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Orangutan Creates an Umbrella Hat to Stay Dry
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Innehåll tillhandahållet av Smithsonian Channel. Allt poddinnehåll inklusive avsnitt, grafik och podcastbeskrivningar laddas upp och tillhandahålls direkt av Smithsonian Channel eller deras podcastplattformspartner. Om du tror att någon använder ditt upphovsrättsskyddade verk utan din tillåtelse kan du följa processen som beskrivs här https://sv.player.fm/legal.
Orangutans are adept at improvising and using tools – this experienced female has learnt to make a makeshift umbrella hat – useful in a storm.
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Manage episode 257507361 series 103714
Innehåll tillhandahållet av Smithsonian Channel. Allt poddinnehåll inklusive avsnitt, grafik och podcastbeskrivningar laddas upp och tillhandahålls direkt av Smithsonian Channel eller deras podcastplattformspartner. Om du tror att någon använder ditt upphovsrättsskyddade verk utan din tillåtelse kan du följa processen som beskrivs här https://sv.player.fm/legal.
Orangutans are adept at improvising and using tools – this experienced female has learnt to make a makeshift umbrella hat – useful in a storm.
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503 episoder
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×1 A Former Soviet Agent Becomes a Notorious Weapons Dealer 3:20
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3:20After 1991, former Soviet agent Viktor Bout set about carving a new career for himself as an arms dealer. His exploits would earn him the nickname the ‘Merchant of Death’.
1 Why the Fastest Male Grizzlies Get the Girl 2:16
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2:16Bear courtship in Yellowstone National Park happens at breakneck speed - literally. The male grizzly sets off after the female, who tries to outrun him reaching speeds of up to 35 miles an hour.
1 Why Vervet Monkeys Love Zambezi Fig Trees 2:00
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2:00Vervet monkeys find the figs of the Zambezi fig tree to be completely irresistible. And because vervets rarely stay in one place for too long, they spread the tree’s seeds far and wide.
1 This FBI Agent Sold Secrets to the KGB for Years 3:58
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3:58In 1985, an American FBI agent began to sell intelligence to the Russians, under the alias of Ramon Garcia. It would be another 16 years before he was finally arrested by the FBI.
1 A Navy Warship Goes Down Weeks Before the End of WWII 1:29
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1:29In the final days of WWII, Eagle 56 was on a routine assignment in the Gulf of Maine. In an instant, the ship found itself ripped in half, with most of her crew dead – but what happened?
1 A Shy Orangutan Shares Her Breakfast with a Friend 1:52
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1:52A shy orangutan makes great strides by confidently securing her share of breakfast. But she’s not above sharing her bounty of turnips with another orangutan, whom she’s befriended.
1 This Gun Was One of the Very First Machine Guns 2:09
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2:09In 1866, Hiram Maxim, an American engineer, tried out a rifle for the first time and found himself wondering how he could make it better. The result was the Maxim gun – the word’s first recoil-operated machine gun.
1 This Salt Lick Doubles as a Reunion Spot for Elephants 2:17
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2:17A herd of migrating elephants are acquiring necessary minerals like calcium and potassium from a burnt wood clearing. It’s also an impromptu reunion spot for all traveling elephant herds.
1 Orangutan Creates an Umbrella Hat to Stay Dry 2:20
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2:20Orangutans are adept at improvising and using tools – this experienced female has learnt to make a makeshift umbrella hat – useful in a storm.
1 The FBI Investigates Soviet Deep-Cover Spies in America 3:44
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3:44Over the course of a decade, deep-cover Russian spies embedded in America collected intelligence and passed it onto their handlers. The FBI investigation into them became known as Operation Ghost Stories.
1 British Intelligence Uncovers a Deadly Al-Qaeda Terror Plot 1:51
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1:51In 2006, British Intelligence were convinced that two people they were surveilling were part of an active Al-Qaeda terror cell. They were about to discover the scale of their plotting.
1 Orangutans Need to Learn to Fear Snakes 2:23
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2:23In primates, recognition of snakes is instinctive, but fear of snakes is learned. Today, caretakers of the jungle school set about teaching them.
1 The C-5 Galaxy Had a Catastrophic Design Flaw 3:24
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3:24The C-5 Galaxy is a true giant among USAF cargo planes – but its development was not without problems. Just four years after it made its debut, a serious design flaw threatened the future of the entire line.
1 How Lizards are Turning Our Knowledge of Evolution Upside Down 3:35
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3:35Lizard biologists in the Caribbean have observed a fascinating phenomenon: different lizard species across different islands appear to share specific physical traits. But how, if they've never been in contact?
1 This Fighter Plane Landing Has Never Been Attempted 3:47
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3:47The F-35B is designed to stop in midair before landing vertically on an aircraft carrier, using immense downward thrust. What’s never been attempted before is a shipborne rolling vertical landing – until now.
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