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Science Quickly

What Better Gift for the Holidays Than a Monstrous Mystery?

Science Quickly

Scientific American

Science

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

We’re looking back at 2023 for our favorite podcast shows and one about the largest bird to ever fly the skies just flew to the top of the list.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey.

0:11.0

So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas.

0:16.5

Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply check the Uber app. Hey, Sign's Quickly Listeners, it's Jeff Delvisio, executive producer of the show.

0:32.0

Well, it's the end of the year and the whole team is taking a moment to look back at some of our favorite shows from 2023.

0:39.4

My pick has all the elements of a perfect podcast. It's got monsters the size of small airplanes,

0:46.0

a discovery hiding for three decades in plain sight, and the words,

0:51.0

Passerine, Peep Show.

0:54.0

It comes from host to Laura Lickman,

0:56.0

and it's also the start of an epic four-part mini series,

0:59.0

filled with creatures built like tanks and axe murderers. Basically a little

1:04.4

thrill to add to your holiday chill. Enjoy and see you next year. Happy

1:10.0

holidays everybody.

1:17.0

You're listening to Scientific Americans, science quickly, and I'm Flora Lichtman.

1:26.0

This week I want to take you bird watching,

1:29.0

but I'm not talking about an ordinary Passerine Peep Show.

1:33.2

We are skipping the songbirds.

1:35.8

It's a no-fly zone for hawks and raptors.

1:39.2

Waterfowl?

1:41.1

Throw in the towel.

1:48.0

The birds were gonna meet. They're not like anything you've ever peeped.

1:54.0

They used the big as an axe to kill prey.

1:57.0

So just imagine the largest thing you've ever seen alive flying.

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