Jan. 7, 2025

Penguin Mix-up! Maggie is a boy!

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In this episode hosted by Shoddy Mac, we explore some uplifting stories from around the world. A British zoo discovers their female penguin Maggie is actually male and renames him Magnus. Scientific research reveals a Vitamin K precursor could potentially cure prostate cancer. Jockey Glen Boss is reunited with his lost Melbourne Cup trophies after a taxi mishap. There's a heartwarming tale of a steer named Magnum, who frequents Tim Hortons with his owner. Lastly, a study suggests dogs might be able to detect bladder cancer in other dogs through scent. The episode concludes with information on how to enjoy the show ad-free.
00:00 Penguin Mix-Up
01:13 Vitamin K and Prostate Cancer
01:39 Jockey's Lost and Found Trophies
02:25 Magnum the Steer at Tim Hortons
03:13 Dogs Detecting Bladder Cancer

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Callaroga Shark Media. Hey there, Johnny Mack with five good

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news stories. Hey, you know Maggie the penguin. Well, Maggie's

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actually Magnus. A British zou said it's female king penguin

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is actually a male. Oops. The Berdland Park and Gardens

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said the penguin formally known as Maggie had a feather

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sent for DNA testing after keepers noticed the penguin attempting

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to initiate mating with Frank At, the male penguin. They

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checked and went, oh, Maggie's actually male. Renamed Maggie Magnus.

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So now they only have one female penguin. That one

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is thirty years old and named Bill. Why do they

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name the female penguin Bill? Johnny Mack. Well, Bill received

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her name after initially being mistaken for a male. What's

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going on over there? Alistair Keen is the headkeeper and

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told the Telegraph. Discovering that Magnus is actually a male

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and his gender differs from what we initially believe presents

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another unique kerdle in our efforts to establish a successful

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breeding program. Zoo officials are working on obtaining a young

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female king penguin from a zoo in Germany. Somebody look

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under the hood there before we do that. Okay, Hey,

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good news. Vitamin K, which is found in leafy greens

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and crucial for blood coagulation and calcium synthesis, may also

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cure prostate cancer. Not vitamin K specifically, but a precursor

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called menendione was found in a recent trial to interfere

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with the survival process of tumor cells and ultimately saw

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them explode. Scientists are working on more trials. I hope

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that works out. That would be awesome. Hey, good news.

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A jockey was reunited with his three Melbourne Cup trophies.

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That's a big deal race on Australia, all right, John?

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What happened to the trophies? He accidentally left them in

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the back of a cab in Sydney. Glenn Boss won

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at the Melbourne Cup in two thousand and three four

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and five. He took a cab to a speaking engagement

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in Sydney and as the cab drove off, he realized

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he forgot one of his bat He told West Australia Today.

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I arrived when I was due on stage to speak,

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so I rushed getting my bags off the back seat.

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I had three bags, but only two of them were grabbed.

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When I realized the third bag was the one carrying

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my three Melbourne cups, I nearly fainted and vomited from panic.

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He called the taxi company. He was put on hold

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for quote a long time, but they found the driver.

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The driver came back. Boss says, as you would understand,

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the cups me in the world to me, and I

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was super grateful to get them back. If you were

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at the tim Hortons drive through when you were like, hey,

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is that a steer, Yes it is. Kelly said she

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originally bought this steer named Magnum, not to be confused

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with a penguin Magnum. The steer was originally going to

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be meat, but Kelly got attached to him and said

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he's a cow. But the mentality of a horse and

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the personality of a dog, she decided he's a friend,

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not food. He'd come in and mio at me. He

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would run around the barn and call for me. Now

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they take trips to the tim Hortons drive through. She says,

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I like to go to tim Hortons. Many people do

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it with horses, but that's too common. It just has

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some social time. And people love to see it. Kelly says.

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The people at tim Horton seems surprised, happy, and they

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took a lot of pictures. Some invited me to take

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a coffee. Some people come to have a chat, and

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some people ask questions. Got another good medical study for

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you today, this one from Veterinary and Comparative Oncology. The

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study suggests that dogs might be able perhaps to smell

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bladder cancer and other dogs urine. This could be an

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effective way to diagnose the disease in dogs. The results

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show that canine bladder cancer has a distinct smell, which

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specifically trained dogs can rapidly and non evasively detect with

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up to ninety percent sensitivity. Around one in four dogs

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will develop cancer during their lifetime, and you see, is

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the most common bladder cancer in dogs, accounting for almost

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two percent of all reported canine cancers. The dogs, a

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chocolate working cocker Spaniel named Kizzie and a black cocker

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Spaniel named Joby, and a black lab named Marlow, would

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train to sniff urine samples attached to meat stands. They

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were trained to show behavior only respond to positive samples.

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If they did that correctly, they were rewarded with food.

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Claire's the CEO of Medical Detection Dogs and says dogs

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are way more than only man's best friend. And those

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