S9E3 - Howling Around - All About Wolves

Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids

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Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.7 • 16.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Oh Muses! We tell many tales of Canis lupus. In it we encounter anti-wolf propaganda, the unrequited love of a goddess, civic planning, new obsessions, and ecosystem facts. If you’re interested in other podcasts that are participating in the podcast party, here are some links – We’ll update with the specific episode links when they come out: Girl Tales: https://girltalespodcast.com/ Moment of Um: https://www.momentofum.org/ The Ten News: https://www.thetennews.com/episodes Wow in the World: https://tinkercast.com/all-podcasts/wow-in-the-world/ Tumble: https://www.sciencepodcastforkids.com/podcast Smash Boom Best: https://www.smashboom.org/episodes Earth Rangers: https://www.earthrangers.com/EN/CA/podcast --- You can listen to Greeking Out early and ad free on Wondery+! But wait, parents! The creators of THIS amazing podcast have written a New York Times bestselling tie-in book Greeking Out, featuring many tales you haven’t heard. It’s every bit as hilarious, harrowing, heartwarming, and Hellenistic as its namesake. Buy it here: https://bit.ly/greekoutbook

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0:00.0	The stories featured in Grecing out are usually original adaptations of classic Greek myths.
0:05.2	This week's story features anti-wolf propaganda, the unrequited love of a goddess,
0:10.1	civic planning, new obsessions, and ecosystem facts.
0:14.0	Grecing out the greatest stories in history
0:18.0	we're told in Greek mythology.
0:21.0	Grecing out gods and heroes amazing feats. mythology. Welcome back to Grecing out. Today is a special episode because it's the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act and so of course we're talking about wolves.
0:44.0	Now wolves are some of the greatest most majestic animals on the planet.
0:52.0	But not as great as snakes.
0:55.0	Well, that's your opinion, Oracle, and I suppose you're entitled to it, but anyway,
1:00.0	Wolf... When are we going to do an episode about snakes?
1:04.5	Oracle, snakes come up in almost every single episode.
1:08.4	We could be calling the show snaking out.
1:10.4	At this point the listeners probably think it's some sort of a bit can we please just for today
1:14.8	focus on another type of animal
1:17.2	Fine, but do not expect me to be happy about it.
1:22.8	Thank you.
1:23.8	And what I was actually going to say was that snakes and wolves have something in common.
1:28.8	Most people are scared of them.
1:30.8	And this is largely because of the way we depict them in the books and movies or even on the news.
1:35.0	Wolves are portrayed as wild bloodthirsty creatures when in reality
1:39.6	wolves are devoted family members and often avoid humans as much as possible.
1:44.7	Scientists agree that wolves barely pose any threats to humans.
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