{"podcast":{"title":"Bright Side","slug":"bright-side-3596359","podcast_index_feed_id":3596359,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/brightside","website_url":"https://www.youtube.com/c/BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/213b3e9c-71e2-11eb-864b-b7a217aaa2a3/image/uploads_2F1613650215236-19o2q15ycy1-73c9d7ffd3a6293eb0ef4b171e6ac45e_2Fbrightside_1x1.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"TheSoul Publishing","episode_count":5000,"summary":"Whether you’re into useful tips for self-improvement, psychology, recent discoveries, mysterious stories, or just your day-to-day routine, there’s something for everyone! You can expect all that and more coming at you in five new episodes every day. If you’ve got a thirst for knowledge that never quits, then join our community! We have a good time, so take your shoes off, kick back, and make yourself at home here on the Bright Side of life!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-21T10:19:50.878627+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bright-side-3596359"},"episode":{"title":"The Largest Sea Creature of All Time Found in the Desert","slug":"the-largest-sea-creature-of-all-time-found-in-the-desert","published_at":"2026-07-24T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bright-side-3596359/the-largest-sea-creature-of-all-time-found-in-the-desert","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bright-side-3596359","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADME9304205317.mp3?updated=1736036988","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADME9304205317.mp3?updated=1736036988","summary":"The largest sea creature of all time was recently discovered—but in the middle of a desert in Peru! Scientists found the fossilized remains of an ancient whale, believed to have lived over 30 million years ago. This massive creature, called Perucetus colossus, could have weighed up to 200 tons, rivaling or even surpassing today’s blue whales. Finding it in a desert is wild, but back in its day, that area was underwater, part of a prehistoric ocean. Its bones were so dense and heavy that researchers think it might’ve been a slow swimmer, spending most of its time floating and feeding. This discovery is rewriting what we know about ancient marine life and just how gigantic creatures could get! Credit: Whale Vertebrae: By Nancy Hann, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Serra da Capivara: By Vitor 1234, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Perucetus colossus: By Stegotyranno, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Skeleton of Whale: By Zacharia Nyambu, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Perucetus & Ocucajea: By SpinoDragon145, https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/... Mesturus verrucosus: By ©️ Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons), https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Camel graffiti: By John Romano D'Orazio, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Blue whale: By dannzjs/sketchfab, https://skfb.ly/oLtBL Perucetus colossus: By Major/sketchfab, https://skfb.ly/oJTsD Killer Whale: By Trouvaille/sketchfab, https://skfb.ly/6SI7C ダイナンアナゴ Sea Eel, Conger erebennus: By ffish.asia / floraZia.com/sketchfab, https://skfb.ly/o8CYw Mollwei…","meta_description":"The largest sea creature of all time was recently discovered—but in the middle of a desert in Peru! Scientists found the fossilized remains of an ancient…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":740,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bright-side-3596359/episodes/the-largest-sea-creature-of-all-time-found-in-the-desert/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bright-side-3596359/the-largest-sea-creature-of-all-time-found-in-the-desert.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}