WEBVTT - Fan Favorite:  9 Very Important Facts about Bears 

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<v Speaker 1>I guess what, mango, what's that? Well? Did you know

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<v Speaker 1>there's a polar bear jail in Churchill, Canada? So I

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<v Speaker 1>do know that Churchill is considered the polar bear capital

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<v Speaker 1>of the world because my mom has wanted to make

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

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<v Speaker 1>there leave their cars unlocked in case you ever need

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<v Speaker 1>to make like a quick escape from a wayward bear. White,

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<v Speaker 1>are you serious about that? You can actually just hop

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<v Speaker 1>into stranger's car and take shelter, which is such a

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<v Speaker 1>weird thing. And I'm sure you can only get so

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

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<v Speaker 1>tell me about polar bear jail. Well, according to the Atlantic,

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<v Speaker 1>it was built in two and it has space for

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<v Speaker 1>twenty eight fuzzy inmates. Basically, as the town has so

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<v Speaker 1>many bears wandering through, officials have set up a hotline

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<v Speaker 1>for locals. It's just six seven five Bear, So if

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<v Speaker 1>you see a bear on the outskirts of town, officials

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<v Speaker 1>will come and try to scare it away with whatever

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<v Speaker 1>they can use, whether it's firecrackers or sometimes rubber bullets

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<v Speaker 1>or paint balls, and generally the bears get the hint.

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<v Speaker 1>But if a bear decides he still wants to visit,

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<v Speaker 1>or or worse, if a bear starts loitering in places

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<v Speaker 1>that they shouldn't be. That's often what juvenile bears will do.

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<v Speaker 1>That's when the threat of jail time kicks in. So

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<v Speaker 1>the bear patrol tries to lure these big delinquents into

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<v Speaker 1>a giant cylindrical trap baited with seal meat, and when

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<v Speaker 1>the cage snaps shut, they truck them off to the

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<v Speaker 1>polar bear jail. Of course, sometimes the bears aren't hungry

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<v Speaker 1>and they just have to use tranquilizers. But the system

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<v Speaker 1>actually works pretty well, so this doesn't sound like do process.

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<v Speaker 1>But how long do these bears get sentenced for? Generally

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<v Speaker 1>it actually is a few months, and they keep them

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<v Speaker 1>there until the weather gets colder or the water freezes over,

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<v Speaker 1>and then the older and hopefully wiser bears get sprung

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<v Speaker 1>back to their old neighborhoods and they'll hopefully turn over

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<v Speaker 1>a new leaf in the process. But that's just the

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<v Speaker 1>first of nine facts on bears we're covering today, So

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<v Speaker 1>let's dive in. M Hey their podcast listeners, Welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>part time genius. I'm Will Pearson. And as always, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>joined by my good friend Manes Ticketter and sitting behind

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<v Speaker 1>the soundproof glass wearing two big lobster claws and a

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<v Speaker 1>shirt that says what does it say? Says? Sometimes I share?

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes I'm shellfish. That's our Palin producer Tristan McNeil, what

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<v Speaker 1>I love interesting, gets all dressed off as usual. But

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

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<v Speaker 1>changing the topic from lobsters to bears things. I'm so sorry.

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<v Speaker 1>Tristan will update the calendar soon. He just looks so

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<v Speaker 1>sad pinching those lobster claws, and I mean, do you

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<v Speaker 1>have at least one lobster fact you could share to

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<v Speaker 1>make him feel a little better? You know? I don't? Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>well either, I do have some bear facts the trick.

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<v Speaker 1>So I know you started with a story on polar bears,

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<v Speaker 1>but do you know there's actually a bear known as

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<v Speaker 1>a pizzley bear. Sometimes it's also called a groller bear,

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<v Speaker 1>and basically it's a polar bear grizzly bear combination or hybrid,

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<v Speaker 1>and mostly the sort of breeding is occurred in captivity.

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<v Speaker 1>It produces like a really beautiful white bear with light

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<v Speaker 1>brown patches, but Canadian hunters have been finding more and

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<v Speaker 1>more of these Pizlis in the wild, and they think

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<v Speaker 1>that the inner bear romances trend will continue because of

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<v Speaker 1>global warming, though actually the two bears have actually lived

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<v Speaker 1>in overlapping territories for a while. That's pretty interesting. I've

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<v Speaker 1>never heard of either of those, the Pizley or the

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<v Speaker 1>groller bears. So what are these hybrid bears like in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of their behaviors, because those are two pretty different

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<v Speaker 1>types of bears. Do we know much about them? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, some hybrids can't mate, but these are definitely

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<v Speaker 1>not sterile. They can continue to mate, which is pretty interesting.

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>they're not actually as good at swimming as pure bred polars.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, polar bears can actually swim for a

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

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<v Speaker 1>But in the long run, scientists actually think these Pizlis

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<v Speaker 1>will probably be successful by mating more and more with

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

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<v Speaker 1>numbers favor that, and also how the environment seems to

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<v Speaker 1>be going. What is interesting, though, this isn't the only

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<v Speaker 1>hybrid species that comes out of climate change. Pacific Standard

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<v Speaker 1>magazine has written that bluga whales are mating with nar

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<v Speaker 1>walls to create nar lugas. At the very least fun

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<v Speaker 1>to say. I mean, that definitely sounds made up. I

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<v Speaker 1>think I was probably in my twenties before somebody convinced

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<v Speaker 1>me that nar walls were actually a real thing. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>So these nar luga's, that's crazy. I do think it's

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<v Speaker 1>funny when you get these names like legger's and bee flows.

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<v Speaker 1>They're kind of fun to say. But there's some that

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<v Speaker 1>are just terrible, like jag lions and dog wolves, which

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<v Speaker 1>honestly just feels lazy to be. All right. So here's

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<v Speaker 1>a strange one, and it sounds like an urban ledge

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<v Speaker 1>and but it's actually true. There was this man in

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<v Speaker 1>China who bought two puppies on the border of China

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<v Speaker 1>and Vietnam, and then he took them home. I guess

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<v Speaker 1>they looked like little black chow chows, and so he

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<v Speaker 1>fed them and he groomed them, and then things started

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

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<v Speaker 1>They started feasting on his chickens, and then they grew

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<v Speaker 1>to a hundred pounds. But he only fully realized he'd

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<v Speaker 1>been duped when he read a government flyer about bear safety,

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<v Speaker 1>and then he recognized the animals in the picture. It

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<v Speaker 1>became pretty clear to them that he was actually the

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<v Speaker 1>proud owner of two Asian black bear cubs. So now

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<v Speaker 1>they live in a sanctuary where they get to eat

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<v Speaker 1>more than just dog food, thankfully. That's pretty funny. Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>this is super weird, and I'm sure I've told you

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<v Speaker 1>this before, but my my grandfather was in the forestry service.

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<v Speaker 1>Then one day when he was on tour, he found

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<v Speaker 1>these three bear cubs whose mother had been shot. I

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<v Speaker 1>think the mom and bear couldn't give milk, so she

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<v Speaker 1>was aggressive and attacking the town. But he and his

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<v Speaker 1>colleagues found these bears, so he brought one of them

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<v Speaker 1>back with him. And the story was that my mom

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<v Speaker 1>had a pet bear for a little bit until they

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<v Speaker 1>could place into sanctuary. And so like, my mom is

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<v Speaker 1>unafraid of any animal. But the funny part and the

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<v Speaker 1>thing we always used to teach my grandmother about was like,

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<v Speaker 1>how did she let a pet bear in the house?

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<v Speaker 1>And she always just said like she thought it was

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<v Speaker 1>a dog, and I guess there must be some sort

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<v Speaker 1>of resemblance. She was just like willfully ignoring the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that my grandfather was bringing these ridiculous baby animals home

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<v Speaker 1>for the water is great, but my fact. So, since

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<v Speaker 1>we're talking about Cubs, here's the fact about the Chicago

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<v Speaker 1>Cubs and how they got their name. So you know,

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<v Speaker 1>even though I'm not a huge baseball fan, I do

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<v Speaker 1>love the strange team names that stick around for little

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<v Speaker 1>bits of time. Like in Brooklyn, the baseball team was

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<v Speaker 1>called the Brooklyn Bridegrooms for a season, and I guess

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<v Speaker 1>this is because like a number of them all got

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<v Speaker 1>married in one season and that's just the nickname they

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<v Speaker 1>took on. And similarly, the Cubs used to be called

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<v Speaker 1>the White Stockings, which you know isn't particularly useful since

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<v Speaker 1>they also have the White Sox in Chicago. And then

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<v Speaker 1>they lost their manager, who's called Track wasn't renewed, I guess,

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<v Speaker 1>and the team went by the name the Chicago Orphan,

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<v Speaker 1>so sad, you know, it's sad, And they were horrible

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<v Speaker 1>because obviously teams aren't great when they don't have managers.

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<v Speaker 1>But then they started rebuilding the team with these super

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<v Speaker 1>talented players, but all of them were really really young,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's how they got the name the Cubs. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't like the super formal name. Apparently there's the

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<v Speaker 1>site Wrigley Ivy and it says that young players were

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<v Speaker 1>commonly called cubs or cults or you know, other young

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<v Speaker 1>animal names. But then this type that are in Chicago

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<v Speaker 1>may have accidentally like capitalized the description in print, and

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<v Speaker 1>that nickname stuck. I do like this idea that a

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<v Speaker 1>team could have a different name every couple of years,

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<v Speaker 1>just based on something the team has been up to,

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<v Speaker 1>or like this idea if they all got married so

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<v Speaker 1>they were the bride groups. But actually I looked up

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<v Speaker 1>to Chicago Bears and I've got a quick one about

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<v Speaker 1>the Super Bowls shuffle. So did you realize it was

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<v Speaker 1>nominated for a Grammy? I mean, it is such a

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<v Speaker 1>novelty song and it's hard to imagine any critics actually

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<v Speaker 1>liking it. Well, the stray in this part is that

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<v Speaker 1>it was beat out by Prince and the Revolutions Kiss

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<v Speaker 1>and thank thank goodness it was beat out. If it

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<v Speaker 1>had beaten that song, that's ridiculous and it's crazy to

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<v Speaker 1>think that they were even in the same category. But

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<v Speaker 1>one other thing I didn't realize, but the year the

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<v Speaker 1>Bears won the Super Bowl was also the year of

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<v Speaker 1>the Challenger disaster, and that happened around the same time.

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<v Speaker 1>So the team actually never got to visit the White

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<v Speaker 1>House for for understandable reasons. But they did eventually get

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<v Speaker 1>to go when fellow Chicago and Barack Obama invited the

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<v Speaker 1>team to the White House twenty five years later. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>that is crazy that they had to wait twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>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 of episodes back,

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

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<v Speaker 1>Is the fact that that you keep sending me Fozzy

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<v Speaker 1>Bear jokes from Twitter? Is that? Is that what your

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<v Speaker 1>fact is? I mean, they're so corny. Actually, have you

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<v Speaker 1>seen that Mike particularly especial where he talks about the

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<v Speaker 1>one time he had to follow Fozzy Bear on a

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<v Speaker 1>comedy tour, like Fozzy Bear open for him and he said,

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<v Speaker 1>it was so difficult because, you know, any bad joke

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<v Speaker 1>Fozzy tells, he's beloved because it was Waca Waca walk along,

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<v Speaker 1>the audience just eats it up, and he's a friendly

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<v Speaker 1>a hard act to follow up. The one thing I

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<v Speaker 1>was going to say was that on the original Muppet Show,

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<v Speaker 1>the gag was that Fozzy Bear would tell jokes that

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<v Speaker 1>were so bad that he'd then get no reaction and

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<v Speaker 1>he gets so upset that you get depressed or even

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<v Speaker 1>start to cry. And you know, that sounds funny and theory,

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<v Speaker 1>but apparently the audiences didn't know what to do, like

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<v Speaker 1>they mostly just felt bad for him, and it made

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<v Speaker 1>the segments really really awkward. So when Henson and Frank

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<v Speaker 1>Oz were retooling the character, they played down the sympathy

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<v Speaker 1>aspects and just made him this sort of eternally optimistic,

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<v Speaker 1>deluted bear who you know, still gets tomatoes and tomatoes

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<v Speaker 1>soup thrown at him, but he believes he's crushing it

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<v Speaker 1>on stage every time. Also, they friendly retooled his eyebrows

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<v Speaker 1>in the process, because they used to make Fozzy Bear

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<v Speaker 1>frown more, you know, when he was getting upset, and

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<v Speaker 1>they had this apparatus built in the puppet that frank

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<v Speaker 1>Oz could like pull so that the eyebrows shifted down,

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<v Speaker 1>but then the hat mostly covered them up and they

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<v Speaker 1>retooled the characters, so then they dropped that element. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm gonna try to bring this back to real bears.

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<v Speaker 1>Nothing gets fozzy, right, But I actually like reading about

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<v Speaker 1>all the unusual skills that they have. They have this

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<v Speaker 1>incredible sense of smell and and this is how extreme

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<v Speaker 1>it gets. So there's seven times better smelling than a bloodhound.

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<v Speaker 1>A polar bear can actually smell seals from twenty miles away,

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<v Speaker 1>and can smell a seal under the ice through its

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<v Speaker 1>breathing hole from a mile over as it really is.

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<v Speaker 1>And so they're also pretty crafty. This is according to

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<v Speaker 1>metal Flaws. They will roll rocks into a bear trap

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<v Speaker 1>in order to set them off. But the most intriguing

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<v Speaker 1>thing to me was that bears are apparently good at math.

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<v Speaker 1>This comes from nat Geo, and it says bears actually

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<v Speaker 1>have the largest brain of any carnivore, and scientists wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to find out whether they could count, so they set

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<v Speaker 1>up these side by side tug screens where bears would

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<v Speaker 1>have to paw or touch their nose to the screen

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<v Speaker 1>with more dots on them, and when they picked the

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<v Speaker 1>screen with more dots, they got a little treat. Apparently

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<v Speaker 1>bears are very motivated by treats. And as scientists kept

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<v Speaker 1>varying the size and the colors of the dots, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there might have been fifteen tiny dots on one screen

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<v Speaker 1>and twelve on another, these genius bears kept picking the

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<v Speaker 1>right one. In fact, the biggest problem with the study

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<v Speaker 1>ended up being that all the bears wanted to participate

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<v Speaker 1>at the same time, and the scientists didn't have enough

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<v Speaker 1>testing stations for them. You know, like I said, they

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<v Speaker 1>are very motivated by treats. Well, we've still got two

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<v Speaker 1>more bear facts as you get to but before we do,

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<v Speaker 1>let's take a quick break. Welcome back to Part time Genius.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, well, I was thinking about that story

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<v Speaker 1>you told about that dude who bought two dogs and

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<v Speaker 1>they turned out to be bears, and it reminded me

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<v Speaker 1>of this great story about Lord Byron at college. Apparently,

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<v Speaker 1>the rule at Cambridge was that you couldn't have dogs

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<v Speaker 1>on campus, and Byron was so irritated that he decided

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

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<v Speaker 1>out and get himself a bear, like a team bear,

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<v Speaker 1>and there were of course no explicit rules about having

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<v Speaker 1>a bear on campus, though I guess he got away

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<v Speaker 1>with it, and he had actually frequently walking around campus

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<v Speaker 1>on a leash. But the funniest part is that people

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<v Speaker 1>kept asking him what are you gonna do with that bear?

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<v Speaker 1>And his standard reply was he was going to try

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<v Speaker 1>to get him enrolled at the school and have him

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<v Speaker 1>sit for a fellowship. Apparently that part of the plan

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<v Speaker 1>never came through. Wow, that's pretty crazy. So is that

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<v Speaker 1>what you're using for your last fact? Actually, I've got

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<v Speaker 1>another one I want to do, so I actually think

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<v Speaker 1>this is pretty interesting. And I realized this when I

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<v Speaker 1>was reading a Barnstein Bears book about Easter to my daughter,

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<v Speaker 1>and as I was reading it, I realized it was

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<v Speaker 1>less about the chocolate bunnies and Easter egg hunt, and

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<v Speaker 1>there was a little more overt religion in there than

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<v Speaker 1>I was expecting. You know, it was more explicit that

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<v Speaker 1>then i'd remembered. And I guess I was a little

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<v Speaker 1>confused because I started wondering, like I had the Berenstein

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<v Speaker 1>Bears always been talking about religion like jars of Clay

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<v Speaker 1>and then I just hadn't picked up on it, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>And I've been confused about this stuff in the past year,

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<v Speaker 1>like not growing up Christian. I didn't realize that Aslan

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<v Speaker 1>and uh lyon the Witch and the Wardrobe was supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to be christ until one of my best friends pointed

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<v Speaker 1>out to me. Or I remember finding Archie comics online

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>I was curious that the Behrenstein 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 stand 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 themed

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

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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 Love the Barrenstein Bears say their prayers? Who are

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<v Speaker 1>the Barrenstein Bears go to Sunday School? That generally indicates

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<v Speaker 1>he's the one who wrote it. That's interesting. All right, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>since we're sticking with fictional bears here, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>join you with a Paddington fact. So did you know

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<v Speaker 1>that Paddington was originally written to be from Africa? Um?

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>So this ad Kevin and people were pissed. I bet

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<v Speaker 1>they were. They felt like Packington was a sellout. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I knew that Payington's from Darkest Peru, but why was

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<v Speaker 1>he from Africa before that? Well, this was a last

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<v Speaker 1>minute adjustment and it was pointed out to author Michael

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<v Speaker 1>Bond that bears don't really live in Africa, so he

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<v Speaker 1>pivoted to Darkness Peru and that's where he based his

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<v Speaker 1>creature on this spectacled bear. Well, I mean, I liked

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of these bear facts. I've got to say

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<v Speaker 1>my favorite was that bears can do math problems. So

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<v Speaker 1>I think you're gonna take the trophy this week. All right, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you very much. It's an honor, and thank you

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<v Speaker 1>guys for this thing. We'll be back with a full

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<v Speaker 1>length episode tomorrow. M