You’ve got scorpion
6/24/202631 min
A listener recently asked, “Has the entire surface of earth at some point or another been covered in poop?” Turns out, there are some questions that even we can’t answer.
In this installment of our regular mailbag segment, the Outside/Inbox, we do our best to take on your zany inquiries, or find experts who can. Here are this week’s questions:
- Why was there a sudden spike in “dangerous carbon monoxide levels” during a snowstorm in New Hampshire?
- Is there any official recognition for hiking the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, and the Continental Divide Trail?
- Why are live scorpions allowed in the mail?
- Why do kids (and adults) chant “Do it! Do it! Do it!” and other chants?
- Do all predators have forward-facing eyes?
Featuring Kathleen Simmons, Carlos Santibanez-Lopez, and Barb Lake.
Produced by Felix Poon, Marina Henke, and Nate Hegyi. For full credits and transcript, visit outsideinradio.org.
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First 90 secondsFelix Poon· Panelist0:00
Testing, testing, one, two.
Nate Heggie· Host0:02
Should we go into it?
Taylor Quimby· Panelist0:02
Should we do a little zip, zap, zop first [laughs] and just- Oh, yeah.
Felix Poon· Panelist0:05
Let's, let's do a clap.
Taylor Quimby· Panelist0:06
Yeah, there we go.
Felix Poon· Panelist0:07
Um, I'm gonna count down from three and then clap on zero. Three, two, one. Clap. [claps] [claps] [claps] Okay, good enough.
Marina Henke· Panelist0:15
It was clap on zero. [laughs] [laughs] I was ready for zero.
Nate Heggie· Host0:19
This is Outside In, a show where curiosity and the natural world collide. I am Nate Heggie, and I have my Outside In team here with me. Marina Henke.
Marina Henke· Panelist0:30
Hello.
Nate Heggie· Host0:31
Felix Boone.
Felix Poon· Panelist0:32
Hello.
Nate Heggie· Host0:32
Taylor Quimby.
Taylor Quimby· Panelist0:33
Hey.
Nate Heggie· Host0:34
So Felix.
Felix Poon· Panelist0:35
Yes.
Nate Heggie· Host0:36
We are all gathered here because you wanted to kick us off by playing us a voicemail we recently got from a listener, right?
Felix Poon· Panelist0:41
That is right. Uh, this is from Emma calling from Massachusetts.
Emma0:46
This is a question I've been thinking about for a while, and I really think you are the best team to figure it out. I want to know, has the entire surface of Earth at some point or another been covered in poop? And also, how high would that poop go up into the atmosphere?
Nate Heggie· Host1:12
I love this question, but I also kinda don't understa- [laughs] I don't understand it.
Taylor Quimby· Panelist1:19
Well, I, I think the first part, anyway, right, say you're walking in the woods with your dog, your dog takes a poop. Yeah, you're supposed to clean it up, but let's say you don't.
Nate Heggie· Host1:27
Mm-hmm.
Taylor Quimby· Panelist1:28
Um, you know, there's that poop there. There's, uh, maybe