Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castañeda (she/her/they/them)
Kaitie Janecke Soltesz: Writer
Rachel Garner: Fact Checker
Alex Billow: Script Editor
Madison Lynn: Videographer
Hiroka Matsushima: Script Supervisor
Stefan Chin: Editor
Mackenna Goodrich: Associate Producer
Josef "Tuna" Metesh: Sound Designer
Aimee Roberts: Art Director
Sam Schultz: Director of Art and Design
Daniel Comiskey: Editorial Director
Jess Stempert: Producer
Nicole Sweeney: Executive Producer
Hank Green: Executive Producer

Sources:
eartharchives.org/articles/extinct-elephant-likely-sawed-not-shoveled-with-its-mouth/index.html
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031018216302048
wired.com/2013/10/absurd-creature-of-the-week-spork-elephant

Images:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Modell_eines_Platybelodon.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Platybelodon.png
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Platybelodon_grangeri.jpg
gettyimages.com/detail/photo/platybelodon-royalty-free-image/657468642?phrase=Platybelodon&adppopup=true