Big Cat Conversations
Rick Minter
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BCC EP:63 Schoolboys & the patrolling puma
Big Cat Conversations
11/12/21 • 55 min
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Frances explains what happened when she noticed a puma following 3 schoolboys in southern Lanarkshire, Scotland. She then cautiously asked around her village and learnt that big cat reports were nothing new.
Word of the week: solipsism
12 November 2021
11/12/21 • 55 min
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BCC EP:60 Celtic-fringe cat & the panther of the peat bog
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09/24/21 • 72 min
Author Nick Albert wrote about sensing and then seeing a black panther near his family’s West of Ireland home in his series of books Fresh Eggs and Dog Beds – we delve into those incidents with Nick in this episode, and we also hear from Dave, who had a black panther cross the road in front of him near peat cuttings in County Kilkenny in August 2021, coincidentally on his way to collect fresh eggs!
Word of the week: aclaíocht
24 September 2021
09/24/21 • 72 min
BCC EP:55 Shropshire stakeout – big cats and nature’s night world
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07/17/21 • 86 min
James guides us through the forest environment at night in deepest Shropshire, keeping watch for the eye shine, movement and vibes of a big cat...
Word of the week: habitat
17 July 2021
07/17/21 • 86 min
BCC EP:58 The dawn panther - window shopping in Stroud
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08/28/21 • 55 min
Tom re-lives his close encounter with a black leopard like cat near Stroud town centre in 2015, and his sighting of a similar looking cat which stopped the traffic when he was driving up a Cotswold hill in 2016. Rick and Tom also discuss some of the notable big cat reports in Gloucestershire during 2021.
Word of the week: Corinium
28 August 2021
08/28/21 • 55 min
BCC EP:57 Wexford’s wandering panther – the beast at the bottom of the garden
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08/13/21 • 64 min
On 1st August near Wexford, Ireland, Lar filmed a large black animal wandering past his house in the neighbouring field – still raw with emotion speaking on the podcast, he explains how he quickly sensed it was a large black panther, how he feels as a father of young kids, and how the Ireland big cats Facebook group has helped him assess the whole experience. Lar also explains why he thinks this could have been a recently escaped big cat.
Word of the week: beithioch
13 August 2021
08/13/21 • 64 min
BCC EP:56 Panthers east & panthers west
Big Cat Conversations
08/01/21 • 61 min
Mark a Suffolk taxi driver explains his close up sighting of a black panther one evening, and how he now gets reports from customers about the topic, while Jo, a town councillor from Dolgellau, recounts her two sightings of a black panther in mid-north Wales. Both guests relay other snippets on local big cats they’ve heard from friends and contacts.
Word of the week: Eryri
1 August 2021
08/01/21 • 61 min
BCC EP:59 Panther chat in the pub – making sense of British big cats
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09/10/21 • 65 min
Three guests chat through their big cat sightings at a Herefordshire pub – Dave D watched a panther jump a gate back in 1996, Sam saw a panther on the edge of the Brecon Beacons in 2018, and he may have snapped a grainy trail-cam photo of a lynx, while Dave Starkey updates us on his big cat novel Tonmawr and a possible sequel, following his south Wales sighting. They discuss how they strive to understand more about the animals they encountered...
Words of the week: spectral sensitivity
10 September 2021
09/10/21 • 65 min
BCC EP:54 Awakening the Pleistocene predators - a deep history of big cats in Britain
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07/03/21 • 62 min
Zoologist Darren Naish explores the traits of larger cats in Britain and Europe from the Pleistocene times, and considers lessons for rewilding and the adaptations of any large cats in Britain now, whatever their origins.
Twitter link for our guest Darren Naish: https://twitter.com/TetZoo
On the Prowl book discussed in the episode: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/on-the-prowl/9780231184502
Word of the week: tetrapod
3 July 2021
07/03/21 • 62 min
BCC EP:53 Chance encounters - while deer stalking, dog walking & wild camping…
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06/19/21 • 79 min
Our three guests have each witnessed big cats north of London in and around Hertfordshire and Essex – Matt encountered a black leopard on land where he is a deerstalker, while Andrew was awoken from his hammock in the night by his dog sensing a big cat, and Simon viewed a black panther when walking his dogs in Epping Forest. And Simon’s wife was a sceptic until they chanced upon something important when travelling in Scotland...
Words of the week: wicked problem
19 June 2021
06/19/21 • 79 min
BCC EP:61 The body of Bannockburn – big questions from a cat carcass
Big Cat Conversations
10/08/21 • 79 min
Paul MacDonald describes the discovery and lab testing of an apparently large cat’s carcass found near Bannockburn in 2020, and then discusses how the mapping of witness reports in south Scotland has identified key places to investigate. We then discuss the recent night-time cat footage in Larkhall, Scotland, with the houseowner Derek, asking whether it was a puma on the pathway, or a domestic cat on the fence, and how it influenced his family and neighbours.
Word of the week: riparian
8 October 2021
10/08/21 • 79 min
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How many episodes does Big Cat Conversations have?
Big Cat Conversations currently has 102 episodes available.
What topics does Big Cat Conversations cover?
The podcast is about Black, Cats, Natural Sciences, Nature, Podcasts, Science and Big.
What is the most popular episode on Big Cat Conversations?
The episode title 'BCC EP:63 Schoolboys & the patrolling puma' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Big Cat Conversations?
The average episode length on Big Cat Conversations is 65 minutes.
How often are episodes of Big Cat Conversations released?
Episodes of Big Cat Conversations are typically released every 14 days, 10 hours.
When was the first episode of Big Cat Conversations?
The first episode of Big Cat Conversations was released on Aug 22, 2019.
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