FULL EPISODE: Peek Into An Ancient Wolves' Stomach - January 14, 2026
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What did researchers discover about an ancient wolf cub's last meal?
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Hey, nerdy paleontologist friend. Want to check out what a ancient wolf cub ate by checking its ancient stomach contents? Sure, let's do that. And then in doing that, let's rediscover things about the woolly rhino extinction event.
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Wow, what a great science news story. As selected by Jesse Rogerson, a professor at York University at Science News and Banter. And Jesse, I am so glad you're here on the show.
I am always happy to come back and talk about science.
Love it. Science is, in fact, my favorite branch of science. There's a movie. It's maybe like the fifth element where one character is complaining about a bunch of idiots and he's like, science is not an exact science with these people. And I love that line. Okay, the ancient woolly rhino is no longer around.
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I didn't even know this creature existed in advance of you sharing these stories with me. Tell me about this creature.
Yeah, this is the near past. You know, this animal seemed to have gone extinct around 14,000 years ago. So this is like during Ice Age times. It's during like mammoth, like woolly mammoth times and like, you know, the saber-toothed cat times. You know, this is when the animal was living, but it's no longer now. Walking around. Related to the modern day rhinos, but, you know, slightly different.
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Woolier, I imagine. Yes, slightly woolier, I imagine. Yeah, I don't know why. That was a wild guess when I was thinking about what this animal would look like. I'm looking at pictures. This thing had a magnificent horn, like maybe even bigger than modern rhino horns.
Yeah, well, I mean, you know, they all have their various uses. The question, though, is... So it's an extinct animal, and the question is, when did it go extinct and why did it go extinct? And how do you answer these questions when it happened before we had recorded history? Humans were around, but, you know, we weren't writing down...
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things so detailed on why things would be going extinct as we do today. Luckily, there's ways you can get at this information. In this case, it was a wolf cub that had eaten the flesh of a woolly rhino at some point and then died very quickly thereafter. And it was preserved in the permafrost in Tumat, Siberia. This is where this wolf cub was found.
Cool. It's like if I stuck a stomach in the freezer and kept it there for, I don't know, 10,000 or more years. And the contents, I mean, it's not, I wouldn't describe it as fresh, but it's a little bit more preserved than like dried out, you know, Damascus, Damascus, decimated. What's the word I'm looking for here? Like totally dry.
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Yeah. You know, you're, you know, things like the flesh of an animal is going to degrade over time.
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Chapters
8 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:24
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What did researchers discover about an ancient wolf cub's last meal?
0:24–1:53
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What insights do chimpanzees provide about teenage risk behavior?
1:53–2:27
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How does the new Autistic Barbie promote neurodiversity?
2:27–2:57
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What causes the birthday blues and how can they be managed?
2:57–3:31
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What is the significance of red lipstick theory in self-presentation?
3:31–4:13
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How do we perceive light emission from living beings?
4:13–5:06
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What are the implications of a record-breaking asteroid's speed?
5:06–1:20:25
Speakers
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