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Wow in the World

Dinosaurs' Puzzling Backbones

Wow in the World

Tinkercast | Wondery

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

4.629.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2017

⏱️ 15 minutes

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How in the world did 170,000 pound dinosaurs walk around without collapsing under their own weight? What in YOUR world is wowing you? Join Guy Raz and Mindy Thomas for our first ever Thursday Edition of Wow in the World! 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

Hey, Mindy, I have a question for you.

0:44.4

Sure, what's up? Have you ever had a backache?

0:47.2

Oh, yeah, let me tell you. So this one time I was going horseback riding and I was just

0:52.2

going to do it the normal way, but then I decided, you know what, let's spice things up a bit.

0:56.1

So I had the horse ride on in my back. You did what?

1:01.2

Yeah, I know. I should have put a saddle on first, but sometimes you just got a long

1:04.8

thing the hard way. Okay, I don't recommend that activity, but you know Mindy, as we humans

1:11.8

get older, it's not unusual for us to get back pain because the bones that support our back,

1:18.2

our spine and back bones are constantly carrying our bodies around, and that's a lot of weight and

1:25.0

a lot of work. I know you should hear my backbone and spine. They're always complaining and fighting

1:30.4

with each other over who's pulling the most weight. Okay, back bone, I have literally been carrying

1:37.0

her around since she can walk upright. Oh, well, Mindy, where were you when I was dragging her

1:44.4

around? So she decided to wolf down 14 chimichangas all in one day, huh? Well, I literally

1:52.5

was like, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, okay, spine, back bone, stop fighting. There's

1:59.6

enough of me to carry around, you guys. Interesting. Well, anyway, Mindy, the average American man

2:07.5

weighs about 191 pounds, and the average American woman weighs about 159 pounds. Now, imagine being

2:16.9

a giant sorrow pod, you know, one of those giant dinosaurs with a long neck and body, like a

2:24.0

padisaurus or a brachiosaurus. Those dinosaurs could weigh as much as 170,000 pounds. Mindy,

2:32.4

Mindy, imagine the back pain those dinosaurs had to deal with. Wow, that's a lot of Tylenol. Well,

2:38.7

of course, animals don't use medicine like Tylenol to help with their pain. And besides,

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