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Speaker 1: Part one, Why it's the way it.

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Speaker 2: Is today and why it's the way it is, We're

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Speaker 2: gonna dig into a weird word that you probably haven't

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Speaker 2: heard before. That word is crepuscular. Now, this is one

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Speaker 2: of my favorite words. I like saying it because it

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Speaker 2: kind of solves a little bit of a riddle, as

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Speaker 2: i'll explain. But to get into what crepuscular means, well,

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Speaker 2: first you should practice saying it one So work with

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Speaker 2: me here, crepuscular. Okay, Now, now that you got it,

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Speaker 2: we're gonna dig into what it means. But to dig

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Speaker 2: into what it means, to dig into like why it's

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Speaker 2: the way it is, we're gonna talk about another word

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Speaker 2: that I bet you you've heard before, and that word.

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Speaker 1: Is called nocturnal.

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Speaker 2: Now, nocturnal means this nocturnals means something that's active at night.

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Speaker 1: Okay. So if you're the kind of.

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Speaker 2: doing stuff, people might say like, oh, they're nocturnal. Mean

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Speaker 2: they're like most active at night. They kind of feel

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Speaker 2: at night. So you'll hear people mention how they sometimes

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Speaker 2: they need to get done, they'll go nocturnal, right, they'll

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Speaker 2: animal world, nocturnal refers to this whole group of animals

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Speaker 2: there are nocturnal fish. They are nocturnal mammals. Within that,

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Speaker 2: you got nocturnal rodents, you got nocturnal bats. No, no, no, no, okay,

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Speaker 2: you a sense. One of my favorite nocturnal animals is

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Speaker 2: the apossum. Now, you will occasionally run into an apossum

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Speaker 2: in the daytime, but for the most part, they hide

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Speaker 2: time I was out with my brother Danny, and we

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Speaker 2: and I looked down into that hole and guess what.

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Speaker 2: saying you should do this, but I actually, just out

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Speaker 2: But I pulled him out by his tail and we

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Speaker 2: it's probably not a good idea to bother stuff like that.

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Speaker 1: But I was little, and you know, like.

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Speaker 2: He was curious about stuff, and that's what I did.

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Speaker 2: There's another word that we're gonna get to now, before

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Speaker 2: we get to crepuscular, We're going to get to diurnal. Now,

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Speaker 2: you hear diurnal less than nocturnal, like you hear diurnal

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Speaker 2: You don't see seagulls flying around in the dark too much.

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Speaker 2: a critter that's crepuscular. Now, crepuscular means kind of in

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Speaker 2: at dawn and at dusk. That is because deer are crepuscular.

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Speaker 2: They like low light conditions, not totally dark, not totally daytime.

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Speaker 2: the evening. Why the evening's cool. In the evening, you're

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Speaker 1: So through that.

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Speaker 2: And that's what makes the magic hour. And the magic

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Speaker 2: be able to describe yourself as a crepuscular wildlife viewer.

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Speaker 1: You like to get out and view.

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Speaker 2: Wildlife in the low light conditions dawn and evening.

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Speaker 1: Part two, Guess that Critter.

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Speaker 3: It's time for Guess that critter. Where we play animal

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Speaker 3: sounds and you've got to guess what animal is making

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Speaker 3: those sounds. You'll learn some neat facts about these animals

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Speaker 3: and develop your ear to better identify their sounds in

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Speaker 3: the wild or in this case, maybe in your attic too.

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Speaker 3: And don't worry, we'll throw in some clues along the way.

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Speaker 3: Now listen closely. These are social mammals that often live

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Speaker 3: in family groups. In the spring and summer. It's common

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Speaker 3: evening to search for food. You may hear them chittering

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Speaker 3: like this or purring to express contentment. And here's what

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Speaker 3: the babies or kits sound like.

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Speaker 2: Is it a chipmunk?

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Speaker 1: Ooh?

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Speaker 3: Not quite. While these animals do make fun and interesting

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Speaker 4: This is a quiz show for kids who love the outdoors.

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Speaker 5: Take it away, Spencer.

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Speaker 4: Today, I'm joined by Jimmy, Rosie, Matthew, Aina, Mabel, Hayden, Conley, Read,

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Speaker 4: Question one, which of these animals does not have an exoskeleton?

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Speaker 4: Two of them have an exoskeleton, one of them does not.

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Speaker 4: All arthropods and insects have exoskeletons. Question two, What state

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Speaker 4: What state is home to Rocky Mountain National Park? Colorado,

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Speaker 4: About half of you got it right. A carabiner is

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Speaker 4: A vestibule is a covered area next to your tent door,

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Speaker 5: One hundred eighty dollars?

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Speaker 4: One hundred eighty dollars and that's going to take me

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Speaker 4: fishing dot org. Well done, kids, Join us next time

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Speaker 4: for more meat Eater Kids Trivia, the only other game

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Speaker 4: show where conservation always wins.

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Speaker 5: Thank you so much for listening. We really hope you

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Speaker 5: in next week for another episode Me Your Kids