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May 2024
20m 36s

Kid News This Week: Asian primate self -...

LEELA SIVASANKAR PRICKITT, LYNDEE PRICKITT
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On kid news this week...An orangutang in Indonesia is found doing something fascinating with a leaf after he get a wound on his face we're talking break-through self-medication! Remember our story on whale-talk? Well, we have an update on efforts to decipher the code. Plus, an update on the man who got a pig kidney transplant. Also, way down under they're blasting rockets to the sky-find out where and why. And heard the one about the Great Dutch racoon escape? Well, you will if you stay tuned till the end!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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