Tall Tails: Animal Legends and Real Science for Kids

Why does the tortoise have a cracked shell? Why does the bear have a short tail? On Tall Tails, storyteller Wren shares animal origin legends from cultures around the world, and his friend Dr. Moss, a very excited biologist with a magnifying glass named Gerald, keeps jumping in with the real science. Two stories, one big question, and a whole lot of interrupting. For curious kids ages 5 to 12 and the grown-ups who listen along. Tall Tails is made by a family using AI voices and AI writing tools, and every episode is fact-checked.

Tall Tails: Animal Legends and Real Science for Kids is a general podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 0 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

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  Ep 3 | Leggy: Why Do Spiders Have Such Skinny Legs?

  Oct 10, 202621 minS1

  <p>Why do spiders have such long, skinny legs? Wren tells a trickster tale and a myth about the greatest weaver who ever lived, and Dr. Moss (and Gerald) zoom in on the real spider.</p><p>In the Anansi story from the Akan people of Ghana, Kwaku Anansi wants to eat at eight friends' houses without helping with a single chore, so he ties a thread to each of his eight legs. What could go wrong? In the ancient Greek myth told by the Roman poet Ovid, Arachne brags that she can out-weave the goddess Athena, and the contest...

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  Ep 2 | Fishing for Trouble: Why Does the Bear Have a Short Tail?

  Oct 9, 202621 minS1

  <p>Why does the bear have such a stumpy little tail? Wren tells two stories from opposite sides of the ocean, and they turn out to be almost the same story. Dr. Moss (and Gerald) can't believe it.</p><p>In the story from Norway, sly Fox shows up with a string of fish and tells hungry Bear exactly how he caught them: dangle your tail through a hole in the ice and wait. In the Haudenosaunee story, Bear has the longest, shiniest tail in the forest and won't stop showing it off, until Fox sets up the very same...

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  Ep 1 | Shell Shocked: Why Does the Tortoise Have a Cracked Shell?

  Oct 9, 202622 minS1

  <p>Why does the tortoise have a shell that looks like somebody dropped it? Wren tells two old stories that answer that question, and Dr. Moss (and Gerald) explain what's really going on.In the Igbo story from southeastern Nigeria, clever, hungry Tortoise borrows feathers from the birds to get to a feast in the sky, and pays for his tricks on the way down. In the Cherokee story from the mountains of North Carolina, Terrapin outsmarts a pack of wolves and makes a splashy escape. Then we find out what a tortoise shell is made of, why a turtle...

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