby. So in two thousand nine, 52 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 1: farmers in Tasmania started noticing these strange crop circles popping 53 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: up and they were wondering, you know what was trampling 54 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: down their crops into these really unusual patterns, And it 55 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 1: didn't seem to be the work of aliens. It wasn't 56 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: you know, it wasn't that precise as aliens are with 57 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: their crops circle right, But when they looked a little closer, 58 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 1: the farmers discovered it was actually the work of wallabies, 59 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 1: and not just any wallabies specifically. It was wallabies who 60 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:22,359 Speaker 1: had been getting high on opie. They were eating these 61 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: wild poppies and then just going crazy, jumping in big 62 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 1: circles in the fields all night long. Yeah, it wasn't 63 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: just the wallabies though either. They were also local sheep 64 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: who were also getting high and going on these strange 65 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: walkabouts through the crops, and the wallabies were the primary offender. 66 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: That's pretty good. I've never heard about that, all right, 67 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: why don't we keep them our supial talk going. I've 68 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: actually got a kangaroo fact as well, and I've never 69 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: heard this before, but this is from our pal Eves. 70 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: She's been on the program before and she told me 71 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: that she said that during the gold Rush, people started 72 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: importing all sorts of animals as food, you know, partially 73 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: because there wasn't enough local food for the people hunting 74 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: for gold. So there were things like tortoises, cod turkeys, 75 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: but a few kangaroos were also imported, and the funny 76 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: thing is that people didn't want them for food though. 77 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: Instead they were imported live and kept around for entertainment. 78 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: They were kangaroo petting exhibits. They were sold for quick 79 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: cash as pets. I can't imagine having a kangaroo as 80 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,039 Speaker 1: a pet. And there's even an ad from a saloon 81 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: at the time that offered, quote peach and honey, brandy 82 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: by day and night a genuine live kangaroo. That's pretty funny, 83 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: and I kind of love the discriminating clientele who looked 84 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: for a place and think, oh, it's got a pool 85 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 1: in a great view, but no kangaroo. I can't say that. No, 86 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: not not acceptable. All right, mango, what's your next fact? Well, 87 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 1: I mean, if we're talking strange Australian animals, you know, 88 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 1: I'm going to talk about my favorite insect of all time, 89 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: the Lord Howse stick insect. Of course, what is that? 90 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 1: I mean, it's a funny looking critter with the best 91 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker 1: nicknames on Earth. It's also known as the tree lobster 92 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: and the walking sausage, which gives you a sense of 93 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: you know, how awkward it looks. But the story is 94 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: kind of amazing because it's also known as a Lazarus species. 95 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: So those are the ones that everyone thinks are extinct 96 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: but then then came back from the dead, right yeah, 97 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: and they're too great. Taxonomy is the Lazarus species, which 98 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: is animals that everyone thinks are dead and come back, 99 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 1: and the elvis taxon, which is animals that are dead. 100 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: But then you see an animal impersonator in the wild, 101 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: one that looks like the original. But that is not 102 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: that actually a real thing is I thought that was 103 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: a big set up to this joke. But back to 104 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 1: the stick insect. So it was supposedly made extinct by 105 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: an invasive rat population. But then in two thousand one, 106 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: on this pretty harsh island with really strong winds, scientists 107 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,160 Speaker 1: found about twenty four of these tree lobsters in the wild. 108 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 1: They were like under a rock or something, and they've 109 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: slowly been bringing them back. But the cutest thing about 110 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: this totally disgusting species is how they sleep. The males 111 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,239 Speaker 1: actually cuddle up with the females when they sleep, spooning 112 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 1: them with their six legs curled around them. But scientists 113 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: are quick to point out that this might be an 114 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: evolutionary measure and not the mark of of I mean, 115 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: I find that a little cinical. There's such a romantic mega. Alright, well, gab, 116 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 1: what do you got next? Alright, so you probably know 117 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: Australia has a reputation for a lot of dangerous animals. 118 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: You know, there are sharks and sidewinders and poisonous spiders 119 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 1: and even the cuddly little platypus is dangerous. You know, 120 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 1: they have these venomous spurs on the bottom webb. But 121 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: here's a super weird fact I didn't know before this. 122 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: More Australians have been killed by horses in recent years 123 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: than all of the country's venomous animals combine. I don't 124 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: think that I'm not buying that gay. We're gonna have 125 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: to fact check this well. According to a recent study, UH, 126 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 1: from the year two thousand to seventy four people were 127 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: killed by horse trampling or being tossed by horses, while 128 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: only twenty seven were killed by snakes, bees or spiders 129 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 1: you know, during that same period. And of course the 130 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: hospitalizations from animal bites was was far greater. You know, 131 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,599 Speaker 1: are like thirty five thousand people hospitalized for bites and 132 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: stings in Australia. But because there's so much anti venom available, 133 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: and also because a lot of those were just you know, 134 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: allergic reactions. Deaths from snakes and spiders isn't that big 135 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: a thing. In fact, there was a death from a 136 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: red back spider in and it was the first spider 137 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: bite death in Australia since nineteen seventy nine. So I 138 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 1: was looking this up all Gabe was sharing this fact 139 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: because honestly, I just didn't believe it. You know, sometimes 140 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: he makes stuff up. We don't ever let that on 141 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 1: on the actual show, but this is I mean that 142 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: that's pretty impressive. Gave good job on that one. Alright. Well, 143 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: since Mango was talking about the Lazarus species, I've got 144 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: one from my own to discuss, and that's the Tasmanian tiger, 145 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 1: which also might be back from the dead now. The 146 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 1: Tassi tiger is the largest carnivorous marsupial and it looks 147 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: like a big striped dog, but it has a kangaroo's 148 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: tail and this small pouch. It also is one of 149 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: the only two marsupials were both the male and the 150 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 1: female members have pouches, and I didn't know this existed 151 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: among any of them, but I guess the other is 152 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: a water possum. Anyway, that the tiger has been extinct 153 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: since nineteen thirty six, but there have been some recent 154 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: sightings reported. Sometimes the creatures are confused for dingoes or 155 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: wild pigs, but the reports have had similar descriptions and 156 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 1: they've actually come from two different people in the same location. Now, 157 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: one of the key things that's convinced some skeptics that 158 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: the species might still be alive is that the Tasmanian 159 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: tiger's eyes shine differently from a wild pig or a dingo, 160 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:34,079 Speaker 1: so they actually reflect light back in a very different way. 161 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 1: And it's generated enough excitement that a number of scientists 162 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,719 Speaker 1: are now camped out in this secret part of Australia 163 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:43,080 Speaker 1: with hundreds of cameras all trying to locate this tiger. 164 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 1: That's really exciting. I hope they find it. Anyway, We've 165 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 1: got a few more facts for you guys, so stay 166 00:08:47,720 --> 00:09:02,959 Speaker 1: tuned and we'll be right back after this break. Welcome 167 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 1: back to Part Time Genius where we're talking about Australian animals. 168 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: And then go, am I misremembering this? Was there some 169 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: story about your sister and Australian ants? Yeah, good memory, 170 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,199 Speaker 1: So My sister actually studied in Queensland and college and 171 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: as a kid she was kind of squeamish about insects 172 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 1: and arachnet so I was talking to her about it 173 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:23,440 Speaker 1: when she came back, and she was saying that you 174 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:25,559 Speaker 1: just find these crazy bugs in your room every day 175 00:09:25,559 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 1: in the dorms, but you kind of got used to 176 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,200 Speaker 1: taking a magazine or whatever. I'm flicking them outside. But 177 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 1: the weirdest thing she told me was the story about ants. 178 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 1: And there's a type of ant there that tastes like 179 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 1: lemon lime, so people actually crunch up the ants and 180 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 1: eat it for that flavor, or use it in lemonade, 181 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: like you can crush them and add water and get 182 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:46,079 Speaker 1: your protein in as well. Well. I asked her, you know, 183 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 1: knowing she was vegetarian, like, did you actually tried these ants? 184 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 1: And she said, you know, I refused to eat them, 185 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: but I did lick their bum. This reminds me of 186 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 1: when you briefly went from being vegetarian and the first 187 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: thing ate was ribs in the state of Alabama pretty 188 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: much just licked at them. This must run in the family. 189 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: You don't want to eat the meat, but you just, oh, gosh, 190 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 1: let's just move on from that. But so, how did 191 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 1: they taste to her really like lemon lime? I'm not 192 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 1: sure that counts, is your fact. But but do you 193 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 1: want to do you want to kick us off with 194 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 1: one last one mango? Yeah? So I've actually been a 195 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,200 Speaker 1: little obsessed with camels this year. I've been reading about 196 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 1: this camel scandal in this camel beauty pageant in Saudi 197 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:31,599 Speaker 1: Arabia where a number of the camels had been given botox, 198 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 1: and how Joe Camel came from France. But well, one 199 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: of the things I only recently realized is that Australia 200 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: has the largest feral camel population in the world. And 201 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: apparently they were brought over as be suburden to help 202 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 1: transport things, but then once they were that useful anymore, 203 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 1: they were let loose into the wild and they just 204 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: went crazy. Like they're awful because they're so hardy and 205 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 1: they can walk like forty miles in a day, and 206 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: there aren't any real natural predators out in the outback. 207 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna say they're like seven thousand or eight 208 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: hundred thousands of these beasts just wandering around, drinking up 209 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 1: all the water from wells and causing camel coos. I 210 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 1: have to be honest, if you had told me name 211 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:14,079 Speaker 1: twenty animals in Australia, I wouldn't have thought tonight, camel. 212 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 1: That's not where I would have assumed they were from. 213 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: So is there anything that can be done about them? Yeah? 214 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:20,080 Speaker 1: So like Australia is still trying to figure it out. 215 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: I read one account of a guy who's been rounding 216 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 1: them up for meat, which is apparently pretty good, but 217 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: also to try to sell the camels for camel races 218 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 1: and also beauty pageants, Like people will come to Australia 219 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:33,440 Speaker 1: to like scout aussee camels for their thin necks. Apparently, 220 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 1: like I don't know what makes a pretty camel, but 221 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 1: apparently that's part of it. Wow, all right, well that 222 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: that is very interesting. Okay, Well my fact is about 223 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 1: the wombat, and there are lots of cool things about wombats. 224 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 1: You know, their pouches face the wrong way for some reason, 225 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 1: so you know, instead of looking forward, a baby wombat 226 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 1: will face out back as the mom wombat is scurry. 227 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 1: Also their superpower, it's their big butt. It's full of 228 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: cartilage and totally resistant to snake bites and dingo bites 229 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 1: it's kind of like a shield for them, so when 230 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: they jump into a burrow and their butt sticks out, 231 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 1: it's totally safe from predators. But my favorite thing about 232 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 1: the wombat is that you can tell if you have 233 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 1: a wombat infestation by looking at their scat, So their 234 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: poop comes out in perfect little cubes. So funny and 235 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:22,080 Speaker 1: so nerdy and so gross. I also love the names 236 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 1: of wombats, like all the different species, just they're all 237 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 1: really cute sounding. So there's the Southern hairy nose wombat 238 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:33,319 Speaker 1: and of course the Northern hairy nosed wombat. There's also 239 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 1: the common wombat. Yeah, that one kind of got screwed, 240 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: you know, get the Southern hairy nose and the northern hair. 241 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: I'm curious to see the difference between the northern hairy 242 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 1: nose and the Southern hairy nose. Alright, Gabe, so I 243 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: think it's time for you have one last fact, right, yeah, yeah, 244 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 1: My last fact is is about black swans. And this 245 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: is pretty great. So for centuries, Europeans for some reason, 246 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: like to ponder the existence of black swans, and some 247 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: by the sixteenth century, the idea of a black swan 248 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:05,680 Speaker 1: became an idiom for an impossible thing, something that couldn't exist. 249 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 1: But that had all changed in the late sixteen hundreds 250 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 1: when Dutch explorers actually found black swans in western Australia, 251 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 1: which you know, just completely killed the idiom. But it 252 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 1: gets more interesting from there because about a century later, 253 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,559 Speaker 1: Napoleon sent an expedition to Australia and in addition to 254 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,680 Speaker 1: bringing back, you know, various animals and plant species, he 255 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,559 Speaker 1: asked for a special collection of animals to be brought 256 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 1: back for his sweetheart Josephine. So thirty five live animals 257 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,960 Speaker 1: were shipped back in all, and this was parrots, EMUs, kangaroos, 258 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 1: and two black swans. So sadly, the animals started, you know, 259 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 1: dying on the longboat ride at home. They got so 260 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 1: bad that the captain actually kicked his crew out of 261 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 1: their cabin so that the kangaroos could be more comfortable. 262 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: But you know, he was worried that they'd get back 263 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: and none of the animals would have survived the trip. 264 00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 1: But really, honestly the problem was they didn't have the 265 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:03,079 Speaker 1: right food. In desperation, they gave animals wine soaked bread, which, 266 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 1: as you might guess, not a great idea, but two 267 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 1: animals that definitely survived and made it back were the 268 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 1: black swans, and Josephine became the very first person to 269 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 1: breed black swans in captivity. That's another good fact. I 270 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: don't know about you, man Go, but I feel like 271 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 1: Gabe coming up with that whole murdering horses and us 272 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: not believing it. The names for wombats like species of 273 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: womb he was, he was on his game and it's 274 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 1: early in the morning out there in l A right now. 275 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 1: So Gabe, I'm impressed. So I think we're gonna give 276 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 1: you this week's Fact Off Trophy. I'm honored. Thank you guys. Well, 277 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 1: thank you guys for listening. We would love to hear 278 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 1: from you. We We've been hearing lots of ideas from 279 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: listeners on future nine Things episodes, so feel free to 280 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 1: send those two part time genius at how stuff works 281 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 1: dot com. You can also call us on our seven 282 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 1: fact hot line. That's one eight four four pt genius. 283 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 1: That is still seven fact. Okay, Yeah, we thought about 284 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 1: cutting call going seven, but we're going to stick with it. 285 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 1: So so anyway, thank you guys for listening. We'll be 286 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: back with a full length episode tomorrow.