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Who Smarted? - Educational Podcast for Kids

How high can you bounce on a Trampoline?

Who Smarted? - Educational Podcast for Kids

Atomic Entertainment Group LLC

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.65K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

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0:00.0

And now it's time for Who Smarted!

0:03.0

Pseh!

0:04.0

P-T-Pants! Have you ever jumped on a trampoline?

0:10.0

Maybe it was at a backyard or an indoor trampoline park?

0:14.0

Or maybe you do gymnastics or you've been in a bouncy castle.

0:18.0

Well, right now, I'm actually in the great big state of Alaska, where some

0:23.9

native Alaskans, known as Inuits, are having me take part in one of their most honored traditions.

0:33.0

It's called Melukotak, which means blanket toss, and it celebrates the end of the whale hunting season.

0:40.8

As part of the celebration, they have someone known as a blanket dancer.

0:45.2

In this case, me stand on top of a circular walrus skin that's being held taught by several people called pullers.

0:55.0

When the pullers tug the walrus skin, it sends the blanket dancer, me, flying up into the air.

1:01.0

Whoa!

1:04.0

Blanket dancers can reach heights as high as 40 feet. That's like the fourth floor of a building.

1:10.0

Wee-hee! At one time, hunters did this to spot

1:15.1

animals that were far away. Technically, I'm supposed to be throwing candy down to the children

1:21.1

watching while I bounce, but I'm having a hard enough time just trying to land back on the skin. Did I mention they're tossing me really high?

1:30.3

Uh-oh, the wind's picking up.

1:32.0

It's blowing me sideways.

1:33.5

I don't think I'm going to land back on the...

1:35.7

I got you, trusty.

1:38.4

Thanks for catching me.

1:40.3

You sure are strong.

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