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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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Your host, Melissa McCue-McGrath is an author, dog trainer, and behavior consultant in Southern Maine. She'll talk about dogs all day if you let her. You've been warned :)

The history of Mike the LSU tiger, the dark reality of meeting tiger cubs, and a new law puts dumb criminals and America's worst behind bars. 

I got today's information from: LSU Tiger https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mike-the-tiger
Undercover Cop https://www.newsweek.com/man-tries-sell-tiger-cub-undercover-cops-20k-gets-arrested-1776558
1 eyed hero tiger: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/machli-bengal-tiger-india-queen-ranthambore?loggedin=true&rnd=1679959419852 
https://www.livescience.com/why-are-tigers-orange
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_tiger
https://www.livescience.com/rare-white-tiger-born-in-zoo-to-orange-parents.html
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tragedy-of-the-white-tiger1/
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-ethical-problems-with-breeding-the-white-tiger
https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/the-truth-about-white-tigers#:~:text=Common%20issues%20include%20spinal%20deformities,instead%20of%20in%20the%20wild.
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/09/tiger-cub-athens/
https://www.wbir.com/article/life/animals/911-calls-reveal-tiger-tracks-in-east-knoxville/51-1abb1e49-e554-4888-b4b3-f35b78853795
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/09/sports/ncaafootball/lsu-mascot-mike-the-tiger-chooses-to-stay-home-on-game-days.html
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/263
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A farewell to a good friend, and a revisit to the Dolphin who gave up pod life for the people of a small Irish fishing village in Ireland.


All show notes, links and resources for this episode can be found at episode 32: The Dolphin of Dingle Bay (https://bewilderbeastspod.podcastpage.io/episode/ep-32-the-dolphin-of-dingle-bay)
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When we discuss an invasive species on this show, the discussion turns to the distruction by that species on the environment. But, here is an animal that has become part of the food web,is saving other species from a warming climate by digging 5' water wells, and is now part of the very fabric of America's desert. Federal biologists are faced with some inconvenient data thanks to an out of the box scientist, and now they have to answer an ethical question as to what to do next  with the Death Valley Donkeys. 


I got todays information from: 
https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/eight-warmest-years-record-witness-upsurge-climate-change-impacts
https://phys.org/news/2021-04-donkeys-wells-life.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wild-donkeys-and-horses-dig-wells-provide-water-host-desert-species-180977627/
https://www.google.com/search?q=donkeys+digging+wells&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS773US773&oq=donkeys+digging+wells&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l2j69i61.2900j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#kpvalbx=_H8cgZMn4E9Hl5NoP46Ko0AM_29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/science/donkeys-mountain-lions-death-valley.html
https://www.salon.com/2012/04/02/hollywoods_long_history_of_animal_cruelty/



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An unusual team of bounty hunters, biologists, possums, mosquitos, and trash pandas are finally making a dent in the Florida Everglades Python Problem. But, can they save the  Everglades before the snakes find refuge in Key Largo?

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University of Florida blog: https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/news/2018/01/30/uf-study-mosquitoes-can-lead-researchers-elusive-burmese-python/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-strange-way-a-12-foot-long-invasive-python-was-caught/
https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/environment/2023-02-20/researchers-turn-to-possums-with-gps-collars-to-track-invasive-pythons
https://a-z-animals.com/blog/discover-the-unique-animal-that-can-survive-80-rattlesnake-bites/#:~:text=Yes%2C%20opossums%20kill%20venomous%20snakes,they%20use%20to%20kill%20prey.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/150323-opossums-snakes-snakebites-venom-health-world-science?loggedin=true&rnd=1679421276815
https://www.livescience.com/gps-tagged-mammals-used-to-catch-pythons
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-09-12/two-women-are-top-burmese-python-hunters-in-the-everglades
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/18/1118094365/encore-floridas-python-challenge-does-little-to-reduce-the-invasive-species-impa
https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wetland-and-aquatic-research-center/science/science-topics/pythons#:~:text=Native%20to%20Africa%2C%20Asia%2C%20and,was%20introduced%20in%20South%20Florida.
https://abc7ny.com/python-longest-nat-geo-florida/11984390/
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/florida/2020/07/14/everglades-burmese-python-radiotelemetry-tracking-reducing-numbers/5424561002
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What does the Black Death, scotch whiskey, cats, the worst laws in Tennesee, and bad taxidermy have to do with each other? Oh, buckle in - we're going for a ride!


I got today’s information from A LOT OF PLACES:!
https://www.purr-n-fur.org.uk/famous/towser.html

https://www.thegreatcat.org/towser/
https://iheartcats.com/protecting-breweries-ne-of-cats-many-noble-endeavors-throughout-history/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bristol-cat-pub
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-humane-brewery-working-cat-1.4998719
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/the-real-reason-breweries-keep-cats-around/ar-AA125kNn
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2016/07/21/Feral-cats-defend-Chicago-brewery-from-rats/1661469111930/
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/fife/3616831/fife-cats-netflix-lindores-abbey/
https://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2017/06/lindores-abbey-distillery-seeks-names-for-new-kittens/
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1715640115
https://foodanddrink.scotsman.com/drink/whisky/lindores-abbey-distillery-cats-revel-in-their-netflix-fame/
https://lindoresabbeydistillery.com/test-5/
my favorite article title: https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-bright-side-of-the-black-death - 
https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2014/09/09/347093135/behind-every-good-whisky-is-a-trusty-distillery-cat
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/the-plague
Stupid laws: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/tennessee/tn-laws/ 
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