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Hello and welcome to another episode of Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight What’s On My Mind. I’m your host, Jackie Moranty.

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In the nursery rhyme “The House That Jack Built”, Jack starts with a rat that eats the chaff on his floor, then the cat comes along to get rid of the rat, then comes the dog who chases the cat, and so on and so on.

In this episode, I’ll be talking about the house that Jack built and how invasive species ruin ecosystems and contribute to the extinction of native species.

Show Notes for The House that Jack Built

https://wilderness.net/learn-about-wilderness/threats/invasive.php

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-021-02568-7

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.12517

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/environment/2019/04/13/florida-invasive-animal-species-wrecking-native-ecosystems-non-native/3456294002/

https://www.cbd.int/invasive/photo.shtml

https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.091093398

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/invasive.html

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/invasive-species/

https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-invasive-species-and-why-are-they-problem

https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/are-there-invasive-reptiles-other-burmese-pythons-united-states-people-should-be-concerned

https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-have-invasive-pythons-impacted-florida-ecosystems

https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-are-potential-effects-snakeheads-our-waters

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/invasive-species/

https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/5-invasive-species-you-should-know

https://www.earthrangers.com/EN/CA/top-10/ten-of-the-worlds-most-invasive-species/

https://www.doi.gov/blog/invasive-species-finding-solutions-stop-their-spread

https://cisr.ucr.edu/invasive-species

https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/cabicompendium.62788

https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/cabicompendium.82598

https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/ja_miller006.pdf

https://theconversation.com/wallabies-are-on-the-loose-in-britain-and-weve-mapped-95-sightings-148374#:~:text=For%20example%2C%20could%20they%20have,growing%20impacts%20of%20muntjac%20deer.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/nov-14-covid-vaccine-immune-durability-wallabies-in-the-uk-ancient-female-hunters-and-more-1.5799632/wallabies-from-australia-have-gained-a-foothold-in-the-u-k-and-may-be-there-for-good-1.5799646

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0069087

https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/ancient-invasive-species/

https://cisr.ucr.edu/invasive-species/russian-thistle

https://www.dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/interactions-cc-invasive.pdf

https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/uploads/invasive_species_defined_in_a_policy_context.pdf

https://www.dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/interactions-cc-invasive.pdf

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Hello and welcome to Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight. I’m your host, Jackie Moranty. In the last 50 years we’ve lost more than 4,000 species that are vital to their habitats. These animals played an important role in the support of their ecosystems. Some were predators and some were prey, but they all had one natural enemy: Man. As humans grew in numbers, these animals were overhunted, exposed to pesticides, and driven into smaller and smaller habitats. The land was needed for the King of the Beasts. It’s 90 seconds to midnight, and our wildlife suffers under the heavy burden of human encroachment. From logging to drilling for oil, overdevelopment of wild lands to water diversion, animals are disappearing, never to be seen again. You can reach me on the website at http://www.causeofdeath100secs.net or you can email me at mailto:Jackie@causeofdeath100secs.net. My Link Tree can be found at: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod Bats, Disease and the Environment Show Notes: Extinction Research: https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/biodiversity/going-going-gone/what-causes-extinction https://www.livescience.com/60436-most-valuable-treasures-still-missing-lost.html https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/bearesa.htm https://www.fws.gov/species/grizzly-bear-ursus-arctos-horribilis https://www.endangered.org/animals/grizzly-bear/ https://hslf.org/blog/2023/02/no-time-strip-endangered-species-protections-grizzly-bears https://defenders.org/newsroom/us-fish-and-wildlife-service-announces-status-review-of-grizzly-bears https://www.britannica.com/list/titanosaurs-8-of-the-worlds-biggest-dinosaurs https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/30/humanity-wiped-out-animals-since-1970-major-report-finds https://www.huffpost.com/entry/11-extinct-animals_n_4078988 https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/extinction-crisis-puts-1-million-species-brink-2022-12-23/ https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/biodiversity/elements_of_biodiversity/extinction_crisis/index.html https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/100years/xerces-blue/ https://xerces.org/about-xerces https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/20/world/xerces-blue-butterfly-extinction-scn/index.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/science/this-butterfly-was-the-first-in-north-america-that-people-made-extinct.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/21/us/fenders-blue-butterfly-endangered-scn-trnd/index.html https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/g201/recently-extinct-animals-list/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=arb_ga_pop_d_bm_prog_org_us_g201&gclid=Cj0KCQjwn_OlBhDhARIsAG2y6zMEgzdsX4G_B0hVaB5u1cYWZ6Jo8D3gg8-CjOfNV73XJriPBpv2KlUaAgt9EALw_wcB https://www.endangered.org/importance-of-the-endangered-species-act/#:~:text=Each%20species%20that%20is%20lost,air%2C%20water%2C%20or%20land. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/north-atlantic-right-whale https://us.whales.org/whales-dolphins/species-guide/north-atlantic-right-whale/ https://action.ifaw.org/page/125964/action/1?cid=7013k000001He0e&ms=UONDC230426104&utm_term=&utm_campaign=cv_narw-petition_pmax_sol8&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&hsa_acc=9570516196&hsa_cam=19977023648&hsa_grp=&hsa_ad=&hsa_src=x&hsa_tgt=&hsa_kw=&hsa_mt=&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwn_OlBhDhARIsAG2y6zOgJihwnUnucHKXzta3X9PiGrBGkLODoWMiYf3h6ZL11q_TKz_gFDkaAmt-EALw_wcB https://wwf.ca/species/north-atlantic-right-whales/ https://www.ifaw.org/animals/north-atlantic-right-whale https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/north-atlantic-right-whales/ https://www.mass.gov/doc/north-atlantic-right-whale/download https://www.washingtonpost.com/kidspost/2022/11/01/north-atlantic-right-whale-count/ https://nicholas.duke.edu/news/fewer-366-north-atlantic-right-whales-are-left-new-study-shows...

Hello and welcome to Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight. I’m your host, Jackie Moranty.
In the last 50 years we’ve lost more than 4,000 species that are vital to their habitats.
These animals played an important role in the support of their ecosystems. Some were predators and some were prey, but they all had one natural enemy: Man.
As humans grew in numbers, these animals were overhunted, exposed to pesticides, and driven into smaller and smaller habitats. The land was needed for the King of the Beasts.
It’s 90 seconds to midnight, and our wildlife suffers under the heavy burden of human encroachment. From logging to drilling for oil, overdevelopment of wild lands to water diversion, animals are disappearing, never to be seen again.
You can reach me on the website at www.causeofdeath100secs.net or you can email me at Jackie@causeofdeath100secs.net.
My Link Tree can be found at: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod
Bats, Disease and the Environment Show Notes:
Extinction Research:
https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/biodiversity/going-going-gone/what-causes-extinction
https://www.livescience.com/60436-most-valuable-treasures-still-missing-lost.html
https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/bearesa.htm
https://www.fws.gov/species/grizzly-bear-ursus-arctos-horribilis
https://www.endangered.org/animals/grizzly-bear/
https://hslf.org/blog/2023/02/no-time-strip-endangered-species-protections-grizzly-bears
https://defenders.org/newsroom/us-fish-and-wildlife-service-announces-status-review-of-grizzly-bears
https://www.britannica.com/list/titanosaurs-8-of-the-worlds-biggest-dinosaurs
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/30/humanity-wiped-out-animals-since-1970-major-report-finds
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/11-extinct-animals_n_4078988
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/extinction-crisis-puts-1-million-species-brink-2022-12-23/
https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/biodiversity/elements_of_biodiversity/extinction_crisis/index.html
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/100years/xerces-blue/
https://xerces.org/about-xerces
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/20/world/xerces-blue-butterfly-extinction-scn/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/science/this-butterfly-was-the-first-in-north-america-that-people-made-extinct.html
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/21/us/fenders-blue-butterfly-endangered-scn-trnd/index.html
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/g201/recently-extinct-animals-list/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=arb_ga_pop_d_bm_prog_org_us_g201&gclid=Cj0KCQjwn_OlBhDhARIsAG2y6zMEgzdsX4G_B0hVaB5u1cYWZ6Jo8D3gg8-CjOfNV73XJriPBpv2KlUaAgt9EALw_wcB
https://www.endangered.org/importance-of-the-endangered-species-act/#:~:text=Each%20species%20that%20is%20lost,air%2C%20water%2C%20or%20land.
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/north-atlantic-right-whale
https://us.whales.org/whales-dolphins/species-guide/north-atlantic-right-whale/
https://action.ifaw.org/page/125964/action/1?cid=7013k000001He0e&ms=UONDC230426104&utm_term=&utm_campaign=cv_narw-petition_pmax_sol8&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&hsa_acc=9570516196&hsa_cam=19977023648&hsa_grp=&hsa_ad=&hsa_src=x&hsa_tgt=&hsa_kw=&hsa_mt=&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwn_OlBhDhARIsAG2y6zOgJihwnUnucHKXzta3X9PiGrBGkLODoWMiYf3h6ZL11q_TKz_gFDkaAmt-EALw_wcB
https://wwf.ca/species/north-atlantic-right-whales/
https://www.ifaw.org/animals/north-atlantic-right-whale
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/north-atlantic-right-whales/
https://www.mass.gov/doc/north-atlantic-right-whale/download
https://www.washingtonpost.com/kidspost/2022/11/01/north-atlantic-right-whale-count/
https://nicholas.duke.edu/news/fewer-366-north-atlantic-right-whales-are-left-new-study-shows
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/10/911500907/the-world-lost-two-thirds-of-its-wildlife-in-50-years-we-are-to-blame
https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/4783129/LPR/PDFs/ENGLISH-FULL.pdf
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/animal-extinct-biodiversity-2021/

Hello and welcome to Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight. I’m your host, Jackie Moranty. I changed my mind mid-script. I decided that I needed to finish this season with a 100 Seconds to Midnight Episode on extinction. I thought that would be more appropriate, so this week, I’m going to talk about the last disease in this season. We’re going to look at Whirling Disease in Fish. Let’s begin with etiology and pathology. This will be a new pathogen for us. Myxobolus cerebralis is a myxozoan parasite. Whirling disease is caused by the actinosporean spores of the parasite Myxobolus cerebralis. This parasite has a complex two-host lifecycle. The parasite alternates between the sludge worm, Tubifex tubifex and the salmonid host. I’ve hit 15,000 downloads! That’s a big deal. I never thought this podcast would attract as many listeners as it does and I want to thank everyone for coming back and passing the word. You can reach me on the website at www.causeofdeath100secs.net or you can email me at Jackie@causeofdeath100secs.net. My Link Tree can be found at: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod You can support Cause of Death here: Subscribe on Apple Subscriptions Patreon: https://www.Patreon.com/JackieMoranty Ko-Fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugg Merch can be found at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugged Whirling Disease Show Notes: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25993890/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24383542/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17436949/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14533670/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34603313/ https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-017-2347-6 https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/aah.10014 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0096954 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22151695/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19284888/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9914926/ https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/whirling-disease.htm https://wildlife.utah.gov/wildlife-diseases.html a...

Hello and welcome to Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight. Before we get started, I want to welcome my latest Patron to the family. Welcome Elizabeth! I’m so happy to have you here! I thought that since we talked about White Nose Disease in bats last time, we could just hop on over to Frog Fungal Disease this time. There is nothing like going to the river in spring. The frogs are sending their mating calls back and forth. The males are trying to sing their best songs to attract females, and they’re measuring up the other males to see if they really want to battle for the female they’ve chosen. Frogs are both a keystone species and an indicator species in their environments. Keystone species are vital to their environments. If we lose a keystone species, the entire ecosystem will fail. Frogs provide food for several species including birds, fish, monkeys and snakes. As tadpoles, they eat algae which helps regulate blooms and reduce the risk of algal contamination. As they metamorphose from tadpoles into frogs, they become more carnivorous, and this means that they eat a lot of bugs. They can eat up to 100 insects in a day. O.K., so not quite as impressive as the bat, but still, that’s a lot of bugs. The larger the frog, the larger the prey. Some species can eat animals as big as snakes and birds. So, maybe you didn’t want to hear that part, but it does show that frogs are an important part of the food chain as predator and prey. Frogs are also an indicator species. If you listen to the Greed and Avarice episode on chemical spills and the environment, I talked a bit about researchers walking the stream where the train derailment occurred in Ohio. They were looking for dead fish and frogs. You can reach me on the website at http://www.causeofdeath100secs.net or you can email me at mailto:Jackie@causeofdeath100secs.net. My Link Tree can be found at: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod You can support Cause of Death here: Subscribe on Apple Subscriptions Patreon: https://www.Patreon.com/JackieMoranty Ko-Fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugg Merch can be found at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugged Frog Fungal Disease Show Notes: https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169-5347(09)00241-9 https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.1176765 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1286457910002480 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0062146 https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/dao/v77/n2/p113-118 https://www.dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/c-disease_1.pdf https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.95.15.9031 https://www.amphibianark.org/the-crisis/chytrid-fungus/ https://savethefrogs.com/why-frogs/ https://auduboninternational.org/why-we-should-love-frogs-and-how-to-encourage-them-on-your-property/ https://phys.org/news/2017-05-frogs.html https://uspest.com/blog/know-frogs-important-ecosystem/ https://www.citizen-times.com/story/life/family/2020/04/08/nature-center-notes-frogs-key-wncs-ecosystem/2883862001/ https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/420/420-527/CNRE-87.pdf Kilpatrick, A. Marm, et al. “The Ecology and Impact of Chytridiomycosis: An Emerging Disease of Amphibians.” Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vol. 25, no. 2, Feb. 2010, pp. 109–118, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2009.07.011. Voyles, J., et al. “Pathogenesis of Chytridiomycosis, a Cause of Catastrophic Amphibian Declines.” Science, vol. 326, no. 5952, 22 Oct. 2009, pp. 582–585, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1176765. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/batrachochytrium https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00290/full Global Invasive Species Database (2023) Species profile: Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Downloaded from http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/species.php?sc=123 on 08-07-2023. https://cisr.ucr.edu/invasive-species/chytrid-fungus...