1 00:00:05,505 --> 00:00:08,308 And now for an animal joke. 2 00:00:08,308 --> 00:00:11,311 How do you get a skunk to stop smelling? 3 00:00:11,578 --> 00:00:12,746 I repeat. 4 00:00:12,746 --> 00:00:15,749 How do you get a skunk to stop smelling? 5 00:00:16,316 --> 00:00:19,953 The answer is going to be revealed 6 00:00:19,953 --> 00:00:22,922 at the end of the episode. 7 00:00:32,065 --> 00:00:32,198 But first, get your ears ready Because it’s 8 00:00:32,198 --> 00:00:32,399 the Happiest Animal Show on Planet Earth. The Happiest Animal Show on Planet Earth. 9 00:00:32,399 --> 00:00:34,000 You want to be sad? No! Do you want to be glad? No. 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,168 Wait. Yes. 11 00:00:35,168 --> 00:00:38,171 Well, it’s the Happiest Animal Show on Planet Earth. 12 00:00:44,377 --> 00:00:46,312 Hello and welcome 13 00:00:46,312 --> 00:00:50,316 to the Happiest Animal Show on Planet Earth, the podcast 14 00:00:50,316 --> 00:00:54,854 that asks the very important question: What animal is making you happy today? 15 00:00:55,255 --> 00:00:58,825 I'm Laura, and I'm Rob and we are a sister brother 16 00:00:58,825 --> 00:01:01,828 pair of zoologists, filmmakers and songwriters. 17 00:01:01,995 --> 00:01:03,963 We are here to explore the wonderful world 18 00:01:03,963 --> 00:01:07,500 of wildlife and discover why animals make us happy. 19 00:01:07,734 --> 00:01:10,737 Today we are celebrating misunderstood 20 00:01:10,737 --> 00:01:16,142 animals with stories, a new song, and with special guest comedian 21 00:01:16,142 --> 00:01:19,946 and a person who makes very funny videos about misunderstood animals. 22 00:01:20,113 --> 00:01:23,116 Alex Falcone Here we go. 23 00:01:23,249 --> 00:01:27,954 What animal is making you happy today? 24 00:01:28,254 --> 00:01:29,656 I want to know. 25 00:01:29,656 --> 00:01:32,158 The theme we have given ourselves for this episode 26 00:01:32,158 --> 00:01:35,161 is Misunderstood Animals. 27 00:01:35,728 --> 00:01:38,264 I feel like it's animals that people 28 00:01:38,264 --> 00:01:42,335 don't understand or animals that people don't like. 29 00:01:42,368 --> 00:01:46,906 Basically, an animal I think is pretty cool and deserves some recognition. 30 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:49,843 Yeah, it's time that these animals get a little bit of respect 31 00:01:49,843 --> 00:01:53,113 and in the spirit of respect, Laura, how about you go first? 32 00:01:53,146 --> 00:01:56,416 What misunderstood animal is making you happy today? 33 00:01:57,016 --> 00:01:58,585 Oh my goodness. 34 00:01:58,585 --> 00:02:00,720 It's an animal that I love. 35 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:02,622 It lives in Africa. 36 00:02:02,622 --> 00:02:05,091 It's a really good hunter. 37 00:02:06,192 --> 00:02:09,195 It has spots. 38 00:02:10,330 --> 00:02:13,967 It. I know Rob's laughing because he knows that he knows what I'm doing. 39 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,069 For those of you listening. 40 00:02:16,069 --> 00:02:18,171 Here are some more clues. 41 00:02:18,171 --> 00:02:21,174 They live in clans. 42 00:02:21,808 --> 00:02:24,811 The females are all in charge 43 00:02:25,278 --> 00:02:27,080 and they make some cool sounds. 44 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,950 Sometimes they make what sort of sounds like a giggle, and a lot of times 45 00:02:30,950 --> 00:02:34,354 they make a sound that sounds like a whoop, like ooh 46 00:02:34,354 --> 00:02:37,357 ooh. 47 00:02:38,191 --> 00:02:41,928 What animal am I thinking of here? 48 00:02:43,563 --> 00:02:48,535 I wondered if you were gonna kind of stray and pick pick something else. 49 00:02:48,535 --> 00:02:51,171 But you went with the spotted hyena. 50 00:02:51,171 --> 00:02:54,140 Spotted hyena, 51 00:02:54,140 --> 00:02:56,376 spotted hyena. 52 00:02:56,376 --> 00:02:59,679 Spotted hyenas are so awesome, 53 00:02:59,979 --> 00:03:03,583 and I feel like they may be one of the most misunderstood animals of all. 54 00:03:03,917 --> 00:03:06,686 So why are hyenas making you happy? 55 00:03:06,686 --> 00:03:09,322 Well, they make me happy because when I was in college 56 00:03:09,322 --> 00:03:13,193 at Michigan State University, I got to go study hyenas in Africa. 57 00:03:13,226 --> 00:03:14,761 I spent my whole undergrad career 58 00:03:14,761 --> 00:03:18,531 studying hyenas with, professor named Doctor Kay. 59 00:03:18,531 --> 00:03:19,599 Holekamp. 60 00:03:19,599 --> 00:03:22,802 And I loved it. And honestly. 61 00:03:22,802 --> 00:03:25,505 So when I think of hyenas, I just get good feelings 62 00:03:25,505 --> 00:03:29,742 because I had such a fun time going to Africa and studying them. 63 00:03:29,742 --> 00:03:32,078 Well, what makes them so misunderstood? 64 00:03:32,078 --> 00:03:35,548 People think of hyenas as gross, dirty scavengers 65 00:03:35,782 --> 00:03:39,485 who are only stealing food from others instead of hunting for themselves. 66 00:03:39,485 --> 00:03:41,221 And it's just not true, right? 67 00:03:41,221 --> 00:03:45,391 Hyenas are more successful hunters than lions, 68 00:03:45,391 --> 00:03:48,661 are they catch food way more than lions do. 69 00:03:49,028 --> 00:03:52,765 Lions are more likely to steal food from hyenas than the other way around. 70 00:03:53,132 --> 00:03:56,135 I was just thinking about this one time we actually came across. 71 00:03:56,135 --> 00:03:57,737 There's a whole group of hyenas 72 00:03:57,737 --> 00:04:00,173 they had just killed, something they were all eating, 73 00:04:00,173 --> 00:04:03,176 and there was a big group of them, probably like ten hyenas. 74 00:04:03,276 --> 00:04:06,813 And the hyenas were so excited and their tails were bristled 75 00:04:06,813 --> 00:04:08,248 and they were all eating. 76 00:04:08,248 --> 00:04:11,317 And it's pretty cool because all the girls get to eat first. 77 00:04:11,317 --> 00:04:15,955 Girls are in charge in hyena world, and so the top girls would eat, 78 00:04:15,955 --> 00:04:18,091 then the next girls would eat and they'd all be darting in. 79 00:04:18,091 --> 00:04:22,795 And then there were these boy hyenas who were hanging around the sides, 80 00:04:23,162 --> 00:04:25,932 and they would try to sneak in and grab a little bit of food. 81 00:04:25,932 --> 00:04:29,702 They'd be walking on eggshells, come in and be like, oh, okay, can I, 82 00:04:29,769 --> 00:04:32,605 can I eat now? No. Okay, okay. Come back. I'll come back later. 83 00:04:32,605 --> 00:04:33,840 And then they'd try again 84 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:36,209 and they'd come past the car from behind us 85 00:04:36,209 --> 00:04:38,011 and like dart in and be like, what's up? Hey girl. 86 00:04:38,011 --> 00:04:39,912 So can I eat yet? No. Okay. You're still eating. 87 00:04:39,912 --> 00:04:41,447 Okay. I'll go, I'll go away. 88 00:04:41,447 --> 00:04:42,482 And that kept happening. 89 00:04:42,482 --> 00:04:45,885 One time I thought there was another boy hyena, coming in 90 00:04:45,885 --> 00:04:51,157 to try to see if they could eat yet, and I turned my head to look out the window. 91 00:04:51,457 --> 00:04:54,027 And this. It was not a hyena. 92 00:04:54,027 --> 00:04:58,931 It was a giant male lion that came running 93 00:04:58,931 --> 00:05:03,002 right past my window, wind in his mane. 94 00:05:03,036 --> 00:05:06,873 It was so close and I was like, oh, I kind of recoiled. 95 00:05:06,906 --> 00:05:11,878 The lion ran into the middle of all these hyenas, roared super loud. 96 00:05:12,145 --> 00:05:17,417 A lion roar feels like a motorcycle going through your body. 97 00:05:17,417 --> 00:05:19,185 It vibrates super loud. 98 00:05:19,185 --> 00:05:21,387 So this lion roars. 99 00:05:23,589 --> 00:05:24,657 All the hyenas 100 00:05:24,657 --> 00:05:27,894 scatter immediately, and the lion totally stole their food. 101 00:05:28,561 --> 00:05:32,131 And then the hyenas are small compared to the lion. 102 00:05:32,131 --> 00:05:34,434 So they knew that they probably couldn't win it back. 103 00:05:34,434 --> 00:05:36,469 And then they just had to give up and walk away. 104 00:05:36,469 --> 00:05:41,708 And the lion stayed on that food with its ladies for days eating it. 105 00:05:41,708 --> 00:05:43,142 So hyenas, it makes sense. 106 00:05:43,142 --> 00:05:46,312 A hyena would try to eat really fast before a lion can steal their food. 107 00:05:46,346 --> 00:05:48,481 Yeah, they eat so fast. 108 00:05:48,481 --> 00:05:49,082 I've watched. 109 00:05:49,082 --> 00:05:53,386 I watched one hyena eat a gazelle one time in minutes and their 110 00:05:53,586 --> 00:05:57,757 their stomachs get so big and they're trying to walk around, 111 00:05:57,757 --> 00:06:00,159 but they gotta eat fast before anybody else steals our food. 112 00:06:00,159 --> 00:06:03,029 So I've. I've done that with French fries. 113 00:06:03,029 --> 00:06:05,732 So yeah, my, my family wouldn't eat my French fries. 114 00:06:07,066 --> 00:06:10,203 You hyenas down your French fries. Yep. 115 00:06:11,371 --> 00:06:14,240 I can relate to the hyenas in that way. 116 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,175 What does it mean when they laugh? 117 00:06:16,175 --> 00:06:16,509 Yeah. 118 00:06:16,509 --> 00:06:20,079 So hyenas do giggle, but when they giggle, they're not laughing. 119 00:06:20,079 --> 00:06:23,950 They make that sound when they're nervous or they're scared and. 120 00:06:23,950 --> 00:06:24,584 Oh, okay. 121 00:06:24,584 --> 00:06:27,587 It's kind of a submissive sound. 122 00:06:30,456 --> 00:06:33,393 It's hyenas really deserve another look. 123 00:06:33,393 --> 00:06:36,796 And so I declare them as the most misunderstood animal. 124 00:06:37,263 --> 00:06:40,266 Wow. Bold statement, but probably true. 125 00:06:41,334 --> 00:06:44,337 Take that Lion King and I like the Lion King. 126 00:06:44,337 --> 00:06:47,340 Next up, we'll hear my pick right after this. 127 00:06:49,108 --> 00:06:52,378 It's time for everybody's favorite game show. 128 00:06:52,779 --> 00:06:55,782 Raise the Sound. 129 00:06:58,751 --> 00:07:01,754 What is making this sound? 130 00:07:03,222 --> 00:07:06,225 Ooh, whoa 131 00:07:06,659 --> 00:07:09,662 whoa. 132 00:07:09,862 --> 00:07:12,732 What? 133 00:07:12,732 --> 00:07:17,937 Is it a) cows b) spotted hyenas? 134 00:07:18,638 --> 00:07:21,707 Or c) your uncle's stomach 135 00:07:22,008 --> 00:07:25,978 after realizing he's already eaten all the little Debbies in your pantry. 136 00:07:26,179 --> 00:07:30,216 Oh, the answer is B 137 00:07:30,716 --> 00:07:33,719 they're spotted hyenas calling at night. 138 00:07:34,020 --> 00:07:37,156 Thanks for playing everybody's favorite game show. 139 00:07:37,523 --> 00:07:39,826 Great. That sound. 140 00:07:41,527 --> 00:07:43,729 Hey, Rob, 141 00:07:43,729 --> 00:07:46,933 what misunderstood animal is making you happy today? 142 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:51,537 My misunderstood animal is actually made up 143 00:07:51,537 --> 00:07:54,540 of 4500 different species. 144 00:07:57,076 --> 00:07:59,312 What? But. 145 00:07:59,312 --> 00:08:02,281 But categorically, everybody just sort of 146 00:08:02,448 --> 00:08:05,251 clumps them into one thing. 147 00:08:05,251 --> 00:08:08,488 Oh, there's 4500 kinds of this animal. 148 00:08:08,621 --> 00:08:09,856 Yeah. Oh, wow. 149 00:08:09,856 --> 00:08:12,492 Okay, that's, 150 00:08:12,492 --> 00:08:15,528 My animal is usually considered a pest. 151 00:08:15,962 --> 00:08:18,764 Okay. And they are. I'll say this. 152 00:08:18,764 --> 00:08:22,802 They are one of the most successful animals on the entire planet. 153 00:08:23,035 --> 00:08:28,241 Oh, and they are usually associated 154 00:08:28,241 --> 00:08:32,011 with darkness and dirty places. 155 00:08:32,011 --> 00:08:34,547 Unclean, please. 156 00:08:34,547 --> 00:08:36,182 Any guesses? Okay. 157 00:08:36,182 --> 00:08:39,752 Is it kind of like a bug or is it. 158 00:08:39,852 --> 00:08:42,154 It is. Yeah. It's a type of insect. Okay. 159 00:08:42,154 --> 00:08:44,524 Is it something we could see in our house? 160 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:47,326 A lot of people encounter them in their home. Okay. Yeah. 161 00:08:48,294 --> 00:08:49,562 Is it a roach? 162 00:08:49,562 --> 00:08:52,965 It is a roach. It. 163 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,969 Cockroach. 164 00:08:56,969 --> 00:08:59,372 Whoa. 165 00:08:59,372 --> 00:08:59,972 Yeah. 166 00:08:59,972 --> 00:09:04,010 Just saying the name Roach probably creeps a lot of people out. 167 00:09:05,144 --> 00:09:06,379 But why? 168 00:09:06,379 --> 00:09:08,714 They're basically harmless. Why? 169 00:09:08,714 --> 00:09:11,751 Why are roaches making you happy today? 170 00:09:13,252 --> 00:09:16,622 I it's making me happy because I think it's one of the most 171 00:09:16,622 --> 00:09:21,060 amazing survivalists that nature has ever created. 172 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:24,330 It can squeeze into tight places. 173 00:09:24,463 --> 00:09:28,000 It can eat things that other things don't eat. 174 00:09:28,301 --> 00:09:29,702 They can eat paper. 175 00:09:29,702 --> 00:09:31,971 Yeah, they can survive off of eating paper. 176 00:09:31,971 --> 00:09:33,839 Wow. I mean, how crazy is that? 177 00:09:33,839 --> 00:09:36,842 Yeah, it can survive long periods of time without food, 178 00:09:37,143 --> 00:09:41,781 and it can multiply really fast if there's enough food around. 179 00:09:41,847 --> 00:09:44,383 So it's it's just really good at surviving. 180 00:09:44,383 --> 00:09:44,550 Yeah. 181 00:09:44,550 --> 00:09:50,456 I mean, in the Pixar movie Wall-E, it was the last living creature on Earth. 182 00:09:50,489 --> 00:09:53,292 Oh, right. Cockroach. Yeah. 183 00:09:53,292 --> 00:09:57,129 And they don't they don't bite, they don't sting, and they won't hurt you. 184 00:09:57,163 --> 00:10:00,166 They just eat our leftover scraps of food. 185 00:10:00,232 --> 00:10:01,300 That's a really good point. 186 00:10:01,300 --> 00:10:04,203 So they eat dead things and litter and things on the ground. 187 00:10:04,203 --> 00:10:06,572 They help recycle it and put nutrients back into the soil. 188 00:10:06,572 --> 00:10:08,174 So they're actually really good. 189 00:10:08,174 --> 00:10:11,177 Yeah, they are nature's recyclers. 190 00:10:11,444 --> 00:10:17,383 Also, I read that they're one of the fastest animals in the world. 191 00:10:17,383 --> 00:10:22,021 When you compare them to their size, they are extraordinarily fast. 192 00:10:22,355 --> 00:10:26,192 They can run something like 50 193 00:10:26,192 --> 00:10:29,195 body lengths in one second. 194 00:10:29,328 --> 00:10:31,364 And so that's hard to understand what that means. 195 00:10:31,364 --> 00:10:33,032 But let's put it this way. 196 00:10:33,032 --> 00:10:38,104 If you as a human could do that, you could run over 186 miles an hour. 197 00:10:38,270 --> 00:10:40,506 Whoa. 198 00:10:40,506 --> 00:10:42,541 I had no idea they were that fast. 199 00:10:42,541 --> 00:10:46,646 From now on, instead of saying you're going to run as fast as a cheetah, 200 00:10:46,646 --> 00:10:50,950 you should say, I'm going to run as fast as a cockroach. Yes. 201 00:10:50,983 --> 00:10:54,387 So at your next soccer practice or your next school field day, 202 00:10:54,553 --> 00:10:57,523 you all can just run like cockroaches. 203 00:10:57,523 --> 00:11:00,159 Start a trend. You can do it. 204 00:11:00,159 --> 00:11:02,428 I got to say, I was not expecting you to pick a roach. 205 00:11:02,428 --> 00:11:03,996 That really threw me. 206 00:11:03,996 --> 00:11:05,798 Good work. Yeah. Thanks. 207 00:11:05,798 --> 00:11:07,433 And now for a song. 208 00:11:07,433 --> 00:11:10,236 I wrote a song for the Misunderstood Animals. 209 00:11:10,236 --> 00:11:13,039 And this one is just me and the piano. 210 00:11:13,039 --> 00:11:16,409 Someday I hope to record cellos 211 00:11:16,409 --> 00:11:20,479 and a string quartet because I hear that in my head with the song. 212 00:11:20,479 --> 00:11:22,081 But for now, here it is. 213 00:11:22,081 --> 00:11:26,152 And this song goes out to anybody who has been feeling like they've been 214 00:11:26,152 --> 00:11:30,322 left out lately, or like other people just don't quite understand them. 215 00:11:30,723 --> 00:11:32,191 Enjoy. 216 00:11:32,191 --> 00:11:35,261 This is for the misunderstood animals. 217 00:11:37,096 --> 00:11:40,099 The ones that people think are weird. 218 00:11:42,301 --> 00:11:45,671 This is for the misunderstood animals. 219 00:11:46,972 --> 00:11:50,176 Just know I'm glad that you are here. 220 00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:55,681 Oh iick, ew 221 00:11:55,681 --> 00:11:59,151 , no, bleegg or gross. 222 00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:02,922 Is what some people say about you. 223 00:12:03,389 --> 00:12:05,658 But I say, Cool. 224 00:12:05,658 --> 00:12:07,660 Oh, awesome. 225 00:12:07,660 --> 00:12:09,729 Whoa. 226 00:12:09,729 --> 00:12:12,732 And I hope that others feel that too. 227 00:12:16,802 --> 00:12:20,740 Hyenas are really good hunters. 228 00:12:21,807 --> 00:12:26,612 The lions steal their food more than the other way around. 229 00:12:26,712 --> 00:12:31,584 Hyenas are really good mothers, 230 00:12:32,051 --> 00:12:36,689 playing with their cubs and cuddling on the ground. 231 00:12:36,889 --> 00:12:40,726 And vultures are not really dirty. 232 00:12:41,927 --> 00:12:46,832 They deeply preen their feathers and take baths in waterways. 233 00:12:47,066 --> 00:12:51,504 And vultures are not really lazy. 234 00:12:51,670 --> 00:12:55,574 They'll fly 60 whole miles to find food 235 00:12:55,574 --> 00:12:58,577 in a day. 236 00:12:59,945 --> 00:13:03,182 This is for the misunderstood animals, 237 00:13:04,917 --> 00:13:07,720 the ones that people think are weird. 238 00:13:09,955 --> 00:13:13,325 This is for the mis understood in humans. 239 00:13:14,727 --> 00:13:17,797 Just know I'm glad that you are here. 240 00:13:21,066 --> 00:13:26,572 Oh iick, ew , no, bleegg or gross. 241 00:13:26,572 --> 00:13:30,643 Is what some people say about you.. 242 00:13:31,143 --> 00:13:32,611 But I ain't say. 243 00:13:32,611 --> 00:13:33,846 Cool. Whoa! 244 00:13:33,846 --> 00:13:34,814 Amazing. 245 00:13:34,814 --> 00:13:37,583 Oh. What? 246 00:13:37,583 --> 00:13:40,619 And I hope that others feel that, too. 247 00:13:44,456 --> 00:13:45,691 In sports, 248 00:13:45,691 --> 00:13:48,961 you hear the same old animal names a lot. 249 00:13:49,395 --> 00:13:50,696 Go, Lions! 250 00:13:50,696 --> 00:13:51,964 Go, bears! 251 00:13:51,964 --> 00:13:54,466 Go, tigers! 252 00:13:54,466 --> 00:13:59,371 But what about the overlooked sports mascots? 253 00:13:59,605 --> 00:14:00,840 Go, skunks! 254 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,074 Go, possums! 255 00:14:02,074 --> 00:14:05,077 Go spiders! 256 00:14:05,644 --> 00:14:08,647 This is for the misunderstood animals. 257 00:14:10,583 --> 00:14:13,586 The ones that people think are weird. 258 00:14:15,621 --> 00:14:19,391 This is for the mis understood animals. 259 00:14:20,392 --> 00:14:21,227 Just know. 260 00:14:21,227 --> 00:14:24,230 I'm glad that you are here. 261 00:14:27,266 --> 00:14:29,268 Before we get to our special guest, 262 00:14:29,268 --> 00:14:32,204 a quick message for the grownups. 263 00:14:32,204 --> 00:14:33,706 And we're back. 264 00:14:33,706 --> 00:14:36,976 It's that time in the show for the happiest fanimal. 265 00:14:36,976 --> 00:14:41,914 Where a fan like you gives us clues to an animal that is making them happy. 266 00:14:42,414 --> 00:14:46,185 Today's submission comes from six year old Jack from Portland, Oregon. 267 00:14:46,652 --> 00:14:47,987 Clue number one. 268 00:14:47,987 --> 00:14:51,490 There are two types Bactrian and Dromedary. 269 00:14:51,991 --> 00:14:53,325 Clue number two. 270 00:14:53,325 --> 00:14:56,328 Its foot looks like a pancake with two toes. 271 00:14:56,829 --> 00:14:58,230 Clue number three. 272 00:14:58,230 --> 00:15:00,566 It has long eyelashes. 273 00:15:00,566 --> 00:15:02,067 Clue number four. 274 00:15:02,067 --> 00:15:04,637 It can close its nose holes. 275 00:15:04,637 --> 00:15:07,506 The answer is a camel. 276 00:15:07,506 --> 00:15:10,509 Camels make Jack happy because their humps are bumpy. 277 00:15:10,809 --> 00:15:13,445 Thanks for your submission, Jack. Grown ups. 278 00:15:13,445 --> 00:15:16,282 If you or your family would like to submit a happiest 279 00:15:16,282 --> 00:15:19,952 animal, visit our website at Happiest Animal Show. Com. 280 00:15:21,487 --> 00:15:22,187 Today's special 281 00:15:22,187 --> 00:15:25,591 guest is comedian Alex Falcone, 282 00:15:25,624 --> 00:15:29,962 who makes lots of very funny videos about animals and all kinds of things. 283 00:15:30,129 --> 00:15:32,798 We are very excited that he is here. 284 00:15:32,798 --> 00:15:35,134 Alex, thank you for joining us. 285 00:15:35,134 --> 00:15:36,936 Hello. 286 00:15:36,936 --> 00:15:38,804 I'm excited about this. 287 00:15:38,804 --> 00:15:40,406 I'm excited about this as well. 288 00:15:40,406 --> 00:15:43,676 And I know you know this, but you have an animal in your last name. 289 00:15:43,776 --> 00:15:45,444 I do, and, 290 00:15:45,444 --> 00:15:48,781 I have an extra letter, but that's just because it means falcon in Italian. 291 00:15:49,214 --> 00:15:50,349 So it's just the bird. 292 00:15:50,349 --> 00:15:52,851 Oh, and growing up, my best friend was. 293 00:15:52,851 --> 00:15:56,422 His last name was Peregrine, and it was adorable. No. 294 00:15:56,455 --> 00:15:59,058 Oh, wow. We were we were raptor buddies. 295 00:15:59,058 --> 00:16:02,127 You you you were destined to be friends. 296 00:16:02,494 --> 00:16:03,429 Were then the. 297 00:16:03,429 --> 00:16:08,400 For those of you listening, peregrine falcons are the fastest birds. 298 00:16:08,500 --> 00:16:09,935 Fastest animal in the world. 299 00:16:09,935 --> 00:16:11,670 Yeah. Yeah, I love them. 300 00:16:11,670 --> 00:16:15,674 Everyone loves to talk about a cheetah, but, they forget the peregrines. 301 00:16:15,874 --> 00:16:17,643 I mean, they use gravity a little bit. 302 00:16:17,643 --> 00:16:20,946 Cheetahs go left and right, but, you got a falcon on a dive. 303 00:16:20,946 --> 00:16:22,047 Nothing faster in the world. 304 00:16:22,047 --> 00:16:22,414 Yeah. 305 00:16:22,414 --> 00:16:25,818 So, Alex, what animal is making you happy today? 306 00:16:26,118 --> 00:16:28,220 And. Yeah, go ahead and give us some hints. 307 00:16:28,220 --> 00:16:32,024 Well, so one of the things that I am really interested in is a lot of animals 308 00:16:32,024 --> 00:16:35,027 seem like they have too good of a marketing campaign already. 309 00:16:35,194 --> 00:16:37,096 You hear too much about lions. 310 00:16:37,096 --> 00:16:39,431 You know, you hear cheetahs stuff all the time. 311 00:16:39,431 --> 00:16:41,066 Horses are very cool. 312 00:16:41,066 --> 00:16:43,002 And all of those are fine, but I'm. 313 00:16:43,002 --> 00:16:46,638 I'm really, like, trying to lift up some of the lesser celebrated. 314 00:16:46,905 --> 00:16:50,609 So I, you know, I love pigeons, I love rats, I love especially stuff 315 00:16:50,609 --> 00:16:52,311 that's in an urban environment. 316 00:16:52,311 --> 00:16:55,280 But the thing that I have been really interested in lately is a bird. 317 00:16:55,447 --> 00:16:57,449 Incredibly sensitive smell. 318 00:16:57,449 --> 00:16:59,651 Okay. Yeah, I can smell very, very long distances. 319 00:17:00,753 --> 00:17:03,589 Can fly for a very long time without flapping. 320 00:17:03,589 --> 00:17:06,525 Ooh, that's a good hint. 321 00:17:06,525 --> 00:17:09,528 Creepy heads. 322 00:17:09,528 --> 00:17:10,529 I think that's it. 323 00:17:10,529 --> 00:17:11,764 Right. 324 00:17:11,764 --> 00:17:14,099 Okay, so we're thinking, like, 325 00:17:14,099 --> 00:17:18,404 maybe I'm thinking something in the vulture budget category. 326 00:17:18,971 --> 00:17:21,206 I was going to go broader. I was going to go all vultures. 327 00:17:21,206 --> 00:17:23,575 That's what I want. I just want to talk about vultures. 328 00:17:23,575 --> 00:17:26,412 Let's do it. 329 00:17:26,412 --> 00:17:27,079 Vultures. 330 00:17:27,079 --> 00:17:29,648 I'm so into vultures recently, and I. 331 00:17:29,648 --> 00:17:31,083 It's it's one of those, like. 332 00:17:31,083 --> 00:17:32,751 Because everybody loves a hawk. 333 00:17:32,751 --> 00:17:34,186 Everyone loves an eagle. 334 00:17:34,186 --> 00:17:36,555 And vultures just look like. 335 00:17:36,555 --> 00:17:37,689 Like their heads look bad 336 00:17:37,689 --> 00:17:40,159 and that's the reason everyone hates them, is their heads are all. 337 00:17:40,159 --> 00:17:42,094 They got this creepy skin and so. 338 00:17:42,094 --> 00:17:44,596 And they hunch over when they walk, which is actually really an interesting, 339 00:17:44,596 --> 00:17:46,398 more interesting thing than I realized originally. 340 00:17:46,398 --> 00:17:47,666 But they can soar 341 00:17:47,666 --> 00:17:50,869 for extremely long periods of time because they go to where the wind hits 342 00:17:50,869 --> 00:17:54,807 the edge of a forest, blows the, when wind turns up because it's the trees, 343 00:17:55,174 --> 00:17:57,076 and the vultures will just catch that thermal 344 00:17:57,076 --> 00:18:00,079 and they will just ride one flap for hours at a time. 345 00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:02,214 They have the strongest sense of smell. 346 00:18:02,214 --> 00:18:04,550 Some some vultures with strong sense of smell of any animal. 347 00:18:04,550 --> 00:18:06,785 And they just chill up there smelling for stuff. 348 00:18:06,785 --> 00:18:08,353 And I think that is amazing. 349 00:18:08,353 --> 00:18:09,354 It is amazing. 350 00:18:09,354 --> 00:18:11,256 And I was actually just reading about vultures 351 00:18:11,256 --> 00:18:13,792 because I was writing a song that included vultures. 352 00:18:13,792 --> 00:18:14,393 Yeah. Well, 353 00:18:15,794 --> 00:18:18,797 they I was reading that they can fly 354 00:18:18,997 --> 00:18:22,000 like, some people think they're lazy and they're not lazy. 355 00:18:22,034 --> 00:18:22,367 Not at all. 356 00:18:22,367 --> 00:18:27,639 They can fly up to 60 miles a day in search of food. 357 00:18:27,973 --> 00:18:29,608 Yeah. Well, I think so. 358 00:18:29,608 --> 00:18:34,012 One of the things that I think people are in general biased against scavengers. 359 00:18:34,113 --> 00:18:34,513 Yeah. 360 00:18:34,513 --> 00:18:38,951 And I think, I like and I, I understand cockroaches are a little creepy. 361 00:18:38,984 --> 00:18:40,185 People don't like rats, whatever. 362 00:18:40,185 --> 00:18:44,056 But we also like them, especially the vultures there are going to be. 363 00:18:44,056 --> 00:18:46,158 There's going to be some carrion out there. 364 00:18:46,158 --> 00:18:49,261 There's going to be some animals that have sadly departed. 365 00:18:49,761 --> 00:18:51,864 Yeah. And do we want them to just pile up and sit there? 366 00:18:51,864 --> 00:18:53,298 Is that better for anybody? No. 367 00:18:53,298 --> 00:18:55,501 We need a crew to come in and clean it up. 368 00:18:55,501 --> 00:18:56,435 Yeah. 369 00:18:56,435 --> 00:18:59,138 Also, by the way, the creepy heads, the thing that everybody is worried about 370 00:18:59,138 --> 00:19:02,040 is they're they got like, a lot of weird skin on their head. 371 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:02,341 Yeah. 372 00:19:02,341 --> 00:19:08,547 And the reason is because they have to go into, a carcass and get food in there. 373 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:10,716 And if you had feathers on your head, it would get stuck. 374 00:19:10,716 --> 00:19:11,984 It would get covered in stuff. 375 00:19:11,984 --> 00:19:12,451 And so, 376 00:19:12,451 --> 00:19:15,854 yeah, that's that's a sleek function for getting in there, doing your business. 377 00:19:16,255 --> 00:19:16,855 That's right. 378 00:19:16,855 --> 00:19:19,424 It's sort of like having a bib at a crab feast. 379 00:19:19,424 --> 00:19:21,627 It's like trying to make it easier for later. 380 00:19:21,627 --> 00:19:22,427 And I like that. 381 00:19:22,427 --> 00:19:25,197 So now you see the creepy head, you know, like, well, yeah, it's worth it. 382 00:19:25,197 --> 00:19:27,599 That's like if I put my hair in a ponytail to go eat wings. 383 00:19:27,599 --> 00:19:30,402 Exactly. You have to do plastic wings, pony tail. 384 00:19:32,804 --> 00:19:33,238 Do you guys 385 00:19:33,238 --> 00:19:36,241 know, do you know the, king vulture? 386 00:19:37,342 --> 00:19:38,310 No. Tell me. 387 00:19:38,310 --> 00:19:39,912 Teach me about the king. You have the king. 388 00:19:39,912 --> 00:19:42,848 But this is worth a quick right. Google right away, because you have to see. 389 00:19:42,848 --> 00:19:45,551 Is this the king, the colorful head? Yes. 390 00:19:45,551 --> 00:19:47,452 They look like. 391 00:19:47,452 --> 00:19:51,690 They look like parrots who have had a tough life, but they have 392 00:19:51,690 --> 00:19:57,162 bright purple orange heads, weird pieces of extra orange skin on them. 393 00:19:57,162 --> 00:20:00,265 Just incredibly colorful and interesting. 394 00:20:00,265 --> 00:20:01,934 Looking for birds? 395 00:20:01,934 --> 00:20:02,334 Yeah. 396 00:20:02,334 --> 00:20:05,070 King vultures are beautiful. 397 00:20:05,070 --> 00:20:06,038 Holy cow. 398 00:20:06,038 --> 00:20:09,741 Yes, they are purple and orange and red. 399 00:20:10,175 --> 00:20:13,178 And there's some, like, blue blue tones. 400 00:20:13,278 --> 00:20:15,714 Yeah, it's so many colors. Yeah. 401 00:20:15,714 --> 00:20:19,051 And just think it's a maximalist choice of any animal. 402 00:20:20,219 --> 00:20:22,154 It is all of the colors all at once. 403 00:20:22,154 --> 00:20:23,288 Yeah. Just. 404 00:20:23,288 --> 00:20:24,323 And I don't know why 405 00:20:24,323 --> 00:20:24,990 this is like, 406 00:20:24,990 --> 00:20:27,526 this is what I'm saying about the marketing is I just feel like 407 00:20:27,526 --> 00:20:30,529 I never heard about King Vultures until I was working on this a couple weeks ago, 408 00:20:30,729 --> 00:20:34,833 and I, I don't know how people aren't talking about king vultures every day. 409 00:20:34,833 --> 00:20:36,969 It's the craziest looking animal 410 00:20:36,969 --> 00:20:40,339 I've ever seen, and I don't know why that's not getting top billing more often. 411 00:20:40,772 --> 00:20:43,108 Yeah, you think about 412 00:20:43,108 --> 00:20:46,111 you think about all the work that people do to make themselves 413 00:20:46,111 --> 00:20:51,216 look good, and all all of the makeup and hairstyles and everything. 414 00:20:51,216 --> 00:20:54,219 And the king vulture just wakes up and is. 415 00:20:54,319 --> 00:20:57,456 Look at that animal. 416 00:20:58,290 --> 00:20:59,558 Look at that animal. 417 00:20:59,558 --> 00:21:03,595 This is I also like the way that they defend themselves. 418 00:21:03,629 --> 00:21:05,397 You know that story? Of course. 419 00:21:05,397 --> 00:21:06,598 Of course. 420 00:21:06,598 --> 00:21:07,032 Yeah. 421 00:21:07,032 --> 00:21:09,935 They just get scared and then they throw up. 422 00:21:09,935 --> 00:21:11,937 I find that very relatable as well. 423 00:21:11,937 --> 00:21:15,173 Yeah, I think that is a charming activity to do. 424 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:17,909 I don't I was looking into this because I think people will say 425 00:21:17,909 --> 00:21:18,443 that they are like 426 00:21:18,443 --> 00:21:22,214 vomiting on a creature to get away, but mostly it's just empty in the tank. 427 00:21:22,214 --> 00:21:23,582 So, you know, because they don't take off well. 428 00:21:23,582 --> 00:21:26,551 So so they can get in there whiter so I can skedaddle. 429 00:21:26,551 --> 00:21:28,620 And, it's so it's not aggressive at you. 430 00:21:28,620 --> 00:21:30,989 It's just like, I'm sorry, this is gross for me to. 431 00:21:30,989 --> 00:21:32,224 And then they take off. 432 00:21:34,693 --> 00:21:37,262 That very, very cute thing to do, I think. 433 00:21:37,262 --> 00:21:39,164 Not in the moment, but in theory. 434 00:21:39,164 --> 00:21:41,066 That's such a good choice of an animal. 435 00:21:41,066 --> 00:21:42,401 I didn't expect that. 436 00:21:42,401 --> 00:21:45,404 You know, I was like, wondering, is he going to go Falcon? 437 00:21:45,404 --> 00:21:48,473 But I thought, yeah, no, I mean, I do like a Falcon two, obviously. 438 00:21:48,473 --> 00:21:53,211 I, I've been on this kick of just, like, underappreciated animals. 439 00:21:53,211 --> 00:21:56,048 And how exactly how we sort of choose. 440 00:21:56,048 --> 00:21:57,416 And it is so much of it is marketing. 441 00:21:57,416 --> 00:22:00,218 So much of it is like the bald eagle is a cool animal, right? 442 00:22:00,218 --> 00:22:02,821 They say every time you've ever seen a bald eagle on television, 443 00:22:02,821 --> 00:22:04,256 it makes a scream sound. 444 00:22:04,256 --> 00:22:05,857 And that scream is not a bald eagle sound. 445 00:22:05,857 --> 00:22:07,292 That's a red hawk. 446 00:22:07,292 --> 00:22:08,694 Yes, they a red tailed hawk. 447 00:22:08,694 --> 00:22:12,064 Because what actual bald eagle sound like is they sound like seagulls 448 00:22:12,431 --> 00:22:13,832 because they're mostly seabirds. 449 00:22:13,832 --> 00:22:16,601 And so if you hear them, they sound bright and annoying. 450 00:22:16,601 --> 00:22:18,737 Rob, you can do a pretty good eagle call. 451 00:22:18,737 --> 00:22:21,740 I've heard, you know, I've heard him talk to Eagles before. 452 00:22:22,207 --> 00:22:22,541 Yeah. 453 00:22:22,541 --> 00:22:25,711 There were a pair of bald eagles out that landed in the tree 454 00:22:25,711 --> 00:22:28,680 across the street one time, and I opened the window, and I. 455 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,516 I just sort of whistle like a like a select. 456 00:22:32,851 --> 00:22:34,986 Yeah, sure sure sure, sure. 457 00:22:34,986 --> 00:22:37,356 But I actually got them to talk back to me. 458 00:22:37,356 --> 00:22:39,958 And we had a little conversation at night. 459 00:22:39,958 --> 00:22:43,161 And then I was sort of just like, oh, did not say anything offensive. 460 00:22:43,195 --> 00:22:46,765 You know, I know they did leave the next morning, 461 00:22:46,765 --> 00:22:50,202 but yeah, yeah, yeah, I, you probably were very offensive. 462 00:22:51,470 --> 00:22:53,505 You got to be careful speaking other languages. 463 00:22:53,505 --> 00:22:56,842 But that's like, why have we just I mean obviously America right. 464 00:22:56,842 --> 00:22:58,710 We picked this and it is a cool looking for it. 465 00:22:58,710 --> 00:22:59,945 And I love a bald eagle. 466 00:22:59,945 --> 00:23:02,514 But we just we wanted them to be something they're not. 467 00:23:02,514 --> 00:23:05,484 So whenever they're on TV we do this fake thing. We fake it out. 468 00:23:05,484 --> 00:23:07,352 Let them sound like this sound. 469 00:23:07,352 --> 00:23:09,888 Let's use the real let's let's celebrate this and let us. 470 00:23:09,888 --> 00:23:12,824 And so because of all that marketing, I just feel like I need to keep getting 471 00:23:12,824 --> 00:23:16,461 the word out there about animals that are underappreciated. 472 00:23:16,461 --> 00:23:19,097 And so vulture is was my was my first push. 473 00:23:19,097 --> 00:23:22,501 Well, Alex, thank you for helping us think about vultures today 474 00:23:22,501 --> 00:23:24,669 and the misunderstood animals. 475 00:23:24,669 --> 00:23:27,439 Well, it's great to talk to you both. Yeah. 476 00:23:27,439 --> 00:23:30,475 Thanks for joining us on the Happiest Animal Show. Yes. 477 00:23:30,876 --> 00:23:35,947 And now the time we've all been waiting for the answer to the joke of the day. 478 00:23:36,615 --> 00:23:39,618 How do you get a skunk to stop smelling? 479 00:23:40,152 --> 00:23:41,052 Do you have a guess? 480 00:23:42,387 --> 00:23:45,390 The answer is 481 00:23:45,957 --> 00:23:48,960 you plug its nose. 482 00:23:50,695 --> 00:23:52,798 Thanks so much for listening. 483 00:23:52,798 --> 00:23:55,801 And before we go, remember, we live on a beautiful planet. 484 00:23:56,034 --> 00:23:59,337 So go out and find what makes you happy today. 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