Afleveringen
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In this episode we talk about anesthesia of Komodo Dragons. How do you give a dragon an anesthetic injection? How can you tell the gender of one? Where do you get a blood sample from on a huge lizard? Answers are in this short but dense episode!
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Cancer in wild animals, how science works and how to find out if what you're learning is new... these are the three focuses of this weeks podcast.
Cover Art: Chloe Bulpin
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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Rehabilitation of orphaned wild Giant Otters is in the spotlight of this episode.
Want to find out more? Here's the scientific paper we mention in the podcast:
https://www.otterspecialistgroup.org/osg-newsite/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/IUCN-Otter-Report-On-Line-SP.pdf
Cover Art by Chloe Bulpin
Instagram: @chloebulpin
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We talk about noise pollution, challenges of doing field work, developing new diagnostic tests for wild animals and more in this episode.
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Cover Art by Chloe Bulpin
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Maybe you've seen this animal at a trip to Madagascar or in a certain animated movie; nevertheless, they're amazing little creatures! They also have a unique physiology when it comes to iron absorption which leads us to ask 'How much we have to learn yet about wild animal nutrition?'
Cover image by Chloe Bulpin
Additional Resources:
Biology
https://lemur.duke.edu/discover/meet-the-lemurs/red-ruffed-lemur/
http://www.edgeofexistence.org/species/red-ruffed-lemur/Conservation Status & Programs
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22920/115574598
https://www.lemurconservationnetwork.org/about/
https://www.lemurreserve.org/
https://iucnsos.org/updates-from-the-field-reducing-the-illegal-hunting-of-threatened-lemurs-in-madagascar/ -
We talk about wildlife rehabilitation of Eastern Box Turtles, what makes them different in terms of medication and what to do if you encounter one in this short but fun episode.
Interested in making art about Eastern Box Turtles? Send them through our Instagram or website!
Cover art by Chloé Bulpin
Additional Resources
Biology
https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Reptiles/Eastern-Box-Turtle
https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.100312/Terrapene_carolinaConservation Status and Programs
https://www.mass.gov/doc/eastern-box-turtle-conservation-management-practices/download
https://www.boxturtles.com/box-turtle-conservation/
https://www.ebtct.org/ -
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