Hour 1: Rhonda Cooks (feat. Ron Magill)

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz Episode: Hour 1: Rhonda Cooks (feat. Ron Magill)
Release Date: August 12, 2025

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1. Introduction and Opening Banter (00:30 - 03:30)

The episode kicks off with the hosts—Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, Billy Gil, Jon Weiner, Chris Cody, Jeremy Tache, and Mike Ryan—engaging in their signature light-hearted banter. The conversation quickly shifts to nostalgic topics like arcade games.

Notable Quote:

• Dan LeBatard (00:02:30): “I used to think there was like this crazy special skill to pinball... Was I going to embarrass myself?”

2. Discussion on Arcade Games and Pinball (03:30 - 05:00)

The hosts reminisce about classic arcade games such as Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, and Donkey Kong. They debate which games are the ultimate "dad arcade games" and share personal anecdotes about their experiences in arcades.

Notable Quotes:

• Billy Gil (03:34): “I think the ultimate dad arcade game is Pac Man.”
• Jon Weiner (04:12): “I don’t think Donkey Kong is on Nintendo 64. Like, you guys...”

3. Shohei Ohtani Lawsuit and Controversy (06:05 - 09:21)

A significant portion of the episode focuses on the recent lawsuit involving MLB star Shohei Ohtani. The hosts discuss allegations that Ohtani and his agent sabotaged a $240 million real estate deal in Hawaii. They speculate on Ohtani's character and the implications of the lawsuit on his career.

Notable Quotes:

• Mike Ryan (06:05): “Dude. Yeah, that's the question. Where there's smoke, there's fire.”
• Dan LeBatard (07:48): “Shohei and his agent exploited their celebrity leverage to destabilize...”

4. Lottery Strategies and Anecdotes (10:02 - 19:00)

The conversation shifts to lottery playing, with the hosts sharing their thoughts and experiences. They discuss unconventional strategies to increase the chances of winning, such as purchasing tickets in different states or keeping tickets unchecked in the car.

Notable Quotes:

• Billy Gil (15:56): “We all just stared at it.”
• Dan LeBatard (16:55): “If you keep the unchecked ticket in your car the entire time...”

5. UberEats Mishaps and Customer Service (19:21 - 25:13)

Billy Gil shares a personal story about a problematic UberEats order where a quesadilla was missing. The hosts discuss the challenges of navigating UberEats' customer service and share tips for resolving such issues.

Notable Quotes:

• Billy Gil (19:21): “I ordered cooler than Dad. I ordered Ubereats last night from Chipotle...”
• Jon Weiner (22:31): “I get the credits, they give me back $2. Oh, my God. No way.”

6. Animal Encounters and Safety Tips (25:14 - 41:13)

With guest Ron Magill joining the conversation, the hosts delve into animal-related topics. They discuss the importance of not feeding wild animals like raccoons and opossums, distinguishing between alligators and crocodiles, and share safety tips for encountering these animals in Florida.

Notable Quotes:

• Chris Cody (29:03): “I treat it, and I try to kill the dog.”
• Jeremy Tache (38:17): “He's been doing this for over a year now...”

7. Wildlife Behavior and Misconceptions (41:14 - 42:34)

The hosts continue their discussion with Ron Magill, exploring behaviors of various animals. They debunk myths about rabies in opossums and emphasize the dangers of feeding raccoons, which can lead to disease transmission and aggressive behavior.

Notable Quotes:

• Chris Cody (40:30): “They can be out of their minds. People look at raccoons that have a cute face, but they can turn into the little devils.”
• Jeremy Tache (40:50): “At my old home in my neighborhood, I was walking my dog, and to my left, there was a raccoon...”

8. Closing Remarks and Future Topics (42:01 - End)

As the episode wraps up, the hosts reflect on the day’s discussions and tease future topics. They joke about upcoming animal additions to the zoo and share light-hearted moments, maintaining the show's engaging and humorous tone.

Notable Quotes:

• Chris Cody (42:27): “Florida crocs learn something new every day on this wonderful podcast.”
• Dan LeBatard (42:30): “Once again, I forgot. It’s my bad.”

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Key Takeaways:

• Arcade Nostalgia: The hosts fondly remember classic arcade games, highlighting the enduring appeal of titles like Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga.
• Shohei Ohtani Controversy: A detailed discussion on the lawsuit against Shohei Ohtani raises questions about his off-field behavior and its impact on his reputation.
• Lottery Insights: Practical and humorous strategies for playing the lottery are explored, emphasizing both hope and skepticism.
• Customer Service Challenges: Real-life experiences with UberEats underscore the frustrations of missing items and inadequate customer support.
• Wildlife Safety: Educational segments with Ron Magill provide valuable information on distinguishing between dangerous animals and promoting safe interactions with wildlife.

This episode of "The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz" offers a blend of humor, personal anecdotes, and insightful discussions, making it both entertaining and informative for listeners.

Transcript

[Dan LeBatard]

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[Jon Weiner]

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[Dan LeBatard]

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[Chris Cody]

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[Billy Gil]

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[Mike Ryan]

The Dan Levator show with the Stugats podcast.

[Billy Gil]

We got a boldest take of the day, right, Chris, Cody, what do we got here, man?

[Jon Weiner]

Oh, I love the boldest take. The audience, Dan likes to criticize it, but I think they brought it strong all year. It's the boldest. It's the Boost Mobile boldest take presented by Boost Mobile, the newest 5G network in the country.

[Billy Gil]

Hey, this is Jake calling for my cell phone.

[Dan LeBatard]

And my hot take is if you've.

[Billy Gil]

Played pinball on one machine, you've played pinball on every machine. Thanks.

[Chris Cody]

It's a little dude on a mobile. My hot take is that the NFL.

[Billy Gil]

Should move the PAT back to the three yard line and require the player scoring the touchdown to make the attempt. I'll hang up and listen. Hey everybody, this is Joe on one of those army field phones.

[Chris Cody]

I just wanted to say I wish bakeries sold bread by the slice.

[Billy Gil]

Like, I just want a couple sandwiches right now.

[Chris Cody]

I don't need nor want a full loaf. Thank you. Hey, Jack, calling on the rotary nooks and crannies. I've heard of a nook, but does anybody ever have a cranny?

[Dan LeBatard]

I'll hang up and listen.

[Chris Cody]

Hey, guys, Travis from Fort Myers calling from a rotary phone. First time good time. I've got a strictly South Florida take for you. Tyreek Hill is the Jimmy Butler of the NFL.

[Billy Gil]

I'll hang up and listen.

[Chris Cody]

Hi, this is Zach on a telegraph machine and I got a Levos mind bender for you. Would you rather embark on the Oregon Trail or travel across the Atlantic on the Mayflowers? Thanks. Hey, the whales. Say the teachers.

[Billy Gil]

At what age do you start to enjoy playing pinball? Because I remember when I would go to the arcade like my father would go right to the pit. That's a dad's game, Pinball. I want to play the video games. But then you get to a certain age who says, you know what, pinball's pretty fun.

[Dan LeBatard]

I used to think there was like this crazy special skill to pinball, and I'm just like, man, if I start working this machine, am I going to embarrass myself. And every time, like, the ball went or I lost a turn or whatever, I'd kind of look around and be like, anybody notice that? Because that was embarrassing.

[Jeremy Tache]

There are people that are much better at it, of course. You know it's got to be a skill, but there are times where it just goes right down the middle. And you're like, what am I supposed to do about this? Okay. It doesn't. The laws of physics do not apply.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's when I need somebody else there to confirm that they thought. Did you see that? I couldn't do anything about that. Don't call me a loser.

[Jon Weiner]

I don't think I've played a pinball machine since I was, like, eight.

[Billy Gil]

Really? For me, what's the ultimate dad arcade game? Pac Man.

[Dan LeBatard]

Ms. Pac.

[Billy Gil]

Ms. Pac Man.

[Jeremy Tache]

Pac man, yeah.

[Jon Weiner]

For me, it's Papa Shot.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah.

[Jeremy Tache]

Golden Tees up there.

[Dan LeBatard]

Golden T. Love it on Ms. Pac Man. Every time you go up a level and you get that little thing that they do, the little song and dance, you got to wait. You got to kind of lean to the side and play it really cool. Be like, you see this? You guys see this? I just made the next level.

[Billy Gil]

I think I got you guys beat. I. I think the ultimate dad arcade.

[Dan LeBatard]

Game is Galaga, Granddad.

[Jon Weiner]

It makes sense, because my dad has a Ms. Pac man half and then Galaga machine. That's the machine my dad has.

[Billy Gil]

Those are the two games.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, right.

[Billy Gil]

Maybe Skee Ball.

[Dan LeBatard]

Which one's Galaga? Is that the one where you shoot the little spaceships as they come closer?

[Billy Gil]

Yeah, but when you get double Galaga, you are unstoppable. You want to get captured. That's. That's a veteran motive. Yeah. You know, if you're playing Gallagher for the first time and your. Your son is next, you. You show him. Watch this. And then he's like, whoa. Why are you letting their. Their laser beam come and suck you up? No, no, no, son. This is the move. I'm getting captured on purpose, right? And now I'm going to get the double shooter.

[Jon Weiner]

Yeah, but then you're more vulnerable because you're wider, so it's easier.

[Billy Gil]

But once you get the double shooter. No, I mean, you're unstoppable for a good 15 seconds.

[Jon Weiner]

I have Gallagher. I know this game.

[Billy Gil]

It's. The only way to win is to have the double shooter.

[Dan LeBatard]

What about that Centipede game? Is. It's fairly similar, but does it. Is it better than. You don't know which one? What about Dig Dug.

[Billy Gil]

Oh, dig Dug. Classic.

[Dan LeBatard]

That might be a little older though. And I don't think it's arcade. I think that's more Nintendo or at home, maybe even Atari.

[Billy Gil]

How is Donkey Kong not in this discussion? Yup.

[Jon Weiner]

Is different. That's like we're talking arcades.

[Billy Gil]

No, Donkey Kong was absolutely in the arcade.

[Jon Weiner]

Donkey Kong is N64. Like maybe you guys.

[Chris Cody]

What?

[Dan LeBatard]

Con 64?

[Jon Weiner]

Yeah, like that's where icon64 is.

[Dan LeBatard]

Another ad.

[Billy Gil]

Right.

[Dan LeBatard]

Soon as you start putting numbers on the station on the things you're playing on next.

[Jon Weiner]

I don't think I've ever played Donkey Kong at an arcade. I'm not saying conversation.

[Mike Ryan]

Donkey Kong introduced the world to Super Mario.

[Jeremy Tache]

That's right.

[Billy Gil]

Like I. I know, Jeremy, you're saying that this is like a very old person conversation. Arcades. But I'm going to sound really old when I say this too. This generation. You have no idea how great going to the arcade was. It was the greatest act. Collected tickets you could do on the weekend with your friends is go to the arcade.

[Jon Weiner]

I went to the arcade.

[Billy Gil]

I understand how great it is.

[Jon Weiner]

They're still saying, like, I, like, still exist. It's a Saturday night, like dinner and then an arcade with my kid. Like that's like a thing.

[Mike Ryan]

Galaga is really. What he's saying is like the Facebook of the conversation.

[Jon Weiner]

No, the Donkey Kong not being on 64. Like saying that 64. Nintendo 64 is too old.

[Dan LeBatard]

Too young for you. Atari, Nintendo, Sega, Genesis, PlayStation.

[Billy Gil]

Texas Instruments.

[Dan LeBatard]

You're done.

[Billy Gil]

You had that Texas instrument.

[Dan LeBatard]

I had a calculator. That was Texas Instruments.

[Billy Gil]

I had that Texas Instrument graphing calculator. So, Billy, what is going on with Shohei Ohtani?

[Mike Ryan]

Dude. Yeah, that's the question. Where there's smoke, there's fire.

[Billy Gil]

I'm getting the impression. I'm getting the impression. I want you to explain this to me. But I'm getting the impression Shohei Ohtani might be a troublemaker.

[Jon Weiner]

Either that or he has a terrible vetting system. Can we at least agree on that?

[Billy Gil]

No.

[Jon Weiner]

At the very least, he just kind of. Oh, you got a business idea. I like it. I'm in.

[Mike Ryan]

So Shohei is now being sued. Shohei and a, you know, partner of his is being sued for, quote, unquote, sabotaging a real estate deal in Hawaii. And they're being sued for $250 million or I think it was a 250 million dollar sabotage that they accused him of. We're a year removed from the ebay situation where it was not show Fault. It was ebay.

[Billy Gil]

That's the partner's name. Fall guy.

[Jon Weiner]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Now we have another situation here with Shohei. And I'm starting to kind of wonder what's going on with this show. You know what I don't understand? $700 million seems like enough money to not be involved in these shenanigans.

[Billy Gil]

Well, but he doesn't have the 700. Remember base salary, it's like a million.

[Mike Ryan]

Dollars, but it's not. It's like a million dollars from the Dodgers. And then like he's struggling right now, Billy. It's like $60 million in like endorsement deals that he's making. So he's still making a ton of money. Why is he doing this stuff?

[Billy Gil]

So he's being accused of sabotage. But why would he sabotage. Why would he want to sabotage a deal that he willingly entered into?

[Mike Ryan]

Because he's Shohei Ohtani. He's a bad boy. He's an international bad boy that just likes go around doing bad boy things.

[Billy Gil]

He's a fall guy, but he's not.

[Jeremy Tache]

Gonna light his own money on fire. What's the allegation of what he did end up?

[Dan LeBatard]

The allegation is that Shohei and his agent got two real estate investors fired from a $240 million luxury housing development in Hawaii and their coveted Hapuna coast that they brought him in to endorse. According to the lawsuit filed in Hawaii Circuit Court on Friday, Ohtani's agent increasingly demanded concessions from developer and they're both their names before demanding that their business partner drop them from the deal.

[Jon Weiner]

It says that the lawsuit alleges Ohtani and his agent, quote, exploited their celebrity.

[Billy Gil]

Leverage to destabilize and ultimately dismantle the.

[Jon Weiner]

Plaintiff'S role in the project for no reason other than their own financial self interest.

[Dan LeBatard]

That seems like a dick move.

[Jeremy Tache]

I would say it seems very one sided as a lawsuit would be being filed by somebody else. It's just odd that Shohei Ohtani is in the news cycle the second he becomes a Dodger. Because it was so quiet around this guy. He's been in the majors for a very long time and it's been like a weird like 16 months for Shohei Ohtani.

[Billy Gil]

Like, are we gonna learn? He's. He's like a kingpin.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, it also sounds like if you look at the suit there, it's his agent that they're really. You think Ohtani is sitting there saying, no, no, no. If we're gonna do this real estate deal, we need this and this.

[Chris Cody]

Here we go.

[Billy Gil]

Again, it's very convenient for Ohtani, though.

[Mike Ryan]

It's never him. It's always everyone around.

[Jeremy Tache]

It does seem like he's a mark and he's being taken. People around him, you're the mark.

[Mike Ryan]

If you believe that he's the one. You're telling you guys, oh, it's not me. Everyone's just poor old me sh Ohtani. Everyone's taking advantage of me. Watch me pitch two innings, watch me hit home runs, watch me not steal bases this season.

[Jon Weiner]

I feel like all these things happening to Shohei or what have. What would happen to me if I had $700 million again, like, only one base salary, like, gambling scandal. Like, just like this is, like, what would happen to me?

[Mike Ryan]

What would happen to you? Like, so the Powerball last night was.

[Jon Weiner]

Like, you got an idea?

[Mike Ryan]

I'm in $500 million. What would you have done?

[Jon Weiner]

I'm listening.

[Mike Ryan]

Won the $500 million. Gambled it because it seems like dress gambling.

[Jon Weiner]

I would have stressed getting it. Like, do I got to go to Tallahassee? Who am I going to tell? I would just start.

[Billy Gil]

Do you take a lump sum or you take it over? Oh, you got to go lump sum. You have to. Well, why is this even a discussion?

[Jon Weiner]

But I do, like, kind of the idea of the Bobby Bonilla type. Every year I get X, like, $17 million. That's a nice little yearly contract.

[Dan LeBatard]

I've got Shohei Otani, like, signing this contract for whatever it was, billion dollars and then moving to Los Angeles and having all these new friends and him being like, man, this country is awesome. Everybody's so nice here. As soon as I move to Los Angeles, everybody wants to be my friend.

[Billy Gil]

Stugarts, you win the $500 million Powerball. You making this drive? No.

[Jon Weiner]

If I don't do the lump sum and something like, does my family get it if something happens to me forever? Because I might not do the lump sum. If it's just something I can guarantee my family will get $27 million.

[Billy Gil]

Good question.

[Jon Weiner]

For the next.

[Dan LeBatard]

I think it's until you die, I.

[Mike Ryan]

Think you have one person that you can, like, bequeath it to.

[Billy Gil]

You know what?

[Mike Ryan]

Like, we.

[Jon Weiner]

Then I might not do it.

[Chris Cody]

Actually.

[Jon Weiner]

I might go the. So, like, you take the lumps, the slow burn.

[Jeremy Tache]

It also depends on how you go. Oh, keep in mind, like, if you're doing something that is expressly against your contract.

[Jon Weiner]

Yeah, I don't do anything like, well.

[Mike Ryan]

No, no bungee jumping for me. You're not going to have a contract with the state Lottery. Like if you. If.

[Chris Cody]

No, no, no.

[Jeremy Tache]

I mean, you're right. I'm sorry. I thought I was doing the Ohtani thing.

[Billy Gil]

My bad. Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Like, I think if you win, I think that I read one time, if you win like $10,000, like the, you know, lottery for life or whatever, one of those where it's like 10,000 doll, rest of your life. I think that it's like the rest of your life or 30 years or something. And if you die before 30 years, someone else will get it for the 30 years. But if you live longer than the.

[Billy Gil]

30, you have to assign someone, keep getting it.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, yeah, right.

[Billy Gil]

Like a family.

[Mike Ryan]

Who will I assign a young person that you think will live?

[Jon Weiner]

Jeremy. You got it.

[Mike Ryan]

You would give it to Jeremy?

[Billy Gil]

Really?

[Mike Ryan]

Who do you would waste the money worse, Jeremy or Chris?

[Jon Weiner]

I think we know that question.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, I mean, but Jeremy would waste it on charity. You would waste it on fun stuff.

[Jon Weiner]

That's right. That's right. I would waste so much fun.

[Dan LeBatard]

Does anybody else that always keep an unchecked lottery ticket in their car just to have the hope of, hey, I might be riding on a million bucks right now. Don't know it. Probably not. But if I check it, it's going to be amazing.

[Jeremy Tache]

So apparently you can be incarcerated and depending on the state, most states allow for the lottery payments to continue to an incarcerated.

[Jon Weiner]

You know, Florida allows it. We're not one of the ones that's like, nope, too much.

[Billy Gil]

But you're in prison.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah. What are you gonna do with all that?

[Billy Gil]

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[Jon Weiner]

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[Dan LeBatard]

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[Billy Gil]

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[Dan LeBatard]

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[Jon Weiner]

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[Billy Gil]

Warning.

[Jon Weiner]

This product contains nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive chemical.

[Mike Ryan]

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[Chris Cody]

Howdy folks, it's Mike Ryan.

[Jeremy Tache]

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[Billy Gil]

Don LeBatard can I tell you something I don't know? Maybe like a month ago and I decided to watch Pitch Clock and I told Jeremy Stugats this is a good show you're doing. This is the Don Levatar show with the Stugach. Does everyone here play lottery every now and then? No.

[Jon Weiner]

It's got to be like 500.

[Billy Gil]

I play it all the time. I never play. I love a good scratch. I don't believe in it. It's never going to win.

[Jon Weiner]

I have to, like, see it in the news of how big it is now.

[Dan LeBatard]

I, I, man, my dad has influenced me in the weirdest ways. Whenever I drive long distances. You have major daddy issues. I think probably St. Gats. I think you would follow me on this. Whenever I see some hole in the wall gas station in some town called Odala Banks, you feel like that's where.

[Billy Gil]

The winning tickets are. That's where the winning tickets are.

[Chris Cody]

Absolutely. I love.

[Dan LeBatard]

I like that a lot.

[Billy Gil]

You got to search around in. Listen, they're not in parkland. I could tell you that. You get to pick your numbers.

[Mike Ryan]

No, no, it's not how. This guy doesn't get it. He doesn't play. He doesn't know what he's talking.

[Jeremy Tache]

Been a few in that Los Angeles area recently. But I like driving through a town and thinking like, this sounds like a lottery winner town.

[Mike Ryan]

That's the dream. That's the dream is you go and you buy a ticket abroad somewhere, like in a different state or whatever, and that's where you win. And then, like, no one down here in South Florida is like, oh, someone won in South Carolina. It's like, well, I don't know anyone in South Carolina. And boom, it was.

[Billy Gil]

That's why I don't play. I don't know anyone that's ever wondered.

[Mike Ryan]

When you're driving through South Carolina, you buy the ticket there, right? You go, you claim it there. No one here in South Florida knows you, Assumes you bought a ticket in South Carolina. It's the perfect crime. No one's going to know that you won.

[Dan LeBatard]

And if you keep the unchecked ticket in your car the entire time, right? And then you hear on the news, oh, there's an unacclaimed $10 million prize in South Carolina. You're like, that could be me. And then you check your ticket and you're a millionaire.

[Billy Gil]

But then do you have to go back to the state?

[Dan LeBatard]

Is that like, a hassle for the $10 million? Do you not want to do that? You can leave it.

[Billy Gil]

I go back to South Carolina for.

[Jeremy Tache]

10 mil, you know, gotta go back to Columbia, South Carolina.

[Billy Gil]

Something going on.

[Jeremy Tache]

$500 million.

[Dan LeBatard]

I'll never sell it in Columbia.

[Mike Ryan]

What if you win the lotto, Izzy, and you have, like, a million Dollar ticket. Not like the main prize, but you win, like, one of those, like, oh, you got all the numbers, but the Powerball, you have, like, a million dollar ticket that you just haven't checked and eventually you tossed it out or, like, expired after 90 days or whatever.

[Dan LeBatard]

Like, how would you know? You never toss it out. I have this dream, right?

[Mike Ryan]

They expire, do they?

[Jon Weiner]

Yeah, I think so.

[Mike Ryan]

You only have a certain amount of time to claim it, of course.

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay, well, I got to check that date. So I will put expiration dates, I'll put alerts on my calendar. But I have a dream. Do you know the little. The little checked things, right, where you can just do the little barcode and it tells you what you won? Well, I don't think those things are set up to say you've just won $1 million. I think it'll say, see cashier. And so every time that I get one, and it's just, like, kind of messed up, and it says, see cashier. I'm just like, is this the one? Is this the one? And it's just like, no, there's nothing there.

[Jeremy Tache]

Powerball and Mega Millions usually give you 180 days to a year, depending on the state that you're in. Most state lotteries give you between 90 days and one year.

[Billy Gil]

Hold on a second. How could they give you up to a year if sometimes you have to split it with other people?

[Jeremy Tache]

I don't know how.

[Jon Weiner]

That's your business.

[Jeremy Tache]

Hang on.

[Billy Gil]

Because you have to split the total, but the lottery knows how many winners there are, and they know how they have to split it up. Oh, okay.

[Jon Weiner]

The person who won doesn't bring the.

[Billy Gil]

Ticket back, just doesn't get their money. So. So they still have to split it per how many winners there are. It's just a matter of whether you're in a.

[Dan LeBatard]

Which is a scam. If you did win the lottery and have to share it, check in a year later. Hey, did those other folks claim their prize? Because if not, it's got to come to me.

[Billy Gil]

What are you doing with the rest of that loot? Can't just go to waste. I love Izzy, always thinking he has a chance.

[Dan LeBatard]

I mean, that's what life is, right? You always want to have hope. Just keep it in your car. Don't check it.

[Jon Weiner]

I know it's like state run, but, like, somebody in the lotto that's, like, got the. Like, they play the lotto, right? Just if they win it, then they don't have to give any money out.

[Mike Ryan]

What?

[Chris Cody]

I don't know.

[Jon Weiner]

Follow me here.

[Chris Cody]

I don't know if they're gonna work for the lottery.

[Billy Gil]

You could play the lottery.

[Jon Weiner]

If I was like, let's say I'm the house. And it's like, okay, if you win.

[Billy Gil]

The lottery, I think they made a movie about it.

[Dan LeBatard]

I think this is why you haven't met any lottery winners, because it's only the people who work in lottery, and they don't actually share the money with anybody else.

[Jon Weiner]

I'm just Monty Lotto.

[Billy Gil]

So yesterday. This is a true story.

[Jeremy Tache]

All right.

[Billy Gil]

I'm surprised it's taking me this long to bring it up. I ordered Uber Eats yesterday, and I got a little bit of a problem.

[Dan LeBatard]

Tie for yourself or for the family were you doing?

[Billy Gil]

Just for myself. It was one of those nights. Well, I don't know if you heard about my son. He dipped last night. He went on his own and went to the Taco Bell drive thru. All right, what did you get upon running away? Thai food. Now, I don't order Thai food through Ubereats. Okay, you order strangers. All right, but I ordered Ubereats last night. Chipotle. All right. Order Chipotle.

[Jeremy Tache]

Was this because your son went to a Taco Bell and you're like, I want a more upscale concept one up them.

[Jon Weiner]

No, this was before you get that Adobe ranch.

[Billy Gil]

This was earlier in the night.

[Mike Ryan]

Do you consider that running away from home? Like, if you relive this story in five years, you say that time you ran away from home?

[Billy Gil]

No, he went to his friend's house to play poker. Like, he didn't run away. Poker. Wow. Who is this gambling, too?

[Dan LeBatard]

Geez Louise, this kid seems awesome.

[Billy Gil]

Anyway, so I ordered cooler than Dad. I ordered Ubereats last night from Chipotle. Got myself, like, the crux of my order. I got a quesadilla. All right? And in the. The way that they deliver the quesadilla to you, it's like a. It's what's not a tray, but the.

[Jon Weiner]

Thing with, like, the three things in it.

[Billy Gil]

Yes.

[Jeremy Tache]

You ordered this for you and not for a six?

[Billy Gil]

What are you, eight? Okay, anyway, not the point. It's steak and chicken. That's a good meal. What's the matter with you? Go bowl or burrito.

[Jon Weiner]

It comes with that honey vinaigrette.

[Billy Gil]

Okay, can you just listen the story? My God. So it's in the. The. The packaging, whatever, you know, and Jeremy's right where it. It's got the quesadilla, and then there's like, these three slots for sides if you. Oh, I love that part. Yeah. Rice.

[Jon Weiner]

I go queso. And that third one's a wild card. Sometimes I go pico, sometimes it goes sour cream.

[Billy Gil]

We had rice, and I had cheese, and I had sour cream. Those were the three sides. Okay, that's fire, right? Except. But the order comes, I open up the package. There's no quesadilla.

[Jon Weiner]

Oh, my God.

[Chris Cody]

What?

[Mike Ryan]

Terrible.

[Billy Gil]

The sour cream is there.

[Jon Weiner]

Oh, that's bad.

[Billy Gil]

The rice is there. The cheat. The sides are there, Right? There's no quesadilla. It's not there. Right.

[Mike Ryan]

How long was it at your door?

[Dan LeBatard]

You on Atkins?

[Billy Gil]

Got it immediately. I don't.

[Mike Ryan]

Maybe your kid went and your dinner.

[Billy Gil]

And then put it back.

[Mike Ryan]

Kids running rampant in your house. Who knows?

[Billy Gil]

No quesadilla.

[Dan LeBatard]

So what'd you do?

[Billy Gil]

Well, here's the problem. There's no, like, phone number you call for UberEats. You go on the app, and it's like they got all these questions, you know, it's like, what's the problem with your order? And then they have, like, a list of things. And, okay, so obviously, I click on, you know, missing items, and again, there's no one you could speak to. And so they pro click on missing items. Quesadilla, nowhere to be found. And, like, I didn't order sour cream for dinner and eventually get a message back not even long later. It only took, like, 20 minutes. Get a mess. Sorry for this inconvenience. My food's cold already.

[Jon Weiner]

I mean, they gave me.

[Billy Gil]

Well, I don't know if the food's cold. That's the point, Stu. God.

[Jon Weiner]

So this has happened a lot to me, and my wife's great at this. She gets something in that app, and all of a sudden, we get, like, 28 bucks back.

[Billy Gil]

So I get the credits, they give me back $2. Oh, my God. No way.

[Jeremy Tache]

Been there. How often have you complained about Uber Eats? Because that also plays into their.

[Billy Gil]

I have complained, but it's been a long time.

[Jeremy Tache]

Sometimes that plays into their algo.

[Billy Gil]

Like, that's why it's a dangerous game.

[Jeremy Tache]

Is this an account that cries wolf? Potentially. That is bs, though, sometimes.

[Billy Gil]

And I can't call anyone.

[Jeremy Tache]

One of the worst things that they do is, okay, we'll give you a refund for the missing quesadilla, but we're still going to charge you for the sour cream. As if I just want to eat the sour cream still. I need the quesadilla to justify the sour cream purchase.

[Jon Weiner]

It doesn't help. Like, you get that credit back. I mean, $2 stink.

[Billy Gil]

But even if you get.

[Jon Weiner]

If you get $20 back, you're like, I'm still not happy.

[Mike Ryan]

Wait, they refunded you plus $2?

[Billy Gil]

They gave me back $2. Just $2?

[Mike Ryan]

How much did it cost?

[Billy Gil]

Was probably like 16.

[Mike Ryan]

So did you say, hey, we're short here?

[Billy Gil]

That's the point. There's no. There's nowhere to call.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, hit them up, whoever you'd spoke to before.

[Billy Gil]

No, that's the end of it. There's nothing else.

[Dan LeBatard]

There is no call.

[Jon Weiner]

Expensive.

[Dan LeBatard]

Hit me up. I got a number for you. Uber. One little trick you don't know about. You actually speak to human beings and they do everything for you. But here's the worst possible situation. You got Uber Eats delivery. I did UberEats pickup. Okay? And I go there, and while I was driving home.

[Mike Ryan]

You just want to pay idiot fees.

[Billy Gil]

Is what you're doing.

[Mike Ryan]

Just call the restaurant.

[Chris Cody]

I've done it before.

[Jon Weiner]

That's a good idea.

[Chris Cody]

You guys are.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, boy.

[Dan LeBatard]

I was driving home and I was just going to scoop in and pick it up. Okay. And so I ordered some things, and it's a place I go all the time. In fact, a few people there, if they see me, they. How you doing?

[Jon Weiner]

Expedia, too. I mean, I don't.

[Dan LeBatard]

I don't check the bag if it's a pickup board. If a place I trust, I just go home.

[Billy Gil]

Well, normally they have the sticker, too, on the bag.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, the sticker supposed to tell you what's in there. Right? So I get home, I got a chicken Caesar salad. No chicken. They forgot to put the chicken on the side. But it's a pickup orders. As I can't just go in there, say, oh, missing item. They're like, you picked it up. You're supposed to check yourself. And so I write them a little note and says, we'll get back to you. They never got back to me. I just checked. My wallet's still empty. It's a scam.

[Billy Gil]

A good restaurant will go through the boxes for you. Flanagan's. Every single time I go to a Flanagan's, they make sure and they show me. Mike knows this. All my food is there.

[Jeremy Tache]

It's a lot of pipe and sands.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah.

[Jeremy Tache]

And also, I'm like, you don't have to veteran. Don't release the heat. That's a part of my. No, no, I don't want to check. I trust you guys.

[Billy Gil]

St. Quick conclusion of the story. I mean, the. The Uber driver ate my quesadilla, right?

[Dan LeBatard]

It yeah, just the tortilla.

[Billy Gil]

Like there's no way they that Chipotle packed it without the quesadilla. That seems impossible.

[Jeremy Tache]

What was he, eight?

[Jon Weiner]

Yeah. I don't. I think they just screwed up.

[Mike Ryan]

What'd you do? Do you order again? Like, well, $2.

[Dan LeBatard]

Kicked him out of the house.

[Jon Weiner]

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[Billy Gil]

Don Lebatard the elephant went into a.

[Dan LeBatard]

711 and bought a pack of cigarettes.

[Jon Weiner]

But my question to Ron is this.

[Chris Cody]

Stugats.

[Billy Gil]

That joke didn't really land the way.

[Chris Cody]

You wanted it to, did it?

[Dan LeBatard]

We all just stared at it.

[Billy Gil]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats. Bring aboard. Ron McGill here. Ron, how you doing? Have you ever had issues with your Ubereats order like that?

[Chris Cody]

I have never done an Ubereats order in my life. Wow.

[Billy Gil]

What? You doordash guy. What's the deal?

[Chris Cody]

No, I got a Wife who cooks so amazingly well, has amazing food all the time.

[Billy Gil]

What is that?

[Jon Weiner]

Old school?

[Billy Gil]

What is that like?

[Chris Cody]

That's. That's living the dream, brother.

[Dan LeBatard]

So the UberEats app is not even on your phone. You don't even have a section of your phone for food delivery.

[Chris Cody]

Nothing for food delivery. You don't.

[Jon Weiner]

You've never done takeout.

[Mike Ryan]

Rhonda cooks.

[Chris Cody]

You know, the takeout that I've done is we've got this. This, you know, little truck restaurant who does this incredible food. Truck. Yeah, yeah, it's a. But does this incredible turrasco and picanha steak. Oh, my God. So every now and then I'll say this, and I'll go get it, but she'll cook, like, you know, the incredible side dishes and stuff, and I'll go get the steak.

[Dan LeBatard]

Why did we settle for food truck as a way describe it. It should be a truck restaurant.

[Billy Gil]

Author name is Rita.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah.

[Billy Gil]

Why didn't you correct him? Why'd you let me do that?

[Chris Cody]

Listen, listen, I'm. I'm just. I'm old and old school, you know, so I. But I do use Uber all the time when I travel. Uber comfort. Uber comfort. Don't talk to me. And I want it cool. That's all I asked for.

[Billy Gil]

Ron, one of. One of the guys that works here, Ethan brought his dog to work last week, and the dog was limping around, and we all felt terrible. And Ethan was kind of a deadbeat dog owner, and he didn't do anything about it until, you know, God knows. When he took the dog to the vet, the dog tore its acl. All right? Turned out that look you can see in the video now. Dog is limping, not putting any pressure on its back. Left leg tore its ACL earlier the day.

[Chris Cody]

Worse than limping, man. It's not putting any weight on.

[Jon Weiner]

Yeah, hear that, Ethan?

[Chris Cody]

Immediate go to the vet.

[Billy Gil]

So what. Like. Like, what is the. What happens to a dog with a torn aco is like a cast? Is it an operation? What do you do?

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, there is an operation for it. I mean, it's an orthopedic surgery, just like you would do in a human being. It's very costly, and the recovery is a bigger challenge, of course, because you can't tell the dog, listen, you can't do this. You can't do that. So they come up with different types of braces or casts or whatever necessary to isolate that for proper healing.

[Dan LeBatard]

Now, this is the second consecutive dog that Ethan has had who's torn his or her ACL Is there something that the owner is doing for this pattern of injury?

[Chris Cody]

I think it's time to file a report with, you know, doggy services to find out what's going on there, because that's. I've never had a dog, and I've had dogs all my life. Tear an acl. I don't know what he's doing with these dogs.

[Mike Ryan]

If you're the vet and you see someone bring in the dog, that's an incredible pain. Torn acl. And you have to choose. Do I euthanize a dog or do I euthanize a human? Which would you choose?

[Dan LeBatard]

Sophie's choice.

[Chris Cody]

Billy, please.

[Jon Weiner]

It's a good question.

[Jeremy Tache]

It's easy, right?

[Mike Ryan]

Offender?

[Chris Cody]

I don't euthanize either one of them. I treat it, and I try to kill the dog.

[Mike Ryan]

Nailed it.

[Billy Gil]

Ron, I got a video for you here. All right? This video. There's a crab, all right? And apparently this crab is going to amputate its own claw. I'm afraid of crabs. I don't go near crabs. But take a look at this and tell me what's going on here. All right, so it's. Yeah, look at that. It's, like, gonna chomp up.

[Chris Cody]

Whoa, whoa. Straight up.

[Jeremy Tache]

Ripped off its.

[Billy Gil]

Why would it do that as if.

[Chris Cody]

It were a fake limb, you know? Now, I know that crabs have the ability, of course, to regenerate their claws. And listen, I don't profess to be a crab expert here, but maybe I'm speculating that it saw a potential predator heading its way. And he said, listen, I'm gonna leave you alone. Leave me alone. You know, lizards do that with their tails. If they get threatened, they can actually shed their tail. The tail stays there, and the animal goes after the tail and eats the tail, and the lizard gets away. The crab may have looked at this as a way to, you know, deter the focus of a predator and, you know, focus it on the claw and he can get away.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's brilliant. So you just, like, have snacks in your pockets while you're running away from predators. Here, Here's a snack.

[Billy Gil]

That's a heady play.

[Chris Cody]

That's a great analogy. Is he. That's exactly a great analogy. What you're doing is you're setting baits to deter the attention off of, you know, a fatal attack.

[Billy Gil]

Man, I feel like the crab there. It's almost like he holds up his. His. Is it an arm or a leg? Ron, what should I call it?

[Chris Cody]

It's a claw.

[Billy Gil]

Okay, Neither. He holds up his claw. It's almost like, he shows like, hey, look what I got over here, guys. And then he. And then he snaps it off.

[Jon Weiner]

And we're giving this dumb crab a lot of credit, right?

[Chris Cody]

That all appeared that way. But listen, you know, there. There are things that. That are associated with intelligence, and there are things that are associated with instinct, and that might simply just be an instinct for survival.

[Billy Gil]

All right, I got another video for you here, Ron. Show me this. So there's an animal sanctuary worker and an alligator, and it leads this alligator on a chase to show what happens when a gator gets used to being fed by humans. All right, now let's take a look at this here. All right, so there you got the gator, you got the person. They're only like a few feet away.

[Dan LeBatard]

I thought Ron was the one who's.

[Jon Weiner]

Supposed to do the.

[Billy Gil]

All right, go take it away, Ron. Go ahead.

[Jon Weiner]

What's happening?

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, that's. It's exactly what he's doing here. He's. This is an alligator that's obviously been accustomed to being fed by this person. Guy's got a little stick in his hand. This is probably the way. Or it's a girl, actually, who actually, you know, feeds him all the time this way. And that's what he's doing. He's just responding to the feeding, see? And then she throws the food. So she just reinforces it, for God's sake. So, you know, I don't know what they're trying to prove here. This is that gator boys thing, which, you know, a lot of times just can be a little extreme sometimes. You know, this. This is videos for clicks. This is what I call videos for clicks.

[Dan LeBatard]

Ron. I was at a rental house in Orlando that had, you know, that sort of manmade body of water behind it, and there was an alligator, crocodile. I couldn't tell the difference in the water. And there's neighbors of these rental houses going toward the water with their children to check it out and point at it. Everybody at our house stayed inside. Ron, should you ever go out and, hey, look at the alligators. If you're not from Florida, this is a message for everybod not from.

[Jon Weiner]

I know this answer. Go ahead, Ron. You muted yourself. I'm going to pretend I know what.

[Chris Cody]

You'Re saying, but the bottom line is. I got the point. You should not go up to the shoreline where there's an alligator. You can observe an alligator from a distance, 25, 30ft. If you keep that distance, you should be okay. An alligator is not going to come out of the water. After you. If you stay 25 to 30ft away.

[Billy Gil]

From the water's edge, I like, like Israel. I can never tell the difference. I know crocodile, alligator. One's pointy and the other one's flat. But can you. Can you give me, like, a way that I will remember? Like, is there a wording that I'll always. So I'll never forget?

[Chris Cody]

Can you tell me just color, basically, color. Crocodiles tend to be an olive green. Alligators are black. So, you know, that's. That's a giveaway right away. Also, a crocodile's eyes will tend to be that, that kind of a light green color. Alligator eyes tend to be dark brown to black. You know, the shape of the snout is U shaped alligator, V shaped crocodile. I don't know what kind of association you use there, but I just. Color, color.

[Billy Gil]

Okay, but hold on a second.

[Chris Cody]

If I don't see color and you're screwed.

[Billy Gil]

Okay, but hold on a second. Like Israel. Okay. Ron is saying that a crocodile will be green, alligator will be more black. Florida gators, like, the mascot is green.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, that's a misnomer.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That is. That is a misnomer.

[Billy Gil]

So the mascot for the gators should be black.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah. We should talk to the president of ufo.

[Jon Weiner]

That's a croc.

[Billy Gil]

Wow.

[Chris Cody]

Actually, it should be. And I'm a Florida. I'm a proud Florida gator. But yes, to have an alligator, green is a total misnomer. Crocodiles are green.

[Billy Gil]

It's kind of. I gotta be honest with you, it's kind of a shock.

[Chris Cody]

Florida crocs learn something new every day on this wonderful podcast.

[Billy Gil]

Got another one for you here, Ron. All right, so here's a leopard, and it's. It's going to catch a crocodile. All right. A leopard is. Let Ron do it. Yeah.

[Chris Cody]

I'm sure that this is a jaguar catching a cane. Yes, that's what this is. This is a jaguar catching a cayman. I actually saw this happen in Brazil in the Pantanal. This is a. I'm not going to say it's a common occurrence, but it's not terribly rare. These jaguars have learned how to catch cayman, and they do. So you can see a string of these videos. You'll actually see the video of the actual catch. You'll see them jumping in the water, lunging, going underwater, and pulling this thing out of the water. It's pretty incredible.

[Billy Gil]

Is that. Is that crocodile still alive in that moment?

[Chris Cody]

Yes, that caiman is still alive in that moment. Jaguars have one of the most powerful bites of Any of the big cats, especially for ratio to their weight. And what they do is they instinctively will bite the back of the neck and they'll sever the spinal cord so the animal can no longer fight.

[Billy Gil]

Why are jaguars so good at that? Like how they're just born being able to do that.

[Chris Cody]

They have adapted, living. You know, they're one of the few cats that like the water. They jump in the water, they swim all the time. I've got a, got, you know, images of these jaguars swimming across the rivers there in the Pontana. And they will hunt fish, they will hunt cayman, and incredibly adapt swimmers. They, they enjoy the water and they're very well structured for living that water life.

[Billy Gil]

Ron, which animal has the most powerful bite?

[Chris Cody]

I believe. I believe it's a crocodile. I believe it's a saltwater crocodile. Has the most powerful bite I know in the mammal world. I think it's a hyena. A hyena is the only predator that has the power and the, the tooth structure to actually break through elephant bone to eat tomorrow. So I believe that's the hyena. But, you know, don't hold me to that. That's just what I believe. I think it's the hyena mammal and the crocodile, overall, you know, it's, you know, thousand, thousand pounds of pressure per square inch.

[Jon Weiner]

What about the hippo? Chomp.

[Chris Cody]

Hippo is also very powerful. I'm not sure exactly what the, the ratio is, but it's a very powerful. I have seen a hippo, you know, tear a crocodile up. So it is a very powerful bite, but I think per square inch, the actual force. I think the crocodile is the most powerful.

[Dan LeBatard]

Ron, we have a video of a crab eating a grape. And maybe we can put that up while I'm asking you this question. But my favorite videos, perhaps on all of the Internet, is a raccoon being friends with a human and then being fed little tiny foods. Now, my, the best part about it is they do a voiceover on the raccoon that always slaps. But I'm curious, should I be friends with a raccoon? Because I've been scared of them my entire life.

[Chris Cody]

And, you know, why does he stay scared of them? Because raccoons.

[Dan LeBatard]

Thank you.

[Chris Cody]

Change in a heartbeat. Those things are like, they can be out of their minds. People look at raccoons that have a cute face, but they can turn into the little devils. And I mean that wholeheartedly.

[Dan LeBatard]

People, even if they're eating grapes, even if they.

[Chris Cody]

And that's a crab.

[Billy Gil]

They're so adorable when they're eating.

[Chris Cody]

And they are adorable. And you'll see them, you know, they take their food and they put it in the water and they rub their hands together. Very tactile.

[Jon Weiner]

They look like little rabbits.

[Chris Cody]

Little noises, you know, little cute little noises they make too. Do not befriend raccoons.

[Jeremy Tache]

So do I. Do I need to sage an intervention? Because my father in law has like a pack, a family of raccoons that come up to the back patio door. And he feeds them and he's.

[Chris Cody]

Of course he feeds them. Of course he does.

[Billy Gil]

That's why they come back.

[Jeremy Tache]

Yeah, he's been doing this for over a year now, Mike.

[Dan LeBatard]

At night, if they're there and he opens the door, is it just a bunch of eyeballs?

[Jeremy Tache]

I hate it because I have a dog that occasionally spends the night over there and I. You never know what's back there. I hate it.

[Chris Cody]

Listen, Mike, Mike, go, go on. Go online and you'll see these raccoons. This woman who started feeding two raccoons in her yard, and in one week she's got 30 raccoons at her back door.

[Billy Gil]

I don't like it. I don't like it.

[Jon Weiner]

So they're talking to each other and they're like, hey, I got.

[Chris Cody]

Well, they do. They communicate. They say, hey, listen, the buffet's over here, okay? And they can become real problems. Now, first of all, raccoons are one of the major carriers of rabies. When you have that many animals in one place, they're a spreader of disease, whether it be external, you know, external parasites, fleas and ticks, whether it be the internal parasites, worms, things like that, that they pass through their feces. The bottom line is that many animals in one place is not healthy for anybody. So don't feed these wild animals, please.

[Mike Ryan]

Ron, are possums in the same category? Because I saw a possum a couple nights ago in my yard. Like, the lights were off, my dogs were outside running.

[Billy Gil]

Is a possum or an opossum?

[Mike Ryan]

That's an opossum.

[Chris Cody]

But yeah, it's both.

[Mike Ryan]

So is it confusing?

[Billy Gil]

Right, Stugots? Yes. Oh, possum.

[Chris Cody]

It's lazy is what it is. People don't want to say, oh, possum. They just go, possum.

[Billy Gil]

Saves you time.

[Chris Cody]

But the possum is a much more solitary animal. You won't find possums congregating. The only time you see possums together is a mother with a bunch of her, you know, siblings coming out of the pouch. Or on her back. But they're much more solitary and they don't. They don't respond like raccoons do to being fed.

[Mike Ryan]

But is it the same fear like rabies and stuff? Because what happened was, is the dog outside going out, going outside at the night, and then I open the door to let the dog in and I see a possum or an opossum.

[Chris Cody]

The irony is this, Billy, that possums, believe it or not, though, it's not impossible. It's very improbable that they can catch rabies. Why? Because their body temperature is higher than most other mammals, and that body temperature does not allow for rabies to thrive. There you go. There's a picture of people feeding their freaking raccoons in the yard.

[Dan LeBatard]

You have to sell this house.

[Billy Gil]

Ron, what's a day giveaway for an animal that has rabies?

[Chris Cody]

You know, there really is no dead giveaway. We've heard the, you know, the common narrative. Oh, that's when it's salivating. It comes running after.

[Billy Gil]

That's not true.

[Chris Cody]

Well, it can be that. What if it's an animal that looks kind of drunk? It's just kind of wandering around with his head bobbing and kind of falling to the side. It looks, you know, terribly inebriated. So. So don't think that just because this animal is not being aggressive, not snarling or not drooling, that it doesn't have rabies.

[Jon Weiner]

I think my dad has rabies.

[Chris Cody]

They look totally normal. I.

[Jeremy Tache]

At the. At my old home in my neighbo, I was walking my dog, and to my left, there was a raccoon that was out during the daytime displaying these. These characteristics. And I did call animal control. There's another big red flag if this nocturnal creature is out during the day looking like that. Call animal control.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, call animal control. Absolutely.

[Billy Gil]

Ron, excellent job. Tell us all the good things you got going on here.

[Chris Cody]

Well, we got zoo camp just finished up because school starts now on Thursday, which is, you know, gonna be another headache. But we've got, you know, a lot of construction going on here. Pretty soon we're going to be introducing a couple of new animals, new species for the zoo. I'm not going to really reveal it yet. I'll let you know when that happens. But listen, there's always stuff happening. We got several animals that are pregnant that are going to be hopefully giving birth sometime soon. We've got some newly hatched birds going out in the aviary. I mean, it's all kinds of stuff happening. The zoo is never the same thing on every day.

[Billy Gil]

Give us a hint on the new animals. Like make a noise.

[Jon Weiner]

Make a noise of the animals and we'll try again.

[Chris Cody]

Huh?

[Jon Weiner]

Dan?

[Dan LeBatard]

Whales?

[Mike Ryan]

You got a whale?

[Chris Cody]

No, but that's. You know, I can understand why you might think it, but it's not a whale.

[Billy Gil]

Let me hear it again.

[Mike Ryan]

Let me hear it again one more time.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, jeez.

[Dan LeBatard]

Email, baby whale.

[Chris Cody]

That was my email. Sorry about that.

[Billy Gil]

Good job, Ron.

[Dan LeBatard]

Once again, I forgot. It's my bad. We should have welcomed you in with a Happy World Lion Day two days ago.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, no worries, man. But I appreciate it, Izzy. It makes me know that you care.

[Billy Gil]

Do the sound again one more time.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, my God, guys, there it is.

[Mike Ryan]

Another email.

[Jeremy Tache]

You're really good at that.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah.

[Jon Weiner]

See you, Ron.