Creature Conserve

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Meet wild animals up close and personal with the people that know them best! Dr Lucy Spelman is the author of National Geographic Animal Encyclopedia as well as a board-certified veterinarian in zoological medicine—one of handful in the world. Her patients have included giant pandas in China, Asian elephants in Burma, giant river otters in Guyana and mountain gorillas in Rwanda. Cover illustrations by Chloe Bulpin (Instagram: @chloebulpin)

Episodes

  1. 29/09/2021

    Komodo Dragon

    In this episode we talk about anesthesia of Komodo Dragons. How do you give a dragon an anesthetic injection? How can you tell the gender of one? Where do you get a blood sample from on a huge lizard? Answers are in this short but dense episode!

    17 min
  2. Crested Barbet

    06/09/2021

    Crested Barbet

    Cancer in wild animals, how science works and how to find out if what you're learning is new... these are the three focuses of this weeks podcast.  Cover Art: Chloe Bulpin

    21 min
  3. Giant Otter

    22/08/2021

    Giant Otter

    Rehabilitation of orphaned wild Giant Otters is in the spotlight of this episode.  Want to find out more? Here's the scientific paper we mention in the podcast:  https://www.otterspecialistgroup.org/osg-newsite/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/IUCN-Otter-Report-On-Line-SP.pdf Cover Art by Chloe Bulpin Instagram: @chloebulpin

    21 min
  4. Black Duck

    08/08/2021

    Black Duck

    We talk about noise pollution, challenges of doing field work, developing new diagnostic tests for wild animals and more in this episode. If you enjoy the episode please rate us & leave a us a review!  Cover Art by Chloe Bulpin

    18 min
  5. Red Ruffed Lemur

    31/07/2021

    Red Ruffed Lemur

    Maybe you've seen this animal at a trip to Madagascar or in a certain animated movie; nevertheless, they're amazing little creatures! They also have a unique physiology when it comes to iron absorption which leads us to ask 'How much we have to learn yet about wild animal nutrition?'  Cover image by Chloe Bulpin  Additional Resources:  Biology https://lemur.duke.edu/discover/meet-the-lemurs/red-ruffed-lemur/ http://www.edgeofexistence.org/species/red-ruffed-lemur/ Conservation Status & Programs  https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22920/115574598 https://www.lemurconservationnetwork.org/about/ https://www.lemurreserve.org/ https://iucnsos.org/updates-from-the-field-reducing-the-illegal-hunting-of-threatened-lemurs-in-madagascar/

    16 min
  6. Eastern Box Turtle

    25/07/2021

    Eastern Box Turtle

    We talk about wildlife rehabilitation of Eastern Box Turtles, what makes them different in terms of medication and what to do if you encounter one in this short but fun episode.  Interested in making art about Eastern Box Turtles? Send them through our Instagram or website!  Cover art by Chloé Bulpin Additional Resources Biology https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Reptiles/Eastern-Box-Turtle https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.100312/Terrapene_carolina Conservation Status and Programs https://www.mass.gov/doc/eastern-box-turtle-conservation-management-practices/download https://www.boxturtles.com/box-turtle-conservation/ https://www.ebtct.org/

    21 min

  7. SEASON 1 TRAILER

    Intro

    Welcome to the Creature Conserve Podcast !

    13 sec

Trailer

About

Meet wild animals up close and personal with the people that know them best! Dr Lucy Spelman is the author of National Geographic Animal Encyclopedia as well as a board-certified veterinarian in zoological medicine—one of handful in the world. Her patients have included giant pandas in China, Asian elephants in Burma, giant river otters in Guyana and mountain gorillas in Rwanda. Cover illustrations by Chloe Bulpin (Instagram: @chloebulpin)

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  • Creator
    Elif Ilkel
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Elif Ilkel
  • Show Website
    Creature Conserve