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If houseplants could talk: communication and the natural world


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It’s our listener mail round up, and this week it’s all about communication in the natural world, like: how do migratory animals teach their young how to migrate and where to go? Do sharks smell underwater? And, are plants talking to each other?

Plus, a mini-story about a lost baby squirrel and a Bluetooth speaker.

Take a listen!

  1. How do young animals know how to migrate?
  2. Can plants talk to each other?
  3. What makes an animal a pest?
  4. How do shark noses work underwater?
  5. Featuring: Patrik Byholm, Richard Karban, Bethany Brookshire, and Stephen Kajiura.

     

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    LINKS

    Visit outsideinradio.org for video of a Bluetooth speaker-assisted baby squirrel rescue.

    On animal migration:

    • A magnetic compass aids monarch butterfly migration
    • Paternal transmission of migration knowledge in a long-distance bird migrant
    • On plants talking:

      • Rumor Has It…: Relay Communication of Stress Cues in Plants
      • Towards understanding plant bioacoustics
      • On what makes an animal a pest:

        • The long history of speed at Reuters about carrier pigeons and The Tastiest Bird You Can Legally Eat about the tastiness of pigeon meat, also known as squab
        • Burmese Pythons: The Giant Invasive Snake at Risk in Its Native Land
        • On sharks:

          • Check out the Shark Lab at Florida Atlantic University.
          • Scientists believe sharks came into existence about 400 million years ago.
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            CREDITS

            Host: Nate Hegyi

            Reported and produced by Felix Poon, Jeongyoon Han, Taylor Quimby, and Jessica Hunt

            Edited by Taylor Quimby

            Rebecca Lavoie is our Executive Producer

            Special thanks to Lani Asuncion and Angus Murphy

            Music for this episode by Blue Dot Sessions

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