The Snoozer: Penguin Slackerzzz Rule
2/26/202627 min
How rested would you feel if you took 10,000 naps a day? Chinstrap Penguins in Antarctica spend their days taking MICRONAPS, each around 4 seconds long. To learn why, Lulu meets one (played by Songbud Alan), who explains how micronaps help them conserve energy and protect their babies from “sky pirates”! Then, in a badgermania, penguin scientists Dr. Eric Wagner and Dr. Dee Boersma answer your questions! Why are penguins black-and-white? Why is their poop pink? What might they dream about? And we learn that what may look like laziness… turns out to be an evolutionary superpower.
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First 90 secondsLulu Miller· Host0:00
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Ana González0:30
[upbeat music] Extra, extra. Read all about it. Monarch butterfly migration season is here. Hey, everybody. Producer bud Ana here to tell you that we are putting together a super cool story all about monarch butterflies, and we need your help. If you don't know, monarchs are those big orange and black butterflies that fly over parts of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and we would love to know, have you seen one where you live? If so, you could be a monarch reporter for Terrestrials. Just head on over to terrestrialspodcast.org and click on the tab Monarchs to learn how you could submit your reports to us, and maybe make it into an episode of Terrestrials. Again, that is terrestrialspodcast.org. Click on Monarchs, and learn how you can become a monarch butterfly reporter for Terrestrials. Thanks a bunch.
Alan Goffinski1:21
Oh, wait. You're listening [laughs] Okay. All right.
Lulu Miller· Host1:27
Okay.
Alan Goffinski1:28
All right.