DRAGONFLIES with Jessica Ware
6/5/202627 min
They’re acrobatic fliers with long bodies and veined wings and their babies breathe through their butts: dragonflies. Let’s get into the difference between a damselfly and dragonfly, how fast they dart around, how big they were in the age of the dinosaurs, and lots more with scholar, American Museum of Natural History curator, and dragonfly expert: Dr. Jessica Ware.
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A donation went to the World Dragonfly Association
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
Hey Mom, now that I have an after-school job, I think I wanna buy a drum kit.
Jessica Ware· Guest0:04
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Speaker 10:11
And next month, I'll buy the bass drum and the cymbals. Oh, and maybe some noise-canceling headphones for you.
Jessica Ware· Guest0:16
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Speaker 10:26
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Speaker 30:29
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Alie Ward· Host0:42
Oh, hey. It's the mail that you haven't opened sitting on your counter. Ally Ward. Ooh, who doesn't love a dragonfly? And who doesn't love Smologies? I'm guessing you love it 'cause you're here. If you've never been here before, these are shorter, classroom-safe, kid-friendly episodes we have distilled down and trimmed for all ages, all ears, and this one is something that I feel like anyone who has seen a dragonfly, it's so hard not to be excited by them. I love dragonflies, and in fact, our producer of Smologies, Mercedes Maitland, says that when she sees a dragonfly, she lives up in Canada where it's very cold, when she sees a dragonfly, she knows that it's on for summer. She's like, "Oh, summer's coming," which is why we're putting this out this week at Mercedes' behest. So enjoy. This is a great one. Okay,