The innies and outies of belly buttons

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.5 • 14.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode is all about your belly button aka navel aka umbilicus. And not just your belly button -- every single person you can think of has one. This means our listeners have LOTS of questions about them. We're going to tackle several of these fascinating navel-gazing questions like: is your belly button connected to your insides? Where does belly button fuzz come from? Why do some belly buttons stick out? And do cats and dogs have belly buttons? Plus, we have a tricky mystery sound for you to guess and a Moment of Um that answers the question: How do carrots grow if they don't have seeds? This episode was sponsored by: Indeed (indeed.com/brainson) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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1:13.5	on part by a grant from the National Science Foundation. You know the best thing about my belly button,
1:22.1	Sandin? What's that, Mark? It's the perfect size to fit a single grape. It's a mini snack sack.
1:28.7	You know, you should be careful putting stuff in there, Mark. Your belly button could choke.
1:34.0	Oh, wait, wait, your belly button could choke? Oh, yeah. Belly buttons are actually teeny tiny
1:39.7	mouths and they eat all the time. Where do you think those missing socks go? That's just belly button
1:44.8	food. The eat them as you're folding laundry and spit out belly button lint. Hey, Mark and Sandin,
1:50.2	what's this about belly buttons eating? Hey, B. Hey, Molly. Sandin, are you telling more belly
1:55.0	button lies? They're not lies. Okay, that one was a lie, but belly buttons are so weird. I can't
2:01.0	help myself. I know. They are weird and cool. That's why we're doing a whole episode on them.
2:06.8	Oh, are you gonna mention how they're the shoelaces of the skin? Wait, the what? Oh, yeah. If they come
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