1 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:09,359 The Shark Deck from Johnny Mack with five good news stories. Eat good news 2 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:15,039 if you like flowers that smell like death. The corpse flowers blooming at San 3 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:20,399 Diego Botanic Garden now run over there because I found out about this on July 4 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:24,079 fourth. The news is from July third, and these things only bloom for 5 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:26,519 like three days, so like, get moving, all right? What's a 6 00:00:26,559 --> 00:00:31,440 corpse flower? The corpse flower gets its nickname by imitating the odor of rotten 7 00:00:31,559 --> 00:00:36,560 meat in order to attract pollinators like carryon beetles and flies. The big yellow 8 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,799 stem sticking out of the middle generates heat, raising its scent high into the 9 00:00:39,799 --> 00:00:43,479 trees so it can attract those pollinators from further away. Those who have dared 10 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,880 to smell it described it as smelling like cheese, grilic, stinky feet, 11 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:50,560 diapers, or rotten fish. One of the curators said, you know, 12 00:00:51,039 --> 00:00:53,159 at first, you're like, oh, it doesn't smell bad. The next 13 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:55,920 thing, you feel a wave come over and it smells like dirty diapers and 14 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,439 rotten fish in a dumpster. And another wave will hit you, and another 15 00:00:58,479 --> 00:01:00,960 wave will hit you, and then it'll smell really really bad. Wow, 16 00:01:00,159 --> 00:01:03,640 Like where's the net? Third part funky feet with rotten dead things, and 17 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:08,560 then it'll just flow into dead body. Most of these rainforest native plants need 18 00:01:08,599 --> 00:01:11,560 to age seven to ten years before blooming for the first time. After that, 19 00:01:11,599 --> 00:01:15,200 they bloom only every four or five years. After fully blooming, it'll 20 00:01:15,239 --> 00:01:19,239 emanate its stench for only three days before starting to close up and decay slowly 21 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:23,640 over the next few weeks. So get going today, San Diego Botanical Gardens. 22 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,719 A dog has struck up a friendship with a cheetah. Yeah. I 23 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,799 know, I do a bunch of these animal friendship things, but I didn't 24 00:01:30,799 --> 00:01:36,480 think would get to cheetah. Kombala is it cheetah and loves his best friend, 25 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:40,719 Cago so much that he hasn't noticed the Cago's a yellow Labrador retriever. 26 00:01:41,079 --> 00:01:45,879 Cheetas can be shy and to combat the anxiety around other animals, the Metro 27 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,719 Richmond Zoo in Virginia introduced their cheetah Coombali to Cago, the Labrador. The 28 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:55,640 spokesperson said, Kombali and Cago don't even seem to recognize their differences in species, 29 00:01:55,840 --> 00:02:00,000 size or color. There is only acceptance their unique companionship is captured. 30 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,079 The hearts of millions of people. They were introduced to each other in twenty 31 00:02:02,079 --> 00:02:06,439 fifteen, when they were just two months old. They've been inseparable ever since. 32 00:02:06,879 --> 00:02:09,919 Cago is the boss, even though Combali's almost twice cargo size. Keepers 33 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:13,800 spend time with them each day and take them both on walks through the zoo. 34 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,800 They take the cheetah for a walk. Cool Oh. Their diets are 35 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:21,199 completely different, so feeding time can present a bit of a challenge. They're 36 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:24,479 fed at the same time, but briefly severated. Good news if you're a 37 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:29,840 honeybee, your population is stabilizing the United States, Well, that's good because 38 00:02:30,039 --> 00:02:32,680 honeybees are crucial to our food supply and pollinate over one hundred of the crops 39 00:02:32,719 --> 00:02:36,560 we eat, like nuts, vegetables, melons, berries, and more. 40 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,319 Forty eight percent of colonies had been lost, but luckily bee keepers who were 41 00:02:40,319 --> 00:02:45,199 going through costly and time and tensive measures to repopulate the colonies, they were 42 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:49,479 able to maintain the current population by split and restocking existing hives, finding and 43 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:53,520 buying new queens, or even by starting entirely new colonies from scratch. Good 44 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,680 news. 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