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Short Wave

TikTok's favorite zoologist quizzes us on the most dangerous animals

Short Wave

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Daily News, Nature, Life Sciences, Astronomy, Science, News

4.76K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Mamadou Ndiaye uses comedy to teach animal facts, but there's nothing funny about these deadly ones.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I short waivers, producers Berly McCoy, and Margaret Serino here. Hey there.

0:05.6

We are taking this week to catch up and wind down.

0:09.3

We've got a hand-picked week of feel-good on-course for you.

0:13.5

And I get to pick the first one.

0:15.2

Berly, I'm really excited to hear which one you picked.

0:18.1

Well, I love anything that'll make me laugh.

0:20.5

So I picked our episode with Mamadu Jai.

0:23.3

He's our self-proclaimed internet zoologist and TikTok star.

0:27.7

I loved that episode. Also, side-know, his TikTok videos are literally gems.

0:34.5

I like binge to them all in one day.

0:37.2

Right.

0:38.0

Why are tigers built like the world's most dangerous bi-racial traficone

0:40.9

when half their life involves playing hide and seek for a living?

0:43.6

Well, I'll tell you.

0:44.4

So this was one of our quiz shows.

0:46.0

It's all about dangerous animals, and I love it because there are a lot of jokes.

0:50.7

Yeah, they're like homicidal vacuum cleaners, and you know, the food comes to them.

0:54.4

I also love working on these episodes that are super sound-rich with a bunch of music and sound effects.

1:00.1

And I personally loved the smack talk that was going on.

1:04.4

Emily, this is the hundred ways that I'm going to end you in a quiz bowl.

1:09.6

Oh my god!

1:11.0

So, dear listeners, I hope this episode makes you giggle.

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