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Modern-Day Darwin, Bruce Means Discovers Five New Species in Guyana, The Last Tepui The Happiness Quotient

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The ultimate Earth Day observation:  following is a conversation with a modern day Charles Darwin, biologist, herpetologist, Adjunct Professor of Biological Science at Florida State University Dr. Bruce Means. We discuss a March 2021 expedition in which Means and writer/climber Mark Synnott traveled to a virtual Shangri-la in the deep, mysterious and ever dangerous jungles of Guyana to study an unclimbed tapui, where new species were discovered. 

American climber Alex Honnold is featured in the National Geographic film and article, both released in April 2022.


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The ultimate Earth Day observation:  following is a conversation with a modern day Charles Darwin, biologist, herpetologist, Adjunct Professor of Biological Science at Florida State University Dr. Bruce Means. We discuss a March 2021 expedition in which Means and writer/climber Mark Synnott traveled to a virtual Shangri-la in the deep, mysterious and ever dangerous jungles of Guyana to study an unclimbed tapui, where new species were discovered. 

American climber Alex Honnold is featured in the National Geographic film and article, both released in April 2022.


This is the Happiness Quotient. Please subscribe wherever you are listening or watching 




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39 min