1 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: From Mediator's World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: Kel's We Can Review with Ryan cal Kellan. Now Here's 3 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: Cal Elliott. The elk may sound like a cartoon character, 4 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 1: but boy is he real. Elliott made headlines after being 5 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: removed from his home near the town of Sweet, Idaho. Unfortunately, 6 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:33,919 Speaker 1: the headlines surrounding Elliott fit a common theme. Someone had 7 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: been feeding the young bull for so long that he's 8 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:40,239 Speaker 1: lost his fear of humans. To make matters worse, Elliott 9 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: completely lost the other elk. As I mentioned in episode 10 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 1: twenty of Cal's Weekend Review, we're into the breeding season, 11 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 1: which can make elk super aggressive. Deer and elk have 12 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: been lethally removed from many urban areas across the country 13 00:00:56,040 --> 00:01:00,319 Speaker 1: because of aggressive mating season related behavior, behavior that has 14 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: resulted in serious human injuries in some cases. But this 15 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: particular elk has a name and a Facebook page, so 16 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: he was picked up by Idaho Fishing Game and relocated 17 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: to Bear Valley, Idaho. Bear Valley, Idaho, is not the 18 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:18,759 Speaker 1: home of Barry Bear or Billy Bear or Yogi Bear. 19 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 1: It's just a spot in Idaho. Officials hoped Elliott would 20 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: have his best chance at reconnecting with elk. There, you know, 21 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 1: I just realized I'm contributing to the problem by bowing 22 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 1: to the anthropomorphized vision. Naming an animal promotes From here on, 23 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 1: when I say the bull or young bull, I am 24 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,839 Speaker 1: referring to the you know, one who shall not be named. 25 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 1: Got it good? Like I was saying. When the young 26 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: bull was moved from his first location to the second, 27 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: folks hope that he would somehow learn to be an 28 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: elk again, but he just made more headlines. This time. 29 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: The young bull made the papers by hanging out with 30 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 1: a group of archery hunters can to outside Bear Valley 31 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: for Idaho's opening week of archery elk season. This group 32 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:09,079 Speaker 1: of hunters recognized the young bull both by his behavior 33 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: and his recent time in the spotlight. The elk hung 34 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: around the camp and even bedded down within ten yards 35 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: of the hunters, reportedly as wolves sang in the background 36 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:22,959 Speaker 1: when Idaho Fishing Game eventually showed up to quote capture 37 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,959 Speaker 1: the bowl, which the capture apparently involved opening the stock 38 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: trailer door and then the bowl just hopped in because 39 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: that's how we got to the place. Imagine that they 40 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 1: found him surrounded by archery elk hunters making sure no 41 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: one caused the young bull any harm. These hunters knew 42 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: the bowl lacked any education from his elk piers, and 43 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: they wanted to avoid a nasty social media firestorm. If 44 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: some unsuspecting hunter were to see a winter's worth of 45 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: stakes and ross rather than a social media celebrity and 46 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:59,119 Speaker 1: put an arrow through them, you can imagine the ensuing backlash. Currently, 47 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: the young bull resides in the custody of Idaho fishing game, 48 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: who are trying to find him a home. Several facilities 49 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: outside the state of Idaho will take in hard luck 50 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: cases like this one, an animal robbed of his wildness 51 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 1: whose best remaining option is to spend his life in 52 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: captivity due to the potential spread of diseases like chronic 53 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 1: wasting disease. However, transporting live serveds across state lines is 54 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,920 Speaker 1: prohibited unless the states are certified as c w D free, 55 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: which Idaho is not. Consequently, this homeless elk will be 56 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: denied even the comparatively sad fate of pacing around a 57 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: zoo at this point, sad for the elk, but also 58 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: a burden on fishing game, who now have to deal 59 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: with caring for this animal. Idaho Fishing Game receives zero 60 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: dollars from general taxpayers. Hunting and fishing license sales a 61 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 1: k sportsmen and women pay for all of this, not 62 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: the person who literally fed this expensive situation into existence. 63 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: I couldn't even find a mention of a fine or 64 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: ticket being issued. This brings me back to another point 65 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: I made in last week's episode. Quit feeding wildlife. I 66 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: don't care how cute or majestic you think they are. 67 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: I don't care what kind of relationship you think you 68 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: have with them. You haven't found your spirit animal. Feeding 69 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: wild creatures robs them of their wildness and in some cases, 70 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 1: their actual lives. Cut it out. I feel like this 71 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 1: elk feeder missed one of life's most valuable responsibility talks. 72 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: You know, the one you got when you were a 73 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 1: kid and wanted to pet a gerbil, a cat, a dog, 74 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: a goldfish, whatever the species. The talk is the same. 75 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: Being as I have never had children, I thought I 76 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: would bring in a pro meat eater's own. Yannas patel Us, 77 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: you want to what now? Are you sure? That is 78 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 1: a lot of work and a lot of responsibility. You 79 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 1: understand me. Animals are expensive? How do you think you're 80 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 1: gonna pay for it, But if the damn thing gets sick, 81 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: I want you to know this. They eat a lot 82 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: of food and then they poop a out And I 83 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:02,920 Speaker 1: know you say you're gonna pick it up. I'm going 84 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 1: to hold you to it. Damn it. You can't just 85 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:06,919 Speaker 1: give it away if you get bored with it. And 86 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 1: if it grows huge handlers and skewer some kid on 87 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,160 Speaker 1: their way to school, that's gonna be on you. You 88 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 1: hear me. You know that speech. Thank you, Joannice. Moving 89 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 1: off the soapbox and onto the show. We all know 90 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 1: fall is the most magical time of year, and if 91 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: you're like me, you'll be putting on a lot of 92 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: miles getting to places to hunt fish and enjoy the 93 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 1: cool air and fall colors. I suggest you keep some 94 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:34,280 Speaker 1: power in your vehicle in the form of the world's 95 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: number one chainsaw. Steel ice do battery power. Steel saws 96 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:41,919 Speaker 1: are lightweight, clean, quiet, and you can throw them in 97 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,359 Speaker 1: the back of the truck without worry of gas spilling 98 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: all over your hunting gear or camping equipment. If that's 99 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,919 Speaker 1: not enough, my mother wants used an electric chainsaw to 100 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 1: remove a section a kitchen cabinets from the actual kitchen, 101 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: so you know they're versatile. This week we've got buying 102 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:03,280 Speaker 1: and selling game meat, uk way really old milk, broken legs, 103 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,600 Speaker 1: and so much more. But first I'm gonna tell you 104 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:10,480 Speaker 1: about my week. It seems I have always trapes to 105 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: cross the US. I've met a ton of people and 106 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 1: made a lot of great friends and connections. Earlier this year, 107 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 1: I was in New Mexico, a state that I have 108 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 1: always loved to talk conservation with New Mexico Wildlife Federation. 109 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: Fun fact about n m WF. It was founded by 110 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 1: Although Leopold. If you don't know who he was, go 111 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: find yourself a copy of a Sam County almanac right now. 112 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: Another fun fact. New Mexico Wildlife Federation is full of 113 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,360 Speaker 1: great folks, and they had teamed up with the New 114 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 1: Mexico Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers for this pint 115 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:46,679 Speaker 1: night situation. Anyway, I found myself speaking with a bunch 116 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,359 Speaker 1: of people at a brewery one night in Albuquerque and 117 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: ended up in conversation with some members of the Zuni 118 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: Pueblo tribe. Naturally, we started talking hunting, and one thing 119 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: struck me as funny was one of the guys entered 120 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:03,559 Speaker 1: used himself as a mule deer insurance man, which caught 121 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: me off guard. The reason he was a mule deer 122 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: insurance man is all he hunts our mountain lions and bobcats, 123 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 1: things that eat mule deer. Another topic of conversation was 124 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: in regards to hunting tradition and the fact that many 125 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 1: Zuni hunters carry with them a personal hunting fetish. I'll 126 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 1: let this guy Joshua tell his next part in his 127 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: own words, read by me, you get them. We Zunis 128 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 1: have an oral belief that the original fetishes discovered in 129 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: our homelands were of once living wild animals that were 130 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: struck with arrows. These animals were turned to stone as 131 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: they attempted to attack our people during our origin journey 132 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: to discover the center of the world. This area is 133 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: a valley basin in western New Mexico, now called Zuni Pueblo. 134 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: Since then, Zunis believed that the fetishes we carry out 135 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: hunting today still hold the spirit of whatever wild animal 136 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: that was entombed within that stone before it became our 137 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: hunting fetishes. Thus, it is the responsibility of the artist 138 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: to remove that animal from that stone and return it 139 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: back to its physical being in order to aid and 140 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: protect us as we carry them with us on our 141 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: hunts and journeys, where these same living wild animals still rome. 142 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:28,119 Speaker 1: So the fetish that Joshua gave me is this bear, 143 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: and he goes into really awesome detail as to why 144 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: it is a bear. On top of the bear. Tied 145 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: to the top of bear is a small stone arrowhead. Point. 146 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 1: This is the second part of the letter. Here the 147 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 1: stone and arrowhead were both gathered from our reservation to 148 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: create your fetish. The arrowhead that adorns the bear's back 149 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:51,320 Speaker 1: was collected by my father in his place. There to 150 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,320 Speaker 1: serve two purposes. The first is to ensure that we, 151 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 1: as hunters, must always provide the quickest and most ethical 152 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 1: means of harvesting that animal in order to minimize the 153 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 1: suffering felt. It is also there to aid in protecting you. 154 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: It reminds other predators that you too carry the ability 155 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 1: and the potential to take life of whatever animal wishes 156 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 1: to cause you harm. The stone was carved by a 157 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 1: distant relative of mine, and he added some personalization to 158 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:20,319 Speaker 1: it as well. On one side of the bear, you 159 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: will notice a traditional turquoise arrowline. We considered the arrow 160 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 1: to be the heartline and serves as a reminder to 161 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: us that although the bear is made of stone, the 162 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 1: spirit and lifeline of the animal remains within. On the 163 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: opposite side of the bear is a coral and turquoise star. 164 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: My family is known for wearing this type of star 165 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 1: on our traditional wears. We again view it as a 166 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: symbol of strength and protection. The artist thought it was 167 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: appropriate to add this star to your bear as another 168 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 1: way of connecting my family to you. Well, Joshua, I 169 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 1: really can't tell you how much this means to me. 170 00:09:56,880 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: I've never really been one for gifts, so I'm taken 171 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,320 Speaker 1: it back to New Mexico. You see. About twenty minutes 172 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 1: after this fetish and really amazing letter landed in my lap, 173 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: I received a phone call from my friend Brian Broderick 174 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: telling me that another good friend, Dirk Durham a k a. 175 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 1: The Bugler, had fallen and torn his shoulder in Idaho. 176 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,680 Speaker 1: Dirk had a Unit thirteen archery ELK tag for the 177 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 1: HeLa National Forest in New Mexico, which he could not 178 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 1: use because he can't draws bow. This scenario of having 179 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 1: that tag in your pocket and not being able to 180 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: even attempt to fill it is basically the all time 181 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 1: biggest gut punch for an archery elk gay. This area 182 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: of New Mexico is full of elk and his downright beautiful. 183 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 1: I felt terrible for Dirk and related how bad I 184 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: felt to my friend on the other line. Then Old 185 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: Brian said, well, do you want to go or not? 186 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 1: Twenty minutes after a real gift of a lifetime from 187 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 1: a new friend in New Mexico lands on my desk, 188 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 1: I get an opportunity to hunt in an elk unit 189 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 1: in New Mexico. I have always wanted to hunt. How 190 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: the heck does that work? So, Joshua, I am taking 191 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: my fetish back to New Mexico. It will be our 192 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 1: first journey together. I hope I can make you and 193 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 1: your family proud. So we just said so long and 194 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 1: good luck to Elliot the elk he who should not 195 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 1: be named. Let me introduce you to Broken Leg, the lion. 196 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: Broken Leg lives on Santa Anna Pueblo, a seventy nine 197 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: thousand acre area located in New Mexico's fertile Rio Grand Valley. 198 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 1: Broken Leg received his moniker by researchers who captured the 199 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: cat and noticed a bulbous calcification on its right rear leg, 200 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: the result of an old break. If humans use that 201 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 1: same logic when referring to each other, then you could 202 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: call me old broken nose or old torn meniscus. Biologists 203 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: equipped Broken Leg with a GPS collar and kept close 204 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 1: tabs on his whereabouts, so close, in fact, that they 205 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,680 Speaker 1: were able to document many of the cats kills over 206 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 1: a fifteen month period. What they found was astounding. At 207 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 1: the top of the cougar menu was, of all things badger, 208 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 1: Broken Leg killed in eighty four badgers during their study, 209 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:09,320 Speaker 1: which is an average of one point six badgers per month. 210 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:12,200 Speaker 1: During that time, the cat also ate one move flaw 211 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 1: on sheet, one feral dog, two porkypines, eight beavers, and 212 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 1: nine coyotes. Besides addie eats, Broken Leg killed two mule deer, 213 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 1: two antelope, and seventeen elk. Ninety yolk were calves, six 214 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 1: were cows, and two were bulls. His diet is quite impressive, 215 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:31,320 Speaker 1: and it makes me damn jealous of Broken Legs hunting skills. 216 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 1: Um willing to deem this cougar the best hunter in 217 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 1: the American Southwest, second only two cutting the distance as 218 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:42,079 Speaker 1: host Remy Warren. Of course, yeah, dunkee eaton. Let's hopefull 219 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:45,440 Speaker 1: broken leg doesn't run into that mule deer insurance guy. 220 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: I was talking about moving on but sticking with fractured limbs. 221 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 1: I want to tell you about North America's most venomous caterpillar, 222 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 1: the puss moth caterpillar, whose sting is so painful that 223 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,560 Speaker 1: it's often been compared to breaking a bone. The real 224 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: simp ms, which somehow sound worse than breaking a bone, 225 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 1: include burning, swelling, nausea, headache, abdominal distress, rashes, blisters, chest pain, numbness, 226 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:13,679 Speaker 1: and difficulty breathing. A hospital in Houston unwittingly created a 227 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: puss moth caterpillar outbreak, and they put nets around a 228 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 1: grove of oak trees to keep out birds. The nets 229 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:23,440 Speaker 1: proved successful at keeping grackles and pigeons from swarming and 230 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 1: pooping everywhere, but the puss moth caterpillar population exploded in 231 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 1: the absence of avian predators. The hospital now has to 232 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,439 Speaker 1: decide the lesser of two evils, mounds of bird guana 233 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 1: or venomous caterpillars. I think I know where I land 234 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: on that one. The puss moth caterpillar, is about one 235 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: inch long and has Chewbacca like fur that houses its 236 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 1: venomous spines. They live in oak, elm and wild plum 237 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,839 Speaker 1: trees in the eastern and southern US, and are particularly 238 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 1: problematic in Texas, so much so that schools in San 239 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: Antonio were closed in the nineteen twenties to get the 240 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 1: caterpillar population under control. Is that like the most Texas 241 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:04,319 Speaker 1: thing you've ever heard. While most kids hope to celebrate 242 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 1: snow days, san Antonians are just hoping for a venomous 243 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 1: insect outbreak. Moving on to dudes and museums or the 244 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: newly established curator beat, turns out the majority of mammalian 245 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 1: specimens and scientific collections have y chromosomes. Museums collect specimens 246 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: in many different ways, including donations from hunters, but hunters 247 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: and museums have different interests. Hunters don't target animals because 248 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 1: they're representative of the species necessarily. Something tells me that 249 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: when Teddy Roosevelt headed over to Africa for a hunt, 250 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 1: he lined up his iron sights on the biggest individuals 251 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 1: he could find, which generally happened to be mail. Another way, 252 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 1: museums get samples is through selective trapping, which also exkews 253 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: toward dudes because removing mails has less impact on the population. 254 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 1: Point is these collections inform all kinds of science and research, 255 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: which is why this imbalance matters. Research based on only 256 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 1: on sex might give an accurate picture of diet distribution, 257 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: behavior in response to changing habitat. Imagine if future alien 258 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: archaeologists studied only the males of our species to determine 259 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: what human life was like. If I touch that joke, 260 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 1: it may lose me a tooth. So let's talk about teeth, 261 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 1: calcified dental plaque and you. A study in the journal 262 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 1: Archaeological and Anthropological Science has studied the teeth of ancient 263 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 1: human remains found across southern England. Beyond the realization that 264 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 1: poor dental hygiene can stick with you much longer than 265 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: I ever expected, the report also shows that humans have 266 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: been drinking the milk of domesticated animals for more than 267 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 1: six thousand years. Problem is, the ability to break down 268 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 1: lactose sugar and animal milk is a relatively new development. 269 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 1: Only five to ten percent of Europeans would have been 270 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: able to do that back then, so either they spent 271 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 1: a lot of time experiencing gastro and testinal distress, or 272 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 1: they were processing the milk into more easily digestible products 273 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 1: like yogurt or cheese. Either way, I find the idea 274 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 1: that someone could dig up my bones six millennia from 275 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 1: now and figure out what I was eating and drinking 276 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 1: kind of disturbing. I think I'll go floss when I 277 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 1: finished this podcast. Sticking with her friends from across the Pond, 278 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 1: the British apparently have too many game birds in their freezers. 279 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: I've personally never had that problem, but then again, I 280 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: don't own a private wing shooting a state in the UK. 281 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 1: The British Game Alliance is trying to export game birds 282 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: to Japan, Hong Kong, and Canada so that shooting clubs 283 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 1: have an outlet for all the excess animals they harvest. 284 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 1: This strikes me as just playing wrong on so many levels. 285 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: But then again, so does the entire European model of 286 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 1: wildlife management. Pay to play means not many get to play. 287 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 1: Here in North America, we decided market hunting is a 288 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 1: pretty bad idea more than a century ago. Of course, 289 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 1: we also have a whole system of public lands that 290 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 1: any of us can access for hunting, fishing, and general 291 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 1: good times outside. So comparing the two systems doesn't really 292 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: work that well. Doesn't Since I'm talking about our amazing 293 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:06,680 Speaker 1: lands and waters and they need to care for them, 294 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 1: I can't ignore a pretty significant rule change that's about 295 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:13,639 Speaker 1: to take effect. The federal government repealed provisions of the 296 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 1: Clean Water Act, citing that the regulations were burdens some 297 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 1: for farmers, rural landowners, and real estate developers. The soon 298 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 1: to be strip protections were added in two thousand fifteen 299 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:28,359 Speaker 1: to protect seasonal streams and wetlands, which offer critical habitat 300 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 1: for birds, fish, reptiles, elk, deer, moose, and other species. 301 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 1: Not to mention, they make clean water and clean air 302 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: for us. Also, you know they tend to drain into 303 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 1: other bodies of water. The upcoming repeals will allow drastically 304 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:46,159 Speaker 1: more polluting and habitat destruction on fifty percent of wetlands 305 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: and six of stream miles across the country. The rules 306 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: currently restrict certain activities on private lands, like backfilling wetlands 307 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: and bogs, the use and dumping of harmful chemicals, particular 308 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:01,359 Speaker 1: types of plowing and planning certain crops. According to the 309 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:05,879 Speaker 1: financial analysis that the Administration released, small farmers represent a 310 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 1: tiny share of the permits this rollback addresses. The real 311 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,399 Speaker 1: winners are the oil and gas companies, mining companies, and 312 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 1: real estate developers who apply for the vast majority of 313 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:20,679 Speaker 1: permits near streams, wetlands, and creeks. I for one, stand 314 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: with the ninety two percent of polled sportsmen and women 315 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:29,159 Speaker 1: who support existing Clean Water Act protections and recognize this 316 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: rule change un does important protections. But the fact that 317 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 1: these arguments keep getting presented as fights between landowner rights 318 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 1: and habitat quality really ticks me off, and frankly I 319 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: call bs. Almost every single one of the landowners I know, 320 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 1: especially small farmers, take great care to protect the resources 321 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: they steward. Take a poll across anywhere in eastern Montana 322 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:57,400 Speaker 1: and you'll hear this good grass makes fat cattle, as 323 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 1: they say. This rule change inch has little to do 324 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 1: with those folks and everything to do with big extractive 325 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 1: and development industries. Property rights are sacred in this country, 326 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,440 Speaker 1: but they shouldn't extend to having the right to pollute 327 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: your neighbor or pollute water that we all share collectively. 328 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:17,639 Speaker 1: What's that saying about stuff rolling downhill. If you haven't 329 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:20,479 Speaker 1: made your weekly call to your congressman or woman, this 330 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 1: would be a great one to discuss with them. Thanks 331 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,199 Speaker 1: so much for listening. That's all I've got for you. 332 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:29,359 Speaker 1: If you liked what you heard, tell a friend tell too. 333 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: Let's keep this conservation train rolling. 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