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Global News Podcast

The Happy Pod: Rodent on the run returns

Global News Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Documentary

4.27.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Joy in China as Beanbag the Capybara returns after months on the run. The giant rodent's adventures had gripped social media. Also: an ingenious idea making cities greener; and the flatpack furniture world champion.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the happy pod from the BBC World Service.

0:07.2

I'm Moira Alderson and in this edition.

0:12.9

Bebag, you're finally back. We've missed you so much.

0:17.3

Joy in China, as a much-loved giant rodent is found after months on the run.

0:22.3

How a tiny plant is breathing new life into cities by turning buildings from grey to green.

0:27.5

Well, this is a very special tiny little plant, but it does so much for the world.

0:33.4

It's called the pioneer, the pioneer of life.

0:36.4

The woman who's become a world champion of building flatpack furniture. It's the the pioneer, the pioneer of life. The woman who's become a world champion

0:38.5

at building flatpack furniture.

0:40.9

It's the M result.

0:42.1

It's something that's proud of really when you've done it.

0:44.5

A lot of people, they struggle with it,

0:46.4

but I'll never let nothing defeat me.

0:49.0

And a taxi driver who became a star of the Lion King

0:52.2

reveals he succeeded in musicals by hiding the fact

0:55.5

he's partially death. Since I decided that I'm going to speak about it, the weight of my shoulder

1:02.1

has been amazing. As Mufastus says, I remember who I am.

1:17.2

We start with a happy ending to a runaway drama that's gripped animal lovers in China.

1:23.0

At the start of April, three capybara broke out of Jiu Bay Nature Reserve in Yangzhou.

1:30.4

If you've never seen one, they're the world's largest rodents, with adults growing to over a metre long and 50 centimetres tall,

1:33.3

and are often said to resemble giant guinea pigs. And while two were soon found, Dau Bao or Beanbag remained on the run,

1:38.6

sparking wanted posters and mounting fears for her safety.

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