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The other "Golden Rule" - David L. Hu

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A cat’s bladder can only store a golf ball’s worth of urine. For humans, it’s a coffee mug and for elephants, a kitchen trash can. An elephant’s bladder is 400 times the size of a cat’s, but it doesn’t take an elephant 400 times longer to pee. So, how does this work? David L. Hu digs into what scientists call the “Other Golden Rule.”

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Meet The Creators

Educator
David L. Hu
Director
Anton Bogaty
Narrator
Jack Cutmore-Scott
Sound Designer
Weston Fonger
Special Thanks
Marc Smith, Patricia Yang
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Director
Alex Rosenthal
Producer
Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Editorial Producer
Cella Wright
Script Editor
Emma Bryce
Fact-Checker
Eden Girma

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