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Lisa & Russell - You Can't Tell Me A Squirrel Is Smarter Than My Cat · Lisa & Russell

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  Speaker 1: Lisa, I can't believe, I'm very sorry, we missed this
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  Speaker 1: big day yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yesterday was International Sloth Awareness Day, a day to
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  Speaker 2: celebrate my, outside of cats, my favourite creature. They are
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  Speaker 2: so wonderful. A couple of fun facts about sloths for you.
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  Speaker 2: Their specialised rib cage and long curved claws allow them
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  Speaker 2: to hang upside down effortlessly. And it can take up
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  Speaker 2: to a whole month for a sloth to digest one
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  Speaker 2: single leaf. So they're not just slow on the outside,
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  Speaker 2: they're slow on the inside.
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  Speaker 1: They're not ones for putting the effort in.
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  Speaker 2: And now in honour of the world's most wonderful creature,
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  Speaker 2: a compilation for your listening pleasure of the sounds of
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  Speaker 2: baby sloths. I want one. I want one so.
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  Speaker 1: Bad.
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  Speaker 2: I'll never ask for anything ever again if I can
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  Speaker 2: have a baby sloth.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Surprised they can muster the energy to make that
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  Speaker 1: much noise, quite frankly.
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  Speaker 2: And they have permanent little smiles. I love them.
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  Speaker 1: Well, they do say that smiling is less effort than frowning.
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  Speaker 2: They do.
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  Speaker 1: Hence the sloth.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Smiles more than it frowns.
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  Speaker 2: So, okay.
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  Speaker 1: Can't be bothered frowning. Too many facial muscles used. So
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  Speaker 1: from the cutest of animals to the smartest animals in
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  Speaker 1: the world, a list of the 30 smartest animals in
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  Speaker 1: the world has been compiled.
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  Speaker 2: I bet it's been compiled before. It might not necessarily
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  Speaker 2: always be the same list. Maybe. But I think number one.
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  Speaker 1: Well, some of them get more intelligent over the years.
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  Speaker 2: I just think it can be in the eye of
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  Speaker 2: the list maker.
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  Speaker 1: Whoever's making the list.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, because for starters, I would put dogs a lot higher.
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  Speaker 1: Well, apparently pigs are smarter than dogs. Dogs come in
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  Speaker 1: at number eight, pigs at number seven.
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  Speaker 2: Octopuses are number six. So, you know, I mean, I really,
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  Speaker 2: I know they're smart and all, and I saw that octopus.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I was just going to say, maybe that's what
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  Speaker 1: bumped it up the list. Squirrels at 11. So they're
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  Speaker 1: not nuts after all.
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  Speaker 2: You can't tell me that a squirrel is smarter than
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  Speaker 2: my cat.
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  Speaker 1: Have you ever had a squirrel?
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  Speaker 2: Which only came in at 16. Well, to be fair, no.
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  Speaker 1: I noticed sloths aren't on the list.
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  Speaker 2: They run up the tree. They run down the tree.
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  Speaker 2: They get a nut. They store it. I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: That's about all they do.
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  Speaker 1: You know what I don't see here? What? And they're
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  Speaker 1: technically animals. Humans.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. Well, yes, they've said humans aside, this is the list.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, okay.
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  Speaker 2: Because if humans were included, we would be on top
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  Speaker 2: of the list. But you know what is on top
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  Speaker 2: of the list? Number one on the list?
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: An animal that is very quick to anger.
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  Speaker 1: What?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it might be all fun and it uses tools
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  Speaker 2: and it has a lovely family life, but it will
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  Speaker 2: rip your face off.
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  Speaker 1: Our content director.
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  Speaker 2: A chimpanzee.
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  Speaker 1: Chimpanzee. Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. Do not get Cornelius angry.
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  Speaker 1: Is it the... Dr. Sayers, Dr. Sayers.
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  Speaker 2: Or me.
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  Speaker 1: Or him.
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  Speaker 2: Or Chippin. Chippin Chipp.
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  Speaker 1: Now, I've got to remember, I should be more intelligent
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  Speaker 1: than this. Is it the chimp or the orangutan that
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  Speaker 1: we are the closest relation to?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'm not sure.
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  Speaker 1: That might be one for the AI.
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  Speaker 2: I think it depends.
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  Speaker 1: The most intelligent creature of all is the AI.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I know some that are quick to anger,
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  Speaker 2: but I also know some that are like Clyde. What's
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  Speaker 2: his name?
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  Speaker 1: Every which way but loose with Clint Eastwood.
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  Speaker 2: So I've experienced both types. The bottlenose dolphin is number two.
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  Speaker 2: Elephants are number three. That whole thing about an elephant's
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  Speaker 2: memory is not just a saying. They really do have
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  Speaker 2: a memory like an elephant. And they're really beautiful communities
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  Speaker 2: that look out for each other.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, no, humans are the closest to the chimpanzee.
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  Speaker 2: To the chimpanzee.
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  Speaker 1: So we're number one and the chimps are number two.
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  Speaker 1: But if you take us out of the equation, then
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  Speaker 1: the chimps are number two. Cuttlefish. Cuttlefish come in at 28.
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  Speaker 2: Cuttlefish are smarter than gorillas, apparently. Yes.
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  Speaker 1: And everything on the list is smarter than a magpie. Well, Collingwood,
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  Speaker 1: you know, says it all really, doesn't it?
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  Speaker 2: But, you know, a lot of monkeys are there. Bonobos. Yes. Capuchins.
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  Speaker 1: We're closely related to those too.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Bees.
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  Speaker 2: No orangutans though. Well, bees. I mean, look at the,
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  Speaker 2: we'd be lost without bees.
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  Speaker 1: True. True.
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  Speaker 2: So they know what's going on. Monitor lizards, number 10.
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  Speaker 2: And rats, by the way, just behind dogs.
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  Speaker 1: Well, they're cunning, you see.
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  Speaker 2: Well, they are. They're very cunning.
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  Speaker 1: They're very, very smart. Hyenas, I've known a few of those.
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  Speaker 2: I am surprised that whales are number 17. Yes, bottlenose
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  Speaker 2: dolphins up there at number two, but I would have
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  Speaker 2: thought a whale was pretty clued in too.
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  Speaker 1: They are pretty smart. They're not good at directions sometimes, unfortunately,
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  Speaker 1: as we've known. But anyway. Anyway, so there you go.
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  Speaker 2: There's not a lot of markers out there in the ocean.
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  Speaker 2: Once you've taken a wrong turn, you can be miles
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  Speaker 2: down there.
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  Speaker 1: And they do say that the nuclear subs and the
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  Speaker 1: radars throw them off course. Yes, that's right. So our
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  Speaker 1: problem is we cause the problems with the GPS. Anyway,
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  Speaker 1: there you go. Some of the 30 smartest animals in
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  Speaker 1: the world.
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  Speaker 2: Happy Sloth Day.