Introducing: Terrestrials

Flip and Mozi

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Kids & Family

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Radiolab for Kids Presents: Terrestrials. Terrestrials is a show for people of all ages that explores the strangeness that exists right here on Earth. In this episode, Sy Montgomery, an author and naturalist, shares the story of a color-changing creature many people assumed to be brainless who outsmarts his human captors. If you want a SPOILER of what the creature is, read on: It’s an octopus. We hear the story of one particularly devious octopus who lost a limb, was captured by humans, and then managed to make an escape from its aquarium tank—back into the ocean! The tale of “Inky” the octopus calls into question who we think of as intelligent (and kissable) in the animal kingdom. Learn about the storytellers, listen to music, and dig deeper into the stories you hear on Terrestrials with activities you can do at home or in the classroom on our website, Terrestrialspodcast.org. Find MORE original Terrestrials fun on Youtube. Badger us on Social Media: @radiolab and #TerrestrialsPodcast

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, Mindy here from The Wow in the World Podcast.
0:04.7	We are so excited to bring you some new episodes of Flip and Moseys Guide to how to be an
0:10.8	Earthling Soon, but while we wait, check out this new podcast that we think you'll
0:16.0	have.
0:17.0	It's called Terrestrials from WNYC and Radio Lab for Kids.
0:21.9	Terrestrials is a podcast for people of all ages that explores the strangeness that
0:27.8	exist right here on Earth.
0:30.0	In each episode, host Lulu Miller introduces a creature that will defy your expectations
0:36.4	of how nature is supposed to work.
0:39.3	And along the way, you'll meet experts including scientists, surfers, hip-hop artists, and
0:45.3	a song bud named Allen who creates original songs for awe-inspiring moments in the show.
0:52.2	Today we're giving you a sneaky peek into Terrestrials, but new episodes come out on
0:57.5	Thursday, and you can find Terrestrials on Radio Lab for Kids or wherever you get podcasts.
1:04.1	3, 2, 1 Imagine you are a liquid creature.
1:15.2	No bones and you are so pliable that you can literally pour your body through a tiny opening.
1:25.4	You can change colors, blue and green and red and yellow and even metallic.
1:32.8	You can taste with your skin and you have blue blood and you have three hearts.
1:42.5	And if you're threatened, if you feel scared, you can shoot ink into a silhouette in the
1:49.2	shape of you.
1:50.8	So the predator is fooled into believing you're still there.
1:55.8	Now, look down at your arms and watch them slowly sprouting into eight.
2:02.5	You are an octopus now.
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