Episode Details
Back to EpisodesPenguins Living the Good Life, a Cautionary Tale
Season 3
Episode 949
Published 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Description
For Vet Talk – or Pet Talk – veterinarian Dr. Cliff Redford reveals the disturbing pattern that emerges in zoo penguins with unlimited food. Then, Cliff gives us fast and fascinating fecal facts covering these stories from the animal kingdom involving…. ummm… waste:
- The economic and ecological value of Australian grey-headed flying fox droppings;
- Parrotfish expel sand and its responsible for The Maldives' beaches;
- Step aside Great Wall, Adelie penguins poop so much that their feces can be seen from space;
- This is the horror sloths go through every time they have to go; and
- The disturbing secret behind the world's most expensive coffee.
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