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Whopping whale and deep-diving seals

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Aug 31, 2023
On today's show, we'll learn about the one of the biggest animals to have ever existed. Then we'll meet an Indigenous teenager helping her community access swimming lessons. Staying in the water, we'll meet some deep-sea diving seals making scientific discoveries, before coming up for air to hear about Australia's first ever blind women's cricket team. Quiz questions include the country where fossils of Perucetus Colossus were found, the meaning of 'bambigi' in Wiradjuri language, the true depth of the ocean floor in Antarctica, the ranking of the Australian Blind Women's Cricket team, and the word for a biodegradable substance that can break down in the environment. Bonus Tricky Question: the special thing in flies being turned into plastic is chitin.
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