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Whopping whale and deep-diving seals

Whopping whale and deep-diving seals

FromABC KIDS News Time


Whopping whale and deep-diving seals

FromABC KIDS News Time

ratings:
Length:
12 minutes
Released:
Sep 1, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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
In which country did they find the fossils of Perucetus Colossus?
What does the charity name 'bambigi' mean in Wiradjuri language?
Is the ocean floor in Antarctica deeper or shallower than we thought?
Did the Australian Blind Women's Cricket team come first, second or third at the competition?
What's the word for something, like this plastic, that can break down in the environment?

Bonus Tricky Question

What's the special thing in flies that's being turned into plastic?

Answers
Peru
"to swim"
Deeper
Second
Biodegradable

Bonus Tricky Answer

Chitin 
Released:
Sep 1, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Every Friday, join Ruby for News Time as she counts down the week’s most interesting news stories for kids. From amazing animals to special events, the natural world to outer space, News Time is made especially for children to help them understand the world around them.