The long-awaited part 2 of our episode with very special guests Alex Stavrou and Zeke! In this episode we talk about the positives of social media on wildlife, play the ceiling game, and spend way too much time discussing Eric Olsen's nipples!

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Join us for part 1 of a very special episode with some special guests, where we talk about social media impacts on wildlife!

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Links We Discussed:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/399-forever#/

Sources Cited:

Bergman, Jordanna N., et al. “Evaluating the Benefits and Risks of Social Media for Wildlife Conservation.” FACETS, vol. 7, no. 1, 1 Jan. 2022, pp. 360–397, https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2021-0112.

Davis, Robert A, et al. “Liked to Death: The Impacts of Social Media and Photography on Biodiversity.” The Science of the Total Environment, vol. 949, 1 July 2024, pp. 175106–175106, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175106.

Sun, Alice. “What Happens When Wild Animals Become Social Media Sensations?” Scienceline, 18 Sept. 2023, scienceline.org/2023/09/what-happens-when-wild-animals-become-social-media-sensations/.

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Join us for a full episode all about floaty potatoes aka sea cows aka MANATEES!

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Links We Discussed:

https://myfwc.com/education/wildlife/manatee/viewing-guidelines/

https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/wildlife/manatee/myfwccomhow-to-help/

https://savethemanatee.org/manatees/harassment/

Sources Cited:

Bates, Karl. “New Research Tracks the History of Manatees across Earth’s Oceans | Duke Today.” Duke Today, 25 Aug. 2022, today.duke.edu/2022/08/new-research-tracks-history-manatees-across-earth%E2%80%99s-oceans.

Canon, Cheyenne. “Mortalities Decline from Record, but Remain High.” Save the Manatee Club |, 7 Mar. 2024, savethemanatee.org/mortalities-decline-from-record-but-remain-high/.

Domning, D. P. “The Earliest Known Fully Quadrupedal Sirenian.” Nature, vol. 413, no. 6856, 1 Oct. 2001, pp. 625–627, www.nature.com/articles/35098072, https://doi.org/10.1038/35098072.

Foote, Andrew D, et al. “Convergent Evolution of the Genomes of Marine Mammals.” Nature Genetics, vol. 47, no. 3, 26 Jan. 2015, pp. 272–275, www.nature.com/articles/ng.3198, https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3198.

“Harassment | Save the Manatee Club.” Save the Manatee, 7 June 2023, savethemanatee.org/manatees/harassment/

Jones Jr., Robert. “No Longer Endangered, Manatees Now Face Another Crisis.” University of Miami, 2 Feb. 2022, news.miami.edu/stories/2022/02/no-longer-endangered,-manatees-now-face-another-crisis.html.

“Manatee Mortality Statistics.” Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, myfwc.com/research/manatee/rescue-mortality-response/statistics/mortality/.Source.

“New Research Tracks Evolution of Sea Cows | Sci.News.” Sci.News: Breaking Science News, 25 Aug. 2022, www.sci.news/biology/sirenia-evolution-11135.html.U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

“Trichechus Manatus | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.” Www.fws.gov, www.fws.gov/species/manatee-trichechus-manatus.

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