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BewilderBeasts!

A Nature , Science and Kids & Family podcast

About the show

Host Melissa McCue-McGrath dives deep into the weirdest, funniest, sciency-est ways in which animals intersect at humanity. How is a horse responsible for the FDA? How did fish farts nearly cause bombs to fly between Russia and Sweden? Which pigeon saved 194 soldiers in WW1? Why are honey bees trained to find unexploded landmines in Croatia? Let's go!

Newest episodes

Bonus: Butt Science and Twitter Bird Bans

Jul 14, 2024 27 min

First aired February 2023 Twitter bans an ornithological society for posting photos of "woodcocks" while Melissa gets banned for "Hairy Man"; The Media takes special care to protect the identity of one little jailbird with hilarious results; and, no post is complete without a little butt science. There is a photo that I can't stop laughing at in this episode - that photo is attached but also a part of this tweet: https://twitter.com/CampbellxEmma/status/1178400639208116224 All of the articles I read directly from are here: Dirty Birds: https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/31/bird-charity-banned-from-twitter-for-posting-woodcock-photos-18196900/ Jail Bird: https://time.com/5689057/bird-arrest/ Regenerative Butt Science https://www.livescience.com/sea-spiders-anus-regeneration Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Bonus: Ursa Majors

Jul 7, 2024 15 min

First aired October 2021 Fat Bear Tuesday is the culmination of a week-long bracket-style event inspired by mega-chonk bears and March Madness. What is it? Why is it? Who is going to win? Let's go! **** Resources: https://www.nps.gov/katm/learn/fat-bear-week.htm https://www.npr.org/2021/09/30/1041674219/fat-bear-week-2021 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/get-to-known-the-bodacious-bulky-bears-of-fat-bear-week-2021-180978778/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/650110/fat-bear-week-history https://boingboing.net/2021/09/26/its-almost-fat-bear-week-when-online-voters-decide-which-bears-have-best-prepared-for-hibernation.html Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Bonus: Great Escapes

Jun 30, 2024 21 min

First Aired: Feb 10, 2022 A series of the best and funniest animal escapes, all inspired by a police blotter where a camel chase was afoot on a Kansas golf course. Resources for today's episode: http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2041628_2041646_2041645,00.html https://www.livescience.com/wildest-animal-escapes-2021 https://www.facebook.com/BonnerSpringsPD/posts/211926681120376 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-news/camel-causes-chaos-running-away-kansas-nativity-scene-rcna8061 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/true-californian-sea-lion-takes-94-805-freeway-rescue-rcna11428 https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2012/09/llama-lam-saga-has-happy-ending-cowpens-national-battlefield10597 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/national-zoo-animal-escapes/2021/09/19/811aa4f4-17f2-11ec-9589-31ac3173c2e5_story.html https://www.newsweek.com/2016/06/24/orangutan-ken-allen-san-diego-zoo-escape-artist-469908.html Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

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All episodes

Bonus: Butt Science and Twitter Bird Bans

Jul 14, 2024 27 min

Bonus: Ursa Majors

Jul 7, 2024 15 min

Bonus: Great Escapes

Jun 30, 2024 21 min

Bonus: Mail Cats?

Jun 24, 2024 12 min

First aired: August, 2022 The Belgian government once used cats to deliver the mail. It went about as well as you would think. Resources for today's exclusive episode: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64025/time-cats-delivered-mail-belgium https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-42098216 https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/morning-start-cats-once-delivered-mail-in-belgium/ https://www.cracked.com/article_28965_for-hot-second-belgium-relied-cats-to-deliver-mail.html https://www.grunge.com/920707/belgium-once-used-cats-to-deliver-mail/ The Comic Liar: A Book Not Commonly Found in Sunday Schools - a book published in 1883. According to Goodreads: “This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.” It has 0 reviews or comments in Goodreads. Sorry Goodreads - I don't think the opinion is widely shared :) The measure of things website. Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Bonus:Dengue Chicks and the Grocery Store Walk of Shame

Jun 17, 2024 30 min

First Aired: January 20, 2023 This month's bonus ep for you is all about the chickens who give back in rather surprising ways - from keeping 100 tons (?) of food out of our landfills to preventing Dengue Fever in Central Florida. BTW: Florida, you ok? So, get some chickens, put on a farming hat, and let's go learn about chickens who do more than just poop you breakfast. Let's GOOOOOOOO! Resources: https://htrchickens.com/tag/belgium/#:~:text=%231.&text=Hens%20help%20recycle%20food%20and,an%20alternate%20waste%2Dmanagement%20system. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/belgians-egged-on-to-keep-chickens-ndash-but-they-re-not-for-eating-1942124.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17540287 https://www.permacultureproject.com/belgium-offers-chickens-to-waste-cutting-households/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8539877.stm https://www.thebulletin.be/adopt-chicken-etterbeek https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonytellez/2023/01/12/why-are-egg-prices-still-so-high-its-not-the-reason-you-think/?sh=12af174f7c6b https://newjerseymonitor.com/2022/12/22/south-jerseys-chicken-lady-aims-to-bring-chickens-to-backyards-one-town-at-a-time/ https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/chickens-in-florida-are-helping-to-detect-mosquito-borne-viruses-in-communities Podcast: Coffee With the Chicken Ladies for general info and my own personal experience as a Noob in the chicken game. Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Bonus: BOTY goes Batty

Jun 10, 2024 21 min

First Aired: Nov 5, 2021 This month, New Zealand's Bird of the Year competition ruffled feathers, as per usual, when a bat took the gold. A look at the complex and controversial BotY awards and mean tweets at the non-tweety bats. I got today’s information from : https://www.npr.org/2020/11/14/934749679/for-the-birds-voter-fraud-ruffles-new-zealand-bird-of-the-year-competition https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2110/S00189/native-bats-cause-a-flap-entering-bird-of-the-year-competition.htm?fbclid=IwAR3B_D_QYsUdlLl848tHVjdzs_GWYV0sBPcr3YUueZMbT1Iu69UGmRJsAdQ https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/bat-flies-off-with-new-zealands-bird-year-title-2021-11-02/ https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/stpeterscitymissouri https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/12/new-zealand-twitchy-amid-claims-of-russian-meddling-in-bird-of-the-year-contest https://www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/ https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/coronavirus-covid-19-national-news/tens-of-thousands-experiencing-long-covid-19-symptoms-in-ontario-science-group-4331926 https://www.livescience.com/bat-named-bird-of-the-year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_of_the_Year https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-zealands-long-tailed-bat-is-crowned-bird-of-the-year-180978979/ Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Bonus: A Monkey Could Work Here

Jun 3, 2024 13 min

First aired April 19, 2022 Let's learn about the time an actual chimpanzee saved the Today Show, and changed morning news-ertainment forever. Resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Fred_Muggs https://allthatsinteresting.com/j-fred-muggs https://www.ebay.com/itm/324954729281 https://www.grunge.com/598607/the-truth-about-celebrity-chimp-j-fred-muggs/ And an episode of Ridiculous Crime - a 99% murder-free podcast on capers, crime, and utter ridiculousness, where I first heard about J. Fred Muggs - if your older kids - I’d let Acey listen at 9, are into something like this, it’s clean language, silly, and great hosts. I don’t know the hosts, I have nothing to gain from it - just thought you might like it if you or family like to listen to such things. Check it out first before letting littles listen but I think, and you hear my show - you know what I’m cool with letting my kiddo listen to - it might be a lot more than you’d be ok with, so check it out first. Ridiculous crime Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Bonus: Monique

May 28, 2024 29 min

First aired: Nov 26, 2023 One man dreams of being completely alone, but it turns out, companionship is human nature. An unlikely meal ticket doesn't just save his life - but saves his humanity in 70 days of darkness, in Greenland's icy solar night. Big thanks to The Outlook Podcast Archive from BBC World Service for a podcast called “The chicken who sailed the world” https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct34pm Fowl Play - a book I’m reading on the history of chickens by Sally Coulthard. So much of our language - cooped up, henpecked, cocky, flew the coop - comes from these tiny evolved dinosaurs. https://www.yachtingworld.com/all-latest-posts/the-hen-that-sailed-around-the-world-a-farewell-to-monique-144044 https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/apr/21/why-did-the-chicken-cross-the-globe-french-sailor-guirec-soudee-monique https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36475672 https://www.guirecsoudee.com/ Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Bonus: A Troubling of Goldfish

May 27, 2024 14 min

First aired Nov. 2022 A man recently caught a goldfish the size of a 5th grader and Melissa is waiting for the goldfish food-delivery uprising. Resources: https://www.livescience.com/man-catches-enormous-goldfish-in-france https://largest.org/animals/goldfish/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2021/07/11/minnesota-goldfish-invasive/ https://www.khq.com/news/thousands-of-goldfish-found-in-west-medical-lake-whats-next/article_15244861-1a80-5273-a27b-4e34db5160cb.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-this-fish-out-of-water-drive-a-mini-vehicle-on-land-180979328/ Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Bonus: Methed Snails

May 19, 2024 25 min

First Aired August, 2023: A series of scientific studies to understand the human mind, but using a slimy gastropod in our place. Because using meth on a human is illegal. I got today’s information from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/snails-memory-molecules-spd https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3vww3/scientists-are-repeatedly-f*****g-with-snails-memory https://www.livescience.com/62559-snail-memory-rna-transfer.html https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/memory-transferred-between-snails-challenging-standard-theory-of-how-the-brain-remembers/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/science/memory-transfer-snails.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/2596/#:~:text=Scientists%20Made%20Snails%20Remember%20Something,remembered%20the%20trained%20snails'%20experiences. https://www.iflscience.com/scientists-have-managed-to-erase-memories-in-a-snails-brain-42331 https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs3/3981/index.htm https://www.apa.org/monitor/2010/09/snails Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Bonus: Monarchy Charlies

May 12, 2024 13 min

First aired: Sept 13, 2022 As promised - this week there was just TOO MUCH to put in a main feed episode. The Unkindness episode was really, really long. This 10-minute tangent was added after the Queen of England died last week and her son, Charles, ascended to the throne, assuming the name "King Charles III", but then promptly had to cut because of time. Also, it didn't fit as well as I had hoped, and I wanted to get to the buffet menu for the ravens. So, we look at what legacy he's looking to satisfy by taking the name Charles III (eeek, it's not great), and a little more tie-in to Charles' tie-in to environmental issues. All resources at episode 73, The Unkindness Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Bonus: Jail Birds

May 6, 2024 23 min

First aired July 28, 2022 A bunch of stitchin' women in a Washington Women's Correctional Facility who have put their knitting needles to good use - helping the chickens who helped them in jail, plus some other unusual animals who find themselves behind bars. Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Bonus: Oh, Canada

Apr 29, 2024 22 min

First Aired on Dec 25, 2022 When a farmer in small-town St. Severe, Quebec, noticed 20 head of cattle broke through a fence during a thunderstorm, he thought, "Easy. I'll just get them back." Listener. He did not "just get them back." It's been 5 months and these uncatchable ungulates are now terrorizing the neighboring town of St. Barnabee. Resources for today's episode: https://thecanadaguide.com/basics/money/ https://www.saint-severe.ca/ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/1/herd-of-fugitive-cows-frustrates-tiny-village-in-canada https://globalnews.ca/news/9357994/four-cows-have-been-captured-in-a-small-quebec-town-after-months-on-the-loose/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/cows-captured-after-months-on-the-loose-1.6690530 https://www.wsj.com/articles/fugitive-cows-in-quebec-elude-captors-and-inspire-a-following-11671464755 https://www.tiktok.com/@matnessmtl Mathieu Murphy-Perron's TikTok where you can also follow #TeamCow hashtag and updates as they happen : ) Also, buy a shirt! https://www.redbubble.com/people/MatnessMtl/shop (buy the Wild, Dirty, Free shirt and others!) Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Bonus: Longshot

Apr 22, 2024 25 min

First Aired June 8, 2022 Rich Strike won the Kentucky Derby with 80-1 odds - meaning out of every 81 races, he's thought to win ONE. Well, he won the Kentucky Derby. If you're going to win a horse race, that's the one to win! Today, we dive deeper into Rich Strike's inspiring underdog win, and investigate a few other longshot winners in horse racing who made a few people some pretty pennies. Let's GO! ************************* I got today’s information from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Strike https://edge.twinspires.com/racing/top-10-fastest-kentucky-derby-times-in-history/ https://theathletic.com/3299361/2022/05/07/long-shot-rich-strike-wins-kentucky-derby/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donerail https://www.espn.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/14454980/rb-wild-promise-one-longest-shots-horse-racing-history-206-1-wins-mahoning-valley-race-track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWDGFQDa_As Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Bonus: Gettysburg

Apr 15, 2024 22 min

First aired June 22, 2023: Two sisters combined their love of historically accurate dioramas, the Civil War, and clay-making to pen an ode to the US in one of the most historically significant cities in the United States. They even purchased a building with deep roots in the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg to bring the stories of the dead to life. But, the clay characters aren't human - they are a different species entirely telling the accurate tale of the bloodiest battle of the civil war. A diorama of the Civil War Cat Museum: https://youtu.be/N1yc1UFnVYY I got today’s information from my friend Lydia who sent a Tik Tok about the Civil War Cat’s museum, which is actually called Civil War Tails https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/gettysburg-address/ https://civilwartails.com/the-homestead/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1yc1UFnVYY https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/theres-a-museum-for-everything-even-civil-war-battles--depicted-by-cats/2016/05/26/1f8c4674-1d30-11e6-8c7b-6931e66333e7_story.html https://civilwartails.com/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/civil-war-tails-at-the-homestead-diorama-museum https://www.achs-pa.org/news-events/achsblog.html/article/2020/07/08/national-soldiers-orphans-homestead https://www.nps.gov/gett/index.htm The full text of the Gettysburg Address, took up less space on a page than my 5th grader’s 5 paragraph essay, is at: https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.24404500/?st=text Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Bonus: The Dogs Who Mapped Australia

Apr 8, 2024 28 min

First aired July 2023: In 1912 when the "adventurer" was a job description & also an alibi, two brothers took their dogs on a road trip - before roads existed. These brothers loved their dogs and hated shirts but that didn't stop them from circumnavigating Australia several times by bike and car - often digging their own roads IN THE OUTBACK! Resources (Hey, look, I remembered!) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Birtles which includes THE photo I keep referencing https://www.whichcar.com.au/explore/francis-birtles-australias-greatest-overlander (the awesome WhichCar.com article by the Moons that I heavily quoted) https://www.cartalk.com/blogs/fido-blog/wowser-and-dinkums-australian-road-trip (the article from CarTalk that Sip and I wrote) Photos of Wowser (which is a name that has been on a journey), Francis and Clive are attached. Francis digging out a car without a shirt.jpg Clive and Wowser.jpg The Shirtless Francis Birtles.png Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Bonus: Pika Who?

Mar 31, 2024 15 min

This Patreon Exclusive episode (#2) first aired on August 4, 2021. This is a fun turn I never saw coming, that Pikachu is based on a squirrel and there are new species of real animals named after fictional Pokethings. My favorite? An animal called a Pika who survives on ...yak poop. Why didn't they show THAT in the kid's show? Regular episodes will resume in September, but for now, enjoy your Patreon exclusive content! Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Bonus: Oh, Evolution

Mar 31, 2024 7 min

The very first Patreon Exclusive episode was ....super short. It first aired on July 22, 2021. I wasn't sure if it would play or work at all. But, this test led directly to another 28+ episodes, so thank you, evolution ;) Here's a shortie for you to enjoy about a #1 moth who looks like #2. Stay Curious - Xx M3 Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Bonus: Daddy Shortlegs

Mar 24, 2024 18 min

Patreon exclusive #6: First aired Dec 7 2021 Geneticists made Daddy Shortlegs. (WHY GOD, WHY?) We imagine the Jane Fonda workout with 50' human legs (WHY GOD, WHY?!?) And we learn about some very sneaky males who look like females in a devious plot to slide into her DMs. Let's get right into it :) Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Bonus: Ukraine's Little Bullet

Mar 17, 2024 24 min

This Patreon Exclusive Episode first aired May 16, 2022 Patron started his life in entertainment by illustrating how dogs can be trained for search work. And now, he's employed by the government. He found over 200 bombs in the town of Chimigov since February. Let's meet Patron, the hero dog who has a similar entertainer-turned-hero storyline as Ukrainian President Zelensky himself. (Thank you, Christy, for the suggestion!) https://www.insider.com/patron-dog-sniffing-for-bombs-in-ukraine-2022-4 https://mymodernmet.com/patron-bomb-sniffing-dog-hero/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/tene3h/the_pups_name_is_patron_cartridge/ https://english.nv.ua/life/social-media-craze-about-ukrainian-sapper-dog-patron-50235197.html https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-61099213 https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/the-jack-russell-terrier-detecting-bombs-in-ukraine-138688069962 @Patron_dns/instagram https://www.yahoo.com/now/meet-patron-dog-loves-cheese-173647625.html https://www.usip.org/public-education-new/dogs-detecting-landmines-building-peacehttps://www.theverge.com/2022/5/2/23053944/russian-troops-steal-millions-farm-equipment-ukraine-disabled-remotely-john-deere https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/27/22953398/go-read-this-researchers-google-maps-russian-troops-ukraine-invasion https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60506682 - the intentionally targeted misinformation attacks and straight-up lies in Russian state media - a common war tactic to get people on your side for terrible things, we see it here, too, will continue to persuade those who consume Russian media to believe this isn’t real. The attacks by Putin, using Russian tanks, bombs, and guns on the Ukrainian people is real. And a powerful interview, mandatory reading, I think, from Time Magazine with Volodymyr Zelenski: https://time.com/6171277/volodymyr-zelensky-interview-ukraine-war/ Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music...

BONUS: Luck o' the Irish Setter

Mar 10, 2024 19 min

Patreon exclusive number 9: Originally aired March 16, 2022 Let's learn about the only place in Ireland where citizens could get a pint on St. Patrick's Day ----the Royal National Dog Show! And, an Irishman steps up to help injured wildlife by converting his pub to Ireland's FIRST wildlife hospital during the 2020 pandemic. "There's no bad press except an Obituary" - Brendan Behan, Irish Poet Resources: https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/all-pubs-ireland-closed-st-patricks-day https://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/niallodowd/irish-pubs-will-finally-have-beer-on-good-friday https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/desperate-for-a-drink-on-dry-good-friday-in-ireland-146406725-237584801 https://www.history.com/news/st-patricks-day-origins-america https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Kavanagh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Behan https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210221-locked-down-pub-becomes-ireland-s-first-wildlife-hospital https://www.wbur.org/news/2010/03/12/evacuation-day-holiday https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/03/17/the-irish-american-population-is-seven-times-larger-than-ireland/ http://traleetoday.ie/greyhound-stadium-to-receive-boost-with-good-friday-drinking/ https://news.sky.com/video/irelands-wildlife-hospital-under-threat-12503946 https://www.independent.ie/life/the-curious-history-of-our-disappearing-dogs-35519917.html And for fans of Ted Lasso - Trent Crimm, the Independent would support this: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/alcohol-on-good-fridaywhat-you-need-to-know-from-off-licences-and-supermarkets-to-takeaway-pints-40266929.html#:~:text=While%20buying%20alcohol%20on%20Good,the%20first%20time%20since%201927. Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/Bewilderbeasts...

Ep 100: The Center

Mar 4, 2024 40 min

We close out the series by discussing the humans who dedicate their lives as the bridge between wildlife and education, and a left-hand turn into the vultures who perform sky burials. Thank you for everything. Peace out, yo. 3 -M3 I got today's information from: https://www.thecenterforwildlife.org/ambassadors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_burial https://radiolab.org/podcast/corpse-demon reported by Avir Mitra via RadioLab podcast. GO LISTEN to this RIGHT now. Maine.gov on rehabilitation Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 99: Rises and Falls

Feb 26, 2024 25 min

'We can never have luck without a cat on board' he said. If this were true, the crew would have been better off with a different cat. " The story, about what goes up, must eventually come down, perfectly weaves the tale of the rise and fall of nearly every subject in the story. I got today's information from: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/kiddo-the-cat.htm https://www.airships.net/first-attempt-fly-atlantic-wellman-vaniman-airship-america/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawley_Harvey_Crippen https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/paul-von-hindenburg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_(airship) https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hindenburg-adorned-swastika/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Vaniman https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/paul-von-hindenburg Look up Melvin Vaniman - his artwork and what he did before getting on these ships is a whole other story that someone else can tell. He climbed skyscraper poles to take photos, he was like, a stunt cameraman before getting into dirigible business! And there is a famous photo of him with Kiddo the “lucky” cat - he didn’t look unhappy given how upset he was with the cat at the beginning of their journey. I’d like to think they made up before parting ways. Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 98: Buzzzzzzz

Feb 19, 2024 19 min

Bees make one last appearance on the show, this time getting hammered on college campuses to help scientists understand the neural pathways of human addiction. Resources for today's episode: https://www.vice.com/en/article/zmjgxj/bees-australia-get-drunk-on-fermented-nectar-and-refused-re-entry-to-hive https://savannahbee.com/blogs/the-latest-buzz/yes-bees-can-get-drunk#:~:text=Bees%20act%20a%20lot%20like,was%20going%20and%20getting%20lost. https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/natural-sciences/animals/animal-facts/animals-drunk-feature/ Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) Show a Preference for the Consumption of Ethanol Julie A. Mustard, Ramiro Oquita, Paulina Garza, Alexander Stoker found via https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PgBd-F0AAAAJ&hl=en Cocaine bees: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/dec/23/cocaine-bees-australia-drug-research Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 97: Shockoe

Feb 5, 2024 42 min

Some dogs work to close decades-old cold cases. Others are tasked with finding long-lost burial grounds, shining a light on America's racist foundation while uncovering the truth that some today wish would stay buried. ********** Cat Warren author of "What the Dog Knows" (thank you!) Thanks to Kimberly Chen for sharing the public reports of what HRDs found at Shockoe African Burial Ground II. Peabody Essex Museum Talk National Geographic Discover Magazine NY Times The Guardian Canine Forensics Foundation Indigenous Science ICFK9 WTHR.com Baumeister Martin Archeology APTN News McGill Historical Richmond Saving Places PODCAST RVA Body Snatching Richmond Cemeteries Ryan Smith Palm Beach Florida Weekly Scripps News LA Times US News TCIF.orgSapiens.org CBS Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 96: The Maine 6

Jan 29, 2024 36 min

This week we look at Maine's 6 dogs who might just end up on the front lines to save nearly every industry that gives Maine the name, "Vacationland. " Resources: Leeroy Jenkins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLyOj_QD4a4 https://bewilderbeastspod.podcastpage.io/episode/ep-67-doom-bloom https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-honors-young-scientist-who-was-subject-of-police-complaint/ https://twitter.com/YaleSPH/status/1617630181166047232 https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/resources/pests-diseases/hungry-pests/the-threat/spotted-lanternfly/spotted-lanternfly#:~:text=Spotted%20lanternfly%20populations%20are%20currently,%2C%20Virginia%2C%20and%20West%20Virginia. https://www.wlvt.org/blogs/northampton/how-dogs-are-being-trained-to-help-fight-off-spotted-lanternfly/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/inside-the-race-to-kill-the-spotted-lanternfly?loggedin=true&rnd=1705186972691 https://www.newthinking.com/sustainability/stomping-the-unstoppable-combatting-the-spotted-lanternfly https://centraljersey.com/2021/09/01/bordentown-city-residents-take-part-in-lanternfly-murder-pub-crawl/ https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/whats-so-bad-about-the-spotted-lanternfly.html https://centraljersey.com/2021/09/01/bordentown-city-residents-take-part-in-lanternfly-murder-pub-crawl/ https://6abc.com/bobbi-wilson-lanternflies-yale-invasive-species/12773431/ Project Citizen Lantern Fly: The video Melissa and her teams watched that introduced them to the SLF project. Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 95: Zombieland

Jan 22, 2024 32 min

Starting season 6 off with mind control parasites often found in kitty litter boxes around the world - so how is this parasite endangering monk seals in the Pacific Ocean? Ready? Let's go! ***SIDENOTE: Melissa's presentation on animal distress, how to lessen stress in our pets and ourselves, and living in cities with pets (as well as amazing speakers all about reactive dogs) can be found here, for FREE this weekend (January 26-28, 2024). PUPFEST BY NIKI FRENCH!**** I got today’s information from : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/toxoplasmosis-risk-wolves-cats-mice (“You can store them in 10 percent bleach for years, take them out, wash them off, and the parasites can still develop.” yuck. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/220113-sneaky-cat-parasite-takes-over-human-brains-science https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/zombies-parasites-animals-science-behavior https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/seals-endangered-species-health-disease-oceans https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxoplasmosis/gen_info/faqs.html#:~:text=infection%20to%20me%3F-,What%20is%20toxoplasmosis%3F,infected%20with%20the%20Toxoplasma%20parasite. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis https://www.livescience.com/surprising-toxoplasma-gondii-facts https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224422000141 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaroslav_Flegr Intro/Outtro Tiptoe out the back by Dan Liebowicz, interstitial by MK2,AANNNNNNNDDDDDDD extra stuff found on Pixabay, and freesound.org Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod Your host, Melissa McCue-McGrath is an author, dog trainer, and behavior consultant in Southern Maine. She'll talk about dogs all...

Ep 94: Rock Baby and Baby Jail

Apr 24, 2023 30 min

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. Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 93: Tiger Things

Apr 17, 2023 42 min

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 Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 92: A Wink to the Sky

Apr 10, 2023 25 min

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) Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 91: The Well Diggers of Death Valley

Apr 3, 2023 20 min

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/ Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 90: Key Largo Zombie Possums

Mar 27, 2023 29 min

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? ***** 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 Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod Your host, Melissa McCue-McGrath is an author, dog trainer, and behavior consu...

Ep 89: Cat Turned Brew

Mar 20, 2023 28 min

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/ Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 88: Goodbye, Earl!

Mar 13, 2023 23 min

This week, an unusual employee shows up to work at the R & R Garage and ended up changing their logo. Meanwhile, Melissa has the early 2000s country/pop hit, "Goodbye, Earl" stuck in her head FOR NO REASON! Resources for this episode: The best artwork around: https://www.kharrisbcreative.com/ Kharris B https://www.pilotonline.com/news/article_8b541d6e-611b-11e9-adcd-6b2b8cf4fb21.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpJ3EdRAbfc https://www.thedodo.com/on-the-farm/rooster-works-at-autoshop The Chicks "Goodbye Earl" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw7gNf_9njs Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 87: Polly Wanna Murder?

Mar 6, 2023 33 min

New season & BIG news, plus a quartet of parrots at criminality! Let's DO this thing! Thank you PodFix Network :) ******* I got information for today's episode from the following sources: Mugshot: https://time.com/5689057/bird-arrest/ Twitter of the bird in jail: https://twitter.com/CampbellxEmma/status/1178400639208116224 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40665520 https://www.thedodo.com/victims-pet-parrot-helps-solve-445024746.html https://www.inverse.com/article/34434-bud-parrot-don-t-shoot-murder https://www.geo.tv/latest/452825-sindh-cop-who-solved-double-murder-by-probing-a-parrot-retires Hennady the policeman left for work, the bird surprisingly stopped a burglary. http://www.authorstevewillard.com/Green-Parrot.html (1940s, green parrot) The New Yorker’s Magazine New York Annals of Manhattan Crime published in 1988 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38859910/parrot-leads-law-to-killing-suspect/ https://thecinemaholic.com/max-geller-murder-where-is-robert-butler-now/ Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 86: Unicorns, Rainbows and Funeral Turkey Feathers

Dec 19, 2022 33 min

Episode updates; turkey feathers were a huge part of your childhood; unicorns are real in LA; a revisit of the nightMARE before Christmas. Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 85: Because, Alaska.

Dec 13, 2022 21 min

In 75 miles of winding roads in Alaska, Trooper Shanigan's GPS froze up, leaving him lost en route to a fire in his own neighborhood. He'd have to settle for GS to get him there - a German Shepherd named Buddy, who was looking for help and found it. Resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L53sAVRZUE4 - the raw footage is in the notes and on BewilderedPod on Twitter. Also, search “Dog leads police to fire Alaska”. You’ll find it. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna36754385 https://alaskapublic.org/2016/02/11/hero-dog-dies-after-battle-with-cancer/ https://ktna.org/2010/05/buddy-the-hero-dog-turns-into-poster-child-for-fire-prevention/ Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 84: SQUAWK! We'll Do It LIVE!

Dec 6, 2022 38 min

This week's episode is a dry run of the live show that will take place at the Kennebunk Free Library on Dec. 6th at 6:30 pm. As this is an audio format, wild gesticulations, slides, and bad haircuts are all absent from this media - you need to come in person to get the full experience :) https://kennebunklibrary.org/ -------- Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 83: Five Deer (DeerDucken remix)

Nov 28, 2022 39 min

A relisten to everything we got wrong about the first Thanksgiving celebration, including the animals on the table. Deerducken, anyone? Resources for today's episode can be found on the show notes for episode 52:"5 Deer" Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 82: Going To The Dogs

Nov 22, 2022 51 min

The National Dog Show is a staple in many homes for the pre-Thanksgiving event - so Melissa (and special guest Paul Csomo from Avast) discuss all the terrible things we've done to purebred dogs in the name of beauty. I'm so sorry :) Happy Thanksgiving! Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 81: Avast!

Nov 14, 2022 24 min

Let's meet the "Little Boatman," the "Black Devil," the "Horse Inspirerer" -----the Schipperke, with Paul Csomo of Avast!. You can visit the Avast website or download it wherever you listen to podcasts! Resources for today's episode: https://nationalpurebreddogday.com/he-inspired-horses/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schipperke https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/schipperke/ https://www.schipperkeclub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Revised2018_Schip_Club_leaflet.pdf https://www.schipperkeclub-usa.org/about-schips/breed-history/ Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 80: Camel Cam and Sheep View

Nov 8, 2022 16 min

A look at all the animals who make Google maps Google-possible, including a camel named Raffia and a whole lot of sheep in the Faroe Islands. Resources for today's episode https://www.google.com/earth/education/tools/street-view/#:~:text=Google%20collects%20Street%20View%20imagery,a%20single%20360%2Ddegree%20image. https://www.boredpanda.com/google-street-view-animals/ History of the Google View Camera, including a giant camera strapped to a car. https://www.trekview.org/blog/2019/history-of-google-street-view-cameras/ Article quoted by Yvette Tan: https://mashable.com/article/google-street-trekker-sg https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/12-years-of-google-street-view-mapping-by-car-boat-and-goat-1.4117014 Youtube video of trike in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr-4Aln1Il8 Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 79: The Kitten in the Book Drop

Oct 31, 2022 22 min

In 1988, a librarian opened a book drop and was surprised by what she found. Let's hear the story of Dewey Readmore Books. Resources: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16878049/dewey-readmore-books http://www.spencerlibrary.com/p/dewey-library-cat.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Readmore_Books http://www.spencerlibrary.com/p/deweys-job-description-1.html https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/ia/fort-dodge/KFOD/date/1988-1-18 https://www.google.com/maps/search/spencer+iowa+topography/@42.5088691,-95.4973673,412836m/data=!3m1!1e3!5m1!1e4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer,_Iowa https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2009-01-02-dewey-new-cat_N.htm https://www.goodreads.com/book/popular_by_date/1987 https://oedb.org/ilibrarian/quick-guide-library-cats/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145419/ https://news.ncsu.edu/2020/05/does-your-cat-have-arthritis/ Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 78: Eau d'Poo

Oct 24, 2022 19 min

This week, we look at how scatological scientists use fake poop to save owls and commune with rhinos. Let's GO! https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fake-poop-helps-transplanted-owls-settle-new-safer-neighborhoods-rcna13906 https://www.optimistdaily.com/2022/02/fake-poop-helps-tiny-endangered-owls-find-new-homes/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/60234064 https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Burrowing_Owl/overview https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/burrowing-owl https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/rhinoceroses-poop-middens-communication https://www.boredpanda.com/owl-long-legs-exposed/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic https://www.seeker.com/plant-makes-fake-poop-to-fool-dung-beetles-1770322031.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/sparkly-zoo-poo Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2. Additional music provided by Pixabay and Freesound.org and introducing HappySoulMusic.com! Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 77: The Horses Who Find The Missing

Oct 17, 2022 24 min

This week, we meet a 1600 pound animal who is also using their noses to find missing people, narcotics, and more. Giddyup. Resources: Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2. Additional music provided by Pixabay and Freesound.org and introducing HappySoulMusic.com! newscentermaine.com/article/life/animals/maine-horses-being-trained-to-track-people-by-scent-for-search-and-rescue-missions/97-00754b06-4f3a-4b52-9f72-1241cf16a79c https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mounted_search_and_rescue https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2013/06/horses_as_bloodhounds_lost_art.html https://dailybulldog.com/features/thoughts-from-the-summit-horses-in-search-and-rescue/ https://www.mainemountedsar.org/ https://www.pressherald.com/2017/07/24/search-and-rescue-horse-needs-its-own-rescue-effort-after-getting-stuck-in-bridge/ https://measuringstuff.com/how-high-is-20-meters/ https://www.mainesearchandrescue.org/conference Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 76: Leavin' on a Jet Plane

Oct 10, 2022 25 min

As promised, another series of animal escapes - this time, airport edition, plus why cats love boxes so dang much, the most dangerous job at the Singapore airport, and the zoo escapees who found refuge at a Miami area airport. Resources for today's episode: https://apnews.com/article/oddities-boston-animals-personnel-46bc06a91121d8d51da1696b69486aed https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/cat-lost-at-boston-airport-for-weeks-found-safe https://www.npr.org/2022/07/13/1111333510/cat-boston-logan-airport https://nypost.com/2021/12/13/two-lions-roam-around-singapore-airport-after-escaping/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/monkeys-florida-1948-zoo-escape-b1851084.html https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjbkm5/lion-escape-singapore-airport-sedated https://blog.theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/escaped-dog-toronto-airport/ https://www.wired.com/2015/02/whats-up-with-cats-and-boxes/ https://www.lufthansa.com/cd/en/transporting-animals-as-excess-baggage https://www.dawn.com/news/528037/singapore-a-key-transit-hub-for-wildlife-smuggling https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjbkm5/lion-escape-singapore-airport-sedated https://www.livescience.com/african-monkeys-florida-zoo-escapees.html https://vervetproject.org/photo/ https://www.florida-backroads-travel.com/dania-chimpanzee-farm.html Intro / Outtro Tiptoe Out The Back – Dan Lebowitz Interstitial music by MK2 All other music and sound effects by Pixabay.com and Freesound.org Visit BewilderBeastsPod.com for more information about this show! Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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...

Ep 75: Sharkboy

Oct 3, 2022 29 min

After a pod of dolphins saved Todd Endris from a Great White Shark, Todd went on to advocate for the sharks who nearly killed him. Resources: Daisy to the Rescue by Jeff Cambell (and consultation with Marc Bekoff!) https://www.surfer.com/features/monterey-shark-attack-2/ https://www.today.com/news/dolphins-save-surfer-becoming-sharks-bait-2D80555123 https://www.theinertia.com/surf/todd-endris-survivor-of-infamous-great-white-attack-dies-after-car-crash/ https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams/kelp-forest-cam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Triangle_(Pacific_Ocean) https://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/the-best-surf-leashes-in-the-world https://scaquarium.org/shark-fin-soup/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsQeCO7jkFY Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2. Additional music provided by Pixabay and Freesound.org Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 74: Dartmoor

Sep 27, 2022 42 min

A matriarch looking for enough room for the entire family to call home buys a dilapidated zoo in England. It took 4 days before the Jaguar escaped. Then the wolves. Then the lynx. Welcome to Dartmoor. Resources for today's episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmoor_Zoological_Park The book: “We Bought A Zoo” by Benjamin Mee https://web.archive.org/web/20090110184534/http://www.knightfrank.co.uk/press/2006_news_stories/DartmoorWildlifeParksalecompletes.aspx http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6246342.stm https://www.livescience.com/homewrecker-condors-california.html https://www.britannica.com/place/Sahara-desert-Africa/Animal-life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Przewalski%27s_horse#:~:text=In%201992%2C%2016%20horses%20were,fringes%20of%20the%20Gobi%20desert. https://medium.com/taronga-conservation-society-australia/10-endangered-species-saved-from-extinction-by-zoos-682c454d0125 https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52437763 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-47322731 https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-devon-33989483 http://www.knightfrank.co.uk/press/2006_news_stories/DartmoorWildlifeParksalecompletes.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20101120115131/http://captiveanimals.org/zoos/dartmoor1.htm (the 13 page report on the conditions the animals were dealing with in 2001, where 15 of the 16 charges against Ellis Daw were dropped) https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/heartbreaking-true-life-story-love-588037 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/6246342.stm And, THE full piece which attributes Scarlett Johansson as the author: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-daily-telegraph/20180324/282368335187515 Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod Your host, Melissa McCue-McGr...

Sick Bay: What The Pluck?

Sep 18, 2022 21 min

Melissa is sick, so let's go back in the way back machine to when this show was a recording in a closet under the stairs. Throwback to Episode 42, What the Pluck, all about the Hollywood Highway Chickens. Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

Ep 73: The Unkindness

Sep 13, 2022 32 min

The many kinds of unkindnesses at the Tower of London, including murders, treason, and some rambunctious ravens who have a big prophecy on their winged shoulders. Resources: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ravens-tower-of-london-b899297.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ravens-tower-of-london-legend-monarchy-fall-building-crumble-a4529401.html https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/royals/the-ravenmaster-coronavirus-update-new-raven-chicks-a4423621.html https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/#gs.9boma6 https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/whats-on/the-ravens/ https://www.livescience.com/42821-tower-of-london.html#:~:text=The%20Tower%20of%20London%20is,many%20famous%20and%20infamous%20prisoners. https://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/kidsyouth/the-electric-light-system-phonograph-motion-pictures.htm#:~:text=In%201882%20Edison%20helped%20form,the%20U.S.%20have%20electric%20power. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ravenmaster-christopher-skaife-tells-of-his-relationships-with-the-tower-of-londons-resident-birds/ The Ravenmaster: My Life With The Ravens At The Tower of London by Chirs Skaife Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod 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 :)

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Created by: PodFix Network
Status: Inactive
Latest episode: Jul 14, 2024
Episodes: 138
Release period: Weekly
Avg. episode length: 25 min
Explicit: No
Language: English

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