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PETER SAGAL, HOST:
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Panel, it is time for you to answer some questions about this week's news. Brian, in what may be a first, a researcher from Britain discovered a wild brown in Alaska doing what in the woods?
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BRIAN BABYLON: OK, not stealing picnic baskets, clearly.
SAGAL: No.
BABYLON: You have to give me the teeniest hint on this one.
SAGAL: Well even bears need a spa day every now and then.
BABYLON: He was taking a soak in one of those hot springs.
SAGAL: You're getting there, but that's not that unusual. Living in the woods is just hell on your pores, apparently.
BABYLON: Giving himself a facial.
SAGAL: He was giving itself a facial is what the bear was doing.
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SAGAL: The bear...
BABYLON: Exfoliating bears?
SAGAL: The bear, yes.
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SAGAL: I know, it's true. The bear had picked up this barnacle-covered rock and he was rubbing in its own face and rubbing off this dried skin. Scientists say this is the first time they've witnessed a bear using a tool for any purpose and it proves that bears are both more intelligent than previously suspected and also surprisingly vain.
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TOM BODETT: You should see them in their yoga class.
SAGAL: Oh, it's terrible.
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BABYLON: I guarantee you're going to see this, whatever this bear facial stuff at the Whole Foods for like $55.
SAGAL: You think so, yeah.
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BABYLON: And yeah, I guarantee you, you will see bear facial, organic bear facial.
SAGAL: Imagine...
BODETT: Barnacle bear rock.
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SAGAL: Let's all take a moment to spare some pity for the bears when they discover waxing. That's going to be...
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AMY DICKINSON: Because boy, after you come out of hibernation, you got all that undercoat.
SAGAL: Oh yeah.
DICKINSON: You got to get that out.
SAGAL: This explains why when you're taking a bear out on a date, it takes forever for it to get ready.
DICKINSON: Right.
BABYLON: Like how long?
SAGAL: How long is it going to be?
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SAGAL: All right.
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