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

0:03 Callaroga Shark Media. Hey, thanks for listening. The numbers have been fantastic late Leon. Hi, I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. Tasmania has fallen for Neil the Seal. He's a thousand pounds and he likes to hang out on the beach, parking spaces traffic cones, but authorities are worried about the risks of spending too much time among humans. Sandra Ray owns a seafood restaurant in Tasmania and says Neil the Seal often likes to rest in the middle of the road. He shows up on doorsteps. Neil took a nap in front of one woman's car, and she said, I think that's going to go down to the books as the best excuse in history not to go to work. He enjoys showers from garden hoses. Sonya says I've never ever seen anything like it. He's basically the talk of the town. Steven lives in town and says Neil's been here on and off for a while. He's sort of part of the community. Now sounds awesome. Some senior citizens.

0:57 We're recently at a speed dating event at the library. Lynn said most men my age don't have a car, and they live with a family member and of multiple dys I know, I want to meet a nice gentleman, somebody laid back who's in the same boat that I'm at. She's sixty two and she describes herself as game for anything except dating apps. She's been there, done that, likes in person connections. James showed up and said this is like the old days. He was dressed as Captain America. He apparently has the same dating techniques I did when I was twelve, and he was the first man who arrived at the library event. He said, there are a couple ladies here who would love to ask out on a date. This is a gold mine. James, you were dressed as Captain of America. Oh wait, it was a costume party. I'm sorry, James, I'm leaving this in. I could do the whole thing over, but you were probably laughing along. I'm an idiot, James. I'm sorry. There were prizes given out for best costumes. Now I understand why you were just as Captain America. I'm sorry, sir. I thought you were just, you know, enthusiastic about superheroes. By eight, o'clock. The party was winding down.

1:56 The ice cream maker had been put away. DJ Kevin and play to stand by me. Librarians passed out eyeglass, cleaning cloths and glowing the dark condoms. Whoa John? Want you preread these stories because it's more fun this way, everybody Patriots exchanged goodbyes, promising to catch up at the next mixer. An elephant living in a Berlin zoo has learned how to peel a banana. That's right. Pang Fah was a baby when she arrived at the Berlin Zoo and she was fed bananas. Most elephants eat them by picking them up with their trunks and scarfing them down whole peeling. All but one of pang foster caretakers said that the elephant was peeling the bananas. Then everyone was like yeah. One of the zoo folks said for weeks would bring the nicest banana we could find to the zoo as just straight eat it. There's some head scratching done. We gradually figured out that it's only brownish bananas that she peels, and if she's given a banana that's too brown, she tosses it aside.

2:52 Come on, elephant, the brown ones. You can use those in smoothies. They're perfectly fine. My wife disagrees, but will agree to disagree. Andrew is a popular dog photographer. He has started an initiative called Dollar dog Walks on his Instagram. He has over six hundred thousand followers. Here's the premise. Followers can subscribe for dollar a month and all the proceeds go towards supporting various mental health organizations. Following the loss of his Border collie Momo in twenty twenty one, Andrew nab keeps her memory alive through shared adventures and images featuring his other furry friends, Yaya and Boo. He grabbed nearly fifty subscribers within a single day. He expressed hope that the project could make a meaningful contribution to addressing prevalent issues related to mental health struggles, addiction, and mental illness. And I'll do back to back dog stories. If you want to check out how intelligent your dog is. There are five tasks to complete, but you don't need to do them all at once. It's the dog IQ test. I found out about this in the wonderfully titled outward Hound.

3:50 All right, if you want to complete the test with your dog. Here's what you're gonna need. Treats, a towel or blanket, three plastic cups, cardboard, and stop watch. Also sounds like the same items you might need at a fraternity party. All right, what do we have to do? Johnny Mack? Test one the towel test. Allow your dog to smell and get familiar with a large towel, then place it over your dog's head. Give your dog three points if it figures out how to free himself in under fifteen seconds, two if it takes up to thirty seconds, and one if it takes more than thirty seconds, My dog will be so mad. Test two it's the hidden treat test. Place a treat on the floor and place a towel over it. Then grab your stop watch and see how long it takes. Same kind of scoring. Test three which cup? Place two or three empty buckets or cups upside down in a row while your dog watches.

4:35 Place a treat under one of the cups. Then distract the dog and then tell the dog, hey, go for it. Same kind of scoring. Test four, problem solving. Underneath a piece of furniture, place a treat or dog food within the pause, Reach, and it will test your dog's reasoning and problem solving skills, like if my big hound just knocks over the chair, does that count? And test five Beyond the Barrier. Show your dog at treat through a slit and a large cardboard barricade that is too high to be jumped and too narrow to fit through. Keep encouraging your dog to get the treat for exactly sixty seconds, and then stop. User stop watch, keep track of the dog's time, and score accordingly. If your dog on all these gets one to four points, your dog might need some help figuring things out. And if you get thirteen to fifteen points, your dog is awesome. Not true. That's your five great news stories for today.

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