1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:04,519 Are you ready for Valentine's Day? Well, good news. If you'd like 2 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:07,519 to cuddle, Hi, I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. No, 3 00:00:07,599 --> 00:00:10,039 I'm not going to cuddle with you. I mean unless you really want 4 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:14,359 to. But a professional cuddler he'll do it. He charges people for hugs 5 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:18,879 and earns seventy five pounds an hour. He has started hosting cuddle parties where 6 00:00:18,879 --> 00:00:21,719 people could snuggle in groups. He's Trevor Hoot and he's thirty years old. 7 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:26,600 He goes by Treasure. Treasure charges thirty pounds a session for a cuddle party 8 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:30,719 to explore and enjoy non sexual physical connection in a safe, structured environment. 9 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,840 It's more than just a hug. It's about pouring care, affection and goodwill 10 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:38,240 into someone through touch. It's about human connections. Treasure says, many people 11 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:41,000 struggle to make those. That's where I step in. It's more than cuddling. 12 00:00:41,039 --> 00:00:43,960 It's giving people the things they need, whatever that might be. The 13 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,240 parties has been great, and I think it's a really great way to provide 14 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,840 value to lots of people at once. I want it to have a really 15 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:53,039 big impact on the world. I've done four parties so far. Each one 16 00:00:53,079 --> 00:00:56,079 has been unique and special. We have a very mixed group. Some people 17 00:00:56,079 --> 00:01:00,200 are single and unfamiliar with touch, but want to develop comfort the other the 18 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:03,399 spectrum. They're people who are used to being touched and want more of it. 19 00:01:03,439 --> 00:01:06,519 Starts out with some workshop activities, than after an hour, they have 20 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:07,640 a break. They have some foods together, get to know each other some 21 00:01:07,719 --> 00:01:11,640 more. Then he resets the room and then the cuttle parties begin. You 22 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:15,400 know who are else are snuggle buddies Olivia and Mopsey. They're a cat and 23 00:01:15,439 --> 00:01:19,359 a rabbit. Mopsey's a white male rabbit, Olivia a female tabby cat, 24 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:23,439 and they lived together at Heel Animal Rescue and Young Wood. Mary Kennedy Witherro 25 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:27,359 was not worried when shelter staffers couldn't locate Olivia, a four year old tabby 26 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,920 cat who came into Heel Animal Rescues astray. Few cats stay in their cages 27 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:34,400 at the shelter. At young Wood, they roam freely in the facilities community 28 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:38,680 rooms to get used to a homelike environment. Then someone found Olivia in the 29 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,560 upstairs bunny room making friends with the two year old male Mopsey. Momsey had 30 00:01:42,599 --> 00:01:47,599 been found outdoors where he was scared and trying to survive. He's domesticated rabbits. 31 00:01:47,599 --> 00:01:49,480 He's not used to living outside. Once he was brought to the rescue 32 00:01:49,519 --> 00:01:52,959 center, he settled in. He seemed enjoy being with the other bunnies, 33 00:01:52,959 --> 00:01:56,400 but he's still a little shy till he met Olivia the cat. The two 34 00:01:56,439 --> 00:01:59,359 groom each other. They sleep together, they played together. They even have 35 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,159 their own prime room at the shelter, but they'd rather have a forever home. 36 00:02:02,519 --> 00:02:07,840 Kennedy Whitro says these two are completely in love and must be adopted together. 37 00:02:07,439 --> 00:02:10,840 Find out more at Heel Animal Rescue dot org. Good news if you 38 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:15,000 like chocolate, got a theme today for Valentine's Day. Chocolate is delicious. 39 00:02:15,039 --> 00:02:20,800 That's a fact backed up by research. A study that included four types of 40 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,280 dark chocolate and a three D printed tongue. Researchers have found that it comes 41 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:30,000 down to chocolate's slick outer layer aka it's fat. On Washa sacar As, 42 00:02:30,039 --> 00:02:34,759 a professor of colloids and surfaces at the University of Leeds. The professor told 43 00:02:34,759 --> 00:02:38,000 The Washington Post or main finding out of all this is that fat matters a 44 00:02:38,039 --> 00:02:43,159 lot the process of eating chocolate, says the Professor begins with the licking phase. 45 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,800 When chocolate first comes into contact with the tongue. That's when the smooth 46 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:50,560 chocolate sensation is set in a motion. Then, as it starts melting and 47 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,400 salive enters in the mix, solid cocoa particles in the chocolate area are released, 48 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:58,800 along with a rush of happiness boosting endorphins. The science has concluded the 49 00:02:58,879 --> 00:03:04,319 chocolates mutt cherished, silky sensation. Say that four times fast I did, 50 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,479 you'd miss the edit because I took it out is a product of its fast 51 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,400 dropolets making coucos. Otherwise, gritty particles go down smoothly inside the mouth. 52 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:14,120 Hey, but does that mean chocolate has to be high and fat to be 53 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,800 enjoyed? Professor said, Nah, chocolate's coated and fat. It doesn't necessarily 54 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:22,840 mean the chocolate itself is fat. She says, in licking phase, fat 55 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:27,159 is absolutely important for the sensation that lubrication creates. We're talking about chocolate here. 56 00:03:27,199 --> 00:03:29,719 Come down, everybody. But as you go down into the chocolate's inner 57 00:03:29,719 --> 00:03:32,439 contents and its core, all this starts mixing with saliva. The amount of 58 00:03:32,479 --> 00:03:37,400 fat doesn't matter, So you should have enough fat to coat the cocoa particles. 59 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,080 Again, I dare you to say coat the cocoa particles fast. It's 60 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:43,919 really hard to trust me. You missed the edit. So you should have 61 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:46,680 enough fat to coat the cocoa particles. But you don't need to have too 62 00:03:46,759 --> 00:03:51,240 much fat. After Scientists always have to mess with something, Professor says, 63 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,680 imagine if we could make broccoli taste as good as chocolate. At least make 64 00:03:53,759 --> 00:03:58,840 something like a zero calorie chocolate. She adds, many people love things that 65 00:03:58,879 --> 00:04:00,599 contain sugar, but you know, and orange isn't the same as a piece 66 00:04:00,639 --> 00:04:04,560 of chocolate. It's not the sweetness, it's the texture. That's what she 67 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:15,120 said. I am Patty Callahan Henry, I am Mary kay Andrews, I'm 68 00:04:15,199 --> 00:04:18,879 Kristin Harmel, and I'm Kristy Woodson Harvey. 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He's a brown 92 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:09,000 and black goat. Bob lives in a heated backyard. Shit. Albert said, 93 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,279 I've built a beautiful home for him. He has his own house and 94 00:06:11,399 --> 00:06:14,480 it's electrically heated. He has water there, he has some salt, lick 95 00:06:14,519 --> 00:06:17,399 stone is hey. He has everything. Albert takes Bob the Goat for walks 96 00:06:17,439 --> 00:06:21,319 around the neighborhood. The neighbors don't mind. Amy is a neighbor and said, 97 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,759 I think it's incredible that we have a neighbor who walks his goat. 98 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:27,480 We have neighbors on our street and walk their dogs every day. Why not 99 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:31,600 a goat? One problem? Though municipal by laws ban farm animals within town 100 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:35,360 limits. When this story started getting picked up by the CBC, neighbors on 101 00:06:35,399 --> 00:06:40,879 social media rushed to Bob the Goat's defense, worried any publicity would results in 102 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,240 Bob the Goat losing his home. The mayor was asked for comment, and 103 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:46,439 he said he didn't have one. He also wasn't able to say if anyone 104 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:50,360 complained. Albert says, they won't take the goat away because I won't let 105 00:06:50,399 --> 00:06:55,600 them. The goat stays till he dies. Bob the goat is living out 106 00:06:55,639 --> 00:06:59,680 his days in the backyard. That's your good news for today. Follow the 107 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:03,000 show for free on Apple, podcast, Spotify, YouTube, wherever you get 108 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:09,839 your shows. Have a great day. Hi, I'm johnny Man, host 109 00:07:09,879 --> 00:07:13,040 of Daily Comedy News. 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