Friendly Garbage Truck Drivers

0:03 Kalaroka Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. Now, if you're a dog lover, you're not crazy. Apparently, dog owners have more of an instant connection with their pet than with their own partners. Now, i just got a new friend at the beginning of the year, and I'm not going to disagree with this survey of two thousand dog owners. They're all in serious relationships, and they have revealed that eighty seven percent of them were more likely to believe in love at first sight with their animals compared to the people. Eighty percent of the respondents said they had an immediate connection with their dog, compared to sixty nine percent who had the same for their partner. Now, my wife sometimes listened to the show.

0:44 I'm just kidding. I'm just doing a bit. I'm not at all serious at this news story. I love you so much. One in five said they took time to build a bond with their dog. A few would question whether it had made the right decision in adopting their pet because they didn't have an instant connection, but the weight was worth it. Seventy four percent said the bond between them and their dog is stronger because they build it over time. Seventy six percent said food is their love language and they take great care and feeding their dog. The scientists remind us and support and remember that no two pets are the same. So whether it's your first pet or fifth pet, parents are likely in for some surprises along the way. I will tell you that too. I just had a generational change, and yep, every dog is different, and this one reminds me of one of the previous generations in some ways and in some ways it's totally different than any other pet I've ever had.

1:28 She is great. Meanwhile, scientists are studying the flies brain. The flies brain has more than one hundred and thirty thousand wires with fifty million intricate connections. Flies can walk, hover, the males can sing love songs to woomb mates, and all this with a brain that's tinier than a pin head. Doctor Gregory Jefferis told BBC News, we have no idea how the network of brain cells in human heads enables us to interact with each other. What are the connections out of the signals flow through the system that can let us process the information and recognize your face. Unless you hear my voice and turn those words into electrical signals. The mapping of the fly brain is really remarkable and will help us get a real grasp of how our own brains work. We have a million times as many brain cells. The scientists also worked out why it's so difficult to swat flies. You see, their vision circuits detect which direction you rolled up newspapers coming from. They pass on the signal to the fly's legs. The signal sends a stronger jumping signal to the legs facing away from the object, so they don't even have to think. They're literally faster than the speed of thought, if you're curious.

2:32 The fry brain slicer cut the brain into seven thousand incredibly thin pieces using a microscopic knife. Craig drives the garbage truck. His biggest fan is John, the three year old. Craig explained, when I saw John, I thought, why not be a positive role model to this kid as he's growing up. About ten months ago, the three year old had brought Craig an apple and they became friends. John likes trucks. He started noticing the garbage truck drive by his home every Tuesday. He'd look out the window or standing in the doorway, and why for the truck. John's mom proposed the idea, Hey John, you want to take him out of snack? Mom said, I wanted my kid to understand what it was to be kind. The three year old went, hey, garbage guy, here's an apple. They became friends. Craig explained, it's amazing how we open up to me that fast. I ate the apple and it was one of the best apples I ever had. Craig started letting John explore the inside of the truck and joked, I've taught him so much about the truck. He can almost operate it by himself. He just sits in it and pretends he's driving it. They spent about fifteen minutes together before Craig has to move on to the next stop.

3:30 John sometimes cries when the garbage truck leaves. Mom says, most people count down to Fridays. We count down two tuesdays. Good news. In the Brazilian Amazon, a massive new protected area guards the tallest and most valuable trees in the rainforest. A portion of the new park's borders overlaps with an existing state owned forest block. It contains over one hundred trees of the family of the tallest trees in the Americas. Those trees are about two hundred and ninety feet. Many of those trees in the park are four hundred to six hundred years old and may hold a total carbon of five hundred average sized trees. According to the decree establishing the park, the indigenous people and their activities of gathering brazil nuts and kamocamu shall not be interfered with.

4:15 There's also a wide buffer zone around the park. And good news in Florida, we have caught the kangaroo. A kangaroo had escaped while fleeing from a bear. Sheriff Mike said. The kangaroo was spotted hopping around town was later found of escape from its owner's property due to a bear entering its enclosure. The investigator and a kangaroo's owner responded to the location of a sighting. The kangaroo was successfully captured and returned to its home after being bedded down in a heavy cover. Kangaroos are legal to keep his pets with a permit in Florida, but if you fail to report an escaped kangaroo within twelve hours, you could be fined and those are your five good news stories for today. If you enjoyed the program, tell a friend about it. They might like it too. If you would like the program without commercial interruption, there's a link in the show notes. I had to tell you how that works.

4:58 You have an awesome day.