On this first episode of BewilderBeasts we explore why farmers are painting eyeballs on cow butts, and we do a deep dive on honeybees who are trained to find buried land mines in Croatia. Let’s go! If there are things you’d like me to talk about on the podcast, historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky animals in the news, send them in to:
[email protected] @BewilderedPod on TWITTERFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/About your host: Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a science-based dog trainer outside of Boston, MA, and author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog" More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com*******Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz Interstitial music is by MK2Don’t forget to like, subscribe, review and share with your curious friends. Today's Information is from:https://gizmodo.com/croatian-bees-are-being-trained-to-hunt-down-deadly-lan-508877457https://www.army-technology.com/features/feature-bomb-sniffing-bees-sting-out-of-landmines/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_War_of_Independencehttps://animals.howstuffworks.com/insects/bees-can-be-trained.htmhttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/police-abuzz-over-plan-for-sniffer-bees-5wz0pvvb2https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-01156-0 https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/ologies/e/53768998