1 00:00:04,633 --> 00:00:05,500 NARRATOR: PRESENTATION OF 2 00:00:05,500 --> 00:00:06,433 DIALOGUE 4 KIDS ON IDAHO 3 00:00:06,433 --> 00:00:07,734 PUBLIC TELEVISION IS MADE 4 00:00:07,734 --> 00:00:09,066 POSSIBLE THROUGH THE 5 00:00:09,066 --> 00:00:10,000 GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE 6 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:10,800 LAURA MOORE CUNNINGHAM 7 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:11,800 FOUNDATION-COMMITTED TO 8 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:12,700 FULFILLING THE MOORE'S 9 00:00:12,700 --> 00:00:13,900 FAMILY LEGACY OF HELPING 10 00:00:13,900 --> 00:00:14,900 BUILD THE GREAT STATE OF 11 00:00:14,900 --> 00:00:16,367 IDAHO. 12 00:00:16,367 --> 00:00:17,233 (MUSIC) 13 00:00:17,734 --> 00:00:18,633 JOAN CARTAN HANSEN: COMING 14 00:00:18,633 --> 00:00:19,367 UP SNAKES AND CACTUS, 15 00:00:19,367 --> 00:00:20,233 COYOTES AND ROADRUNNERS; 16 00:00:20,233 --> 00:00:21,166 THAT'S WHAT WE USUALLY 17 00:00:21,166 --> 00:00:22,000 THINK OF WHEN WE THINK OF 18 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:23,000 THE DESERT; BUT REALLY 19 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:23,900 DESERTS SUPPORT A LOT OF 20 00:00:23,900 --> 00:00:25,433 DIFFERENT ANIMALS AND 21 00:00:25,433 --> 00:00:26,600 UNUSUAL PLANTS. 22 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:27,367 IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE, 23 00:00:27,367 --> 00:00:28,500 STAY TUNED DIALOGUE 4 KIDS 24 00:00:28,500 --> 00:00:30,166 IS NEXT. 25 00:00:31,333 --> 00:00:48,800 (MUSIC) 26 00:00:49,333 --> 00:00:50,266 HANSEN: THANKS FOR JOINING 27 00:00:50,266 --> 00:00:51,333 US HERE ON IDAHO PUBLIC 28 00:00:51,333 --> 00:00:52,500 TELEVISION AND ON THE 29 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:53,266 WORLDWIDE WEB. 30 00:00:53,266 --> 00:00:54,100 THE DESERT IS LAND OF 31 00:00:54,100 --> 00:00:55,266 EXTREMES; EXTREME HEAT AND 32 00:00:55,266 --> 00:00:56,433 EXTREME DRYNESS, SUDDEN 33 00:00:56,433 --> 00:00:57,967 FLASH FLOODS AND COLD 34 00:00:57,967 --> 00:00:59,533 NIGHTS. 35 00:00:59,533 --> 00:01:00,333 BECAUSE DESERTS CONTAIN 36 00:01:00,333 --> 00:01:01,500 SUCH A HARSH ENVIRONMENT, 37 00:01:01,500 --> 00:01:02,500 MANY PEOPLE VIEW THEM AS 38 00:01:02,500 --> 00:01:04,433 UNFORGIVING OR LIFELESS; 39 00:01:04,433 --> 00:01:06,266 BUT DESERTS HAVE THEIR OWN 40 00:01:06,266 --> 00:01:07,633 HAUNTING BEAUTY. 41 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:10,800 HANSEN: THERE ARE TWO MAIN 42 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:11,900 TYPES OF DESERTS, WARM 43 00:01:11,900 --> 00:01:13,100 DESERTS AND COLD DESERTS. 44 00:01:13,100 --> 00:01:14,533 WARM DESERTS, LIKE THIS 45 00:01:14,533 --> 00:01:16,633 ONE IN ARIZONA, GET WHAT 46 00:01:16,633 --> 00:01:17,633 LITTLE MOISTURE THEY 47 00:01:17,633 --> 00:01:18,633 RECEIVE IN THE FORM OF 48 00:01:18,633 --> 00:01:20,166 RAIN IN THE SUMMER AND 49 00:01:20,166 --> 00:01:21,533 FALL. 50 00:01:21,533 --> 00:01:22,500 WHILE COLD DESERTS GETS 51 00:01:22,500 --> 00:01:23,500 MOISTURE IN THE FORM OF 52 00:01:23,500 --> 00:01:24,700 SNOW IN WINTER. 53 00:01:24,700 --> 00:01:25,734 IDAHO'S DESERTS ARE 54 00:01:25,734 --> 00:01:26,800 CONSIDERED COLD DESERTS. 55 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:28,533 THEY'RE ALSO CALLED HIGH 56 00:01:28,533 --> 00:01:29,600 DESERTS, BECAUSE THEY 57 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:30,700 EXIST AT HIGHER ALTITUDES, 58 00:01:30,700 --> 00:01:33,333 BUT EVEN THE WETTEST 59 00:01:33,333 --> 00:01:36,367 DESERTS GET LESS THAN TEN 60 00:01:36,367 --> 00:01:37,533 INCHES OF MOISTURE EACH 61 00:01:37,533 --> 00:01:38,700 YEAR. 62 00:01:38,700 --> 00:01:39,734 THIS LACK OF WATER FORCES 63 00:01:39,734 --> 00:01:40,800 PLANTS AND ANIMALS TO 64 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:42,100 ADAPT TO DESERT LIFE IN 65 00:01:42,100 --> 00:01:43,633 SOME UNIQUE WAYS; PLANTS 66 00:01:43,633 --> 00:01:45,533 THAT HAVE ADAPTED BY 67 00:01:45,533 --> 00:01:46,900 ALTERING THEIR PHYSICAL 68 00:01:46,900 --> 00:01:47,967 STRUCTURE ARE CALLED 69 00:01:47,967 --> 00:01:49,367 XEROPHYTES. 70 00:01:49,367 --> 00:01:50,734 XEROPHYTES, SUCH AS CACTI, 71 00:01:50,734 --> 00:01:51,734 USUALLY HAVE A SPECIAL WAY 72 00:01:51,734 --> 00:01:52,900 OF STORING AND CONSERVING 73 00:01:52,900 --> 00:01:54,533 WATER, A CACTUS STORES 74 00:01:54,533 --> 00:01:56,433 WATER IN ITS FAT STEM. 75 00:01:56,433 --> 00:01:58,166 MANY OTHER DESERT TREES 76 00:01:58,166 --> 00:01:59,266 AND SHRUBS HAVE ADAPTED BY 77 00:01:59,266 --> 00:02:00,600 REDUCING THE SIZE OF THEIR 78 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:01,800 LEAVES, TO ELIMINATE 79 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:03,266 TRANSPIRATION, OR THE LOSS 80 00:02:03,266 --> 00:02:06,000 OF WATER TO THE AIR, AND 81 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:06,867 SOME PLANTS, LIKE 82 00:02:06,867 --> 00:02:07,800 SAGEBRUSH, ALSO HAVE 83 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:09,600 MINIATURE HAIRS ON THEIR 84 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:11,633 LEAVES TO HELP FURTHER 85 00:02:11,633 --> 00:02:13,867 CONSERVE MOISTURE. 86 00:02:13,867 --> 00:02:15,266 WILDLIFE TOO, MUST ADAPT 87 00:02:15,266 --> 00:02:17,533 TO THIS CHALLENGING 88 00:02:17,533 --> 00:02:18,600 ENVIRONMENT, AND DESERT 89 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:19,533 ANIMALS HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 90 00:02:19,533 --> 00:02:20,967 PROBLEM, THEY'RE MORE 91 00:02:20,967 --> 00:02:22,266 SUSCEPTIBLE TO TEMPERATURE 92 00:02:22,266 --> 00:02:23,633 EXTREMES THAN PLANTS. 93 00:02:23,633 --> 00:02:24,900 FORTUNATELY, MOST DESERT 94 00:02:24,900 --> 00:02:25,867 ANIMALS HAVE DEVELOPED 95 00:02:25,867 --> 00:02:26,867 WAYS TO SOLVE HEAT AND 96 00:02:26,867 --> 00:02:28,166 WATER PROBLEMS. 97 00:02:28,166 --> 00:02:29,100 MANY ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY 98 00:02:29,100 --> 00:02:30,433 MAMMALS AND REPTILES, 99 00:02:30,433 --> 00:02:31,333 AVOID THE HEAT OF MID DAY, 100 00:02:31,333 --> 00:02:32,700 AND ONLY BECOME ACTIVE AT 101 00:02:32,700 --> 00:02:33,800 DUSK AND DAWN. 102 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:34,900 THESE ANIMALS ARE SAID TO 103 00:02:34,900 --> 00:02:37,166 BE CREPUSCULAR. 104 00:02:37,166 --> 00:02:38,533 A GOOD EXAMPLE OF 105 00:02:38,533 --> 00:02:40,967 CREPUSCULAR IS THE 106 00:02:40,967 --> 00:02:41,800 RATTLESNAKE. 107 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:43,900 (RATTLE) IN THE MIDDLE OF 108 00:02:43,900 --> 00:02:44,900 THE DAY RATTLESNAKES CURL 109 00:02:44,900 --> 00:02:46,000 UP UNDER COVER. 110 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,867 THEY HIDE IN POCKETS OF 111 00:02:47,867 --> 00:02:49,166 COOL SHADE, HIDDEN UNDER 112 00:02:49,166 --> 00:02:50,800 HOT DESERT ROCKS. 113 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:52,433 ONLY IN THE EARLY MORNINGS 114 00:02:52,433 --> 00:02:53,533 OR LATE AFTERNOONS WILL 115 00:02:53,533 --> 00:02:54,700 RATTLESNAKES VENTURE 116 00:02:54,700 --> 00:02:55,633 OUTSIDE. 117 00:02:55,633 --> 00:02:56,533 FOR THIS REASON, HUMANS 118 00:02:56,533 --> 00:02:57,500 SELDOM ENCOUNTER THEM. 119 00:02:57,500 --> 00:02:59,000 SOME DESERT ANIMALS GO ONE 120 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:00,266 STEP FURTHER, AND ONLY 121 00:03:00,266 --> 00:03:02,166 COME OUT IN THE COOL 122 00:03:02,166 --> 00:03:03,700 TEMPERATURES OF THE DARK 123 00:03:03,700 --> 00:03:04,500 NIGHT. 124 00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:05,433 THESE ANIMALS ARE SAID TO 125 00:03:05,433 --> 00:03:07,367 BE NOCTURNAL. 126 00:03:07,367 --> 00:03:08,266 A BAT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF 127 00:03:08,266 --> 00:03:09,867 A NOCTURNAL ANIMAL. 128 00:03:09,867 --> 00:03:10,800 BATS SLEEP IN COOL CAVES 129 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:12,333 DURING THE DAY, AND COME 130 00:03:12,333 --> 00:03:13,533 OUT AFTER DARK TO FEED ON 131 00:03:13,533 --> 00:03:14,600 THEIR FAVORITE MEAL OF 132 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:16,100 INSECTS. 133 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:19,700 CERTAIN DESERT LIZARDS, 134 00:03:19,700 --> 00:03:21,000 LIKE THIS LEOPARD LIZARD, 135 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:21,967 ARE ACTIVE DURING THE 136 00:03:21,967 --> 00:03:22,967 HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY, 137 00:03:22,967 --> 00:03:24,700 BUT THEY COMBAT HEAT BY 138 00:03:24,700 --> 00:03:25,700 MOVING EXTREMELY FAST OVER 139 00:03:25,700 --> 00:03:27,000 HOT SURFACES, AND STOPPING 140 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,867 ONLY IN COOLER ISLANDS OF 141 00:03:28,867 --> 00:03:30,800 SHADE. 142 00:03:32,533 --> 00:03:33,700 BIRDS OF PREY, ALSO CALLED 143 00:03:33,700 --> 00:03:35,633 RAPTORS, ARE SOME OF THE 144 00:03:35,633 --> 00:03:37,367 DESERTS MOST EFFICIENT 145 00:03:37,367 --> 00:03:38,266 HUNTERS. 146 00:03:38,266 --> 00:03:39,066 EAGLES, HAWKS, AND FALCONS 147 00:03:39,066 --> 00:03:40,100 SURVEY THE LAND WITH KEEN 148 00:03:40,100 --> 00:03:42,266 EYES. 149 00:03:42,266 --> 00:03:43,233 THEIR PREY, SMALL MAMMALS 150 00:03:43,233 --> 00:03:44,266 AND GROUND SQUIRRELS, HIDE 151 00:03:44,266 --> 00:03:45,433 IN BURROWS BENEATH THE 152 00:03:45,433 --> 00:03:47,433 DESERT SOIL. 153 00:03:47,433 --> 00:03:50,633 THESE SAGE GROUSE LIVE AND 154 00:03:50,633 --> 00:03:52,100 NEST IN THE SAGEBRUSH 155 00:03:52,100 --> 00:03:53,533 DESERTS OF SOUTHERN IDAHO. 156 00:03:53,533 --> 00:03:54,734 DURING THE MATING SEASON 157 00:03:54,734 --> 00:03:56,433 THE MALES WAKE EARLY, AND 158 00:03:56,433 --> 00:03:57,700 AT DAWN PERFORM AN 159 00:03:57,700 --> 00:03:58,900 ELABORATE MATING DANCE, 160 00:03:58,900 --> 00:04:00,166 STRUTTING ABOUT AND 161 00:04:00,166 --> 00:04:01,633 FANNING THEIR TAILS. 162 00:04:01,633 --> 00:04:02,700 DISPLAYING FEATHERS 163 00:04:02,700 --> 00:04:04,333 ARRANGED IN A STRIKING 164 00:04:04,333 --> 00:04:06,066 PATTERN OF BLACK AND 165 00:04:06,066 --> 00:04:06,900 WHITE. 166 00:04:06,900 --> 00:04:07,800 THIS ELABORATE DISPLAY IS 167 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:08,700 MAINLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF 168 00:04:08,700 --> 00:04:10,367 THE FEMALE GROUSE, WHO 169 00:04:10,367 --> 00:04:11,433 WATCH THE SPECTACLE FROM 170 00:04:11,433 --> 00:04:12,633 THE SIDELINES, HIDDEN 171 00:04:12,633 --> 00:04:13,800 SAFELY BENEATH THE COVER 172 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,266 OF SAGEBRUSH. 173 00:04:17,700 --> 00:04:18,700 PALE COLORS ON THESE ROCKY 174 00:04:18,700 --> 00:04:20,066 MOUNTAIN BIG HORN SHEEP 175 00:04:20,066 --> 00:04:21,433 NOT ONLY ENSURE THAT THE 176 00:04:21,433 --> 00:04:22,533 ANIMALS TAKE IN LESS HEAT 177 00:04:22,533 --> 00:04:23,900 FROM THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT 178 00:04:23,900 --> 00:04:25,333 HELP MAKE IT LESS VISIBLE 179 00:04:25,333 --> 00:04:26,800 TO PREDATORS IN THE BRIGHT 180 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:27,700 DESERT SURROUNDINGS. 181 00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:29,266 SO WHILE SOME SAY THE 182 00:04:29,266 --> 00:04:30,734 DESERT IS AN ACQUIRED 183 00:04:30,734 --> 00:04:31,734 TASTE, IF YOU LOOK 184 00:04:31,734 --> 00:04:33,066 CAREFULLY, YOU MAY FIND 185 00:04:33,066 --> 00:04:34,533 YOURSELF HOOKED ON ITS 186 00:04:34,533 --> 00:04:36,367 QUIET BEAUTY. 187 00:04:36,900 --> 00:04:37,800 HANSEN: AND JOINING ME NOW 188 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:38,700 TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS 189 00:04:38,700 --> 00:04:39,734 ABOUT THE DESERT HABITAT 190 00:04:39,734 --> 00:04:40,900 ARE PAUL SERONKO, AN 191 00:04:40,900 --> 00:04:42,433 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 192 00:04:42,433 --> 00:04:43,333 SPECIALIST WITH THE BUREAU 193 00:04:43,333 --> 00:04:44,266 OF LAND MANAGEMENT. 194 00:04:44,266 --> 00:04:45,266 THANKS FOR BEING HERE, I 195 00:04:45,266 --> 00:04:46,166 APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN. 196 00:04:47,066 --> 00:04:47,967 PAUL SERONKO: WELL THANK 197 00:04:47,967 --> 00:04:48,600 YOU FOR INVITING ME. 198 00:04:49,333 --> 00:04:50,166 HANSEN: AND ALSO JOINING 199 00:04:50,166 --> 00:04:50,967 US, TOM HEMKER, WILDLIFE 200 00:04:50,967 --> 00:04:52,000 BIOLOGIST FOR THE IDAHO 201 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:52,967 DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND 202 00:04:52,967 --> 00:04:53,734 GAME; TOM THANK YOU. 203 00:04:54,433 --> 00:04:55,266 HEMKER: THANKS YEAH. 204 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:57,166 HANSEN: APPRECIATE. 205 00:04:57,166 --> 00:04:57,900 IF YOU WANT TO GIVE US A 206 00:04:57,900 --> 00:04:58,900 CALL HERE TOLL FREE WE'LL 207 00:04:58,900 --> 00:04:59,700 TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS AT 208 00:04:59,700 --> 00:05:00,734 1-800-973-9800, OR YOU CAN 209 00:05:00,734 --> 00:05:01,633 EMAIL US AT DIALOGUE4, THE 210 00:05:01,633 --> 00:05:02,700 NUMBER 4, KIDS AT 211 00:05:02,700 --> 00:05:05,900 IDPTV.PBS.ORG 212 00:05:05,900 --> 00:05:07,734 (DIALOGUE4KIDS@IDPTV.PBS.O 213 00:05:07,734 --> 00:05:08,900 RG), AND REMEMBER WHEN YOU 214 00:05:08,900 --> 00:05:10,533 SEND IN A QUESTION YOU AND 215 00:05:10,533 --> 00:05:11,433 YOUR CLASS WILL HAVE A 216 00:05:11,433 --> 00:05:12,333 CHANCE TO WIN A SET OF 217 00:05:12,333 --> 00:05:13,266 SCIENCE BOOKS. 218 00:05:13,266 --> 00:05:14,000 AND LET ME GO TO OUR FIRST 219 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:14,900 ROUND OF QUESTIONS. 220 00:05:14,900 --> 00:05:15,900 OUR FIRST QUESTIONS CAME 221 00:05:15,900 --> 00:05:16,633 IN. 222 00:05:16,633 --> 00:05:17,433 LET'S TAKE MRS. HUNT'S 223 00:05:17,433 --> 00:05:18,266 CLASS, AT CYNTHIA MANN, 224 00:05:18,266 --> 00:05:19,100 "HOW MUCH RAINFALL DOES A 225 00:05:19,100 --> 00:05:20,000 DESERT HABITAT GET?" 226 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,333 THAT'S HILARY AND TAGGEN'S 227 00:05:21,333 --> 00:05:22,900 QUESTION, I THINK IT WAS 228 00:05:22,900 --> 00:05:23,800 TAGGEN. 229 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:24,700 HOW MUCH RAINFALL DO THEY 230 00:05:24,700 --> 00:05:25,600 GET? 231 00:05:26,066 --> 00:05:27,633 SERONKO: WELL THE TYPICAL 232 00:05:27,633 --> 00:05:28,633 DESERT, THEY DEFINE IT BY 233 00:05:28,633 --> 00:05:29,633 TEN INCHES OR UNDER, BUT 234 00:05:29,633 --> 00:05:30,500 IT CAN GET MORE RAINFALL 235 00:05:30,500 --> 00:05:32,266 THAN TEN INCHES IF THE 236 00:05:32,266 --> 00:05:33,633 AMOUNT OF RAINFALL THAT 237 00:05:33,633 --> 00:05:35,166 FALLS THERE, IF THE SUN 238 00:05:35,166 --> 00:05:36,633 AND THE PLANTS, THIS THING 239 00:05:36,633 --> 00:05:37,700 CALLED EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, 240 00:05:37,700 --> 00:05:40,100 WHERE RAINFALL DRIES UP. 241 00:05:40,100 --> 00:05:41,233 IF THERE'S MORE 242 00:05:41,233 --> 00:05:42,333 EVAPOTRANSPIRATION THAN 243 00:05:42,333 --> 00:05:43,367 THE ACTUAL RAIN THAT 244 00:05:43,367 --> 00:05:44,633 FALLS, AND ITS LESS THAN 245 00:05:44,633 --> 00:05:45,633 TEN INCHES ALSO, THEN, 246 00:05:45,633 --> 00:05:46,867 THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED A 247 00:05:46,867 --> 00:05:48,166 DESERT. 248 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:49,867 HANSEN: OKAY SO THAT, SO 249 00:05:49,867 --> 00:05:51,166 WHAT'S THE BIGGEST DESERT? 250 00:05:51,166 --> 00:05:52,100 I THINK THE LARGEST DESERT 251 00:05:52,100 --> 00:05:53,000 IS; AMANDA ASKED, "WHAT'S 252 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,233 THE BIGGEST DESERT IN THE 253 00:05:54,233 --> 00:05:54,967 WORLD?" 254 00:05:55,700 --> 00:05:57,000 SERONKO: WELL IF YOU 255 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,066 CONSIDER THE DRY TYPES OF 256 00:05:58,066 --> 00:05:58,900 DESERTS, ARID DESERTS, THE 257 00:05:58,900 --> 00:05:59,800 SAHARA, I THINK IT'S 3.5 258 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:01,533 MILLION SQUARE MILES, BUT 259 00:06:01,533 --> 00:06:03,000 IF YOU LOOK AT THE COLD 260 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,100 DESERTS, AND A LOT OF 261 00:06:04,100 --> 00:06:05,066 PEOPLE DON'T CONSIDER OR 262 00:06:05,066 --> 00:06:05,967 THINK OF DESERTS AS COLD, 263 00:06:05,967 --> 00:06:07,433 BUT ANTARCTICA BEING AT 264 00:06:07,433 --> 00:06:10,633 5.4 MILLION SQUARE MILES 265 00:06:10,633 --> 00:06:11,734 IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST 266 00:06:11,734 --> 00:06:12,734 DESERT IN THE WORLD. 267 00:06:13,967 --> 00:06:15,166 HANSEN: AND DONNA I THINK, 268 00:06:15,166 --> 00:06:16,533 ASKED, "HOW MUCH OF IDAHO 269 00:06:16,533 --> 00:06:17,633 IS DESERT?" 270 00:06:18,533 --> 00:06:20,900 SERONKO: PRETTY MUCH THE 271 00:06:20,900 --> 00:06:22,900 LOWER THIRD OF THE STATE 272 00:06:22,900 --> 00:06:23,800 IS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED 273 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:25,266 AS DESERT. 274 00:06:25,266 --> 00:06:26,433 SO ANYWHERE FROM THE LOWER 275 00:06:26,433 --> 00:06:28,800 MOUNTAIN RANGES DOWN TO 276 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:31,333 THE OREGON, OR THE, THE 277 00:06:31,333 --> 00:06:33,533 NEVADA/UTAH BORDER, EXCEPT 278 00:06:33,533 --> 00:06:34,533 FOR SOME OF THE MOUNTAIN 279 00:06:34,533 --> 00:06:35,333 RANGES THAT ARE IN THAT 280 00:06:35,333 --> 00:06:36,633 LOWER PART OF THE STATE 281 00:06:36,633 --> 00:06:37,633 HERE. 282 00:06:38,166 --> 00:06:39,066 HANSEN: OKAY AND WHAT'S 283 00:06:39,066 --> 00:06:40,433 THE SMALLEST DESERT IN 284 00:06:40,433 --> 00:06:41,233 IDAHO? 285 00:06:41,233 --> 00:06:42,066 TOM WHY DON'T YOU TAKE 286 00:06:42,066 --> 00:06:42,900 THAT ONE? 287 00:06:43,533 --> 00:06:44,333 HEMKER: WELL WE'VE, WE'VE 288 00:06:44,333 --> 00:06:45,533 TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE 289 00:06:45,533 --> 00:06:46,533 THE SHOW STARTED, AND YOU 290 00:06:46,533 --> 00:06:47,633 KNOW THE BRUNEAU SAND 291 00:06:47,633 --> 00:06:49,367 DUNES AREA, KIND OF SOUTH 292 00:06:49,367 --> 00:06:50,367 OF BOISE, IS A, A GOOD 293 00:06:50,367 --> 00:06:51,333 EXAMPLE OF AN AREA THAT'S 294 00:06:51,333 --> 00:06:52,333 A DESERT, BUT REALLY 295 00:06:52,333 --> 00:06:53,333 DIFFERENT THEN THE AREAS 296 00:06:53,333 --> 00:06:54,100 AROUND IT. 297 00:06:54,100 --> 00:06:55,000 SO ITS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 298 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:55,900 TEN, TWENTY SQUARE MILES, 299 00:06:55,900 --> 00:06:56,867 BUT IT'S CERTAINLY A VERY 300 00:06:56,867 --> 00:06:58,000 UNIQUE AREA. 301 00:06:58,800 --> 00:06:59,633 HANSEN: TYLER FROM 302 00:06:59,633 --> 00:07:00,500 MRS. HAKER'S CLASS IN 303 00:07:00,500 --> 00:07:01,367 GRANGEVILLE WANTS TO KNOW, 304 00:07:01,367 --> 00:07:02,266 "HOW LONG ARE CACTUS 305 00:07:02,266 --> 00:07:03,433 ROOTS?" 306 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,166 HEMKER: I DON'T KNOW THAT 307 00:07:05,166 --> 00:07:06,700 RIGHT OFF HAND, BUT A LOT 308 00:07:06,700 --> 00:07:07,900 OF THE DESERT PLANTS HAVE 309 00:07:07,900 --> 00:07:09,066 ROOTS THAT GO DOWN THIRTY 310 00:07:09,066 --> 00:07:10,700 AND FORTY FEET. 311 00:07:10,700 --> 00:07:12,066 SO YOU KNOW IT'S OBVIOUSLY 312 00:07:12,066 --> 00:07:13,266 A GOOD THING TO HAVE BIG 313 00:07:13,266 --> 00:07:14,166 ROOTS IF YOU'RE IN THE 314 00:07:14,166 --> 00:07:15,166 DESERT. 315 00:07:15,700 --> 00:07:16,500 HANSEN: BECAUSE IT NEEDS 316 00:07:16,500 --> 00:07:17,367 THE LONG ROOTS TO GET THE 317 00:07:17,367 --> 00:07:18,266 WATER RIGHT? 318 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:19,734 HEMKER: OH YEAH 319 00:07:19,734 --> 00:07:20,500 ABSOLUTELY. 320 00:07:21,100 --> 00:07:22,066 HANSEN: OKAY HOW ABOUT 321 00:07:22,066 --> 00:07:22,967 KAYLIE AND BRIANNA, "HOW 322 00:07:22,967 --> 00:07:23,967 DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY 323 00:07:23,967 --> 00:07:24,967 ANIMALS LIVE IN THE 324 00:07:24,967 --> 00:07:25,700 DESERT?" 325 00:07:25,700 --> 00:07:26,633 AND THEN NICK ASKED, "WHY 326 00:07:26,633 --> 00:07:27,533 AREN'T THERE VERY MANY 327 00:07:27,533 --> 00:07:28,367 ANIMALS IN THE DESERT?" 328 00:07:29,100 --> 00:07:29,900 HEMKER: WELL YOU KNOW 329 00:07:29,900 --> 00:07:30,700 THERE ARE A LOT OF ANIMALS 330 00:07:30,700 --> 00:07:31,600 OUT THERE, A LOT MORE THAN 331 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:32,433 YOU MIGHT THINK. 332 00:07:32,433 --> 00:07:33,433 YOU KNOW, I, I SPEND A 333 00:07:33,433 --> 00:07:34,333 FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME OUT IN 334 00:07:34,333 --> 00:07:35,233 THE, THE SAGEBRUSH DESERT 335 00:07:35,233 --> 00:07:36,433 WE HAVE HERE IN IDAHO, AND 336 00:07:36,433 --> 00:07:37,266 IF YOU GET OUT THERE IN 337 00:07:37,266 --> 00:07:38,367 THE EVENINGS OR AT DARK, 338 00:07:38,367 --> 00:07:40,166 AFTER DARK, AND WE USE 339 00:07:40,166 --> 00:07:41,266 SPOTLIGHTS FOR CATCHING 340 00:07:41,266 --> 00:07:43,100 AND COUNTING DIFFERENT 341 00:07:43,100 --> 00:07:44,367 KINDS OF ANIMALS, AND 342 00:07:44,367 --> 00:07:45,433 YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF 343 00:07:45,433 --> 00:07:46,333 ANIMALS RUNNING AROUND 344 00:07:46,333 --> 00:07:47,100 THAT YOU HAVE NO IDEA ARE 345 00:07:47,100 --> 00:07:48,000 THERE DURING THE DAY WHEN 346 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,066 IT'S HOT AND THEY'RE ALL 347 00:07:49,066 --> 00:07:50,266 HIDING AND TRYING TO STAY 348 00:07:50,266 --> 00:07:51,533 COOL. 349 00:07:52,333 --> 00:07:53,433 HANSEN: LET'S GO TO BLAKE 350 00:07:53,433 --> 00:07:54,266 IN HAYDEN, HAYDEN 351 00:07:54,266 --> 00:07:55,266 ELEMENTARY, BLAKE? 352 00:07:55,266 --> 00:07:56,900 YOU THERE BLAKE? 353 00:07:57,633 --> 00:07:58,867 BLAKE: YEAH. 354 00:07:59,333 --> 00:08:00,433 HANSEN: GREAT WHAT'S YOUR 355 00:08:00,433 --> 00:08:01,166 QUESTION? 356 00:08:01,900 --> 00:08:02,800 BLAKE: "WHAT DO CACTUSES 357 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:03,967 SURVIVE ON IF IT DOESN'T 358 00:08:03,967 --> 00:08:05,633 RAIN?" 359 00:08:06,066 --> 00:08:06,967 HEMKER: WELL, IF IT 360 00:08:06,967 --> 00:08:07,900 DOESN'T RAIN LONG ENOUGH 361 00:08:07,900 --> 00:08:08,900 EVEN CACTUS CAN, CAN DIE 362 00:08:08,900 --> 00:08:09,800 FROM LACK OF WATER. 363 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:11,066 YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY 364 00:08:11,066 --> 00:08:11,900 RARE. 365 00:08:11,900 --> 00:08:12,700 THEY'RE REALLY ADAPTED TO 366 00:08:12,700 --> 00:08:13,600 GO A LONG, LONG TIME, BUT 367 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:14,533 IF YOU HAVE A DROUGHT THAT 368 00:08:14,533 --> 00:08:15,800 LASTS FOUR OR FIVE, SIX 369 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:16,800 YEARS, CACTUSES DIE, AND 370 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,000 YOU KNOW, THEY'LL, THEY'LL 371 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:20,533 HAVE TO BE REPLACED WHEN 372 00:08:20,533 --> 00:08:21,800 IT STARTS RAINING AGAIN. 373 00:08:22,867 --> 00:08:23,633 HANSEN: BUT THEY, BUT THEY 374 00:08:23,633 --> 00:08:24,700 CAN LIVE FOR A LONG TIME. 375 00:08:25,266 --> 00:08:26,000 HEMKER: OH YEAH. 376 00:08:26,633 --> 00:08:27,433 HANSEN: HOW LONG CAN THEY 377 00:08:27,433 --> 00:08:28,433 LIVE WITHOUT AN ACTIVE 378 00:08:28,433 --> 00:08:29,266 RAIN? 379 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:30,600 HEMKER: I DON'T KNOW 380 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:31,433 EXACTLY, BUT SEVERAL 381 00:08:31,433 --> 00:08:32,433 YEARS. 382 00:08:32,433 --> 00:08:33,333 YOU KNOW WE, WHAT YOU ALSO 383 00:08:33,333 --> 00:08:34,633 SEE WITH A LOT OF DESERT 384 00:08:34,633 --> 00:08:35,600 PLANTS, NOT JUST CACTUS, 385 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:36,533 BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT 386 00:08:36,533 --> 00:08:37,433 THEY'LL LOSE THEIR LEAVES 387 00:08:37,433 --> 00:08:38,333 DURING DROUGHTS, DROUGHT 388 00:08:38,333 --> 00:08:39,700 DECIDUOUS. 389 00:08:39,700 --> 00:08:40,700 SO IF IT GETS REALLY HOT, 390 00:08:40,700 --> 00:08:41,600 REALLY DRY ONE YEAR THEY 391 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:42,433 DROP THEIR LEAVES OFF, AND 392 00:08:42,433 --> 00:08:43,367 THAT WAY THEY DON'T LOSE 393 00:08:43,367 --> 00:08:44,700 AS MUCH WATER AND WAIT FOR 394 00:08:44,700 --> 00:08:45,533 IT TO START RAINING AGAIN. 395 00:08:46,166 --> 00:08:46,967 HANSEN: OKAY LET'S TRY; 396 00:08:46,967 --> 00:08:47,867 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN, LET'S 397 00:08:47,867 --> 00:08:49,000 GO TO, FROM DONNELLY 398 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:50,166 ELEMENTARY, THEY WANT TO 399 00:08:50,166 --> 00:08:51,166 KNOW, "DO BATS LIVE IN THE 400 00:08:51,166 --> 00:08:52,266 DESERT?" 401 00:08:52,266 --> 00:08:53,333 BOBBIE SUE WANTED TO KNOW 402 00:08:53,333 --> 00:08:54,333 THAT, AND WE SAW SOME BATS 403 00:08:54,333 --> 00:08:55,367 IN THE VIDEO PIECE, BUT 404 00:08:55,367 --> 00:08:56,266 HOW ABOUT HERE IN IDAHO? 405 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:57,867 HEMKER: WELL SURE, SURE 406 00:08:57,867 --> 00:08:58,800 THEY DO, AND ACTUALLY 407 00:08:58,800 --> 00:08:59,633 BATS, YOU KNOW, EAT 408 00:08:59,633 --> 00:09:01,233 PRIMARILY INSECTS, OR AT 409 00:09:01,233 --> 00:09:03,066 LEAST THAT'S HERE IN 410 00:09:03,066 --> 00:09:03,900 IDAHO. 411 00:09:03,900 --> 00:09:04,967 THAT'S, THAT'S MOST 412 00:09:04,967 --> 00:09:06,100 COMMON, AND WHAT YOU'LL 413 00:09:06,100 --> 00:09:07,100 SEE IS THEY'LL USE, LIKE 414 00:09:07,100 --> 00:09:08,333 MAYBE, OLD CAVES. 415 00:09:08,333 --> 00:09:09,333 A LOT OF THE CAVES WE HAVE 416 00:09:09,333 --> 00:09:10,533 IN THE LAVA AREAS ARE 417 00:09:10,533 --> 00:09:11,700 REALLY ATTRACTIVE FOR 418 00:09:11,700 --> 00:09:13,000 BATS. 419 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:13,900 EVEN OLD MINING SHAFTS CAN 420 00:09:13,900 --> 00:09:15,000 BE REALLY IMPORTANT ROOST 421 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:16,000 HABITAT FOR, FOR BATS. 422 00:09:17,967 --> 00:09:18,800 HANSEN: AND YOU SHOULD 423 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:19,633 NEVER DISTURB THEM RIGHT? 424 00:09:20,333 --> 00:09:21,166 HEMKER: THAT'S RIGHT, 425 00:09:21,166 --> 00:09:22,100 THAT'S RIGHT, THEY'RE 426 00:09:22,100 --> 00:09:23,100 REAL, YOU KNOW A LOT OF 427 00:09:23,100 --> 00:09:24,266 THE BATS ARE VERY 428 00:09:24,266 --> 00:09:25,633 SENSITIVE TO BEING 429 00:09:25,633 --> 00:09:26,500 DISTURBED. 430 00:09:26,967 --> 00:09:27,800 HANSEN: OKAY LET'S GO TO 431 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:28,900 GIA IN LINCOLN ELEMENTARY 432 00:09:28,900 --> 00:09:29,734 IN ST. ANTHONY. 433 00:09:30,266 --> 00:09:31,066 GIA: HI. 434 00:09:31,633 --> 00:09:32,433 HANSEN: YOU THERE? 435 00:09:33,066 --> 00:09:34,000 GIA: YEAH. 436 00:09:34,500 --> 00:09:35,333 HANSEN: I CAN BARELY HEAR 437 00:09:35,333 --> 00:09:36,166 YOU SO YOU'RE GOING TO 438 00:09:36,166 --> 00:09:36,967 HAVE TO TURN YOUR AUDIO UP 439 00:09:36,967 --> 00:09:37,734 JUST A LITTLE BIT; CAN 440 00:09:37,734 --> 00:09:38,700 YOU, CAN YOU. 441 00:09:38,700 --> 00:09:39,600 DID I SAY YOUR NAME RIGHT? 442 00:09:40,100 --> 00:09:40,800 GIA: YEAH. 443 00:09:41,166 --> 00:09:42,100 HANSEN: GREAT OKAY, 444 00:09:42,100 --> 00:09:43,000 WHAT'S, WHAT'S YOUR 445 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:43,700 QUESTION? 446 00:09:44,266 --> 00:09:45,066 GIA: "WHAT IS SAND MADE 447 00:09:45,066 --> 00:09:45,800 OF?" 448 00:09:46,433 --> 00:09:47,266 HANSEN: THE SAND THAT YOU 449 00:09:47,266 --> 00:09:48,000 SEE IN THE DESERT, WHAT'S 450 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:48,900 IT MADE OF? 451 00:09:49,333 --> 00:09:50,166 GIA: YEAH. 452 00:09:50,633 --> 00:09:51,433 HANSEN: OKAY. 453 00:09:51,900 --> 00:09:52,900 SERONKO: WELL SAND, THINK 454 00:09:52,900 --> 00:09:54,000 OF DESERT SOILS, THERE'S 455 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:54,967 THREE PARTICLES THAT MAKE 456 00:09:54,967 --> 00:09:56,166 UP DESERT SOILS, AND SAND 457 00:09:56,166 --> 00:09:57,533 IS ONE OF THEM, AND LIKE 458 00:09:57,533 --> 00:09:58,533 ALL MINERAL PARTICLES THAT 459 00:09:58,533 --> 00:09:59,800 SOIL IS MADE UP OF, THE 460 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:00,900 SAND IS WEATHERED 461 00:10:00,900 --> 00:10:01,900 MOUNTAINS, AND THINGS LIKE 462 00:10:01,900 --> 00:10:02,800 THAT. 463 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:03,633 ROCKS GO THROUGH A 464 00:10:03,633 --> 00:10:04,533 WEATHERING PROCESS AND ONE 465 00:10:04,533 --> 00:10:05,600 OF THE PARTICLES, ONCE 466 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:06,433 THEY WEATHERED A SMALL 467 00:10:06,433 --> 00:10:07,700 ENOUGH PARTICLE WE CALL 468 00:10:07,700 --> 00:10:08,633 SAND. 469 00:10:08,633 --> 00:10:09,433 THE OTHERS ARE SILT AND 470 00:10:09,433 --> 00:10:10,233 CLAY. 471 00:10:10,233 --> 00:10:11,166 SO MOST OF THE SAND THERE 472 00:10:11,166 --> 00:10:12,166 IS JUST A, IT'S A 473 00:10:12,166 --> 00:10:13,066 WEATHERING PROCESS WHERE 474 00:10:13,066 --> 00:10:14,000 BEDROCK OR YOUR, LIKE YOUR 475 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:14,800 MOUNTAINS AS THEY START TO 476 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:15,633 BREAKDOWN INTO SMALLER AND 477 00:10:15,633 --> 00:10:16,367 SMALLER PARTICLES, SAND IS 478 00:10:16,367 --> 00:10:17,333 ONE OF THOSE PARTICLES. 479 00:10:17,867 --> 00:10:18,533 HANSEN: LET'S GO TO LESLIE 480 00:10:18,533 --> 00:10:19,367 IN LINCOLN ELEMENTARY, 481 00:10:19,367 --> 00:10:20,066 LESLIE? 482 00:10:20,500 --> 00:10:21,266 LESLIE: HI. 483 00:10:21,633 --> 00:10:22,433 HANSEN: HI. 484 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:23,700 LESLIE: HI, "HOW HOT DO 485 00:10:23,700 --> 00:10:25,066 THE DESERTS GET?" 486 00:10:25,700 --> 00:10:26,700 SERONKO: WELL A LOT OF 487 00:10:26,700 --> 00:10:27,633 YOUR DESERTS, EVEN SOME 488 00:10:27,633 --> 00:10:28,700 HERE IN THE UNITED STATES 489 00:10:28,700 --> 00:10:29,500 LIKE THE SONORAN DESERT, 490 00:10:29,500 --> 00:10:30,500 CAN AVERAGE 120 TO 130 491 00:10:30,500 --> 00:10:34,600 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, AS THE 492 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:35,800 HOTTEST TEMPERATURES, BUT 493 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:37,233 I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF 494 00:10:37,233 --> 00:10:39,333 THE DESERTS, IN LIKE THE 495 00:10:39,333 --> 00:10:40,333 SAHARA, CAN ACTUALLY GET 496 00:10:40,333 --> 00:10:42,700 EVEN HOTTER. 497 00:10:42,700 --> 00:10:44,066 SO, IF YOU THINK OF 120 498 00:10:44,066 --> 00:10:45,633 DEGREES OR 130 DEGREES 499 00:10:45,633 --> 00:10:46,734 FAHRENHEIT, THAT'S HOT 500 00:10:46,734 --> 00:10:47,633 ENOUGH THAT EVEN THOSE 501 00:10:47,633 --> 00:10:48,500 RATTLESNAKES PROBABLY ARE 502 00:10:48,500 --> 00:10:49,433 GOING TO HAVE A CANTEEN 503 00:10:49,433 --> 00:10:50,266 WITH THEM IF THEY'RE OUT. 504 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:51,967 HANSEN: HOW ABOUT HERE IN 505 00:10:51,967 --> 00:10:53,066 IDAHO? 506 00:10:53,533 --> 00:10:54,500 SERONKO: HERE IN IDAHO, WE 507 00:10:54,500 --> 00:10:55,433 DON'T GET VERY, VERY HOT 508 00:10:55,433 --> 00:10:56,333 DESERTS, BECAUSE WE DO 509 00:10:56,333 --> 00:10:57,333 HAVE WHAT WE CONSIDER HIGH 510 00:10:57,333 --> 00:10:58,333 DESERTS, AND THERE ALWAYS 511 00:10:58,333 --> 00:10:59,266 SEEMS TO BE A BREEZE WHEN 512 00:10:59,266 --> 00:11:00,166 I'M OUT THERE WORKING, BUT 513 00:11:00,166 --> 00:11:01,066 IN THE SUMMERS THEY, THEY 514 00:11:01,066 --> 00:11:02,066 CAN GET AS HOT AS 100 515 00:11:02,066 --> 00:11:03,000 DEGREES, BUT THEY PROBABLY 516 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,000 AVERAGE IN THE HIGH 517 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,000 EIGHTIES, LOW NINETIES IN 518 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:05,967 THE HOTTEST PART OF THE 519 00:11:05,967 --> 00:11:07,000 SUMMER. 520 00:11:07,533 --> 00:11:08,367 HANSEN: THAT'S NOT BAD AT 521 00:11:08,367 --> 00:11:09,166 ALL. 522 00:11:09,166 --> 00:11:10,100 OKAY, NOW LET'S GO TO JOSH 523 00:11:10,100 --> 00:11:11,500 AT HAYDEN ELEMENTARY. 524 00:11:11,500 --> 00:11:13,533 JOSH? 525 00:11:14,066 --> 00:11:15,066 JOSH: YEAH, "HOW MANY 526 00:11:15,066 --> 00:11:16,166 TYPES OF ANIMALS LIVE IN 527 00:11:16,166 --> 00:11:18,266 THE SAHARA DESERT?" 528 00:11:18,734 --> 00:11:19,633 HANSEN: HOW MANY KINDS OF 529 00:11:19,633 --> 00:11:20,433 ANIMALS ARE IN THE SAHARA? 530 00:11:21,166 --> 00:11:21,967 JOSH: YEAH. 531 00:11:22,633 --> 00:11:23,433 HANSEN: OKAY. 532 00:11:23,433 --> 00:11:24,266 IS THE SAHARA, ARE ANIMALS 533 00:11:24,266 --> 00:11:25,166 IN THE SAHARA DIFFERENT 534 00:11:25,166 --> 00:11:26,100 THAN ANIMALS HERE IN 535 00:11:26,100 --> 00:11:27,100 IDAHO? 536 00:11:27,533 --> 00:11:28,367 SERONKO: WELL YEAH, I'VE 537 00:11:28,367 --> 00:11:29,266 NEVER BEEN TO THE SAHARA 538 00:11:29,266 --> 00:11:31,867 DESERT, AND DON'T KNOW A 539 00:11:31,867 --> 00:11:32,800 LOT ABOUT IT, BUT YOU KNOW 540 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:33,633 WE'RE TALKING, YOU KNOW 541 00:11:33,633 --> 00:11:34,633 ANIMALS, VERTEBRAE 542 00:11:34,633 --> 00:11:35,500 ANIMALS, YOU KNOW, LIKE 543 00:11:35,500 --> 00:11:36,367 MAMMALS AND BIRDS AND 544 00:11:36,367 --> 00:11:37,900 THINGS LIKE THAT. 545 00:11:37,900 --> 00:11:38,800 YOU'RE PROBABLY TALKING 546 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:39,700 HUNDREDS, BUT YOU START 547 00:11:39,700 --> 00:11:40,533 THINKING ABOUT INSECTS AND 548 00:11:40,533 --> 00:11:41,433 THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH 549 00:11:41,433 --> 00:11:42,367 ARE ANIMALS TOO, AND WE'RE 550 00:11:42,367 --> 00:11:43,266 TALKING THOUSANDS AND 551 00:11:43,266 --> 00:11:44,233 THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT 552 00:11:44,233 --> 00:11:45,066 KINDS. 553 00:11:45,066 --> 00:11:45,867 SO YOU KNOW IT'S, IT'S, 554 00:11:45,867 --> 00:11:46,700 IT'S SURPRISING HOW MANY 555 00:11:46,700 --> 00:11:47,533 DIFFERENT KINDS OF ANIMALS 556 00:11:47,533 --> 00:11:48,433 LIVE ANYWHERE. 557 00:11:49,533 --> 00:11:50,367 HANSEN: DILLON FROM 558 00:11:50,367 --> 00:11:51,700 DONNELLY ASKED, "WHAT 559 00:11:51,700 --> 00:11:52,900 KINDS OF INSECTS LIVE IN 560 00:11:52,900 --> 00:11:54,367 THE DESERT?" 561 00:11:54,367 --> 00:11:55,433 ARE THERE DIFFERENT 562 00:11:55,433 --> 00:11:57,000 INSECTS IN THE DESERT THAN 563 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:57,900 YOU'D FIND IN YOUR 564 00:11:57,900 --> 00:11:59,000 BACKYARD? 565 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:00,800 HEMKER: WELL YOU KNOW 566 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:01,700 THERE'S A LOT OF 'EM THAT 567 00:12:01,700 --> 00:12:02,800 ARE THE SAME. 568 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:03,633 YOU KNOW I, I WORK A LOT 569 00:12:03,633 --> 00:12:04,500 WITH SAGE GROUSE AND THEIR 570 00:12:04,500 --> 00:12:05,266 FAVORITE FOOD IS INSECTS, 571 00:12:05,266 --> 00:12:07,000 AND ANTS ARE THEIR 572 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:08,633 FAVORITE, PROBABLY THEIR 573 00:12:08,633 --> 00:12:10,066 FAVORITE INSECT. 574 00:12:10,066 --> 00:12:12,100 SO I MEAN YOU DO SEE A LOT 575 00:12:12,100 --> 00:12:13,533 OF THE SAME KINDS OF, OF 576 00:12:13,533 --> 00:12:15,333 INSECTS OUT IN THE DESERT 577 00:12:15,333 --> 00:12:16,266 AS YOU DO, YOU KNOW, HERE 578 00:12:16,266 --> 00:12:17,333 IN TOWN, AND PAUL YOU WERE 579 00:12:17,333 --> 00:12:18,433 TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE 580 00:12:18,433 --> 00:12:19,600 MORE RARE ONES OUT THERE. 581 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:21,433 SERONKO: YEAH, THE BRUNEAU 582 00:12:21,433 --> 00:12:22,500 SAND DUNES, WHICH IS 583 00:12:22,500 --> 00:12:24,333 BASICALLY SOUTH AND EAST 584 00:12:24,333 --> 00:12:25,800 OF BOISE HERE UP BY 585 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:26,900 MOUNTAIN HOME, ACTUALLY 586 00:12:26,900 --> 00:12:27,867 HAS A, A VERY UNIQUE 587 00:12:27,867 --> 00:12:29,066 BEETLE. 588 00:12:29,066 --> 00:12:30,333 IT'S CALLED A TIGER 589 00:12:30,333 --> 00:12:31,266 BEETLE, AND IT'S, I THINK, 590 00:12:31,266 --> 00:12:32,166 I BELIEVE, IT MAY BE THE 591 00:12:32,166 --> 00:12:33,233 ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD 592 00:12:33,233 --> 00:12:34,166 WHERE WE CAN FIND THIS 593 00:12:34,166 --> 00:12:35,000 BEETLE IN THE SAND DUNES 594 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:36,367 THERE. 595 00:12:36,900 --> 00:12:37,800 HANSEN: HUH, LET'S GO TO 596 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:39,367 HAILEY IN HAYDEN 597 00:12:39,367 --> 00:12:40,533 ELEMENTARY. 598 00:12:40,533 --> 00:12:41,433 HAILEY? 599 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:43,000 HAILEY: OKAY UM, "WHY DO 600 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,433 THE CACTUS SPINES GROW ON 601 00:12:44,433 --> 00:12:45,734 A CACTUS, AND HOW ARE THEY 602 00:12:45,734 --> 00:12:47,100 MADE?" 603 00:12:47,700 --> 00:12:48,533 HANSEN: OKAY WHY DO THEY 604 00:12:48,533 --> 00:12:49,333 HAVE SPINES? 605 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:50,533 HAILEY: YEAH. 606 00:12:50,900 --> 00:12:51,800 HANSEN: OKAY WHAT ARE THE 607 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:52,700 SPINES ON CACTUS FOR? 608 00:12:53,333 --> 00:12:54,066 HEMKER: WELL THEY'RE, I 609 00:12:54,066 --> 00:12:54,900 THINK MOST FOLKS 610 00:12:54,900 --> 00:12:55,800 UNDERSTAND ITS, ITS A WAY 611 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:56,700 TO KEEP ANIMALS AND THINGS 612 00:12:56,700 --> 00:12:57,600 FROM COMING AND EATING 613 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:58,533 THE, EATING THE CACTUS, 614 00:12:58,533 --> 00:13:00,600 AND GETTING A HOLD OF THE 615 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:02,734 WATER IT'S STORED UP, AND 616 00:13:02,734 --> 00:13:03,967 THEY'RE BASICALLY JUST 617 00:13:03,967 --> 00:13:05,633 MODIFIED LEAVES THAT ARE 618 00:13:05,633 --> 00:13:08,734 DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE 619 00:13:08,734 --> 00:13:09,734 CACTUS FROM OTHER FOLKS 620 00:13:09,734 --> 00:13:12,066 THAT WANT THAT WATER. 621 00:13:13,166 --> 00:13:13,967 HANSEN: MRS. LANE'S THIRD 622 00:13:13,967 --> 00:13:14,800 GRADERS IN GRANGEVILLE 623 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:15,700 ASKED SOME OF THESE 624 00:13:15,700 --> 00:13:16,700 QUESTIONS, LET'S SEE, "HOW 625 00:13:16,700 --> 00:13:17,800 MANY DESERT HABITATS HAVE 626 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:18,800 YOU SEEN, AND WHICH IS 627 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:20,166 YOUR FAVORITE?" 628 00:13:20,166 --> 00:13:21,000 THAT CAME FROM NICKI AND 629 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:21,867 LEXI. 630 00:13:21,867 --> 00:13:22,700 WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE 631 00:13:22,700 --> 00:13:24,233 DESERT? 632 00:13:24,633 --> 00:13:25,433 SERONKO: WELL ACTUALLY MY 633 00:13:25,433 --> 00:13:26,333 FAVORITE, THAT I'VE 634 00:13:26,333 --> 00:13:27,266 ACTUALLY SEEN, IS THE 635 00:13:27,266 --> 00:13:28,433 SONORAN DESERT HERE IN THE 636 00:13:28,433 --> 00:13:29,266 UNITED STATES, WHICH 637 00:13:29,266 --> 00:13:30,000 ACTUALLY IS PROBABLY ONE 638 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:30,967 OF THE MOST DIVERSE 639 00:13:30,967 --> 00:13:32,000 DESERTS IN THE WORLD. 640 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:33,233 BUT IN IDAHO HERE I, I. 641 00:13:33,867 --> 00:13:34,633 HANSEN: AND THAT'S IN 642 00:13:34,633 --> 00:13:35,333 ARIZONA? 643 00:13:35,900 --> 00:13:36,700 SERONKO: THAT'S IN 644 00:13:36,700 --> 00:13:38,166 ARIZONA, BUT IN IDAHO I'LL 645 00:13:38,166 --> 00:13:39,066 TELL YOU, THE HIGH DESERT 646 00:13:39,066 --> 00:13:39,900 SAGEBRUSH DESERTS OF 647 00:13:39,900 --> 00:13:41,166 OWYHEE COUNTY ARE SOME OF 648 00:13:41,166 --> 00:13:42,000 THE PRETTIEST. 649 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:42,867 ESPECIALLY, IN THE NEXT 650 00:13:42,867 --> 00:13:43,700 COUPLE OF MONTHS WHEN THEY 651 00:13:43,700 --> 00:13:44,867 START FLOWERING. 652 00:13:45,433 --> 00:13:46,367 HEMKER: WELL YEAH YOU 653 00:13:46,367 --> 00:13:47,333 KNOW, I'VE BEEN AROUND THE 654 00:13:47,333 --> 00:13:48,433 WEST, AND BEEN IN THE 655 00:13:48,433 --> 00:13:49,333 DIFFERENT KINDS OF 656 00:13:49,333 --> 00:13:50,266 DESERTS. 657 00:13:50,266 --> 00:13:51,166 THERE'S ACTUALLY FOUR IN 658 00:13:51,166 --> 00:13:52,000 THE WEST; THE SONORAN, 659 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:52,867 MOJAVE AND THEN, OF 660 00:13:52,867 --> 00:13:53,700 COURSE, THE GREAT BASIN, 661 00:13:53,700 --> 00:13:55,166 AND THE CHIHUAHUAN DESERT, 662 00:13:55,166 --> 00:13:56,700 I GUESS RIGHT DOWN ON THE 663 00:13:56,700 --> 00:13:57,633 MEXICAN BORDER, AND I'M 664 00:13:57,633 --> 00:13:58,533 KIND OF LIKE PAUL, I LIKE 665 00:13:58,533 --> 00:13:59,433 THE DESERTS THAT HAVE LOTS 666 00:13:59,433 --> 00:14:00,333 OF ROCKS AND CANYONS. 667 00:14:00,333 --> 00:14:01,333 YOU KNOW, I USED TO WORK 668 00:14:01,333 --> 00:14:02,266 DOWN IN SOUTHERN UTAH, 669 00:14:02,266 --> 00:14:03,166 DOWN BY THE GRAND CANYON, 670 00:14:03,166 --> 00:14:04,333 AND ZION, AND SO, AND THAT 671 00:14:04,333 --> 00:14:05,867 AREA, AND IT WAS, THOSE 672 00:14:05,867 --> 00:14:07,367 ARE SPECTACULAR DESERTS 673 00:14:07,367 --> 00:14:09,100 WHERE YOU HAVE THOSE BIG 674 00:14:09,100 --> 00:14:10,867 RED ROCKS. 675 00:14:11,533 --> 00:14:12,433 HANSEN: LAUREN ASKED THE 676 00:14:12,433 --> 00:14:13,734 QUESTION, "CAN ANIMALS 677 00:14:13,734 --> 00:14:15,600 WALK ON CACTUS?" 678 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:16,500 ARE THOSE, ARE THEY JUST 679 00:14:16,500 --> 00:14:18,066 TOO SPIKY? 680 00:14:18,533 --> 00:14:19,367 HEMKER: WELL, YOU KNOW, IF 681 00:14:19,367 --> 00:14:20,266 YOU'RE CAREFUL YOU CAN, 682 00:14:20,266 --> 00:14:21,066 YOU CAN GET KIND OF CLOSE 683 00:14:21,066 --> 00:14:22,066 TO THE CACTUS. 684 00:14:22,066 --> 00:14:22,867 IT'S WHEN YOU JUST BUMP 685 00:14:22,867 --> 00:14:23,700 INTO 'EM IS WHEN YOU GET 686 00:14:23,700 --> 00:14:24,600 YOURSELF IN TROUBLE, AND 687 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:25,734 THERE ARE LITTLE TINY 688 00:14:25,734 --> 00:14:26,700 SPINES, RIGHT, THAT YOU 689 00:14:26,700 --> 00:14:27,734 CAN HARDLY SEE. 690 00:14:27,734 --> 00:14:28,700 BUT YOU CAN SEE LOTS OF 691 00:14:28,700 --> 00:14:29,700 DIFFERENT KINDS OF 692 00:14:29,700 --> 00:14:30,533 INSECTS, AND EVEN SOME 693 00:14:30,533 --> 00:14:31,433 BIRDS THAT WILL WALK 694 00:14:31,433 --> 00:14:33,433 AROUND ON CACTUS. 695 00:14:34,266 --> 00:14:35,333 HANSEN: JESSICA ASKED, 696 00:14:35,333 --> 00:14:36,633 "HOW DO ANIMALS GET WATER 697 00:14:36,633 --> 00:14:38,500 IN THE DESERT?" 698 00:14:38,500 --> 00:14:39,433 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE 699 00:14:39,433 --> 00:14:40,433 TRICKS? 700 00:14:40,867 --> 00:14:41,867 SERONKO: THERE'S, THERE'S 701 00:14:41,867 --> 00:14:43,700 LOTS OF TRICKS. 702 00:14:43,700 --> 00:14:44,967 I'LL TELL YOU A COUPLE; 703 00:14:44,967 --> 00:14:46,000 SOME OF THE INSECTS THEY 704 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,433 EAT HAVE WATER OR THE 705 00:14:48,433 --> 00:14:49,266 ANIMALS THEY EAT HAVE SOME 706 00:14:49,266 --> 00:14:50,333 OF THE WATER, THAT THEY, 707 00:14:50,333 --> 00:14:51,967 THAT AN ANIMAL MIGHT NEED, 708 00:14:51,967 --> 00:14:53,333 AND THEY'RE ALSO VERY 709 00:14:53,333 --> 00:14:54,967 EFFICIENT ONCE THEY DO GET 710 00:14:54,967 --> 00:14:55,800 SOME WATER, AND NOT 711 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:57,233 NEEDING TO DRINK FREE 712 00:14:57,233 --> 00:15:00,066 RUNNING WATER. 713 00:15:00,066 --> 00:15:00,734 A LOT OF THE ANIMALS IN 714 00:15:00,734 --> 00:15:01,700 THE DESERT NEVER ACTUALLY 715 00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:03,600 DRINK WATER, THEY GET IT 716 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:04,367 FROM THE FOODS THAT THEY 717 00:15:04,367 --> 00:15:05,266 EAT. 718 00:15:05,700 --> 00:15:06,433 HANSEN: REALLY? 719 00:15:06,967 --> 00:15:07,867 SERONKO: YEAH, JUST 720 00:15:07,867 --> 00:15:08,700 THROUGH THE PLANTS AND THE 721 00:15:08,700 --> 00:15:09,166 ANIMALS THAT THEY EAT. 722 00:15:09,900 --> 00:15:10,700 HANSEN: IF SOMEONE WERE 723 00:15:10,700 --> 00:15:11,433 JUST TO CUT OPEN A CACTUS, 724 00:15:11,433 --> 00:15:12,433 IF YOU COULD GET THROUGH 725 00:15:12,433 --> 00:15:13,433 THE PRICKLY SPINES WOULD 726 00:15:13,433 --> 00:15:14,367 YOU FIND WATER INSIDE? 727 00:15:14,900 --> 00:15:17,066 HEMKER: PAUL YOU WANT TO 728 00:15:17,066 --> 00:15:17,800 ANSWER? 729 00:15:18,266 --> 00:15:19,233 SERONKO: WELL YOU, YES YOU 730 00:15:19,233 --> 00:15:20,367 CAN, AND IT REALLY DEPENDS 731 00:15:20,367 --> 00:15:21,633 ON THE TYPES OF CACTUSES. 732 00:15:21,633 --> 00:15:22,600 YOU'RE BARREL CACTUSES, 733 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:23,600 BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO 734 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:24,533 FIND, LIKE YOU SAY, FREE 735 00:15:24,533 --> 00:15:25,433 WATER. 736 00:15:25,433 --> 00:15:26,333 YOU'RE GOING TO FIND A 737 00:15:26,333 --> 00:15:27,700 PULP, OR A MASH IN THERE 738 00:15:27,700 --> 00:15:28,700 OF THE PLANTS CELLS, AND 739 00:15:28,700 --> 00:15:29,800 SOME MATERIAL, AND SO WHAT 740 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:30,700 YOU END UP HAVING TO DO 741 00:15:30,700 --> 00:15:31,600 IS, PULLING THAT UP, AND 742 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:32,500 STRAINING THAT, OR MASHING 743 00:15:32,500 --> 00:15:33,367 IT, AND PRESSING THE WATER 744 00:15:33,367 --> 00:15:34,233 THAT YOU DRINK OUT OF IT. 745 00:15:35,066 --> 00:15:35,900 HANSEN: OKAY. 746 00:15:36,367 --> 00:15:37,266 SERONKO: THERE'S NOT LIKE 747 00:15:37,266 --> 00:15:38,333 A FOUNTAIN IN THERE, NO. 748 00:15:38,867 --> 00:15:39,800 HANSEN: SO, SO IF YOU'RE 749 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:40,700 TRAPPED IN THE DESERT, 750 00:15:40,700 --> 00:15:41,734 LET'S JUST THROW THAT ONE 751 00:15:41,734 --> 00:15:42,700 OUT, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE 752 00:15:42,700 --> 00:15:43,633 GOING TO GET THAT 753 00:15:43,633 --> 00:15:44,500 QUESTION, CAN YOU SURVIVE? 754 00:15:44,500 --> 00:15:45,633 HOW DO YOU SURVIVE IF YOU 755 00:15:45,633 --> 00:15:46,533 GET STUCK OUT IN THE 756 00:15:46,533 --> 00:15:47,633 DESERT? 757 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:48,967 SERONKO: YEAH, THERE'S 758 00:15:48,967 --> 00:15:49,900 LOTS OF SURVIVAL SKILLS. 759 00:15:49,900 --> 00:15:50,800 I THINK WATER IS ONE OF 760 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:51,734 THE IMPORTANT ONES AND 761 00:15:51,734 --> 00:15:52,900 SHELTER. 762 00:15:52,900 --> 00:15:53,700 I MEAN THOSE ARE THE TWO 763 00:15:53,700 --> 00:15:54,500 MAIN. 764 00:15:54,500 --> 00:15:55,367 YOU CAN GO WITHOUT FOOD 765 00:15:55,367 --> 00:15:56,433 FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, AND 766 00:15:56,433 --> 00:15:57,433 YOU CAN HANDLE A LITTLE 767 00:15:57,433 --> 00:15:58,600 BIT OF COLD, BUT YOU KNOW 768 00:15:58,600 --> 00:15:59,433 THE, THE HOT SUN OF THE 769 00:15:59,433 --> 00:16:00,533 DESERT, AND THEN AGAIN 770 00:16:00,533 --> 00:16:01,433 WATER IS THE TWO, TWO 771 00:16:01,433 --> 00:16:02,433 TRICKS YOU REALLY NEED TO 772 00:16:02,433 --> 00:16:03,333 FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEAL 773 00:16:03,333 --> 00:16:04,367 WITH. 774 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:05,600 HANSEN: SO GET OUT OF THE 775 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:06,333 SUN AND? 776 00:16:06,900 --> 00:16:07,700 HEMKER: YEAH, IF YOU'RE 777 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:08,533 GOING TO REST, YOU WANT TO 778 00:16:08,533 --> 00:16:09,333 BE RESTING IN THE SHADE. 779 00:16:09,333 --> 00:16:10,166 YOU DON'T WANT TO BE. 780 00:16:10,700 --> 00:16:11,500 HANSEN: LIKE THE ANIMALS 781 00:16:11,500 --> 00:16:12,100 DO. 782 00:16:12,500 --> 00:16:13,333 HEMKER: THAT'S RIGHT, 783 00:16:13,333 --> 00:16:13,900 THAT'S RIGHT. 784 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:15,367 HANSEN: OKAY, LET'S GO TO 785 00:16:15,367 --> 00:16:16,166 JORDAN IN BOISE. 786 00:16:16,166 --> 00:16:16,867 JORDAN? 787 00:16:16,867 --> 00:16:17,700 JORDAN ARE YOU THERE? 788 00:16:17,700 --> 00:16:18,500 DID WE LOSE YOU JORDAN? 789 00:16:18,500 --> 00:16:19,266 WE MUST'VE LOST YOU. 790 00:16:19,266 --> 00:16:20,100 I THINK JORDAN'S QUESTION 791 00:16:20,100 --> 00:16:21,000 WAS, "HOW LONG CAN AN 792 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:21,734 ANIMAL LIVE IN THE 793 00:16:21,734 --> 00:16:22,600 DESERT?" 794 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:23,333 ARE THERE, TALK ABOUT, SO 795 00:16:23,333 --> 00:16:24,266 THE KIND OF THE LIZARDS. 796 00:16:24,266 --> 00:16:26,166 HOW LONG DO THEY LIVE AND, 797 00:16:26,166 --> 00:16:27,000 IS THAT A, THEIR LIFESPAN 798 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:28,433 IS WHAT TWO YEARS? 799 00:16:29,066 --> 00:16:29,900 HEMKER: OH HOW MANY, HOW 800 00:16:29,900 --> 00:16:31,066 OLD? 801 00:16:31,633 --> 00:16:32,433 HANSEN: YEAH. 802 00:16:32,900 --> 00:16:33,700 HEMKER: WELL, MOST WILD 803 00:16:33,700 --> 00:16:34,600 ANIMALS DON'T LIVE TO BE 804 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:35,333 VERY OLD. 805 00:16:35,333 --> 00:16:36,233 YOU KNOW IT'S, IT'S RARE 806 00:16:36,233 --> 00:16:37,066 FOR A WILD ANIMAL THAT 807 00:16:37,066 --> 00:16:37,900 LIVES MORE THAN TWO OR 808 00:16:37,900 --> 00:16:38,700 THREE YEARS. 809 00:16:39,333 --> 00:16:40,066 HANSEN: OKAY. 810 00:16:40,533 --> 00:16:41,367 HEMKER: SO YEAH IT'S NOT 811 00:16:41,367 --> 00:16:42,100 VERY LONG. 812 00:16:42,533 --> 00:16:43,433 HANSEN: OKAY LET'S TRY 813 00:16:43,433 --> 00:16:44,233 GEORGE IN OROFINO, AT 814 00:16:44,233 --> 00:16:45,066 OROFINO ELEMENTARY, 815 00:16:45,066 --> 00:16:45,867 GEORGE? 816 00:16:45,867 --> 00:16:46,633 YOU THERE GEORGE? 817 00:16:47,100 --> 00:16:47,800 GEORGE: YEAH. 818 00:16:48,233 --> 00:16:49,000 HANSEN: THERE YOU GO, 819 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:49,734 WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? 820 00:16:50,266 --> 00:16:51,266 GEORGE: "HOW LONG, IF 821 00:16:51,266 --> 00:16:52,800 YOU'RE OUT IN THE DESERT;" 822 00:16:53,700 --> 00:16:54,600 HANSEN: UH HUH. 823 00:16:54,967 --> 00:16:56,000 GEORGE: "AND YOU GET LOST, 824 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,367 CAN YOU EAT THE CACTUS?" 825 00:16:57,900 --> 00:16:58,700 HANSEN: OKAY, WELL THERE 826 00:16:58,700 --> 00:16:59,700 YOU GO, THERE'S OUR LOST 827 00:16:59,700 --> 00:17:00,500 QUESTION. 828 00:17:00,500 --> 00:17:01,500 YEAH IF YOU'RE IN THE 829 00:17:01,500 --> 00:17:02,367 DESERT CAN YOU, WHAT ALL, 830 00:17:02,367 --> 00:17:03,266 HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU, 831 00:17:03,266 --> 00:17:04,166 WHAT DO YOU EAT WHEN 832 00:17:04,166 --> 00:17:05,000 YOU'RE IN THE DESERT IF 833 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:06,000 YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE A HUMAN 834 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:06,967 BEING? 835 00:17:07,333 --> 00:17:08,100 HEMKER: WELL, YOU'VE GOT 836 00:17:08,100 --> 00:17:09,166 TO BE VERY RESOURCEFUL. 837 00:17:09,166 --> 00:17:09,967 SOME OF THE CACTUSES DO 838 00:17:09,967 --> 00:17:11,166 BEAR FRUIT, AND THERE ARE 839 00:17:11,166 --> 00:17:12,600 SOME, PROBABLY SOME PLANT 840 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:13,633 MATERIALS, THAT YOU COULD 841 00:17:13,633 --> 00:17:14,367 CONSIDER TO BE EDIBLE, 842 00:17:14,367 --> 00:17:15,900 BUT, I THINK, YOUR MAJOR 843 00:17:15,900 --> 00:17:17,000 FOOD SOURCE MAY BE, IF YOU 844 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:18,600 CAN FIND SOMETHING AS 845 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:20,166 YUMMY AS SOME INSECTS, OR 846 00:17:20,166 --> 00:17:21,533 YOU MIGHT WANT TO EAT A 847 00:17:21,533 --> 00:17:23,533 LIZARD, OR SOMETHING LIKE 848 00:17:23,533 --> 00:17:24,900 THAT. 849 00:17:24,900 --> 00:17:26,900 THAT MAY BE YOUR BEST 850 00:17:26,900 --> 00:17:27,700 SNACK FOR A WHILE. 851 00:17:29,066 --> 00:17:29,633 HANSEN: AND THE GENERAL 852 00:17:29,633 --> 00:17:30,633 RULE OF THUMB, UNLESS YOUR 853 00:17:30,633 --> 00:17:31,500 MOM AND DAD SAY SO DON'T 854 00:17:31,500 --> 00:17:33,633 EAT IT. 855 00:17:33,633 --> 00:17:34,700 THAT'S ALWAYS, THAT'S 856 00:17:34,700 --> 00:17:35,600 ALWAYS WHAT I TELL MY 857 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:36,367 KIDS. 858 00:17:36,367 --> 00:17:37,533 OKAY ASHLEY IN CHESTER, 859 00:17:37,533 --> 00:17:38,266 ASHLEY? 860 00:17:38,734 --> 00:17:39,734 ASHLEY: HI, "DO YOU KNOW 861 00:17:39,734 --> 00:17:40,700 HOW MANY ANIMALS DIED IN 862 00:17:40,700 --> 00:17:43,700 THE DESERT IN IDAHO THIS 863 00:17:43,700 --> 00:17:45,367 YEAR?" 864 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:46,700 HANSEN: ANYWAY TO 865 00:17:46,700 --> 00:17:47,633 CALCULATE THAT? 866 00:17:48,166 --> 00:17:49,166 HEMKER: WELL, NO, NOT 867 00:17:49,166 --> 00:17:50,266 EXACTLY. 868 00:17:50,266 --> 00:17:52,600 YOU KNOW, I GUESS THERE'S 869 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:55,066 A COUPLE OF THINGS I 870 00:17:55,066 --> 00:17:56,000 WANTED TO SAY. 871 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,166 JUST DURING THE 872 00:17:57,166 --> 00:17:58,000 WINTERTIME, YOU KNOW, WE 873 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:58,867 DO LOSE SOME ANIMALS. 874 00:17:58,867 --> 00:18:00,633 PARTICULARLY, ONES THAT 875 00:18:00,633 --> 00:18:01,533 LIVE UP IN THE MOUNTAINS 876 00:18:01,533 --> 00:18:02,433 WHERE THERE'S MORE SNOW, 877 00:18:02,433 --> 00:18:03,367 AND IT'S COLDER. 878 00:18:03,367 --> 00:18:04,433 IN THE DESERT, THE THING 879 00:18:04,433 --> 00:18:06,433 THAT REALLY CAN BE A 880 00:18:06,433 --> 00:18:07,533 PROBLEM FOR MOST ANIMALS 881 00:18:07,533 --> 00:18:08,900 IS THE LACK OF WATER, AND 882 00:18:08,900 --> 00:18:09,800 A LOT OF THE ANIMALS, THAT 883 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,800 LIVE IN THE DESERT, DON'T 884 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:14,066 DIE IN THE WINTERTIME 885 00:18:14,066 --> 00:18:15,000 BECAUSE THEY'RE 886 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,734 UNDERGROUND, OR VARIOUS 887 00:18:16,734 --> 00:18:18,333 KINDS OF THINGS TO GET 888 00:18:18,333 --> 00:18:20,433 AWAY FROM THE, THE 889 00:18:20,433 --> 00:18:21,433 DRYNESS. 890 00:18:21,967 --> 00:18:22,800 HANSEN: AND THERE'S SNOW. 891 00:18:23,500 --> 00:18:24,333 HEMKER: YEAH, IT'S COLD, 892 00:18:24,333 --> 00:18:25,166 AND THEY'LL DIE, BECAUSE 893 00:18:25,166 --> 00:18:26,000 WE HAVE DROUGHTS FOR TWO 894 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:27,000 OR THREE YEARS, AND THE 895 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:27,900 LITTLE, THE BABIES DON'T, 896 00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:28,900 DON'T MAKE IT THROUGH THE 897 00:18:28,900 --> 00:18:29,700 SUMMER, AND THEY DIE, AND 898 00:18:29,700 --> 00:18:30,533 THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHAT 899 00:18:30,533 --> 00:18:31,433 CAN CAUSE A LOT OF LOSS OF 900 00:18:31,433 --> 00:18:32,800 ANIMALS IN THE DESERT. 901 00:18:34,700 --> 00:18:35,266 HANSEN: WE'RE SEEING SOME 902 00:18:35,266 --> 00:18:36,333 BEAUTIFUL PICTURES; THE 903 00:18:36,333 --> 00:18:37,233 DESERT IS ACTUALLY BLOOMS, 904 00:18:37,233 --> 00:18:38,700 AND A BEAUTIFUL ARRAY. 905 00:18:38,700 --> 00:18:39,633 WHAT KIND OF FLOWERS DO 906 00:18:39,633 --> 00:18:40,433 YOU FIND IN THE DESERT? 907 00:18:41,166 --> 00:18:42,100 SERONKO: WELL, ESPECIALLY 908 00:18:42,100 --> 00:18:42,967 IN THE IDAHO DESERT, 909 00:18:42,967 --> 00:18:44,433 YOU'RE GOING TO FIND A LOT 910 00:18:44,433 --> 00:18:45,533 OF, LIKE LUPINES AND 911 00:18:45,533 --> 00:18:46,433 INDIAN PAINTBRUSH. 912 00:18:46,433 --> 00:18:47,800 THERE'S A LOT OF PEA 913 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:49,633 FAMILY, SUNFLOWER FAMILY 914 00:18:49,633 --> 00:18:50,633 TYPE FLOWERS IN THE LOWER 915 00:18:50,633 --> 00:18:51,633 DESERT. 916 00:18:51,633 --> 00:18:52,700 WE HAVE A PLANT CALLED 917 00:18:52,700 --> 00:18:54,000 SCARLET GLOBEMALLOW. 918 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:55,333 THERE'S A NUMBER OF VERY 919 00:18:55,333 --> 00:18:56,533 BEAUTIFUL GRASSES AND 920 00:18:56,533 --> 00:18:57,433 SHRUBS THAT A LOT OF THE 921 00:18:57,433 --> 00:18:59,500 SHRUBS WILL BLOOM, BUT 922 00:18:59,500 --> 00:19:00,800 COMING, LIKE IN IDAHO'S 923 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:01,867 HIGH DESERT, COME MAY HERE 924 00:19:01,867 --> 00:19:04,967 IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY 925 00:19:04,967 --> 00:19:05,800 SPECTACULAR WITH THIS GOOD 926 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:06,967 MOISTURE YEAR WE'RE 927 00:19:06,967 --> 00:19:08,000 GETTING, SO IT SHOULD BE 928 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:08,900 WORTH GETTING OUT. 929 00:19:09,633 --> 00:19:10,433 HANSEN: SO WHERE WOULD YOU 930 00:19:10,433 --> 00:19:12,100 GO IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF 931 00:19:12,100 --> 00:19:13,066 IDAHO IF YOU WANT TO SEE 932 00:19:13,066 --> 00:19:14,900 THE FLOWERS? 933 00:19:15,533 --> 00:19:16,333 SERONKO: WELL, I'M, I'M 934 00:19:16,333 --> 00:19:17,500 ONLY A REAL EXPERT IN THE 935 00:19:17,500 --> 00:19:18,633 SOUTHWEST PART OF THIS 936 00:19:18,633 --> 00:19:19,633 STATE HERE, BUT EARLY IN 937 00:19:19,633 --> 00:19:20,600 THE YEAR, HELLS CANYON IS 938 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:21,533 A VERY UNIQUE PLACE TO GO 939 00:19:21,533 --> 00:19:23,233 AND SEE WILDFLOWERS, AND 940 00:19:23,233 --> 00:19:24,233 WE HAVE, WHAT WE CALL, A 941 00:19:24,233 --> 00:19:25,533 BACK COUNTRY BYWAY THAT 942 00:19:25,533 --> 00:19:26,367 RUNS FROM JORDAN VALLEY, 943 00:19:26,367 --> 00:19:27,433 ACROSS THE OWYHEE DESERT 944 00:19:27,433 --> 00:19:29,433 AREA, AND, AND CONNECTS 945 00:19:29,433 --> 00:19:31,900 INTO GRANDVIEW, AND THAT'S 946 00:19:31,900 --> 00:19:32,900 A SPECTACULAR AREA, AND 947 00:19:32,900 --> 00:19:34,000 TOM MIGHT HAVE A BETTER 948 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:34,900 HANDLE ON SOME OF THE 949 00:19:34,900 --> 00:19:35,800 OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE. 950 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:37,600 HEMKER: WELL, I LIVED IN 951 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:38,433 EASTERN IDAHO FOR SEVERAL 952 00:19:38,433 --> 00:19:39,433 YEARS, AND CRATERS OF THE 953 00:19:39,433 --> 00:19:40,266 MOON NATIONAL MONUMENT. 954 00:19:41,333 --> 00:19:42,800 HANSEN: YEAH THAT'S REALLY 955 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:43,867 PRETTY. 956 00:19:44,266 --> 00:19:45,333 HEMKER: NATIONAL MONUMENT 957 00:19:45,333 --> 00:19:46,433 IS A REALLY POPULAR PLACE 958 00:19:46,433 --> 00:19:47,433 IN JUNE, AND, YOU KNOW, 959 00:19:47,433 --> 00:19:49,100 BASICALLY, AS SOON AS THE, 960 00:19:49,100 --> 00:19:50,066 THE SNOW GOES OFF, AND IT 961 00:19:50,066 --> 00:19:51,000 STARTS WARMING UP, 962 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:51,867 WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THE 963 00:19:51,867 --> 00:19:52,800 DESERT IT'LL START, START 964 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:53,867 BLOOMING IF YOU'VE GOT THE 965 00:19:53,867 --> 00:19:54,967 WATER. 966 00:19:55,500 --> 00:19:56,333 HANSEN: A QUESTION VIA 967 00:19:56,333 --> 00:19:57,166 EMAIL FROM TANNER, "HOW 968 00:19:57,166 --> 00:19:58,066 COLD DOES IT GET IN THE 969 00:19:58,066 --> 00:19:59,266 DESERT?" 970 00:19:59,734 --> 00:20:00,600 SERONKO: WELL AGAIN YOU 971 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:01,333 KNOW IT DEPENDS ON THE 972 00:20:01,333 --> 00:20:02,233 DESERT. 973 00:20:02,233 --> 00:20:03,066 IF YOU'RE TALKING THE COLD 974 00:20:03,066 --> 00:20:04,000 DESERT OF ANTARCTICA, 50 975 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:04,900 DEGREES BELOW ZERO MAYBE. 976 00:20:05,633 --> 00:20:06,333 HANSEN: THAT'S PRETTY DARN 977 00:20:06,333 --> 00:20:07,533 COLD. 978 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,066 SERONKO: YEAH, A WARM DAY 979 00:20:09,066 --> 00:20:10,066 THERE, BUT IDAHO DESERTS, 980 00:20:10,066 --> 00:20:10,967 TYPICALLY, A LOT OF OUR 981 00:20:10,967 --> 00:20:12,333 DESERTS, TRUE DESERTS, ARE 982 00:20:12,333 --> 00:20:14,000 BELOW 6,000 FEET, AND 983 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,867 WE'RE PROBABLY TALKING 984 00:20:16,867 --> 00:20:19,066 AROUND ZERO IS A PRETTY 985 00:20:19,066 --> 00:20:20,900 COLD NIGHT IN THE DESERT. 986 00:20:20,900 --> 00:20:22,500 MAYBE TEN BELOW ZERO, BUT 987 00:20:22,500 --> 00:20:23,433 THEY PROBABLY AVERAGE 988 00:20:23,433 --> 00:20:24,433 PRETTY SIMILAR TO SOME OF 989 00:20:24,433 --> 00:20:25,266 THE TEMPERATURES HERE 990 00:20:25,266 --> 00:20:26,266 AROUND BOISE. 991 00:20:26,266 --> 00:20:28,000 BOISE'S ABOUT 2,700 FEET 992 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:28,867 AND WE'RE ACTUALLY 993 00:20:28,867 --> 00:20:30,000 CONSIDERED PART OF THE 994 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:31,266 DESERT RIGHT HERE IN 995 00:20:31,266 --> 00:20:33,066 BOISE, SO. 996 00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:34,633 HANSEN: OKAY AND BRIANNA 997 00:20:34,633 --> 00:20:35,500 ASKED, "HOW MANY DIFFERENT 998 00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:36,533 KINDS OF CACTUS ARE IN ONE 999 00:20:36,533 --> 00:20:37,500 DESERT?" 1000 00:20:37,500 --> 00:20:38,333 WHY DON'T WE STAY HERE IN 1001 00:20:38,333 --> 00:20:39,166 IDAHO. 1002 00:20:39,166 --> 00:20:40,066 HOW MANY DIFFERENT KINDS 1003 00:20:40,066 --> 00:20:40,900 OF CACTUS ARE HERE IN 1004 00:20:40,900 --> 00:20:42,100 IDAHO? 1005 00:20:42,633 --> 00:20:43,533 HEMKER: BOY, PAUL YOU 1006 00:20:43,533 --> 00:20:44,333 KNOW? 1007 00:20:44,900 --> 00:20:46,266 SERONKO: YEAH, WE BASIC, 1008 00:20:46,266 --> 00:20:47,333 TWO BASIC ONES WE HAVE. 1009 00:20:47,900 --> 00:20:49,000 HANSEN: AND ALEX ASKED, 1010 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:49,800 "WHAT'S THE MOST COMMON 1011 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:50,633 ONE." 1012 00:20:51,100 --> 00:20:51,967 SERONKO: OH THE, WELL THE, 1013 00:20:51,967 --> 00:20:52,734 THE, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT 1014 00:20:52,734 --> 00:20:53,800 PART OF THE DESERT YOU'RE 1015 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:54,700 IN. 1016 00:20:54,700 --> 00:20:55,867 ON THIS PART OF THE STATE 1017 00:20:55,867 --> 00:20:56,900 WE HAVE A BARREL CACTUS 1018 00:20:56,900 --> 00:20:57,867 THAT'S FAIRLY COMMON, AND 1019 00:20:57,867 --> 00:20:58,700 WE HAVE PRICKLY PEAR 1020 00:20:58,700 --> 00:20:59,533 CACTUS. 1021 00:20:59,533 --> 00:21:00,433 NOW I KNOW IN THE EASTERN 1022 00:21:00,433 --> 00:21:01,333 PART OF THE STATE THERE'S 1023 00:21:01,333 --> 00:21:02,166 A LOT OF THE PRICKLY PEAR 1024 00:21:02,166 --> 00:21:03,066 CACTUS, BUT THOSE ARE TWO 1025 00:21:03,066 --> 00:21:03,900 MAJOR TYPES OF CACTUS WE 1026 00:21:03,900 --> 00:21:04,700 HAVE IN IDAHO. 1027 00:21:05,166 --> 00:21:06,166 HANSEN: AND MCKENNA ASKED, 1028 00:21:06,166 --> 00:21:07,000 "HOW TALL DO THEY GET?" 1029 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:07,900 - THE CACTUS GET. 1030 00:21:08,700 --> 00:21:09,433 SERONKO: THEY'RE FAIRLY 1031 00:21:09,433 --> 00:21:10,266 SHORT. 1032 00:21:10,266 --> 00:21:11,100 THE LITTLE BARREL CACTUS, 1033 00:21:11,100 --> 00:21:12,000 WHICH ARE VERY PRETTY WHEN 1034 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:12,900 THEY FLOWER, THEY HAVE A 1035 00:21:12,900 --> 00:21:13,967 BEAUTIFUL YELLOWISH 1036 00:21:13,967 --> 00:21:14,800 FLOWER. 1037 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:15,633 A LOT OF THOSE ARE GOING 1038 00:21:15,633 --> 00:21:16,600 TO BE LESS THAN EIGHT 1039 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:17,433 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND 1040 00:21:17,433 --> 00:21:18,333 HEIGHT. 1041 00:21:18,967 --> 00:21:19,800 HANSEN: OKAY. 1042 00:21:20,266 --> 00:21:21,066 SERONKO: SOME OF THE 1043 00:21:21,066 --> 00:21:22,000 PRICKLY PEAR CACTUSES 1044 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:22,800 DON'T GET MUCH BIGGER. 1045 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:23,633 THEY HAVE A MORE OF A FAN 1046 00:21:23,633 --> 00:21:24,533 SHAPED LEAF, AND THEY'RE 1047 00:21:24,533 --> 00:21:25,367 GOING TO GET, YOU KNOW, A 1048 00:21:25,367 --> 00:21:26,367 BIG PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS 1049 00:21:26,367 --> 00:21:27,333 MAYBE TEN INCHES, TWELVE 1050 00:21:27,333 --> 00:21:28,433 INCHES TALL, BUT BRANCHING 1051 00:21:28,433 --> 00:21:29,166 OUT. 1052 00:21:29,633 --> 00:21:30,533 HANSEN: LET'S GO TO MATHEW 1053 00:21:30,533 --> 00:21:31,367 IN HAYDEN ELEMENTARY, 1054 00:21:31,367 --> 00:21:32,333 MATHEW? 1055 00:21:32,333 --> 00:21:33,066 MATHEW? 1056 00:21:33,633 --> 00:21:34,533 MATHEW: "HOW MANY DAYS 1057 00:21:34,533 --> 00:21:35,333 DOES IT DROP FROM THE TIME 1058 00:21:35,333 --> 00:21:36,533 IT IS MORNING UNTIL THE 1059 00:21:36,533 --> 00:21:37,967 TIME WHEN IT'S?" 1060 00:21:38,500 --> 00:21:39,500 HANSEN: WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S 1061 00:21:39,500 --> 00:21:40,333 THE TEMPERATURE SPAN FROM 1062 00:21:40,333 --> 00:21:41,100 DAY TO DUSK, OKAY? 1063 00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:42,533 SERONKO: WHAT? 1064 00:21:42,533 --> 00:21:43,967 FORTY DEGREES? 1065 00:21:44,533 --> 00:21:45,967 HEMKER: IT CAN CHANGE, 1066 00:21:45,967 --> 00:21:46,633 PROBABLY THAT'S A GOOD 1067 00:21:46,633 --> 00:21:47,900 GUESS, 36-40 DEGREES FROM 1068 00:21:47,900 --> 00:21:48,900 THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE AT 1069 00:21:48,900 --> 00:21:50,367 NIGHT TO THE WARMEST 1070 00:21:50,367 --> 00:21:52,166 TEMPERATURE IN DAY, WHICH 1071 00:21:52,166 --> 00:21:53,066 ACTUALLY IS QUITE A 1072 00:21:53,066 --> 00:21:53,900 FLUCTUATION IN TEMPERATURE 1073 00:21:53,900 --> 00:21:54,734 OVER THAT 24 HOUR PERIOD. 1074 00:21:56,700 --> 00:21:58,633 HANSEN: I THINK ALEX YOU 1075 00:21:58,633 --> 00:21:59,533 HAVE A SIMILAR QUESTION, 1076 00:21:59,533 --> 00:22:00,433 ALEX WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? 1077 00:22:00,967 --> 00:22:01,800 ALEX: "WHY DOES THE HOT 1078 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:03,433 DESERT GET SO COLD IN THE 1079 00:22:03,433 --> 00:22:05,100 NIGHT?" 1080 00:22:05,734 --> 00:22:06,800 HANSEN: AND SO WE KNOW 1081 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:07,633 THAT IT'S ABOUT A FORTY 1082 00:22:07,633 --> 00:22:08,533 DEGREE TEMPERATURE RANGE, 1083 00:22:08,533 --> 00:22:09,333 WHY IS THERE SUCH A BIG 1084 00:22:09,333 --> 00:22:10,433 SPAN? 1085 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:11,800 SERONKO: WELL, IF YOU 1086 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:12,800 THINK OF THE DESERT, AND 1087 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:13,600 WHY AT NIGHT MOST DESERTS 1088 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:14,500 DON'T GET MUCH RAIN, SO 1089 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:15,367 WHAT HAPPENS IS, CLOUDS, 1090 00:22:15,367 --> 00:22:16,233 WHEN THEY COME OVER AN 1091 00:22:16,233 --> 00:22:17,166 AREA, ACTUALLY INSULATE 1092 00:22:17,166 --> 00:22:18,066 THE DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. 1093 00:22:18,066 --> 00:22:19,333 SO LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE A 1094 00:22:19,333 --> 00:22:20,166 CLOUDY NIGHT THE DAYTIME 1095 00:22:20,166 --> 00:22:21,166 TEMPERATURES DON'T 1096 00:22:21,166 --> 00:22:22,000 FLUCTUATE AS MUCH, BUT 1097 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:22,900 MOST DESERTS ARE FAIRLY 1098 00:22:22,900 --> 00:22:23,734 CLEAR AT NIGHT, AND SO YOU 1099 00:22:23,734 --> 00:22:24,700 GET, THERE'S NO CLOUD 1100 00:22:24,700 --> 00:22:26,633 COVER, IT DOESN'T INSULATE 1101 00:22:26,633 --> 00:22:27,800 THAT HEAT THAT, THAT WAS 1102 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:28,900 ABSORBED DURING THE DAY, 1103 00:22:28,900 --> 00:22:29,900 SO THAT TEMPERATURE CAN 1104 00:22:29,900 --> 00:22:31,367 DROP VERY DRASTICALLY AT 1105 00:22:31,367 --> 00:22:32,233 NIGHT. 1106 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:33,800 HANSEN: SCOTT MCKENZIE 1107 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:34,700 WHO'S A HOME SCHOOL 1108 00:22:34,700 --> 00:22:35,533 STUDENT ASKS, "HOW MANY 1109 00:22:35,533 --> 00:22:36,500 DESERTS ARE THERE IN THE 1110 00:22:36,500 --> 00:22:37,333 WORLD?" 1111 00:22:37,333 --> 00:22:38,266 WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A 1112 00:22:38,266 --> 00:22:39,166 LITTLE BIT EARLIER, 1113 00:22:39,166 --> 00:22:40,233 WHAT'S, HOW DO YOU DEFINE 1114 00:22:40,233 --> 00:22:41,333 WHAT A DESERT IS, AND THEN 1115 00:22:41,333 --> 00:22:42,266 HOW MANY OF THEM ARE THERE 1116 00:22:42,266 --> 00:22:43,333 IN THE WORLD. 1117 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:44,734 HEMKER: WELL, TEN INCHES 1118 00:22:44,734 --> 00:22:45,867 OF RAIN, I THINK. 1119 00:22:45,867 --> 00:22:46,800 IS WHAT WE STARTED WITH. 1120 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:48,000 YOU KNOW LESS THAN TEN 1121 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:48,734 INCHES OF RAIN, AND WHAT, 1122 00:22:48,734 --> 00:22:49,533 HOW MANY? 1123 00:22:49,533 --> 00:22:50,333 DO YOU KNOW OFFHAND PAUL? 1124 00:22:50,333 --> 00:22:51,233 THERE'S TWELVE MAYBE? 1125 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:52,700 SERONKO: WELL THERE'S, 1126 00:22:52,700 --> 00:22:53,533 WELL THERE'S ACTUALLY 1127 00:22:53,533 --> 00:22:54,233 TWENTY-THREE MAJOR. 1128 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:55,600 HEMKER: TWENTY-THREE WOW. 1129 00:22:56,233 --> 00:22:57,066 SERONKO: MAJOR DESERTS, 1130 00:22:57,066 --> 00:22:57,800 NOW THESE ARE DIFFERENT 1131 00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:58,633 TYPES OF DESERTS, BUT 1132 00:22:58,633 --> 00:22:59,433 TWENTY-THREE MAJOR 1133 00:22:59,433 --> 00:23:00,333 DESERTS, AND THEY'RE 1134 00:23:00,333 --> 00:23:01,233 DEFINED UNDER FOUR 1135 00:23:01,233 --> 00:23:02,066 CATEGORIES, AND THAT'S 1136 00:23:02,066 --> 00:23:03,000 YOUR SUBTROPICAL DESERTS, 1137 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:03,867 WHICH ARE YOUR VERY HOT 1138 00:23:03,867 --> 00:23:05,000 ONES, AND THEN YOU HAVE 1139 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:05,900 WHAT WE CALL YOUR COOL 1140 00:23:05,900 --> 00:23:07,533 COASTAL DESERTS, WHICH ARE 1141 00:23:07,533 --> 00:23:08,533 ALONG COASTLINES, YOU HAVE 1142 00:23:08,533 --> 00:23:09,967 YOUR COLD MOUNTAIN 1143 00:23:09,967 --> 00:23:10,967 DESERTS, WHICH IS LIKE 1144 00:23:10,967 --> 00:23:12,533 TYPICALLY AROUND IDAHO, 1145 00:23:12,533 --> 00:23:13,367 AND THEN YOUR POLAR 1146 00:23:13,367 --> 00:23:14,266 DESERTS, OR YOUR POLAR 1147 00:23:14,266 --> 00:23:15,166 REGIONS, SO YOUR COLD 1148 00:23:15,166 --> 00:23:15,900 DESERTS. 1149 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:17,333 HANSEN: OKAY, ARIA, DID I 1150 00:23:17,333 --> 00:23:18,800 SAY YOUR NAME RIGHT? 1151 00:23:19,433 --> 00:23:20,533 ARIA: UH HUH. 1152 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:21,867 HANSEN: WHAT'S YOUR 1153 00:23:21,867 --> 00:23:22,633 QUESTION? 1154 00:23:23,100 --> 00:23:23,967 ARIA: "HOW MUCH OF IDAHO 1155 00:23:23,967 --> 00:23:25,000 IS DESERT?" 1156 00:23:25,433 --> 00:23:26,367 HANSEN: OKAY, HOW MUCH OF 1157 00:23:26,367 --> 00:23:27,166 THE STATE IS ACTUALLY 1158 00:23:27,166 --> 00:23:27,800 CONSIDERED DESERT? 1159 00:23:28,500 --> 00:23:29,266 SERONKO: WELL, WE, WE 1160 00:23:29,266 --> 00:23:30,000 TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE 1161 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:30,967 BIT, WE, YOU KNOW ABOUT A 1162 00:23:30,967 --> 00:23:31,800 THIRD OF THE STATE, 1163 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:32,700 PROBABLY, AND MOSTLY IN 1164 00:23:32,700 --> 00:23:33,633 THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE 1165 00:23:33,633 --> 00:23:34,900 STATE WHERE WE HAVE LESS 1166 00:23:34,900 --> 00:23:36,166 THAN TEN INCHES OF 1167 00:23:36,166 --> 00:23:37,100 RAINFALL. 1168 00:23:37,100 --> 00:23:38,000 A LOT OF THE AREAS WITH 1169 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:38,900 SAGEBRUSH DON'T HAVE THAT 1170 00:23:38,900 --> 00:23:39,734 MUCH RAINFALL. 1171 00:23:39,734 --> 00:23:40,633 SO MAYBE A THIRD. 1172 00:23:41,633 --> 00:23:42,633 HANSEN: BEFORE WE GET, GET 1173 00:23:42,633 --> 00:23:43,433 TOO FAR, I WANT TO ASK THE 1174 00:23:43,433 --> 00:23:44,266 BOTH OF YOU HOW COME YOU 1175 00:23:44,266 --> 00:23:45,100 DECIDED TO STUDY DESERT? 1176 00:23:45,100 --> 00:23:45,900 BECOME DESERT SCIENTISTS 1177 00:23:45,900 --> 00:23:47,000 AND WHAT, WHY'D YOU DECIDE 1178 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:47,900 THAT THIS WAS WHAT YOU 1179 00:23:47,900 --> 00:23:48,800 WANTED TO DO FOR A LIVING? 1180 00:23:49,867 --> 00:23:51,066 HEMKER: YOU KNOW I 1181 00:23:51,066 --> 00:23:52,433 TRAVELED AROUND THE WEST 1182 00:23:52,433 --> 00:23:54,233 QUITE A BIT, SINCE I WAS A 1183 00:23:54,233 --> 00:23:55,100 LITTLE KID, AND WORKED IN 1184 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:55,967 LOTS OF DIFFERENT AREAS 1185 00:23:55,967 --> 00:23:56,867 NOW, AND YEAH, THE DESERTS 1186 00:23:56,867 --> 00:23:58,433 ARE REALLY INTERESTING 1187 00:23:58,433 --> 00:23:59,700 PLACES. 1188 00:23:59,700 --> 00:24:00,633 YOU CAN SEE A LONG WAYS, 1189 00:24:00,633 --> 00:24:01,533 WHICH IS A, YOU KNOW, KIND 1190 00:24:01,533 --> 00:24:02,967 OF A NEAT THING, AND LOTS 1191 00:24:02,967 --> 00:24:03,800 OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF 1192 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:04,734 ANIMALS OUT THERE THAT, 1193 00:24:04,734 --> 00:24:05,800 THAT PEOPLE DON'T, YOU 1194 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:06,700 KNOW PROBABLY, REALIZE. 1195 00:24:07,734 --> 00:24:08,734 HANSEN: WHAT ABOUT YOU 1196 00:24:08,734 --> 00:24:09,633 PAUL, WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE 1197 00:24:09,633 --> 00:24:10,433 TO BECOME? 1198 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:11,867 SERONKO: WELL, THEY ARE 1199 00:24:11,867 --> 00:24:12,734 VERY UNIQUE HABITATS. 1200 00:24:12,734 --> 00:24:13,600 I MEAN, THE MOUNTAINS ARE 1201 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:14,367 VERY PRETTY, AND, AND IT'S 1202 00:24:14,367 --> 00:24:15,166 LOVELY TO BE UP THERE, BUT 1203 00:24:15,166 --> 00:24:15,900 THE DESERT DOES HAVE ITS 1204 00:24:15,900 --> 00:24:16,734 OWN LITTLE BEAUTY TO IT, 1205 00:24:16,734 --> 00:24:17,800 AND, AND IT'S AMAZING 1206 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:18,867 AGAIN HOW DIVERSE A DESERT 1207 00:24:18,867 --> 00:24:20,233 CAN ACTUALLY BE. 1208 00:24:20,233 --> 00:24:22,000 FROM IDAHO DESERTS, WHERE 1209 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:23,000 WE HAVE, WHAT WE CALL, THE 1210 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:24,066 SALT DESERT SHRUBS, ALL 1211 00:24:24,066 --> 00:24:25,500 THE WAY TO THE SAGEBRUSH 1212 00:24:25,500 --> 00:24:26,266 DESERT. 1213 00:24:26,266 --> 00:24:27,266 SO THERE'S A LOT OF 1214 00:24:27,266 --> 00:24:28,266 DIVERSITY, AND I THINK TOM 1215 00:24:28,266 --> 00:24:29,533 HAS IT; IT'S NEAT TO BE 1216 00:24:29,533 --> 00:24:30,867 OUT THERE BECAUSE YOU CAN 1217 00:24:30,867 --> 00:24:32,100 SEE FOREVER, AND THERE'S A 1218 00:24:32,100 --> 00:24:33,166 VERY EXPANSIVENESS TO 1219 00:24:33,166 --> 00:24:34,800 WORKING IN THE DESERT. 1220 00:24:36,333 --> 00:24:37,166 HANSEN: SO IF YOU WANT TO 1221 00:24:37,166 --> 00:24:38,233 BE A SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES 1222 00:24:38,233 --> 00:24:39,166 THE DESERT, WHAT KIND OF 1223 00:24:39,166 --> 00:24:39,900 SCHOOL, WHAT KIND OF 1224 00:24:39,900 --> 00:24:40,700 CLASSES SHOULD YOU TAKE? 1225 00:24:41,433 --> 00:24:42,266 HEMKER: WELL YOU'VE GOT A 1226 00:24:42,266 --> 00:24:43,166 LOT OF SCHOOL AHEAD OF 1227 00:24:43,166 --> 00:24:44,066 YOU. 1228 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:45,700 HANSEN: AND THAT'S NOT 1229 00:24:45,700 --> 00:24:46,633 BAD, THAT'S A GOOD THING. 1230 00:24:47,266 --> 00:24:48,100 HEMKER: NO THAT'S, THAT'S 1231 00:24:48,100 --> 00:24:49,333 GOOD. 1232 00:24:49,333 --> 00:24:50,000 THAT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST AS 1233 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,000 LONG AS YOU UNDERSTAND 1234 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:51,867 THAT. 1235 00:24:51,867 --> 00:24:52,700 YOU KNOW AND TYPICALLY 1236 00:24:52,700 --> 00:24:53,533 PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR FISH 1237 00:24:53,533 --> 00:24:54,433 AND GAME WHERE I WORK IS, 1238 00:24:54,433 --> 00:24:55,233 YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING 1239 00:24:55,233 --> 00:24:56,000 SIX-SEVEN YEARS OF 1240 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:56,800 COLLEGE. 1241 00:24:57,333 --> 00:24:58,100 HANSEN: OKAY. 1242 00:24:58,600 --> 00:24:59,433 HEMKER: AND TYPICALLY MOST 1243 00:24:59,433 --> 00:25:00,166 OF OUR FOLKS HAVE DEGREES 1244 00:25:00,166 --> 00:25:01,000 IN BIOLOGY, OR SOMETHING 1245 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:01,734 LIKE THAT. 1246 00:25:02,333 --> 00:25:03,000 HANSEN: OKAY. 1247 00:25:03,433 --> 00:25:04,266 HEMKER: SO IT'S SCIENCE, 1248 00:25:04,266 --> 00:25:05,000 AND IT TAKES A WHILE. 1249 00:25:05,533 --> 00:25:06,500 HANSEN: OKAY WELL LET'S 1250 00:25:06,500 --> 00:25:07,266 GET ONE REAL QUICK 1251 00:25:07,266 --> 00:25:08,100 QUESTION IN, MALLORY FROM 1252 00:25:08,100 --> 00:25:09,000 SANDPOINT, MALLORY? 1253 00:25:09,433 --> 00:25:10,266 MALLORY: I WAS, I WAS 1254 00:25:10,266 --> 00:25:11,233 WONDERING, "WHAT PREDATORS 1255 00:25:11,233 --> 00:25:13,900 EAT IN THE DESERT?" 1256 00:25:14,433 --> 00:25:15,633 HANSEN: OKAY. 1257 00:25:16,166 --> 00:25:18,066 HEMKER: WELL THE DESERTS 1258 00:25:18,066 --> 00:25:19,166 HAVE LOTS OF, LOTS OF 1259 00:25:19,166 --> 00:25:20,233 RODENTS, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF 1260 00:25:20,233 --> 00:25:21,500 MICE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, 1261 00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:22,500 AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE 1262 00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:23,700 MOST COMMON THING TO EAT 1263 00:25:23,700 --> 00:25:26,000 IF YOU'RE A PREDATOR OUT 1264 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,500 THERE, AND OF COURSE YOU 1265 00:25:27,500 --> 00:25:29,066 HAVE COYOTES, AND RED FOX, 1266 00:25:29,066 --> 00:25:31,734 AND BOBCATS, MOUNTAIN 1267 00:25:31,734 --> 00:25:34,166 LIONS, AND LOTS OF KINDS 1268 00:25:34,166 --> 00:25:35,867 OF HAWKS, AND EAGLES AND 1269 00:25:35,867 --> 00:25:36,800 THINGS LIKE THAT. 1270 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:38,000 SO YOU KNOW I'D SAY MOST 1271 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,533 ALL OF THEM EAT RODENTS, 1272 00:25:40,533 --> 00:25:41,967 AND PROBABLY THAT'S WHAT 1273 00:25:41,967 --> 00:25:42,867 THEY EAT MOST OF THE TIME. 1274 00:25:43,633 --> 00:25:44,533 HANSEN: SO ARE 1275 00:25:44,533 --> 00:25:45,433 RATTLESNAKES THE PREDATOR 1276 00:25:45,433 --> 00:25:46,433 OR ARE THEY THE PREY? 1277 00:25:47,166 --> 00:25:48,166 HEMKER: THEY'RE A 1278 00:25:48,166 --> 00:25:49,100 PREDATOR. 1279 00:25:49,100 --> 00:25:50,000 YOU KNOW THERE'S TEN, OR, 1280 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:51,166 NO I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S 1281 00:25:51,166 --> 00:25:52,233 PROBABLY EIGHT OR TEN 1282 00:25:52,233 --> 00:25:53,000 DIFFERENT SNAKES THAT 1283 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:53,867 MIGHT BE OUT IN OUR 1284 00:25:53,867 --> 00:25:54,900 DESERTS HERE IN IDAHO, AND 1285 00:25:54,900 --> 00:25:55,734 ONLY ONE IS ACTUALLY 1286 00:25:55,734 --> 00:25:56,600 POISONOUS, BUT THEY ALL 1287 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:57,333 EAT, YOU KNOW, RODENTS, OR 1288 00:25:57,333 --> 00:25:58,333 AT LEAST A LOT OF 'EM DO. 1289 00:25:58,333 --> 00:26:01,066 SOME ARE ACTUALLY REAL 1290 00:26:01,066 --> 00:26:02,000 SMALL AND THEY'LL EAT 1291 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:02,800 INSECTS PRIMARILY. 1292 00:26:03,633 --> 00:26:04,500 HANSEN: OKAY. 1293 00:26:04,500 --> 00:26:05,266 SO WE HAVE ABOUT THIRTY 1294 00:26:05,266 --> 00:26:06,066 SECONDS LEFT, ANY LAST 1295 00:26:06,066 --> 00:26:06,867 PIECE OF ADVICE BEFORE WE 1296 00:26:06,867 --> 00:26:07,700 SEND KIDS OUT ONTO THE 1297 00:26:07,700 --> 00:26:08,533 DESERT? 1298 00:26:08,533 --> 00:26:09,266 IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO 1299 00:26:09,266 --> 00:26:10,000 THE DESERT AND SEE ALL OF 1300 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:10,967 THOSE PRETTY FLOWERS, ANY 1301 00:26:10,967 --> 00:26:11,734 PRECAUTIONS YOU SHOULD 1302 00:26:11,734 --> 00:26:12,500 TAKE? 1303 00:26:12,967 --> 00:26:13,800 SERONKO: SUNSCREEN. 1304 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:14,700 SUNSCREEN AND WATER. 1305 00:26:15,433 --> 00:26:16,233 HANSEN: YEAH, AND GOOD 1306 00:26:16,233 --> 00:26:17,000 SHOES. 1307 00:26:17,633 --> 00:26:18,533 HEMKER: AND A HAT. 1308 00:26:19,166 --> 00:26:20,233 HANSEN: AND A HAT. 1309 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:21,633 HEMKER: YEAP. 1310 00:26:22,166 --> 00:26:23,000 HANSEN: SUNSCREEN, WATER, 1311 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:24,800 GOOD SHOES, AND A HAT, AND 1312 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:26,100 GO AND EXPLORE BECAUSE 1313 00:26:26,100 --> 00:26:27,100 THERE'S LOTS OF PRETTY 1314 00:26:27,100 --> 00:26:27,867 PLACES. 1315 00:26:28,333 --> 00:26:29,266 SERONKO: GREAT PLACE, FUN 1316 00:26:29,266 --> 00:26:30,100 PLACE. 1317 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:31,433 HANSEN: WE'VE RUN OUT OF 1318 00:26:31,433 --> 00:26:32,233 TIME. 1319 00:26:32,233 --> 00:26:33,000 I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH 1320 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:33,800 FOR JOINING US, TOM, PAUL 1321 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:34,734 APPRECIATE YOU BEING ON 1322 00:26:34,734 --> 00:26:35,533 THE SHOW TODAY. 1323 00:26:36,266 --> 00:26:37,100 SERONKO: OH IT WAS. 1324 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:38,433 HEMKER: YEAH IT WAS GREAT. 1325 00:26:38,900 --> 00:26:39,734 HANSEN: AND THANK YOU FOR 1326 00:26:39,734 --> 00:26:40,633 COMING, FOR JOINING US FOR 1327 00:26:40,633 --> 00:26:41,433 THE SHOW. 1328 00:26:41,433 --> 00:26:42,266 THERE'S A LOT MORE 1329 00:26:42,266 --> 00:26:43,066 INFORMATION ABOUT THE 1330 00:26:43,066 --> 00:26:43,900 DESERT HABITAT, CHECK OUT 1331 00:26:43,900 --> 00:26:44,633 THE DIALOGUE4KIDS WEBSITE 1332 00:26:44,633 --> 00:26:45,433 AT IDAHOPTV.ORG/DIALOGUE, 1333 00:26:45,433 --> 00:26:46,266 THE NUMBER 4, KIDS. 1334 00:26:46,266 --> 00:26:47,066 OUR NEXT DIALOGUE 4 KIDS 1335 00:26:47,066 --> 00:26:47,900 WILL BE ON APRIL 9TH AND 1336 00:26:47,900 --> 00:26:48,633 WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT 1337 00:26:48,633 --> 00:26:49,367 ROCKS AND MINERALS. 1338 00:26:49,367 --> 00:26:50,100 SO GO AHEAD AND EMAIL, 1339 00:26:50,100 --> 00:26:50,900 FAX, OR CALL IN YOUR 1340 00:26:50,900 --> 00:26:51,734 QUESTIONS, AND BE ENTERED 1341 00:26:51,734 --> 00:26:52,500 IN OUR CONTEST FOR A SET 1342 00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:53,266 OF SCIENCE BOOKS FOR YOUR 1343 00:26:53,266 --> 00:26:54,066 CLASSROOM, AND SPEAKING OF 1344 00:26:54,066 --> 00:26:55,000 THAT, OUR WINNER OF LAST 1345 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:56,166 MONTH'S BOOK CONTEST WAS, 1346 00:26:56,166 --> 00:26:57,000 TRINITY, IN MRS. MCCOY'S 1347 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:58,066 FOURTH GRADE CLASS AT 1348 00:26:58,066 --> 00:26:59,066 DONNELLY ELEMENTARY. 1349 00:26:59,066 --> 00:27:00,166 SO CONGRATULATIONS 1350 00:27:00,166 --> 00:27:01,166 TRINITY, AND WE'RE 1351 00:27:01,166 --> 00:27:02,867 STARTING TO GET READY FOR 1352 00:27:02,867 --> 00:27:03,867 NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, SO 1353 00:27:03,867 --> 00:27:04,867 TEACHERS GO AHEAD AND 1354 00:27:04,867 --> 00:27:05,734 PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL, I 1355 00:27:05,734 --> 00:27:07,266 NEED TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF 1356 00:27:07,266 --> 00:27:09,066 SHOWS YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE 1357 00:27:09,066 --> 00:27:10,100 NEXT YEAR. 1358 00:27:10,100 --> 00:27:11,000 SO GIVE US, YOU CAN EITHER 1359 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,533 FAX IT OR PHONE IT IN OR 1360 00:27:12,533 --> 00:27:13,800 BETTER YET, SEND ME AN 1361 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:15,066 EMAIL AT 1362 00:27:15,066 --> 00:27:18,533 DIALOGUE4KIDS@IDPTV.PBS.OR 1363 00:27:18,533 --> 00:27:20,533 G 1364 00:27:20,533 --> 00:27:22,333 00:27:23,166 V.PBS.ORG> . 1366 00:27:23,166 --> 00:27:24,166 SO JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR 1367 00:27:24,166 --> 00:27:25,066 OUR SHOW ON ROCKS AND 1368 00:27:25,066 --> 00:27:25,900 MINERALS, AND GIVE US YOUR 1369 00:27:25,900 --> 00:27:26,800 QUESTIONS AND ENTER OUR 1370 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:27,700 CONTEST, AND THANKS FOR 1371 00:27:27,700 --> 00:27:28,700 JOINING US TONIGHT. 1372 00:27:28,700 --> 00:27:29,500 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. 1373 00:27:30,800 --> 00:28:16,066 (MUSIC) 1374 00:28:16,967 --> 00:28:17,900 NARRATOR: PRESENTATION OF 1375 00:28:17,900 --> 00:28:19,266 DIALOGUE 4 KIDS ON IDAHO 1376 00:28:19,266 --> 00:28:20,533 PUBLIC TELEVISION IS MADE 1377 00:28:20,533 --> 00:28:21,734 POSSIBLE THROUGH THE 1378 00:28:21,734 --> 00:28:22,867 GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE 1379 00:28:22,867 --> 00:28:24,000 LAURA MOORE CUNNINGHAM 1380 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,367 FOUNDATION-COMMITTED TO 1381 00:28:25,367 --> 00:28:26,700 FULFILLING THE MOORE'S 1382 00:28:26,700 --> 00:28:27,900 FAMILY LEGACY OF HELPING 1383 00:28:27,900 --> 00:28:29,533 BUILD THE GREAT STATE OF 1384 00:28:29,533 --> 00:28:30,900 IDAHO. 1385 00:28:34,433 --> 00:28:35,700 TO PURCHASE A VIDEOTAPE OF 1386 00:28:35,700 --> 00:28:37,000 THIS PROGRAM, PLEASE 1387 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:38,066 CONTACT IDAHO PUBLIC 1388 00:28:38,066 --> 00:28:45,900 TELEVISION AT 1-800-543-6868