All Things Wild Martin

Black bears have a very strong public image as lone roaming, dangerous and mindless eating machines -  here's something that will completely change the way you look at them!

Benjamin Kilham, author of In the Company of Bears: What Black Bears Have Taught Me about Intelligence and Intuition, has been studying and living with them for many years and has a connection and insight into their society that almost no one else has. Mother bears punishing cubs, sharing with family members, language, standing up to bears in the wild and so much more!

Important Times:
00:10 Intro
02:50 Welcome Benjamin! What caused you to start studying bears?
04:20 Your first bear encounter
06:40 Rehabilitating black bears and keeping bear cubs
10:15 Bear scent: how do they use their sense of smell?
15:50 Sharing resources and being social: bears share with family members
22:10 Your friend Squirty the bear
25:40 Do the bears you raise see you as a parent? How she punishes bad behavior
29:50 They can read people, highly cognitive animals
34:55 Males vs female bears
38:45 Bear hazing -  helping bears caught around people
40:20 Communicating with the bears in the way they understand
42:05 Alpha males
45:10 What do you do if you run into a bear in the wild? Deescalate the situation
50:10 Attacks on humans
52:45 Backyard chickens are drawing the bears closer to humans
54:50 Hunting black bears and population
59:40 One thing you wish people understood about bears
01:02:35 Male bears and cubs
01:05:25 There's so much more to learn, thank you for sharing your knowledge!

Part 2 of our conversation with Robin Hanson about his Grabby Aliens theory! We dive into the details and explore the things that might have happened and possible explanations for UFO sightings and ultimately mankind's fate. We weigh up the different options to try understand what these things could be, if they are real after all!  A really interesting dive into the theoretical universe.

What do you think? Do aliens have a rule against expanding? Would you break that rule? Do you lean towards the hoax or the aliens theory? Let us know!

Important times:
00:10 Welcome to All Things Wild!
01:00 Lying can be a solution
02:20 1 in 1000 chance for Grabby Aliens to be true: here's how.
03:50 How likely is intelligent life?
05:00 The big puzzle: they didn't expand, why?
07:15 Weird things can end up being true
11:30 Why do they stay officially hidden?
13:10 Social animal hierarchy
18:20 This is my best story to explain the alien theory
20:00 Nuclear facilities and visitations
21:50 The aliens needed a simple and robust strategy
23:05 Are they reporting back to anyone?
24:15 Are they biological or artificial life?
25:25 What if they were biological?
26:20 They seem cruel to not allow expansion
28:25 What happens when they meet other aliens?
30:25 Grabby humans
31:40 Would you follow their rule?
33:25 Ecosystem of the universe
36:10 Leave this to the experts in each field
38:10 Would we be in danger of breaking the rule yet?
40:30 Problems with the hoax theories
43:20 Grabby Aliens seems possible but makes a lot of assumptions, hoax takes less
45:40 Thank you Robin! Hope to see you in the Pentagon one day!
46:45 Outro

Today is something completely different... but actually really similar if you think about it. We are always talking with experts about how animals experience our world, today we are talking about how an animal from another planet would experience it's world! Robin Hanson tells us about his Grabby Aliens Hypothesis and we explore the possibility of life on other planets!

This is a 2 part episode -  next week is part 2!

Important Times:

01:40 Welcome Robin! What made you interested in your field of research?
03:00 What is your Grabby Aliens Hypothesis?
07:10 Is the universe dead and empty?
09:20 We should see evidence of civilizations in the stars
10:30 The model is a 3 parameter model, linked to data
14:10 Finding spheres in the universe
16:30 What would prove your hypothesis wrong? Time, Panspermia
19:30 The early solar system
21:20 How sure are we of our solar system's history?
24:20 What research is being done now about Panspermia?
25:40 Grabby vs Non-Grabby Aliens
28:40 They're either there or not 
30:40 Congressional hearings on UFO's
32:00 Old crazy theories can become fact, like meteorites and pink lightning
34:50 Robin is evaluating how 'crazy' these theories are, which one's can be dismissed and which can't
37:05 4 categories of UFO reports. 1: Mistakes/Errors
37:50 Category 2: Hoaxes
41:55 Many reports are category 1
42:55 Some reports fit well into category 2
43:40 Next 2 categories. 3: Built on earth. 4: Built outside of earth
45:25 Evidence trumps chance, but I can make a reasonable theory for each category
47:50 Category 2 vs 4: Lying and Hoaxes could be working
49:00 What about the Nimitz Incident 
50:20 Uncertainty can be used to your advantage
54:05 Outro

Part 2 coming soon!!

Port and Starboard, 2 affectionately named Orca's that have been visiting Cape Town's shores over the past few years seem to be responsible for the disappearance of the once common Great White Sharks! Are these 2 individuals really responsible for chasing them ALL away? Join Martin as he shares his thoughts about a recent study that found that these whales were linked with the disappearance of the Great Whites. 

Orca's are incredibly intelligent animals, come learn more about them!

Important Times:
00:10 Hello and welcome!01:20 Shark Shield02:40 Orca's and Great White Sharks04:15 Why are the sharks disappearing?07:00 Orca brains09:50 They are very culturally specific and don't mix with other groups and hunting styles12:45 The findings of the study done in South Africa15:35 What are Great White Sharks most scared of?17:20 An alternative theory

Yannis Papastamatiou definitely studies one of the coolest animals in the world: Reef Sharks! We talk about all things Reef Sharks, the many different types, new info on their body language, communication and what their society is like.
Yannis tells us about his research and theories on these interesting animals! When you hear sharks, you don’t think of social animals - this should change your mind!
Follow him on Instagram @yannispapastamatiou
Important Times:
00:10 Intro00:55 Welcome Yannis! What is your background with sharks?02:25 Are sharks ‘social animals’?04:25 What species of shark are we talking about?05:10 Tell us about Reef Sharks - are they one species or many different ones?06:25 Notorious body language07:05 Attacking scuba divers or is it spearfishing?09:20 Do sharks form schools? School vs Shoal10:00 Some sharks seem to become friends11:30 How many sharks did you tag and how did you study them?13:35 Night time activity17:50 What fish do they eat? Do they target weaker fish?20:05 Sharks behaving similar to sharks22:35 Why do they pick friends?24:35 The mystery of shark pups: where are they?!27:25 Thanks for your time!

Today’s interview is with Douglas Chadwick, an American wildlife biologist, author, photographer and frequent National Geographic contributor. He has also written several books, most interestingly in this case he wrote a book called The Wolverine Way! You guessed it, it’s all about wolverines! Listen as Douglas tells us the unbelievable stories he’s experienced with Wolverines, why they are in so much danger and how he is pushing to save the natural world with a slightly different approach to most people. 


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Important Times:
00:10 Intro02:05 Welcome Douglas!02:40 Glacier National Park is still one of the wildest places04:25 The original food chain05:50 Public lands are important06:35 Wolverines in Glacier, how did they get there?07:20 I just finished reading The Wolverine Way! How did you start studying them?13:00 Trapping and tagging19:30 They can take down much larger animals20:45 They are mostly scavengers24:50 Handling the Wolverines27:20 Attacking humans32:20 Mountain climbers, why do they climb mountains?35:40 We didn’t expect they were climbing over mountains36:50 They are extremely territorial and one animal can cover huge areas of land38:25 The problem with National Parks -  they don’t solve the conservation problem!41:15 They have very unexpected family dynamics49:45 We need to connect conservation lands to eachother45:15 Are Wolverines on the endangered species list?57:35 Meeting captive Wolverines01:01:00 They can be breakout artists01:03:35 Reading a passage of The Wolverine Way01:07:20 Four Fifths a Grizzly: A New Perspective on Nature That Just Might Save Us All01:16:35 Outro