Summary
This lizard can walk on water. Listen to find out the science of how they achieve this miraculous feat, and learn a bit more about miracles, all on this episode of Species.
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| 0:00.0 | The Christians believe that about 2,000 years ago, Jesus Christ walked on water. |
| 0:06.6 | Now, whether you believe in the supernatural or not, you can understand a few things about the power of this as a symbol, specifically as a religious story. |
| 0:18.0 | Jesus walking on water is, in some fundamental way, an act of persuasion. If Jesus can do something |
| 0:26.1 | so incredible as to walk on water, he can do anything, right? And that's what it was in the story. |
| 0:33.3 | I'll quote from Matthew, Jesus stood on the water and said, I'm quoting Matthew, |
| 0:39.2 | O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? And they, the viewers later responded, |
| 0:47.4 | of a truth, thou art the son of God. Jesus standing on the water said, why did you doubt me? And they said we don't. |
| 0:58.0 | Again, whether you believe this is a true story or not, we can all agree on the purpose of the |
| 1:03.4 | image of Jesus walking on water, which is to provide evidence of divinity. Evidence that one can do anything. |
| 1:13.1 | This story has infiltrated the English language, even for secular people or people of |
| 1:18.2 | different faiths. When someone is overly confident, an English speaker is liable to say, |
| 1:24.2 | that guy thinks they can walk on water. That guy thinks they can do anything. |
| 1:32.0 | Today's animal doesn't think they can walk on water. They know they can. This isn't a |
| 1:39.0 | religious story or a historical event. This is something that is happening right now, that you can witness with your |
| 1:46.9 | own eyes. No faith required. Today we're going to talk about the Jesus Christ lizard, the |
| 1:56.0 | basilisk. Baseliskus, basiliscus. I'm Mackin. This is Species. |
| 2:07.6 | Welcome to the show. The first episode of the third year of species. |
| 2:14.9 | Very excited for next year, this year now. I'm very grateful for this past one. |
| 2:19.5 | And I'd best make a formal apology up front to Harry Potter fans who clicked on this episode |
| 2:25.2 | to hear about the Chamber of Secrets, thought they had accidentally clicked on a history of religion |
| 2:30.3 | podcast, and are now about to realize that they're inadvertently listening to a podcast |
| 2:35.0 | about a central and South American lizard. I can only imagine the disappointment and confusion |
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