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Here’s what you may have missed on the ROCK 108 Morning Show:
BRIAN’S BRAIN BUSTER – There are more of these in American’s backyards than in the wild. What are they?
P1 Nation Guesses:
Steve in Maine – “Blades of grass.”
Ruth on Facebook – “Rabbits.”
Jason on Facebook – “Flamingos.”
Matthew & Randy on Facebook + Brian from Hopkinton via text – “Tigers”
ACTUAL ANSWER: Tigers
(According to WorldWildlife.org, there are 3,900 tigers in the wild and 5,000 as exotic pets.)
Jason’s guess pushed me down a rabbit hole. I wanted to know if you can even have a flamingo as a pet. The short answer is “NO.”
You have to have permission and a special license to have a flamingo. They are also expensive to procure. I will stick to the plastic kind…
SPORTS – Tiger Woods says he plans to play in this week’s Masters. He will play 9 holes today to make sure he feels okay ahead of the opening round on Thursday.
A group of scientists in partnership with NASA plans to beam a radio message into outer space. The “Beacon In The Galaxy” is meant to be a basic introduction to math, chemistry and biology. It also shows figures of a man and woman fully naked with their hands raised in a wave. So we are pre-emptive in a response that says, “Send nudes.”