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Podcast: News Bites
Episode: Kaohsiung Smews, Parastronaut, Oldest Cat
Description: In today's news, with Nancy and Paz:
A smew in Kaohsiung, a parastronaut in space, and the world's oldest cat.
All that and more, coming up next!
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Smews Spotted in Cieding Wetlands
A smew has been seen in Taiwan.
No, no, not a smell.
A smew!
A smew (็ฝ็งๆฒๅๅๆ้ ญ็งๆฒ้ดจ) is a type of duck.
Adult male smews are black and white.
And female smews are grey with a brown head.
They eat fish, insects, and insect larvae (ๅนผ่ฒ).
They live in the Eurasian arctic circle.
And they migrate to warmer places every winter.
Usually, they migrate to lands off the North Sea, the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese archipel...