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Season 2 Episode 45 | 9m 38s
Because of their strange combination of bear-like and dog-like traits, they’re sometimes confusingly called the beardogs. And even though you’ve never met one of these animals, the beardogs are key to understanding the history of an important branch of the mammal family tree.
Aired: 12/19/19
Video has closed captioning.
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