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Aussie astronaut and smiley calf

Mar 31, 202312 min
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Episode description

On today's show, we’re going to rediscover a flowering plant that hasn’t been seen for 170 years! We’re going to meet a fury little wallaby that’s been saved from extinction. Then we’ll look the stars and meet a female Aussie astronaut. A baby calf will put a smile on your face! And we take a look at how scientists are making robots with brains!

QUIZ QUESTIONS:

What was the name of new flowering plant discovered?

What is the name of the wallaby that was saved from extinction?

What was the only job Katherine Bennell-Pegg wrote down at school that she wanted to do?

What name was given to the dairy calf with a smiley face on his body?

What are scientists using to help build robots with brains?

BONUS TRICKY QUESTION:

What breed of cattle is Happy - the calf with a smiley face on his body?

ANSWERS:

The Carnivorous sundew plant.

The Uluru mala wallaby.

Become an astronaut.

Happy.

The biology of insects.

BONUS TRICKY ANSWER:

Holstein.

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