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Ep 61: Avengers, Assemble! (Prosthetics) Feb 06, 2022

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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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Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz
Interstitial Music: MK2
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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 :)

Throwback: Groundhog Day Feb 02, 2022

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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" Jan 30, 2022

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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 Jan 23, 2022

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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) Jan 16, 2022

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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) Jan 09, 2022

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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 Dec 19, 2021

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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!
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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 Dec 15, 2021

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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

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

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Ep 55: Julia Child, The CIA, and Shark Repellent Cakes Dec 12, 2021

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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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* Resources for today's episode include:
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! Dec 05, 2021

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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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