1 00:00:03,203 --> 00:00:06,072 And now for an animal joke. 2 00:00:06,072 --> 00:00:09,075 What do you call a bear with no teeth? 3 00:00:09,209 --> 00:00:12,879 I repeat, what do you call a bear with no teeth? 4 00:00:13,246 --> 00:00:16,249 The answer is 5 00:00:16,383 --> 00:00:19,953 going to be revealed at the end of the episode. 6 00:00:20,053 --> 00:00:20,587 But first, 7 00:00:20,587 --> 00:00:25,392 get your ears ready because it’s the Happiest Animal Show on Planet Earth. 8 00:00:25,592 --> 00:00:28,595 The Happiest Animal Show on Planet Earth. 9 00:00:29,295 --> 00:00:29,863 You want to be sad? No! 10 00:00:29,863 --> 00:00:32,665 Do you want to be glad? No. Wait. Yes. 11 00:00:32,665 --> 00:00:39,906 Well, it’s the Happiest Animal Show on Planet Earth. . 12 00:00:39,906 --> 00:00:44,277 Hello and welcome to the Happiest Animal 13 00:00:44,277 --> 00:00:48,748 Show on Planet Earth, the podcast that asks the very important question. 14 00:00:49,082 --> 00:00:52,052 What animal is making you happy today? 15 00:00:52,452 --> 00:00:56,389 Not yesterday, not even last night, but today. 16 00:00:56,556 --> 00:00:58,892 I'm Rob and I'm Laura. 17 00:00:58,892 --> 00:01:04,097 And we are a sister brother pair of zoologists, filmmakers and songwriters. 18 00:01:04,130 --> 00:01:07,967 We are here to explore the wonderful world of wildlife and discover 19 00:01:07,967 --> 00:01:09,936 why animals make us happy. 20 00:01:09,936 --> 00:01:14,174 Today we are celebrating Mother's Day and the moms of the animal Kingdom. 21 00:01:14,574 --> 00:01:17,277 We'll hear a song about an animal with three hearts 22 00:01:17,277 --> 00:01:21,081 and our special guest is comedian and mom Kelly Vrooman. 23 00:01:21,414 --> 00:01:22,382 Here we go. 24 00:01:22,382 --> 00:01:27,087 What animal is making you happy today? 25 00:01:27,353 --> 00:01:28,922 I want to know. 26 00:01:28,922 --> 00:01:32,325 In honor of Mother's Day, we have given ourselves the theme of great 27 00:01:32,325 --> 00:01:37,797 animal mothers and happy Mother's Day to you, Laura, since you are a mother. 28 00:01:38,231 --> 00:01:41,234 Yes. I'm a proud mom of a girl named Maxine. 29 00:01:41,668 --> 00:01:45,705 So, Laura, what animal mom is making you happy today? 30 00:01:46,473 --> 00:01:50,310 This animal is one that sometimes people think is a bad mom. 31 00:01:50,643 --> 00:01:52,712 But it's really a good mom. 32 00:01:52,712 --> 00:01:55,648 Okay, okay. Clues one. 33 00:01:55,648 --> 00:01:57,584 It has hooves. 34 00:01:57,584 --> 00:01:59,686 It's a good swimmer. 35 00:01:59,686 --> 00:02:02,122 Oh. Clue two. 36 00:02:02,122 --> 00:02:05,125 The moms have their babies. 37 00:02:05,258 --> 00:02:07,494 1 or 2 babies. 38 00:02:07,494 --> 00:02:12,565 Usually born in late May, early June around North America. 39 00:02:13,032 --> 00:02:14,000 Okay. 40 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:18,371 Yeah, I think I know what it probably is, so keep going. 41 00:02:18,671 --> 00:02:20,106 Okay. Three. 42 00:02:20,106 --> 00:02:22,809 It has a reddish brown coat in the summer. 43 00:02:22,809 --> 00:02:23,276 Changes. 44 00:02:23,276 --> 00:02:26,279 More of a gray color in the winter. 45 00:02:26,613 --> 00:02:27,447 Yeah. 46 00:02:27,447 --> 00:02:30,650 And this is probably going to give it away for sure. 47 00:02:31,451 --> 00:02:35,255 This animal will flip up its white tail 48 00:02:35,255 --> 00:02:38,258 when it's feeling nervous or scared or like there's danger. 49 00:02:39,058 --> 00:02:41,561 All right, so you chose the white tailed deer. 50 00:02:41,561 --> 00:02:44,397 I did, I chose a deer. 51 00:02:45,832 --> 00:02:48,001 Whitetail deer. 52 00:02:48,001 --> 00:02:51,070 I was thinking about I know I was thinking of all the animal moms. 53 00:02:51,304 --> 00:02:52,805 And then I started thinking about deer, 54 00:02:52,805 --> 00:02:57,243 because we spent a lot of time in our early career filming deer. 55 00:02:57,243 --> 00:03:00,480 So what makes a whitetail deer a great mom? 56 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,716 Whitetail deer moms know exactly what to do 57 00:03:03,716 --> 00:03:07,320 when their babies are born to protect them from predators like coyotes. 58 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:09,656 And it's something you might not expect. 59 00:03:09,656 --> 00:03:10,890 They leave their babies. 60 00:03:10,890 --> 00:03:14,861 They leave their fawns hiding in the woods alone for hours each day, 61 00:03:14,861 --> 00:03:16,129 and then they come back and check on them. 62 00:03:16,129 --> 00:03:20,200 But the cool thing is that they lick their bodies clean when they come back 63 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:21,467 with their little deer tongues. 64 00:03:21,467 --> 00:03:23,636 They're just licking the whole foreign body 65 00:03:23,636 --> 00:03:27,106 all of it up, so that the fawn doesn't smell like anything. 66 00:03:27,407 --> 00:03:31,211 So when the mom deer leaves, the fawn is protected because it's hiding. 67 00:03:31,211 --> 00:03:34,681 It's camouflaged, got little spots to stay, perfectly camouflaged, 68 00:03:34,681 --> 00:03:35,949 and there's no scent. 69 00:03:35,949 --> 00:03:40,920 There's no smell so that predators like coyotes can't find the thorns. 70 00:03:41,020 --> 00:03:42,855 Yeah. You know, I've only. I'm. 71 00:03:42,855 --> 00:03:47,427 I'm actually really impressed by a baby fawns camouflage. 72 00:03:48,061 --> 00:03:50,897 I'm sure I've walked past baby deer 73 00:03:50,897 --> 00:03:54,334 in the woods, quite a few times where I didn't notice them. 74 00:03:54,667 --> 00:03:59,539 I think I can probably only think of about 3 or 4 times 75 00:03:59,706 --> 00:04:02,709 where I stumbled across a baby deer and spotted it. 76 00:04:03,276 --> 00:04:04,811 They're so good at hiding there. 77 00:04:04,811 --> 00:04:06,079 So yeah, you're right. 78 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:07,080 It is a funny thing 79 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,950 because they look so tiny and helpless and then you think where is its mom. 80 00:04:11,184 --> 00:04:11,451 Yeah. 81 00:04:11,451 --> 00:04:14,454 Well why isn't its mom hanging around right, right. 82 00:04:14,687 --> 00:04:14,988 Yeah. 83 00:04:14,988 --> 00:04:19,392 It's it brings up a good point on what makes a good animal 84 00:04:19,392 --> 00:04:22,395 mother, because it's different for every animal, isn't it? 85 00:04:22,695 --> 00:04:22,862 Yeah. 86 00:04:22,862 --> 00:04:24,998 I was thinking about sea turtle moms and how like 87 00:04:24,998 --> 00:04:27,467 they lay their eggs on the beach and then the. 88 00:04:27,467 --> 00:04:29,302 They never meet their babies. Right. 89 00:04:29,302 --> 00:04:33,306 Their babies just hatch and go off and, and hopefully become a big sea 90 00:04:33,306 --> 00:04:33,940 turtle someday. 91 00:04:33,940 --> 00:04:36,376 But it's funny to think about moms who never get to meet their kids. 92 00:04:36,376 --> 00:04:40,280 So I think it's cool to think about animal moms know somehow 93 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:44,984 what they're supposed to do, and it's very different than what we do as people. 94 00:04:45,218 --> 00:04:48,221 You know, when my baby was born, I did not lick it all over. 95 00:04:48,221 --> 00:04:51,391 I didn't lick my daughter all over to get the smell off of her. 96 00:04:51,724 --> 00:04:57,063 You know, they would if I had licked my baby in the hospital room all over. 97 00:04:57,063 --> 00:04:59,699 People would have said, what are you doing? 98 00:05:00,767 --> 00:05:03,069 I'm just being a deer. 99 00:05:03,069 --> 00:05:04,137 That's what deer do. 100 00:05:04,137 --> 00:05:06,739 It's what the whitetail deer does, but it's. 101 00:05:06,739 --> 00:05:08,241 Oh, we have all these adaptations 102 00:05:08,241 --> 00:05:11,678 that we all do differently for each different baby. 103 00:05:12,078 --> 00:05:15,181 So Laura, you chose a white tailed deer 104 00:05:15,581 --> 00:05:18,584 as the animal mom that's making you happy today. 105 00:05:18,785 --> 00:05:21,788 We'll find out what I chose right after this. 106 00:05:22,388 --> 00:05:24,524 And now, baby advice 107 00:05:24,524 --> 00:05:28,461 for new moms from a deer mom. 108 00:05:28,494 --> 00:05:31,764 Tip number one congratulate Lations 109 00:05:31,764 --> 00:05:35,401 on your new baby after your baby is born. 110 00:05:35,468 --> 00:05:38,471 Get your baby to stand up right away. 111 00:05:38,805 --> 00:05:41,541 Your baby should be able to stand up on its own 112 00:05:41,541 --> 00:05:44,544 about 20 minutes after being born. 113 00:05:45,211 --> 00:05:48,614 If you are a deer mom, tip number two 114 00:05:49,415 --> 00:05:51,718 leave your baby alone in the forest 115 00:05:51,718 --> 00:05:54,721 for hours at a time for several weeks. 116 00:05:54,954 --> 00:05:59,292 Your baby will naturally blend in with the leaves and trees and be perfectly fine. 117 00:06:00,093 --> 00:06:03,730 If you are a deer mom, tip number three 118 00:06:04,130 --> 00:06:08,334 when you come back to find your baby hidden in the forest, follow 119 00:06:08,334 --> 00:06:13,673 the sound of your baby's cry, a darling little bleat which sounds like this. 120 00:06:15,308 --> 00:06:18,411 Now if you're a deer, of course, 121 00:06:18,911 --> 00:06:22,482 by following these tips, your baby should grow up to be able 122 00:06:22,482 --> 00:06:25,952 to bounce through forests and fields at 40 miles an hour. 123 00:06:26,386 --> 00:06:31,190 Leap over eight foot fences and then freeze when they see headlights. 124 00:06:32,024 --> 00:06:35,027 If your baby is a deer at 125 00:06:36,229 --> 00:06:39,165 and we are back, Rob, 126 00:06:39,165 --> 00:06:42,802 what animal mom is making you happy today? 127 00:06:43,536 --> 00:06:43,970 What? 128 00:06:43,970 --> 00:06:48,174 I ended up settling on was an animal 129 00:06:48,174 --> 00:06:51,177 that made me think of my own mom. 130 00:06:51,944 --> 00:06:53,980 Which is also my mom. 131 00:06:53,980 --> 00:06:56,549 This is going to be interesting, right? 132 00:06:56,549 --> 00:07:02,321 My first hint is that it's an animal that can be found 133 00:07:02,321 --> 00:07:06,192 in North America, as well as, like, Europe and Asia. 134 00:07:06,959 --> 00:07:11,297 Okay, so that's interesting because those are separate continents, 135 00:07:11,297 --> 00:07:14,300 but it's the same basically the same animal. 136 00:07:14,300 --> 00:07:15,435 Okay. 137 00:07:15,435 --> 00:07:19,038 This is an animal that you and I have seen in the wild. 138 00:07:19,472 --> 00:07:20,239 Okay. 139 00:07:20,239 --> 00:07:23,309 The baby only weighs 1 pound at birth. 140 00:07:24,310 --> 00:07:26,012 That's not very big, right? 141 00:07:26,012 --> 00:07:30,750 The mom can weigh up to about 800 pounds. 142 00:07:31,684 --> 00:07:34,187 Okay. Yeah. 143 00:07:34,187 --> 00:07:35,922 Any guesses? 144 00:07:35,922 --> 00:07:40,593 Is this an animal with fur? Yes. 145 00:07:41,561 --> 00:07:44,730 Is it an animal that can have big claws? 146 00:07:45,097 --> 00:07:46,599 Yes. Right. 147 00:07:46,599 --> 00:07:49,769 Is it an animal that can also sometimes climb trees? 148 00:07:50,102 --> 00:07:50,636 Yeah. 149 00:07:50,636 --> 00:07:53,539 And an animal that we filmed in Alaska. Yes. 150 00:07:53,539 --> 00:07:54,974 Yes, it is. 151 00:07:54,974 --> 00:07:57,343 Is it a grizzly bear? 152 00:07:57,343 --> 00:08:00,880 Yeah, it's actually, I chose the Alaskan brown bear. 153 00:08:02,748 --> 00:08:04,750 Brown bear? 154 00:08:04,750 --> 00:08:08,621 So brown bears and grizzly bears are the same animal. 155 00:08:08,621 --> 00:08:11,991 They're the same species, but they are, 156 00:08:11,991 --> 00:08:15,228 found in different places, and they hunt different things. 157 00:08:15,228 --> 00:08:17,063 But it's the same animal. 158 00:08:17,063 --> 00:08:19,999 So why is a grizzly bear mom making you happy? 159 00:08:19,999 --> 00:08:21,033 Some question. 160 00:08:21,033 --> 00:08:24,036 Why does it remind you of our mom? 161 00:08:25,638 --> 00:08:26,672 Yeah. 162 00:08:26,672 --> 00:08:28,741 So, grizzly bear moms. 163 00:08:28,741 --> 00:08:32,778 I think one of my takeaways from our adventure in Alaska 164 00:08:33,079 --> 00:08:36,582 was just how grizzly bear moms 165 00:08:36,582 --> 00:08:40,553 were on top of everything that their, their, their kids were doing. 166 00:08:41,220 --> 00:08:46,125 So we were out with our cameras and there was a group of like 5 or 6 of us, 167 00:08:46,526 --> 00:08:50,596 and we were with a bear guide who knew bear behavior really well. 168 00:08:50,730 --> 00:08:53,666 He could tell just from like, the flick of an ear 169 00:08:53,666 --> 00:08:56,335 if she was paying attention to us, and he would turn around 170 00:08:56,335 --> 00:08:58,237 and tell us to stop whatever you're doing 171 00:08:58,237 --> 00:09:01,874 so that we we didn't scare the momma bear and make them leave. 172 00:09:02,241 --> 00:09:03,743 Baby bear cubs are so cute. 173 00:09:03,743 --> 00:09:09,115 They are just so clumsy and they just sort of like, roll around and they they do. 174 00:09:09,115 --> 00:09:12,919 They kind of get scattered and mom has to bring them back in together, 175 00:09:12,919 --> 00:09:15,254 and then they fall on each other, and then they're back 176 00:09:15,254 --> 00:09:18,224 to what they were supposed to be doing. And now they're eating grass. 177 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:19,926 And then they forget they were eating grass, 178 00:09:19,926 --> 00:09:22,295 and now they are playing with that fly that's over there. 179 00:09:22,295 --> 00:09:23,496 And now they are back. 180 00:09:23,496 --> 00:09:28,134 And so I feel like Mama Bear is just like, come on, let's get back to it. 181 00:09:28,167 --> 00:09:30,002 Let's keep us in line, keep us safe. 182 00:09:30,002 --> 00:09:33,005 But they are hilarious to watch those little baby bears. 183 00:09:33,372 --> 00:09:33,706 Yeah. 184 00:09:33,706 --> 00:09:37,376 Remember that time that the wolf showed up and, 185 00:09:37,376 --> 00:09:40,379 the wolf was getting too close to the cubs? 186 00:09:40,379 --> 00:09:45,518 Yes, I think the wolf was just looking for for food scraps and, 187 00:09:45,585 --> 00:09:49,755 And the mama bear chased the chased that wolf 100%. 188 00:09:49,956 --> 00:09:51,891 But those bear cubs had no clue. 189 00:09:51,891 --> 00:09:53,826 They don't think of it as dangerous at all. 190 00:09:53,826 --> 00:09:55,127 They were just like, lalala. 191 00:09:55,127 --> 00:09:59,198 Another play button bear doing stuff out on the grass than this. 192 00:09:59,198 --> 00:10:02,835 And yeah, well, this wolf gets closer and closer to them. 193 00:10:03,769 --> 00:10:06,772 It reminds me of our mom because 194 00:10:06,872 --> 00:10:10,409 our mom always knew what we were doing at all times. 195 00:10:11,611 --> 00:10:14,380 She knew everything about our 196 00:10:14,380 --> 00:10:17,516 schedule and what we should be doing, where to be, at what time. 197 00:10:17,717 --> 00:10:20,886 She was, on top of everything. 198 00:10:20,886 --> 00:10:24,657 Did I have my soccer cleats and my shin guards and my uniform? 199 00:10:24,657 --> 00:10:25,491 Both colors. 200 00:10:25,491 --> 00:10:28,227 You know, like, every, everything. 201 00:10:28,227 --> 00:10:32,632 And so I think if we were ever in serious trouble, our mom would protect us. 202 00:10:32,632 --> 00:10:35,701 Just like a momma brown bear would do. Yeah. 203 00:10:36,035 --> 00:10:39,205 There's something about mama brown bears that just the bear. 204 00:10:39,205 --> 00:10:42,074 Mama looks calm, hanging out, eating grass. 205 00:10:42,074 --> 00:10:45,211 But really, that mom is totally on top of everything 206 00:10:45,211 --> 00:10:49,582 that's happening around her and is ready to protect the Cubs at any cost. 207 00:10:49,715 --> 00:10:53,653 Yeah, it is sort of the classic, mama bear, right? 208 00:10:53,753 --> 00:10:57,089 Yeah, a mama brown bear. Great pic. Rob. 209 00:10:57,356 --> 00:10:58,824 And now for a song. 210 00:10:58,824 --> 00:11:01,861 So I was looking up lists of great animal moms 211 00:11:01,861 --> 00:11:04,830 online, and the octopus just kept coming up. 212 00:11:05,097 --> 00:11:08,434 Octopuses lay eggs, and some octopus. 213 00:11:08,434 --> 00:11:12,038 Moms can lay up to 400,000 eggs 214 00:11:12,038 --> 00:11:15,541 and they spend about six months guarding their eggs. 215 00:11:15,775 --> 00:11:19,412 And they stop eating that whole time so that they don't have to 216 00:11:19,412 --> 00:11:22,415 leave their eggs and can guard them the whole time to make sure they're safe. 217 00:11:22,515 --> 00:11:24,016 Octopuses are incredible. 218 00:11:24,016 --> 00:11:27,486 They're weird for so many reasons that I decided 219 00:11:28,020 --> 00:11:31,957 to write a powerful country anthem about them, 220 00:11:32,158 --> 00:11:35,394 and my own personal dream is that Miranda Lambert might sing it someday. 221 00:11:35,628 --> 00:11:36,495 Here it is. 222 00:11:38,898 --> 00:11:40,332 I got blue blood. 223 00:11:40,332 --> 00:11:41,701 I got black ink. 224 00:11:41,701 --> 00:11:44,537 I got a lot of little suckers and they’re tasting things. 225 00:11:44,537 --> 00:11:45,971 I got no bones. 226 00:11:45,971 --> 00:11:50,176 I got three hearts, I got brains on my arms and I'm wicked smar. 227 00:11:50,176 --> 00:11:56,048 I got tough skin, i got color pop, I got camouflage that'll make your jaw drop. 228 00:11:56,048 --> 00:11:59,719 I’ve got crazy eyes, I got a tongue with teeth, I got toxic 229 00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:02,722 venom in my hard beak. 230 00:12:03,322 --> 00:12:08,394 Oh, I'm like a science fiction dream. 231 00:12:08,594 --> 00:12:14,366 Closest thing to an alien you ever seen. 232 00:12:16,502 --> 00:12:21,006 Oh you gotta see me to believe. 233 00:12:21,507 --> 00:12:25,411 I'm a blue blooded, three hearted octopus lady 234 00:12:25,411 --> 00:12:28,414 and I'm the real thing. 235 00:12:29,749 --> 00:12:31,250 I’ve got eight arms, 236 00:12:31,250 --> 00:12:35,521 I got no legs I can lay 400,000 eggs. 237 00:12:35,521 --> 00:12:37,022 I can leave the water. 238 00:12:37,022 --> 00:12:38,457 I can crawl back in. 239 00:12:38,457 --> 00:12:41,193 If I lose an arm, I can grow it again. 240 00:12:41,193 --> 00:12:42,628 I can flatten down. 241 00:12:42,628 --> 00:12:45,464 I can get small. I can squeeze through a bottle. 242 00:12:45,464 --> 00:12:46,832 No problem at all. 243 00:12:46,832 --> 00:12:49,635 I love to hide. I love the reef. 244 00:12:49,635 --> 00:12:53,305 I live alone and that's fine by meOh, 245 00:12:53,305 --> 00:12:58,978 I’m like a science fiction dream. 246 00:12:58,978 --> 00:13:05,217 Closest thing to an alien you ever seen. 247 00:13:07,186 --> 00:13:09,555 Oh you gotta see me to believe. 248 00:13:09,555 --> 00:13:34,413 I’m a blue blooded, three hearted octopus lady and I'm the real thing. 249 00:13:35,748 --> 00:13:35,848 Oh you gotta see me to believe. 250 00:13:35,848 --> 00:13:36,048 I’m a blue blooded, three hearted octopus lady and I'm the real thing. 251 00:13:36,048 --> 00:13:39,151 It’s that time in the show for the happiest fan of all. 252 00:13:39,819 --> 00:13:41,053 We're a fan like you. 253 00:13:41,053 --> 00:13:44,056 Gives us clues to an animal that is making them happy. 254 00:13:44,390 --> 00:13:48,227 Today's submission is from ten year old Henry from Portland, Oregon. 255 00:13:48,661 --> 00:13:50,229 Clue number one. 256 00:13:50,229 --> 00:13:54,733 This animal lives at temperatures of up to 700°F. 257 00:13:55,100 --> 00:13:57,803 Ouch. Clue number two. 258 00:13:57,803 --> 00:14:00,005 It has no eyes. 259 00:14:00,005 --> 00:14:01,173 Clue number three. 260 00:14:01,173 --> 00:14:04,276 It doesn't eat, but relies on energy 261 00:14:04,276 --> 00:14:07,313 produced from bacteria that lives in a large gland. 262 00:14:07,746 --> 00:14:09,315 Clue number four. 263 00:14:09,315 --> 00:14:12,151 It has a shell made up of iron. 264 00:14:12,151 --> 00:14:13,853 And another clue from us. 265 00:14:13,853 --> 00:14:16,155 It lives in the deep ocean. 266 00:14:16,155 --> 00:14:19,725 The answer is a volcano snail. 267 00:14:19,959 --> 00:14:23,762 Volcano snails make Henry happy because they have some amazing features 268 00:14:23,762 --> 00:14:26,999 that make him smile and think how amazing this creature is. 269 00:14:27,333 --> 00:14:29,034 Thanks for your submission, Henry. 270 00:14:29,034 --> 00:14:32,738 To all you listeners out there, what animal is making you happy today? 271 00:14:33,138 --> 00:14:33,939 Grown ups. 272 00:14:33,939 --> 00:14:36,775 If you or your family would like to submit a happiest 273 00:14:36,775 --> 00:14:40,446 animal, visit our website at Happiest Animal Show. Com. 274 00:14:41,714 --> 00:14:43,949 Our special guest today is Kelly 275 00:14:43,949 --> 00:14:47,753 Roman and actor, a comedian and a mom. 276 00:14:48,020 --> 00:14:50,289 Thanks for joining us today Kelly. 277 00:14:50,289 --> 00:14:52,725 Oh, thank you so much for having me. 278 00:14:52,725 --> 00:14:54,460 Welcome to the Happiest Animal. 279 00:14:54,460 --> 00:14:56,929 We're so excited that you're with us. 280 00:14:56,929 --> 00:14:59,198 And happy Mother's Day. 281 00:14:59,198 --> 00:15:01,400 Tell me about your kids. 282 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:04,904 I have a, three year old and a five year old. 283 00:15:05,204 --> 00:15:09,475 My five year old, girl, Keaton and, my three year old son, Crosby. 284 00:15:09,842 --> 00:15:11,810 They are starting to play together. 285 00:15:11,810 --> 00:15:14,747 It's try to kill each other. 286 00:15:14,747 --> 00:15:17,750 The daily, 287 00:15:18,350 --> 00:15:21,420 And it's not like I actually was able to read a chapter of a book the other day 288 00:15:21,420 --> 00:15:24,690 while they before one of them started screaming bloody murder. 289 00:15:25,291 --> 00:15:26,825 And I feel like it's a new era. 290 00:15:26,825 --> 00:15:29,261 It's a new era I'm very excited for. 291 00:15:29,261 --> 00:15:29,995 That's great. 292 00:15:29,995 --> 00:15:30,829 Congratulations. 293 00:15:30,829 --> 00:15:33,832 I have a three year old who is a daycare right now. 294 00:15:33,899 --> 00:15:36,268 So I can do this. 295 00:15:36,268 --> 00:15:39,405 My one is in TK school and then the other one 296 00:15:39,405 --> 00:15:43,042 is in a preschool and it's just sending them off into the world. 297 00:15:44,076 --> 00:15:45,477 And you go you got this. 298 00:15:45,477 --> 00:15:49,548 And then I know assuming they'll be alive when you go pick them up. 299 00:15:49,882 --> 00:15:50,883 Yeah. Yeah. 300 00:15:50,883 --> 00:15:54,153 So we are celebrating mothers and parents on this episode 301 00:15:54,153 --> 00:15:57,156 today and I'm so excited you're joining us. 302 00:15:57,189 --> 00:16:00,192 So Kelly what animal is making you happy today? 303 00:16:00,526 --> 00:16:03,529 Lizards. 304 00:16:03,929 --> 00:16:06,966 Oh it loving lizards are my favorite. 305 00:16:07,066 --> 00:16:08,033 I love them. Yeah. 306 00:16:08,033 --> 00:16:08,467 Rob does. 307 00:16:08,467 --> 00:16:10,436 Rob is really good at lizard spotting. 308 00:16:10,436 --> 00:16:12,371 He loves it. Oh, great. 309 00:16:12,371 --> 00:16:14,506 It's a it's an old pastime. 310 00:16:14,506 --> 00:16:16,275 That's not like I'm 311 00:16:16,275 --> 00:16:18,811 not a lizard, Scott. Or. Yeah. 312 00:16:18,811 --> 00:16:19,712 Where's Rob again? 313 00:16:19,712 --> 00:16:21,880 Oh, he's out spotting lizards. 314 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:23,916 Yeah. 315 00:16:23,916 --> 00:16:25,951 So in my backyard here. 316 00:16:25,951 --> 00:16:30,022 Now, I live in Los Angeles, and we we love our backyard. 317 00:16:30,055 --> 00:16:31,423 There's all sorts of succulent 318 00:16:31,423 --> 00:16:34,460 native plants, and there's some native fruit trees. 319 00:16:34,460 --> 00:16:36,428 There's fig trees. There's an orange tree. 320 00:16:36,428 --> 00:16:39,965 When we first moved here, there was a lizard. 321 00:16:40,165 --> 00:16:43,202 And I don't know what kind of lizard, but it's the kind 322 00:16:43,202 --> 00:16:46,739 that can snap its tail off as a defense mechanism. 323 00:16:47,072 --> 00:16:51,944 It scales, hold its tail on, and when it is threatened by a predator, 324 00:16:52,277 --> 00:16:57,316 it can pop those scales apart and pop its tail off, and the tail keeps squirming. 325 00:16:57,583 --> 00:17:00,986 So the predator is then focused on its tail 326 00:17:01,420 --> 00:17:04,189 and not the lizard itself. 327 00:17:04,189 --> 00:17:08,060 So the lizard can escape while its tail wiggles around and the predator 328 00:17:08,260 --> 00:17:10,195 is curious about the tail. 329 00:17:10,195 --> 00:17:13,332 So my beautiful dog Wampa, when we bought 330 00:17:13,332 --> 00:17:17,202 the house, was so curious just to sniff around everything. 331 00:17:17,202 --> 00:17:20,205 And she comes upon this lizard which we named speckles 332 00:17:20,672 --> 00:17:23,609 and speckles, 333 00:17:23,609 --> 00:17:26,912 was obviously terrified of this white fluff ball and was like, 334 00:17:26,912 --> 00:17:29,014 no thank you, I don't want to be your friend. 335 00:17:29,014 --> 00:17:33,786 Speckles released its tail and it was writhing on the ground 336 00:17:33,886 --> 00:17:37,356 as course Wampa fell for it, and speckles was able to escape. 337 00:17:37,623 --> 00:17:41,393 And then over the next year or however long we got to see speckles 338 00:17:41,393 --> 00:17:45,497 tail grow back, as speckles would be up on the walls around a plant. 339 00:17:45,497 --> 00:17:46,965 And we always knew it was speckles, obviously, 340 00:17:46,965 --> 00:17:51,437 because of the progress of its tail regrowing, and you could see 341 00:17:51,703 --> 00:17:54,973 the difference in color from speckles body, which was a darker brown, 342 00:17:55,107 --> 00:17:59,645 and then the new growth of, its tail was like a lighter color. 343 00:17:59,978 --> 00:18:01,380 Fascinating. Yeah. 344 00:18:01,380 --> 00:18:01,680 Yeah. 345 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:03,649 Whoa! It's great. 346 00:18:03,649 --> 00:18:05,551 I was just looking this up. 347 00:18:05,551 --> 00:18:09,421 I think what you saw was the alligator lizard. 348 00:18:10,055 --> 00:18:12,524 Alligator lizard? What? Yeah. 349 00:18:12,524 --> 00:18:14,426 Look it up and see if it looks like the right lizard. 350 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:18,097 It's a southern alligator lizard. 351 00:18:18,097 --> 00:18:20,065 Yes. 352 00:18:20,065 --> 00:18:21,366 Yes. It was. 353 00:18:21,366 --> 00:18:22,234 Oh my gosh. 354 00:18:22,234 --> 00:18:25,204 And they are long and look kind of like a snake. 355 00:18:25,204 --> 00:18:26,071 And it. 356 00:18:26,071 --> 00:18:27,873 So it scared me at first because for some reason 357 00:18:27,873 --> 00:18:30,742 I'm not scared of lizards, but snakes will startle me. 358 00:18:30,742 --> 00:18:33,512 It was one of these little southern alligator lizards. 359 00:18:33,512 --> 00:18:33,979 Yeah. 360 00:18:33,979 --> 00:18:39,685 It is truly one of nature's magic tricks that this can happen. 361 00:18:39,985 --> 00:18:42,888 I mean, what other animal, when it's scared, 362 00:18:42,888 --> 00:18:46,925 just can drop a body part, you know, as a as a distraction. 363 00:18:47,025 --> 00:18:50,095 If I could drop my arm and run away and have it grow back. 364 00:18:50,462 --> 00:18:54,066 Yeah, but, you know, it's a little tiny arm. 365 00:18:54,766 --> 00:18:55,701 Yeah. Take a while. 366 00:18:55,701 --> 00:18:58,070 But it's a tiny little arm. 367 00:18:58,070 --> 00:18:59,471 Grows back. 368 00:18:59,471 --> 00:19:02,374 Yeah. It's just like pink and raw at first. 369 00:19:02,374 --> 00:19:02,808 Yeah. 370 00:19:02,808 --> 00:19:04,743 Getting stronger all the time. Right? 371 00:19:04,743 --> 00:19:06,578 It's it's so interesting. 372 00:19:06,578 --> 00:19:11,617 I mean, anyone who lives around lizards and has pets, it's like you've encountered 373 00:19:11,617 --> 00:19:16,188 this where you're your cat or your dog has his, like, stomped on a lizard. 374 00:19:16,188 --> 00:19:19,591 It's not like the tail just falls off, the tail falls off 375 00:19:19,591 --> 00:19:22,728 and then starts wiggling around like a worm. Yes. 376 00:19:23,228 --> 00:19:26,098 I mean, and then your cat or dog is like, I've got it. 377 00:19:26,098 --> 00:19:28,600 I did, yes. And you're like, no you didn't. 378 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:29,935 No. Throw it away. 379 00:19:29,935 --> 00:19:31,637 It was a good dusting. 380 00:19:31,637 --> 00:19:33,705 I mean, it I know it's fascinating. 381 00:19:33,705 --> 00:19:35,007 It's fascinating. 382 00:19:35,007 --> 00:19:36,842 And I don't want to 383 00:19:36,842 --> 00:19:40,679 deny that or play that down, but I almost immediately puked it. 384 00:19:40,679 --> 00:19:46,652 Oh, so gross to see this thing that should not be moving it like it should. 385 00:19:46,752 --> 00:19:47,553 It should not. 386 00:19:47,553 --> 00:19:48,320 It should be moving. 387 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:50,556 Right. That's part of nature. It's doing exactly what it should be doing. 388 00:19:50,556 --> 00:19:52,057 The purpose of it is happening. 389 00:19:52,057 --> 00:19:53,525 But to me, I was like, 390 00:19:53,525 --> 00:19:57,296 oh, you should not be doing you're not you're not attached to a body. 391 00:19:57,329 --> 00:19:59,698 You're just a tail now. But yeah. 392 00:19:59,698 --> 00:20:03,602 Oh yeah, I remember grossed out at the idea that my dog would eat it. 393 00:20:03,602 --> 00:20:04,269 She did it. 394 00:20:04,269 --> 00:20:07,372 She just, like, batted it, like, sniffed it, but I, like, immediately, 395 00:20:07,372 --> 00:20:09,841 like, grabbed my dog and ran inside and shut the door. 396 00:20:09,841 --> 00:20:14,213 Like it it it worked on a scale that that lizard never even believed it could. 397 00:20:14,379 --> 00:20:18,483 It scared away a human, and a dog almost made the human puke. 398 00:20:19,351 --> 00:20:22,487 Yeah, it's got it's got a story to tell. 399 00:20:22,788 --> 00:20:24,790 Oh, that's other lizards. Yeah. 400 00:20:24,790 --> 00:20:27,359 It's like, guys, it's so good at this tail trick. 401 00:20:29,361 --> 00:20:29,861 I was 402 00:20:29,861 --> 00:20:33,465 in Hawaii one time, and, you know, Hawaii. 403 00:20:33,699 --> 00:20:36,568 There are several different, geckos there and there. 404 00:20:36,568 --> 00:20:40,806 Just the house, the normal house gecko, a real bland looking kind of brown, 405 00:20:41,406 --> 00:20:42,474 so common. 406 00:20:42,474 --> 00:20:46,511 And, in the house I was staying in, I remember it was night. 407 00:20:46,511 --> 00:20:49,448 I shut the window, and when I shut the window, 408 00:20:49,448 --> 00:20:52,951 it spooked a lizard, and I didn't know it was there. 409 00:20:52,951 --> 00:20:53,385 And so. 410 00:20:53,385 --> 00:20:57,289 But this this tail just dropped from above. No. 411 00:20:57,322 --> 00:20:58,357 Oh, cool. 412 00:20:58,357 --> 00:21:01,093 And this wiggling tail landed in front of me, and I. 413 00:21:01,093 --> 00:21:02,761 I was like, what what what just happened? 414 00:21:02,761 --> 00:21:06,865 And I had I didn't have a reference, so I was, I was like, it's a caterpillar. 415 00:21:06,865 --> 00:21:08,200 It's a, it's a worm. 416 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:09,434 It's I went through all the things 417 00:21:09,434 --> 00:21:13,105 and then I had to get down and stare at it and realize, oh, no. 418 00:21:13,272 --> 00:21:15,307 And I looked up and there was this gecko. 419 00:21:15,307 --> 00:21:18,010 Was that gecko running across the ceiling? 420 00:21:18,010 --> 00:21:18,977 Yeah. 421 00:21:18,977 --> 00:21:21,513 Even imagining that right now, I almost puked right now. 422 00:21:21,513 --> 00:21:26,985 Like, I think it's one of the grossest, most useful things in nature. 423 00:21:26,985 --> 00:21:29,621 So why does the alligator lizard make you happy? 424 00:21:29,621 --> 00:21:31,790 Okay, so here's why it makes me happy. 425 00:21:31,790 --> 00:21:36,895 When we first moved here, I kind of ignorantly 426 00:21:37,429 --> 00:21:40,532 was using, weedkiller on my yard. 427 00:21:40,565 --> 00:21:45,137 Okay, we had this lizard, we had several lizards, 428 00:21:45,137 --> 00:21:46,972 and they were there, and I always felt like kind of weird, 429 00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:49,007 but I was like, ooh, but I really want to get 430 00:21:49,007 --> 00:21:51,009 rid of these weeds, and I want to have a nice yard. 431 00:21:51,009 --> 00:21:52,844 And I was so proud of having a yard. 432 00:21:52,844 --> 00:21:55,213 And I was using weed killer. 433 00:21:55,213 --> 00:22:00,252 Well, now we have been not using weed killer for about three years, 434 00:22:00,252 --> 00:22:04,523 and I, you know, we pull up the weeds and we use rakes, whatever. 435 00:22:04,523 --> 00:22:06,291 Or we use, like, natural stuff. 436 00:22:07,759 --> 00:22:11,229 And our yard has exploded with lizards 437 00:22:11,563 --> 00:22:15,534 in a good way, like they are now kind of a little more comfortable with me. 438 00:22:15,534 --> 00:22:17,602 We will pass each other on the trail. 439 00:22:17,602 --> 00:22:19,638 No more tails are popping off. 440 00:22:19,638 --> 00:22:21,373 But several things are happening. 441 00:22:21,373 --> 00:22:25,944 Bugs, pests, pesky bugs are not as much of an issue, right? 442 00:22:25,977 --> 00:22:28,413 Because they're eating the bugs. The lizards are eating the bugs. 443 00:22:28,413 --> 00:22:30,949 You know this bugs around. Yeah. 444 00:22:30,949 --> 00:22:35,120 And so I'm, I'm really excited that this kind of sacrifice 445 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:37,856 I've heard is a little harder with the, with the weeds. 446 00:22:37,856 --> 00:22:39,291 But it's hard to pull weeds. 447 00:22:39,291 --> 00:22:42,661 Well I, I, I do find it very satisfying but it's exhausting. 448 00:22:43,295 --> 00:22:43,862 Yeah. Yeah. 449 00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:46,898 When you get a full root and you yank that root up and the whole root 450 00:22:46,898 --> 00:22:51,236 comes, it's, oh, there's nothing but the way the lizard's tail popping off, 451 00:22:51,470 --> 00:22:55,173 pulling a full root up is the opposite feeling for me. 452 00:22:55,173 --> 00:22:59,277 I opposite of puke, I love it, it feels so good, but it's just as really neat. 453 00:22:59,277 --> 00:23:02,013 Like getting to be exciting. 454 00:23:02,013 --> 00:23:05,016 Yes, I see it's really wrecked 455 00:23:05,083 --> 00:23:08,186 improvement in the wildlife in my backyard. 456 00:23:08,186 --> 00:23:12,758 It's so fun, harmony, to bring animals to your yard, to know that you've done 457 00:23:12,758 --> 00:23:16,795 something that helps animals come into your yard is just a really good feeling. 458 00:23:16,795 --> 00:23:18,597 I love it, yeah, yeah, yeah. 459 00:23:18,597 --> 00:23:19,998 So that's why it makes me happy. 460 00:23:19,998 --> 00:23:25,003 While, certain aspects of the lizard's tail popping off makes me not happy, I. 461 00:23:25,036 --> 00:23:28,006 It hasn't been happening. They trust me now. 462 00:23:28,006 --> 00:23:32,144 My wife grew up in LA, and, it's funny because I feel like people 463 00:23:32,144 --> 00:23:34,546 don't really think of LA and think of wildlife, 464 00:23:34,546 --> 00:23:36,181 but they're, you know, there is a lot of wildlife. 465 00:23:36,181 --> 00:23:39,651 And I really like how, like hummingbirds are really common around that. 466 00:23:39,751 --> 00:23:41,753 Oh, we have my favorite many. 467 00:23:41,753 --> 00:23:44,656 Oh, I love them so much. They're so beautiful. 468 00:23:44,656 --> 00:23:47,659 We specifically planted some plants to attract them. 469 00:23:48,026 --> 00:23:48,727 Yeah. 470 00:23:48,727 --> 00:23:51,129 And to attract those beautiful yellow butterflies. 471 00:23:51,129 --> 00:23:54,132 There's also there are coyotes in the area, which is, 472 00:23:54,232 --> 00:23:55,934 pretty, pretty common. 473 00:23:55,934 --> 00:24:00,639 And so yeah, we always have to be a little careful for our small dog. 474 00:24:01,239 --> 00:24:02,407 Yeah. 475 00:24:02,407 --> 00:24:04,309 But yeah, it's great. 476 00:24:04,309 --> 00:24:07,312 So, like, pretty much anywhere you live, you can do 477 00:24:07,746 --> 00:24:11,049 they can do this to your backyard and attract wildlife and. 478 00:24:11,082 --> 00:24:11,283 Yeah. 479 00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:16,087 Oh, we live surrounded by roads and highways and other homes and big walls, 480 00:24:16,354 --> 00:24:20,025 but we we have made a space that I think animals 481 00:24:20,025 --> 00:24:23,028 are feeling safe and good in. 482 00:24:23,028 --> 00:24:25,397 And chemical free. It's really funny. 483 00:24:25,397 --> 00:24:28,667 What a magical backyard for your kids to your three year old 484 00:24:28,700 --> 00:24:29,601 and your five year old. 485 00:24:29,601 --> 00:24:33,805 It really has become, like you said, a little magical backyard for my kids 486 00:24:33,805 --> 00:24:38,043 to experience this wildlife in, the second largest city in the country. 487 00:24:38,076 --> 00:24:42,113 Lizards, specifically alligator lizards is a great choice. 488 00:24:42,113 --> 00:24:43,949 That is a great choice. Thank you. Yeah. 489 00:24:43,949 --> 00:24:45,450 Thank you. 490 00:24:45,450 --> 00:24:48,487 Thank you so much for being here on the Happiest Animal 491 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,523 Show is a wonderful treat to have you. 492 00:24:51,656 --> 00:24:55,460 Well, thank you so much for talking all about how animals make us happy. 493 00:24:56,695 --> 00:24:59,431 It's that time we've all been waiting for 494 00:24:59,431 --> 00:25:03,902 to find out the answer to our animal joke of the day. 495 00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:07,172 What do you call a bear with no teeth? 496 00:25:07,706 --> 00:25:10,375 Do you have a guess? 497 00:25:10,375 --> 00:25:12,777 The answer is 498 00:25:12,777 --> 00:25:15,780 a gummy bear. 499 00:25:16,748 --> 00:25:18,884 Thanks so much for listening. 500 00:25:18,884 --> 00:25:21,887 And before we go, remember, we live on a beautiful planet. 501 00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:25,123 So go out and find what makes you happy today. 502 00:25:28,426 --> 00:25:32,330 Hey, Grown-Ups, we know you're busy, but if you like 503 00:25:32,330 --> 00:25:36,301 our show, we'd love for you to tell your friends and family about it. 504 00:25:36,434 --> 00:25:40,238 It is the best way for our podcast to grow and Grown-Ups. 505 00:25:40,238 --> 00:25:44,876 You can also follow us on our social media accounts at Happiest Animal Show, 506 00:25:45,043 --> 00:25:47,245 or check out other fun things on our website 507 00:25:47,245 --> 00:25:50,448 like how to submit an animal or how to get merch. 508 00:25:50,682 --> 00:25:53,485 Visit Happiestanimalshow.com. 509 00:25:53,485 --> 00:25:56,521 The Happiest Animal Show is created by Laura Sams, 510 00:25:56,588 --> 00:26:00,792 Robert Sams, and Dave Cain produced by Sisbro Studios, 511 00:26:00,959 --> 00:26:04,362 hosted and directed by Laura Sams and Robert Sams, 512 00:26:04,563 --> 00:26:21,980 and written by Laura Sams, Robert Sams with story editor Dave Cain. 513 00:26:21,980 --> 00:26:22,113 And with only a little help from our cat walking across the keyboard. 514 00:26:22,113 --> 00:26:22,147 Now let’s talk music. 515 00:26:22,147 --> 00:26:22,247 Original music is written and performed by zero time 516 00:26:22,247 --> 00:26:22,314 Grammy Award winning songwriters Laura Sams and Robert Sams, 517 00:26:22,314 --> 00:26:26,618 except for the end credits music which was written by Laura and Rob’s 518 00:26:26,618 --> 00:26:29,721 Grandma Max, and the joke answer suspense music was written by David Schultz. 519 00:26:29,988 --> 00:26:31,056 The theme song was written 520 00:26:31,056 --> 00:26:34,893 and performed by Laura and Rob and mixed by Jason Wells of Audio Wells. 521 00:26:34,893 --> 00:26:35,226 The Octopus song was written by Laura, performed 522 00:26:35,226 --> 00:26:35,660 by Laura and Rob, and mixed by the talented Jonny Newsome. 523 00:26:35,660 --> 00:26:38,063 Thanks for listening. 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