The long-awaited part 2 of our episode with very special guests Alex Stavrou and Zeke! In this episode we talk about the positives of social media on wildlife, play the ceiling game, and spend way too much time discussing Eric Olsen's nipples!

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Join us for part 1 of a very special episode with some special guests, where we talk about social media impacts on wildlife!

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Links We Discussed:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/399-forever#/

Sources Cited:

Bergman, Jordanna N., et al. “Evaluating the Benefits and Risks of Social Media for Wildlife Conservation.” FACETS, vol. 7, no. 1, 1 Jan. 2022, pp. 360–397, https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2021-0112.

Davis, Robert A, et al. “Liked to Death: The Impacts of Social Media and Photography on Biodiversity.” The Science of the Total Environment, vol. 949, 1 July 2024, pp. 175106–175106, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175106.

Sun, Alice. “What Happens When Wild Animals Become Social Media Sensations?” Scienceline, 18 Sept. 2023, scienceline.org/2023/09/what-happens-when-wild-animals-become-social-media-sensations/.

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Join us for a full episode all about floaty potatoes aka sea cows aka MANATEES!

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Links We Discussed:

https://myfwc.com/education/wildlife/manatee/viewing-guidelines/

https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/wildlife/manatee/myfwccomhow-to-help/

https://savethemanatee.org/manatees/harassment/

Sources Cited:

Bates, Karl. “New Research Tracks the History of Manatees across Earth’s Oceans | Duke Today.” Duke Today, 25 Aug. 2022, today.duke.edu/2022/08/new-research-tracks-history-manatees-across-earth%E2%80%99s-oceans.

Canon, Cheyenne. “Mortalities Decline from Record, but Remain High.” Save the Manatee Club |, 7 Mar. 2024, savethemanatee.org/mortalities-decline-from-record-but-remain-high/.

Domning, D. P. “The Earliest Known Fully Quadrupedal Sirenian.” Nature, vol. 413, no. 6856, 1 Oct. 2001, pp. 625–627, www.nature.com/articles/35098072, https://doi.org/10.1038/35098072.

Foote, Andrew D, et al. “Convergent Evolution of the Genomes of Marine Mammals.” Nature Genetics, vol. 47, no. 3, 26 Jan. 2015, pp. 272–275, www.nature.com/articles/ng.3198, https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3198.

“Harassment | Save the Manatee Club.” Save the Manatee, 7 June 2023, savethemanatee.org/manatees/harassment/

Jones Jr., Robert. “No Longer Endangered, Manatees Now Face Another Crisis.” University of Miami, 2 Feb. 2022, news.miami.edu/stories/2022/02/no-longer-endangered,-manatees-now-face-another-crisis.html.

“Manatee Mortality Statistics.” Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, myfwc.com/research/manatee/rescue-mortality-response/statistics/mortality/.Source.

“New Research Tracks Evolution of Sea Cows | Sci.News.” Sci.News: Breaking Science News, 25 Aug. 2022, www.sci.news/biology/sirenia-evolution-11135.html.U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. 

“Trichechus Manatus | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.” Www.fws.gov, www.fws.gov/species/manatee-trichechus-manatus.

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Play along on this Microbruin as Salome attempts to stump Pam in a quiz about North American wildlife! Bonus content: us doing math!

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Join us for an update on the current state of our public lands and those who protect them!

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Links We Discussed:

https://5calls.org/

https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/

https://www.facebook.com/AltUSNationalParkService/

https://www.instagram.com/50501movement/

https://www.instagram.com/resistancerangers/

https://www.npca.org/

Sources Cited:

Axelrod, Josh. “Trump Interior Secretary’s Orders Make Public Lands Ground Zero for Drilling & Mining.” Nrdc.org, 20 Feb. 2025, www.nrdc.org/media/trump-interior-secretarys-orders-make-public-lands-ground-zero-drilling-mining.

Choi, Annette, et al. “Tracking Trump’s Overhaul of the Federal Workforce.” CNN, 26 Feb. 2025, www.cnn.com/politics/tracking-federal-workforce-firings-dg/index.html.Crowley, Kinsey, et al.

“Tracking Federal Layoffs 2025: Impacted Agencies Include IRS, FAA, TSA and More.” USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025, www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/21/federal-layoffs-2025-list/79415517007/.

Detrow, Scott. “How Is DOGE Funded?” NPR, Mar. 2025, www.npr.org/2025/03/01/nx-s1-5310562/how-is-doge-funded.

Fowler, Stephen . “DOGE’s Savings Page Fixed Old Mistakes — and Added New Ones.” NPR, Mar. 2025, www.npr.org/2025/03/01/nx-s1-5313853/doge-savings-receipts-musk-trump.

Haggerty, Mark, and Jenny Rowland-Shea. “Trump Quietly Plans to Liquidate Public Lands to Finance His Sovereign Wealth Fund.” Center for American Progress, 20 Feb. 2025, www.americanprogress.org/article/trump-quietly-plans-to-liquidate-public-lands-to-finance-his-sovereign-wealth-fund/.

Hamilton, Anita. “Mass Firings of Federal Workers Were Done Illegally, Two Judges Rule.” Barron’s, 14 Mar. 2025, www.barrons.com/articles/federal-workers-reinstate-court-california-ruling-40c2b920.

Mansfield, Erin, and Sarah D Wire. “You’re …Rehired? What We Know about Who Is Exempt from Donald Trump’s Mass Firings.” USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025, www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/21/trump-rescinded-layoffs/79188799007/.

Noone, Sean. “Is Elon Musk Getting Paid for DOGE?” NewsNation, 5 Mar. 2025, www.newsnationnow.com/politics/is-elon-musk-getting-paid-for-doge/, https://doi.org/10507362.m3u8.

The Economic Times. “Is Donald Trump Perfecting His Golf Game on US Taxpayers’ Dime? President Reportedly Spent Millions on 13.” The Economic Times, Economic Times, 9 Mar. 2025, economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/is-donald-trump-perfecting-his-golf-game-on-us-taxpayers-dime-president-reportedly-spent-millions-on-13-rounds-in-just-48-days/articleshow/118819582.cms?from=mdr. 

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In this episode we cover the Canada Lynx! Open a drink and learn about this versatile and floofy wild cat!

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Sources Cited:

“Black Bears Can “Count” as Well as Primates.” National Geographic, 31 Aug. 2012, www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/120829-black-bears-cognition-animals-science.

“Canada Lynx.” Department of Environmental Conservation, DFW, Bureau of Wildlife, dec.ny.gov/nature/animals-fish-plants/canada-lynx. “Lynx Canadensis.” Fire Effects Information System (FEIS), U.S. Forest Service, www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/animals/mammal/lyca/all.html.

Kos I., Potočnik H., Skrbinšek T., Skrbinšek M.A., Jonozovič M., Krofel M. 2004. Ris v Sloveniji. 1. izd. Ljubljana, Biotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za biologijo: 239 str. (Lynx in Slovenia. Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology. 239 pg.)

Marrotte, Robby R., and Jeff Bowman. “Seven Decades of Southern Range Dynamics of Canada Lynx.” Ecology and Evolution, vol. 11, no. 9, 9 Mar. 2021, pp. 4644–4655, pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8093747/, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7364.

Moore, Rico, and Photos David Moskowitz. “Welcoming Relatives Home: The Return of the Lynx.” YES! Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023, www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2023/12/15/washington-canada-lynx-tribe.

Osborne, Ryan. “Lynx Sightings around Fairbanks Reach New Heights.” Https://Www.webcenterfairbanks.com, Webcenter Fairbanks, 22 Jan. 2021, www.webcenterfairbanks.com/2021/01/22/lynx-sightings-around-fairbanks-reach-new-heights/.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. “Canada Lynx (Lynx Canadensis) | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.” FWS.gov, www.fws.gov/species/canada-lynx-lynx-canadensis.

“USFWS Proposes Revised Critical Habitat for Canada Lynx & Announces Final Recovery Plan | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.” FWS.gov, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 27 Nov. 2024, www.fws.gov/press-release/2024-11/usfws-proposes-revised-critical-habitat-canada-lynx-announces-final-recovery.

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In our last episode of 2024 we discuss Yellowstone wolf 907F. Join us for a look at her life, death, and legacy.

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Links We Discussed:

Wolf Tracker Junction Butte Pack Info: https://www.yellowstonewolf.org/yellowstones_wolves.php?pack_id=3

Yellowstone Wolf Project Annual Report: https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/upload/2023-Wolf-Report-final_web.pdf

Sources Cited:

Cassidy, K.A., D.R. Stahler, E.E. Stahler, M. Metz, J. SunderRaj, T. Rabe, J. Rabe, N. Tatton, M. Packila, B. Cassidy, W. Binder, C. Lacey, C. Ho, D. Sanborn, and G. Scott. 2024. Yellowstone National Park Wolf Project Annual Report 2023. National Park Service, Yellowstone Center for Resources, Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA, YCR-2024. https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/upload/2023-Wolf-Report-final_web.pdf

French, Brett. “Queen of the Wolves: One-Eyed 11-Year-Old Defies Difficulties in a Wild Yellowstone.” Spokesman.com, The Spokesman-Review, 12 July 2024, www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/jul/12/queen-of-the-wolves-one-eyed-11-year-old-defies-di/.

Heinz, Mark. “Yellowstone’s Famed One-Eyed Wolf 907F Dies after Fight with Rival Pack.” Cowboy State Daily, 28 Dec. 2024, cowboystatedaily.com/2024/12/27/yellowstones-famed-one-eyed-wolf-907f-dies-after-fight-with-rival-pack/.

“Junction Butte Pack: Yellowstone Wolf Photos Citizen Science.” Yellowstonewolf.org, 2014, www.yellowstonewolf.org/yellowstones_wolves.php?pack_id=3.

Spartz, Isabel. “Wildlife Enthusiasts Mourn the Loss of Yellowstone’s Famed Wolf, 907F.” Q2 News (KTVQ), 28 Dec. 2024, www.ktvq.com/news/local-news/wildlife-enthusiasts-mourn-the-loss-of-yellowstones-famed-wolf-907f.

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Join us for this episode all about Bighorn Sheep! Listen along as we highlight some of the amazing adaptations that make these ungulates so nimble and concussion-free!

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Links We Discussed:

Adopt a Bighorn Sheep: https://www.shopnwf.org/adoptions/shop-adoption-center-adopt-an-animal-adopt-a-bighorn-sheep

Sources Cited:

Arnold, Billy. “Virus Capable of Spreading to Humans Likely in Car-Licking Bighorns.” Jackson Hole News&Guide, 20 Jan. 2024, www.jhnewsandguide.com/news/environmental/local/virus-capable-of-spreading-to-humans-likely-in-car-licking-bighorns/article_a7016c62-b722-11ee-b215-bfbcbb0ac5b1.html.

Whiting, Jericho C, et al. “Restoration of Bighorn Sheep: History, Successes, and Remaining Conservation Issues.” Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 11, 2 Mar. 2023, www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1083350/full, https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1083350.

Wilson, Dawn. “Nature Nuggets: Science behind Bighorn Ram Head Butting.” Estes Park Trail-Gazette, 22 Nov. 2022, www.eptrail.com/2022/11/22/nature-nuggets-science-behind-bighorn-ram-head-butting/.

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Catch up on some good wildlife news on this week’s Microbruin!

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Links We Discussed:

California Wolf Project: https://wildlife.berkeley.edu/cawolfproject/

Sources Cited:

Charles, Drimal. “Breaking News: Montana Headwaters Legacy Act Passes Committee, Full Senate Vote Next.” Greater Yellowstone Coalition, 19 Nov. 2024, greateryellowstone.org/blog/2024/breaking-news-montana-headwaters-legacy-act-passes-committee-full-senate-vote-next.

Cook, Meghan. “742 New Animal Species Discovered in the Congo Basin, according to Latest World Wildlife Fund Report.” Goodgoodgood.co, 4 Dec. 2024, www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/new-animal-species-africa-world-wildlife-fund.

Corbley, Andy. “Once Locally Extinct, “Top Predator” River Otter Flourishing Again in New Mexico.” Good News Network, 4 Dec. 2024, www.goodnewsnetwork.org/once-extirpated-top-predator-river-otter-flourishing-again-in-new-mexico/.

Justin, Housman. “Wolf Pack Spotted in Lassen Volcanic National Park for First Time.” Nationalparkstraveler.org, 25 Nov. 2024, www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2024/11/wolf-pack-spotted-lassen-volcanic-national-park-first-time.

Wendt, John A F, et al. “A 2000-Year Record of Fecal Biomarkers Reveals Past Herbivore Presence and Impacts in a Catchment in Northern Yellowstone National Park, USA.” PLoS ONE, vol. 19, no. 10, 30 Oct. 2024, pp. e0311950–e0311950, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311950.

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Learn all about the American Badger on today’s episode! Hang out with us while we talk about this amazing mustelid and go on a tangent about rodenticides!

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Links We Discussed:

Badger mushroom video: https://youtu.be/EIyixC9NsLI?si=8QHuofLtO-4JhBUE

Casey Anderson badger video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C71sXfHOQAG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Honey badger don’t care: https://youtu.be/4r7wHMg5Yjg?si=Ze9CiHr7ABb95Tsb

Sources Cited:

“American Badger (Taxidea Taxus) | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.” FWS.gov, 2021, www.fws.gov/species/american-badger-taxidea-taxus.

“American Badger - Taxidea Taxus - NatureWorks.” Nhpbs.org, 2019, nhpbs.org/natureworks/americanbadger.htm.

National Park Service. “American Badger - White Sands National Park (U.S. National Park Service).” Www.nps.gov, 20 Jan. 2022, www.nps.gov/whsa/learn/nature/american-badger.htm.

Shefferly, Nancy. “Taxidea Taxus (American Badger).” Animal Diversity Web, 1999, animaldiversity.org/accounts/Taxidea_taxus/.

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