Elephant In The Room: The Surprising Science of Elephant Trunks
Wow in the World
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🗓️ 8 November 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Who is Mindy's secret guest at her Gingerbread Mansion? Oh, just a 7,000 pound African Elephant that escaped from the zoo! Join Mindy, Guy Raz, Dennis, and Evie the Elephant in the Laboratory of Bad Ideas as they discover the multi-talents of the elephant trunk! It's the who, what, when, why, how, and WOW of elephant trunks!
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| 0:36.7 | Welcome to Bad Habit News, your source for animal news, and specifically their Bad |
| 0:48.2 | Habits. I'm Norman Newman. Tonight's top story, a 7,000-pound African elephant has escaped |
| 0:55.6 | from the local zoo. I'm in the... |
| 0:58.1 | Joining us now with more information is our newly reinstated. What? Oh, no. Really? |
| 1:06.7 | Spy Witness reporter Dennis. Dennis? Hi, Norman! Remember me? It's Dennis from the |
| 1:14.4 | Horseboot Panda Story. Yes. Dennis, can you give us more information about this escaped |
| 1:22.0 | elephant? Absolutely, Norman. That's elephant escaped from the local zoo. Yes, I said that already. |
| 1:31.0 | The zoo part was in the headline. Yeah, I know. I just didn't like your delivery. |
| 1:36.3 | I can't work like this. Oh, Norman, that's okay. You can leave and I'll take the lead anchor spot. |
| 1:42.0 | I mean, we don't need two lead anchors. Oh, what? |
| 1:45.4 | Yeah, and a escaped elephant. I better run over and warn Mindy. |
| 1:56.4 | How's that, Heavy? Can I get you some more tea? |
| 2:00.5 | Wow, I must say the precision in which you pick up that tea cup with your trunk without |
| 2:06.7 | breaking it is very impressive. And you're able to drink with your trunk too? Lucky. |
| 2:17.6 | Too hot? Sorry, here. Let me just help you clean that up there. |
| 2:23.6 | So, Heavy, when we're finished here, I was hoping that maybe you could help me with my latest |
| 2:28.3 | invention. And not to fan girl, but it's pretty much based on your trunk. |
| 2:35.0 | Yeah, I just read a whole study about it in the journal of the Royal Society Interface. |
| 2:41.6 | Looks like you've been holding a sneaky secret about that trunk of yours and a researcher by the name of Andrew Schultz has uncovered it. |
| 2:51.1 | Mindy, Mindy, are you there? Oh, that's Guy Ross. Okay, just stay back here and try not to knock down any walls or break anything while I go answer the door. |
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