Just Animals

Today we discuss the creep-cute thing that goes bump in the night, the Opossum! Believe it or not they are actually very beneficial when it comes to eating ticks and slowing the spread of Lyme's Disease.

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Sources

https://www.livescience.com/56182-opossum-facts.html

https://www.massaudubon.org/learn/nature-wildlife/mammals/opossums/about

https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/opossum

https://www.britannica.com/animal/Virginia-opossum

https://www.aces.edu/blog/topics/wildlife/the-virginia-opossum-our-only-native-marsupial/

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Didelphis_virginiana/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/group/opossums/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/544902/facts-about-opossums

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5315628/#:~:text=The%20North%20American%20Opossum%20(Didelphis,cytotoxic%20snake%20venoms5%E2%80%938.

http://wildliferemovalusa.com/opossumtail.html

Today we go behind the scenes with a former Zoo-curity officer! Thank you so much to Sam for his time and very candid answers. If you have any questions for Sam, email them to us at [email protected] and don't forget to find us on Instagram @justanimalspod! 

Finally the original crew is back together for our second episode of the New Year! Join us as we talk about one of the most iconic animals of all time, the camel. As always you can find us on instagram @justanimalspod send us an email at [email protected] we love hearing from you guys!

Sources:

https://en.radiofarda.com/a/drink-camel-urine-to-cure-coronavirus-prophetic-medicine-man-says/30565663.html

https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/06/10/stop-drinking-camel-urine-world-health-organization-says

https://camelconnection.com/basic-body-language-of-camels/

https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/extantcamels/characteristics

http://www.ultimateungulate.com/artiodactyla/camelus_dromedarius.html

https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/90205#:~:text=The%20Dromedary%20camel%20originated%20in%2035%20countries%20from%20Africa%20and%20Asia.

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Camelus_dromedarius/

https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Citation/2007/12000/A_Camel_Bite_Breaking_the_Neck_and_Causing_Brain.42.aspx

https://www.wildrepublic.com/product/dromedary-camel/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/camel-attacks-human-severs-head

https://www.inquisitr.com/1544108/enraged-camel-attacks-kills-chicago-man/

https://www.cnn.com/2015/01/11/us/camel-attack-deaths/index.html

https://www.livescience.com/27503-camels.html#:~:text=There%20are%20two%20types%20of,food%20and%20water%20is%20scarce.

Not actually a horseshoe and not actually a crab either . . .  This week we go back in time to an era before the dinosaurs and we discuss this ancient living fossil.

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Sources:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/07/covid-vaccine-needs-horseshoe-crab-blood/

https://oceana.org/marine-life/cephalopods-crustaceans-other-shellfish/american-horseshoe-crab

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Limulus_polyphemus/

https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/smsfp/irlspec/Limulu_polyph.htm

https://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/crustaceans/horseshoe-crabs/facts/#:~:text=The%20anatomy%20of%20the%20species,live%20up%20to%2020%20years!

https://www.horseshoecrab.org/info/lifecycle.html#:~:text=The%20horseshoe%20crab%20must%20molt,first%20two%20to%20three%20years.&text=Horseshoe%20crabs%20will%20molt%2016,mature%20(Shuster%2C%201950).

https://gulfspecimen.org/horseshoe-crab-molts/

http://www.vetstreet.com/our-pet-experts/why-you-should-care-about-horseshoe-crabs

https://marinebio.org/species/horseshoe-crabs/limulus-polyphemus/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/a/atlantic-horseshoe-crab/

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/horseshoe-crab.html

http://www.edc.uri.edu/restoration/html/gallery/invert/shoe.htm

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2018.00185/full

https://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/crustaceans/horseshoe-crabs/facts/

https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Invertebrates/Horseshoe-Crab

https://www.chesapeakebay.net/S=0/fieldguide/critter/horseshoe_crab

https://scaquarium.org/our-animals/horseshoe-crab/#:~:text=Horseshoe%20crabs%20will%20feed%20on%20worms%2C%20mollusks%20and%20small%20crustaceans.

https://www.fws.gov/northeast/pdf/horseshoe.fs.pdf

Reporting nesting sites in Florida website:

https://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/crustaceans/horseshoe-crabs/report-sightings/

Today we venture to the remote island of Madagascar to discuss the most primitive primate, the Lemur! 

Exciting news, we are now on instagram! Find us at @Justanimalspod

Sources:

https://science.jrank.org/pages/5517/Prosimians.html

https://miami.cbslocal.com/2016/07/21/cbs4-exclusive-victim-of-lemur-attack-says-i-was-terrified/

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/2019/03/28/man-cited-after-lemur-bites-woman-on-fort-lauderdale-beach/

https://lemur.duke.edu/about/not-a-pet/

https://lemur.duke.edu/discover/meet-the-lemurs/

https://www.lemurconservationnetwork.org/top-10-facts-about-lemurs/

https://www.britannica.com/animal/lemur-primate-suborder#ref241945

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Lemur_catta/

https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/ringtailedlemur/characteristics

https://www.neprimateconservancy.org/ring-tailed-lemur.html

https://seaworld.org/animals/facts/mammals/ring-tailed-lemur/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/r/ring-tailed-lemur/

https://www.oregonzoo.org/discover/animals/ring-tailed-lemur

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/ring-tailed-lemur

www.lemurconservationnetwork.org

ielc.libguides.com/

https://www.endangeredspeciesinternational.org/

www.globalwildlife.org

Today we head to arctic circle and discuss one of the most iconic animals of all time, the Polar Bear! 

For live feeds check out this website below

https://polarbearsinternational.org/#polar-bear-cam

Sources:

https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/polarbear/behavior

https://www.canadapolarbears.com/stories/polar-bear-ecology-behavior#:~:text=Polar%20bears%20are%20marvels%20of,fat%20and%20huge%20padded%20feet.&text=With%20their%20keen%20sense%20of,that%20is%20six%20feet%20thick.

https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/polar-bear

https://www.kidzone.ws/sg/polarbear/polar_bear.htm

https://animals.net/polar-bear/

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Ursus_maritimus/

https://www.britannica.com/animal/polar-bear

https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Mammals/Polar-Bear

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/p/polar-bear/

https://polarbearsinternational.org/

https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/polar-bear

Today we have Nikki for Red Box Wildlife Shelter to shed some light on the current issues facing Australia's most famous animal. Additionally if you would like to help support the shelter please check out the link below.

https://kangaroorangers.com/how-can-i-help/