They Close Their Eyes and Ears to Hunt

Welcome to Tell Me Something You Don't Know, where we explore curiosities without credentials. We're your factually adjacent hosts, Maddie and Sarah. Every week we exchange random topics with just enough research to keep things interesting and slightly accurate. So lower your bars and let's learn something you never knew you wanted to know. 

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Do you want to dive right in or do you want it to be a little bit like what did you get up to this week? Yeah. Yes, I do like that. Not for like a long time, but just to like warm up, you know? Yeah, yeah. Warm it up. Let people know us.

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Yeah.

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We are interesting. Well, I wouldn't go that far, but like we're not. But I like the confidence in which you said it.

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Thank you.

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Welcome to Tell Me Something You Don't Know, where we explore curiosities without credentials. We're your factually adjacent hosts, Maddie and Sarah. Every week we exchange random topics with just enough research to keep things interesting and slightly accurate. So lower your bars and let's learn something you never knew you wanted to know. Wait, I can't tell if the sound is like Is that better? Dee. Yeah, I think so. Yeah. Okay. Oh, now can't hear you at all. Oh, I muted myself. Really just learning these things. We're all just learning. Hello, and welcome back to another episode of Tell Me Something You Don't Know. My name is Maddie. My name is Sarah. And we are sisters who live not in the same place. So this podcast is partly a reason for us to come together each week and hear ourselves talk. Yeah, we like to listen to our own voices. So this is just a good excuse. We're also oh no, you go. No, I want you to go. I was gonna say, I get told all the time that we have very similar voices and mannerisms. So I know this might be confusing. What do you have going on this week? Not a lot. I'm just working, working my job. And you know, and loving it. Living the dream and loving it. I also picked up my pottery, which oh yes. I was taking pottery, taking a break now because it's kind of expensive, but it's a lot of fun. Like a month and a half ago was my last session, so I had to go pick up my recently glazed and fired pieces, and that was probably the highlight of my week. So that's pretty exciting. Also, what is expensive? Like how expensive? So it's like $500. What? What? For six weeks. Okay, let me scale it back. Yeah, not for not for just like one session. So you have like six weeks and it's three hours a week, like three-hour studio sessions. So you like go in and there's a teacher there for you. They guide you a lot in the first few sessions, but then they're just kind of there hanging out doing their own pottery, and they're there if you like want to ask questions, but also it's very much like three hours where you can just like zone into your own like creative vibe. Well, do you listen to music like headphones and stuff? Yeah. Well, I don't. I did it at first, but then one of the teachers she puts on like 90s. The playlist is 90s all the way on spotlight. All the way, not not halfway, all of it. No, all the way. All the way. How was your week? Well, I mean, days blend together. I have three young boys, and I basically don't, I barely know what day of the week it is. I mean, we do have things scheduled, like Sam has forest school and stuff like that. So that's that's something that keeps me aware of time itself. And then mom, our mother, is coming to my home. Uh, she lives in Nova Scotia, so we live all over the place. And she lives in Nova Scotia. She's flying here to help me care for my maniac children. There's a lot of long distance in our life. Yeah, we're basically like, I love you, but only from afar. Okay. I'm very excited to know what you're gonna tell me about. So I have known about this for a while, but very like surface level understanding of what it is. And I think it's so cool. I low-key thought we would have the same thing this week because I'm convinced we're gonna come with the same thing, but your lead up to it makes me feel like I it is absolutely not the same thing. Sarah made a point the other day. She's like, I feel like we may end up doing a mind meld, which in improv, it's that's like a way to warm up for like before you get on stage with a bunch of people and you're doing improv together. You're supposed to do a mind meld right before so that you're yes anding properly throughout the show, and you just need to like get in the same head space. And one example is you just three, two, one say a word, and then you take those two words, and then you three, two, one, and and say a word that you think those two words remind you of, and you just go until should we do a mind meld right now? Okay, let's do it, let's do it. Three, two, one, pen. Shirt. We did not say it at the same time. All right, let's try it again. Okay, okay. Starting from scratch, forgetting those words. Yeah. Three two. Three, two, one lime. Okay. Things are so far apart. Three, two, one tongue. Three three, two, one sour. Yes. We're melded. Oh my gosh. That's great. Okay, yeah. So, like, hopefully, something happens where you get citrus and tongue, and there's an obvious one. The thing is, it's not what is obvious to one person. Sometimes might not be, might not be, might not be. Very true. Um, okay, so melded into the podcast we go. The reason we're all here. Okay, so what my fun fact today is going to be is it's called the Doctrine of Signatures. I already am excited. I also feel compelled to tell you. I also know nothing about it, but I feel compelled to tell you that I purchased a Masonic voting box from the antique store the other day, and I'm very excited about it. These things could be completely unrelated. Wait, you need to explain to me what's going on. Oh my gosh. Okay, so this is something I also don't know any. This is like a mini don't know. Okay. A mini one. So you know the saying blackball, like I'm blackballing that idea. Have you ever heard that? I didn't know that. What? It basically means you've been overrolled, kind of, or like some well, okay, so I'll tell you what the Mason is. So okay. Basically, it's this cool box, and the Masons of the Masonic Temple would have a white, it'd be like, okay, we're voting on whether we're gonna have like chocolate bars in the vending machine, which I'm sure is something that they voted on. Yeah. And you'd have like black for yes, white for no, and each person like puts whatever color, like, and then at the end of it, they would be like, oh, looks like we're definitely having chocolate bars. Like it's how they voted on things and just kept it super simple. So use black and white marbles, and that's where the term like blackballing comes from. Interesting. Yeah, I do like that. What happens if there's even white and even black balls? As I said, I don't know really anything. So, as previously disclaimed, we don't know everything on the topic. No questions. No questions, please. But anyways, that is cool. The what you just said just made me think of that. So I'm gonna now be quiet and let you discuss the topic. I love that this is reminds you of that. I will say, like, for those who don't know what doctrine of signatures is, it sounds culty. Yeah, and it also has nothing to do with what in my mind, those words together have nothing to do with what I'm about to talk about. Oh man, I'm so excited. But then that's almost like a cool irony about the situation. Okay, here we go. So the doctrine of signatures has been an idea of herbalists for centuries. It is believed what herbalists. Yep, you heard that right. Okay, okay, okay, okay. It is believed that God has marked everything and created with a sign signature. The sign was an indication of the purpose for the creation of the item. Okay, what? We're gonna need to unpack this. Yes, and your mind's gonna be so blown when I go through exactly what we're talking about here. Oh my gosh, I'm so excited. Okay, I'm so stoked you don't know anything about this. I don't know. A lick. In the early 1600s, Jacob Bohm from Germany wrote, Okay, actually, I'm gonna skip that part. It's irrelevant. It's probably important, but we're not going that deep. Oh my god. Please leave this in. I will. And if you have more questions about him, you look too. Google it. Yep. Okay, but this doctrine of symmetry is which I'm gonna go into specific examples to really help paint the picture, it's a spiritual philosophy, and it was eventually adopted by medical application. Okay, cool. It contends that every whole food has a pattern that resembles a body organ or physiological function, and these patterns act as a signal or sign as to the benefit the food provides the eater. Oh whoa. I know. Okay, but here's the fun part a sliced carrot looks like the human eye. Doesn't it does? I I if you were okay, as you do this, can we can you make me guess? Because I would have guessed a bone. Okay, yes, let's definitely do it that way. But an eye, yes, for sure. It does now that you say it. Yes, okay. Sliced carrot, obviously, if you thinly slice, not like not what would it be? Width, yeah, width, not length. So that's a weird eyeball. That's a real weird eyeball yikes. So sliced carrot resembles the pupil iris and radiating lines looking just like a human eye. Yeah, and science shows that carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes. Okay. Look, I would join a cult so fast. I'm like, I already got it. I'm like, yes, agree. Makes perfect sense. Yes. Okay. It there's so many crazy ones though. A tomato. A tomato. Would it be a lung? Would it be a brain? A brain or a lung? Okay, no, but great guesses. And I'm realizing it it will be tricky because like not all of these foods have are like obvious in the way, like, I don't know, the makeup of a tomato, you know. I know it's red and juicy, it's got seeds. She's got seeds. We don't. Yes, but it's fun to guess. It's true. A tomato has, in fact, four chambers. And so does a heart. Oh, a heart. Okay. Yes. The heart is red and has four chambers. Research shows tomatoes are indeed pure heart and blood food. You know, you may be instructed to have more tomatoes in your diet. If you're like have troubles with your heart. Yeah, or like prone to heart disease or something. A walnut. A brain hur. Yes. Yes. Obviously. Yes. So a walnut looks like a little brain. It has a left and right hemisphere. Upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. We now know that walnuts help develop over three dozen a neuron transmitters for brain function. Oh wow. Okay, this one's so easy because it's in the game, but kidney beans. Could it be uh could it be a kidney? So they do heal and help maintain kidney function. And yes, they look exactly like human kidneys. Okay, these ones are really fun. Celery and rhubarb. Bones. Yes. Yes. So this one is crazy. Okay. Uh these foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium, and these foods have 23% sodium. What? If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body. Whoa. Yeah. Okay. And then this one is my favorite one, I think. Oh goodness. I'm excited. Okay, so avocados. A b I literally go with it. Go with what you were gonna say. You had one. I was gonna say like a belly. Okay, great guess. So they target the health and function of the womb. Yeah, that's why I was thinking, like a bell, like a pregnant belly. Yes, because that's exactly what an avocado looks like, with like the seed in there, and it kind of like, you know, hangs like a belly. So today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine months to grow an avocado. Stop right now. Why isn't that crazy? Okay, well, I mean, like at first I was like, oh yeah, that's crazy. This is fun. And now I'm like, well, it has to be true. Why are these things so similar? And they look similar. Figs is another, I feel maybe obvious one, but figs. Is it lungs? No. Good guess, though. I actually probably would have guessed that too. It's actually so so this might help. Figs actually hang in twos. Balls. Yes. Which by the way, when you said black ball, I was like, did you mean blue ball? Because I know what blue balling means. You're like, I know what blue balls are. Anyways, figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of sperm as well as overcome males' sterility. Matt has to stay off the figs, then that's for sure. Yeah. Okay. And then they hang in twos. I didn't know that. Yes. And if you think about the way, like when you cut open a well, I've never cut open a ball, so I'm telling you. No, I don't know what kind of stuff you are into. I didn't tell you about my entire week. Just kidding. That's nope. That was perfect. But if you look at like medical charts where they show like, you know, when you see like the inside of like a woman's breast, and there's like all those crazy, like yeah, yeah. Yeah. So the the testicles also look like that, and they just have these weird, it does kind of look similar to the way that a fig does when you cut it open. There's that one. And then grapes. I mean, I would have said eyeballs, but it's not. Maybe for this one, think about not individual grapes, but like every time you get grapes, they come in cluster. No, but good guess. Okay, so it is also heart and blood cell. So hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart while each grape looks like a blood cell. Grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food. And then sweet potatoes are another one. So they're connected to the pancreas. And if you look at a pancreas, it does kind of look like a weird, like a the shape of a sweet potato. And they actually do balance the glycemic index of diabetics. Interesting. So someone was just who what? Yeah. Okay. So this is like the 17th century. Okay. Like this is. They're just like trying to make sense of the world. They're basically just like listen. 100%. So that's what it is. It's like, it's like, of course, through through different religious practices and just understanding, believing that God created the world. It's like, how can we take things that God created on this earth? So like all of these things grow, obviously, on the planet that that like and we're going to consume them. And can we assume that the things that grow that look a certain way are going to benefit the items in our body that look similar to that thing? And then someone in the back of the room is like, Yes, we can. And they're like, doctrine of signatures. This is it. This is it. That is my uh topic. That's really cool. I feel like one of the craziest ones, if you're thinking truly, just like from observing for the first time or like making the connection for the first time would be if you cut open a skull and take out a brain, and then you have already have seen a walnut or are going to see a walnut in the future, you'd be like, holy shit. And walnuts also, now that I think about it, they grow. They're they're in a skull. Like, yeah, it is a hard, you gotta like crack that walnut anyway. Yeah, interesting. All right, well, there you have it, ladies and gentlemen. Okay. Well, we're gonna take a hard left turn. I feel like yours is really cool and like smart. Madison Shears. Are we using last names? Yeah, good. I'm gonna tell you about the platypus. This is exactly what I was hoping for. And buckle up because it's gonna be an exciting ride. I'm so excited. The platypus is such a weird creature. Okay, so do you uh the I have like this memory of platypus plat platypussy, platypussies, platypus see? Even if that's not right, we're going with that. Platypus I? I have a memory. I feel like I rem I and this is like a complete false memory because after I researched it, I was like, well, that's not true at all. I feel like I remember when I was younger, they were like, oh yeah, they discovered this crazy animal out of Australia called a platypus. And I was like, oh yeah, that's nuts. But it was actually discovered in 1798. So, like for sure, not real. But in my mind, I was like, that was something that was like recently discovered. It was like a recent discovery of animals, but that's not true. So I got most of my information from the animals.sandiegozoo.org because they have platypussies there. Yeah, and they're the only I think they're the only zoo that has platypussies. I'm gonna have to call it something different. That's not platypus. Maybe it's just platypus. It's like, yeah, platypus. Anyway, um, they're the only zoo that has platypus outside of Australia. A platypus is a weird creature. The weirdest part of it though, I'm gonna leave until the end because I feel like, do you know anything about platypus? I don't like the vision of the animals is is reminding me of a beaver. Do they look similar at all? Yes, yes. Okay, so here we go. Uh so it is among Australia's most iconic wildlife. So much so I'm pretty sure it's on one of their, yeah, the 20 cent coin. So, like, you know, they're into the platypus. They like, they like these guys. It's a semi-aquatic egg-laying species. So I'm gonna paint you a picture of this animal. It has a paddle-shaped tail from it says an otter, but when I look at it, I feel like it looks more like a beaver. It has a sleek body covered in dense chestnut-colored fur, like a mole, is what it says. And and a wide, flat, duck-like bill attached to its its front, and it has round little eyes with big webbed feet like a pelican. So like holy smokes. That's a lot. Can you picture? Like, what a fever dream. You've got this little beaver basically that has big webbed feet like a pelican and a massive duckbill. That's terrifying. It is. That is scary, but they're not scary animals, they don't bite, they don't even have teeth. Well, sure. I guess if they've got these like beaks, essentially. I mean, that's what I'm imagining. Yeah, it's a beak. These animals, as I mentioned, are in Australia. So I immediately thought of like, oh, they're in hot areas because that's what Australia to me is. However, they live in the toasty plateaus of the rainforest and also in cooler regions of Tasmania and the Australian Alps, which I did not know existed. Their dense fur makes fur a good insulation in both water and and out, and they are able to like flip, flop back and forth from like cold to warm. That's very cool. I yeah, I also didn't know Alps were a thing in Australia. We even lived there, so that's real sad. Yeah, it's true. And like snowy, right? Are all snowy? I mean, listen, I'm gonna. Go with yes. Yes. Okay. But I don't know for sure. That's so interesting. I would have just imagined any animal that's like known in Australia, I'd be like hot climates. Hot climates. Like lizards, probably. And you know, like birds and stuff. Yeah. Komodo dragons and such. So it mostly lives in water. It's a freshwater animal, and its webbed feet help propel them through the water. And the claws make, and they also have claws, make digging burrows a breeze. So yeah, they have webbed feet like a pelican with claws. So that's really chill for sure. And so their tail, they are actually able to, it's a stabilizer during swimming, swimming. And then they also store extra fat there for extra energy. So like when you know times are down with food, they're like, it's all good. I got this fat tail and I can burn energy there. Don't you worry about me. Yep. Very dynamic animal. Also, this is funny. So most of what they eat are like shellfish and like shrimp and stuff like that. So stuff that is obviously found in fresh water. But when they hunt, their eyes close and their ears close. So they can't see or hear anything. What? Yeah. As soon as they hit the water, their eyes are just like, nope. We can't see, can't hear. But they're like, let me have a crack at this. Try it. But they are predominantly in water. Oh yes, like they are, they are in water. They are water animals. They they burrow in land. So like they are that's where they sleep. And they're I feel they I feel like they're similar to otters. They like, yeah, okay. You know what I mean? But what helps them be able to basically eat, like hunt, is their snout. So the in that duckbill, duckbillbill, snout, nose, mouth, whatever you want to call it. It has push rods that respond to stimuli like touch pressure sound waves and motion. And has about 40,000 electroceptors. What? Is that a word? Electroceptors. That sounds like fun. It sounds cool. It does sound cool. That help them find the direction and distance of prey and by detecting electrical impulses generated by living creatures, which is kind of nuts. Like animals just live a completely different way than us. Big time. For lots of reasons. Also, they don't have teeth, as I mentioned. Instead, they grind their food between their mouth pads made of keratin, which I'm pretty sure that's hair, right? Like and nails that. Yeah. How is it spelled with a K? Yeah.

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Yeah, keratin. So I'm pretty sure that's like nails and hair. So that's what they're their mouth pads are made of. Also, I read somewhere that I don't have highlighted, but I thought was hilarious or maybe sad. Because they have these mouth pads, they like pick up little rocks in their mouth to like help them chew stuff. So they'll like eat all of the within this like bill, a lot is happening. They're chewing on rocks, and they spit all of that out. So they basically in their mouth are like, okay, yep, you go, your food, you can stay. And then they're like, spit out the rest. We don't want it. It looks like they're living a harder life than like they need to. They don't open their eyes underwater. They hunt in the water. It feels like a cruel joke. Actually, when when the Australians discovered this animal in 1798, the British legitimately thought it was a hoax. They were like, no, there's no way. They like explained it to them. They're like, listen, we found we found this platypus. Like, it is nuts. We're just gonna explain it to you. Stick with us here. And the British were like, you Australians are crazy. The fact that you're part of our commonwealth is just nuts that you think that we would believe you about this. Sounds crazy. I mean they legitimately were like, this is pretend. And when you say it out loud, it does feel like it is pretend. It does. So the other part, their major claim to fame, these animals, these platypus, is that they are egg-laying mammals, which is like wild because you can't really think of that many mammals that lay eggs. Like it just doesn't make sense. Are there any others? Because I feel like I was taught in school that if all mammal species give birth. Yeah. The only what I'm saying with confidence, the only other one. And and I'm even reading along with, but I'm saying the only other one is the echidna, which is also an Australian animal. It's kind of that one's a wild one as well. I saw a picture of it and I was just like, nope, my brain can't handle that one. So that's another one that lays eggs. And they incubate them and nurse them, which is also interesting because like any other animal that lays eggs isn't like nurse. Like, do snakes nurse? I don't think so. Oh, I don't think so. What? Or like chickens or something? Yeah, no, they for sure don't. They don't have nipples. They don't. They do not. This is crazy. It's almost like a cruel joke. It's almost like nature screwed up and created. It's like, it's like they had absolutely no written doctorant of signatures for these guys. God, God was just like, we have some extra parts laying around. Just throw them together and ship them down, you know? Oh my god. It's gonna be a mammal, but it lays eggs. But it does have nipples like other mammals. Oh my god. And actually, you know what? It doesn't even have nipples, it just has a patch. It has a patch, like an area on its body. I need to find it because I wasn't gonna say it because I just felt like it was too strange. The mother does not have nipples, but rather special patches of skin on the abdomen that exude milk for her babies to slurp up. Is what it says. That's what the sentence says. Disgusting. I would also just like to draw attention for those who can't visually see Sarah right now, that she has in fact printed off her sources and highlighted the key insight. Before you started, I saw the corner of the paper and I was like, please God, let this be the case. And it is she also we use Riverside software to record these episodes, and she you definitely didn't notice this yet. You joined as a guest and you put in the name Dara. Listen, even though I work for a tech company, I am not technically inclined. I just find I like to work with like tangible things. Respect. And honestly, I kind of I'm kind of jealous. Like I feel empty. Like, I bet if you did this next week, you'll be like, I get it. Yeah, no, you're you're not wrong. You're not wrong. Anyways, sorry. Back back over to you. Back to our egg-laying mammal nippeless duck duck mole. Duck mole. Okay, so on land, the platypus has a reptilian gait because its legs are on the side of its body. So it's not like its legs aren't underneath, it's on the side. So when it's walking, it looks like envision a Komodo dragon. You know how they're like they move from side to side and they're kind of slithery. That's how these guys are moving around with their duckbills and their fur. I'm getting further and further away from the image of a beaver. I know. Okay, so habitat. So the males have a larger home range. So like their hunting area and all that stuff is much larger than the females. The males travel for about 10 kilometers in a single night's jaunt. And then the females tend to hunt closer to home and is more like a 4.5, so like half that basically. So yeah, they feed on insect larvae, freshwater shrimp, crayfish called yabbies, which what's a yabby? And basically, as I mentioned, it has to like put rocks in it to chew it up, and then it uses its cheek pouches to stow its bounty until it reaches the surface. So the kind of part squirrel as well. Yeah, I'm imagining like a hamster. Do you know how long they live generally? Oh my gosh, no, I don't know that at all. But that's a really good question for someone who does know something about this for sure. Cause like, how do you live that long? And then they will sleep alongside like rivers, streams, and outside of the actual water. When a female is pregnant, it will dig a deeper, more elaborate nesting burrow with multiple chambers and entrances called a nursery burrow. They will lay one to three eggs, and then it takes the eggs about 10 days to hatch, which is kind of crazy. Once they hatch, this little like hairless, bean-sized baby begins to, for the next three to four months, will like grow stronger off of the mother's milk. And it doesn't, as I mentioned before, have nipples. So it's just this I was gonna say weird patch, but like let me not be mean to the platypus. All bodies are beautiful. So this special patch of skin that just like leaks milk, not a nipple though. Very important distinction. And then this this fact I'm quite envious about. They sleep soundly for about 14 hours a day. God, that sounds like heaven. So 60% of their daily sleep is deep brain reactive, so like rem sleep. And in contrast, so humans spend about 25% of their slumber in that rich REM state. So they get 60%. I wonder if they live really long lives. It maybe, maybe we should live more like the platypus do, you know? I think perhaps. They're probably just so smart and just well rested and chill. So uh the least chill part of him, though. I'm gonna drop the hammer. They also are specifically the males, they're one of the world's few venomous mammals. Oh my goodness. I like was like platypus would be funny. I'm gonna do some research on that. And then I was reading, I was like, wait, what? Cold up that's a crazy. I think in the world, do they they don't even have teeth or let alone fangs, which is just well, let me tell you. So they are equipped with sharp stingers on the heels of their hind feet, and the male platypus can deliver a strong toxic blow to any approaching foe, which is kind of funny because it it's on the back of their body. So when you think about it, they're just always being attacked, I guess. Like someone, something's always like coming up on them, and they're like, Nope, not today. Not today. There's been no reported deaths, according to the internet. Okay. Uh but like of humans, but they can kill a dog, like an animal. The size, well, I don't know if they kill dogs. They're not like they're not gonna go and kill dogs, but like I'm just saying, like the size of a dog. Yeah, you're like, you're like, oh, not the dogs. But apparently it will sting incredibly bad, like multiple hornet stings, and there's nothing that will like it's just time, basically, will get rid of the like you can't take a painkiller for it or an antidote or anything like that. It's just basically like, well, here we go. That's crazy, and that, my friend, is the platypus. Imagine if we had of mine melded on that. That would have been nuts, but we were nowhere. You know what? I was gonna say we were nowhere close. However, yours was very like synergy, it makes sense. We're tying things together, like from the heavens above. This is like what is kind of like making sense, and nothing makes sense about the platypus. So it's a very trustual topic. I feel smarter, I feel dumber for sure. Yep. But you know, I'm excited to next week discuss something new. It's so fun because it's two completely new things that we don't know anything about. I know. It's actually a great idea. And we can do anything at all. Like the world is our oyster. Maybe I'll do it on oysters next week. Yum. I would love an oyster right now, yummy. Also, my one of the books that we read at night, and I swear I found this book afterwards. It was one that I feel like you would remember. I'll send it to you. It's called Wombat Stew. Was it a book? Yeah, like growing up. Mom would read it to us, and it's like wombat stew, wombat stew, ooey gooey, nice and chewy wombat stew. Yeah, and it's like a dingo, and he's making stew, and he's gonna cook this wombat, and then all these other Australian creatures come in and they're like, You should add dirt. And he's like, You're right, I should. And he's like, Ryder, let me add the dirt. And then he adds dirt, and they basically mess up his stew. And the end of it, he's like, Ha, this is disgusting. You all suck. And they're like, ha ha, we saved the wombat. But one of the characters is a platypus. Okay, very cool. And also, do you read to them in the Australian accent? A hundred percent. They must truly love that. Not as much as I think they should. There's basically like you're talking funny. And I'm like, I'm not talking funny, I'm nailing this accent right now, and you have zero appreciation. You're rude. So good night. Good night, good night. Sleep tight, slams the door. I do remember that book. That's that's funny. Just learning all sorts of things together. Is it accurate? Is it not? We don't know. We cannot guarantee it. However, we can guarantee. I was gonna say we can guarantee a good time, but we also can't do that because you might not like this. And you know what? That is okay. But if you do like this, you should join us next week where we will discuss more things we don't know anything about. Okay, bye! See ya and close.