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Wow in the World

Bag O' Worms & The Velocity Of Poop (Encore - 9/25/17)

Wow in the World

Tinkercast | Wondery

Education, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.629.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2017

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

What in the world do wax worms eat? How in the world has it taken us this long to talk about poop science? Join Guy Raz and Mindy as they wax-poetic about waxworms and referee the stinkiest race imaginable! It's all happening in this week's Wow in the World! Originally aired June 19, 2017 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

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0:06.7

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0:36.7

Good morning! Good morning to you and you and you and you. Good morning! Good morning!

0:49.1

Good morning! Good morning! What on earth are you doing with all those plastic bags?

0:54.9

Oh this? I'm just whipping up a little breakfast for Welda here.

0:58.8

Oh, Welda? Oh, haven't I introduced you yet?

1:02.9

Garwas, Welda is my new pet waxworm! Isn't that right, Welda?

1:09.2

Garwas, have you this salt over there?

1:10.6

Uh, uh, Mindia, I've seen you do a lot of weird things during the course of our friendship,

1:16.6

but mixing up a bowl of grocery bags has got to be the...

1:20.5

Oh, look she's eating it! Take another bite, Welda! Take another bite!

1:25.5

You love those grocery bags, yes you do!

1:28.3

What? I have to feed her with a spoon because she doesn't have hands. Take another bite!

1:34.0

This is her favorite food. Wow, it's it's it's work! You're you're actually feeding that wax worm

1:41.2

a grocery bag. Yes, she can't get none of them. Mindia, I was always under the assumption that

1:46.0

waxworms fed on honey or beeswax are you sure you should be feeding it grocery bags?

1:52.0

I was, she's my pet and we've lived together for six hours. Do I not look like I know what I'm

1:58.0

doing? Well, I just... Let me tell you a story. Okay.

2:02.1

It all started in Spain with a scientist named Frederica Berto Gini. She's part of the

2:08.4

Spanish National Research Council and one day she was just minding her own beeswax

2:15.2

literally when she noticed a bunch of wax worms living in her beehymes.

2:20.4

And, shes to be clear, uh, what makes a wax worm different from other types of worms because

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