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Episode Synopsis
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 Questions1.In which country did they find the fossils of Perucetus Colossus?2.What does the charity name 'bambigi' mean in Wiradjuri language?3.Is the ocean floor in Antarctica deeper or shallower than we thought?4.Did the Australian Blind Women's Cricket team come first, second or third at the competition?5.What's the word for something, like this plastic, that can break down in the environment?Bonus Tricky QuestionWhat's the special thing in flies that's being turned into plastic?Answers1.Peru2."to swim"3.Deeper4.Second5.BiodegradableBonus Tricky AnswerChitin
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