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SciShow Tangents

Giant Rodents

SciShow Tangents

Complexly

Schultz, Stefan, Tangents, Hank, 770430, Chin, Riley, Scishow, Complexly, Sam, Sam Schultz, Stefan Chin, Hank Green, Itunes:https://feeds.simplecast.com/jmge1h9a, Comedy, Ceri Riley, Science, Education, Ceri, Green

4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

When can you start calling a rodent “giant?” When it’s twice the average size of its species? When you’re not grossed out by it? When it could be a mascot for a family fun center? We don’t really have a precise answer to that… but this week, we’re exploring the science of big ol’ rodents!

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're going to. Hello and welcome to Sci Show Tangents, the Lightly Competitive Knowledge Show

0:17.0

Starring some of the geniuses that make the YouTube series Sci Show happen.

0:24.2

This week joining me as always are Stephen Chin.

0:27.8

How you doing buddy?

0:29.8

I'm doing all right.

0:30.8

Good, what's your tag on?

0:31.8

Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.

0:35.4

And we're also joined by Samuel Scholts. Hello. Is it that Samuel?

0:39.7

Uh-huh. Officially on the birth certificate? Yeah. You thought about it for a second. Well my brother is just

0:45.2

will and not William or anything like that. So it does get a little I wonder why they my parents

0:50.8

did that to me. You haven't asked them?

0:53.0

I have, they didn't have an answer.

0:54.5

What's your tagline?

0:55.5

A little boy from outer space.

0:57.5

We also got Sarah Riley up in the house.

1:00.1

Sarah, what's your tag on?

1:01.2

I need a toaster.

1:02.4

And I'm Hank Green. I am doing well, and my tag

1:05.3

line is Honey Bunches of Votes. So if you don't know about Sci Show Tangents, it's a time when we get together, the four of us.

1:12.4

We try to amaze each other, we try to one up each other

1:15.7

with better and better science facts for each other's delight. We're playing for glory,

1:21.0

but we're also keeping score in the form of Hank Bucks, and at the end there will be a winner, and that

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