Ep 95: Zombieland

01/22/24 • 32 min

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Starting season 6 off with mind control parasites often found in kitty litter boxes around the world - so how is this parasite endangering monk seals in the Pacific Ocean?
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I got today’s information from :

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/toxoplasmosis-risk-wolves-cats-mice
(“You can store them in 10 percent bleach for years, take them out, wash them off, and the parasites can still develop.” yuck.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/220113-sneaky-cat-parasite-takes-over-human-brains-science

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/zombies-parasites-animals-science-behavior
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/seals-endangered-species-health-disease-oceans

https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxoplasmosis/gen_info/faqs.html#:~:text=infection%20to%20me%3F-,What%20is%20toxoplasmosis%3F,infected%20with%20the%20Toxoplasma%20parasite.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis

https://www.livescience.com/surprising-toxoplasma-gondii-facts

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224422000141
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaroslav_Flegr

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/220113-sneaky-cat-parasite-takes-over-human-brains-science

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/zombies-parasites-animals-science-behavior
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/seals-endangered-species-health-disease-oceans

https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxoplasmosis/gen_info/faqs.html#:~:text=infection%20to%20me%3F-,What%20is%20toxoplasmosis%3F,infected%20with%20the%20Toxoplasma%20parasite.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis

https://www.livescience.com/surprising-toxoplasma-gondii-facts

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224422000141
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaroslav_Flegr

Intro/Outtro Tiptoe out the back by Dan Liebowicz, interstitial by MK2,AANNNNNNNDDDDDDD extra stuff found on Pixabay, and freesound.org

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Ep 94: Rock Baby and Baby Jail

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In this season finale, we'll catch up with the world's best dad - a 31-year-old bald eagle who wanted to be a dad.
I got information from:
World Bird Sanctuary Twitter (the comic I first saw, completely out of context) by Jules Behrens: https://twitter.com/WBSSTL/status/1647965975034183684
https://www.instagram.com/worldbirdsanctuary/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/murphy-eagle-rock-chick-eaglet_n_642daa6be4b0859acb91e120
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/us/murphy-bald-eagle-rock.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/us/murphy-bald-eagle-rock.html

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/20/1170987666/murphy-a-bald-eagle-at-at-a-wild-bird-sanctuary-in-missouri-tried-to-hatch-a-roc

https://www.chincoteague.com/pony_swim_guide.html

https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/st-louis-was-surrounded-by-12-tornadoes-last-weekend-39894615
https://cbop.audubon.org/conservation/bald-eagle-nest#:~:text=A%20typical%20nest%2C%20however%2C%20is,often%20confused%20with%20Osprey%20nests.

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Ep 96: The Maine 6

This week we look at Maine's 6 dogs who might just end up on the front lines to save nearly every industry that gives Maine the name, "Vacationland. "
Resources:
Leeroy Jenkins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLyOj_QD4a4
https://bewilderbeastspod.podcastpage.io/episode/ep-67-doom-bloom

https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-honors-young-scientist-who-was-subject-of-police-complaint/

https://twitter.com/YaleSPH/status/1617630181166047232

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/resources/pests-diseases/hungry-pests/the-threat/spotted-lanternfly/spotted-lanternfly#:~:text=Spotted%20lanternfly%20populations%20are%20currently,%2C%20Virginia%2C%20and%20West%20Virginia.

https://www.wlvt.org/blogs/northampton/how-dogs-are-being-trained-to-help-fight-off-spotted-lanternfly/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/inside-the-race-to-kill-the-spotted-lanternfly?loggedin=true&rnd=1705186972691

https://www.newthinking.com/sustainability/stomping-the-unstoppable-combatting-the-spotted-lanternfly

https://centraljersey.com/2021/09/01/bordentown-city-residents-take-part-in-lanternfly-murder-pub-crawl/

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/whats-so-bad-about-the-spotted-lanternfly.html

https://centraljersey.com/2021/09/01/bordentown-city-residents-take-part-in-lanternfly-murder-pub-crawl/

https://6abc.com/bobbi-wilson-lanternflies-yale-invasive-species/12773431/

Project Citizen Lantern Fly: The video Melissa and her teams watched that introduced them to the SLF project.

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