Bonus: Ursa Majors

First aired October 2021 Fat Bear Tuesday is the culmination of a week-long bracket-style event inspired by mega-chonk bears and March Madness. What is it? Why is it? Who is going to win? Let's go! **** Resources: https://www.nps.gov/katm/learn/fat-bear-week.htm https://www.npr.org/2021/09/30/1041674219/fat-bear-week-2021 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/get-to-known-the-bodacious-bulky-bears-of-fat-bear-week-2021-180978778/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/650110/fat-b...

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Host Melissa McCue-McGrath dives deep into the weirdest, funniest, sciency-est ways in which animals intersect at humanity. How is a horse responsible for the FDA? How did fish farts nearly cause bombs to fly between Russia and Sweden? Which pigeon saved 194 soldiers in WW1? Why are honey bees trained to find unexploded landmines in Croatia? Let's go!