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Discovery Mountain - Hungry for More | MINI 2622 · The Word On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Hi, Ranger Reed here. And Ranger Brooke.
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  Speaker 2: Whoa!
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  Speaker 1: Look out, Ranger Reed. Welcome to Creation Nuggets. Follow us.
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  Speaker 1: The ranger station's just ahead.
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  Speaker 2: Whoa!
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  Speaker 1: Hi, Discovery Mountain students. Now, today we're going to have
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  Speaker 1: an exciting creation elation... Ouch! Just tripped over the chair. Well,
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  Speaker 1: that was a step in the wrong direction. Today, we're
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  Speaker 1: going to consider the fascinating life of a mammal underground.
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  Speaker 2: Does this mean we're going underground?
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  Speaker 1: No caving today. This creature has limited vision, but since
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  Speaker 1: it spends most of its life beneath the soil, it
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  Speaker 1: doesn't need keen eyes. Who wants to come up front
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  Speaker 1: and see?
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  Speaker 2: I do.
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  Speaker 1: Come on up, Natalia.
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  Speaker 2: Who needs eyes with such an incredible nose?
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  Speaker 1: Someone knows something about the nose already.
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  Speaker 2: Can we all see the creature?
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  Speaker 1: Okay, Natalia. You go ahead and lift the curtain. As
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  Speaker 1: you can see, kids, this is a star-nosed mole.
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  Speaker 2: I thought you said that it can see. I don't
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  Speaker 2: see any eyes.
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  Speaker 1: There, there. Small beady ones surrounded by fur.
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  Speaker 2: What about the nose? What are all those pink things
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  Speaker 2: sticking out of it?
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  Speaker 1: Do they seem to make a shape?
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  Speaker 2: They look like a star pattern to me.
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  Speaker 1: Yes. The star-nosed mole has exactly 22 fleshy feelers around
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  Speaker 1: its nostrils. These are covered in over 100,000 nerve endings.
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  Speaker 2: They must be pretty sensitive.
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  Speaker 1: Very. Researchers have also found that this nose can detect
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  Speaker 1: faint electrical signals, which tell the mole where to find
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  Speaker 1: the food.
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  Speaker 2: Whoa!
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  Speaker 1: And when they do find the food, they are the
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  Speaker 1: fastest mammals on Earth. They can eat an earthworm in
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  Speaker 1: just a quarter of a second.
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  Speaker 2: I'll have to tell my mom that. when she accused
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  Speaker 2: me of wolfing down my sandwich.
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  Speaker 1: Another fun fact, this small creature is an excellent swimmer.
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  Speaker 1: If you placed him in the camp swimming pool, he
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  Speaker 1: would know just what to do.
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  Speaker 2: Could we try it?
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  Speaker 1: Let's not. Although they can smell underwater and handle ice-cold
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  Speaker 1: water temperatures, they prefer burrowing in the ground.
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  Speaker 2: The star-nosed mole sounds like an amazing creature.
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  Speaker 1: All of God's creation is fascinatingly beautiful and created out
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  Speaker 1: of love for you and me.
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  Speaker 2: I guess we should be just as interested in learning
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  Speaker 2: about God as this mole is in food.
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  Speaker 1: Indeed. When God's word is nearby, you need never be hungry. Okay, students,
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  Speaker 1: that's all for today. I hope you had a wild time.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe I'll come back with another creature. Wouldn't that be beastly?
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  Speaker 2: Yay, yes, we'd like that.
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  Speaker 1: Mountaineers, Join us here again next time for more Creation Nuggets,
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  Speaker 1: a Discovery Mountain mini-adventure. Discovery Mountain is a production of
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  Speaker 1: the Voice of Prophecy.