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Outside/In

Ask Sam: Hair of the Dog, Walking Fish and the Truth About Palm Trees

Outside/In

NHPR

Society & Culture, Documentary, Natural Sciences, Nature, Science

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Curiosity abounds in the listener ranks and the Ask Sam Hotline (1-844-GO-OTTER) has been ringing off the hook! Sam and the gang tackle your questions about decorative fountains, land fish and the difference between dog hair and dog fur. Oh, and think you love wood stoves? Think again. It's time for another Sam Ruined It! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

So I usually introduce people, but maybe you should just introduce yourselves esteemed panel.

0:04.8

All right, esteemed colleague. I'm Hannah McCarthy.

0:08.3

And I'm Erica Janick. Today we're doing Ask Sam.

0:11.8

Why do geese make fees?

0:13.5

Does the bubble bees knees?

0:14.5

Can a person eat trees?

0:15.4

In a polar bear freeze.

0:16.3

Is a kidney stone kind of like a pearl and a clam?

0:18.4

But I don't know.

0:19.0

Ask Sam.

0:21.0

So, uh, esteemed Taylor Quimby, are you not going to be in this, are you?

0:26.0

This is the only moment.

0:28.0

A colleague Taylor Quimby is going to play us our first question. Colle C

0:33.9

Krami is going to play us our first question.

0:34.6

Marvelous.

0:35.6

Hi, Sam, my name is Sam, and I am from Salt Lake City, Utah.

0:39.6

Being from a desert, every time I see a decorative fountain, I have to cringe just a little bit and wonder about the waste of water.

0:47.0

So, the question is, do decorative fountains waste water?

0:52.0

And how much water do they waste. Thanks very much.

0:55.0

This is really interesting because we were just talking about wasting water a little

0:59.3

bit ago in the pod and how I am sort of like water is not a thing you can waste.

1:04.0

I actually I overheard that and I thought like I'm gonna stick it to my dad next time I go

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