'Beastly Bodies' Kids Special - Steve Backshall, Jess French and Adam Kay

The Infinite Monkey Cage

BBC

Comedy, Science

4.7 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by adventurer and naturalist Steve Backshall, veterinarian Jess French, and comedian and former doctor Adam Kay, as they are put to the test by an audience of curious children at Cheltenham Science Festival. We find out who would win in a battle between a shark and a crocodile (the answer involves a tennis court), why humans don’t sweat like dogs, whether macrophages might help us overcome antibiotic resistance and if AI might one day enable us to understand and directly communicate with animals.

Producer: Melanie Brown Exec Producer: Alexandra Feachem BBC Studios Audio Production

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0:00.0	He is Brian Cox.
0:02.8	Hello.
0:03.3	And he understands science.
0:05.4	I'm Robin Ince and I don't understand it quite so much.
0:09.0	Could he tell us something about the nature of matter?
0:11.3	Nope.
0:12.0	Okay, good.
0:13.2	Together we'll be joined by a collection of experts and non-expert guests.
0:18.6	What's going on?
0:19.8	Don't you know.
0:21.6	Taking a look at some of the most wonderful things
0:24.4	in the scientific world.
0:25.9	Science with Funny Bits, The Infinite Monkey Cage
0:29.3	on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds. B. C Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts.
0:37.0	Hello, you're about to listen to the Infinite Monkey Cage.
0:41.0	Episodes will be released on Wednesdays wherever you get your podcast.
0:44.4	But if you're in the UK, the full series is available right now on BBC Sounds.
0:49.7	Hello I'm Brian Cox.
0:50.7	I'm Robin Ints and this is the infinite monkey cage. Now today is a first for us
0:54.7	because we are opening the doors of the cage to the most fearless of
0:58.2	inquisitors. Welcome to the infinite monkey cage kids edition. That's right we are live at the Cheltenham Science Festival
1:05.2	and we know that these questions are going to be very, very challenging
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