Chanel in the Wild: Animal conversations with kids!
5/19/20266 min
Chanel interviews kids at Mike Bennett Studios in Portland, OR about their favorite animals & animal facts! A big thanks goes out to all of the kids who participated, as well as their families. And shout out to Goat It Solutions for letting their furry friends join in on Chanel's interviews 🐐
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Credits
- Hosted by: Chanel Hason and Sonny the Snail
- Produced & Edited by: Jon Richardson
- Music by: Gretchen Lohse & Thomas Hughes of Carol Cleveland Sings
- Intro Animation by: Silas Bell & Kyle Bell of Castle Animation
- Artwork by: Fuzzzbrain
Special thanks to
All of our participants, Michele Kraus Bennett, Cayley Pater, The Elakha Alliance, Teddy Albertson, Goat it Solutions, orcas in general, all of the animals mentioned in this bonus episode
Clips
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsSunny the Snail· Host0:00
Hey, it's me, Sunny the Snail, and this is a Zooquarium bonus episode. Chanel is at Mike's studio with a bunch of goats, and she's talking to kids all about critters and creatures. Take it away, Chanel.
Chanel Hason· Host0:10
[upbeat music] Hey everyone, it's Chanel here. We're at Mike Bennett Studios, and we are talking to people today about animals. I wanna know what is one of your favorite animal facts?
Speaker 20:23
Um, I don't really have fun animal facts. [laughs] But, um, I do wanna be a vet when I grow up.
Chanel Hason· Host0:31
You wanna be a vet? That's really cool. So you must really like animals.
Speaker 20:35
Yeah.
Chanel Hason· Host0:36
Do you have any pets?
Speaker 20:37
Um, I have a cat and a fish tank that's full of fish.
Chanel Hason· Host0:42
[gasps] Do you know what kind of fish there are in there?
Speaker 20:44
Um, there's one guppy that's tried to survive. [laughs] And a bunch of blue tetra, um, four frogs, and, uh, there's also next to it, um, a graveyard that me and my sister built. Uh, and, um, and instead of gravestones, they're grave papers.
Chanel Hason· Host1:06
Do you have any weird animal facts of any animal that you think is the coolest thing?
Speaker 31:16
Um, did you know blobfish actually don't look like, um, what they look like out of water. Deeper they just look like normal fish.
Chanel Hason· Host1:25
You are so correct. When they are deep underwater, they're super