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Tiger King

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AsapSCIENCE

Biology, Life Sciences, Comedy, Youtuber, Science

4.92.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Does Netflix's Tiger King ignore science? We conglomerate studies and tackle the wildly popular documentary from a conservationist and cat historian perspective. We also confess our LOVE for Carole Baskin.

 


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0:00.0

I'll get your virtual subjects with the facts you'll be tense,

0:02.6

but we are a sub-science here to make things make sense.

0:06.3

Today we're talking about Tiger King, the Netflix documentary.

0:10.9

We're gonna use science and conservation to explain why it might not have been the best documentary.

0:16.1

And we're also going to look at the ancient history of cats.

0:20.8

Let's jump into it.

0:23.0

Cats the musical?

0:23.9

Yeah, no, we're not doing that again.

0:25.5

The ancient history of that eight ladies.

0:27.8

You know, where I was always obsessed with like Egyptian worship of cats and dogs.

0:33.5

And so I did a little research that didn't everyone go through their grade seven Egyptian phase?

0:37.9

Yeah, because it's so fascinating.

0:39.2

It's such an interesting cultural reference point.

0:42.0

Or the mummy came out and we were all just like scared at the end.

0:44.9

It also was a little bit more...

0:46.0

How's it going?

0:46.7

We didn't say the hi.

0:48.0

I'm Mitch.

0:48.8

Oh hi, I'm Mitch.

0:49.8

And actually, I might have just confused you because I said I'm Mitch.

0:52.1

I'm actually not Mitch.

0:53.2

I'm Greg.

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