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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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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
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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?
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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
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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.
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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-2022-4https://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-peacehttps://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-invasionhttps://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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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-dayhttps://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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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
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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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'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.htmhttps://www.airships.net/first-attempt-fly-atlantic-wellman-vaniman-airship-america/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawley_Harvey_Crippenhttps://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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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:
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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
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The Guardian
Canine Forensics Foundation
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ICFK9
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Martin Archeology
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Historical Richmond
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Richmond Cemeteries Ryan Smith
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Scripps News
LA Times
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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-bloomhttps://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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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!
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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-oceanshttps://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
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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.htmlhttps://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.Support the show
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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-tigerUndercover 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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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.
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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-impactshttps://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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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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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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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=PpJ3EdRAbfchttps://www.thedodo.com/on-the-farm/rooster-works-at-autoshop
The Chicks "Goodbye Earl" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw7gNf_9njsSupport the show
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