All Things Pumpkin and Spice 🍂

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🗓️ 20 November 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Ten News Gets Extra: 🍂 Fall is in full swing! Pumpkins and changing leaves are on our mind. 🦁 Nature Nerds Podcast Laine Farber shares what animals love to play with pumpkins and how it helps their health. 👀 It is "leaf-peeping" time. Find out what that means and why this season looks different. 🎃 And test your pumpkin knowledge in today's Trivia on the Ten. ✅ 📧 Email us your curious facts, funny stories, and eye rolling jokes at: [email protected] 🎇 Follow the show on Instagram 🌍 Check out our website for sources and a transcript of today's episode! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Fall is in full swing.
0:05.0	The leaves are changing, the weather's getting colder, and the pumpkins are being eaten.
0:12.0	I'm Bethany Van Delft. It's Saturday, November 20th, and this is no ordinary episode of the 10 News.
0:18.0	This is the 10 News Gets Extra.
0:26.1	10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5, 4, 3.0. 1.
0:36.9	Pumpkin bread. Pumpkin spice lattes. Pumpkin cereal? Yes, it's a thing. This is the time of year when all the stores are stocked with
0:39.0	pumpkin-flavored goodness. Did you know that animals are big fans of the yummy flavor, too?
0:44.8	No way!
0:45.8	Lane Farber from the Nature Nerds podcast is here to tell us about some furry pumpkin lovers.
0:55.5	It's fall, y'all.
0:57.3	So you know what that means.
1:00.0	Time for pumpkin flavored everything.
1:04.3	Pumpkin cookies, pumpkin pie, pumpkin spice lattes.
1:06.0	Pumpkins everywhere.
1:08.3	People love pumpkins.
1:11.6	But did you know that animals do too? That's right, even animals enjoy a good pumpkin during this chilly time of year.
1:16.6	Now, don't get it twisted.
1:18.6	Animals shouldn't be sipping on pumpkin spice latte.
1:22.6	But pumpkins are a tasty treat for many critters.
1:25.6	Knowing this, zoos around the country pass out pumpkins to their
1:29.3	animal pals each fall. I sat down with a zookeeper to get the inside scoop about this autumnal tradition.
1:38.0	My name is Chris St. Germain. I am a zookeeper at Audubin Nature Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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