In probably the greatest podcast you’ll ever hear, the guys bring the skepticism in a big way for episode 294 of The Reality Check. Adam starts things off by exploring whether or not there really is a sea monster in Loch Ness. Next, Pat hosts a game of Name That with questions about astronomy. Darren closes out the show by answering whether or not elephants can jump. Enjoy!
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SHOW NOTES
Loch Ness Monster
Debunked: Photo of “Nessie” in Apple Maps Satellite image of Loch Ness [Boat] – Metabunk
Loch Ness “monster” or “Nessie” – The Skeptic’s Dictionary – Skepdic.com
Scotsman.com – Loch Ness Monster Sighting
Name That: Astronomy Edition
Solar System Revolving around the Galaxy
space.com: Elliptical Galaxies
NASA – Ask an Astrophysicist: Most Common Type of Galaxy
Teach Astronomy: Elliptical Galaxies
Wichita State University: Astronomy Q&As
Harvard University: Galaxy Types
Universe Today: Which Planets Have Rings
Can Elephants Jump
With respect to the question of animals that were formerly considered cryptids, there are quite a few. Here’s an article: http://io9.com/5814976/cryptids-that-turned-out-be-absolutely-real
Awesome!
When you mentioned Columba, I just couldn’t help thinking, “Excuzhe me… sir… Lieutenant Columba, Los Angeles Police… could you jesht help me out with something? You know Mrs. Columba says I always forget my notes… ah! Here! You see, sir, this says the blob was found on the print but not on the negative. Do you see my *problem*, sir?”
Somehow I expect to be the only one old enough to get this. And I did. And it was good.
Great show as always. In regards to elephants I thought you may be interested to know that wild elephants do stand on their hind legs to reach particularly tasty treats. There is a photo of this amongst the images in this gallery. http://www.morkelerasmus.com/#!/portfolio/wildlife/wildlife-big-bulky/18
They also DO have predators – although it is not particularly common there have been large prides of lions that have specialized in killing elephants at certain times most notably in the Savute region of Botswana where this was captured by a BBC film crew: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2ZW0EvMzSM. They babies also are vulnerable to attack by lions.
I’m not nitpicking just thought you might find this info interesting:) Love the show!
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