The Red-Eyed Mascot: Loon Resilience in Minnesota

Terrestrials

WNYC

Education For Kids, Storytelling, Education, Educational, Terrestrials, Pets & Animals, Radiolab, Kids, Kids & Family, Stem, Nature, Podcast, Fun, Science, Family-friendly, Children, Animals

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🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The scrappy strength of loons.

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0:00.0	Wait, you're listening.
0:01.6	Okay.
0:02.9	All right.
0:04.1	Okay.
0:05.5	All right.
0:06.7	You're listening to Radio Lab.
0:09.9	Flakeet.
0:11.1	Radio Lab.
0:11.6	From W-N-Y-S.
0:13.7	See?
0:14.9	Yeah.
0:15.0	Three, two, one.
0:19.9	Imagine you grow black. Three, two, one.
0:23.2	Imagine you grow black and white feathers.
0:27.0	And your eyes turn bright red.
0:31.2	You look peaceful as you float on the water.
0:35.1	Till you dive down,
0:37.1	furiously kicking your black-webbed feet
0:39.2	to hunt
0:39.9	fish
0:41.0	which you stab
0:43.0	with your long, sharp beak
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