About this episode

This episode features stories about three remarkable animals: Signalman Jack the baboon, Cacareco the political rhino, and Pickles the dog who found the World Cup trophy.

Signalman Jack was a baboon who worked in the railway in South Africa. Cacareco was a Black Rhino elected to political office in Brazil. Pickles was the dog who found the missing World Cup trophy. All of them were awesome. All of them will be in Mick's upcoming book.

People in this episode

Host: Mick Sullivan

Topics covered

• animals
• history
• politics
• dogs
• trophies

Keywords

• Signalman Jack
• Cacareco
• Pickles
• World Cup trophy
• history
• animals

Mentioned in this episode

Places: South Africa, Brazil

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