Quirks and Quarks

Using ants to make yogurt, and other producer picks

July 24 · 54 min · 53.0 MB
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From elephant whiskers to Arctic rhinos and even science programming in prisons, we revisit some of our producers’ favourite stories from this season. Including:

  • One of the world's earliest plant-eaters discovered in Nova Scotia
  • Elephant trunk whiskers increase their sensitivity to better 'feel' their surroundings
  • Yogurt with a creepy-crawly secret ingredient
  • Rhinos roamed Arctic Canada 23 million years ago
  • Bringing science education to the incarcerated