The Slowpoke: How Sloths Grow Invisibility

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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🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Rethinking slowness.

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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.
0:06.6	You're listening to Radio Lab.
0:09.9	For kids.
0:11.1	Radio Lab.
0:11.6	From W.N.Y.
0:13.7	C.
0:14.5	See?
0:14.9	Yeah.
0:15.5	Three.
0:15.8	Three, two, one.
0:22.7	Imagine the world around you is suddenly...
0:26.3	Lift!
0:27.2	Upside down.
0:28.9	Your arms grow long.
0:30.6	When they're sprouting hooks.
0:32.9	Long, thick fingernails that let you dangle from tree tops.
0:36.5	Your eyesight becomes blurry.
0:39.5	What your hearing tunes in to the low sounds of lurking predators.
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