South America
Episodes 86-89
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Episode 86: Cute and Intimidating
We begin Season Three with Casey sharing his vacation adventures with his family, while Ali talks about her unintentional trips to the Wild Animal Park and San Diego Zoo in the same week. Casey then expresses his frustrations with people online, and Ali reviews her recent trip to SeaWorld after not having gone for more than a decade. We learn about our Favorite South American Snakes, the South American Bushmaster and the Emerald Tree Boa, before Casey teaches us about our Animal of the Week, the Giant Otter. Casey closes out the episode challenging Ali to label a blank map of South America.
Pictured from top to bottom: Giant Otter, South American Bushmaster, and Emerald Tree Boa.
Sources and Links
Lachesis muta | The Reptile Database (reptarium.cz)
South American Bushmaster - Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens (LA Zoo)
ADW: Lachesis muta: INFORMATION (animaldiversity.org)
South American Bushmaster Snake - Reptile Range
Lachesis muta (South American Bushmaster) (iucnredlist.org)
Corallus caninus (Emerald Tree Boa) (iucnredlist.org)
Corallus caninus | The Reptile Database (reptarium.cz)
Emerald tree boa - The Living Rainforest
Emerald Tree Boa - Georgia Aquarium
ADW: Corallus caninus: INFORMATION (animaldiversity.org)
Giant River Otter - Amazon Aid Foundation
Giant Otter - Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens (LA Zoo)
ADW: Pteronura brasiliensis: INFORMATION (animaldiversity.org)
Pteronura brasiliensis (Giant Otter) (iucnredlist.org)
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Episode 87: Absolutely Adorable South Americans
Casey kicks off the episode talking about his recent trip to the San Diego Zoo with his family, and Ali tells us a bit about a new show she's been watching, Vet on the Hill. Casey goes on telling us about trees being developed to grow faster and thereby more efficiently helping to combat carbon emissions, while Ali brings up two polls where Americans and Brits say how they would fare in a hand to hand combat with various animals ranging from rats to elephants. Casey teaches us about our Favorite South American Canids, the Short-Eared Dog and the Darwin's Fox, followed by our Animal of the Week, The Kinkajou. They wrap up the episode with the first round of 'Cups' for Season Three.
Pictured from top to bottom: Kinkajou, Short-Eared Dog, and Darwin's Fox.
Sources and Links
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/15/business/living-carbon-gene-edit-trees/index.html
https://www.newsweek.com/surprising-americans-beat-wild-animals-fight-experts-1691793
ADW: Atelocynus microtis: INFORMATION (animaldiversity.org)
Atelocynus microtis (Short-eared Dog) (iucnredlist.org)
(PDF) The short eared dog (Atelocynus microtis) (researchgate.net)
ADW: Lycalopex fulvipes: INFORMATION (animaldiversity.org)
Darwin's fox: the rarest in South America | Patagonia´s Magazine: Patagon Journal
Lycalopex fulvipes (Darwin's Fox) (iucnredlist.org)
A new population of Darwin's fox (Lycalopex fulvipes) in the Valdivian Coastal Range | SpringerLink
Genetics of the Dog - Elaine A. Ostrander - Google Books
Kinkajou | National Geographic
Kinkajou | San Diego Zoo Animals & Plants
ADW: Potos flavus: INFORMATION (animaldiversity.org)
By Igor de le Vingne - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89380067
Episode 88: Deceptively Named
Casey gets things started telling us about his time Oceanside kayaking experience with his brother and younger sister for his birthday, while Ali tells us a riveting tale of her capturing a fearsome spider on the ceiling with just a cup and a piece of paper - advanced level! Next, Casey gives some advice on how to properly, and more objectively, choose a good pet food for your dog and cat, and busts some pet food myths. Ali highlights a dog breed from South America, the Dogo Argentino. They go on to talk about some of their Favorite South American Cats, the Andean Mountain Cat and the Jaguarundi. Casey gives us a lesson on our creepy crawly Animal of the Week, the Whip Spider, before concluding this episode by giving Ali a review challenge on animals that have been previously covered on the podcast from South America.
Pictured from top to bottom: Whip Spider, Andean Mountain Cat, Jaguarundi, and Dogo Argentino.
Sources and Links
GNC_Guidelines_120421 (wsava.org)
The-Savvy-Cat-Owner-s-Guide-to-Nutrition-on-the-Internet.pdf (wsava.org)
The-Savvy-Dog-Owner-s-Guide-to-Nutrition-on-the-Internet.pdf (wsava.org)
Nutritional Assessment Guidelines (wsava.org)
PNA: Nutritional Calculators (petnutritionalliance.org)
The Association of American Feed Control Officials > Home (aafco.org)
Diet Shaped Dog Domestication | Science | AAAS
All About Pet Food – Clinical Nutrition Service at Cummings School (tufts.edu)
https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/dogo-argentino/
ADW: Leopardus jacobitus: INFORMATION (animaldiversity.org)
Andean Cat – International Society for Endangered Cats (ISEC) Canada (wildcatconservation.org)
Andean mountain cat: one of the world’s most endangered felines | One Earth
Leopardus jacobita (Andean Cat) (iucnredlist.org)
Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yaguarondi) (texas.gov)
Jaguarundi – International Society for Endangered Cats (ISEC) Canada (wildcatconservation.org)
ADW: Puma yagouaroundi: INFORMATION (animaldiversity.org)
Species Profile for Gulf Coast jaguarundi(Puma yagouaroundi cacomitli) (fws.gov)
Herpailurus yagouaroundi (Jaguarundi) (iucnredlist.org)
Amblypygids | Rayor Lab (cornell.edu)
Amblypygi | AAS | American Arachnological Society (americanarachnology.org)
El Yunque National Forest - Nature & Science (usda.gov)
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Episode 89: River Dolphins and Mini Marsupials
Casey begins the episode by telling us about his visit to the San Diego Zoo with his sister and mom, and Ali talks about some mysterious birds she saw that seem out of place during her evening constitutional. Casey proceeds to give us a biology lesson to explain why the Amazon has such great biodiversity., before Ali gives us a sad story about an update on the famous walrus, Freya. The two go on to talk about some of their Favorite South American Marsupials, the Monito Del Monte and the Tate’s Woolly Mouse Opossum. Casey then educates us about our seemingly out of place Animal of the Week, the Amazon River Dolphin. The month of South America comes to an end with the two playing a naming game involving movies with animals in the titles.
Pictured from top to bottom: Amazon River Dolphin, Monito Del Monte, and Tate's Woolly Mouse Opossum.
Sources and Links
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/14/world/freya-walrus-norway-scn-trnd/index.html
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Dromiciops_gliroides/#food_habits
Microbiotheria - Monito del Monte | Wildlife Journal Junior (nhpbs.org)
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
PARAGUAYAN WOOLLY MOUSE OPOSSUM Marmosa paraguayana FAUNA PARAGUAY
Tate's woolly mouse opossum - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
Marmosa paraguayana (Tate's Woolly Mouse Opossum) (iucnredlist.org)
ADW: Didelphidae: INFORMATION (animaldiversity.org)
Marmosa constantiae (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) | Mammalian Species | Oxford Academic (oup.com)
ADW: Inia geoffrensis: INFORMATION (animaldiversity.org)
A phylogenetic blueprint for a modern whale (montclair.edu)
Amazon River Dolphin (Boto) Facts (nationalgeographic.com)
Amazon River dolphin - Whale & Dolphin Conservation USA (whales.org)
Amazon River Dolphin | Inia geoffrensis (edgeofexistence.org)
By Renato Augusto Martins - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58770445