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Ep 81: Avast! Nov 13, 2022

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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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Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz
Interstitial Music: MK2
Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org
Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath
Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com
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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 :)

Ep 80: Camel Cam and Sheep View Nov 07, 2022

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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 Oct 30, 2022

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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 Oct 23, 2022

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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 Oct 16, 2022

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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 Oct 09, 2022

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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
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Ep 75: Sharkboy Oct 02, 2022

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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 Sep 26, 2022

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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? Sep 18, 2022

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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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