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EPISODE · Mar 31, 2023 · 12 MIN

Aussie astronaut and smiley calf

from ABC KIDS News Time · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

On today's show, we’re going to rediscover a flowering plant that hasn’t been seen for 170 years! We’re going to meet a fury little wallaby that’s been saved from extinction. Then we’ll look the stars and meet a female Aussie astronaut. A baby calf will put a smile on your face! And we take a look at how scientists are making robots with brains!QUIZ QUESTIONS:What was the name of new flowering plant discovered?What is the name of the wallaby that was saved from extinction?What was the only job Katherine Bennell-Pegg wrote down at school that she wanted to do?What name was given to the dairy calf with a smiley face on his body?What are scientists using to help build robots with brains?BONUS TRICKY QUESTION:What breed of cattle is Happy - the calf with a smiley face on his body?ANSWERS:The Carnivorous sundew plant.The Uluru mala wallaby.Become an astronaut.Happy.The biology of insects.BONUS TRICKY ANSWER:Holstein.

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