Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from

Curiosity.com. I'm Cody Goff. And I'm Ashley Hamer. And we're celebrating Shark Week

Today you learn about why sharks are so important to ocean ecosystems with special guest

Forest Galante, host of extinct or alive on animal planet.

You'll also learn about giant prehistoric sea scorpions who used to rule the oceans.

And then we'll switch gears to explain how having a cat in your profile picture can affect your

online dating success.

What's satisfy some curiosity? picture can affect your online dating success.

Let's satisfy some curiosity.

Earlier this week, Animal Planet aired a special called Extinct or Alive, Land of the lost sharks.

In the show, wildlife biologist and conservationist Forest Galante

dove into some of the most treacherous shark-populated waters

in the southern hemisphere.

And it was all in an attempt to rediscover three unique species lost to science

for as long as a hundred years.

In case you missed it, first of all, it was awesome. So go check it out on the Animal

Planet Go app. We'll put a link in the show notes. But more importantly, they made us

curious. Why does one lost species matter? Well to help answer that question we got back in touch with Forest Galante.

You heard him on this very podcast last November and today he's back to tell us about what he did for Shark Week and why it's important.

We had an incredible adventure into an area, super remote, super rugged area off the southeastern coast of South Africa looking for these lost shark species.

Now what's interesting about that is, you know, this was a hot spot for biological activity and diversity

and we were looking for animals that the world hasn't seen for a hundred plus years

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