The Adventurous Sea Lion, Dental Breakthroughs, and Furry Mayors

0:02 The Shark Deck. Hi, I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. New York City got a ton of rain last Friday, and a female sea lion named Sally escaped from the Central Park Zoo. If you think about it, not that easy for a sea lion to escape from the zoo. There was so much water that the sea lion was able to get out now. Workers monitored Sally's movements as she explored Central Park a little bit and then just headed back to join the other sea lions in the pool. By three o'clock, the water at the zoo had receded and all the animals were back where they belonged. The guy who oversees the zoo says no staff members were in danger during the storm, and the city's four zoos were closed so employees could focus on keeping the animals safe. Good news if you've lost your teeth.

0:44 There's evidence that a drug is able to regrow adult teeth in mice. Well, good news if you're a mouse with missing teeth. They're going to start testing this in humans. It's a drug that targets a protein which suppresses the growth of new teeth from our quote unquote teeth buds in Tony. They tested that ferrets, who like humans, have tooth buds, baby teeth, and permanent teeth. The ferrets were able to regrow their teeth when't given the drug. A dental scientist named Takahashi. I don't know if Takahashi has either a first name or a surname, but Takahashi said the idea of growing new teeth is every dad to stream. I've been working on this since I was a graduate student. I was confident I'd be able to make it happen. Good news for town. They were out of luck. Their doctor retired. They couldn't find a replacement, so they went to the internet, as one does.

1:30 Five hundred residents of a town made a video. It went viral, and now the local medical practice has hired doctor Bethan Woodfield. He's originally from the town. He saw the video when he applied. He said, it's a lovely place to work, and I enjoy being here. The sense of community is amazing. Everyone I feel goes above and beyond for patient care. Good news for a couple in Florida. They're not going to forget the birthdays of their children. I mean not that one does that. Anyway, but all their children were born on September third. They just had a baby girl on September third of this year. Dad Jeremy said, our mouths drop. We were like, it's happening all over again. We were at the hospital. The doctors kept telling us they've never heard of a case like this ever before. They have had three daughters on September third across the span of four years. No, they're not triplets. Three children in four years. Cindy, who works at the hospital, said, we celebrated the extraordinary when our team delivered the Turner family's third child and four years with all three children sharing the same birthday. Mom said, people have asked me if I had c sections. Nope. All the girls were natural birds and unplanned. Baby Jessica was due on September seventh, but Mom said she came early. It was close to midnight, so Jessica almost didn't make it on Sime. She was born at eleven fifteen pm. But that's not the record. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, there's a family in Pakistan they all share August first as their birthday and how many of them are there? Nine? Hey, good news if you don't know who to vote for. Why don't you just vote for a golden retriever. There's a town in southern California that has

3:00 seen three generations of Golden retrievers serve as the mayor. I think that's a great idea. The current mayor is Max the Third, full name Maximus Mighty Dog Mueller the Third. This will start to when Phyllis Muller and her husband moved to Idlewild, California, in twenty eleven. It's an unincorporated town, so it had no mayor or elected officials. Soon after they arrived, the town's animal rescue center Animal Rescue Friends announced they'd be holding an election. That first election drew fourteen dogs and two cats. Well, you think the big famous political parties don't get along and mention the cat people and the dog people trying to come up with a bill together. Never happened. Max the First won that election by a lancelide. It originally was just a lighthearted fundraiser, but Muller and her husband approached the Dog's tenure in office with a serious commitment to doing some good. She told The Washington Post, this is an opportunity to be the real mayor of idalwhild to do the real job, but without politics. He loves everybody unconditionally. It's nonpartisan. It's non political. I'm going with it. Unfortunately, Max passed away in twenty thirteen, Max the Second took over. Max the Second also had health issues. They had a final successor, which is Mayor Max the Third. You know you complain about some of these cities where the mayor is the son of the famous mayor from thirty years ago. That's what's going on with the dogs. All politics is the same. They also can't get Mayor Max the Third to dress properly.

4:17 They're trying to have them wear a tie as a mayor should, and apparently Max the Third eight not one, not two, but three ties just during his first month in office alone. That's for five good news stories for today. If you enjoy the show, tell a friend about it, and you can follow it for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, wherever you get your shows. You have a great day.