Need help with a reality check

[silkworm]

I've become addicted to science podcasts recently and I was here at my computer minding my own business when this weird little story came up on this podcast for Quirks and Quarks. It has to do with a dog-like animal found in, I think, Vietnam, that excretes calcium carbonate and has a gland that secretes calcium hydroxide. This story is so bizarre I don't know if it's an April Fools joke or what.

 

I'd give you a summary but I don't know if it will ruin it for you or really if it matters because I have no idea whether this is for real or not. Please listen and tell me what you think.

 

Here is the link to the podcast in segmenthttp://www.cbc.ca/quirks/quirks.xml where you find these instructions

If you're seeing this' date=' you've clicked on the link

for CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks RSS feed and Podcast.

This file is not meant to be read by a web

browser directly. Instead you're meant to copy

the URL for the file, which is:

 

http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/quirks.xml

 

and paste it into your RSS reader or podcast program.

 

If you need to know more about how to do this,

please go to the following web pages to learn

about CBC Radio's RSS and Podcasting services.

 

http://www.cbc.ca/rss/

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This is the segment you want, but I have no idea which is the RSS link:

 

<title>05-Carbon Absorbing Mammal</title>

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<link>

http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/05-06/apr01.html#5

</link>

<pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2006 12:07:00 EST</pubDate>

<enclosure url="http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/media/2005-2006/mp3/qq-2006-04-01e.mp3" length="3178624" type="audio/mpeg"/>

<itunes:duration>00:06:37</itunes:duration>

</item>

</channel>

</rss>