ALEX SHOWS US WHAT HE LEARNED.
WELCOME TO THE SCIENCE OF IT.
I AM HERE IN THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER.
YOU HAVE LOTS OF ANIMALS HERE.
>> WE HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF ANIMALS.
WE HAVE INVERTEBRATES.
WE HAVE REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS, FISH, SOME SMALL MAMMALS.
I HAVE A FUN GAME.
I AM GOING TO BRING OUT THE ANIMALS DIET.
I AM GOING TO BRING OUT THE DIET AND YOU TRY TO GUESS WHAT ANIMAL IT IS.
READY?
THIS IS OUR FIRST SALAD.
WE’VE GOT LETTUCE.
APPLES, ZUCCHINI, WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CARROTS IN THERE.
WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL WOODY THIS?
>> I’M GUESSING NOT A CARNIVORE.
PROBABLY AN HERBIVORE?
>> MOST LIKELY.
OUT OF ALL THE ANIMALS WE HAVE, LIZARDS, TORTOISES, SNAKES, WHAT IS YOUR GAS?
>> I WOULD GUESS A TURTLE.
>> THAT’S A GOOD GUESS.
I HAVE MY ASSISTANT JOSH TO BRIN OUT LITTLE FOOT, WHO IS A RED FOOTED TORTOISE.
YOU WERE REALLY CLOSE.
TORTOISES ARE HERBIVORES.
THERE HE GOES.
HE’S CHECKING OUT THOSE BIG BITES.
YOU WON’T FIND THIS IN FLORIDA.
THIS IS NATIVE TO THE AMAZON.
HE WOULD WALK AROUND, MUNCHING EVERYTHING THAT FALLS ON THE GROUND.
I WILL LET HIM FINISH HIS SALAD.
THANK YOU.
ARE YOU READY TO GUESS OUR NEXT?
YOU MAY NOT RECOGNIZE THIS.
THIS IS GROUND TURKEY.
WHAT THE YOU THINK?
WHO IS GOING TO EAT THIS?
>> PROBABLY THE CARNIVORE.
>> IT’S PURELY MEAT, THAT’S A GOOD GUESS.
A FISH?
A MAMMAL?
>> I WOULD THINK MAMMALS.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK?
A LIZARD?
>> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AN ALLIGATOR EAT THAT.
>> LET’S SEE WHO IT IS.
THIS IS OUR BIG REVEAL.
CHECK THIS OUT.
HE I A SAVANNA MONITOR.
THIS ANIMAL IS NATIVE TO AFRICA.
HE WILL EAT ANYTHING HE CAN FIND IN T GRASS, AND SEX, A LOT OF SMALL MAMMALS.
-- INSECTS, A LOT OF SMALL MAMMALS.
I WILL HAVE JOSH BRING OUT THIS EXHIBIT.
THIS IS OUR LAST ONE.
WE’VE GOT A LOT GOING ON, A LOT OF VARIETY.
WE’VE GOT HARD-BOILED EGGS.
WE’VE GOT SOME MYSTERY PELLETS.
SOME FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
IT’S PROBABLY AN OMNIVORE.
IT COULD BE A LIZARD, FISH, SMALL MAMMAL.
WHAT ANIMAL DO YOU THINK IT’S THIS?
>> I’M GOING TO GO WITH A MAMMAL.
>> YOU THINK IT’S THE RABBIT OR THE SKUNK?
>> THE SKUNK.
>> LET’S BRING OUT OUR LITTLE FRIEND.
THIS IS MEMPHIS.
HE’S GOT THIS STRIPE.
IT’S LIKE A BUMBLEBEE.
IT’S A WARNING TO ANYTHING THAT MIGHT TRY TO EAT HIM.
HE’S GOT A VERY STINKY SECRET WEAPON.
HE GETS A BATH EVERY WEEK.
WE KEEP THEM FRESH AND CLEAN.
THIS IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE SKUNK YOU SEE OUTSIDE.
HIS GLAND WAS REMOVED.
NO ONE IS TRYING TO EAT HIM.
HE DOESN’T REALLY NEED IT.
HE IS AN OPPORTUNISTIC OMNIVORE.
YOU COULD CALL HIM A GENERALIST.
HE WILL EAT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES ACROSS HIS PATH.
THAT’S A GOOD LESSON FOR US TO LEARN.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS.
WE USUALLY ONLY EAT FISH, CHICKEN, BEEF.
IT’S REALLY, NO OTHER CULTURES TO EAT INSECTS.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN FOR US TO TRY OUT SOME INSECTS TODAY.
WE WON’T BE EATING THE INSECTS MEMPHIS TEATS.
WE HAVE A BARBECUE FLAVOR.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME CHEDDAR CHEESE.
DO YOU HAVE A FLAVOR?
>> WE ARE EATING THESE?
>> YOU DON’T HAVE TO.
IT >> I WILL GO FOR IT.
WHAT TYPES OF ANIMALS WOULD EAT THIS?
>> A LOT OF OUR LIZARDS.
THE SAVANNA MONITOR.
EVEN THE RED FOOT SOMETIMES EATS INSECTS.
THEY ARE NOT A TRUE HERBIVORE.
>> ARE YOU READY?
BOTTOMS UP.
>> IT DOESN’T TASTE LIKE MUCH.
IT TASTES LIKE CHEDDAR CHEESE STYROFOAM.
>> I’M WILLING TO TRY OUT INSECTS.
THAT WAS A REALLY FUN ADVENTURE.
THANKS FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE ANIMALS.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THE SCIENCE OF IT.
SHELDON: I’M VERY INTRIGUED.
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