Summary
Do roadrunner's footprints ward off evil spirits? Does this animal have solar panels? Do they really make a "beep beep" sound? How fast can they go, and how do they do it? Who would win, a roadrunner or a rattlesnake?
Get the answer to all of these questions and more on this episode of Species.
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| 0:00.0 | The footprints of the roadrunner warred off evil, at least according to the legends of the Hopi |
| 0:07.6 | and other Pueblo Indian tribes. Their footprints form an X shape, two toes forward, two toes backward. |
| 0:16.6 | These footprints that they create are sent to stop malignant beings from following them. |
| 0:23.4 | Today we're going to talk about the greater roadrunner, geocococcus Californianists. |
| 0:29.8 | We're going to talk about their speed, their desert survival abilities, their insane hunting strategies, their famous cartoon, and the truth behind the Pueblo |
| 0:40.6 | legends. |
| 0:42.4 | I'm Mackin, this is species. |
| 0:49.0 | Welcome to the show. |
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| 1:30.7 | Thank you, Eric and the Animals, for playing me in. And now, without further ado, I present to you, |
| 1:36.2 | the roadrunner. |
| 1:59.9 | If you somehow haven't seen it, the premise is that there's this |
| 2:02.7 | coyote, trying and failing to catch, and eat a roadrunner. The coyote uses Rube Goldberg machines |
| 2:10.5 | and is rewarded for his efforts with humiliation. I know, you'd be surprised how much mileage they got out of this idea. |
| 2:20.2 | The show started in 1949. It was Warner Bros. Answer to MGM's Tom and Jerry. And there have been |
| 2:26.9 | about 49 episodes released since, the most recent in 2014, and I don't think there are any plans to stop. |
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