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Totally Slothsome: All about sloths

1/20/202628 min

There’s more to sloths than slowness. They’re great at saving energy, hanging upside down, and swimming! In this episode, Sloth Appreciation Society founder Lucy Cooke stops by to tell us all about these amazing animals. We also get into a sloth mystery: The Case of the Perilous Poop Journey. Luckily, there’s a sloth sleuth on the case. And sloths aren’t the only animals who aren’t in a hurry — a few others show off their slowest skills.

There’s also a Mystery Sound for you to guess. Stay sloooooooooow!

Guests

Lucy Cooke, zoologist and founder of the Sloth Appreciation Society

Jonathan Pauli, UW-Madison Forest and Wildlife Ecology

Dr. Sushma Reddy, Breckenridge Chair of Ornithology, Bell Museum

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Clips

Sloths Don’t Fart
Moths, Poop, and Symbiosis
Speedy Swimmers
Perilous Poop Mystery
Icons of Sustainability

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:00

    [upbeat music] Lemonada.

  2. Cristina Arru· Host0:05

    [upbeat music] Brains On Universe. You're listening to Brains On, where we're serious about being curious.

  3. Sanden Totten· Panelist0:16

    Come on, Harvey, you can do it. Just say, "Totally slothsome."

  4. Harvey0:20

    [beep] I'm sorry, Sanden. I cannot complete this task. I do not recognize the command.

  5. Sanden Totten· Panelist0:29

    [beep] Slothsome. I created my own word by combining sloths with awesome. See? Slothsome.

  6. Harvey0:38

    [beep] Are you looking for a recipe for some sauce?

  7. Sanden Totten· Panelist0:42

    [beep] Ugh, no! Why is this so hard?

  8. Molly Bloom· Host0:46

    [beep] Sanden, what are you doing?

  9. Sanden Totten· Panelist0:50

    Oh, hey, Cristina, hey, Molly. I'm just trying to expand Harvey's vocabulary. You?

  10. Molly Bloom· Host0:55

    We're just heading over to the studio.

  11. Sanden Totten· Panelist0:56

    Slothsome.

  12. Cristina Arru· Host0:58

    He's doing it again.

  13. Molly Bloom· Host1:00

    Oh, yeah, he's always trying to get us to adopt his word inventions. Sanden, this is just like when you tried to make turdrific happen.

  14. Cristina Arru· Host1:08

    Or caketastic.

  15. Sanden Totten· Panelist1:10

    But, but, but slothsome is different.

  16. Molly Bloom· Host1:13

    Is it? It's kind of a mouthful.

  17. Cristina Arru· Host1:15

    Yeah, can you even say it three times fast?

  18. Sanden Totten· Panelist1:18

    Slothsome, slothsome, sloth- slo- slothsome, slo- [sighs] No, apparently I can't, but I can say it three times slowly. Check it out. Slooowwwwww.

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