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50 Things That Made the Modern Economy

Bonus 4: Woodpecker and black box

50 Things That Made the Modern Economy

BBC

Business

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The last bonus episode of our new podcast. For more, search for 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter and subscribe. Or find it here: www.bbcworldservice.com/30animals This one is about a bird’s remarkable skull and the quest to protect aeroplane flight recorders. #30Animals

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0:00.0

Hello, it's me Tim Halford with our final bonus episode of 30 Animals That Made A Smarter

0:06.3

from the BBC World Service.

0:08.0

I love the idea of this brand new series because it brings together some amazing ideas and

0:11.8

inventions, some of which are economic success stories, with remarkable animals.

0:17.2

This is the last time you'll get a chance to download it here, so if you want to carry

0:20.7

on listening to it, I sincerely hope you do, now's the time to go and find it.

0:24.9

It's 30 animals that made a smarter.

0:27.0

You should be able to get it simply by searching for 30 animals wherever you found this podcast.

0:32.4

And please remember, if your podcast app allows, subscribe.

0:35.6

That'll mean you'll get every episode automatically.

0:38.2

And just as I frequently beg you to rate or review 50 things that made the modern economy,

0:42.9

I hope you'll do the same for Patrick and 30 animals too.

0:57.3

Have you ever been in a crash?

1:02.5

Not necessarily a car crash.

1:04.4

You might have fallen off your bike, bumped into a door or had some unbash into you whilst

1:09.2

playing a sport like rugby. It hurts, doesn't it?

1:13.4

The human body is a wonderful thing, but we're only able to take impact up to a certain level

1:19.4

before we bruise, break, get concussed or worse.

1:24.2

But as the world speeds up, as planes, trains, cars and even bicycles get faster,

1:30.6

these kinds of impacts will also get bigger and will need better ways to deal with them when they come.

1:40.5

Now this has got to be one of the most recognisable woodland sounds.

1:46.0

It seems to reverberate amongst the trees.

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