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January 27, 2025 40 mins

Whale Song and Elephant Communication with Katy Payne, Whale Language with Gašper Beguš and Project CETI, The Dance of the Honeybee, Feeding Ben Stuff, Cryptid Corner, Grandparent Stories, Jokes, Riddles and More

Do animals talk? The answer might surprise you! Join us as we dive deep with zoologist and pioneering animal researcher Katy Payne and discover the complex ways whales and elephants communicate. She even does her best whale song impression for us! Project CETI works to understand what whales are saying. CETI linguistics lead and professor Gašper Beguš talks with Wild Interest about his work with sperm whales, and the whale language his research is discovering. It even has an alphabet! Dance with us as we buzz about the sweet ways honeybees talk to each other, and bundle up for frigid tales of the Ningen, an aquatic cryptid said to inhabit the Arctic Ocean north of Japan. We’re back with a second hilarious installment of Feeding Ben Stuff, and all the usual fun you’ve come to expect like Favorite Sound, Grandparent Stories, a real stumper of a riddle, jokes and more. Let’s get wild!

Timestamps for this episode are available below. Parents: visit our website to help your kids contribute jokes or favorite sounds, or to send us a message:  www.wildinterest.com/submissions

00:00 Episode 11 Intro
01:48 Animal Talk
03:45 Whale Language with Gašper Beguš and Project CETI
10:52 Joke Time
11:46 The Dance of the Honeybee
14:56 Riddle Question
15:20 Cryptid Corner: The Ningen
18:08 Favorite Sound
19:01 Call for Submissions
19:28 Grandparent Story
23:32 Feeding Ben Stuff
29:25 Whale Song and Elephant Communication with Katy Payne
38:31 Riddle Answer
38:53 Preview of Episode 12
39:25 Show Credits
39:57 Bloopers

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