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They’re Cloning The Pandas

As the Chinese Communist Party seeks to compete with American AI advancements, international worries grow about how the communist nation will use it. Do YOU trust Chinese AI? As recently as 1999, Chinese scientists reported they were able to successfully clone pandas. So what other Frankenstein science are they willing to do today?

During the Metaphysical Minute, hear about the mysterious “jungle walrus” cryptid that shouldn’t survive in that area, but locals swear they’ve seen. In the “Dig Deep” Live Q&A segment, ask Ben Chasteen and Rob Counts your questions directly in this edition of Edge of Wonder.

Pandas Resist Zookeeper

Five small pandas have other ideas when a zookeeper arrives to clean the leaves in their cage. They don’t want anything tidied up, so they find imaginative ways to block the cleaning.

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Panda’s Roots in Spain

The giant panda might not have originated in China, after all. Paleontologists have found fossil teeth near the city of Zaragoza, Spain, for an 11 million-year-old species believed to be the oldest known relative of the panda. The ancient species, dubbed Agriarctos beatrix, lived in a humid forest region and weighed only 130 pounds, making it more petite than the smallest living bear species, the sun bear. To escape predators, including bear dogs and giant, sabre-toothed cats, this prehistoric bear most likely spent a lot of time aloft in trees. H/T Next Media Animation

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