BewilderBeasts!

Bonus: Butt Science and Twitter Bird Bans

Sun, 14 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400

First aired February 2023

Twitter bans an ornithological society for posting photos of "woodcocks" while Melissa gets banned for "Hairy Man"; The Media takes special care to protect the identity of one little jailbird with hilarious results; and, no post is complete without a little butt science.

There is a photo that I can't stop laughing at in this episode - that photo is attached but also a part of this tweet:
https://twitter.com/CampbellxEmma/status/1178400639208116224

All of the articles I read directly from are here:

Dirty Birds:
https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/31/bird-charity-banned-from-twitter-for-posting-woodcock-photos-18196900/

Jail Bird:
https://time.com/5689057/bird-arrest/

Regenerative Butt Science
https://www.livescience.com/sea-spiders-anus-regeneration

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Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz
Interstitial Music: MK2
Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org

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Your host, Melissa McCue-McGrath is an author, dog trainer, and behavior consultant in Southern Maine. She'll talk about dogs all day if you let her. You've been warned :)

Bonus: Ursa Majors

Sun, 07 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400

First aired October 2021

Fat Bear Tuesday is the culmination of a week-long bracket-style event inspired by mega-chonk bears and March Madness. What is it? Why is it? Who is going to win? Let's go!

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Resources:
https://www.nps.gov/katm/learn/fat-bear-week.htm

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/30/1041674219/fat-bear-week-2021

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/get-to-known-the-bodacious-bulky-bears-of-fat-bear-week-2021-180978778/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/650110/fat-bear-week-history

https://boingboing.net/2021/09/26/its-almost-fat-bear-week-when-online-voters-decide-which-bears-have-best-prepared-for-hibernation.html

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Bonus: Great Escapes

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0400

First Aired: Feb 10, 2022

A series of the best and funniest animal escapes, all inspired by a police blotter where a camel chase was afoot on a Kansas golf course.

Resources for today's episode:

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2041628_2041646_2041645,00.html

https://www.livescience.com/wildest-animal-escapes-2021

https://www.facebook.com/BonnerSpringsPD/posts/211926681120376

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-news/camel-causes-chaos-running-away-kansas-nativity-scene-rcna8061

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/true-californian-sea-lion-takes-94-805-freeway-rescue-rcna11428

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2012/09/llama-lam-saga-has-happy-ending-cowpens-national-battlefield10597

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/national-zoo-animal-escapes/2021/09/19/811aa4f4-17f2-11ec-9589-31ac3173c2e5_story.html

https://www.newsweek.com/2016/06/24/orangutan-ken-allen-san-diego-zoo-escape-artist-469908.html

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Bonus: Mail Cats?

Sun, 23 Jun 2024 22:00:00 -0400

First aired: August, 2022
The Belgian government once used cats to deliver the mail. It went about as well as you would think.

Resources for today's exclusive episode:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64025/time-cats-delivered-mail-belgium

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-42098216

https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/morning-start-cats-once-delivered-mail-in-belgium/

https://www.cracked.com/article_28965_for-hot-second-belgium-relied-cats-to-deliver-mail.html

https://www.grunge.com/920707/belgium-once-used-cats-to-deliver-mail/

The Comic Liar: A Book Not Commonly Found in Sunday Schools - a book published in 1883. According to Goodreads: “This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.” It has 0 reviews or comments in Goodreads. Sorry Goodreads - I don't think the opinion is widely shared :)

The measure of things website.

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Bonus:Dengue Chicks and the Grocery Store Walk of Shame

Sun, 16 Jun 2024 21:00:00 -0400

First Aired: January 20, 2023
This month's bonus ep for you is all about the chickens who give back in rather surprising ways - from keeping 100 tons (?) of food out of our landfills to preventing Dengue Fever in Central Florida.

BTW: Florida, you ok?

So, get some chickens, put on a farming hat, and let's go learn about chickens who do more than just poop you breakfast. Let's GOOOOOOOO!

Resources:
https://htrchickens.com/tag/belgium/#:~:text=%231.&text=Hens%20help%20recycle%20food%20and,an%20alternate%20waste%2Dmanagement%20system.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/belgians-egged-on-to-keep-chickens-ndash-but-they-re-not-for-eating-1942124.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17540287

https://www.permacultureproject.com/belgium-offers-chickens-to-waste-cutting-households/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8539877.stm

https://www.thebulletin.be/adopt-chicken-etterbeek

https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonytellez/2023/01/12/why-are-egg-prices-still-so-high-its-not-the-reason-you-think/?sh=12af174f7c6b

https://newjerseymonitor.com/2022/12/22/south-jerseys-chicken-lady-aims-to-bring-chickens-to-backyards-one-town-at-a-time/

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/chickens-in-florida-are-helping-to-detect-mosquito-borne-viruses-in-communities

Podcast: Coffee With the Chicken Ladies for general info and my own personal experience as a Noob in the chicken game.

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Bonus: BOTY goes Batty

Sun, 09 Jun 2024 21:00:00 -0400

First Aired: Nov 5, 2021
This month, New Zealand's Bird of the Year competition ruffled feathers, as per usual, when a bat took the gold. A look at the complex and controversial BotY awards and mean tweets at the non-tweety bats.

I got today’s information from :

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/14/934749679/for-the-birds-voter-fraud-ruffles-new-zealand-bird-of-the-year-competition

https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2110/S00189/native-bats-cause-a-flap-entering-bird-of-the-year-competition.htm?fbclid=IwAR3B_D_QYsUdlLl848tHVjdzs_GWYV0sBPcr3YUueZMbT1Iu69UGmRJsAdQ

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/bat-flies-off-with-new-zealands-bird-year-title-2021-11-02/

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/stpeterscitymissouri

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/12/new-zealand-twitchy-amid-claims-of-russian-meddling-in-bird-of-the-year-contest

https://www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/

https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/coronavirus-covid-19-national-news/tens-of-thousands-experiencing-long-covid-19-symptoms-in-ontario-science-group-4331926

https://www.livescience.com/bat-named-bird-of-the-year

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_of_the_Year

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-zealands-long-tailed-bat-is-crowned-bird-of-the-year-180978979/

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Bonus: A Monkey Could Work Here

Sun, 02 Jun 2024 21:00:00 -0400

First aired April 19, 2022

Let's learn about the time an actual chimpanzee saved the Today Show, and changed morning news-ertainment forever.

Resources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Fred_Muggs
https://allthatsinteresting.com/j-fred-muggs
https://www.ebay.com/itm/324954729281
https://www.grunge.com/598607/the-truth-about-celebrity-chimp-j-fred-muggs/

And an episode of Ridiculous Crime - a 99% murder-free podcast on capers, crime, and utter ridiculousness, where I first heard about J. Fred Muggs - if your older kids - I’d let Acey listen at 9, are into something like this, it’s clean language, silly, and great hosts. I don’t know the hosts, I have nothing to gain from it - just thought you might like it if you or family like to listen to such things. Check it out first before letting littles listen but I think, and you hear my show - you know what I’m cool with letting my kiddo listen to - it might be a lot more than you’d be ok with, so check it out first. Ridiculous crime

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Bonus: Monique

Tue, 28 May 2024 13:00:00 -0400

First aired: Nov 26, 2023

One man dreams of being completely alone, but it turns out, companionship is human nature. An unlikely meal ticket doesn't just save his life - but saves his humanity in 70 days of darkness, in Greenland's icy solar night.

Big thanks to The Outlook Podcast Archive from BBC World Service for a podcast called “The chicken who sailed the world”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct34pm

Fowl Play - a book I’m reading on the history of chickens by Sally Coulthard. So much of our language - cooped up, henpecked, cocky, flew the coop - comes from these tiny evolved dinosaurs.

https://www.yachtingworld.com/all-latest-posts/the-hen-that-sailed-around-the-world-a-farewell-to-monique-144044

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/apr/21/why-did-the-chicken-cross-the-globe-french-sailor-guirec-soudee-monique

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36475672

https://www.guirecsoudee.com/

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Bonus: A Troubling of Goldfish

Sun, 26 May 2024 21:00:00 -0400

First aired Nov. 2022

A man recently caught a goldfish the size of a 5th grader and Melissa is waiting for the goldfish food-delivery uprising.

Resources:
https://www.livescience.com/man-catches-enormous-goldfish-in-france

https://largest.org/animals/goldfish/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2021/07/11/minnesota-goldfish-invasive/

https://www.khq.com/news/thousands-of-goldfish-found-in-west-medical-lake-whats-next/article_15244861-1a80-5273-a27b-4e34db5160cb.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-this-fish-out-of-water-drive-a-mini-vehicle-on-land-180979328/

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Bonus: Methed Snails

Sun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 -0400

First Aired August, 2023:

A series of scientific studies to understand the human mind, but using a slimy gastropod in our place.

Because using meth on a human is illegal.

I got today’s information from

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/snails-memory-molecules-spd

https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3vww3/scientists-are-repeatedly-fucking-with-snails-memory

https://www.livescience.com/62559-snail-memory-rna-transfer.html

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/memory-transferred-between-snails-challenging-standard-theory-of-how-the-brain-remembers/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/science/memory-transfer-snails.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/2596/#:~:text=Scientists%20Made%20Snails%20Remember%20Something,remembered%20the%20trained%20snails'%20experiences.

https://www.iflscience.com/scientists-have-managed-to-erase-memories-in-a-snails-brain-42331

https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs3/3981/index.htm

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2010/09/snails

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Bonus: Monarchy Charlies

Sun, 12 May 2024 00:00:00 -0400

First aired: Sept 13, 2022

As promised - this week there was just TOO MUCH to put in a main feed episode. The Unkindness episode was really, really long. This 10-minute tangent was added after the Queen of England died last week and her son, Charles, ascended to the throne, assuming the name "King Charles III", but then promptly had to cut because of time. Also, it didn't fit as well as I had hoped, and I wanted to get to the buffet menu for the ravens.

So, we look at what legacy he's looking to satisfy by taking the name Charles III (eeek, it's not great), and a little more tie-in to Charles' tie-in to environmental issues.

All resources at episode 73, The Unkindness

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Bonus: Jail Birds

Sun, 05 May 2024 21:00:00 -0400

First aired July 28, 2022

A bunch of stitchin' women in a Washington Women's Correctional Facility who have put their knitting needles to good use - helping the chickens who helped them in jail, plus some other unusual animals who find themselves behind bars.

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Bonus: Oh, Canada

Sun, 28 Apr 2024 21:00:00 -0400

First Aired on Dec 25, 2022

When a farmer in small-town St. Severe, Quebec, noticed 20 head of cattle broke through a fence during a thunderstorm, he thought, "Easy. I'll just get them back."

Listener. He did not "just get them back." It's been 5 months and these uncatchable ungulates are now terrorizing the neighboring town of St. Barnabee.

Resources for today's episode:
https://thecanadaguide.com/basics/money/

https://www.saint-severe.ca/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/1/herd-of-fugitive-cows-frustrates-tiny-village-in-canada

https://globalnews.ca/news/9357994/four-cows-have-been-captured-in-a-small-quebec-town-after-months-on-the-loose/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/cows-captured-after-months-on-the-loose-1.6690530

https://www.wsj.com/articles/fugitive-cows-in-quebec-elude-captors-and-inspire-a-following-11671464755

https://www.tiktok.com/@matnessmtl Mathieu Murphy-Perron's TikTok where you can also follow #TeamCow hashtag and updates as they happen : ) Also, buy a shirt!

https://www.redbubble.com/people/MatnessMtl/shop (buy the Wild, Dirty, Free shirt and others!)

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Bonus: Longshot

Sun, 21 Apr 2024 21:00:00 -0400

First Aired June 8, 2022

Rich Strike won the Kentucky Derby with 80-1 odds - meaning out of every 81 races, he's thought to win ONE. Well, he won the Kentucky Derby. If you're going to win a horse race, that's the one to win! Today, we dive deeper into Rich Strike's inspiring underdog win, and investigate a few other longshot winners in horse racing who made a few people some pretty pennies. Let's GO!

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I got today’s information from:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Strike

https://edge.twinspires.com/racing/top-10-fastest-kentucky-derby-times-in-history/

https://theathletic.com/3299361/2022/05/07/long-shot-rich-strike-wins-kentucky-derby/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donerail

https://www.espn.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/14454980/rb-wild-promise-one-longest-shots-horse-racing-history-206-1-wins-mahoning-valley-race-track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWDGFQDa_As

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Bonus: Gettysburg

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 21:00:00 -0400

First aired June 22, 2023:

Two sisters combined their love of historically accurate dioramas, the Civil War, and clay-making to pen an ode to the US in one of the most historically significant cities in the United States. They even purchased a building with deep roots in the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg to bring the stories of the dead to life. But, the clay characters aren't human - they are a different species entirely telling the accurate tale of the bloodiest battle of the civil war.

A diorama of the Civil War Cat Museum: https://youtu.be/N1yc1UFnVYY

I got today’s information from my friend Lydia who sent a Tik Tok about the Civil War Cat’s museum, which is actually called Civil War Tails

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/gettysburg-address/

https://civilwartails.com/the-homestead/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1yc1UFnVYY

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/theres-a-museum-for-everything-even-civil-war-battles--depicted-by-cats/2016/05/26/1f8c4674-1d30-11e6-8c7b-6931e66333e7_story.html

https://civilwartails.com/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/civil-war-tails-at-the-homestead-diorama-museum

https://www.achs-pa.org/news-events/achsblog.html/article/2020/07/08/national-soldiers-orphans-homestead

https://www.nps.gov/gett/index.htm

The full text of the Gettysburg Address, took up less space on a page than my 5th grader’s 5 paragraph essay, is at:

https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.24404500/?st=text

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Bonus: The Dogs Who Mapped Australia

Sun, 07 Apr 2024 21:00:00 -0400

First aired July 2023:
In 1912 when the "adventurer" was a job description & also an alibi, two brothers took their dogs on a road trip - before roads existed.

These brothers loved their dogs and hated shirts but that didn't stop them from circumnavigating Australia several times by bike and car - often digging their own roads IN THE OUTBACK!

Resources (Hey, look, I remembered!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Birtles which includes THE photo I keep referencing

https://www.whichcar.com.au/explore/francis-birtles-australias-greatest-overlander (the awesome WhichCar.com article by the Moons that I heavily quoted)

https://www.cartalk.com/blogs/fido-blog/wowser-and-dinkums-australian-road-trip (the article from CarTalk that Sip and I wrote)

Photos of Wowser (which is a name that has been on a journey), Francis and Clive are attached.

Francis digging out a car without a shirt.jpg

Clive and Wowser.jpg

The Shirtless Francis Birtles.png

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Bonus: Pika Who?

Sun, 31 Mar 2024 19:00:00 -0400

This Patreon Exclusive episode (#2) first aired on August 4, 2021.

This is a fun turn I never saw coming, that Pikachu is based on a squirrel and there are new species of real animals named after fictional Pokethings. My favorite? An animal called a Pika who survives on ...yak poop. Why didn't they show THAT in the kid's show?

Regular episodes will resume in September, but for now, enjoy your Patreon exclusive content!

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Bonus: Oh, Evolution

Sun, 31 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0400

The very first Patreon Exclusive episode was ....super short. It first aired on July 22, 2021. I wasn't sure if it would play or work at all. But, this test led directly to another 28+ episodes, so thank you, evolution ;)

Here's a shortie for you to enjoy about a #1 moth who looks like #2.

Stay Curious -

Xx
M3

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Bonus: Daddy Shortlegs

Sun, 24 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0400

Patreon exclusive #6: First aired Dec 7 2021

Geneticists made Daddy Shortlegs. (WHY GOD, WHY?)

We imagine the Jane Fonda workout with 50' human legs (WHY GOD, WHY?!?)

And we learn about some very sneaky males who look like females in a devious plot to slide into her DMs.

Let's get right into it :)

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Bonus: Ukraine's Little Bullet

Sun, 17 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0400

This Patreon Exclusive Episode first aired May 16, 2022

Patron started his life in entertainment by illustrating how dogs can be trained for search work. And now, he's employed by the government. He found over 200 bombs in the town of Chimigov since February. Let's meet Patron, the hero dog who has a similar entertainer-turned-hero storyline as Ukrainian President Zelensky himself.

(Thank you, Christy, for the suggestion!)
https://www.insider.com/patron-dog-sniffing-for-bombs-in-ukraine-2022-4

https://mymodernmet.com/patron-bomb-sniffing-dog-hero/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/tene3h/the_pups_name_is_patron_cartridge/

https://english.nv.ua/life/social-media-craze-about-ukrainian-sapper-dog-patron-50235197.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-61099213

https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/the-jack-russell-terrier-detecting-bombs-in-ukraine-138688069962

@Patron_dns/instagram https://www.yahoo.com/now/meet-patron-dog-loves-cheese-173647625.html

https://www.usip.org/public-education-new/dogs-detecting-landmines-building-peace https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/2/23053944/russian-troops-steal-millions-farm-equipment-ukraine-disabled-remotely-john-deere

https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/27/22953398/go-read-this-researchers-google-maps-russian-troops-ukraine-invasion

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60506682 - the intentionally targeted misinformation attacks and straight-up lies in Russian state media - a common war tactic to get people on your side for terrible things, we see it here, too, will continue to persuade those who consume Russian media to believe this isn’t real. The attacks by Putin, using Russian tanks, bombs, and guns on the Ukrainian people is real. And a powerful interview, mandatory reading, I think, from Time Magazine with Volodymyr Zelenski: https://time.com/6171277/volodymyr-zelensky-interview-ukraine-war/

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BONUS: Luck o' the Irish Setter

Sun, 10 Mar 2024 19:00:00 -0400

Patreon exclusive number 9: Originally aired March 16, 2022

Let's learn about the only place in Ireland where citizens could get a pint on St. Patrick's Day ----the Royal National Dog Show! And, an Irishman steps up to help injured wildlife by converting his pub to Ireland's FIRST wildlife hospital during the 2020 pandemic.

"There's no bad press except an Obituary" - Brendan Behan, Irish Poet

Resources:
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/all-pubs-ireland-closed-st-patricks-day

https://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/niallodowd/irish-pubs-will-finally-have-beer-on-good-friday

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/desperate-for-a-drink-on-dry-good-friday-in-ireland-146406725-237584801

https://www.history.com/news/st-patricks-day-origins-america

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Kavanagh

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Behan

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210221-locked-down-pub-becomes-ireland-s-first-wildlife-hospital

https://www.wbur.org/news/2010/03/12/evacuation-day-holiday

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/03/17/the-irish-american-population-is-seven-times-larger-than-ireland/

http://traleetoday.ie/greyhound-stadium-to-receive-boost-with-good-friday-drinking/

https://news.sky.com/video/irelands-wildlife-hospital-under-threat-12503946

https://www.independent.ie/life/the-curious-history-of-our-disappearing-dogs-35519917.html

And for fans of Ted Lasso - Trent Crimm, the Independent would support this:

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/alcohol-on-good-fridaywhat-you-need-to-know-from-off-licences-and-supermarkets-to-takeaway-pints-40266929.html#:~:text=While%20buying%20alcohol%20on%20Good,the%20first%20time%20since%201927.

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Ep 100: The Center

Sun, 03 Mar 2024 20:00:00 -0500

We close out the series by discussing the humans who dedicate their lives as the bridge between wildlife and education, and a left-hand turn into the vultures who perform sky burials.

Thank you for everything. Peace out, yo. <3
-M3

I got today's information from:

https://www.thecenterforwildlife.org/ambassadors

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_burial

https://radiolab.org/podcast/corpse-demon reported by Avir Mitra via RadioLab podcast. GO LISTEN to this RIGHT now.

Maine.gov on rehabilitation

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Ep 99: Rises and Falls

Sun, 25 Feb 2024 21:00:00 -0500

'We can never have luck without a cat on board' he said. If this were true, the crew would have been better off with a different cat. "

The story, about what goes up, must eventually come down, perfectly weaves the tale of the rise and fall of nearly every subject in the story.

I got today's information from:
https://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/kiddo-the-cat.htm

https://www.airships.net/first-attempt-fly-atlantic-wellman-vaniman-airship-america/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawley_Harvey_Crippen

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/paul-von-hindenburg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_(airship)

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hindenburg-adorned-swastika/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Vaniman

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/paul-von-hindenburg

Look up Melvin Vaniman - his artwork and what he did before getting on these ships is a whole other story that someone else can tell. He climbed skyscraper poles to take photos, he was like, a stunt cameraman before getting into dirigible business! And there is a famous photo of him with Kiddo the “lucky” cat - he didn’t look unhappy given how upset he was with the cat at the beginning of their journey. I’d like to think they made up before parting ways.

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Ep 98: Buzzzzzzz

Sun, 18 Feb 2024 21:00:00 -0500

Bees make one last appearance on the show, this time getting hammered on college campuses to help scientists understand the neural pathways of human addiction.

Resources for today's episode:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/zmjgxj/bees-australia-get-drunk-on-fermented-nectar-and-refused-re-entry-to-hive

https://savannahbee.com/blogs/the-latest-buzz/yes-bees-can-get-drunk#:~:text=Bees%20act%20a%20lot%20like,was%20going%20and%20getting%20lost.

https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/natural-sciences/animals/animal-facts/animals-drunk-feature/

Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) Show a Preference for the Consumption of Ethanol

Julie A. Mustard, Ramiro Oquita, Paulina Garza, Alexander Stoker found via https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PgBd-F0AAAAJ&hl=en

Cocaine bees:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/dec/23/cocaine-bees-australia-drug-research

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Ep 97: Shockoe

Sun, 04 Feb 2024 21:00:00 -0500

Some dogs work to close decades-old cold cases. Others are tasked with finding long-lost burial grounds, shining a light on America's racist foundation while uncovering the truth that some today wish would stay buried.
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Cat Warren author of "What the Dog Knows" (thank you!)
Thanks to Kimberly Chen for sharing the public reports of what HRDs found at Shockoe African Burial Ground II.
Peabody Essex Museum Talk
National Geographic
Discover Magazine
NY Times
The Guardian
Canine Forensics Foundation
Indigenous Science
ICFK9
WTHR.com Baumeister
Martin Archeology
APTN News McGill
Historical Richmond
Saving Places PODCAST
RVA
Body Snatching
Richmond Cemeteries Ryan Smith
Palm Beach Florida Weekly
Scripps News
LA Times
US News
TCIF.org Sapiens.org
CBS

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Ep 96: The Maine 6

Sun, 28 Jan 2024 21:00:00 -0500

This week we look at Maine's 6 dogs who might just end up on the front lines to save nearly every industry that gives Maine the name, "Vacationland. "

Resources:
Leeroy Jenkins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLyOj_QD4a4

https://bewilderbeastspod.podcastpage.io/episode/ep-67-doom-bloom

https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-honors-young-scientist-who-was-subject-of-police-complaint/

https://twitter.com/YaleSPH/status/1617630181166047232

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/resources/pests-diseases/hungry-pests/the-threat/spotted-lanternfly/spotted-lanternfly#:~:text=Spotted%20lanternfly%20populations%20are%20currently,%2C%20Virginia%2C%20and%20West%20Virginia.

https://www.wlvt.org/blogs/northampton/how-dogs-are-being-trained-to-help-fight-off-spotted-lanternfly/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/inside-the-race-to-kill-the-spotted-lanternfly?loggedin=true&rnd=1705186972691

https://www.newthinking.com/sustainability/stomping-the-unstoppable-combatting-the-spotted-lanternfly

https://centraljersey.com/2021/09/01/bordentown-city-residents-take-part-in-lanternfly-murder-pub-crawl/

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/whats-so-bad-about-the-spotted-lanternfly.html

https://centraljersey.com/2021/09/01/bordentown-city-residents-take-part-in-lanternfly-murder-pub-crawl/

https://6abc.com/bobbi-wilson-lanternflies-yale-invasive-species/12773431/

Project Citizen Lantern Fly: The video Melissa and her teams watched that introduced them to the SLF project.

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Ep 95: Zombieland

Sun, 21 Jan 2024 22:00:00 -0500

Starting season 6 off with mind control parasites often found in kitty litter boxes around the world - so how is this parasite endangering monk seals in the Pacific Ocean?

Ready? Let's go!

***SIDENOTE: Melissa's presentation on animal distress, how to lessen stress in our pets and ourselves, and living in cities with pets (as well as amazing speakers all about reactive dogs) can be found here, for FREE this weekend (January 26-28, 2024).
PUPFEST BY NIKI FRENCH!****

I got today’s information from :

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/toxoplasmosis-risk-wolves-cats-mice

(“You can store them in 10 percent bleach for years, take them out, wash them off, and the parasites can still develop.” yuck.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/220113-sneaky-cat-parasite-takes-over-human-brains-science

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/zombies-parasites-animals-science-behavior

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/seals-endangered-species-health-disease-oceans

https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxoplasmosis/gen_info/faqs.html#:~:text=infection%20to%20me%3F-,What%20is%20toxoplasmosis%3F,infected%20with%20the%20Toxoplasma%20parasite.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis

https://www.livescience.com/surprising-toxoplasma-gondii-facts

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224422000141

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaroslav_Flegr

Intro/Outtro Tiptoe out the back by Dan Liebowicz, interstitial by MK2,AANNNNNNNDDDDDDD extra stuff found on Pixabay, and freesound.org

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Ep 94: Rock Baby and Baby Jail

Sun, 23 Apr 2023 21:00:00 -0400

In this season finale, we'll catch up with the world's best dad - a 31-year-old bald eagle who wanted to be a dad.

I got information from:

World Bird Sanctuary Twitter (the comic I first saw, completely out of context) by Jules Behrens: https://twitter.com/WBSSTL/status/1647965975034183684

https://www.instagram.com/worldbirdsanctuary/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/murphy-eagle-rock-chick-eaglet_n_642daa6be4b0859acb91e120

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/us/murphy-bald-eagle-rock.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/us/murphy-bald-eagle-rock.html

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/20/1170987666/murphy-a-bald-eagle-at-at-a-wild-bird-sanctuary-in-missouri-tried-to-hatch-a-roc

https://www.chincoteague.com/pony_swim_guide.html

https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/st-louis-was-surrounded-by-12-tornadoes-last-weekend-39894615

https://cbop.audubon.org/conservation/bald-eagle-nest#:~:text=A%20typical%20nest%2C%20however%2C%20is,often%20confused%20with%20Osprey%20nests.

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Ep 93: Tiger Things

Sun, 16 Apr 2023 22:00:00 -0400

The history of Mike the LSU tiger, the dark reality of meeting tiger cubs, and a new law puts dumb criminals and America's worst behind bars.

I got today's information from: LSU Tiger https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mike-the-tiger

Undercover Cop https://www.newsweek.com/man-tries-sell-tiger-cub-undercover-cops-20k-gets-arrested-1776558

1 eyed hero tiger: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/machli-bengal-tiger-india-queen-ranthambore?loggedin=true&rnd=1679959419852

https://www.livescience.com/why-are-tigers-orange

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_tiger

https://www.livescience.com/rare-white-tiger-born-in-zoo-to-orange-parents.html

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tragedy-of-the-white-tiger1/

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-ethical-problems-with-breeding-the-white-tiger

https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/the-truth-about-white-tigers#:~:text=Common%20issues%20include%20spinal%20deformities,instead%20of%20in%20the%20wild.

https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/09/tiger-cub-athens/

https://www.wbir.com/article/life/animals/911-calls-reveal-tiger-tracks-in-east-knoxville/51-1abb1e49-e554-4888-b4b3-f35b78853795

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/09/sports/ncaafootball/lsu-mascot-mike-the-tiger-chooses-to-stay-home-on-game-days.html

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/263

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Ep 92: A Wink to the Sky

Mon, 10 Apr 2023 14:00:00 -0400

A farewell to a good friend, and a revisit to the Dolphin who gave up pod life for the people of a small Irish fishing village in Ireland.

All show notes, links and resources for this episode can be found at episode 32: The Dolphin of Dingle Bay (https://bewilderbeastspod.podcastpage.io/episode/ep-32-the-dolphin-of-dingle-bay)

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Ep 91: The Well Diggers of Death Valley

Sun, 02 Apr 2023 22:00:00 -0400

When we discuss an invasive species on this show, the discussion turns to the distruction by that species on the environment. But, here is an animal that has become part of the food web,is saving other species from a warming climate by digging 5' water wells, and is now part of the very fabric of America's desert. Federal biologists are faced with some inconvenient data thanks to an out of the box scientist, and now they have to answer an ethical question as to what to do next with the Death Valley Donkeys.

I got todays information from:
https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/eight-warmest-years-record-witness-upsurge-climate-change-impacts

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-donkeys-wells-life.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wild-donkeys-and-horses-dig-wells-provide-water-host-desert-species-180977627/

https://www.google.com/search?q=donkeys+digging+wells&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS773US773&oq=donkeys+digging+wells&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l2j69i61.2900j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#kpvalbx=_H8cgZMn4E9Hl5NoP46Ko0AM_29

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/science/donkeys-mountain-lions-death-valley.html

https://www.salon.com/2012/04/02/hollywoods_long_history_of_animal_cruelty/

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Ep 90: Key Largo Zombie Possums

Sun, 26 Mar 2023 22:00:00 -0400

An unusual team of bounty hunters, biologists, possums, mosquitos, and trash pandas are finally making a dent in the Florida Everglades Python Problem. But, can they save the Everglades before the snakes find refuge in Key Largo?

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University of Florida blog: https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/news/2018/01/30/uf-study-mosquitoes-can-lead-researchers-elusive-burmese-python/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-strange-way-a-12-foot-long-invasive-python-was-caught/

https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/environment/2023-02-20/researchers-turn-to-possums-with-gps-collars-to-track-invasive-pythons

https://a-z-animals.com/blog/discover-the-unique-animal-that-can-survive-80-rattlesnake-bites/#:~:text=Yes%2C%20opossums%20kill%20venomous%20snakes,they%20use%20to%20kill%20prey.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/150323-opossums-snakes-snakebites-venom-health-world-science?loggedin=true&rnd=1679421276815

https://www.livescience.com/gps-tagged-mammals-used-to-catch-pythons

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-09-12/two-women-are-top-burmese-python-hunters-in-the-everglades

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/18/1118094365/encore-floridas-python-challenge-does-little-to-reduce-the-invasive-species-impa

https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wetland-and-aquatic-research-center/science/science-topics/pythons#:~:text=Native%20to%20Africa%2C%20Asia%2C%20and,was%20introduced%20in%20South%20Florida.

https://abc7ny.com/python-longest-nat-geo-florida/11984390/

https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/florida/2020/07/14/everglades-burmese-python-radiotelemetry-tracking-reducing-numbers/5424561002

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Ep 89: Cat Turned Brew

Sun, 19 Mar 2023 22:00:00 -0400

What does the Black Death, scotch whiskey, cats, the worst laws in Tennesee, and bad taxidermy have to do with each other? Oh, buckle in - we're going for a ride!

I got today’s information from A LOT OF PLACES:!
https://www.purr-n-fur.org.uk/famous/towser.html

https://www.thegreatcat.org/towser/

https://iheartcats.com/protecting-breweries-ne-of-cats-many-noble-endeavors-throughout-history/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bristol-cat-pub

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-humane-brewery-working-cat-1.4998719

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/the-real-reason-breweries-keep-cats-around/ar-AA125kNn

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2016/07/21/Feral-cats-defend-Chicago-brewery-from-rats/1661469111930/

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/fife/3616831/fife-cats-netflix-lindores-abbey/

https://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2017/06/lindores-abbey-distillery-seeks-names-for-new-kittens/

https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1715640115

https://foodanddrink.scotsman.com/drink/whisky/lindores-abbey-distillery-cats-revel-in-their-netflix-fame/

https://lindoresabbeydistillery.com/test-5/

my favorite article title: https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-bright-side-of-the-black-death -

https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2014/09/09/347093135/behind-every-good-whisky-is-a-trusty-distillery-cat

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/the-plague

Stupid laws: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/tennessee/tn-laws/

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Ep 88: Goodbye, Earl!

Sun, 12 Mar 2023 22:00:00 -0400

This week, an unusual employee shows up to work at the R & R Garage and ended up changing their logo. Meanwhile, Melissa has the early 2000s country/pop hit, "Goodbye, Earl" stuck in her head FOR NO REASON!

Resources for this episode:
The best artwork around: https://www.kharrisbcreative.com/ Kharris B

https://www.pilotonline.com/news/article_8b541d6e-611b-11e9-adcd-6b2b8cf4fb21.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpJ3EdRAbfc

https://www.thedodo.com/on-the-farm/rooster-works-at-autoshop

The Chicks "Goodbye Earl" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw7gNf_9njs

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Ep 87: Polly Wanna Murder?

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 21:00:00 -0500

New season & BIG news, plus a quartet of parrots at criminality! Let's DO this thing!

Thank you PodFix Network :)
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I got information for today's episode from the following sources:
Mugshot: https://time.com/5689057/bird-arrest/
Twitter of the bird in jail: https://twitter.com/CampbellxEmma/status/1178400639208116224

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40665520
https://www.thedodo.com/victims-pet-parrot-helps-solve-445024746.html
https://www.inverse.com/article/34434-bud-parrot-don-t-shoot-murder
https://www.geo.tv/latest/452825-sindh-cop-who-solved-double-murder-by-probing-a-parrot-retires

Hennady the policeman left for work, the bird surprisingly stopped a burglary.

http://www.authorstevewillard.com/Green-Parrot.html (1940s, green parrot)
The New Yorker’s Magazine New York Annals of Manhattan Crime published in 1988

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38859910/parrot-leads-law-to-killing-suspect/

https://thecinemaholic.com/max-geller-murder-where-is-robert-butler-now/

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Ep 86: Unicorns, Rainbows and Funeral Turkey Feathers

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:00:00 -0500

Episode updates; turkey feathers were a huge part of your childhood; unicorns are real in LA; a revisit of the nightMARE before Christmas.

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Ep 85: Because, Alaska.

Mon, 12 Dec 2022 19:00:00 -0500

In 75 miles of winding roads in Alaska, Trooper Shanigan's GPS froze up, leaving him lost en route to a fire in his own neighborhood. He'd have to settle for GS to get him there - a German Shepherd named Buddy, who was looking for help and found it.

Resources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L53sAVRZUE4 - the raw footage is in the notes and on BewilderedPod on Twitter. Also, search “Dog leads police to fire Alaska”. You’ll find it.

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna36754385

https://alaskapublic.org/2016/02/11/hero-dog-dies-after-battle-with-cancer/

https://ktna.org/2010/05/buddy-the-hero-dog-turns-into-poster-child-for-fire-prevention/

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Ep 84: SQUAWK! We'll Do It LIVE!

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 20:00:00 -0500

This week's episode is a dry run of the live show that will take place at the Kennebunk Free Library on Dec. 6th at 6:30 pm. As this is an audio format, wild gesticulations, slides, and bad haircuts are all absent from this media - you need to come in person to get the full experience :)

https://kennebunklibrary.org/
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Ep 83: Five Deer (DeerDucken remix)

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:00:00 -0500

A relisten to everything we got wrong about the first Thanksgiving celebration, including the animals on the table. Deerducken, anyone?

Resources for today's episode can be found on the show notes for episode 52:"5 Deer"

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Ep 82: Going To The Dogs

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 20:00:00 -0500

The National Dog Show is a staple in many homes for the pre-Thanksgiving event - so Melissa (and special guest Paul Csomo from Avast) discuss all the terrible things we've done to purebred dogs in the name of beauty.

I'm so sorry :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Ep 81: Avast!

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 20:00:00 -0500

Let's meet the "Little Boatman," the "Black Devil," the "Horse Inspirerer" -----the Schipperke, with Paul Csomo of Avast!.

You can visit the Avast website or download it wherever you listen to podcasts!

Resources for today's episode:
https://nationalpurebreddogday.com/he-inspired-horses/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schipperke

https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/schipperke/

https://www.schipperkeclub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Revised2018_Schip_Club_leaflet.pdf

https://www.schipperkeclub-usa.org/about-schips/breed-history/

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Ep 80: Camel Cam and Sheep View

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 20:00:00 -0500

A look at all the animals who make Google maps Google-possible, including a camel named Raffia and a whole lot of sheep in the Faroe Islands.

Resources for today's episode

https://www.google.com/earth/education/tools/street-view/#:~:text=Google%20collects%20Street%20View%20imagery,a%20single%20360%2Ddegree%20image.

https://www.boredpanda.com/google-street-view-animals/

History of the Google View Camera, including a giant camera strapped to a car.
https://www.trekview.org/blog/2019/history-of-google-street-view-cameras/

Article quoted by Yvette Tan: https://mashable.com/article/google-street-trekker-sg

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/12-years-of-google-street-view-mapping-by-car-boat-and-goat-1.4117014

Youtube video of trike in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr-4Aln1Il8

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Ep 79: The Kitten in the Book Drop

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 22:00:00 -0400

In 1988, a librarian opened a book drop and was surprised by what she found. Let's hear the story of Dewey Readmore Books.

Resources:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16878049/dewey-readmore-books

http://www.spencerlibrary.com/p/dewey-library-cat.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Readmore_Books

http://www.spencerlibrary.com/p/deweys-job-description-1.html

https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/ia/fort-dodge/KFOD/date/1988-1-18

https://www.google.com/maps/search/spencer+iowa+topography/@42.5088691,-95.4973673,412836m/data=!3m1!1e3!5m1!1e4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer,_Iowa

https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2009-01-02-dewey-new-cat_N.htm

https://www.goodreads.com/book/popular_by_date/1987

https://oedb.org/ilibrarian/quick-guide-library-cats/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145419/

https://news.ncsu.edu/2020/05/does-your-cat-have-arthritis/

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Ep 78: Eau d'Poo

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 22:00:00 -0400

This week, we look at how scatological scientists use fake poop to save owls and commune with rhinos. Let's GO!

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fake-poop-helps-transplanted-owls-settle-new-safer-neighborhoods-rcna13906

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2022/02/fake-poop-helps-tiny-endangered-owls-find-new-homes/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/60234064

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Burrowing_Owl/overview

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/burrowing-owl

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/rhinoceroses-poop-middens-communication

https://www.boredpanda.com/owl-long-legs-exposed/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

https://www.seeker.com/plant-makes-fake-poop-to-fool-dung-beetles-1770322031.html

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/sparkly-zoo-poo

Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2. Additional music provided by Pixabay and Freesound.org and introducing HappySoulMusic.com!

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Ep 77: The Horses Who Find The Missing

Sun, 16 Oct 2022 22:00:00 -0400

This week, we meet a 1600 pound animal who is also using their noses to find missing people, narcotics, and more. Giddyup.

Resources:
Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2. Additional music provided by Pixabay and Freesound.org and introducing HappySoulMusic.com!

newscentermaine.com/article/life/animals/maine-horses-being-trained-to-track-people-by-scent-for-search-and-rescue-missions/97-00754b06-4f3a-4b52-9f72-1241cf16a79c

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mounted_search_and_rescue

https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2013/06/horses_as_bloodhounds_lost_art.html

https://dailybulldog.com/features/thoughts-from-the-summit-horses-in-search-and-rescue/

https://www.mainemountedsar.org/

https://www.pressherald.com/2017/07/24/search-and-rescue-horse-needs-its-own-rescue-effort-after-getting-stuck-in-bridge/

https://measuringstuff.com/how-high-is-20-meters/

https://www.mainesearchandrescue.org/conference

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Ep 76: Leavin' on a Jet Plane

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 22:00:00 -0400

As promised, another series of animal escapes - this time, airport edition, plus why cats love boxes so dang much, the most dangerous job at the Singapore airport, and the zoo escapees who found refuge at a Miami area airport.

Resources for today's episode:
https://apnews.com/article/oddities-boston-animals-personnel-46bc06a91121d8d51da1696b69486aed

https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/cat-lost-at-boston-airport-for-weeks-found-safe

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/13/1111333510/cat-boston-logan-airport

https://nypost.com/2021/12/13/two-lions-roam-around-singapore-airport-after-escaping/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/monkeys-florida-1948-zoo-escape-b1851084.html

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjbkm5/lion-escape-singapore-airport-sedated

https://blog.theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/escaped-dog-toronto-airport/

https://www.wired.com/2015/02/whats-up-with-cats-and-boxes/

https://www.lufthansa.com/cd/en/transporting-animals-as-excess-baggage

https://www.dawn.com/news/528037/singapore-a-key-transit-hub-for-wildlife-smuggling

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjbkm5/lion-escape-singapore-airport-sedated

https://www.livescience.com/african-monkeys-florida-zoo-escapees.html

https://vervetproject.org/photo/

https://www.florida-backroads-travel.com/dania-chimpanzee-farm.html

Intro / Outtro Tiptoe Out The Back – Dan Lebowitz

Interstitial music by MK2

All other music and sound effects by Pixabay.com and Freesound.org

Visit BewilderBeastsPod.com for more information about this show!

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Ep 75: Sharkboy

Sun, 02 Oct 2022 22:00:00 -0400

After a pod of dolphins saved Todd Endris from a Great White Shark, Todd went on to advocate for the sharks who nearly killed him.

Resources:
Daisy to the Rescue by Jeff Cambell (and consultation with Marc Bekoff!)

https://www.surfer.com/features/monterey-shark-attack-2/

https://www.today.com/news/dolphins-save-surfer-becoming-sharks-bait-2D80555123

https://www.theinertia.com/surf/todd-endris-survivor-of-infamous-great-white-attack-dies-after-car-crash/

https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams/kelp-forest-cam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Triangle_(Pacific_Ocean)

https://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/the-best-surf-leashes-in-the-world

https://scaquarium.org/shark-fin-soup/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsQeCO7jkFY

Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2. Additional music provided by Pixabay and Freesound.org

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Ep 74: Dartmoor

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 22:00:00 -0400

A matriarch looking for enough room for the entire family to call home buys a dilapidated zoo in England. It took 4 days before the Jaguar escaped. Then the wolves. Then the lynx. Welcome to Dartmoor.

Resources for today's episode:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmoor_Zoological_Park

The book: “We Bought A Zoo” by Benjamin Mee

https://web.archive.org/web/20090110184534/http://www.knightfrank.co.uk/press/2006_news_stories/DartmoorWildlifeParksalecompletes.aspx

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6246342.stm

https://www.livescience.com/homewrecker-condors-california.html

https://www.britannica.com/place/Sahara-desert-Africa/Animal-life

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Przewalski%27s_horse#:~:text=In%201992%2C%2016%20horses%20were,fringes%20of%20the%20Gobi%20desert.

https://medium.com/taronga-conservation-society-australia/10-endangered-species-saved-from-extinction-by-zoos-682c454d0125

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52437763

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-47322731

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-devon-33989483

http://www.knightfrank.co.uk/press/2006_news_stories/DartmoorWildlifeParksalecompletes.aspx

https://web.archive.org/web/20101120115131/http://captiveanimals.org/zoos/dartmoor1.htm (the 13 page report on the conditions the animals were dealing with in 2001, where 15 of the 16 charges against Ellis Daw were dropped)

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/heartbreaking-true-life-story-love-588037

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/6246342.stm

And, THE full piece which attributes Scarlett Johansson as the author: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-daily-telegraph/20180324/282368335187515

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Sick Bay: What The Pluck?

Sun, 18 Sep 2022 19:00:00 -0400

Melissa is sick, so let's go back in the way back machine to when this show was a recording in a closet under the stairs. Throwback to Episode 42, What the Pluck, all about the Hollywood Highway Chickens.

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Ep 73: The Unkindness

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 21:00:00 -0400

The many kinds of unkindnesses at the Tower of London, including murders, treason, and some rambunctious ravens who have a big prophecy on their winged shoulders.

Resources:

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ravens-tower-of-london-b899297.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ravens-tower-of-london-legend-monarchy-fall-building-crumble-a4529401.html

https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/royals/the-ravenmaster-coronavirus-update-new-raven-chicks-a4423621.html

https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/#gs.9boma6
https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/whats-on/the-ravens/

https://www.livescience.com/42821-tower-of-london.html#:~:text=The%20Tower%20of%20London%20is,many%20famous%20and%20infamous%20prisoners.

https://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/kidsyouth/the-electric-light-system-phonograph-motion-pictures.htm#:~:text=In%201882%20Edison%20helped%20form,the%20U.S.%20have%20electric%20power.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ravenmaster-christopher-skaife-tells-of-his-relationships-with-the-tower-of-londons-resident-birds/

The Ravenmaster: My Life With The Ravens At The Tower of London by Chirs Skaife

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Ep 72: Whoa, Uglies!

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 18:00:00 -0400

The Ugly Animal Preservation Society, the world's funniest biologist Simon Watt, and a Blobfish walk into a bar; Melissa is grossed out by sound effects. We're back, baby! Season 4!

#UglyAnimalDay is September 8th, 2022 - use the hashtag and let's DO THIS!

Resources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugly_Animal_Preservation_Society

The Ugly Animals: We can’t all be pandas! (Go get it as a gift for your favorite little nature nerd, or to put on your shelf!)

https://uglyanimalsoc.com/ - go become a member of the Ugly AnimalPreservation Society-it's funny, it's nerdy, it's smart, and it's free!

https://www.edfringe.com/ Simon's show on the Ugly Animals Preservation Society

https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/british-science-festival

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-24040130

https://web.archive.org/web/20130612051847/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/10108195/Battle-of-the-mingers-why-ugly-animals-should-be-wildlife-pin-ups.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmyUm7n1U7k (Unusual creatures: The Incredible True Story of the Blobfish song)

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/88111/7-unattractive-facts-about-blobfish

Intro/Outro: Tiptoe out the back by Dan LIbowicz!
Interstitial music by MK2
All other music and sound effects by artists on Pixabay and Freesound.org.
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BONUS: Slaughterhouse Punk Rock Goat (Patreon Exclusive)

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 07:00:00 -0400

Let's dive into this episode pulled from the Patreon feed about a grindcore goat named Biquette. Rock on!

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BONUS (Patreon Exclusive!): Hungry, Hungry Hippos

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 12:00:00 -0400

A bonus episode pulled from Patreon to keep you company this summer. Learn all about how Pablo Escobar's bad choices led to the largest invasive species on the planet.

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Ep 71: It's Witch-ah-Tah

Sun, 29 May 2022 21:00:00 -0400

Season 3 Finale:
Three headlines from around the US: A javelina commits light B&E and steals a motor vehicle over Cheetos; a fugitive flamingo from Kansas is found in TEXAS; homeowners in Colorado file an unusual claim that Goldilocks would be envious.

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Resources:
Javelina Cheeto Caper

https://animalcorner.org/animals/peccary-javelina/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weird-news/javelina-traps-car-knocks-vehicle-neutral-pursuit-cheetos-rcna23839

https://www.biologicaldiversity.org

Fugitive Flamingo

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-news/flamingo-escaped-kansas-zoo-17-years-ago-spotted-texas-coast-rcna22129

DNA Exonerates Bear

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-news/5-hibernating-bears-source-california-crawl-space-snores-rcna25879

https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/dna-evidence-saves-lake-tahoe-s-500-pound-black-bear-hank-the-tank-from-euthanasia-134094917710

FUZZ by Mary Roach: https://maryroach.net/fuzz.html

Links as always are in the description of today's episode

Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2. Additional music provided by Pixabay and Freesound.org and my swearing parrot buddy, Poll.

More about Melissa McCue-McGrath can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com and BewilderBeastsPod.com

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Ep 70: Betting on the Ponies

Sun, 22 May 2022 21:00:00 -0400

This week a look at the less-greats in horse racing, including a horse named after a fruit, a horse named after a tuber, and an announcer has to call a race with a horse evidently named by a 17th century pirate.

Let's GO!

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Resources for this week's episode:

Youtube video of Tom Durkin calling the ARRRRR race….https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf0wQzq9Yzg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Crown_of_Thoroughbred_Racing

https://www.livescience.com/14020-kentucky-derby-weird-horse-names.html

https://www.cnn.com/2012/11/14/sport/race-horse-names-betting-frankel/index.html
https://horseracingsense.com/why-are-racehorse-names-so-weird/

https://www.si.com/horse-racing/2021/04/29/kentucky-derby-best-and-worst-names

https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/15/sport/horsey-mchorseface/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justify_(horse)

https://www.denverpost.com/2022/05/08/how-did-rich-strike-win-kentucky-derby/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruler_on_Ice

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pants_On_Fire_(horse)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jockey_Club_(United_States)

Pot8os
https://www.amusingplanet.com/2020/08/a-racing-horse-named-potoooooooo.html

https://www.grunge.com/144630/royals-who-married-their-relatives/

Measure of Things website

Intro/Outro: Tiptoe out the Back by Dan Liebowicz, Interstitial music by MK2
Additional music and sound effects by Pixabay and Freesound.org

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Time Traveler (Ep 24)- Go Ask Alice

Sun, 15 May 2022 20:00:00 -0400

A personal note from Melissa re: Roe v. Wade and a throwback episode about feminism by way of First Daughter, Alice Roosevelt's pet garder snake, Emily Spinach. Also, panda cologne is eau d'number 2, and our favorite bad taxidermy, "Sad Otter".

All resources for this episode can be found in the shownotes of episode 24, "Emily Spinach"

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Ep 69: Shave and a Haircut

Sun, 08 May 2022 21:00:00 -0400

One sheep in Australia goes on the "lamb" and comes back from his "ram"springa needing a haircut of epic proportions.

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Resources:
https://slate.com/technology/2021/03/baarack-sheep-domestication-wool.html

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/baarack-a-rescued-sheep-getting-more-confident-every-day-after-losing-75-pounds-of-wool

https://www.edgarsmission.org.au/about-us/faqs/#

https://www.bobvila.com/articles/sheeps-wool-insulation/

https://www.nantucketconservation.org/when-why-and-how-we-shear-the-sheep/#:~:text=How%20do%20we%20shear%20the,the%20sheep%20and%20shepherd%20alike.

https://www.farmsanctuary.org/news-stories/why-do-we-shear-sheep-faqs/

https://www.britishwool.org.uk/assets/files/factsheets/2-Why-we-need-to-shear-sheep.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGrSCnzR_mA (Mashable)

https://www.businessinsider.com/why-sheep-cant-stop-growing-their-fur-2015-9

https://www.livescience.com/52755-sheep-facts.html

https://www.farmsanctuary.org/news-stories/why-do-we-shear-sheep-faqs/

Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2. Additional music provided by Pixabay and Freesound.org

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Ep 68: Who Watches The Watchmen?

Sun, 01 May 2022 23:00:00 -0400

When violent militarized police attack school children protesting for the right to education in Chile, hundreds of homeless street dogs stand in the way. This story focuses on two of the hundreds of Chilean protesting dogs: the infamous Negro Matapacos (Bebe), whose likeness pops up wherever social injustice involving police brutality and injustice to kids around the world exists, and El Vaquita, the dog who needed a fake protest to see the vet.

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Resources:
https://blurredbylines.com/blog/el-negro-matapacos-riot-dogs-el-vaquita-loukanikos-kanellos-protesters/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro_Matapacos

DuoLingo has a GREAT podcast where I was able to get ½ of Maria’s story first hand, about how she met and loved Bebe through his life. https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/duolingo-spanish/el-perro-que-protest%C3%B3-the-mjTYP_xl103/

https://thebark.com/content/how-chilean-dog-ended-face-new-york-city-subway-protests

https://historyofyesterday.com/the-chilean-street-dog-who-protested-for-educational-reform-bb8d43f09224

@midnucas on Twitter : https://twitter.com/midnucas/status/1213619610743758848 (the tweet where El Vaquita, "Little Cow" or "Cowie the dog"needed a fake protest to get him to veterinarian's for care.

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Ep 67: Doom Bloom

Sun, 24 Apr 2022 23:00:00 -0400

An invasive little bugger is murdering trees & plants in mid-Atlantic states by sucking them dry, then uses poisonous poop to finish the job. One hero rises above to turn poisonous poop lemons into delicious vomit lemonade.

Let's go!
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Resources:
PopSci podcast: https://www.popsci.com/animals/how-to-make-honey-spotted-lanternflies
Atlas Obscura: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/unusual-honey-pennsylvania

Philadelphia Bee - Doom Bloom Honey creators:
http://philadelphiabee.com/

BillyPenn.com https://billypenn.com/2019/09/13/10-worst-things-about-the-spotted-lanternfly-invasion/

PhillyMag.com
https://www.phillymag.com/foobooz/2020/11/23/spotted-lanternfly-honey-pennsylvania/

Extension Penn State U, how to comply with SLF active quarantine regulations: https://extension.psu.edu/how-you-can-comply-with-the-spotted-lanternfly-quarantine-regulations

More about the Spotted Lantern Fly: https://extension.psu.edu/spotted-lanternfly

A youtube video demonstrating pro tips and tricks, on how to kill the SLF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfNAjUnAZrA

And a facebook page because not everything on social media is a dumpster fire. Well, it is, but this should be helpful: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2215404745415711/

For The Love of Nature: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wild-child/id1551899680?i=1000557222696

Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2. Additional music provided by Pixabay and Freesound.org

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Ep 66: Knights in Shining Flannel

Sun, 17 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0400

The time LL Bean teamed up with a taxidermist and a woman from New Sweden, Maine, to make an unbelievably rare event come back to life for the masses. Plus, moose are hunted by an unusual predator, and one inebriated moose gets stuck in a tree.

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Ep 65:The Queen's Cat and The Pig War

Sun, 10 Apr 2022 23:00:00 -0400

Three shorter stories that couldn't quite make an entire episode on their own: A cat on the Queen's payroll in the UK and a pig who started a nearly 13 year war over land in the Pacific Northwest between the US and Canada.
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I got today’s information from a variety of sources -

On the Queen’s Chief Mouser:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/who-were-henry-viiis-wives
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-VIII-king-of-England
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_(cat)
https://www.gov.uk/government/history/10-downing-street

Pig War :
Which actually started with sheep and a longer, more political boundary dispute, resources if you want to dig deeper than a potato depth on it…I didn’t, I just came here for the pig story
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War_(1859)

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pig-war-british-american-border-dispute-san-juan-island

https://historycollection.com/40-animals-that-changed-history/13/

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Ep 64: Ciga-crows

Sun, 03 Apr 2022 23:00:00 -0400

Starting Season 3 : Swedish crows trained to pick up cigarettes in exchange for actual peanuts- it's proposed to save towns over 75% of the monetary cost of humans picking up trash, but what does that mean for the crows?

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Resources:
The American Cancer Society Quitline at 800-227-2345

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/503606/are-cigarette-butts-secret-better-roads

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/505089/dutch-startup-wants-train-crows-pick-cigarette-butts

https://cosmosmagazine.com/nature/birds/is-it-ethical-to-train-crows-to-pick-up-cigarette-butts/

*normal cleaning animals, vultures, goats for fires, etc: https://www.dawn.com/news/1371300

https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/litterpicking-crows-to-help-rid-swedens-streets-of-cigarette-butts/

https://boingboing.net/2022/02/01/crows-trained-to-collect-cigarette-butts-on-the-street.html

https://corvidcleaning.com/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45155818

https://boutique.puydufou.com/papeterie/page/2.html

https://abcbirds.org/blog21/what-do-crows-eat/

And, my own life growing up with a smoker.

Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Leibowitz and Interstitial music is by MK2. Additional music provided by Pixabay and Freesound.org

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April Fools-A-Roo! (The Yankee Vs Ostrich with Nick Charlie Key)

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 23:00:00 -0400

April Fool's Day is in full swing on this episode of not-exactly BewilderBeasts! Let's learn about a bit about by way of a New York Yankee's baseball player and an ostrich.

When a NY Yankee Challenged an Ostrich To A Spaghetti Eating Competition

More about Nick Charlie Key and his incredible show, "The Fantastic History of Food" can be found here: https://www.foodhistorypodcast.com/ and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/foodhistorypod

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Time traveler (episode 18): Don't Do Toads, Kids!

Sun, 27 Mar 2022 23:00:00 -0400

In this fan favorite, we revisit Melissa's failed foray into pharmaceutical advertising.

All resources for this replay can be found in the show notes of Episode 18: The Side Effects of Toad Licking

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Time traveler (ep 33): Napoleon's WHAT was stolen?!?

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0400

Missing historical appendages? Fierce women who get it done? Big goofy hero dogs? Quirky facts and serious history? It's all here. If there is one episode that encompasses Bewilderbeasts, it's this one.

All information about this episode can be found on the show notes of episode 33: Ann Harvey, Hairy Man and the Island of the Dead.

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Time traveler (ep 26): "Oh, He's The Dead Guy"

Sun, 13 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500

When Melissa's asked which story sticks with her the most, it's the one of the Border Collie who unmasked the terrible racists in Tennessee.

Episode notes can be found on episode 26: The Rebellious Reenacting Rooster

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Time traveler (episode 8): POLL!

Sun, 06 Mar 2022 17:00:00 -0500

In this fan favorite, we meet Poll - President Andrew Jackson's swearing parrot,-who makes frequent cameos through the episodes of Bewilderbeasts.

All resources can be found on episode 8, "The Profane Presidential Parrot"

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Patron Saint, Olga of Kiev

Sun, 27 Feb 2022 19:00:00 -0500

Replay of Episode 50: Olga of Kiev.
#StandWithUkraine #Ukraine

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Ep 63: Puckish Poultry and Cursing Corvids

Sun, 20 Feb 2022 22:00:00 -0500

McNugget, the coffee shop rooster; Cosmo, the rowdy raven who befriended an elementary school; an update on Magawa, the land-mind detection rat from episode 10; and scheduling updates!

Resources:
McNugget the Rooster
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/one-tough-old-bird-rules-the-parking-lot/

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/beloved-issaquah-rooster-likely-killed-by-dog/

https://www.q13fox.com/news/mcnugget-issaquahs-favorite-rooster-killed-in-tragic-dog-attack

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/beloved-issaquah-rooster-likely-killed-by-dog/

Cosmo the Kid-Cursing Corvid
https://www.oregonlive.com/trending/2021/12/friendly-foul-mouthed-crow-befriends-entire-oregon-elementary-school-before-state-police-are-called-in.html

MentalFloss: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/653445/profane-crow-made-friends-grade-school-being-expelled

https://ar-ar.facebook.com/KOMONews/posts/mcnugget-had-been-at-the-espresso-stand-for-11-years-and-was-well-known-in-the-c/863903653677968/

Magawa the hero rat: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-59951255

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Ep 62: Winter (Prosthetics, Part 2)

Sun, 13 Feb 2022 23:00:00 -0500

This week is part two of the prosthetics arc where we look exclusively at one dolphin who lost her tail but not her spirit - how that dolphin's journey saved the wildlife rehabilitation center she lived in, helped humans with advancements in prosthetic tech, and saved countless animals after her death in 2021, all while schmoozing with Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd and Harry Connick, Jr. Let's meet Winter the Dolphin.

Resources for today's episode:

https://www.cmaquarium.org/winter-updates/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_(dolphin)

https://twitter.com/WinterDolphin

https://www.seeker.com/fuji-the-first-dolphin-with-a-prosthetic-fin-dies-1769268456.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fuji-the-dolphins-rubber-tail/

https://mainepublic.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/6e723891-fae8-41f0-a4e6-cba022efa8a2/prosthetic-tails-for-dolphins-operation-wild/

https://patch.com/florida/clearwater/rescuer-dolphin-tale-co-stars-remember-loveable-dolphin

https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-movies-florida-gulf-of-mexico-d3f8291190c238935df56e684b5297c8

https://patch.com/florida/clearwater/winter-dolphin-reunited-rescuer-14-years-later

https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/david-brought-winter-the-dolphin-international-fame-now-hes-leaving-clearwater-marine-aquarium/67-17a06b97-0fd7-4637-aedd-a6d6ee3c95a4

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Ep 61: Avengers, Assemble! (Prosthetics)

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 23:00:00 -0500

This week's show is all about the real life Animal Avengers, animal prosthetics, osseointegration, and the magic of 3D printing to save animals from euthanasia while advancing prosthetic technologies to help humans.

Resources for today's episode include:

https://youtu.be/yIiXqyoxZEA

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/04/10/komodo-dragon-named-smaug-gets-a-leg-up-from-a-new-prosthetic/

https://www.discovery.com/science/artificial-limbs--pioneering-animal-surgery-may-hold-the-key-to

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/prosthetics-animals-rescued-3d-dogs-cats

https://futurism.com/tortoise-gets-new-shell-thanks-to-3d-printing

https://www.britannica.com/explore/savingearth/animal-prosthetics-surviving-on-human-ingenuity-and-compassion

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160314141412.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osseointegration_Group_of_Australia

https://www.insideedition.com/19489-worlds-first-goose-to-receive-3d-printed-beak-hatches-2-goslings-after-finding-true-love

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Email the show: BewilderBeastsPod@gmail.com
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Throwback: Groundhog Day

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 07:00:00 -0500

Hi everyone! Episode 21, Fishfart Diplomacy, had a segment dedicated to all things Groundhog Day and let's bring back the term Bear Rat for our favorite meteorological rodents!

All sources can be found on the original airing of the show, episode 21: https://bewilderbeastspod.podcastpage.io/episode/ep-21-fish-fart-diplomacy

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Ep 60: "Chix In Space"

Sun, 30 Jan 2022 22:00:00 -0500

The time Kentucky Fried Chicken teamed up with NASA, some space ready chickens, and an 8th Grader FOR SCIENCE.

I got today's information from:

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/background/facts/adf.html

https://www.audubon.org/news/the-amazing-story-cold-war-space-egg-race

https://techshot.com/aerospace/technology/

https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/is-it-possible-for-chickens-to-lay-eggs-in-space/

https://www.purdue.edu/space/features/chix-09-2018.php

https://www.space.com/11706-space-beer-microgravity.html

https://www.britannica.com/event/Challenger-disaster

https://www.businessinsider.com/alcohol-that-has-flown-in-space-2016-1#one-of-these-experiments-included-attempting-to-brew-beer--which-is-done-using-yeast--in-space-8

https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/russian-cosmonauts-admit-to-smuggling-alcohol-in-space-as-juice-bottles-3180818.html

Music is by Dan Leibowitz and interstitial music is by MK2 - extra music is from Freesound.org and Pixabay.com

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Ep 59: JFK and the Pupniks

Sun, 23 Jan 2022 22:00:00 -0500

This week, the Soviet dogs who went to space, their descendants, and one named Pushinka who had a minor role in stopping nuclear Armageddon during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Resources for this week's episode:

The Smithsonian

BBC

Wikipedia on Pushinka

Presidential Pet Museum

NPR

The Atlantic

JFK Library

Cultura Colectiva

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Ep 58: FATS G (Frog Rescue Service)

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 22:00:00 -0500

In Australia there is a rescue service for frogs who get trapped in produce that saves upwards of 1500 frogs every single year. We also meet Tony the Frog from Twitter who was saved from a head of lettuce in America, and why voting in America is important in off-presidential years if you want to save amphibians. Alright, let's go!

I got today’s information from
https://journalistsresource.org/health/frog-salad-bagged-lettuce/

https://www.fats.org.au/history

Total Environment Care: https://www.tec.org.au/the_wealth_at_our_feet

https://twitter.com/simoncurtis/status/1473144616828510212
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-10/the-banana-box-frog-rescue-service/8244386

https://www.fats.org.au/

Links as always are in the description of today's episode

Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2. Additional music provided by Pixabay and Freesound.org

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Ep 57: All About That Bass (Robofish)

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 23:00:00 -0500

This week we talk about the effects of invasive species and how robotic fish employing scare tactics as invasive species birth control, another robot fish explores the deep sea floor, and a dead chipmunk on a stick may solve the mystery of an extinct bird while saving another. Ready? Let's go!

Resources for today's episode:
Thesaurus.com

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/putting-the-fear-of-bass-into-mosquitofish-with-a-robot/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-terrify-invasive-mosquitofish-with-their-worst-nightmare-a-robotic-fish-180979258/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2301562-robotic-fish-scares-invasive-species-so-badly-that-it-cannot-breed/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12760/11-invasive-species-wreaking-havoc-around-world

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF9axVuVcX0 a video by Dr Giovanni Polverino for the University of Western Australia

Shout out the podcast "Lets Go To Court" as that’s why Lance Bass is on the mind. It’s a running joke through their not-for-children court podcast, but it’s all I could hear in my head every time I read the word "bass"

https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/infectious-disease/epi/vector-borne/browntail-moth/index.shtml

https://www.inverse.com/science/soft-robots-fish

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-27/saving-the-rufous-fantail-with-a-taxidermied-chipmunk/8212760

Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2. Additional music provided by Pixabay.com and Freesound.org

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Ep 56: Put the Rap Battling Horse Skull Back In Christmas, Where It Belongs

Sun, 19 Dec 2021 23:00:00 -0500

Let's go to Wales, a country where they are trying to put the call-and-response singing horse skull back in Christmas, where it belongs. This is going to be fun. Let's go!

More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com
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Resources for today's episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXBL4Ffc9Ww

http://www.folkwales.org.uk/mari.html

https://www.wales.com/about/culture/mari-lwyd

Dr Gwilym Morus-Baird https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU5pk-Hc758

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/centuries-old-mari-lwyd-tradition-returns-6458668

Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2. Additional music provided by Pixabay and Freesound.org
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BONUS: A Very Merry DIY Bird Hoarding Kit

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500

How much would the 12 days of Christmas cost someone today? How many birds is the True Love gifting? And where is the recipient going to put 224 birds? Let's take a peak at the ill-gifted birds in the mathiest holiday song on holiday playlists everywhere!

Resources for today's throwback episode can be found on Episode 15: "Christmas Carol Creatures"

https://bewilderbeastspod.podcastpage.io/episode/ep-15-christmas-carol-creatures
https://tinyurl.com/mentalfloss12days

https://tinyurl.com/triblivecostof12daysofchristma

Trulia.com

https://www.vox.com/2015/12/25/10661878/12-days-of-christmas-explained

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Interstitial music: MK2
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Ep 55: Julia Child, The CIA, and Shark Repellent Cakes

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 23:00:00 -0500

Julia Child was rejected from the army in WW2, so she got in on the ground-floor of the CIA, whipping up her first ever recipe: Shark Repellent Cakes.

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https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/gfc.2005.5.3.44

https://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/10267501885/in-1924-the-politeness-police-was-formed-as

https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/julia-child-quotes/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Child

https://allthatsinteresting.com/julia-child-spy

https://www.intelligence.gov/index.php/people/barrier-breakers-in-history/451-julia-child

https://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-julia-child-shark-repellant-20150722-story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Capp

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Ep 54: Ho, Ho, Reindoes!

Sun, 05 Dec 2021 22:00:00 -0500

This week, Melissa explains how we know Santa's sleigh is pulled by 8 reinDOEs who can see predators urine (that's not in the movie!), how shaman made reindeer fly, and the story of Rudolph uncovered.

Parents: Melissa is fully on Team Santa, so learn awesome holiday facts with a supportive parent host.

All resources can be found at Episode 15: Christmas Carol Creatures (season 1) of this podcast.

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Bonus: Drunk Flies and Stoned Dolphins (With Dr. Oné R. Pagán)

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 18:00:00 -0500

This is a recording of Oné R. Pagán's book launch for "Drunk Flies and Stoned Dolphins" where a tipsy Melissa asks him about cocaine addiction in flatworms, "bouncer bees" who decapitate drunk bees coming back to the hive, a few side tracks into pjs and tattoos, then circling back to stoned dolphins, spiders on LSD, phobias, and misadventures in web-based randomizers. His incredible research is improving how we understand addiction in humans.

Find his book, "Drunk Flies and Stoned Dolphins" wherever you like to purchase books or at your local library.

Follow Oné on Twitter (@BaldScientist) or his website, https://baldscientist.com/

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Ep 53: Who's Your Daddy?

Sun, 28 Nov 2021 22:00:00 -0500

Melissa addresses sex changing animals who can do it all, condors who have had enough of their male cage mates, lesbian lizards, proposes a Finding Nemo #3, and the myth of the sexual binary.

I got today’s information from
Theresa Thorn of the podcast, "One Bad Mother" (the podcast that saved my sanity while parenting in the early years - profanity laced sanity for parents)
"It Feels Good To Be Yourself"
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250302953/itfeelsgoodtobeyourself

https://theconversation.com/what-we-learn-from-a-fish-that-can-change-sex-in-just-10-days-129063

The Oxford Dictionary

https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/nature/article/2016/09/29/7-gender-bending-animals-animal-kingdom

https://www.inverse.com/science/animals-can-change-their-sex

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/why-is-same-sex-sexual-behavior-so-common-in-animals/

https://www.google.com/search?q=sea+turltes+climate+change+warm+temparatures&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS773US773&oq=sea+turltes+climate+change+warm+temparatures&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64.6270j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

https://news.berkeley.edu/2010/03/01/frogs/

https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/epa-widely-used-pesticide-atrazine-likely-harms-more-1000-endangered-species-2020-11-05/

https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/crops/article/2021/03/09/biden-administration-may-change-epa

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/california-condors-surprise-scientists-with-two-virgin-births-180978983/

Links as always are in the description of today's episode

Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2. Additional music provided by Pixabay and Freesound.org

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Ep 52: Five Deer

Sun, 21 Nov 2021 23:00:00 -0500

Trigger warning: Today's episode discusses genocide, the dark truth behind America's most gluttonous holiday. Why you should be eating eel and deer instead of turkey and potatoes on Thursday, and how writers of the 1800's completely SQUAWKED up how we learn about Thanksgiving today. And we learn what they didn't teach you in school about the first feast. Buckle in, it's a rollercoaster.

Resources:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-was-on-the-menu-at-the-first-thanksgiving-511554/

https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1621

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_dinner

https://time.com/4577425/thanksgiving-2016-true-story/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sarah-Josepha-Hale

https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/08/book-review-lady-editor-literary-lady-complicated-proto-feminist/

https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/informational/rethinking-thanksgiving

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/05/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-native-american-communities/

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/p0819-covid-19-impact-american-indian-alaska-native.html

https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/thousands-of-homicides-disappearances-of-indigenous-women-remain-unsolved-many-in-same-state-where-gabby-petitos-body-was-found/

https://mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/

https://native-land.ca/

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/11/25/native-americans-thanksgiving-mourning

Links as always are in the description of today's episode

Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2. Additional music provided by Pixabay and Freesound.org

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Ep 51: Africanimals

Sun, 14 Nov 2021 22:00:00 -0500

This week, Melissa has a special announcement and revisit of three African animal stories for the History Class of RSU 40 in Waldoboro, Maine. #GoPanthers

For information on Dr. One Pagan's book launch ("Drunk Flies and Stoned Dolphins: A Trip Through The World of Animal Intoxication") please visit @BaldScientist on Twitter, or Dr. Oné R. Pagán's website: https://baldscientist.com/

For full resources, please visit:

Episode 1: “These Bees are The Bomb!” (Segment 1 of that episode)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/painting-eyes-cow-butts-could-save-cow-and-lion-lives-180975601/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37316573

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-01156-0

Segment Two: Episode 12: Parachuting Yorkie Saves The Day (segment 1 of that episode)
https://mashable.com/article/stolen-lemur-san-francisco-zoo-safe/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemur

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/maki-lemur-stolen-san-francisco-zoo-found-safe-nearby-city-n1243680

https://apnews.com/article/lemur-theft-san-francisco-zoo-962bb0064c2129c8da75cf4f5780b11b

Segment Three: Episode 23 “Dwarf Giraffes and Two Danny DiVitos” (segment 2 of that episode)

https://mashable.com/article/giraffe-dwarf-discovery/

https://www.verywellhealth.com/how-many-types-of-dwarfism-are-there-2860725

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dwarfism/symptoms-causes/syc-20371969#:~:text=Dwarfism%20is%20short%20stature%20that,different%20medical%20conditions%20cause%20dwarfism.

https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1186/s13104-020-05403-9?sharing_token=ntjvG3fP1wY_nrBV0eDdO2_BpE1tBhCbnbw3BuzI2RO_hp-8Guw6xV7ywaIirtjhYCijpdOVcpcsRSq7HBvvCbScuMwHpvQOGkFiUA-k4_ttaOODkzWhYBOHXQo5ujaizGjqTke6RMmuFIZAkUUXjslcFxiMDL3g07YUIA8JPsA%3D

Links as always are in the description of today's episode

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Ep 50: Arson Pigeon Revenge (Olga of Kiev)

Sun, 07 Nov 2021 22:00:00 -0500

In this 50th episode, we meet Olga of Kiev, a PATRON SAINT who murdered a lot of people using earth, wind, fire, ale and homing pigeons. She inspired the character of Cersei Lannister, a death metal band's concept album, a ballet and the US Military in WW2. Let's go!

Resources for today's episode!
Rejected Princesses: Tales of History’s Boldest Heroines, Hellions and Heretics by Jason Porath - https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/princesses/olga-of-kiev

Moxie Labouche's "Your Brain on Facts" Podcast

Endless Thread Podcast (WBUR)

Fierce Females of History Podcast

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/04/old-weird-tech-the-bat-bombs-of-world-war-ii/237267/

https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb

https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-bizarre-history-of-the-bat-bomb-437d6d33c27b

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_of_Kiev

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Griffin

https://houston.culturemap.com/news/arts/10-25-13-lessons-from-a-farce-houston-grand-operas-idie-fledermausi-looks-to-restore-the-genres-good-name/

Encyclopedia Britannica

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Ep 49: Revenge of the Shaggy Pants

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0400

Today Melissa takes a series of shallow dives into more royalty who were killed by hubris which changed the world forever, and has some fun with the worst nicknames in royal history. Let's go!

Resources for today's episode include:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_of_France_(11O16%E2%80%931131)
https://allthatsinteresting.com/royal-titles-nicknames

https://www.britannica.com/list/7-monarchs-with-unfortunate-nicknames

http://www.unofficialroyalty.com/royal-deaths-from-horse-accidents/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Went_Hensley

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/58623/60-historys-strangest-royal-epithets

A List of Loius’s https://www.neworleansbar.org/uploads/files/6_3_19%20A%20List%20of%20Louies%20Part%201%20Article.pdf

https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-people-who-died-of-animal-attack/reference

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/normans/1066_01.shtml

https://bewilderbeastspod.podcastpage.io/episode/ep-28-the-flying-turtle-who-killed-a-guy

Links as always are in the description of today's episode

Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2. Additional music provided by Pixabay and Freesound.org

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Ep 48: The Story Of Room 8

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 11:00:00 -0400

Today, there is a sign that says no pets allowed on the fence surrounding Elysian Heights Elementary - but the very foundation of this school's culture is built on the spirit of a cat named Room 8 who went to school every single day for 16 years. Let's learn about the most famous cat in the US that you likely never heard of because the Internet didn't exist in the 50s.
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Resources for today's episode:
https://www.thegreatcat.org/room-8/

https://www.latimes.com/visuals/photography/la-me-fw-archives-room-8-mascot-at-elysian-heights-elementary-school-20181127-htmlstory.html

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/room-8-the-cat-mural

https://www.dailybreeze.com/2008/04/02/classy-cat/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7374255/room-eight

https://www.imdb.com/

Erik Friedl, Los Angeles-based photographer who took the photos described in the episode. You can see some of Erik's work on YouTube.

And on the humble potato:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/scientists-peel-away-potatos-dna-secrets-bmc09hd5hqb

https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/irish-potato-famine

https://genetics.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist/chromosome-number-not-correlated-complexity

Melissa McCue-McGrath

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Ep 47: The Sheep in The Clouds

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0400

In 1783 a duck, a rooster and a sheep named Montauciel were heading straight for the sky. How does their unlikely story change lead to three Billionaires ending up in space over 200 years later?

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https://storytellershat.com/2016/08/30/montauctiel-the-flying-sheep/

https://time.com/3583782/hot-air-balloon-history/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/hot-air-balloon-rooster-sheep-duck-first

Science Comics ROCKETS : Defying Gravity by Anne Drozd and Jerzy Drozd

Stuff You Missed In History Class

https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1780-1789/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Montgolfier-brothers

https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/joseph-michel-and-jacques-etienne-montgolfier

The Measure Of Things

Intro and outro music is Tiptoe out the Back by Dan Liebowicz and interstitial music is by MK2. All additional music within the podcast is from Pixelbay.com, and sound effects are from freesound.org

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Ep 46: Housetraining Heiffers

Sun, 10 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0400

Why scientists are looking to potty train 1 billion cows to combat a growing acid rain crisis.
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Resources on The Moo Loo:
USGS.gov
The Guardian
Chick a Pig board game
NPR
Beef Market Central

And if you want to watch a cow open a door, go pee - a LOT of pee, then get a treat, you can go to YouTube.com - the Telegraph has a great short video on the subject which you can also find on my Twitter feed for 10/5/2021

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Ep 45: Bone-y and Clyde

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0400

A Smithsonian Museum exhibit depicting the skeletal remains of Dr. Grover Krantz and his beloved Irish wolfhound, Clyde. But, who was Dr. Krantz, and why is he - and his dogs - at the Smithsonian? And, why is this photo of their posthumous posed parts circulating social media?

Resources:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/grover-krantz-donated-his-body-to-science-on-one-condition-38726179/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/scientist-grover-krantz-risked-it-all-chasing-bigfoot-180970676/

https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/summer-2018-our-town/man-myth-and-legend-grover-krantz

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-feb-21-me-krantz21-story.html

https://www.qcc.cuny.edu/socialsciences/ppecorino/phil_of_religion_text/CHAPTER_5_ARGUMENTS_EXPERIENCE/Burden-of-Proof.htm

Intro and outro music is Tiptoe out the Back by Dan Liebowicz and interstitial music is by MK2. All additional music within the podcast is from Pixelbay.com, and sound effects are from freesound.org

More about Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, her book, "Considerations for the City Dog", and dog training services can be found at https://melissamccuemcgrath.com, and all episodes of Bewilderbeasts can be found at https://bewilderbeastspod.com

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Ep 44: LSDscapades and Debleated Goats

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 23:00:00 -0400

As there is talk of suicide and class one narcotics, listener discretion is advised.

How magicians, debleated goats, LSD, a maybe murder, and a CIA holiday party are tied into the misinformation effect.

Resources:
Jon Ronson: "The Men Who Stared at Goats"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Men_Who_Stare_at_Goats
http://www.jonronson.com/goats.html

Every Little Thing https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vZXZlcnlsaXR0bGV0aGluZw/episode/ZGQ2NDRlZjQtMTIzZi0xMWViLTlkNTctMzczNWI2NGUxMWU3?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwiAjpOjreHxAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQCg

Spycast https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdWRpb2Jvb20uY29tL2NoYW5uZWxzLzQ2MzQzMjAucnNz/episode/dGFnOmF1ZGlvYm9vLmZtLDIwMTYtMDctMTk6L2Jvb3MvNDgzNzU5NQ?sa=X&ved=0CAIQuIEEahgKEwiAjpOjreHxAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQrwE

Bullseye
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5ucHIub3JnLzUxMDMwOS9wb2RjYXN0LnhtbA/episode/MmVlYjNiYmUtZjI4My00ZmVkLTg3Y2MtMTczZGQ2ODEwYWJm?sa=X&ved=0CAIQuIEEahgKEwiAjpOjreHxAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQrwE

https://www.military.com/kitup/2012/02/goat-lab-an-inside-look.html
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/psychic-spies-truth-men-stare-goats/story?id=9032019

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-nov-01-ca-bridges1-story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Channon

https://neweartharmy.com/Welcome.html

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2017/09/16/hawaii-news/jim-channon-corporate-shaman-and-basis-for-hollywood-character-dies-at-77/

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120227954
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Olson#MKULTRA_and_Olson.27s_death

https://www.wired.com/2009/01/mkultra-lawsuit/

https://www.wired.com/2009/11/inside-the-armys-far-out-acid-tests/

https://www.nytimes.com/1977/08/03/archives/cia-hired-magician-in-behavior-project-paid-him-to-write-a-manual-a.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1977/08/

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Ep 43: Mouthful of Mike

Mon, 20 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0400

This week is all about Michael Packard, a man who went out to catch lobster but instead got an inside view of a humpback whale.

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Resources and references on Michael Packard and the whale

The Cape Cod Times article by Doug Frasier dated June 11, 2021, “I was completely inside”
Fisheries.noaa.gov
Dumb People Town - episode dated July 23, 2021, "I've Got A Tracheal Occlusion"
Pinocchio by Walt Disney Studios
The Decemberists Mariners Revenge Song - go listen and picture a 4-year-old bopping to it. WITH A GRIN.
The Bible (Jonah and the Whale) /Wikipedia on The Book of Jonah
Moby Dick

Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2
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Ep 42: What the Pluck?

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 23:00:00 -0400

A truck of hens heading to a slaughterhouse turns over on a California Highway, leading to the funniest trilogy in chicken-cinema.
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Resources: on the California Freeway Chickens:
Terry Pratchett's book of short stories, "A Blink of the Screen"
LA Times
Wikipedia
Snopes
Jessica Tandy
Deseret News

Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2
More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com
All episodes of BewilderBeasts can be found at BewilderBeastsPod.com

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Ep 41: Diamond Smuggling Pigeons

Sun, 05 Sep 2021 23:00:00 -0400

There is a place called the Diamond Coast where humanity clings to a thread, and pigeons are angels and lifelines. Let's go.

Resources:
Flight of the Diamond Smugglers by Matthew Gavin Frank

Just the Zoo of Us - Pigeons / Varmints - Pigeons / Strange Animals Podcast - Pigeons

Adam Ruins Everything (Diamonds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5kWu1ifBGU

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/a-tale-of-three-superdoves-the-dodo-the-rock-pigeon-and-the-passenger-pigeon/

https://www.pigeoncontrolresourcecentre.org/html/about-pigeons.html

https://weightofthing.com/items-that-weigh-about-40-pounds/

https://www.thespruce.com/pictures-of-pigeons-and-doves-4121967

Melissa McCue-McGrath is a dog trainer. She is the author of Considerations for the City Dog, the co-Training Director of the New England Dog Training Club (the oldest AKC obedience club in the United States). More at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com

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Episode 40: Update & Curses

Wed, 28 Jul 2021 11:00:00 -0400

Today, a quick update and a revisit of episode 8: the naughty bird who got evicted from a President's funeral for swearing, some birds who were separated for turning the zoo into an R rated experience for school kids, and some birds who use fire to catch prey, much to the dismay of firefighters.

This episode is also playing this week over at Melissa's other project, Totally Pawsome Pod with Dr. Sip Siperstein, a podcast that is SO not for children.

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Bonus: Edgar Allan, Oh NO!

Sun, 04 Jul 2021 08:00:00 -0400

Updates on the wanderlust walrus who is now sinking boats in Spain, a bomb sniffing rat retires, and a revisit of the raven who inspired two old-timey authors, Charles Dickens & Edgar Allan Poe.

Resources:
Magawa the land mine sniffing rat (original resources found on Episode 10)
NPR: https://www.npr.org/2021/06/04/1003258540/after-years-of-detecting-land-mines-a-heroic-rat-is-hanging-up-his-sniffer

Update on Wally the Wayward Walrus (Episode 31)
BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-57572045

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Ep 39: Intersections of Animals at Humanity

Sun, 30 May 2021 23:00:00 -0400

A father's devotion to his daughter is saving the monarch butterfly; condors go all Spinal Tap on a woman's home; Melissa gets real with how local and state government officials in Massachusetts can get inspiration from wildlife overpasses before another Somerville resident is killed in a crosswalk in her city.

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Resources:

Butterfly Connection
Monarch Watch
Rooted Mag
Good News Network
Boston Globe
Firestone Complete Autocare
Save Our Monarchs.org

Air Bird and B (Condors)
NYTimes
Mashable
The Guardian
Condor Comeback - Sy Montgomery
Tia Strombeck -

Intersection
Boston.com
All That's Interesting (Bridges)
Wild Animal Sanctuary
National Geographic

Rest in peace: Cheryl Richards, Kevin Dumont, and Marshall Mac. We will fix this.

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Ep 38: Sniffin' With What His Mama Gave Him

Sun, 23 May 2021 23:00:00 -0400

Melissa presents three happy stories about animals and humans - Yoriko the fish makes an unusual friend at an underwater shrine; a service dog flunk out becomes the first arson detection dog in Saginaw, TX; how scientists are using googley eyes to save birds.

Resources:
Love is Blind:
Yoriko and Hiroyuki Arakawa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfwdm5W2lWs

Wikipedia Asian Sheepshead Wrasse and Yoriko
Bored Panda
Wikipedia Shinto Shrine
Trip Advisor
Mental Floss
BBC
BBCEarth

Sheldon, the Firedog of Saginaw and the State Farm Arson Dog School
People Magazine
Firehouse Careers
Portland Oregon Gov
https://arsondog.org/ Arson Dog
https://notesfromadogwalker.com/2013/06/14/state-farm-arson-dog-program/ (Jessica Dolce)

Looming Eyes Buoy Buddies
Good News Network
MSN
Guardian

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Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2.
Additional Music by the amazing artists at Pixabay

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Ep 37: Little In the Middle

Sun, 16 May 2021 23:00:00 -0400

This week all about dogs and sight! We have a greyhound who gets corrective lenses, the first seeing eye dogs, and a guardian livestock dog gets an unusual flock to tend.

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Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com and BewilderedPod on Twitter, BewilderbeastsPod on Facebook, Bewilderbeasts on Instagram and email BewilderBeastsPod@gmail.com

Dr. Pip Boydel and the Blind Greyound
https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/gremlin-pit-bull-contacts
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AmazingAnimals/prescription-glasses-dogs/story?id=205640
https://phys.org/news/2009-07-contact-lenses-animals.html
http://www.archer2000.com/buddyhound/buddynews68.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/funny_old_game/1606722.stm

Dorothy Harrison Eustis & Morris Frank (Seeing Eye Dogs)
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/morris-frank-and-buddy-statue
https://thebark.com/content/history-seeing-eye-dogs
https://www.seeingeye.org/about-us/history.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seeing_Eye
https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/dorothy-harrison-eustis/
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2016/04/post-article-launched-seeing-eye-program/
https://timeline.com/seeing-eye-dogs-history-e4eababa8e07
https://www.nature.com/scitable/forums/genetics-generation/america-s-hidden-history-the-eugenics-movement-123919444
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Harrison_Eustis
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67393087/dorothy-leib-eustis
https://www.nytimes.com/1946/09/10/archives/mrs-eustis-is-dead-helped-the-blind-founder-of-seeing-eye-inc-group.html

Swampy Marsh and the Penguin Protection Program
ABC.au
ABC.net
The Bark
Map of Middle Island
The Standard

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BONUS: Got Vaccines?

Thu, 13 May 2021 00:00:00 -0400

On this shortie, Melissa got vaccinated and wanted to revisit the horseshoe crabs who made our vaccines --- and nearly every medical instrument and medication --- possible. Thanks, horseshoe crabs!

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Big thanks to Freesound.org and Joshua Empyre for additional music for this week's episode.

For all other information regarding this shortie, including the original resources of information, including the Sawbones episode (thanks Sydnee McElroy and Justin McElroy!) and RadioLab episode referenced, please visit Bewilderbeastspod.com, episode 19: Armadillo Justice.

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Ep 36: Banning The Toxic Lipstick Aisle

Sun, 09 May 2021 23:00:00 -0400

Melissa talks about some animals who could easily end up in a police lineup, a horse to thank every time Romaine lettuce is recalled, and cat butt science.

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Fingerprint Folly:
Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/koalas-make-monkey-out-police-1313275.html
Ripleys https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/koala-fingerprints/
New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg15220591-500-you-may-be-sweet-and-furry-but-youre-nicked/

Jim the Carthorse
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/10/health/10hors.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_(horse)
https://www.fda.gov/media/110418/download
https://allthatsinteresting.com/salem-witch-trials-causes
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/diphtheria/symptoms-causes/syc-20351897
https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/2002/11/04/Jim-the-horse-played-a-part-in-history/stories/200211040002

Cat Butt Science
Nerdist https://nerdist.com/article/cat-buttholes-surface-touch-science-fair-experiment/
Mental Floss https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/646004/do-cat-buttholes-touch-all-surfaces
Boing Boing https://boingboing.net/2021/04/23/science-fair-does-your-cats-butthole-really-touch-all-the-surfaces-in-your-home.html
Music credits:
Tiptoe Out The Back by Dan Lebowicz
Interstitial Music is by MK2

“Decision” by Michael Kobrin https://pixabay.com/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=3784

Sad lullaby: Music by waltermazzaccaro https://pixabay.com/music/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=1752

Waves by MichaelKobrin https://pixabay.com/music/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=3782

Melissa McCue-McGrath is a dog trainer. She is the author of Considerations for the City Dog, the co-Training Director of the New England Dog Training Club (the oldsest AKC obedience club in the United States). More at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com

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Ep 35: The Army That Lost To Emus

Sun, 02 May 2021 23:00:00 -0400

An animal control investigator gets a delicious surprise; emus beat the Australian Army, and we finally have a spi...spi….a story about my phobia that we had to include, so if you hear a thud, it’s just me passing out from fear.

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The Mysterious Tree Creature
https://www.delish.com/food-news/a36163171/animal-control-croissant-call/
https://www.history.com/news/burmese-python-invasion-florida-everglades#:~:text=These%20massive%20snakes%2C%20which%20can,havoc%20with%20the%20area's%20ecosystem.

Army Vs. Emu
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/01/great-emu-war-1932/

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-great-emu-war-in-which-some-large-flightless-birds-unwittingly-foiled-the-australian-army/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War

Got Milk?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/australian-reptile-park-spiders_n_58877c62e4b096b4a234ac1b

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack

Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2

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Ep 34: Bring Out Your Dead!

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 23:00:00 -0400

Today's episode covers three stories of how animals intersect with human death or death prevention, including forensic entomology (the use of bugs to solve crime), a dog who stayed at his owners final resting space for 14 years, and how tree frogs can inspire advancements in human organ donation. Let's go!

Crime solving bugs:
Case files discussed in today's episode https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-forensic-entymology-bugs-murders-2015jan10-story.html
University of Florida Entomology and Nematologydepartment on the life cycle of a fly http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/flies/house_fly.HTM

Greyfriar's Bobby:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/greyfriars-bobby

https://www.introducingedinburgh.com/greyfriars-bobby

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5637/greyfriars_bobby

"Animal Stories: Heartwarming true tales from the animal kingdom" by Jane Yolen with her kids, Heidi, Adam and Jason Stemple and beautiful illustrations by Jui Ishida. https://www.janeyolen.com/animal-stories/

Pee and Pixie Sticks:
https://www.breakthroughs.com/health-tomorrow/nature%E2%80%99s-antifreeze-holds-answer-preserving-human-organs#:~:text=The%20wood%20frog%20is%20built,in%20vital%20organs%20from%20freezing.

https://youmatter.world/en/definition/definitions-what-is-biomimicry-definition-examples/

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Structural_Biochemistry/Unique_Properties/Expansion_upon_Freezing#:~:text=When%20frozen%2C%20water%20molecules%20take,dense%20than%20the%20liquid%20water.&text=Thus%20water%20expands%20as%20it%20freezes%2C%20and%20ice%20floats%20atop%20water.

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Ep 33: Ann Harvey, Hairy Man, and the Island Of The Dead

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 23:00:00 -0400

Today we have an all NEWFOUNDLAND DOG special! A lifeguard Newfie named Reef jumps out of helicopters for the Italian Coast Guard; a Newf named Hairy Man pulled 180 Irish Immigrants off of Wreck Rock to safety on the Isle aux Morts (literally the Island of the Dead); and one unnamed Newfie gave this podcaster the best rabbit hole about Napoleon Bonaparte's Body Parts that you'll ever hear. #SorryNotSorry. Let's Go!

Melissa's work can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com and her book, Considerations for the City Dog can be purchased at Dogwise.com or through any independent retailers by request, or online. Because the Internet is magic.

Resources for today's episode:
Newfies Join the Italian Coast Guard
https://abcnews.go.com/US/dogs-train-year-round-save-lives-italian-waters/story?id=54094675

https://mymodernmet.com/newfoundland-rescue-dogs/#:~:text=The%20Newfoundland%20dog%20breed%20has,a%20special%20K9%20lifeguard%20unit.

Shipwrecked:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Harvey

https://www.isleauxmorts.ca/our_history.php

https://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/trip-ideas/travel-stories/the-shipwrecks-of-newfoundland-and-labrador

https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/irish/irish-catholic-immigration-to-america/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Humane_Society

https://www.isleauxmorts.ca/official_ah_nomination.php

https://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/plan-and-book/festivals-and-events/24920790

https://thedespatch.wordpress.com/

This segment was inspired by minisode 219 of "My Favorite Murder" where a listener wrote in with her story about how her family would not exist if it were not for Hairy Man, the Newfoundland. Karen and Georgia are my sheroes and while they are not for children, I'm glad I was able to take that story and learn more. https://omny.fm/shows/my-favorite-murder-with-karen-kilgariff-and-georgi/mfm-minisode-219

Napoleon Complex
https://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/11/01/ten.dogs/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_dog

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/newfoundland-senses-neighbors-fall/

Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2
Additional music this week by Zachariah Hickman (Argonne) and Godmode (Melancholia)

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Ep 32: The Dolphin of Dingle Bay

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 23:00:00 -0400

The a cow who escaped a slaughterhouse and went on the lam, the dolphin of Dingle Bay, the town who went dark to save a nest of baby birds.

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Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com and her book, "Considerations for the City Dog" is available for purchase!

Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2

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Resources:
Cow on the run
https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/1500-pound-cow-roaming-rhode-island-after-escaping-slaughterhouse/TXN3B3VTOBE7LC7EU

https://www.abc6.com/johnston-police-say-that-the-runaway-cow-has-been-captured/

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2021/03/26/johnston-cow-captured-after-weeks-lam/7011452002/

Fungie the DIngle Dolphin
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fun-fungie/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungie

https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/craic/spectacular-dolphin-footage-galway-bay-fungie-speculation

https://www.insideedition.com/fungie-is-that-you-some-hope-irelands-favorite-dolphin-is-alive-as-1-is-spotted-leaping-in-galway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloch%C3%A1n

The Baby Robins Saved By The Town
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/sivaganga-tamil-nadu-keeps-lights-off-to-help-birds-india/

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BONUS: The Cow Who Gave Us Libraries

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 20:00:00 -0400

The story of the cow who didn't start the fire- no, she didn't light it, but she tried to fight it.

Original episode and shownotes can be found:
BewilderBeasts, Episode 3: Mrs. O'Leary's Cow

Other podcasts that cover this story:
Stuff You Should Know
Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Ep 31: Bears, Bees, Battlestar Galactica

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 09:00:00 -0400

Bears in bear jail are in the quality assurance department; crossbow conservation, and a sleepy walrus gets a rude awakening

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Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com and her book, "Considerations for the City Dog" is available for purchase!

Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2

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Resources:
B&E Bears
https://wiseaboutbears.org/black-bears/the-bear-family/a-bears-quest-for-food

https://www.outsideonline.com/2417218/bears-testing-coolers-outdoor-gear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAi9QdqUAaw

Crossbow Conservation
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/saving-the-lears-macaw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lear%27s_macaw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africanized_bee

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5549483/

Sleepy Walrus (#WalrusWatch)
https://www.livescience.com/walrus-sighting-ireland.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/walrus-arctic-wales-ireland-b1820213.html

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/21/rspca-arctic-walrus-spotted-off-south-wales

Good for Nothing Safety by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/

Machinations by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100510
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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Ep 30: A Crow Left of the Attempted Murder

Sun, 28 Mar 2021 23:00:00 -0400

A crow tampers with a crime scene - TWICE; Nikola Tesla’s obsession with pigeons, and are you liable if your murder of crows commits murder?
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Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2

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Resources
Canuck the Crow:

The Dodo on Canuck

Nikola Tesla's Pigeon Obsession
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/first-execution-electric-chair

Badass Of The Week

Oatmeal Comic

Tesla Universe

LiveScience

YouTube

Smithsonian Mag

Sawbones Podcast From MaxFun

Forbes

No Such Thing as a Fish Podcast

Murder of Crows

Ep 29: The Harbormaster

Sun, 21 Mar 2021 23:00:00 -0400

Today, Melissa covers the legendary Andre the Seal from Rockport, Maine. Additional topics include slugs who decapitate their own heads and regrow bodies for survival, and alligators turn into popsicles to survive freezing water.

Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com and her book, "Considerations for the City Dog" is available for purchase!
Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2

Support the show (https://paypal.me/muttstuff) and visit BewilderbeastsPod.com for all episodes and bonus content. Don't forget to rate, review and share with your friends!

Resources for today's episode:

Self-decapitating sea slugs who use chloroplasts and regrow entire bodies:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/08/science/decapitated-sea-slugs.html

Andre the Seal:
https://newengland.com/today/travel/maine/portland/andre-the-seal/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_the_Seal

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/21/us/andre-the-seal-dies-in-maine-delighted-tourists-for-years.html

https://www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org/pbho-1/collection/andre-seal

https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-177-harbor-master-andre-the-seal/

https://bangordailynews.com/2014/08/05/news/midcoast/pbs-documentary-on-andre-the-seal-has-host-family-reminiscing-about-special-bond/

https://apnews.com/article/8e0175f60802447116c597fa54c31d98

Alligator Popsicles:
https://www.livescience.com/snorkeling-alligators-oklahoma.html#:~:text=Learn%20more-,Alligators%20in%20Oklahoma%20turn%20into%20'popsicles'%20sticking,out%20of%20the%20frozen%20water&text=Oklahomans%20came%20face%2Dto%2Dface,the%20American%20South%20this%20month.

https://www.sciencealert.com/these-frozen-alligators-aren-t-dead-they-re-displaying-a-creepy-survival-strategy

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Ep 28: The Flying Turtle Who Killed A Guy

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0400

Naked mole rats can save humans, horses killed a lot of kings named Loius, and eagle killed a playwright with a turtle.

Terry Pratchett's book, "Small Gods,"retells the story of the Eagle who killed Asechylus with a turtle. Other Podcasts mentioned in today's episode for kids who love science and animals:
Varmints
Just the Zoo of Us
Wow in the World
Earth Rangers
Planthropology
Strange Animals Podcast

Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com and her book, "Considerations for the City Dog" is available for purchase!

Resources:
Naked Mole Rats
https://www.lung.org/clean-air/outdoors/who-is-at-risk/disparities

https://www.who.int/news/item/12-05-2016-air-pollution-levels-rising-in-many-of-the-world-s-poorest-cities

https://www.livescience.com/naked-mole-rats-have-seizures-without-carbon-dioxide.html.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/naked-mole-rats-bathe-their-bodies-carbon-dioxide-prevent-seizures-180974798/

Technology Networks

Livescience Video on Naked Mole Rats and CO2

William III of Orange
https://www.londonremembers.com/subjects/king-william-iii-of-orange

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXvvbmpz5i0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx9N0mrTPtw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution

https://www.londonremembers.com/subjects/king-william-iii-of-orange

Aeschylus
https://www.goldencharter.co.uk/news-and-info/2017/six-strange-deaths-from-history/

https://www.cracked.com/article_16133_the-5-historical-figures-who-died-weirdest-deaths.html

https://allthatsinteresting.com/embarrassing-celebrity-deaths/5

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BONUS: Balto, Togo and the Great Race For Mercy

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 08:00:00 -0500

The story of the 150 dogs and 20 men who raced against odds, weather, frostbite, fake news, and the worst storm in decades to save the kids and Indigenous people of Nome, Alaska, from a deadly diphtheria outbreak 5 years after the flu of 1919.

This is the first bonus episode of Bewilderbeasts- and it was originally told in Episode 10: The Dogs Who Saved a Town at the End of the World to commemorate the running of the Iditarod sled dog race that is happening right now, and the anniversary of when Melissa's town went into lockdown due to COVID restrictions. The resources for this throwback can be found

https://bewilderbeastspod.podcastpage.io/episode/ep-10-the-dogs-who-saved-a-town-at-the-end-of-the-world

#Balto #Togo #Iditarod #History #Quarantines

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Ep 27: Living His Best Afterlife

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500

Sea cucumbers magic superpower, a bear found and ate 76 pounds of cocaine he found in the woods, and a flock of holy geese saved Rome.

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Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a professional dog trainer outside of Boston, MA, and author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog".
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Intro Music: “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz
Interstitial music: MK2

Sea Cucumber:
https://www.livescience.com/sea-cucumber-poop-reef.html

Cocaine Bear:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_C._Thornton_II
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/50220
@ SouthernOddPod on Twitter https://twitter.com/SouthernOddPod/status/1359866565039173636
@ My Favorite Murder, minisode 101 NOT for kids :)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5oB2s1W7Is8IHkZqpwnoBg

The Geese Who Saved Rome
http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,959901,00.html
https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/counties/fayette-county/article91223657.html
https://www.mirror.co.uk/science/pablo-eskobear-story-legendary-cocaine-8474914
https://www.npr.org/2012/05/05/152092224/how-swiss-guards-and-sacred-geese-saved-rome
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senones
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Allia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu8Tt4HsO_U (a fun 3 minute animation on the battle, totally kid safe and really helpful for me, who never, ever studied ancient history.)

Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100297
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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Ep 26: The Rebellious Runaway Reenacting Rooster

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500

Today's topics: Civil War reenacting rooster flew the coop, a dark walk through history thanks to a Border collie who inherited $5 million from her dead owner, and pigs can play video games for science!

Send in your topic ideas via: BewilderbeastsPod@gmail.com,

About your host:
Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a dog trainer& author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog". More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com
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Runaway Chicken
"Final Count" by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100657
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

And Zacharia Hickman with his song, "In the Sweet By and By"
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCxXuycyfYH17CZ_1NtwX1g

@peep_the_towel on Instagram

https://nypost.com/2021/02/12/teen-reunites-with-pet-rooster-after-losing-it-at-alabama-cracker-barrel/
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/alabama/articles/2021-02-14/pet-rooster-reunited-with-owner-after-going-missing
https://wgno.com/news/viral/teens-civil-war-reenacting-rooster-found-in-alabama-after-escaping-at-a-cracker-barrel/
https://ushistoryscene.com/article/civilwaranimals/
Richard Miller Devens’s Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion

Lulu the Border collie and Bill Dorris
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Bedford_Forrest_Statue
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/nashville-tn/charles-dorris-9918582
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/13/us/dog-border-collie-lulu-5-million-dollar-trust-owner-trnd/index.html
https://nypost.com/2021/02/12/8-year-old-border-collie-inherits-5-million/
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/us/24kershaw.html
https://www.britannica.com/event/Fort-Pillow-Massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Pillow

Pigs play video games
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56023720

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Ep 25: The CIA's Failed Spy Cats

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 23:00:00 -0500

The one time the CIA tried - and failed - to use a cat as a spy (code name Acoustic Kitty), some cats need hypoallergenic humans, and what happens when cats bail on sea shanties. #AcousticKitty

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I got today's information from:

https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/ernest-hemingways-cats/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/578211/cat-facts

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-cias-most-highly-trained-spies-werent-even-human-20149/

https://www.history.com/news/cia-spy-cat-espionage-fail

https://www.coolkidfacts.com/laws-of-motion/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ernest-hemingway-taught-one-of-his-many-many-cats-to-drink-whisky-73691/

https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/can-your-pet-be-allergic-to-humans/
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/integrative_medicine_digestive_center/news_events/lactose_intolerance.html

https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/can-your-pet-be-allergic-to-humans

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brazil-island-of-cats-covid-19-starving_n_5f8b045bc5b6dc2d17f75d97

https://www.hisgo.com/us/destination-japan/blog/top_3_ca

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Ep 24: Emily Spinach

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500

We meet Emily Spinach - the pet garter snake of wild-child first daughter, Alice Roosevelt. Also, the hilariously creepy, Wild Taxidermy Room in Melbourne, Australia, says goodbye and pandas throw the weirdest parties.

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About your host:
Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a professional dog trainer outside of Boston, MA, and author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog". She has a dog training channel on YouTube that has free classes and lessons for anyone who is interested in positive reinforcement dog training. More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com
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Interstitial music: MK2

I got today's information from:
Alice Roosevelt and Presidential Pets:
https://www.childrensmuseum.org/blog/why-pet-snake
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/12/first-daughters-alice-roosevelt-113302
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/03/29/at-90-alice-roosevelt-longworth-didnt-care-who-she-offended-in-this-mean-funny-1974-interview/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_pets
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hA1WAAAAIBAJ&pg=7004%2C3105108
https://patch.com/maryland/hyattsville/hoover-s-opossum-brings-luck-to-hyattsville-ba645rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrfgvfgvseball-team

Pandas Roll in Horse Poop:
https://www.livescience.com/pandas-roll-in-horse-poo.html
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/scientists-finally-think-they-know-why-these-pandas-roll-horse-poop

Melbourne's Wild Taxidermy Room:
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/search?collectingarea=Mammalogy
https://mashable.com/2015/07/05/bad-taxidermy/
https://www.ranker.com/list/bad-taxidermy-pictures/ashley-reign

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Ep 23: Dwarf Giraffes and Two Danny DeVitos

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 23:00:00 -0500

Melissa talks about the cutest little toilet plunger thief, the tallest dwarfs in the animal kingdom, and how honey bees twerk murder the murder hornets while using the grossest tool to protect their hives.
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About your host:
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I got today's information from:

https://mashable.com/article/giraffe-dwarf-discovery/

https://www.verywellhealth.com/how-many-types-of-dwarfism-are-there-2860725

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dwarfism/symptoms-causes/syc-20371969#:~:text=Dwarfism%20is%20short%20stature%20that,different%20medical%20conditions%20cause%20dwarfism.

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/20/948056982/meet-beave-the-internets-most-famous-beaver

https://mymodernmet.com/beave-the-beaver/

https://www.tiktok.com/@beaverbabyfurrylove?lang=en

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/12/honeybees-use-tools-dung-repels-giant-hornets/

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-the-first-tool-and-non-plant-weapon-used-by-honeybees-poo

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Ep 22: The Skydiving Beavers of 1948

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 23:00:00 -0500

Melissa talks about a monkey who killed the King of Greece, skydiving beavers, and one lizard earns the number one slot for the largest number 2. Let’s go!

We discuss white colonization and urban sprawl by way of parachuting beavers.

If there are topics you would be interested hearing about on the podcast, know of any historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky animals in the news, send them in to:

bewilderbeastspod@gmail.com
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I’m Melissa McCue-McGrath with Muttstuff media, author of Considerations for the City Dog and cotraining director of the New England Dog Training Club, the oldest AKC Obedience Club in the United States -

Now, go get curious!

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I got today’s information from

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Geronimo

https://time.com/4084997/parachuting-beavers-history/#:~:text=At%20last%2C%20the%20world,become%20the%20Internet's%20latest%20favorite

https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/skydiving-beavers/

https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/post/parachuting-beavers-idahos-wilderness-yes-it-really-happened#stream/0

https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2015/10/23/9604608/parachuting-beavers-video-idaho-fish-game

https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/208/idaho-parachuting-beavers-mccall-fish-and-game/277-f3ee3ca0-f029-4744-9461-f256a84fbe6a

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-king-of-Greece

https://historycollection.com/40-animals-that-changed-history/3/

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SU19201026.2.2&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a18832/royalty-and-their-strange-deaths/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_of_Greece

https://www.inverse.com/science/deceptively-chubby-lizard-breaks-poop-record

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Ep 21: Fish Fart Diplomacy

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:00:00 -0500

How fish farts nearly caused a war between Russia and Sweden, how severed octopus arms continue to try to feed the octopus, and why we use a rodent to predict the future.

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Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a professional dog trainer outside of Boston, MA, and author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog". More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com
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Resources:
https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/for-15-years-sweden-thought-enemy-submarines-were-invading-its-territory-it-turned-out-to-be-herring-farts/

How herring farts almost lead to a diplomatic crisis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ1Jr6QqSlE

No Such Thing As A Fish https://audioboom.com/posts/7771797-no-such-thing-as-potter-the-great

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/severed-octopus-arms-have-a-mind-of-their-own-2403303/

Severed Arm Resisting Stranger Octopus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP6Usm5bi_U

https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2016/10/07/5-reasons-the-octopus-is-the-coolest-animal-in-the-sea

Scientific American: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/octopus-chronicles/even-severed-octopus-arms-have-smart-moves/

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/octopus-chronicles/how-octopus-arms-regenerate-with-ease/

Science Alert: https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-how-octopus-arms-make-decisions-without-input-from-the-brain

https://io9.gizmodo.com/detatched-octopus-arms-show-independent-awareness-1209041248

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day

https://bestlifeonline.com/hilarious-groundhog-day/

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Ep 20: Quoth the Raven, "Baltimore!"

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 21:00:00 -0500

Today on BewilderBeasts, we’re going to meet a pig who wants to be a therapy dog, a headless chicken lives for 18 months & and the raven who haunted the grandaddy of creep, Edgar Allen Poe. Let’s go!

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I got today's information from:
https://www.ranker.com/list/historical-figures-with-syphilis/philgibbons

https://www.ushistory.org/oddities/grip.htm

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grip-raven

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allusions_to_Poe%27s_%22The_Raven%22

Lilou_sfpig on Instagram

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-therapy-pig/worlds-first-airport-therapy-pig-hogs-the-limelight-at-san-francisco-airport-idUSKBN1XL1M7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTOs1UrqIA4 Mike the Headless Chicken a la Josh from Josh and Chuck fame at Stuff You Should Know

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken

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Ep 19: Armadillo Justice!

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 21:00:00 -0500

Melissa dives deep on how horseshoe crabs are saving us from COVID19 (this was recorded before the vaccines started rolling out), platypuses are WAY weirder than imagined, and a case of armadillo justice!

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I got today's information from:

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/baby-blue-blood-drive

https://curiokids.net/better-than-the-blood-of-a-unicorn-the-blue-blood-of-horseshoe-crab-that-saves-thousands-of-lives/?lang=en

Sawbones https://maximumfun.org/episodes/sawbones/how-horseshoe-crabs-probably-saved-your-life/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/forget-dinosaurs-horseshoe-crabs-are-weirder-more-ancient-180963952/

https://blog.therainforestsite.greatergood.com/horseshoe-crab-blood/#:~:text=Horseshoe%20Crabs%20Survived%20The%20Dinosaurs%20And%20May%20Have%20Saved%20Your%20Life,-For%20an%20animal&text=These%20little%20critters%20have%20been,our%20opinion%2C%20is%20pretty%20cool!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_crab

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-armadillo-shooting_n_59838ae2e4b08b75dcc5f622

https://www.scie

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Ep 18: Side Effects Of Toad Licking

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 21:00:00 -0500

Today on Bewilderbeasts Melissa explores Australia's hallucinogenic toads, New Zealand calls "fowl" in voter fraud, and a Salem, Massachusetts, landmark has its roots in animal history.

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About your host:
Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a science-based dog trainer outside of Boston, MA, and author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog". She has a dog training channel on YouTube with free classes and lessons for anyone who is interested in positive reinforcement dog training. More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com

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I got today's information :

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/14/934749679/for-the-birds-voter-fraud-ruffles-new-zealand-bird-of-the-year-competition

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/the-true-story-behind-plymouth-rock-639690/

https://www.patriotledger.com/article/20120823/NEWS/308239750

https://patch.com/massachusetts/salem/what-s-in-a-name-e8a1366f Dead Horse Beach

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/amphibians/c/cane-toad/

https://arizonaaddictioncenter.org/toad-licking-trend/

https://io9.gizmodo.com/how-toad-licking-gets-you-high-and-then-kills-you-1642946043

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Ep 17: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas: BewilderBeasts REMIX

Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:00:00 -0500

For the last episode of the year, Melissa reviews all the creatures we talked about in a not-so-classic retelling of Clement Clarke Moore's, "'Twas the Night Before Christmas", but with more dogs, swearing parrots and an exploding whale.

If you make your own version of this, please feel free to send it in or have your littles record their versions in the Voice Chat feature on Facebook Messenger at Bewilderbeasts Pod on Facebook.

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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43171/a-visit-from-st-nicholas

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Ep 16: OK, Boomer

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 21:00:00 -0500

Today, Melissa explores other customs, like the "Boomers" who pull Santa's sled in Australia, how a video game about animals has given a place for practicing Muslims to find community in a pandemic, and what a confused Rooster has to do with Christmas in the Philippines.

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About your host:
Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a science-based dog trainer outside of Boston, MA, and author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog". She has a dog training channel on YouTube with free classes and lessons for anyone who is interested in positive reinforcement dog training. More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com
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https://onekindplanet.org/christmas-animals-around-world/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misa_de_Gallo

https://tinyurl.com/dailymailboomer

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28094561

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/23286976

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_calendar

https://tinyurl.com/nationalnewsquraninsects

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoconnor/animal-crossing-ramadan-2020-eid-celebration-coronavirus

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/05/15/ramadan-animal-crossing/

https://slate.com/technology/2020/05/what-even-is-animal-crossing.html

https://www.al-islam.org/animals-welfare-acts-and-utilization-limits-islam-saeid-nazari-tavakkoli

Special thanks to @PasturesPolitic who took the time to help me find reputable sources on Islam. Thank you so very much for helping me out :)

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Ep 15: Christmas Carol Creatures

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 21:00:00 -0500

Today on Bewilderbeasts, Melissa explores two popular Christmas Songs: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and the 12 Days of Christmas. Why are the reindeer named “Donder and Blitzen?”; when DID Santa decide to go with reindeer instead of a nice mustang? And, we’re going to figure out why on EARTH someone’s true love gave them all those dang birds.

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About your host:
Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a science-based dog trainer outside of Boston, MA, and author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog". She has a dog training channel on YouTube that has free classes and lessons for anyone who is interested in positive reinforcement dog training. More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com
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Intro Music: “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz
Interstitial music: MK2
Don’t forget to like, subscribe, review and share with your curious friends - you know, all the things the other podcasts tell you to do!

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I got today's information from:
https://onekindplanet.org/christmas-animals-around-world/

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/reindeer-games/

https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/female-reindeer/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus%27s_reindeer

https://tinyurl.com/livesciencereindeerfacts

https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2015/12/reindeer_names_origins.html

https://tinyurl.com/nprrudolph

https://tinyurl.com/businessinsiderflyingreindeers

https://tinyurl.com/FDAreindeerfacts

(Alaska department of fish and game) https://tinyurl.com/AlaskaDFGreindeer

https://tinyurl.com/mentalfloss12days

https://tinyurl.com/triblivecostof12daysofchristma
Trulia.com
https://www.vox.com/2015/12/25/10661878/12-days-of-christmas-explained

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Ep 14: The Little Snot House That Could

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 21:00:00 -0500

Today Melissa discusses the rats of the Black Plague who got a bad rap ; the tiniest, but mightiest, snot house of the sea, and a common house pet who is banned from Queensland, Australia.

Let’s go!

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If you have ideas for future episodes, know of historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, animals with a misunderstood history, or wacky animals in the news, send them in to:

bewilderbeastspod@gmail.com
@BewilderedPod on TWITTER
Facebook:
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About your host:
Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a science-based dog trainer outside of Boston, MA, and author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog". She has a dog training channel on YouTube that has free classes and lessons for anyone who is interested in positive reinforcement dog training. More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com
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Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz
Interstitial music is by MK2
Don’t forget to like, subscribe, review and share with your curious friends - you know, all the things the other podcasts tell you to do?

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I got today's information on the Black Plague (Black Death), the giant larvaceans and rabbits being banned from Queensland, Australia from the following sources:

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/549005147 (Wow in the World transcript for the episode referenced)

https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510321/wow-in-the-world is the link to the podcast

https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/dont-blame-rats-spreading-black-death

https://www.livescience.com/61444-black-death-cause-found-transmission.html

https://www.earthtouchnews.com/conservation/human-impact/meet-the-giant-oceanic-mucous-creature-that-eats-plastic/

https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/larvacean-life-the-surprise-ocean-giants-of-global-carbon-capture/

https://www.shapeoflife.org/news/featured-creature/2017/08/26/giant-larvacean-bathochordaeus

https://www.seeker.com/earth/animals/giant-larvaceans-sweep-up-and-poop-out-plastic-waste-in-the-oceans

https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/57780/keeping-rabbits-as-pets.pdf

https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/detail/817905023/overview/

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Ep 13: Sergeant Stubby

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 21:00:00 -0500

We’re going to talk about a frisky feline who left her prints ALL over history, a mutt who was promoted to sergeant in WW1 and a snake who sent a man to a hospital hours after the snake was beheaded.

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If there are topics you would be interested hearing about on the podcast, know of any historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky animals in the news, send them in to:

bewilderbeastspod@gmail.com
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Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2

Don’t forget to like, subscribe, review and share with your curious friends.
Thanks for listening!

I’m Melissa McCue-McGrath with Muttstuff media, author of Considerations for the City Dog

Now, go get curious!

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https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/05/dogs-of-war-sergeant-stubby-the-u-s-armys-original-and-still-most-highly-decorated-canine-soldier.html

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sergeant-stubby

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_Stubby

https://guhoyas.com/sports/2018/6/6/trads-gu-hoya-html.aspx

https://www.instagram.com/p/CGvNyvYjhw5/?igshid=hzermmk4pogs

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/3/130326-animals-medieval-manuscript-books-cats-history/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/centuries-ago-a-cat-walked-across-this-medieval-manuscript-1766202/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/06/texas-man-bit-decapitated-rattlesnake-venom-animals/

https://www.boredpanda.com/cute-snakes-hats/

https://www.reddit.com/r/SnakesWithHats/

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Ep 12: The Parachuting Yorkie Saves The Day!

Tue, 17 Nov 2020 21:00:00 -0500

Smoky the 4# dog hero of WW2, a boy who solved the puzzle of the missing Lemur, and a national weather service announcement about falling frozen iguanas!

Welcome to Bewilderbeasts! Today, we’re going to talk about a 4 Pound Dog who was the hero of World War II, a 5 year-old boy who solved the case of the missing lemur, and a national weather service announcement about falling frozen iguanas.

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Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2

Don’t forget to like, subscribe, review and share with your curious friends.
Thanks for listening!

I’m Melissa McCue-McGrath with Muttstuff media, author of Considerations for the City Dog

Now, go get curious!

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https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/weird_news/theres-a-lemur-5-year-old-helps-crack-sf-zoo-theft-case/article_131c4c70-6019-5a98-9d9d-59ad9cad1ae3.html

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Kids-got-close-encounter-with-escaped-lemur-15653962.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoky_(dog)

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/5/140520-dogs-war-canines-soldiers-military-healing-yorkshire-terrier-smoky/

https://mashable.com/article/stolen-lemur-san-francisco-zoo-safe/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemur

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/maki-lemur-stolen-san-francisco-zoo-found-safe-nearby-city-n1243680

https://apnews.com/article/lemur-theft-san-francisco-zoo-962bb0064c2129c8da75cf4f5780b11b

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/51203724

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160308-how-one-squirrel-manages-to-survive-being-frozen

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Ep 11: Why Goats Want To Drink Your Pee

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 21:00:00 -0500

Welcome to Bewilderbeasts! Today, we’re going to talk about the sloooooooooooowest two minutes in sports, why goats got banned from a national park, and how lobsters pee out of their faces.

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Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2

Don’t forget to like, subscribe, review and share with your curious friends.
Thanks for listening!

I’m Melissa McCue-McGrath with Muttstuff media, author of Considerations for the City Dog

Now, go get curious!

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https://www.forksforum.com/life/wildlife-3

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/goats-thirsting-for-human-pee-sweat_n_5bb26adfe4b0e2960fc5d25f

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/science/mountain-goats-urine-pee-glacier-national-park-montana.html

https://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoors/flying-goats-washington-national-park-relocation

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/world-snail-racing-championship_n_5b57a9ace4b0b15aba9349b4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snail_racing

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57241/25-delicious-facts-about-lobsters#:~:text=Lobsters%20pee%20out%20of%20their,glands%20located%20near%20the%20antennae.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CGc8afSBR_r/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-11562054#:~:text=A%20hiker%20has%20died%20after,Ridge%20in%20Olympic%20National%20Park.

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Ep 10: The Dogs Who Saved A Town At The End Of The World

Tue, 03 Nov 2020 21:00:00 -0500

Welcome to Bewilderbeasts! Today, we’re going to talk about Balto and Togo who saved a town from a diphtheria outbreak, a hero rat saving people from unexploded bombs, and some bizarre animal laws around the United States that are still - somehow - on the books.

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Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2

Don’t forget to like, subscribe, review and share with your curious friends.
Thanks for listening!

I’m Melissa McCue-McGrath with Muttstuff media, author of Considerations for the City Dog

Now, go get curious!

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/25/asia/hero-rat-landmines-award-intl-hnk-scli/index.html

Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161014-in-1925-a-remote-town-was-saved-from-lethal-disease-by-dogs

https://www.nps.gov/people/togo.htm

https://www.cmnh.org/balto

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_serum_run_to_Nome

https://www.bandofcats.com/15-strange-and-funny-cat-laws/

https://www.pawculture.com/for-fun/weird-pet-news/the-weirdest-animal-laws-in-america/

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Ep 9: Political Animals Special

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 21:00:00 -0400

With 6 days before the 2020 national election in America, Melissa talks about animals in politics, including a berserker bunny who nearly sunk President Jimmy Carter's boat), why the two parties use a donkey and an elephant for representation, and animals who became town mayors in Vermont.

Let's go!

https://www.vote.org/

If you have ideas for future episodes, have an animal on your ballot, know of historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky animals in the news, send them in to:

bewilderbeastspod@gmail.com
@BewilderedPod on TWITTER
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/

About your host:
Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a dog trainer outside of Boston, MA, and author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog". She has a dog training channel on YouTube that has free classes and lessons for anyone who is interested in positive reinforcement dog training. More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com
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Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz
Interstitial music is by MK2
Taps this week is played by Andrew Dale via Freesound.org
Don’t forget to like, subscribe, review and share with your curious friends - you know, all the things the other podcasts tell you to do? And, for the love of animals and humanity - VOTE.
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https://www.livescience.com/34241-democratic-republican-parties-switch-platforms.html

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/23805/how-did-donkey-elephant-become-political-mascots

https://www.wpr.org/how-did-us-political-parties-get-their-mascots

https://www.dictionary.com/e/political-parties-animal-mascots/

https://www.history.com/news/how-did-the-republican-and-democratic-parties-get-their-animal-symbols

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/01/us/goat-dog-honorary-mayor-election-vermont-town-trnd/index.html

https://www.facebook.com/FairHavenPoliceDepartment/photos/a.256838401067240/2785016208249434/

https://preview.tinyurl.com/kupohwe (Wikipedia)

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y53jeaot (Washington Post)

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y6buvhsd (CNN)

https://preview.tinyurl.com/yxrdsr9w (Burlington Express)

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Ep 8: The Profane Presidential Parrot

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Today on Bewilderbeasts, Melissa talks about some foul-mouthed parrots who got evicted from a zoo (they won’t be the last) and another parrot whose F Bombs got him kicked out of a President’s Funeral. Let’s go!

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If you have ideas for future episodes, know of historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky animals in the news, send them in to:

bewilderbeastspod@gmail.com

@BewilderedPod on TWITTER

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod

Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/

About your host:
Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a science-based dog trainer outside of Boston, MA, and author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog". She has a dog training channel on YouTube that has free classes and lessons for anyone who is interested in positive reinforcement dog training.

More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com

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https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/parrots-separated-at-lincolnshire-zoo-after-learning-to-swear/#:~:text=Five%20foul%2Dmouthed%20parrots%20have,encouraging%20each%20other%20to%20swear.

https://people.com/pets/parrot-stuck-on-roof-swears-at-rescuer/

http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/pets/andrew-jacksons-pet-parrot/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/andrew-jackson-populist-even-deathbed-180962124/

The Memory Palace, episode 161 - Stories to Wash Your Hands By (Andrew Jackson’s bird) https://thememorypalace.us/music-to-wash-hands-by/

https://medium.com/omgfacts/the-true-story-of-andrew-jacksons-swearing-parrot-6189abaa3155

@animalsbehaving on Twitter for her animal behavior take on behavior modification for the separated birds - she’s a lovely follow for all things animal behavior https://twitter.com/animalsbehaving

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-54340425

https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/australian-birds-of-prey-have-harnessed-the-use-of-fire-to-flush-out-their-prey/

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Ep 7: The Pigeon Who Saved 194 Men

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 03:00:00 -0400

Today on Bewilderbeasts, host Melissa McCue-McGrath introduces a pigeon who saved 194 people in WWI and goats who are fighting wildfires in an unusual way.

If you have ideas for future episodes, know of historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky animals in the news, send them in to:

bewilderbeastspod@gmail.com

@BewilderedPod on TWITTER

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod

Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/

About your host:
Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a science-based dog trainer outside of Boston, MA, and author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog". She has a dog training channel on YouTube that has free classes and lessons for anyone who is interested in positive reinforcement dog training. More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com

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Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz
Interstitial music is by MK2
Don’t forget to like, subscribe, review and share with your curious friends.

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I got today's information from:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/using-goats-to-prevent-wildfires-51327045/

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/05/792458505/california-cities-turn-to-hired-hooves-to-help-prevent-massive-wildfires

https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/firefighting-goats.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher_Ami

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/cher-ami

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/630019/stink-bug-invasion-2020-could-be-headed-your-way

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Ep 6: The Exploding Whale Fail

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 03:00:00 -0400

Today we'll discuss a whale fail that lives in infamy & the first cat to solve a murder (not the last).

Big thanks to author and columnist, Dave Barry, who wrote about the whale incident in 1990 where I was able to find it, read it, and never forget it. His humor is absolutely a cornerstone of this podcast and I'm ever grateful for stumbling upon that article as a young person.

Let's go!

If you have ideas for future episodes, know of historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky animals in the news, send them in to:

bewilderbeastspod@gmail.com

@BewilderedPod on TWITTER

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod

Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/

About your host:
Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a science-based dog trainer outside of Boston, MA, and author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog". She has a dog training channel on YouTube that has free classes and lessons for anyone who is interested in positive reinforcement dog training. More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com

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Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz
Interstitial music is by MK2
Taps this week is played by Andrew Dale via Freesound.org
Don’t forget to like, subscribe, review and share with your curious friends.

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I got today's information from

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1990/05/20/thar-she-blows/8f6bc076-3843-4653-99d0-a50df88eabaf/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_whale

https://www.newsweek.com/exploding-whale-memorial-park-oregon-sperm-stranded-carcass-dynamite-1515176

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/625499/florence-oregon-exploding-whale-1970

https://www.oregonlive.com/travel/2020/06/now-you-can-visit-exploding-whale-memorial-park-on-the-oregon-coast.html

http://www.offbeatoregon.com/H001_ExplodWhale.html

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/runaway-tortoise-tennessee_n_5f469a0bc5b697186e30080e

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Shirley_Duguay

https://animals.howstuffworks.com/pets/10-cats-who-made-history5.htm

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/24/world/cat-hair-finds-way-into-courtroom-in-canadian-murder-trial.html

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/runaway-tortoise-tennessee_n_5f469a0bc5b697186e30080e

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Ep 5: A Mathematically Inclined Equine

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 06:00:00 -0400

Today on Bewilderbeasts we’re going to talk about an animal who has cubed poop (OW! And, EW!) and we talk about a mathematically inclined equine, and his owner - a former slave turned veterinarian in the 1800s who vowed never to teach animals with a whip.

If you have ideas for future episodes, know of historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky animals in the news, send them in to:

bewilderbeastspod@gmail.com

@BewilderedPod on TWITTER

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod

Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/

About your host:
Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a science-based dog trainer outside of Boston, MA, and author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog". She has a dog training channel on YouTube that has free classes and lessons for anyone who is interested in positive reinforcement dog training. More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com

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Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz
Interstitial music is by MK2
Don’t forget to like, subscribe, review and share with your curious friends.

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I got today's information from
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/wombat-poop-cube-why-is-it-square-shaped/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_Jim_Key

https://www.horseforum.com/famous-horses/doc-key-beautiful-jim-key-23031/

http://atthefair.homestead.com/pkeatt/jimkey.html

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/78188/7-things-introduced-worlds-fairs

https://www.loc.gov/collections/african-american-perspectives-rare-books/articles-and-essays/timeline-of-african-american-history/1881-to-1900/

findagrave.com/memorial/41646960/william-key

https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/william-key/

https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/08/why-are-cats-attracted-to-people-who-dont-like-them.html

https://catbehaviorassociates.com/why-do-some-cats-like-people-who-dont-like-them/

https://www.history.com/news/7-of-the-most-outrageous-medical-treatments-in-history

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Ep 4: Getting Loopy On Penguin Poop

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 06:00:00 -0400

Today on Bewilderbeasts we’re going to talk about some amazing dogs who are detecting COVID19 & there’s something silly in penguin poop. Let’s go!

If you have ideas for future episodes, know of historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky animals in the news, send them in to:

bewilderbeastspod@gmail.com

@BewilderedPod on TWITTER

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod

Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/

About your host:
Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a science-based dog trainer outside of Boston, MA, and author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog". She has a dog training channel on YouTube that has free classes and lessons for anyone who is interested in positive reinforcement dog training. More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com

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Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz
Interstitial music is by MK2
Don’t forget to like, subscribe, review and share with your curious friends.

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https://www.ecowatch.com/antarctic-penguin-poop-laughing-gas-2646052474.html?rebelltitem=4#rebelltitem4

https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-love-antarctic-penguin-poop-here-s-why

https://www.newsweek.com/penguin-feces-laughing-gas-scientists-1505392

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2020/08/18/dogs-sniff-coronavirus-detection/?arc404=true

https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/cng-ag-coronavirus-dogs-20200901-wbmpltjfojem3m2auwgpde5mca-story.html

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/07/first-dog-to-test-positive-for-covid-in-us-dies/ (Buddy the dog)

https://www.fda.gov/emergency-preparedness-and-response/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/covid-19-frequently-asked-questions#:~:text=At%20this%20time%2C%20there,you%20interact%20with%20pets. (can dogs get covid)

https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/dogs-sniff-out-coronavirus-human-sweat

https://slate.com/technology/2020/08/covid-19-sniffing-dogs.html

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/positive-pet.html

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Ep 3: Mrs O'Leary's Cow

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:00:00 -0400

Today on Bewilderbeasts we’re going to talk about Mrs. O'Leary's cow and the Great Chicago Fire. OMG CROCODILES ARE FASTER THAN YOU EVER IMAGINED. Let’s go.

If you have ideas for future episodes, know of historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky animals in the news, send them in to:

bewilderbeastspod@gmail.com

@BewilderedPod on TWITTER

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod

Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/

About your host:
Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a science-based dog trainer outside of Boston, MA, and author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog" More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com

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Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz
Interstitial music is by MK2
Don’t forget to like, subscribe, review and share with your curious friends.

https://www.sciencealert.com/approach-with-caution-more-crocodile-species-than-we-thought-can-reach-a-gallop

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/goat-takes-police-car_n_5f5722f6c5b6578026d26ad4

https://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/goat-kidding-farm-animal-eats-police-papers-72873670

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-or-who-caused-the-great-chicago-fire-61481977/

https://www.britannica.com/event/Chicago-fire-of-1871

https://www.greatchicagofire.org/oleary-legend/

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-stuff-you-should-know-26940277/episode/sysk-selects-did-a-cow-start-29467387/

https://www.facebook.com/MissedInHistory/posts/10153307087699815

And if you want to hear a longer talk on the Great Chicago Fire, listen to the episode of Stuff You Should Know, another podcast you might enjoy :)

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Ep 2: Get Naked for Polar Bears

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 16:00:00 -0400

On today's episode of Bewilderbeasts we’re going to explore dogs who find whale poop FOR SCIENCE & why you might want need to strip off your clothes for polar bears.

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Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a science-based dog trainer outside of Boston, MA, and author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog" More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com

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Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz
Interstitial music is by MK2
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Today's Information is from:
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/americas/canada-at-home-with-polar-bears-5363086.html

http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/features/f0273-might-getting-undressed-in-front-of-a-hungry-polar-bear-save-your-life/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/meet-dogs-sniffing-out-whale-poop-science-180958050/

https://www.npr.org/2012/01/07/144752385/dog-trained-as-ultimate-whale-pooper-snooper

https://www.biology.washington.edu/news/news/1504634400/tucker-orca-poop-detection-dog-seattlemet

https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/adorable-pumpkin-toadlets-cant-actually-hear-their-own-love-songs/

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Ep 1: These Bees are the Bomb!

Sun, 13 Sep 2020 16:00:00 -0400

On this first episode of BewilderBeasts we explore why farmers are painting eyeballs on cow butts, and we do a deep dive on honeybees who are trained to find buried land mines in Croatia. Let’s go!

If there are things you’d like me to talk about on the podcast, historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky animals in the news, send them in to:

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About your host:
Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a science-based dog trainer outside of Boston, MA, and author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog" More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com

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Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz
Interstitial music is by MK2
Don’t forget to like, subscribe, review and share with your curious friends.

Today's Information is from:

https://gizmodo.com/croatian-bees-are-being-trained-to-hunt-down-deadly-lan-508877457

https://www.army-technology.com/features/feature-bomb-sniffing-bees-sting-out-of-landmines/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_War_of_Independence

https://animals.howstuffworks.com/insects/bees-can-be-trained.htm

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/police-abuzz-over-plan-for-sniffer-bees-5wz0pvvb2

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-01156-0

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/ologies/e/53768998

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