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It's the very first episode of Nature: Dope AF! Have you ever thought about the fact that we currently share a planet with the largest animal that has EVER lived?! In this episode Bonnie and Kenny are discussing whales (or talking over each other, bear with us while we work on our sibling tendencies to get into the podcasting groove). Join us as we touch down on a few fun points about these giant wondrous creatures. 

Highlights include:

0:54 - Bonnie reminisces about a childhood sponsored whale named Crystal and forgets that whale tales are called flukes

2:10 - Blue Whales are the biggest animal EVER - scary or cool? *We realized Kenny says the wrong weight in the metric system #american

5:28 - Baby and group names - why are there more than one baby animals called calves? Can we call a herd of cows a pod? 

9:50 - There should be a whale census and Cardi B should do a save the whales commercial 

10:50 - Whales help combat climate change with their poop!

12:17 - Flocculent fecal plumes, it's a thing

14:13 - Five fascinating whale facts 

Dope Whale Links:

https://us.whales.org/whales-dolphins/species-guide/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/whales-keep-carbon-out-of-the-atmosphere/

https://www.oceana.ca/en/blog/seven-weird-facts-about-whales

https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/giants-of-the-ocean-whale-facts

https://us.whales.org/whales-dolphins/facts-about-whales

https://www.wired.com/2012/08/blue-whale-poop/

*Note to parents and our mom: as you may guess from the name of our podcast, there are a few swears in this episode