Sciuridology (SQUIRRELS) with Dr. Karen Munroe
Flying squirrels. Fox squirrels. Giant squirrels. Tiny ones. Grey ones. Black ones. Fluorescent ones? Alie is losing her mind talking to dream guest and Sciuridologist, Dr. Karen Munroe. This Baldwin Wallace University professor has studied squirrels for decades and addresses where they sleep, how many babies they have, if they bite each other’s junk, how they find their acorns, Marvel movies, birdfeeder drama, imported squirrels, melanistic morphs, world domination, fistfights with birders, the rarest squirrel, the best place for squirrel tourism and more. You’ll scatter hoard so many nuggets of squirrel trivia. Enjoy.
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Donations were made to: Letters to a Pre-Scientist and Squirrel Mapper
Links to things we discussed:
Shadow Tail: The History of 'Squirrel'
Squirrel goes NUTS at Yankee Stadium, scurries across outfield fence!!!
Invasive species with charisma have it easier
Do Squirrels Eat Meat? {Birds, Mice, Lizards and Snakes!}
Tannins and Partial Consumption of Acorns: Implications for Dispersal of Oaks by Seed Predators
One paw washing the other: Oak trees and squirrels have evolved to help each other
Researchers Tackle The Nutty Truth On Acorns And Squirrels
Grey Squirrel Food Preferences: The Effects of Tannin and Fat Concentration
Caching for where and what: evidence for a mnemonic strategy in a scatter-hoarder
What controls the caching behaviour of squirrels & how do they find their buried nuts?
Tracking rodent-dispersed large seeds with Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags
Some woodland metal detecting sounds
Baby Squirrels Nesting | Wildlife On One | BBC Earth
Squirrel Nesting Boxes on Etsy
Japanese And Siberian Flying Squirrels Are Probably The Cutest Animals On Earth
Removal of Copulatory Plugs by Female Tree Squirrels
Squirrel Noises and Sounds: Barks, Screams, Chirping-What Do The Calls Mean?
Rabies in rodents and lagomorphs in the United States, 1995–2010
You do not need to worry about the bubonic plague squirrel
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument - National Park Service
White House, black squirrels: How 8 'desirous' Canadian rodents ended up overrunning Washington
Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology
Scientists identify two new species of a big, strange flying squirrel
These 6 Baby Squirrels Accidentally Got Into a 'Rat King' Situation
The secret lives of squirrels being researched at Baldwin Wallace University: Animals in the News
Joint tail and vocal alarm signals of gray squirrels
The Mt. Graham Red Squirrel Research Program
Marvel Characters: Squirrel Girl
Marvel's Squirrel Girl: The Unbeatable Radio Show
Milana Vayntrub Finally Gets To Be Squirrel Girl In A New Marvel Podcast
Thermogenic Capacity in Gray and Black Morphs of the Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis
Human Footprint on PBS with Shane Campbell-Staton
White House, black squirrels: How 8 'desirous' Canadian rodents ended up overrunning Washington
Maple Sugaring by Red Squirrels
Using mass spectrometry to investigate fluorescent compounds in squirrel fur
Traditional Animal Foods of Indigenous Peoples of Northern North America: Tree Squirrels
2016 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation
Rack of squirrel, anyone? The chefs putting invasive species on the menu
Natural Selection Favors Black Morph of Eastern Gray Squirrel in Cities
Secret of the squirrel brain: Memory tricks investigated in new UC Berkeley study
Radcliffe scholar tracks squirrels in search of memory gains
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Indigenous Fire Ecology (GOOD FIRE)
Field Trip: Birds of Prey and Raptor Facts
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Chickenology (HENS & ROOSTERS)
Oreamnology (MOUNTAIN GOATS ARE NOT GOATS)
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Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions, Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media and Mark David Christenson
Transcripts by Emily White of The Wordary
Website by Kelly R. Dwyer
Theme song by Nick Thorburn