Sharkphones, Cave Engravings, Diaper Houses
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Today, you’ll learn about a new program that sort of gives sharks smartphones, the oldest known neanderthal engravings, and houses made of diapers.
Shark Week continues all week long on Discovery. For the latest, head to SharkWeek.com.
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Shark Sensors
- “‘Smartphones’ for Sharks: Scientists Upgrade Sensors to Keep Track of Cape Cod’s White Sharks.” by Mark Pratt. 2023.
Cave Engravings
- “Oldest Known Neanderthal Engravings Were Sealed in a Cave for 57,000 Years.” by Brian Handwerk. 2023.
- “Who were the Neanderthals?” by Lisa Hendry. N.d.
Diaper Houses
- “This House Was Built Partly From Recycled Diapers.” by Carolyn Gramling. 2023.
- “Disposable Diapers Add Millions Of Tons Of Waste To Landfills Each Year, According To EPA Report.” By Baby Tooshy. 2016. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/disposable-diapers-add-millions-of-tons-of-waste-to-landfills-each-year-according-to-epa-report-300384344.html
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery. |
| 0:09.0 | Time flies when you're learning super cool stuff. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Nate. |
| 0:12.0 | And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind. |
| 0:18.0 | If you're a loyal listener welcome back. |
| 0:20.0 | Today you'll learn about a new program that sort of gives sharks smartphones the oldest known |
| 0:26.3 | Neanderthal cave engravings and houses made from diapers. |
| 0:31.2 | Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity. |
| 0:34.0 | So as you know, it is our favorite time of year, or at least my favorite time of year, it is |
| 0:38.4 | Shark Week. So I wanted to talk to you about the fact that researchers have begun giving smartphones to |
| 0:43.8 | sharks off the coast of Cape Cod. Okay, smartphones. So sharks are like the new |
| 0:48.6 | selfie queens or the hailing ride shares. Ooh, of course, they're tuning into Shark Week |
| 0:54.0 | on the Discovery Plus or Max apps. |
| 0:56.7 | So the question. |
| 0:57.7 | Okay, okay, okay. |
| 0:58.5 | They aren't smartphones exactly, |
| 1:01.0 | but they are attaching new and improved sensors that include cameras to white sharks in the area. |
| 1:06.0 | Cameras on sharks. It's both awesome and like a little terrifying. |
| 1:11.0 | Like why are they doing that? So Cape Cod is so dependent on |
| 1:15.8 | tourism and as the beaches fill up with out-of-towners the waters begin filling up with |
| 1:20.0 | apex predators while interactions are actually really rare, only five in Massachusetts since 2012, |
| 1:26.0 | researchers wanted to both track shark activity and let the folks on the beach know that they're safe. |
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