Podocarps (Totara)

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Comedy, Education, Science

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

PODOCARPS! Never have we ever discussed one of its ilk, much to the chagrin of thousands, we’re sure. And to start our mini-series of New Zealand trees, today we present the Totara (Podocarpus totara). With its curious leaf-like-needle-like-leaves, this conifer is so good at pretending to be a broadleaf tree, it’s practically become one.

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0:00.0	What's up, up, Fungal Associates? Welcome to completely arbitrary, the
0:09.4	podcast about trees and other related topics. My name is Alex Croson and of course I'm here with
0:16.2	host number does. Good day! Good day! Don't think anything further through that Alex. That is just me saying good day with
0:25.6	excitement. Okay so I shouldn't assume that we're about to venture on some sort of
0:31.6	I don't know New New Zealand and or Australian themed series of trees
0:37.0	over the next few weeks? Correct, don't make that assumption. Okay. Well done, well done.
0:41.8	Okay. Should I just wait for you to tell me instead of making that assumption?
0:45.0	Uh, no, I just, uh, I said it because I was excited.
0:49.0	And then I realized that we're talking about a New Zealand tree.
0:52.0	Yes.
0:52.5	Not Australian.
0:53.7	Australians are notable for their, uh, the classic good day.
0:58.1	Good day.
0:59.1	And, uh, so now I'm realizing that everyone's gonna think, oh my gosh Casey you're an idiot
1:04.1	we're a different country I know that it's a coincidence and I'm I'm trying to just
1:09.0	shine a light on that
1:13.0	it's possible that New Zealanders say good day. It could be.
1:14.0	I have never heard a single person in this entire world
1:17.0	other than one Australian say it.
1:19.0	And by the Australian was
1:21.0	an Australian.
1:22.0	Was a crocodile Dundee. It was the crocodile dundi. It was the crocodile dundi. That's not a knife. Anyway, no good day
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