The Banana Peeling Elephant, Neil the Seal, and a Dog Q Test

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Callaroga Shark Media. Hey, thanks
for listening. The numbers have been fantastic

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late Leon. Hi, I'm Johnny
Mack with five good news stories. Tasmania

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has fallen for Neil the Seal.
He's a thousand pounds and he likes to

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hang out on the beach, parking
spaces traffic cones, but authorities are worried

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about the risks of spending too much
time among humans. Sandra Ray owns a

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seafood restaurant in Tasmania and says Neil
the Seal often likes to rest in the

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middle of the road. He shows
up on doorsteps. Neil took a nap

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in front of one woman's car,
and she said, I think that's going

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to go down to the books as
the best excuse in history not to go

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to work. He enjoys showers from
garden hoses. Sonya says I've never ever

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seen anything like it. He's basically
the talk of the town. Steven lives

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in town and says Neil's been here
on and off for a while. He's

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sort of part of the community.
Now sounds awesome. Some senior citizens.

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We're recently at a speed dating event
at the library. Lynn said most men

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my age don't have a car,
and they live with a family member and

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of multiple dys I know, I
want to meet a nice gentleman, somebody

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laid back who's in the same boat
that I'm at. She's sixty two and

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she describes herself as game for anything
except dating apps. She's been there,

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done that, likes in person connections. James showed up and said this is

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like the old days. He was
dressed as Captain America. He apparently has

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the same dating techniques I did when
I was twelve, and he was the

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first man who arrived at the library
event. He said, there are a

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couple ladies here who would love to
ask out on a date. This is

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a gold mine. James, you
were dressed as Captain of America. Oh

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wait, it was a costume party. I'm sorry, James, I'm leaving

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this in. I could do the
whole thing over, but you were probably

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laughing along. I'm an idiot,
James. I'm sorry. There were prizes

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given out for best costumes. Now
I understand why you were just as Captain

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America. I'm sorry, sir.
I thought you were just, you know,

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enthusiastic about superheroes. By eight,
o'clock. The party was winding down.

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The ice cream maker had been put
away. DJ Kevin and play to

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stand by me. Librarians passed out
eyeglass, cleaning cloths and glowing the dark

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condoms. Whoa John? Want you
preread these stories because it's more fun this

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way, everybody Patriots exchanged goodbyes,
promising to catch up at the next mixer.

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An elephant living in a Berlin zoo
has learned how to peel a banana.

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That's right. Pang Fah was a
baby when she arrived at the Berlin

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Zoo and she was fed bananas.
Most elephants eat them by picking them up

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with their trunks and scarfing them down
whole peeling. All but one of pang

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foster caretakers said that the elephant was
peeling the bananas. Then everyone was like

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yeah. One of the zoo folks
said for weeks would bring the nicest banana

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we could find to the zoo as
just straight eat it. There's some head

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scratching done. We gradually figured out
that it's only brownish bananas that she peels,

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and if she's given a banana that's
too brown, she tosses it aside.

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Come on, elephant, the brown
ones. You can use those in

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smoothies. They're perfectly fine. My
wife disagrees, but will agree to disagree.

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Andrew is a popular dog photographer.
He has started an initiative called Dollar

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dog Walks on his Instagram. He
has over six hundred thousand followers. Here's

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the premise. Followers can subscribe for
dollar a month and all the proceeds go

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towards supporting various mental health organizations.
Following the loss of his Border collie Momo

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in twenty twenty one, Andrew nab
keeps her memory alive through shared adventures and

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images featuring his other furry friends,
Yaya and Boo. He grabbed nearly fifty

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subscribers within a single day. He
expressed hope that the project could make a

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meaningful contribution to addressing prevalent issues related
to mental health struggles, addiction, and

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mental illness. And I'll do back
to back dog stories. If you want

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to check out how intelligent your dog
is. There are five tasks to complete,

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but you don't need to do them
all at once. It's the dog

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IQ test. I found out about
this in the wonderfully titled outward Hound.

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All right, if you want to
complete the test with your dog. Here's

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what you're gonna need. Treats,
a towel or blanket, three plastic cups,

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cardboard, and stop watch. Also
sounds like the same items you might

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need at a fraternity party. All
right, what do we have to do?

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Johnny Mack? Test one the towel
test. Allow your dog to smell

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and get familiar with a large towel, then place it over your dog's head.

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Give your dog three points if it
figures out how to free himself in

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under fifteen seconds, two if it
takes up to thirty seconds, and one

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if it takes more than thirty seconds, My dog will be so mad.

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Test two it's the hidden treat test. Place a treat on the floor and

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place a towel over it. Then
grab your stop watch and see how long

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it takes. Same kind of scoring. Test three which cup? Place two

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or three empty buckets or cups upside
down in a row while your dog watches.

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Place a treat under one of the
cups. Then distract the dog and

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then tell the dog, hey,
go for it. Same kind of scoring.

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Test four, problem solving. Underneath
a piece of furniture, place a

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treat or dog food within the pause, Reach, and it will test your

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dog's reasoning and problem solving skills,
like if my big hound just knocks over

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the chair, does that count?
And test five Beyond the Barrier. Show

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your dog at treat through a slit
and a large cardboard barricade that is too

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high to be jumped and too narrow
to fit through. Keep encouraging your dog

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to get the treat for exactly sixty
seconds, and then stop. User stop

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watch, keep track of the dog's
time, and score accordingly. If your

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dog on all these gets one to
four points, your dog might need some

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help figuring things out. And if
you get thirteen to fifteen points, your

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dog is awesome. Not true.
That's your five great news stories for today.

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