1 00:00:04,237 --> 00:00:06,940 And now for an animal joke. 2 00:00:06,940 --> 00:00:08,041 What is a bunny? 3 00:00:08,041 --> 00:00:11,011 Rabbits. Favorite kind of music? 4 00:00:11,011 --> 00:00:12,545 What is a bunny rabbit? 5 00:00:12,545 --> 00:00:15,181 My favorite kind of music. 6 00:00:15,181 --> 00:00:17,550 The answer is 7 00:00:17,550 --> 00:00:21,287 going to be revealed at the end of the episode. 8 00:00:21,287 --> 00:00:24,891 But first, get your ears ready Because it's the Happiest 9 00:00:24,891 --> 00:00:27,894 Animal Show on Planet 10 00:00:28,862 --> 00:00:29,029 Earth. 11 00:00:29,029 --> 00:00:31,031 The Happiest Animal Show on Planet Earth. You want to be sad? 12 00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:31,264 No! Do you want to be glad? No. Wait. 13 00:00:31,264 --> 00:00:32,899 Yes. Well, it’s the Happiest Animal Show on Planet Earth. 14 00:00:32,899 --> 00:00:35,702 Well, it's the Happiest Animal 15 00:00:35,702 --> 00:00:38,671 Show on Planet Earth. 16 00:00:43,643 --> 00:00:44,077 Hello 17 00:00:44,077 --> 00:00:47,414 and welcome to the Happiest Animal Show on Planet Earth, 18 00:00:47,881 --> 00:00:50,884 the podcast that asks the very important question. 19 00:00:51,284 --> 00:00:54,154 What animal is making you happy today? 20 00:00:54,154 --> 00:00:57,824 Not yesterday, not last week, but today. 21 00:00:58,324 --> 00:01:02,195 I'm Rob and I'm Laura, and we are a sister brother 22 00:01:02,195 --> 00:01:06,032 pair of zoologists, filmmakers and songwriters. 23 00:01:06,232 --> 00:01:10,136 We are here to explore the wonderful world of wildlife and discover 24 00:01:10,136 --> 00:01:11,971 why animals make us happy. 25 00:01:11,971 --> 00:01:16,142 On today's episode, you'll hear a song about an animal that forgot to grow up, 26 00:01:16,776 --> 00:01:20,647 and we had planned on speaking with international soccer superstar 27 00:01:20,647 --> 00:01:21,681 Lionel Messi, 28 00:01:21,681 --> 00:01:26,252 but we canceled that because we were able to book a very special guest, nine year 29 00:01:26,252 --> 00:01:30,723 old Maggie from Michigan, who talks about an incredible animal with claws. 30 00:01:31,024 --> 00:01:32,859 You won't want to miss it. 31 00:01:32,859 --> 00:01:37,564 What animal is making you happy today? 32 00:01:37,864 --> 00:01:39,265 I want to know. 33 00:01:39,265 --> 00:01:43,303 Today Rob and I gave ourselves the theme of cute animals. 34 00:01:43,303 --> 00:01:46,439 Rob, what cute animal is making you happy today? 35 00:01:46,973 --> 00:01:51,177 Okay, so this animal it. 36 00:01:51,344 --> 00:01:54,147 I'll be surprised if you get this one quickly. 37 00:01:55,949 --> 00:01:57,717 Challenge accepted. 38 00:01:57,717 --> 00:01:58,518 All right. 39 00:01:58,518 --> 00:02:01,454 Like many cute animals, this one is small. 40 00:02:01,454 --> 00:02:06,392 It weighs, is much, is about two nickels. 41 00:02:06,759 --> 00:02:09,395 If you are holding two nickels in your hand. 42 00:02:09,395 --> 00:02:12,098 Okay, that's about how much this animal weighs. 43 00:02:12,098 --> 00:02:14,334 That same small. Okay. 44 00:02:14,334 --> 00:02:17,337 So it weighs a little bit more than a hummingbird. 45 00:02:17,570 --> 00:02:19,739 Yeah. 46 00:02:19,739 --> 00:02:20,940 Good point. Yes okay. 47 00:02:20,940 --> 00:02:24,677 For it weighs almost as much is two hummingbirds. 48 00:02:25,278 --> 00:02:27,213 Any. 49 00:02:27,213 --> 00:02:28,581 Did you have any guesses. 50 00:02:28,581 --> 00:02:30,550 No. You just like. 51 00:02:30,550 --> 00:02:31,451 Is it a bird? 52 00:02:31,451 --> 00:02:33,786 It is not a bird, 53 00:02:33,786 --> 00:02:35,622 is it 54 00:02:35,622 --> 00:02:37,290 furry? 55 00:02:37,290 --> 00:02:39,926 Oh, yes, it is furry. 56 00:02:39,926 --> 00:02:42,028 Yeah. You're off to a good start. 57 00:02:42,028 --> 00:02:43,897 Okay. It's cute. 58 00:02:43,897 --> 00:02:47,233 According to you, it's small. 59 00:02:47,233 --> 00:02:49,068 It doesn't weigh very much. 60 00:02:49,068 --> 00:02:51,004 It's furry. 61 00:02:51,004 --> 00:02:54,007 Is it something you could see when you're walking around in the woods? 62 00:02:54,340 --> 00:02:57,210 Depending on where you live. Yeah. 63 00:02:57,210 --> 00:02:57,544 Okay. 64 00:02:58,711 --> 00:03:00,847 Does it crawl around on the ground? 65 00:03:00,847 --> 00:03:03,850 No, you're not likely to see it on the ground. 66 00:03:04,117 --> 00:03:05,852 Can you see it in a tree? 67 00:03:05,852 --> 00:03:08,821 You can see it in a tree. 68 00:03:08,855 --> 00:03:10,190 Is it a caterpillar? 69 00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:12,125 No, it's not a caterpillar. 70 00:03:12,125 --> 00:03:14,327 Okay, I'll give you another hint. 71 00:03:14,327 --> 00:03:17,330 It eats fruit. 72 00:03:19,132 --> 00:03:20,567 Is it a bat? 73 00:03:20,567 --> 00:03:22,969 It is a bat, yes. 74 00:03:22,969 --> 00:03:24,204 Yeah. 75 00:03:24,204 --> 00:03:27,540 This is a bat that I'd heard about. 76 00:03:27,540 --> 00:03:30,443 I've never seen one in the wild. 77 00:03:30,443 --> 00:03:33,012 But I saw a close relative of this. 78 00:03:33,012 --> 00:03:36,015 The bat I'm thinking of is called 79 00:03:36,316 --> 00:03:39,319 the Honduran white bat. 80 00:03:40,220 --> 00:03:40,987 The wife. 81 00:03:40,987 --> 00:03:44,457 But if you look it up, it is adorable. 82 00:03:44,724 --> 00:03:46,326 So why does it make you happy? 83 00:03:46,326 --> 00:03:48,461 Oh, I'm looking at pictures. And it is cute. 84 00:03:48,461 --> 00:03:49,796 It is white. 85 00:03:49,796 --> 00:03:51,097 It is white. 86 00:03:51,097 --> 00:03:53,733 It has this yellow nose. 87 00:03:53,733 --> 00:03:56,202 It looks like a teardrop that's sticking up. 88 00:03:56,202 --> 00:03:56,469 Yeah. 89 00:03:56,469 --> 00:03:58,171 Leaf nose like a leaf nose. 90 00:03:58,171 --> 00:04:01,274 It's got these yellow ears that stick out. 91 00:04:01,274 --> 00:04:04,043 It's got yellow wings. 92 00:04:04,043 --> 00:04:05,979 Oh, wow. It is cute. 93 00:04:05,979 --> 00:04:07,814 It looks like a toy. 94 00:04:07,814 --> 00:04:09,582 It is so adorable. 95 00:04:09,582 --> 00:04:15,555 And so I was reading about these bats recently because I took a trip to Costa 96 00:04:15,555 --> 00:04:21,194 Rica in December, and, I was with a guide in the forest 97 00:04:21,194 --> 00:04:25,565 at night, and, the guide noticed that there was an oddly shaped 98 00:04:25,865 --> 00:04:29,769 palm leaf and in shined a light up underneath it, 99 00:04:30,236 --> 00:04:35,908 and there was a little brown, bat and it is a type of bat. 100 00:04:36,109 --> 00:04:39,579 They call them tent making bats because they, 101 00:04:39,946 --> 00:04:42,048 and I guess there are several different types of bats 102 00:04:42,048 --> 00:04:46,085 that do this, actually will take the leaf of a plant like a palm tree, 103 00:04:46,085 --> 00:04:49,956 and they will cut it with their teeth and it turns into like a little tent. 104 00:04:49,989 --> 00:04:51,891 They make the leaf in the shape of a tent 105 00:04:51,891 --> 00:04:54,894 so that it can hang out in its own private little tent. 106 00:04:55,094 --> 00:04:58,631 And so a lot of these basil, like, take a piece of fruit that they can find, 107 00:04:58,631 --> 00:05:02,702 and they'll bring it back to their tent and they'll just hang out in their little, 108 00:05:02,702 --> 00:05:04,771 their little tent neat. And their fruit. 109 00:05:04,771 --> 00:05:08,041 So these Honduran, white bats, they eat figs. 110 00:05:08,041 --> 00:05:09,108 And so they'll grab a fig 111 00:05:09,108 --> 00:05:12,211 and bring it back to their their little leaf tent and hang out. 112 00:05:12,211 --> 00:05:13,946 How adorable is that? 113 00:05:13,946 --> 00:05:14,681 I'm looking at pictures. 114 00:05:14,681 --> 00:05:16,316 It looks like they got a lot of friends. 115 00:05:16,316 --> 00:05:19,118 All these cute little white fluffy bats. 116 00:05:19,118 --> 00:05:23,589 Yeah, I read that sometimes they can be in groups up to maybe about 18 and, 117 00:05:23,589 --> 00:05:28,428 so yeah, how funny to to look under a leaf and see 118 00:05:28,795 --> 00:05:32,332 18 of these little adorable fuzzball staring back at you. 119 00:05:32,799 --> 00:05:36,302 I gotta say, I'm never expecting to turn over a leaf and see a bat. 120 00:05:36,769 --> 00:05:38,905 It's kind of exciting that that can happen. 121 00:05:38,905 --> 00:05:41,541 Okay, so a bat is making me happy. 122 00:05:41,541 --> 00:05:44,310 We'll find out what Laura chooses right after this. 123 00:05:46,112 --> 00:05:46,679 Today's 124 00:05:46,679 --> 00:05:49,682 episode is brought to you by waterfalls. 125 00:05:49,982 --> 00:05:53,720 If you're tired of water that's sitting still, try water 126 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:57,190 that's falling!Waterfalls, 127 00:05:57,523 --> 00:06:00,526 I highly recommend them. 128 00:06:00,727 --> 00:06:02,061 And we're back. 129 00:06:02,061 --> 00:06:07,433 So, Laura, what cute animal is making you happy today? 130 00:06:08,067 --> 00:06:11,070 Okay, I'm going to give you some clues. 131 00:06:11,070 --> 00:06:15,041 It's an animal that never really grows up, okay? 132 00:06:15,274 --> 00:06:18,277 It's an animal that lives in the water. 133 00:06:18,444 --> 00:06:21,447 It stays kind of in 134 00:06:21,647 --> 00:06:24,250 like a tadpole form of itself. 135 00:06:24,250 --> 00:06:28,287 It has really gills that stick out on the side of its head. 136 00:06:28,621 --> 00:06:31,758 It's so cute that my daughter 137 00:06:31,758 --> 00:06:34,827 has a stuffed animal of this particular animal. 138 00:06:35,261 --> 00:06:35,895 What else has got? 139 00:06:35,895 --> 00:06:39,599 Big mouth, tiny wide set eyes? 140 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:42,168 Do you have a guess? 141 00:06:42,168 --> 00:06:45,171 I think I know the answer 142 00:06:45,571 --> 00:06:48,574 is it's an axolotl. 143 00:06:48,775 --> 00:06:50,810 Yes, it is an axolotl 144 00:06:52,445 --> 00:06:54,714 I do love. 145 00:06:54,714 --> 00:06:57,750 So why are axolotls making you happy? 146 00:06:58,384 --> 00:07:02,488 I think they make me happy because they look so cute 147 00:07:02,488 --> 00:07:04,624 and they really don't move much. 148 00:07:04,624 --> 00:07:09,562 I was looking at axolotls yesterday at the Oregon Museum of Science 149 00:07:09,562 --> 00:07:14,000 and Industry with my daughter, and and it made me so happy just to watch them 150 00:07:14,100 --> 00:07:18,137 hang in the water and like, right on the bottom and just not move. 151 00:07:18,171 --> 00:07:18,571 Yeah. 152 00:07:18,571 --> 00:07:21,707 And have so many people walk by and go, 153 00:07:21,941 --> 00:07:25,912 oh, look at it like, I mean, that's an amazing creature. 154 00:07:26,179 --> 00:07:26,646 Yeah. 155 00:07:26,646 --> 00:07:29,715 It's like the living version of a Pokemon character. 156 00:07:31,284 --> 00:07:32,652 So you said they never grow up. 157 00:07:32,652 --> 00:07:34,720 Why do they never grow up? 158 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:34,987 Yeah. 159 00:07:34,987 --> 00:07:41,394 So axolotls are salamanders and all baby salamanders start out in the water. 160 00:07:41,394 --> 00:07:42,595 Kind of like tadpoles. 161 00:07:42,595 --> 00:07:43,930 Like frogs do. Yeah, 162 00:07:43,930 --> 00:07:47,200 and they have a tail and they have gills, and they breathe underwater. 163 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:49,936 And then eventually they get legs and arms. 164 00:07:49,936 --> 00:07:52,238 And most salamanders lose their gills 165 00:07:52,238 --> 00:07:55,241 and come out of the water, live on the land, but not axolotls. 166 00:07:55,441 --> 00:07:58,444 They stay underwater and they keep their gills, 167 00:07:58,511 --> 00:08:00,112 so they kind of never grow up. 168 00:08:00,112 --> 00:08:02,048 They're like the Peter Pan of animals. 169 00:08:04,083 --> 00:08:06,419 And amphibian Peter Pan. 170 00:08:06,419 --> 00:08:07,620 So these are great pics. 171 00:08:07,620 --> 00:08:12,592 We had a Honduran white bat and an axolotl, and I really think it's 172 00:08:12,592 --> 00:08:17,864 so hilarious that axolotls don't move very much that I wrote a song about it. 173 00:08:17,864 --> 00:08:20,867 And it is a dance song. Here it is. 174 00:08:20,933 --> 00:08:23,402 There's an animal that makes me 175 00:08:23,402 --> 00:08:26,405 want to dance every time I see it. 176 00:08:26,606 --> 00:08:29,809 I don't have a chance, It has tiny eyes and 177 00:08:29,809 --> 00:08:33,145 it has frilly gills and it's an axolotl. 178 00:08:33,145 --> 00:08:33,379 AXOLOTL! 179 00:08:33,379 --> 00:08:36,382 Let's 180 00:08:37,116 --> 00:08:40,119 do the axolotl! 181 00:08:40,353 --> 00:08:43,356 The world's smallest dance. 182 00:08:43,923 --> 00:08:47,293 Just like an axolotl, you barely move. 183 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:50,863 Just like you're in a trance. 184 00:08:51,464 --> 00:08:54,267 Let's break it down. Lift your arms. 185 00:08:54,267 --> 00:08:55,968 Hold still. 186 00:08:55,968 --> 00:08:57,570 Look really cute. 187 00:08:57,570 --> 00:08:59,505 Like you've got those frilly gills. 188 00:08:59,505 --> 00:09:01,240 Glance to the left. 189 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:02,842 Glance to the right. Right. 190 00:09:02,842 --> 00:09:05,011 That's the whole dance. 191 00:09:05,011 --> 00:09:07,780 Let's do it all night. One, two three four. 192 00:09:10,383 --> 00:09:13,386 Let's do the axolotl, 193 00:09:14,053 --> 00:09:17,056 the world's smallest dance, 194 00:09:17,456 --> 00:09:20,893 Just like an axolotl, you barely move. 195 00:09:20,993 --> 00:09:24,397 Just like you're in a trance. 196 00:09:26,265 --> 00:09:29,669 It's a salamander with the big bod. 197 00:09:29,702 --> 00:09:33,205 It's got its name from an ancient Aztec god. 198 00:09:33,372 --> 00:09:36,509 It lives in rivers, way down in Mexico, 199 00:09:36,509 --> 00:09:39,712 it's like a stufy that came to life. 200 00:09:39,712 --> 00:09:40,346 Whoa. 201 00:09:40,346 --> 00:09:45,318 Oh oh oh oh, Let's do the axolotl, Oh oh oh oh, 202 00:09:45,318 --> 00:09:48,321 The world's smallest dance, 203 00:09:49,221 --> 00:09:52,658 Just like an axolotl, you barely move, 204 00:09:52,758 --> 00:09:56,162 Just like you're in a trance. 205 00:09:56,762 --> 00:09:59,532 Let's break it down. Lift your arms. 206 00:09:59,532 --> 00:10:01,200 Hold still. 207 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:02,868 Look really cute. 208 00:10:02,868 --> 00:10:04,770 Like you've got those frilly gills. 209 00:10:04,770 --> 00:10:06,539 Glance to the left. 210 00:10:06,539 --> 00:10:08,107 Glance to the right. Right. 211 00:10:08,107 --> 00:10:10,343 That's the whole dance. 212 00:10:10,343 --> 00:10:12,812 Let's do it all night! . 213 00:10:12,812 --> 00:10:15,715 Oh oh oh oh. 214 00:10:15,715 --> 00:10:17,216 Let's do the axolotl. 215 00:10:19,185 --> 00:10:22,288 The world's smallest dance. 216 00:10:22,288 --> 00:10:24,490 Just like an axolotl. 217 00:10:24,490 --> 00:10:26,258 You barely move. 218 00:10:26,258 --> 00:10:29,729 Just like you're in a trance. 219 00:10:32,031 --> 00:10:33,599 Before we get on with the show, 220 00:10:33,599 --> 00:10:36,602 here's a quick message for the grown ups. 221 00:10:36,602 --> 00:10:38,371 And we're back. 222 00:10:38,371 --> 00:10:41,807 It's that time in the show for the happiest fan of all. 223 00:10:42,475 --> 00:10:43,709 We're a fan like you. 224 00:10:43,709 --> 00:10:46,712 Gives us clues to an animal that is making them happy. 225 00:10:47,279 --> 00:10:51,050 Today's submission is from 11 year old Luke from Smyrna, Georgia. 226 00:10:51,584 --> 00:10:52,918 Clue number one. 227 00:10:52,918 --> 00:10:55,921 This animal is small enough to fit in a shoe box. 228 00:10:57,123 --> 00:10:58,858 Clue number two. 229 00:10:58,858 --> 00:11:01,861 This animal has big ears. 230 00:11:02,228 --> 00:11:03,329 Clue number three. 231 00:11:03,329 --> 00:11:07,667 This animal has nice, tidy poops that Luke sometimes has to clean up. 232 00:11:08,968 --> 00:11:10,803 Clue number four. 233 00:11:10,803 --> 00:11:14,607 When this animal gets scared, it thumps its foot loudly. 234 00:11:15,708 --> 00:11:17,343 And the answer is 235 00:11:18,377 --> 00:11:21,781 Luke's pet rescue bunny, mochi mochi. 236 00:11:21,781 --> 00:11:25,051 The bunny makes Luke happy because he's so soft and adorable 237 00:11:25,051 --> 00:11:28,054 and has these big, fluffy furry cheeks. 238 00:11:28,187 --> 00:11:30,890 Thanks for your submission, Luke. Grown ups. 239 00:11:30,890 --> 00:11:34,460 If you or your family would like to submit the Happiest animal, visit 240 00:11:34,460 --> 00:11:37,463 our website at Happiest Animal Show. Com 241 00:11:38,731 --> 00:11:41,534 now it's time for our special guest, Maggie. 242 00:11:41,534 --> 00:11:42,802 She's nine years old. 243 00:11:42,802 --> 00:11:46,038 She likes to ride bikes and she also likes to do weaving. 244 00:11:46,205 --> 00:11:51,510 She's been weaving bracelets and recently sold a custom headband to her mom for $4. 245 00:11:51,811 --> 00:11:54,780 Maggie, thanks for coming on the happiest animal show. 246 00:11:54,780 --> 00:11:56,982 Hi, Maggie. 247 00:11:56,982 --> 00:11:59,919 What animal is making you happy today? 248 00:11:59,919 --> 00:12:02,922 They are broad and fuzzy 249 00:12:02,988 --> 00:12:05,658 and they live in trees. 250 00:12:05,658 --> 00:12:07,860 Does it live in North America? 251 00:12:07,860 --> 00:12:10,796 South America? It lives in South America. 252 00:12:11,831 --> 00:12:14,467 Does it move slowly? Yes. 253 00:12:14,467 --> 00:12:15,601 In the trees. 254 00:12:15,601 --> 00:12:18,604 Ooh, ooh. Is it a sloth? 255 00:12:18,704 --> 00:12:20,139 Yeah, it's a swan. 256 00:12:20,139 --> 00:12:23,242 Yes, a sloth. 257 00:12:24,844 --> 00:12:27,847 Sloth. 258 00:12:27,947 --> 00:12:29,749 Why do they make you happy? 259 00:12:29,749 --> 00:12:32,284 Because they're really fuzzy. 260 00:12:32,284 --> 00:12:35,287 So fuzzy. 261 00:12:36,088 --> 00:12:37,356 What about their claws. 262 00:12:37,356 --> 00:12:41,360 Did you, do you like their toes and their curved claws. 263 00:12:42,128 --> 00:12:46,465 I bet if they like grabbed on to my back I bet they can each it. 264 00:12:48,167 --> 00:12:49,502 Yeah. 265 00:12:49,502 --> 00:12:50,336 Sloths. 266 00:12:50,336 --> 00:12:53,339 Nature's back scratchers. 267 00:12:53,906 --> 00:12:56,108 How did you learn about sloths? 268 00:12:56,108 --> 00:13:00,579 I'm actually doing an animal report at my school about socks. 269 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:02,548 Do you know what they eat? 270 00:13:02,548 --> 00:13:05,551 I'm pretty sure they eat like twigs. 271 00:13:05,618 --> 00:13:07,653 Flowers at. 272 00:13:07,653 --> 00:13:09,421 So they eat plants. 273 00:13:09,421 --> 00:13:11,857 I've seen what they eat. Like. 274 00:13:11,857 --> 00:13:14,593 Like peppers. Yeah. 275 00:13:14,593 --> 00:13:17,730 Did you see a, have you seen this loss in real life. Yes. 276 00:13:18,030 --> 00:13:20,065 That's where I saw the peppers. 277 00:13:20,065 --> 00:13:22,034 Oh where did you see the sloth. 278 00:13:22,034 --> 00:13:25,037 Was it at the zoo? No. 279 00:13:25,437 --> 00:13:29,408 There was like an animal guy coming into our class 280 00:13:29,942 --> 00:13:34,914 in like second grade, and he brought a snake, 281 00:13:35,414 --> 00:13:38,484 schlong and a chinchilla. 282 00:13:39,118 --> 00:13:41,453 Whoa. 283 00:13:41,453 --> 00:13:43,856 In your class, you had a sloth in your class. 284 00:13:43,856 --> 00:13:45,090 That's incredible. 285 00:13:45,090 --> 00:13:48,928 I can honestly say no one ever brought a sloth to my school. 286 00:13:48,928 --> 00:13:51,764 Ever. When I was growing up. And now I'm angry about it. 287 00:13:54,066 --> 00:13:54,967 We did have assemblies 288 00:13:54,967 --> 00:13:57,970 about bike safety, though. 289 00:13:57,970 --> 00:13:58,737 Where do they live? 290 00:13:58,737 --> 00:14:01,307 Most of their lives. Things. 291 00:14:01,307 --> 00:14:02,341 But trees. 292 00:14:02,341 --> 00:14:07,146 Sometimes they can swear and go oddly. 293 00:14:08,047 --> 00:14:10,549 Yes, they are good swimmers. 294 00:14:10,549 --> 00:14:13,052 That's right. I think a lot of people don't know that about them. 295 00:14:13,052 --> 00:14:13,953 Yeah. I'm not. 296 00:14:13,953 --> 00:14:16,388 I wouldn't say they're fast swimmers, but they're. 297 00:14:16,388 --> 00:14:19,291 They're good swimmers. They can swim. Yeah. 298 00:14:19,291 --> 00:14:24,330 You know, Rob and I filmed a sloth at our science museum not too long ago. 299 00:14:24,630 --> 00:14:29,068 And their keeper let us go into the cage, into the enclosure with the sloth, 300 00:14:29,401 --> 00:14:33,138 and she got out some plants for the sauce to eat. 301 00:14:33,138 --> 00:14:36,208 And I was so surprised at how fast 302 00:14:36,208 --> 00:14:39,912 the sloth could move when it wanted to, because it kind of woke up. 303 00:14:39,912 --> 00:14:42,948 And then it reached out to get the what was it feeding it? 304 00:14:42,948 --> 00:14:44,783 Rob, do you remember peppers? 305 00:14:44,783 --> 00:14:46,418 Peppers? Peppers. You're right Maggie. 306 00:14:46,418 --> 00:14:47,820 So it's feeding it peppers. 307 00:14:47,820 --> 00:14:50,422 And it would go wherever those peppers were. 308 00:14:50,422 --> 00:14:50,956 It would go. 309 00:14:50,956 --> 00:14:52,791 And then the other thing, what's interesting is that 310 00:14:52,791 --> 00:14:55,527 the sloth was super interested in Rob's camera. 311 00:14:55,527 --> 00:14:56,962 It wanted to know what it was. 312 00:14:56,962 --> 00:14:59,298 So yeah, it that's hilarious. 313 00:14:59,298 --> 00:15:02,067 And I think maybe the microphone on my camera too. 314 00:15:02,067 --> 00:15:05,671 So everywhere I went, the sloth was just crawling after me, 315 00:15:06,405 --> 00:15:09,408 trying to grab my camera and my microphone. 316 00:15:09,942 --> 00:15:12,511 Yeah, I mean, it's cool to have a sloth coming at you, but 317 00:15:12,511 --> 00:15:15,981 the keeper warned us that it actually has a really strong bite. 318 00:15:16,181 --> 00:15:19,418 So she told us to be careful because loss of really, really strong teeth 319 00:15:19,919 --> 00:15:24,290 say that one day you wake up Maggie and you've been turned into a sloth. 320 00:15:24,957 --> 00:15:27,960 What do you think would be the most fun part about being a sloth? 321 00:15:29,061 --> 00:15:31,263 Getting to climb trees? 322 00:15:31,263 --> 00:15:34,266 Yeah, they're amazingly good climbers. 323 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,236 I guess those hooked claws they have 324 00:15:37,236 --> 00:15:39,939 just do the do the perfect job. 325 00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:43,442 I think I read that they even have their babies in trees. 326 00:15:43,442 --> 00:15:47,579 I mean, they hang out there, they take naps hanging upside down. 327 00:15:47,579 --> 00:15:49,682 What do you think it'd be like to hang upside down all the time? 328 00:15:49,682 --> 00:15:54,153 Maggie I've done it before on a tree, and it hurt 329 00:15:54,153 --> 00:16:00,125 my to is like, all the stuff that goes to your head. 330 00:16:00,559 --> 00:16:03,095 Yeah. All the all the blood goes to your head. 331 00:16:03,095 --> 00:16:03,896 Yeah. 332 00:16:03,896 --> 00:16:06,865 We are not made for hanging upside down like sloths are. 333 00:16:06,865 --> 00:16:08,634 Yeah, that's for sure. 334 00:16:08,634 --> 00:16:12,504 Well, Maggie, thank you for joining us on the Happiest Animal Show. 335 00:16:13,439 --> 00:16:16,642 Thanks for having me on the podcast. Bye. 336 00:16:17,476 --> 00:16:20,312 I hear Maggie is going to go get a donut with her dad. 337 00:16:20,312 --> 00:16:21,780 A Long John donut. 338 00:16:21,780 --> 00:16:23,882 I hope it's delicious. 339 00:16:23,882 --> 00:16:27,686 And now is the time we have all been waiting for on pins 340 00:16:27,686 --> 00:16:31,924 and needles to find out the answer to our animal joke of the day. 341 00:16:32,658 --> 00:16:35,394 What is a bunny's favorite type of music? 342 00:16:36,395 --> 00:16:38,597 Do you have your guesses? 343 00:16:38,597 --> 00:16:41,266 What's a bunny's favorite type of music? 344 00:16:41,266 --> 00:16:44,036 The answer is 345 00:16:44,036 --> 00:16:47,039 hip hop. 346 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:50,376 Thanks so much for listening. 347 00:16:50,376 --> 00:16:53,379 And before we go, remember, we live on a beautiful planet. 348 00:16:53,612 --> 00:16:56,615 So go out and find what makes you happy today. 349 00:16:57,649 --> 00:17:00,185 Oh, hey, 350 00:17:00,185 --> 00:17:03,789 Grown-Ups, we know you're busy, but if you like 351 00:17:03,789 --> 00:17:07,793 our show, we'd love for you to tell your friends and family about it. 352 00:17:07,893 --> 00:17:11,730 It is the best way for our podcast to grow and Grown-Ups. 353 00:17:11,730 --> 00:17:15,601 You can also follow us on our social media accounts at Happiest 354 00:17:15,601 --> 00:17:18,737 Animal Show, or check out other fun things on our website, 355 00:17:18,737 --> 00:17:21,940 like how to submit an animal or how to get merch. 356 00:17:22,141 --> 00:17:24,977 Visit Happiest Animal show.com. 357 00:17:24,977 --> 00:17:28,013 The Happiest Animal Show is created by Laura Sams, 358 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:33,052 Robert Sams, and Dave Cain produced by Sisbro Studios, hosted 359 00:17:33,052 --> 00:17:37,589 and directed by Laura Sams and Robert Sams, and written by Laura Sams. 360 00:17:37,589 --> 00:17:40,592 Robert Sams with story editor Dave Cain. 361 00:17:40,626 --> 00:17:43,595 And with only a little help from our cat walking across the keyboard. 362 00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:46,565 Now let's talk music. 363 00:17:46,565 --> 00:17:49,635 Original music is written and performed by zero time 364 00:17:49,635 --> 00:17:53,205 Grammy Award winning songwriters Laura Sams and Robert Sams, 365 00:17:53,405 --> 00:17:56,642 except for the end credits music which was written by Laura and Rob's 366 00:17:56,775 --> 00:18:01,180 grandma max, and the joke answer suspense music was written by David Schultz. 367 00:18:01,447 --> 00:18:03,148 The theme song was written and performed 368 00:18:03,148 --> 00:18:06,752 by Laura and Rob and mixed by Jason Wells of Audio Wells. 369 00:18:06,919 --> 00:18:09,521 Thanks for listening. 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