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Speaker 1: Welcome to Creature feature production of I Heart Radio. I'm

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Speaker 1: your host of Many Parasites, Katie Golden. I studied psychology

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Speaker 1: and evolutionary biology. And wait, what's that? Do you hear that?

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Speaker 1: Oh my god? It's a bird eisode, an episode dedicated

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Speaker 1: entirely to birds. Today we're talking thirsty birds. These avians

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Speaker 1: are some regular Fabians. Wait, Fabian, I don't know, Babian,

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Speaker 1: baby Fabian? What do you mean like Fabio, like the

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Speaker 1: romance novel guy, Yes, it's I'm gonna change it to Fabio.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if Fabian. These avians are some regular

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Speaker 1: fabios ruling the ladies with spectacular displays of romance. Why

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Speaker 1: do birds dance? Why do some birds do the moonwalk?

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Speaker 1: What's the weirdest mating call? And can you walk on water?

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Speaker 1: If you love someone? In to discover this more as

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Speaker 1: we answer the angel question, which lucky single bird will

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Speaker 1: my guests choose? On the mating game. So, birds are

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Speaker 1: a unique class of animal. They're thirsty as heck. They

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Speaker 1: go through intense, incredible, intricate mating rituals to impress their

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Speaker 1: prospective partners. They will perform complex song and dance routines.

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Speaker 1: On the name of catching some birdie's eye, and they'll

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Speaker 1: where gaudy outfits of brilliant feathers, inflatable goldor pouches, and

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Speaker 1: dangling wattles. So why do birds engage in such complicated

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Speaker 1: courtship displays. The simple answer is that it's a test

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Speaker 1: of fitness. Birds must invest a lot of time, effort,

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Speaker 1: and energy into laying eggs, sitting on them, and feeding

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Speaker 1: their chicks, so finding the fittest or most faithful partner

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Speaker 1: is important. But this simple explanation becomes more muddied when

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Speaker 1: you factor in some of the more complex effects of

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Speaker 1: sexual selection. Sexual selection is process by which evolution shapes

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Speaker 1: animals based on their ability to find an impressimate enough

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Speaker 1: to pass on their genes. So what can happen with

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Speaker 1: sexual selection is exaggerated runaway traits that may have nothing

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Speaker 1: to do with actual physical fitness but purely appealed to

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Speaker 1: the female bird's sense of beauty. Take, for instance, a long,

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Speaker 1: fancy tail like those found on birds of Paradise or

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Speaker 1: the Great Argus. These tales may have nothing to do

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Speaker 1: with physical fitness and may in fact handicap the bird's

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Speaker 1: ability to fly or maneuver but at some point females

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Speaker 1: found this long, exaggerated tail attractive. Maybe a slightly longer

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Speaker 1: tail originally indicated fitness, but females were so into it

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Speaker 1: the tail got longer and longer and more extravagant. This

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Speaker 1: is a theory put forth by the book The Evolution

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Speaker 1: of Beauty by Richard Prum, which suggests that birds became

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Speaker 1: so fancy because well, female birds thought it looked great

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Speaker 1: and they were super into it. As we discuss bird

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Speaker 1: courtship displays, it will become clear that many of these

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Speaker 1: rituals go beyond simple utility and into pure bird high fashion.

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Speaker 1: Joining me today to talk about these thirsty birds as

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Speaker 1: comedian and bird lover, not like a bird who's a

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Speaker 1: lover or a lover of a bird, but a human

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Speaker 1: who appreciates birds. Can you yes, hello, I could be

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Speaker 1: the other two types of bird lover as well. You

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Speaker 1: will be eventually okay podcast, Yeah, I can't wait looking

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Speaker 1: forward to it, Like do you love a bird? Issode?

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Speaker 1: So thanks for bringing me I was. I knew I

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Speaker 1: had to have you on because we talked about this

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Speaker 1: and you were really excited about talking about bird dances

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Speaker 1: and birds basically birds. They get crazy when they get

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Speaker 1: into the mating rituals. They get a little funky, they

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Speaker 1: go crazy, they go all out, they go all the

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Speaker 1: bells and whistles. It's too many steps, a lot of them.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I said this last time, but it's just

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Speaker 1: too much work, right, It's very extra, yeah, extra. It's

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Speaker 1: by doing magic tricks and he just like pulled out

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Speaker 1: it was like like bits of rope and cards and stuff.

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Speaker 1: That is the closest you'll get to a bird mating exactly,

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Speaker 1: somebody doing at least three magic tricks to repress you.

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Speaker 1: It was at a dog park. What a what a

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Speaker 1: place of romance. That's amazing that he just had his

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Speaker 1: What a jam of a man. That's wonderful. So first

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Speaker 1: I want to talk about one of the most complicated

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Speaker 1: and spectacular mating rituals. Let's talk about some Greebes. Greebs

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Speaker 1: you ever seen a gree before. Here's the thing. I

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Speaker 1: think I've said this before. I um, look, at a

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Speaker 1: are where they're from. Well, so you don't, I mean,

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Speaker 1: from Florida, like Frank and Florida, and he's like a

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Speaker 1: frigate bird and those are you know that that helps

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Speaker 1: I want to talk about one species of grebe in particular,

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Speaker 1: the western grebe. So these grebes live in the lakes

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Speaker 1: central Mexico. So here's a here's a picture I've seen

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Speaker 1: that I've seen that bird before. You've seen that bird,

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Speaker 1: this one in particular, Yes, I've seen well, I don't

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Speaker 1: on the multiple bird instagrams I follow. I've a yes,

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Speaker 1: So it's it's an aquatic bird. It kind of looks

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Speaker 1: like smaller swan or like a goose. But it's got

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Speaker 1: have longer, thicker bills, and when prenting themselves, this is

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Speaker 1: males and females. All these birds. When prenting themselves, they

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Speaker 1: will swallow their own feathers to pad the insides of

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Speaker 1: their stomach to protect it from fishbones. I mean, I've

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Speaker 1: got a fishbone cut in my throat and feathers. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: just empty like rip open a pillow and empty that

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Speaker 1: as I get home. Give good advice on this show totally. So.

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Speaker 1: They have one of the most beautiful involved mating dances

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Speaker 1: and process. I would expect nothing less. So let's let's

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Speaker 1: start at the beginning. First, they will send out a loud,

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Speaker 1: high pitched call this which is called advertising. It is

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Speaker 1: I mean sex cells it does it does, doesn't it?

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Speaker 1: Bird sex really sell, you know, just like a khloec

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Speaker 1: does make the money. Okay, yeah, the kloe kloeca is

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Speaker 1: the birdhole though kloecs make of the money once they

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Speaker 1: And the first part of the ritual is the dip shake,

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Speaker 1: just yeah, they're just running on some tippy toes right

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Speaker 1: across the water. Wow, this posture is certainly something. Yes,

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Speaker 1: So they stick their heads up in the air and

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Speaker 1: It looks like they look like it's like a freaking

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Speaker 1: bird ballet. It's crazy. Wait, how far do they go?

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Speaker 1: They can go a good, good distance. They just wow,

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Speaker 1: not a bird? Sorry, fine, but they can slap their

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Speaker 1: really you're trying to impress the mate too, because it's

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Speaker 1: not complete. I didn't think so. Two steps not anything.

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Speaker 1: If they're into each other, that comes to the next

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Speaker 1: all the jokes. Of course, birds do not smoke cannabis.

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Speaker 1: So look, I know everyone was going, they're like, oh man,

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Speaker 1: Katie's gonna make some sick weed jokes or twenty you know,

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Speaker 1: we should stop. So what happens is they will hold

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Speaker 1: each other's eyes, and weave their heads back and forth

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Speaker 1: and circle each other. You have to see this, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: like now this, I have questions about what does this

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Speaker 1: show off? Um, they're literally just holding a bunch of

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Speaker 1: it has one of my favorite bird calls, of a wonder.

424
00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:10,480
Speaker 1: It's a one hit wonder, top of the charts forever.

425
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,800
Speaker 1: So this is the black bellied bustard and it is

426
00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,800
Speaker 1: a ground dwelling bird that lives in the grasslands and

427
00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:21,760
Speaker 1: woodlands of sub Saharan Africa. It's about two ft long.

428
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:25,119
Speaker 1: It's got a long neck and pointed beak and long legs.

429
00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,560
Speaker 1: They're kind of a tan buff color. The males have

430
00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,760
Speaker 1: a black belly lined in white streaks. Well, how would

431
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,719
Speaker 1: you describe this bird. It's sort of like, I don't know,

432
00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:37,200
Speaker 1: this is wrong because it's a whole different family of birds,

433
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:43,560
Speaker 1: but it's like pheasants that I think that's that's appropriate. Yeah,

434
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:45,600
Speaker 1: but it's kind kind of it's a lot more simple.

435
00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:50,120
Speaker 1: It's it's more like brown colored, a little sleeker, longer neck,

436
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,440
Speaker 1: not as many dude outs coming off of it. Legs,

437
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:58,080
Speaker 1: but legs though, But those legs though, good legs. And

438
00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,120
Speaker 1: they are omnivores. They base sickly eat whatever they can

439
00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:07,600
Speaker 1: get in their mouths, so seeds, nuts, berries, small mammals, snakes, lizards, bugs,

440
00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:13,880
Speaker 1: anything your hands. So the males will try to win

441
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:17,480
Speaker 1: over females with a very interesting mating call. It kind

442
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,480
Speaker 1: of sounds like a wheezy whistle and then like a

443
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:24,199
Speaker 1: champagne bottle being on court. So let me, let me

444
00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:32,000
Speaker 1: have you listened to this? What? And that's that's their

445
00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:34,160
Speaker 1: only that's the only mating call. That's the only thing

446
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:35,840
Speaker 1: they do. It sounds like, you know, the tricker you

447
00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:38,199
Speaker 1: put like your thumb in your mouth and then can

448
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:39,800
Speaker 1: you do that? I can't do and let me try.

449
00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:44,200
Speaker 1: It's not gonna Yeah, it's more of a pop. Yeah.

450
00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,720
Speaker 1: I'm some people. Oh it's the one where you like, um,

451
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:48,919
Speaker 1: tap your cheek. Yeah, and it sounds like a little

452
00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:50,919
Speaker 1: drop of water. We can't do it as good as

453
00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:53,480
Speaker 1: this bird man. Yeah, I'm not going to attract any

454
00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:56,960
Speaker 1: female black bellies with that garbage. In a way, but yeah,

455
00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:00,520
Speaker 1: it sounds like like a champagne bottle being and corked

456
00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:03,840
Speaker 1: and like there are some accounts of these biologists saying

457
00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,400
Speaker 1: like they were like like in these woodlands and just

458
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,480
Speaker 1: like heard they thought it was a champagne bottle, and

459
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,280
Speaker 1: it's just like what what is that? Does the reverse happen?

460
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:18,760
Speaker 1: Those biologists just out there partyne and a bunch of

461
00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:24,439
Speaker 1: female a bunch of horny birds come over. We're ready.

462
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,239
Speaker 1: I mean it works on me, to be honest, get it,

463
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:32,600
Speaker 1: get it, I get it. So let's look at another

464
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:36,240
Speaker 1: pretty spectacular bird mating calls. So this is the club

465
00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:39,640
Speaker 1: winged mannequin. Now I love this bird because again it's

466
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:43,000
Speaker 1: another mannequin and these are just crazy birds that go

467
00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,960
Speaker 1: all out with mating. And this one is a great

468
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:51,600
Speaker 1: example of that evolution of beauty idea because their evolutionary

469
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:54,840
Speaker 1: traits for their bird call have kind of hampered them,

470
00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,760
Speaker 1: kind of been a handicap for them, but it's really

471
00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,560
Speaker 1: effective for mating. So let me know this to you

472
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:08,920
Speaker 1: just pooped, I did see that? Kind of describe what

473
00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:12,120
Speaker 1: you're seeing there? Okay, Well it looks so it dips

474
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:13,880
Speaker 1: its head down, it sticks its butt up and then

475
00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 1: it looks like it's like you blew into a whistle,

476
00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:18,600
Speaker 1: like this whole bird turns into a whistle and it

477
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:21,920
Speaker 1: makes like the sound, and then it's but comes up

478
00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:23,520
Speaker 1: in the air and its wings sort of fan out.

479
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,600
Speaker 1: And what if I told you it's not using its

480
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,680
Speaker 1: styris at all to make this. Yeah, I knew it.

481
00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:30,600
Speaker 1: It's coming out of its butt, isn't it. Come on,

482
00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:36,160
Speaker 1: it's actually coming out of its wings. So this is

483
00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:40,000
Speaker 1: the club winged mannequin. And they like to beat, pop

484
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,960
Speaker 1: and lock it basically, and that little like little like

485
00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:47,360
Speaker 1: pepper ye, that is the sound of their wings vibrating.

486
00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:50,600
Speaker 1: So they're found in the cloud forest of the Andes

487
00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:54,080
Speaker 1: Mountains of Columbian, Ecuador. Uh. They use their wings in

488
00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:58,760
Speaker 1: a way very similar to how crickets rub their wings together. Yeah.

489
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,920
Speaker 1: So their wings have these if modified feathers that will

490
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,760
Speaker 1: produce sounds when smacking against each other when the bird

491
00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:08,680
Speaker 1: shakes them, so like kind of like a bunch of castanets,

492
00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 1: I guess. And so they have evolved these solid wingbones

493
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,160
Speaker 1: like as you know, like a lot of wingbones are

494
00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:20,240
Speaker 1: actually kind of hollow, which allows better flight, but they

495
00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:22,760
Speaker 1: have to be solid otherwise they would just snap these

496
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,719
Speaker 1: wings in half when they're when they're vibrating them and

497
00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:29,200
Speaker 1: when they're doing this like wing beatboxing, and it can

498
00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:32,920
Speaker 1: shake its wings over a hundred times a second, creating

499
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:37,480
Speaker 1: complex sounds. And this makes their wings less efficient for flying,

500
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:42,760
Speaker 1: but great at buzzing. Fly. Yeah they can, but yeah,

501
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:46,760
Speaker 1: it's they're they're more clumsy flying, which seems like that

502
00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:49,680
Speaker 1: would be bad for their overall fitness. But the ladies

503
00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:52,480
Speaker 1: love it. The ladies love a man who can't fly

504
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:54,560
Speaker 1: very good. It's kind of like, I mean, like, I

505
00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:57,280
Speaker 1: feel like this happens in human culture a lot, but

506
00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,240
Speaker 1: the inverse where women do stuff like we have to

507
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:03,480
Speaker 1: wear high heels or do these like you know, this

508
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,560
Speaker 1: crazy stuff to like look attractive, but then we can't walk.

509
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:10,120
Speaker 1: That's true. Then this is this bird. This is this bird,

510
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:12,400
Speaker 1: and you know, I feel like it's just not it's

511
00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:15,800
Speaker 1: these standards, you know, having solid bones in your wings.

512
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:21,480
Speaker 1: Come on, dang the media female gaze man. Yeah exactly. Uh.

513
00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:24,960
Speaker 1: And now I want to talk about another bird. This

514
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:29,600
Speaker 1: is called the capuchin bird, sort of like the capuchin monkey. Yeah, exactly,

515
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,680
Speaker 1: named after the same group of monks, and you will

516
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:35,400
Speaker 1: find out. Why once you take a look at these guys,

517
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:38,240
Speaker 1: let me get you. I'm looking at a picture. This

518
00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:42,880
Speaker 1: is a funny looking bird. Yeah. So it's about the

519
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:46,000
Speaker 1: size of a small crow. And while it's not closely

520
00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,800
Speaker 1: related to crows and it's not a corvid, it kind

521
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:51,640
Speaker 1: of looks like, say you gave a crow a big,

522
00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 1: fluffy brown body, and then it just has a bald

523
00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:59,480
Speaker 1: forehead and beak. It's got that crow face. And then yeah,

524
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:02,920
Speaker 1: it just looks like it's wearing some like very fuzzy

525
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:06,120
Speaker 1: brown jacket exactly with a hood up or something like

526
00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:09,400
Speaker 1: a big fuzzy brown parker. I think they're named after

527
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:13,120
Speaker 1: the compuchins because it looks like a hood It's like

528
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:16,680
Speaker 1: a brown hooded monks robe. Look like the spy versus

529
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:22,240
Speaker 1: spy guys. Yeah, the face does. Yeah. So they're found

530
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:26,360
Speaker 1: in the humid forests in South America, and males and

531
00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:30,040
Speaker 1: females look basically the same. I mean, look they look

532
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:33,160
Speaker 1: how they look, you know, that's them. That's them. They

533
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,560
Speaker 1: aren't really going to impress you with their beauty. So

534
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:40,520
Speaker 1: males will gather in lex high in the forest canopy. Now,

535
00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:44,320
Speaker 1: so a leck is like a big group a big

536
00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:48,360
Speaker 1: area where male birds will come to display for females.

537
00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:51,280
Speaker 1: So it's like a stage, like a stage where a

538
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:54,000
Speaker 1: bunch of or like a runway. They're all just like,

539
00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 1: here's my stuff for their looks, uh, elect for their

540
00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:05,120
Speaker 1: love it. I love that good, nice, nicely done. So

541
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:09,200
Speaker 1: they rather than try to impress the females with their beauty,

542
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:13,160
Speaker 1: which is non existent. Now there. I love these birds.

543
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:16,800
Speaker 1: They're fun looking. They're kind of fun, which is weird, right, No, No,

544
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:19,440
Speaker 1: I love them. I'm into him. But they their main

545
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:23,120
Speaker 1: thing is they're a very interesting call. And when I

546
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:27,440
Speaker 1: say interesting, it's not not quite like like this isn't

547
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:31,560
Speaker 1: this isn't like amazing singing. This isn't like Lizzo, but

548
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:34,719
Speaker 1: they are. They are singing their truth. So it's like

549
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:39,520
Speaker 1: me singing yes, yes, I'm there with you. So here

550
00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:47,560
Speaker 1: it is very flat, a little bit well we'll flat,

551
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:56,320
Speaker 1: little pitchy. Yeah, okay, get it. I don't know. I'm

552
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 1: a little turned on by that. Wow, you love a

553
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:04,600
Speaker 1: solemn lat pitchy. I love a sort of growling buzz

554
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:10,919
Speaker 1: moan thing going on, you know. Yeah. So what's cool

555
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,840
Speaker 1: about these guys is that they have these big air

556
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:17,399
Speaker 1: sacks on their throats that will inflate and they will

557
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:20,360
Speaker 1: act as these resonance chambers that allow them to be

558
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:23,799
Speaker 1: heard over great distances. So when they when they do

559
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:26,920
Speaker 1: sort of these these very odd sounding booty calls, you

560
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:28,680
Speaker 1: can hear it all the way across from the other

561
00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:31,000
Speaker 1: side of the forest canopy. Damn, I got some good

562
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:36,200
Speaker 1: receptions four bars. But you can actually so these the

563
00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:38,000
Speaker 1: skin on these air sax is kind of thin, so

564
00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:41,400
Speaker 1: when they inflate it their feathers, but you can like

565
00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:45,840
Speaker 1: see the light beaming through their throats kind of glowing.

566
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:50,920
Speaker 1: It's incredible. Yeah, and that I'm into these birds. I

567
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,719
Speaker 1: love these like uh and I do also like that

568
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,919
Speaker 1: they kind of look like compuchin monks and they also

569
00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,319
Speaker 1: like their their chants are these sort of like these

570
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:05,680
Speaker 1: Grigorian cancel of like, man, it's very mystical. I feel

571
00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:07,840
Speaker 1: like I'm in a fantasy world where these birds are

572
00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:10,680
Speaker 1: going to take me on some kind of spiritual journey.

573
00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:14,440
Speaker 1: You can become the queen of the capuchin bird or

574
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:17,520
Speaker 1: like you know, the Dark Crystal universe. These are like

575
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,040
Speaker 1: all these birds are. These are for sure. It's sort

576
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:24,319
Speaker 1: of like not like the you have the rou and

577
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,840
Speaker 1: the skex is, but these are like the euro sketx

578
00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:30,400
Speaker 1: where it's like they have both that the sort of

579
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:35,760
Speaker 1: mystics and that weird bird face going on. Yeah yeah,

580
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:39,759
Speaker 1: And so now here's maybe the goofy ist call in

581
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:43,720
Speaker 1: the bird kingdom. This is the willow grouse or also

582
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:47,279
Speaker 1: called the willow ptarmigan, and it's a small grouse, which

583
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,600
Speaker 1: is a ground dwelling bird. Kind of like they they're

584
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:53,040
Speaker 1: they're sort of look a little bit like, um, it

585
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:54,759
Speaker 1: looks like a chicken to me if I'm looking at

586
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,840
Speaker 1: the same Yeah, like a sort of sort of chicken shaped.

587
00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:01,000
Speaker 1: But they're but they're they've got kind of a marbled

588
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:05,560
Speaker 1: reddish brown coloration. Females have a more subdued brown and

589
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:09,160
Speaker 1: also males have these eye waddles, so these fleshy extensions

590
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,440
Speaker 1: off the top of the eye that become red and

591
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:15,920
Speaker 1: engorged during mating seasons, so it looks like super awesome eyeshadow.

592
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:20,399
Speaker 1: But the best part of these birds is absolutely their

593
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:30,480
Speaker 1: mating calls. So let me okay, I'm so excited. Oh

594
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:52,320
Speaker 1: my god, do it again? What? Oh I don't know,

595
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:55,759
Speaker 1: Oh my god. They sound like crazy frog at ringtone, Yeah,

596
00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:58,759
Speaker 1: or like what was like the the coundar can or

597
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:03,040
Speaker 1: just do it over? I can't do it. I can't

598
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:05,240
Speaker 1: do it. Let's hear it one more time, okay, because

599
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:14,400
Speaker 1: this is just so good. It's it's so it's goofy.

600
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:19,360
Speaker 1: I can't too much. I don't know. I can't do it.

601
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:23,719
Speaker 1: Good for them that it's so good, so that that

602
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:28,000
Speaker 1: wins the goofiest. But they're they're the females are into it.

603
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:30,239
Speaker 1: They love it. I love it. I love it too.

604
00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 1: I picked this one. This is good. This isn't the

605
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:38,320
Speaker 1: mating game. Sorry, I'm sorry. Keep your feathers on all right. Sorry.

606
00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:48,240
Speaker 1: So the loudest bird on earth is no full volume

607
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:52,960
Speaker 1: into our earphones. So I want to talk about the

608
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:58,239
Speaker 1: male white bell bird. And they scream at females at

609
00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:01,680
Speaker 1: scream I'm this is not a joke. They scream at

610
00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:06,480
Speaker 1: females at rock concert levels. And so these birds live

611
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,720
Speaker 1: in the Amazon rainforest. It's actually in the same family

612
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:14,120
Speaker 1: of birds as the compuchan bird, but they look wildly different.

613
00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:16,480
Speaker 1: So it's a thing on their nose. Yeah, so that's

614
00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:19,319
Speaker 1: a wattle. So first, let me tell people what you're

615
00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:23,360
Speaker 1: looking at. It's no, that's cool. I just love that

616
00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:25,920
Speaker 1: that the introduction of this bird is what the hell

617
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:30,600
Speaker 1: of the what is going on with this bird? So

618
00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:33,640
Speaker 1: they're about the size and shape of a crow, maybe

619
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:37,280
Speaker 1: a little smaller, but the females are brownish, all of color,

620
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:40,800
Speaker 1: and the males are snow white. They have these big

621
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:44,279
Speaker 1: gray mouths and a long gray wattle and that's what

622
00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:47,600
Speaker 1: you're seeing, that fleshy protuberans, sort of like the wattle

623
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:50,319
Speaker 1: on a turkey, but that dangles off the side of

624
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:53,040
Speaker 1: his beak and it's nearly the length of his entire body.

625
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:56,600
Speaker 1: That's why I was very excited. It's a big old

626
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:59,400
Speaker 1: flesh tassel. I mean, that's its purpose is to excite

627
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:04,359
Speaker 1: the female, so it's got you already. But this ridiculous

628
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:07,960
Speaker 1: kind of fleshy beak tassel is not enough to woo

629
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:11,880
Speaker 1: the ladies. So they have to scream at your damaging levels,

630
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:15,360
Speaker 1: so they can produce a sound that can reach a

631
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:19,200
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty five decibels. So that's about as loud

632
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Speaker 1: as a jet plane takeoff, a siren, or a pneumatic

633
00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:25,040
Speaker 1: drill way. Yeah, so you want to hear it? I

634
00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:28,719
Speaker 1: guess here. Let me just to be safe, I'm going

635
00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:33,840
Speaker 1: to turn the lap top down, just just a scooch. Okay,

636
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:36,520
Speaker 1: look at this guy. I love When he turns his head,

637
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:46,280
Speaker 1: the wattle just jiggles uncontrollably. Wow. Yeah it's an alarm. Yeah,

638
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:49,640
Speaker 1: it just has like a hollow echo e like, yeah

639
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:54,160
Speaker 1: it does. It's like it's just like like if you go,

640
00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:56,040
Speaker 1: like you go on a date and a guy just

641
00:39:56,080 --> 00:40:03,920
Speaker 1: like blasts and airhorn in your I'm here let today, damn.

642
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:08,160
Speaker 1: So once the male has lured a female to his perch,

643
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:11,759
Speaker 1: he'll blast one more loud note in her face and

644
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:15,520
Speaker 1: she's well, actually, what's funny is the female seemed to

645
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:17,200
Speaker 1: catch on that the males are going to pull the

646
00:40:17,239 --> 00:40:19,879
Speaker 1: stunt because like in preparation they kind of scoot back

647
00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 1: a couple of ye yes that It's just it's I

648
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:26,920
Speaker 1: don't know that to me. It's so I guess on

649
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:30,360
Speaker 1: the nose where it's like it's like these males just

650
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:34,640
Speaker 1: going at like siren levels of wailing, just like come

651
00:40:34,719 --> 00:40:40,040
Speaker 1: get this, come on, get this, come get this bird,

652
00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:44,239
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, and then it's like they scream a

653
00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:46,200
Speaker 1: huge thank you in their face once you do get

654
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:56,360
Speaker 1: paid deck a tragic bay geez. Why do humans enjoy song.

655
00:40:56,920 --> 00:41:02,080
Speaker 1: This question has puzzled psychologists, neural just an evolutionary biologists

656
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:05,880
Speaker 1: for a long time. Music is universal, found in every

657
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:09,120
Speaker 1: culture all over the world, and has been ubiquitous throughout

658
00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:12,400
Speaker 1: known human history. We do know why music makes us

659
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:16,600
Speaker 1: feel good. Neurologically speaking, it sets off the dopamine reward

660
00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:20,200
Speaker 1: centers of the brain, like those that are triggered after eating.

661
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:22,920
Speaker 1: The question as to why it sets off the brain's

662
00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:27,560
Speaker 1: reward pathways is more mysterious, but there was one compelling

663
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:32,120
Speaker 1: theory from philosopher, composer and music theorist Leonard Mayer in

664
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:35,080
Speaker 1: the nineteen fifties. He argued that music is all about

665
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:38,880
Speaker 1: the setup of expectations. The pattern of rhythm and melody

666
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:41,960
Speaker 1: sets us up to make predictions about what note or

667
00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:45,520
Speaker 1: beat will come next, and we're rewarded when we gets right,

668
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:49,359
Speaker 1: or perhaps surprised and intrigued when we gets wrong. It's

669
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:52,400
Speaker 1: almost like a slot machine where we put our guesses

670
00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:56,160
Speaker 1: in and notes come out, an addictive game of auditory chance.

671
00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:59,440
Speaker 1: And the fact that these same dopenine reward systems are

672
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:02,640
Speaker 1: associate did with sex and drugs may make the lyrics sex,

673
00:42:02,719 --> 00:42:04,840
Speaker 1: drugs and rock and roll a bit on the nose

674
00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:08,200
Speaker 1: or on the beach. When we return, We're going live

675
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:10,760
Speaker 1: on the set of the popular bird dating game show,

676
00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:31,280
Speaker 1: The Mating Game. Welcome to the Mating Game, the Birden

677
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:36,359
Speaker 1: matchmaking Show. I'm your host and wing woman Katie Golden.

678
00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:42,399
Speaker 1: Like like a seagull? Yes wow. Four hopeful contestants will

679
00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:45,320
Speaker 1: strut their stuff in an effort to impress our lucky

680
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 1: guest Kima though, Wait, what what kind of bird are you? Anyways? Oh? Uh, okay?

681
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:54,640
Speaker 1: What bird? Can I answer? It? Into my name? Did

682
00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:59,920
Speaker 1: a goal? What you got? Katie? Kimmy up the partridge?

683
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:06,320
Speaker 1: Partridge wonderful? Count on you, so, Kimmia. You can ask

684
00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:09,919
Speaker 1: our hopeful contestants a series of questions to see who

685
00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:12,440
Speaker 1: you would like to take out on a date. You

686
00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:15,240
Speaker 1: and the winner will get an all expenses paid dining

687
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:19,560
Speaker 1: experience at Shay Worms, a restaurant that serves only worms.

688
00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:23,400
Speaker 1: Piles and piles and piles of worms. One of us

689
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:27,400
Speaker 1: is getting be really excited about. Yeah, so, Kimmy, are

690
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:31,879
Speaker 1: you ready to meet your suitors? I can't wait, yea. So.

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00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:36,800
Speaker 1: Contestant number one is Howard the bower Bird from Papua

692
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:40,760
Speaker 1: New Guinea, Contestant number two is frank At the frigate

693
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:45,720
Speaker 1: Bird from the Galapagos Islands. Contestant number three is Kevin

694
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:49,520
Speaker 1: the Kiwi from New Zealand, and Contestant number four is

695
00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:54,840
Speaker 1: Scourge Skull, the bald Eagle from the us um Okay.

696
00:43:55,160 --> 00:44:00,200
Speaker 1: I guess um, I'm not looking for anything too serious, uh,

697
00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:04,120
Speaker 1: but I would like to know you know, um, I

698
00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:07,799
Speaker 1: I notice what people are wearing when I first look

699
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:09,960
Speaker 1: at them. So I was just wondering, like, how would

700
00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:14,279
Speaker 1: you guys impress me with your looks to start? So

701
00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:17,359
Speaker 1: contested number one, how are the bower bird? How would

702
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:21,560
Speaker 1: you answer Keimmy's question? Yeah, I'm a flame bower bird.

703
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:25,480
Speaker 1: My name is Howard. How are the bower bird? I

704
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:27,960
Speaker 1: am a flame bower bird and I can be the

705
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:32,160
Speaker 1: flame to set your heart on fire. As you can see,

706
00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:37,120
Speaker 1: the outfit I'm wearing is very, very spectacular. Yes, I

707
00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:40,120
Speaker 1: have a flaming red head and chest that sort of

708
00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:43,120
Speaker 1: I like how it turns into this armor into this

709
00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:47,399
Speaker 1: bright yellow and around my belly, and I have these

710
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:50,880
Speaker 1: yellow eyes and I wear these black fingerless gloves for

711
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:56,120
Speaker 1: the fashion. Yes, and I think I look I am

712
00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:59,000
Speaker 1: the most spectacular bird. Here. Look, I'm not going to

713
00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:01,480
Speaker 1: men's words about a I blow these other birds out

714
00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:05,239
Speaker 1: of the water. Howard, you are on fire? Yeah, so

715
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:07,799
Speaker 1: I get it. You're very funny. I love it. I

716
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:12,359
Speaker 1: love it. Contestant number two, Frank the frigate Bird, How

717
00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:15,120
Speaker 1: would you answer Kimmy as a question? What what kind

718
00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:19,000
Speaker 1: of outfit are you going to wear to your date? Hey,

719
00:45:19,040 --> 00:45:21,960
Speaker 1: so my name is Frank. Frank. I'm a frigate bird.

720
00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:25,480
Speaker 1: In fact, I happened to be a magnificent frigatebird. Look

721
00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:29,680
Speaker 1: what can I say? The title is accurate. I live

722
00:45:29,719 --> 00:45:32,799
Speaker 1: on the Galapagos Islands. I got some cousins in Florida, though,

723
00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:34,960
Speaker 1: if you want to ask, So, I'm kind of a

724
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:38,560
Speaker 1: big fella. I'm about inches high. I got a wingspan

725
00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:40,920
Speaker 1: of eight feet and not the brag, not the brag.

726
00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:43,520
Speaker 1: So there's a lot of me. Look, but the way

727
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:47,640
Speaker 1: I address is mostly practical. I got a long, hooked beak.

728
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:51,320
Speaker 1: It's perfect for catching fish, like I will catch fish

729
00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:54,680
Speaker 1: it is. It is a great beak for catching fish.

730
00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:57,560
Speaker 1: I can shive so many fish in there you would

731
00:45:57,560 --> 00:46:01,760
Speaker 1: not believe. I got this hand so inky, black feathers

732
00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:04,839
Speaker 1: and okay, so you know I am a I am

733
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:08,440
Speaker 1: a guy with practicality, but I do like to impress

734
00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:10,799
Speaker 1: the lady. So when we're on a date, I got

735
00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:14,799
Speaker 1: this big red goler pouch like you wouldn't believe. And

736
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:17,040
Speaker 1: when we are on my date, I'm sorry, when we

737
00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:20,280
Speaker 1: are on our date, I will inflate this goler pouch

738
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:23,400
Speaker 1: and it will look like a big red balloon. It

739
00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:28,839
Speaker 1: is incredible. I love balloons. That's so wonderful. Frank, are

740
00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:31,480
Speaker 1: you gonna love this balloon? I can tell you. I

741
00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:36,680
Speaker 1: can tell you all right, Frank. So now Contestant number three,

742
00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:41,080
Speaker 1: Kevin the Kiwi, What what would you wear on your date?

743
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:47,320
Speaker 1: So my online is Keevan Keevan Achille. I'm from News Island. Um,

744
00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:52,920
Speaker 1: so look what can I say? I am this is

745
00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:56,840
Speaker 1: basically my only outfit. Um, I'm a small brown bird.

746
00:46:57,000 --> 00:47:01,840
Speaker 1: I do not have the capability of flight. Um I've

747
00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:07,800
Speaker 1: look I am covered in fluffy brown fur. And of

748
00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:12,120
Speaker 1: course I've got a bit of a long bike and

749
00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:14,719
Speaker 1: at the tips of my bike. Now this is sort

750
00:47:14,760 --> 00:47:16,600
Speaker 1: of interesting. I hope you like this. I hope you

751
00:47:16,680 --> 00:47:20,319
Speaker 1: find this interesting. I've got nostrils at the tip of

752
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:22,480
Speaker 1: my bike, and you see what I use that as

753
00:47:22,520 --> 00:47:25,200
Speaker 1: I stick him in the ground, right, and I get

754
00:47:25,239 --> 00:47:29,839
Speaker 1: worms out of the ground, get lots of worms. Okay, yeah,

755
00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:31,279
Speaker 1: you can get a lot of worms. Can you get

756
00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:34,400
Speaker 1: as many worms as Frank can get? Fish? Well, I

757
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:37,719
Speaker 1: don't like to, you know, compare myself. What I'm here for.

758
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:43,320
Speaker 1: I'm here to do Kevin. I mean, look, I'm pretty okay,

759
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:48,880
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I overwhelmed. Kevin's okay, cute little guy, you know,

760
00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:53,200
Speaker 1: shape block shaped, luck, a little ball? Yes, you are?

761
00:47:53,640 --> 00:47:57,480
Speaker 1: You look like the fruit the key wi now, Scared

762
00:47:57,560 --> 00:48:00,920
Speaker 1: Skull the bald eagle. Oh what what would you say

763
00:48:01,120 --> 00:48:04,080
Speaker 1: you would wear on your first day? Listen? My name

764
00:48:04,160 --> 00:48:08,400
Speaker 1: is Scourge Skull bad boy, and I'm a bald eagle. Listen,

765
00:48:08,560 --> 00:48:11,680
Speaker 1: I live in the us of a pretty in the

766
00:48:11,760 --> 00:48:15,320
Speaker 1: metal um. But you know, on on our first date,

767
00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:19,320
Speaker 1: I wear this. It's what do I say? I I

768
00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:23,560
Speaker 1: you know, I think I look pretty pretty metal already.

769
00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:28,480
Speaker 1: I've got razor sharp talents for ripping flesh off of creatures,

770
00:48:28,480 --> 00:48:30,920
Speaker 1: for digging into the skin of a fish and ripping

771
00:48:30,920 --> 00:48:34,200
Speaker 1: it out of the water. It's uh's And I've got

772
00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:37,520
Speaker 1: a brown jacket. No, I know, I like it's Yeah,

773
00:48:37,520 --> 00:48:40,200
Speaker 1: it's uh, you know, I actually really like it. My

774
00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:43,160
Speaker 1: grandma gave it to me. Yeah. I like the confidence

775
00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:46,080
Speaker 1: that you don't you know, no comovers or nothing. No, no,

776
00:48:46,239 --> 00:48:48,879
Speaker 1: you know what you know, you rock it out, rock

777
00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:52,120
Speaker 1: it out, man. Look, you know the lifestyle, the metal lifestyle.

778
00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:54,879
Speaker 1: It's all about just like you accept you accept your

779
00:48:54,880 --> 00:48:58,239
Speaker 1: mortality and look being a bald eagle. Look, it's not.

780
00:48:58,520 --> 00:49:01,480
Speaker 1: There's no shame in being a balled eagle. It is

781
00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:04,560
Speaker 1: you're like, hey, you know what, maybe I don't have

782
00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:07,160
Speaker 1: hair up top. I've just got some feathers, but you

783
00:49:07,200 --> 00:49:10,239
Speaker 1: know what, like that doesn't mean like, look, I embraced

784
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:13,600
Speaker 1: my mortality could happen at any time. Who cares? Who

785
00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:17,160
Speaker 1: cares what my flesh vehicle on this planet looks like? Yeah?

786
00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:21,840
Speaker 1: Rock and roll? Okay, how that was very impressive. You

787
00:49:21,840 --> 00:49:24,799
Speaker 1: guys are all very impressive. Well, yeah, thank you. I

788
00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:28,279
Speaker 1: know you're going to choose me. How so far you do? Look,

789
00:49:29,840 --> 00:49:33,560
Speaker 1: I know, well here's what I would like to know. So, um,

790
00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:35,759
Speaker 1: I know what you guys look like now, but what

791
00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:38,000
Speaker 1: would we do maybe on our first date? What would

792
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:40,440
Speaker 1: you do to impress me instead of like what you

793
00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:42,960
Speaker 1: look like? You know, how are the barrow bird. How

794
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:47,200
Speaker 1: would you answer this. I'm so glad you asked. Oh no,

795
00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:50,279
Speaker 1: I have a great date for you. Okay, So I

796
00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:55,000
Speaker 1: will built for you a bower. You get it in

797
00:49:55,120 --> 00:50:01,800
Speaker 1: someone name power. So okay, I'm so excited. So in

798
00:50:02,320 --> 00:50:05,719
Speaker 1: my area, in my little area, I have gathertte the

799
00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:09,960
Speaker 1: most spectacular sticks for you, and I have built a

800
00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:13,160
Speaker 1: horror way out of sticks. Now, now this is the

801
00:50:13,239 --> 00:50:17,880
Speaker 1: best part. I have put berries inside of this holloway

802
00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:20,719
Speaker 1: of sticks and they are blue. I've even put some

803
00:50:20,840 --> 00:50:25,040
Speaker 1: flowers and berries. I really like the color blue, and

804
00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:29,319
Speaker 1: I have decorated it with the most beautiful berries. And

805
00:50:29,719 --> 00:50:32,400
Speaker 1: you know you will. Here's what work on. Okay, here's

806
00:50:32,440 --> 00:50:35,160
Speaker 1: what will happen. I will carry you over and you

807
00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:39,000
Speaker 1: will you will come towards My power is very fancy,

808
00:50:39,360 --> 00:50:42,560
Speaker 1: and then you will look into my eyes. You see

809
00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:47,799
Speaker 1: the peo pus in my eyes They are dilating. Well,

810
00:50:47,920 --> 00:50:51,840
Speaker 1: it's very mesmerizing. Yeah. Yeah, you look into my eyes.

811
00:50:51,880 --> 00:50:55,560
Speaker 1: They get bigger and smaller, and one I I people

812
00:50:55,600 --> 00:50:57,960
Speaker 1: get big and the other one gets smaller and they

813
00:50:58,080 --> 00:51:01,759
Speaker 1: direct slowly losing me. How no, no listens, Okay, you

814
00:51:01,840 --> 00:51:04,520
Speaker 1: don't like that, Okay, cool. Cool. We move on. So,

815
00:51:04,640 --> 00:51:08,239
Speaker 1: now I do a dance for you. Okay, I'm back in. Yes,

816
00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:11,640
Speaker 1: So I waved my arm very slow like a matador.

817
00:51:13,120 --> 00:51:16,200
Speaker 1: You see my arm waving. Oh, yes, yes, as you

818
00:51:16,680 --> 00:51:19,640
Speaker 1: And now I do a dance I do to call

819
00:51:20,120 --> 00:51:24,920
Speaker 1: the sprinkler sprinkler. Yes, the sprinkler dance. I'm actually going

820
00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:29,360
Speaker 1: to show you. Now. Um, here's a description for the listeners.

821
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:32,719
Speaker 1: Kimmy is now watching how Are the bower Bird as

822
00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:37,880
Speaker 1: he does a very well, let me say, very unique

823
00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:41,320
Speaker 1: dance for her. So as Howard the bower Bird dances,

824
00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:44,640
Speaker 1: he extends his wing, he puffs out his feathers and

825
00:51:44,719 --> 00:51:48,160
Speaker 1: you know the sprinkler dance move totally. He's doing that

826
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:53,160
Speaker 1: a lot, and he looks extremely he thinks he is

827
00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:56,560
Speaker 1: hot stuff here, that's some hot stuff. I have to

828
00:51:56,640 --> 00:52:01,080
Speaker 1: agree you would like it. I have you. Yeah. And

829
00:52:01,160 --> 00:52:03,000
Speaker 1: then to seal the deal, you know what I have

830
00:52:03,239 --> 00:52:07,279
Speaker 1: for you, I have a present. It's a very I

831
00:52:07,320 --> 00:52:11,800
Speaker 1: figured yea thank you Howard. Now, Frank the frigate Bird,

832
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:15,080
Speaker 1: what would you do on your first date? Well, listen,

833
00:52:15,360 --> 00:52:17,560
Speaker 1: we're gonna go to the Leck, right, you know we

834
00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:20,279
Speaker 1: get everybody meets at the Leck, right, we all go

835
00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:24,120
Speaker 1: to the leck. I like where you're going earlier leck

836
00:52:24,239 --> 00:52:27,319
Speaker 1: to show off you look it's cool. So we go

837
00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:31,799
Speaker 1: to the neck and I'm gonna look. I'm gonna be

838
00:52:31,840 --> 00:52:35,759
Speaker 1: straightforward with you. I inflate my big red necksack. I

839
00:52:35,800 --> 00:52:39,960
Speaker 1: inflated all big. It's like a bigger balloon. And here's

840
00:52:40,120 --> 00:52:42,799
Speaker 1: here's what happens. There's gonna be a lot of guys here.

841
00:52:43,120 --> 00:52:46,560
Speaker 1: But if any guy tries to steal you his weight

842
00:52:46,760 --> 00:52:49,440
Speaker 1: he looked at you wrong, I'm gonna pop his neck balloon.

843
00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:55,040
Speaker 1: Does he die? Well no, but he doesn't got a

844
00:52:55,120 --> 00:52:58,920
Speaker 1: neck balloon anymore? Oh my god. Well he looked at

845
00:52:58,920 --> 00:53:01,560
Speaker 1: you funny, So what not gonna I'm not gonna stand

846
00:53:01,600 --> 00:53:03,239
Speaker 1: for it. He looked at you funny. I'm gonna pop

847
00:53:03,239 --> 00:53:08,600
Speaker 1: his deck blue and listen, you don't gotta worry about building, no, nest.

848
00:53:08,760 --> 00:53:11,920
Speaker 1: I'm going to take care of that for you. Thank you.

849
00:53:11,480 --> 00:53:14,759
Speaker 1: You like my neck balloon? I do. It's good. It's big, right,

850
00:53:14,880 --> 00:53:18,080
Speaker 1: it's really big. Really all you care about? I think?

851
00:53:18,160 --> 00:53:22,640
Speaker 1: Frank now, Kevin the kiwi? Um, what would you do

852
00:53:22,880 --> 00:53:28,359
Speaker 1: on your first date? All? Right? On our first date,

853
00:53:28,600 --> 00:53:32,120
Speaker 1: I figured, um, we made up in like in the

854
00:53:32,160 --> 00:53:37,359
Speaker 1: middle of the night. Yeah, um, a bit forward, I think, Oh, which,

855
00:53:37,440 --> 00:53:41,680
Speaker 1: I'm sorry I didn't to be forward. Um, so I

856
00:53:41,840 --> 00:53:46,000
Speaker 1: was thinking, we can do it whatever you want. I'm

857
00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:48,480
Speaker 1: going to be honest with you. I'm sort of I'd

858
00:53:48,480 --> 00:53:54,280
Speaker 1: sound pretty submissive basically take you yeah, only equal the shots,

859
00:53:54,640 --> 00:53:58,840
Speaker 1: and I figure if you if you won't want to listen,

860
00:53:58,840 --> 00:54:01,480
Speaker 1: I will ask you permission. And what I'd really like

861
00:54:01,600 --> 00:54:04,160
Speaker 1: to do is touch a bomb with me, Like is

862
00:54:04,160 --> 00:54:07,279
Speaker 1: that all right? You want to touch my bum with

863
00:54:07,480 --> 00:54:11,440
Speaker 1: your if you're right with it? Okay? And what I

864
00:54:11,480 --> 00:54:13,799
Speaker 1: thought we'd do is I just sort of tap your

865
00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:16,000
Speaker 1: bomb with me bike, And isn't this the beak that

866
00:54:16,040 --> 00:54:19,120
Speaker 1: you bragged about having those nostrils on the end? Yes?

867
00:54:19,719 --> 00:54:24,399
Speaker 1: Stick it into the ground. I love getting worms out

868
00:54:24,400 --> 00:54:29,160
Speaker 1: of the ground. Like if you like me to, okay,

869
00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:31,040
Speaker 1: if your bomb with my bait, I'll allow it. Then

870
00:54:31,040 --> 00:54:36,040
Speaker 1: what well, online, if you love me, I'll be with

871
00:54:36,120 --> 00:54:39,120
Speaker 1: you with the rest of my life. That's my life

872
00:54:39,200 --> 00:54:43,640
Speaker 1: is Yeah, we'll be together forever forever. That's as long

873
00:54:43,680 --> 00:54:46,680
Speaker 1: as I live. Oh my god, So you just want

874
00:54:46,680 --> 00:54:50,600
Speaker 1: and done? Huh? Oh? You know, I feel like like

875
00:54:50,600 --> 00:54:54,480
Speaker 1: like commitment, like security, alright, back to feel taken care of.

876
00:54:54,600 --> 00:54:58,240
Speaker 1: Thank you for answering my question. I love you. Oh no,

877
00:55:00,160 --> 00:55:03,960
Speaker 1: So now, Scourge Skull the Bald Eagle, what would you

878
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:09,680
Speaker 1: do on your first date? I figure on our first date,

879
00:55:10,440 --> 00:55:13,160
Speaker 1: we fly up into the sky. We get up like

880
00:55:13,320 --> 00:55:17,399
Speaker 1: almost into the stratosphere, you know, yeah, and then we

881
00:55:17,560 --> 00:55:22,240
Speaker 1: lock our razor sharp tales together and then we twirl

882
00:55:22,280 --> 00:55:26,920
Speaker 1: around and as we spin as we fall down down

883
00:55:27,239 --> 00:55:31,080
Speaker 1: down towards the ground in a totally brutal death spiral.

884
00:55:31,640 --> 00:55:34,920
Speaker 1: I mean, like we could die if we don't like

885
00:55:35,080 --> 00:55:38,400
Speaker 1: pull up at the last second, which I think is

886
00:55:38,560 --> 00:55:42,279
Speaker 1: pretty freaking sweet if you like it, if you knew

887
00:55:42,320 --> 00:55:44,839
Speaker 1: it and you're into me, it's like it's right, or die,

888
00:55:44,960 --> 00:55:48,080
Speaker 1: my dude, like we I am in it for life,

889
00:55:48,719 --> 00:55:51,600
Speaker 1: for life? Oh you too, Yeah, I will if the

890
00:55:51,600 --> 00:55:54,200
Speaker 1: whole death spiral thing doesn't kill us first, Like I

891
00:55:54,239 --> 00:56:00,720
Speaker 1: am in it right or die baby or hardcore man? Okay, wow, Kimmy,

892
00:56:00,920 --> 00:56:03,560
Speaker 1: how are you? How are you feeling about the contestants?

893
00:56:03,719 --> 00:56:07,880
Speaker 1: Um so far? I think I'm into certainly I have

894
00:56:07,960 --> 00:56:11,560
Speaker 1: a front runner here, yeah yeah, oh my, oh my god,

895
00:56:12,400 --> 00:56:14,480
Speaker 1: get him, get him, Oh my god. Scurge Skull has

896
00:56:14,520 --> 00:56:17,359
Speaker 1: got Kevin in his mouth. Spit them out, spit them out.

897
00:56:17,600 --> 00:56:23,879
Speaker 1: Eight spin no no, no. All right, Well, so now

898
00:56:23,880 --> 00:56:28,759
Speaker 1: we have three contestants ate Kevin. I mean, look, you

899
00:56:28,760 --> 00:56:31,680
Speaker 1: know they did sign a waiver, so what can I say? Um?

900
00:56:32,280 --> 00:56:34,160
Speaker 1: Was sweet, but you know I was not going to

901
00:56:34,280 --> 00:56:40,080
Speaker 1: pick Kevin. Good thing because he's gone now, So your options.

902
00:56:40,239 --> 00:56:43,560
Speaker 1: Contestant number one, how are the barrow bird oil? You'll

903
00:56:43,600 --> 00:56:46,040
Speaker 1: pick me? I think you would not. I don't think

904
00:56:46,040 --> 00:56:52,040
Speaker 1: it would be disappointed. Contestant number two, Frank the frigate Bird. Listen,

905
00:56:52,719 --> 00:56:55,960
Speaker 1: I just I put myself out there. If you like it.

906
00:56:56,000 --> 00:56:58,839
Speaker 1: If you like the Frank, you like the Frank. If

907
00:56:58,840 --> 00:57:00,480
Speaker 1: you don't like the Frank, what am I gonna do?

908
00:57:00,480 --> 00:57:03,600
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna change for you. They can do that, um.

909
00:57:03,719 --> 00:57:13,320
Speaker 1: Contestant number three for good Kevin. Really it's very dark.

910
00:57:13,320 --> 00:57:21,400
Speaker 1: Okay to be a moisture you should do. Yeah, we'll

911
00:57:21,440 --> 00:57:24,040
Speaker 1: trying to get you out of there, buddy. Do you

912
00:57:24,080 --> 00:57:29,840
Speaker 1: want fringe? Yeah, let's let's do that. We'll stay friends. Well,

913
00:57:31,240 --> 00:57:34,480
Speaker 1: I'm not really sure. Crush or down here with some fun?

914
00:57:34,800 --> 00:57:39,560
Speaker 1: Yeah boy? Bye h And Contestant number four Scourge Sculled

915
00:57:39,560 --> 00:57:42,880
Speaker 1: the Bald Eagle. I don't know. I feel like it'd

916
00:57:42,920 --> 00:57:44,960
Speaker 1: be totally metal if we went out, man, I know

917
00:57:45,120 --> 00:57:49,240
Speaker 1: you think that would be totally totally sick and awesome. Okay, alright,

918
00:57:49,280 --> 00:57:52,600
Speaker 1: so who do you choose, Kimmy. Well, listen, I'm not

919
00:57:52,680 --> 00:57:55,720
Speaker 1: really into near death experiences, so I don't think I'm

920
00:57:55,720 --> 00:57:59,520
Speaker 1: gonna date Scourge sculled the bald Eagle. I'm so sorry.

921
00:58:00,520 --> 00:58:05,200
Speaker 1: It's fine, man. Metal is not about it's not about

922
00:58:05,320 --> 00:58:07,040
Speaker 1: making people do what they don't want to do. It's

923
00:58:07,040 --> 00:58:09,960
Speaker 1: about it's about living life and like being out there

924
00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:13,240
Speaker 1: with your emotions, being honest. You appreciate the honesty, man, Oh,

925
00:58:13,240 --> 00:58:15,440
Speaker 1: you're pretty open. I actually like that answer more than

926
00:58:15,480 --> 00:58:18,000
Speaker 1: all the other things you've said. Damn it, it's okay.

927
00:58:18,440 --> 00:58:20,880
Speaker 1: We're already past this. And you know what, as much

928
00:58:20,960 --> 00:58:23,400
Speaker 1: as I love Joey on The Circle, I do think

929
00:58:23,400 --> 00:58:27,520
Speaker 1: Frank is lacking a lot of you watch The Circle? No,

930
00:58:27,640 --> 00:58:30,880
Speaker 1: I don't even worry Frank. Did you watch The Circle? Yeah? Definitely,

931
00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:33,480
Speaker 1: I know what you're talking about. Okay, Well, Frank, you're

932
00:58:33,520 --> 00:58:36,520
Speaker 1: just trying to relate to me, I think. But you're sweet,

933
00:58:36,800 --> 00:58:39,960
Speaker 1: but I'm a little worried about how brash you are

934
00:58:40,080 --> 00:58:43,240
Speaker 1: so well. Listen, some people don't like the frank lifestyle.

935
00:58:43,360 --> 00:58:46,960
Speaker 1: That's okay, okay, well thanks. So it looks like I

936
00:58:47,160 --> 00:58:52,960
Speaker 1: choose Howard. I know you choose you know. It's my accident.

937
00:58:52,960 --> 00:58:55,400
Speaker 1: Is weird. It's like I'm from Germany, but I'm actually

938
00:58:55,440 --> 00:58:58,000
Speaker 1: from the pouting gime. Isn't that weird? Yes? That was

939
00:58:58,040 --> 00:59:01,600
Speaker 1: a weird Guinea accent. Yeah, but I'm so happy you've

940
00:59:01,720 --> 00:59:05,240
Speaker 1: chosen me. I have so many berries for you, perfect,

941
00:59:05,480 --> 00:59:08,400
Speaker 1: and I can't wait for the berries and the baskets

942
00:59:08,480 --> 00:59:11,440
Speaker 1: and the whatever dance you're gonna do. I'm going to

943
00:59:11,480 --> 00:59:16,040
Speaker 1: do such a sprinkler dance for you. Can't wait. Well,

944
00:59:16,520 --> 00:59:20,320
Speaker 1: thank you for playing the mating game. Wow, I found

945
00:59:20,320 --> 00:59:23,920
Speaker 1: a mate to you, did I found Howard the bower Bird.

946
00:59:24,280 --> 00:59:26,680
Speaker 1: And look, if you don't like them, I mean, next

947
00:59:26,760 --> 00:59:29,280
Speaker 1: mating season you can pick another one. That's what's good,

948
00:59:29,360 --> 00:59:33,800
Speaker 1: you know. And they came on a little strong, a

949
00:59:33,800 --> 00:59:42,120
Speaker 1: little fast. Yeah, they were like, sorry, so sad, please

950
00:59:42,160 --> 00:59:46,040
Speaker 1: don't touch my bump from you. We can't do anything

951
00:59:46,040 --> 00:59:51,200
Speaker 1: from him there. Thank goodness, thank you all for joining

952
00:59:51,280 --> 00:59:54,000
Speaker 1: us for the mating game. The Mating Game is not

953
00:59:54,040 --> 00:59:56,720
Speaker 1: responsible for anyone who gets eaten by other contestants. If

954
00:59:56,720 --> 00:59:59,360
Speaker 1: anyone gets eaten by other contestants, please do not repeat

955
00:59:59,360 --> 01:00:02,080
Speaker 1: the actions you've seen. I do not try this at home.

956
01:00:02,280 --> 01:00:04,480
Speaker 1: Do not actually date a bird at home. And I

957
01:00:05,600 --> 01:00:07,720
Speaker 1: wear a helmet. Everyone wear a helmet all times. Just

958
01:00:07,800 --> 01:00:12,160
Speaker 1: wear helmets helmets all the time. Well, KIMMYA, thank you

959
01:00:12,280 --> 01:00:15,760
Speaker 1: so much for being with me today, for being a

960
01:00:15,840 --> 01:00:19,280
Speaker 1: contestant on the Mating Show. I mean, it seems like

961
01:00:19,360 --> 01:00:23,240
Speaker 1: you've found you've kind of found birdlow blow. Yeah. Like

962
01:00:23,280 --> 01:00:25,400
Speaker 1: I said in the beginning, I'm all kinds of bird lover.

963
01:00:25,640 --> 01:00:27,920
Speaker 1: Bird love is one of the greatest loves that you

964
01:00:27,960 --> 01:00:31,160
Speaker 1: can find when it comes to birds. What I always say,

965
01:00:32,040 --> 01:00:35,280
Speaker 1: it's good. So before we go, I want to do

966
01:00:35,360 --> 01:00:38,040
Speaker 1: a quick Koala update corner. I don't know. Maybe I'll

967
01:00:38,040 --> 01:00:41,200
Speaker 1: do some like musical thing like Koala update. Maybe like

968
01:00:41,200 --> 01:00:44,600
Speaker 1: a siren sound something's going in here right now Koala update.

969
01:00:44,840 --> 01:00:46,760
Speaker 1: Maybe a Kuka broo, I don't know, whatever I can

970
01:00:46,760 --> 01:00:50,439
Speaker 1: find for free on the internet Cola update. So thank

971
01:00:50,480 --> 01:00:53,520
Speaker 1: you guys so much for voting in our Koala off

972
01:00:54,080 --> 01:00:56,800
Speaker 1: here at Creature Future, we are going to officially adopt

973
01:00:56,840 --> 01:01:00,800
Speaker 1: a Koala from the Important Querie Koala host Biddle and

974
01:01:00,840 --> 01:01:03,920
Speaker 1: you guys voted, and I'm gotta say so, it was

975
01:01:03,960 --> 01:01:06,560
Speaker 1: actually pretty a lot closer than I thought it would be.

976
01:01:06,960 --> 01:01:11,640
Speaker 1: The runner up is Crescent Head Jimmy Barrington Xavier didn't

977
01:01:11,720 --> 01:01:15,560
Speaker 1: quite make the cut. Sorry Barrington. Paul was also up there.

978
01:01:15,840 --> 01:01:20,360
Speaker 1: But the winner is drum Roll Koala Role, Cougarbera role.

979
01:01:20,600 --> 01:01:26,320
Speaker 1: It's Oxley Twinkles. So I'm going to adopt Oxley Twinkles.

980
01:01:26,720 --> 01:01:29,560
Speaker 1: You know what, maybe I do feel bad that Crescent

981
01:01:29,640 --> 01:01:32,440
Speaker 1: had Jimmy. You know, maybe I'll maybe I'll toss and

982
01:01:32,720 --> 01:01:35,760
Speaker 1: tossing a donation for Crescent Head Jimmy too. Thank you

983
01:01:35,760 --> 01:01:39,080
Speaker 1: guys so much for voting again. Visit the Port mcquarie

984
01:01:39,120 --> 01:01:42,320
Speaker 1: Koala Hospital website. I'll include a link in that if

985
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Speaker 1: you want to adopt a Koala of your own and

986
01:01:45,080 --> 01:01:47,200
Speaker 1: help out, because they really do need the help right

987
01:01:47,240 --> 01:01:51,439
Speaker 1: now given the fires in Australia that that really really

988
01:01:51,520 --> 01:01:54,560
Speaker 1: hurt the Koala population. But I think if we all

989
01:01:54,640 --> 01:01:57,160
Speaker 1: work together with with Koala kind, we can we can

990
01:01:57,160 --> 01:01:59,640
Speaker 1: make it through. So do you have any koala's to

991
01:01:59,720 --> 01:02:04,280
Speaker 1: plug or it doesn't have to be koala's. I have well,

992
01:02:04,320 --> 01:02:06,120
Speaker 1: I don't have any koalas to plug, but I do

993
01:02:06,240 --> 01:02:08,880
Speaker 1: think everybody else should go plug a koala and perhaps

994
01:02:08,920 --> 01:02:12,160
Speaker 1: I will go as well. But here's my regular plug.

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999
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Speaker 1: So it's funny. Why not? I don't. I don't know

1000
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Speaker 1: what I was doing with Frank, like it was like

1001
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Speaker 1: Bonds almost, but then I guess season two of the Wire.

1002
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