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Short & Curly

What sort of life should an elephant have?

Short & Curly

abcpodcasts@abc.net.au

Society & Culture, Philosophy, Kids & Family

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Elephants are extremely intelligent and highly social creatures who traditionally live in large family herds. But their traditional natural world isn't perfect.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys, Carl here coming to you from New York City.

0:04.4

Molly's back in Australia, apparently building a small empire of ants and lizards.

0:10.1

I miss her a lot and her weird interesting hobbies but she and Matt will be back with us soon

0:17.3

For this special season in the US we'll be hearing from American kids and my co-host Shimita is from the States too.

0:26.1

Okay, let's get into it.

0:27.6

Shimita said she had a great story for me today.

0:30.8

Happy birthday to you. Today. Yay! Oh, wait a sec, Shimita, who's Ambika? Is she like your great aunt or something?

0:47.0

No, but her cake was delicious, a giant mixture of ice and tropical fruit.

0:53.0

Not my dream dessert, but anyway, each to their own.

0:57.0

Now, although the party sounds like it would be okay,

1:00.0

I just

1:05.0

asked her, shemeida.

1:06.6

Who is this Ambika person?

1:08.5

I really want to know.

1:09.8

Okay, do you want some clues, Carl?

1:12.0

Yes, please.

1:14.0

They walk on four kind of stumpy legs.

1:17.2

And they're gray, and they have big ears.

1:20.0

They have a trumpet. Oh, gosh.

1:24.0

Hang on, you're talking about an elephant,

1:30.0

and Beaker is an elephant?

1:32.0

Yep, she's an elephant.

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