Scrub Jayke (s1e10extra)

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Hey, to over here with a quick clippings, extra.

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This didn't really fit in the last episode, but I'm such a

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sucker for stuff like this.

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So I'm really excited to share it with you.

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So when I was recording with Jake DNE, they were telling me about this

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scrub Jay, which is a bird that's related to blue Jays and crows.

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Apparently they're very smart.

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And Jake had been feeding it peanuts to get it kind of more used to them.

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Uh, it showed up right at the end of when we were record.

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It was really loud.

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You'll hear it.

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Um, and so he decided to see if we could coax it to snatch a peanut

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from our hands while we recorded it.

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Okay.

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So what's going on now?

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What do we hear?

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Okay, so you were just about to leave and our scrub Jay friend showed

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up and he, or she haven't figured out how to sex them quite yet.

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Uh, is squawking its face off saying, I want peanuts.

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I want peanuts, even though it's not eating them right now, all the

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are takes these peanuts and then goes and hides them somewhere else.

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Uh, they can cash 'em and remember up to something like 200 locations

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of where they cash these peanuts.

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So, uh, They, they seem on impatient.

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So let's see if we can, we're gonna try and get one here.

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It coming landing in Jake's hand.

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Yeah, you're right.

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Come on microphone.

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Look a little weird.

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Ooh, just up the ante with an additional peanut two.

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And I keep interpreting this squawk is like, oh, I'm kind of annoyed.

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Yeah.

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Maybe I'll move the microphone back a little bit.

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Let's just like here.

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Okay.

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Did it even get one and knocked one?

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It did.

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It got one.

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Let's try it again.

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yeah.

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You let's see if it'll oh, it's gonna go cash first.

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It's gotta go hide at first.

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So watch, this is fun too.

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Looking for the perfect spot.

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Yep.

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For the rat.

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I'm sure the rat will find it though.

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That's why you gotta hide a lot of em.

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Yeah.

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And then I love this.

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He covers it up.

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Yeah.

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Picks up the leaves.

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So he sticks the peanut into the, under some leaves and then

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he carries the leaves on top of.

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okay.

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He's a very tidy little bird and then he kinda walks away Uhhuh.

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like, you didn't see anything.

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Exactly.

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I've got another one.

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Here you go.

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Come get it

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right here.

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It's so cool.

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It's fun.

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Cuz he just like, he comes right at you.

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Yes.

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And you're like, is he gonna stop raising you?

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How to go for my eyes?

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crazy.

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Amounts of control.

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Yeah.

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And then he just bounces so delicately right off your hand.

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Yeah.

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He don't even feel his beak.

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Yeah.

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He just gets the nut.

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Yeah.

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Such good aim.

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That's and I think that's why they like the UNS shelled peanuts, because

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they can get grip around them.

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Oh yeah.

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Yeah.

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If you gave it just.

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right.

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He choking hazard ready for more?

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I mean, he'll do this all day.

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I'm sure.

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Probably literal.

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It's a pretty little thing too.

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Yeah.

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Like the little right little dip.

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You got a dinosaur Bob to him.

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Mm-hmm philosopher after type situation and it's cute

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cuz it is getting used to us.

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So like it won't, I mean, it's not gonna hop on my finger, but

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it's also like, well, what do you have something for me or not?

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. Yeah.

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And I've tried to just feed it directly I'm trying to figure out what can,

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what helps to get it like used to my presence and feeling comfortable.

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So it doesn't need to run away immediately.

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But I think the caching instinct, as soon as it's got the peanut.

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Yeah, it's outta here.

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Well, it can't.

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Yeah.

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It's like, it's gotta do something with it.

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It can't put it in his pocket.

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. Topher: If you wanna see a video in

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a peanut from Jake's outstretched Palm, it's gonna be on our Instagram.

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That's at fresh clippings.

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Thanks for joining us for this clippings extra.