Why Do Lions Roar?

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

Vermont Public

Nature, Language, Kids & Family, Science

4.4 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Why do lions roar? Why do crickets chirp? Why do bucks shed their antlers every year? How can porcupines and hedgehogs avoid poking themselves? Do fish pee? What is the fastest fish? What do jellyfish eat? A roundup of animal questions, with answers from Paola Bouley of Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, Kent McFarland of the Vermont Center for Ecostudies, naturalist Mary Holland and Jo Blasi of the New England Aquarium.

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0:00.0	This is But Why, a podcast for curious kids from Vermont Public Radio.
0:26.5	I'm Jane Lindholm.
0:28.4	This is a podcast driven by you, our listeners.
0:32.1	Every two weeks we answer questions from curious kids just like you all over the world on any
0:38.1	topic.
0:39.1	Yeah, truly anything.
0:40.8	But one of the things you send us a lot of questions about is the animal world.
0:45.2	You are really curious about all the creatures that live on this planet.
0:48.9	And we think that's really cool.
0:50.5	So today we're going to answer questions about six of those creatures.
0:54.7	What do those animals have in common?
1:02.0	Well, nothing that I know of.
1:04.3	So let's just get to our first question.
1:06.5	My name is Aula and I'm very old and I live in Regina.
1:11.4	My question is why do lions say roar?
1:13.7	Thank you.
1:14.7	You can start the show.
1:16.7	My name is Olivia.
1:17.7	I'm from Helena, Montana.
1:20.7	And I'm five.
1:23.7	Why do lions roar?
1:25.7	Hi, my name is Clyde and I live in Vance, Arizona.
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