The Most Lonely Frog In The World, The Tsetse Fly, & What Does Chocolate Do To Your Body?
Fun Kids Science Quest
Fun Kids
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2019
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Dan explores the dangerous land of the tsetse fly, and invites a science expert onto the podcast to discuss whether we should re-think our approach to chocolate. Plus, meet Romeo! The loneliest frog in the world, or used to be!
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| 0:00.0 | This is a podcast from the children's radio station Fun Kids. Listen on DAB Digital Radio across the UK or online at funkidslive.com. |
| 0:10.2 | Right, welcome along. It's the Fun Kids Science Weekly, the only place where your minds need to be ready for moulding. |
| 0:18.2 | Yeah, my name's Dan. Thanks for giving us a listen. This week we learn exactly why the food that you put into your body is so important to how you live and also how you can raise some cash for really important causes just by thinking more about that and maybe giving up some of your favourite foods for the next few months. Also, we'll learn about one of the most mean insects in the |
| 0:37.8 | jungle and why it acts like a bus for a buttload of diseases. And I've got a happy story about |
| 0:43.5 | the world's loneliest frog to tell you before we go. I'll do some shout-outs as well in just a |
| 0:47.9 | sec. So if you've sent us a message, stay there. I might say hello after we catch up with |
| 0:52.3 | one of the smartest geniuses in the Fun Kids Office. |
| 0:55.7 | This is Professor Hallex. |
| 0:59.5 | Professor Hallex's kaleidoscopic antibiotic. |
| 1:04.8 | I think I need a replacement body. |
| 1:08.1 | Mind's rubbish. |
| 1:09.3 | Oh, come on. |
| 1:10.4 | That's not true. Your body is doing a great job of protecting |
| 1:14.9 | you from infections. Doesn't feel like it. Go on. Do us a favour and take a look inside me, |
| 1:21.4 | would you, Nanabot? Oh, all right. I'll charge up the Heli-Teli bubble and get down to the size of an atom to investigate. |
| 1:29.1 | Back in a jiffy! |
| 1:31.1 | Helly-tellibble, ready to launch in three, two, one. |
| 1:36.2 | Gosh, he's getting hot as we approach the professor's skin. |
| 1:40.7 | He's got quite a fever. |
| 1:44.3 | Welcome to the immune system in action. |
| 1:47.7 | Microbes like being at the body's normal temperature, 37 degrees Celsius. |
| 1:53.5 | They don't like it when the body raises the temperature to help fight off infections. |
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