How the Dinosaurs Got So Big: An Investigation in Fossilized Feces (3/31/25)

Wow in the World

Tinkercast | Wondery

Education, Kids & Family

4.6 • 29.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

It was just another day at the Bonkerballs Bugle when Investigative Reporter Mindy and Editor in Chief Guy Raz got the inside scoop on a story that could unravel a mystery 261 million years in the making. Join Mindy, Guy Raz and Intern Dennis as they head down to the National Archive of Bromalites and Coprolites to uncover exactly how the dinosaurs got so big. It's the who, when, where, why, how and WOW of Dino Poop!

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0:00.0	P-S!
0:01.2	Hey Wowser fans, Mindy and Guy Raz here with some bonker balls big news.
0:06.3	Introducing Planet Wow, our new epic geocaching adventure.
0:11.9	As you know, there are so many places on our planet that make us all say, wow.
0:17.5	And that's why we're inviting you to go out into the world to find hidden treasures called Geocash's we've stashed in some amazing places.
0:26.6	We've partnered with our friends at the Aspen Institute's Planet Media and Geocaching.com to create four different trackable trading cards with some wow facts about caring for our planet.
0:38.1	We'll be sending out one of four trading cards to every member of the World Organization
0:43.3	of Wowsers. Not a member yet, but want a trading card? Sign up by April 11th to get your
0:49.2	trading card in the mail at tinkercast.com slash membership. Now, here's the fun part. Once you get your trading cards, head out on an adventure to find
1:00.0	geocaches near you to stash them and look for the other collectible cards in Planet
1:05.9	Wow geocaches in places that wow across the United States. Visit tinkercast.com slash planet wow where you can find out how to get involved and save our planet.
1:17.9	You can also upload a video, photo, or audio message telling us about the places on our planet
1:23.8	that make you say wow.
1:25.4	Once again, that's tinkercast.com slash planet wow.
1:33.0	Four seated, three, two, one.
1:36.6	The message.
1:39.9	The weather is on a picture of the magnificent proportion.
1:45.2	I don't know what you've been told, but we're in a golden age.
1:48.9	So many discoveries that are jumping off the page.
1:52.4	While in the world, while in the world, while in the world, while in the world, while in the world, while in the world, while in the world, while in the world, while in the world. Wow in the world.
2:01.7	We're buying the world.
2:03.0	It was my first week as a reporter at the Bunker Wall's bugle newspaper, and I'd been assigned to the gossip column.
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