SciShow Tangents Classics - Giant Rodents

No, you didn't wake up back in March 12, 2019, this is just a rerun of the classic Giant Rodent episode in honor of Groundhog Day. Be back with something exciting next week! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links: [Truth or Fail] https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2015/02/making-teeth-tough-beavers-show-way-to-improve-our-enamel- http://www.sci-news.com/biology/science-biswamoyopterus-laoensis-new-species-flying-squirrel-laos-01361.html https://www.apopo.info/en/tuberculosis-detection/projects http://www.treatmentactiongroup.org/tb/background https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/feb/23/rats-who-sniff-out-tubersulosis https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140816-rats-tuberculosis-smell-disease-health-animals-world/ [Fact Off] Hippos & biggest rodent: Beavers & carbon emissions: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/uoh-bha082918.php https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/07/what-role-do-beavers-play-climate-change https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13280-014-0575-y [Ask the Science Couch] Gigantism: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-king-kong-should-have-been-blue-whale-180962603/ https://www.nature.com/articles/482008d https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/05/120521-killer-mice-birds-gough-island-endangered-animals-science/ https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00534.x https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4358651/ [Butt One More Thing] Capybara anal pouches: https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1984.tb05087.x Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .