Gettin' Crabby

Radiolab for Kids

WNYC

Parenting, Education For Kids, Stem, Education, Pets & Animals, Radiolab, Podcast, Storytelling, Children, Kids & Family, Kids, Science, Terrestrials, Educational, Nature, Family-friendly, Fun, Animals

4.4 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

What crabs can teach us about the universe.

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0:00.0	Listener supported W.NYC Studios.
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0:15.4	You're listening to Radio Lab.
0:18.5	For kids.
0:19.3	Radio.
0:20.2	From W. NYY-S-C.
0:23.2	See?
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0:27.6	Hey there, Lulu here.
0:30.9	Lulu here.
0:33.0	So, you know, if someone calls you crabby, it is not particularly a nice thing.
0:40.6	They are saying you're grumpy or prickly or, you know, that you're snapping at them.
0:45.5	But I am here today to say that I think we need to re-examine that word, crabby.
0:51.8	Because if you actually look closely at a crab, if you look inside or on top of
0:59.6	that gnarled shell, you will see some pretty positive and incredible things. And so that's what
1:05.9	we're going to do today. We are going to look closely at crabs. We have two really great and really different crab stories that show us how crabs may even hold a little secret to the universe inside,
1:20.8	a kind of a way to survive the chaos that is always being tossed our way.
1:26.7	You'll see what I mean.
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