1 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: From mediators World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,479 Speaker 1: Kel's we Can review with Ryan kel Kell and now 3 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 1: Here's Kel. A boise Idaho police report states that a 4 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:26,760 Speaker 1: pedestrian was hit with two bull frogs while walking recently 5 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 1: in the Boisey Bench area of town m m. According 6 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: to the Boisey Bench Facebook group, the walker initially thought 7 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 1: he had been shot with the invasive species. His attackers 8 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: could have been using a potato gun type weapon and 9 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: the bullfrogs as projectiles. One commenter from the facebook group 10 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: said quote, this is the most Boisey Bench uh stuff 11 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: I've ever seen, making you wonder what else happens on 12 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: this bench. For those of you who don't know what 13 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: a potato gun is, the way we've used to build 14 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: them anyway, consists of PVC pipe, usually scrounged from dumps 15 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: or alleyways. One section, we'll call it the blast chamber, 16 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: needs to be of a larger diameter and shorter length 17 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: to the other section, which is the barrel. A potato 18 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: stuffed down the barrel. It helps if you take a 19 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: grinder or a file and get the muzzle a little sharp. 20 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: Novices at this game think you want potatoes that fit 21 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:30,959 Speaker 1: in the tube. But let me tell you, friends and neighbors, 22 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:35,199 Speaker 1: you want an oversized spud that you have to shave down. 23 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:38,680 Speaker 1: This helps completely seal the barrel and you get a 24 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 1: much higher muzzle velocity. The blast chamber, which would be 25 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 1: the opposite end of the gun, is filled with a 26 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: high alcohol content hairspray. We always found AquaNet to be 27 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: the number one propellant. And then you try not to 28 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: give away exactly how to build these things. I'm sure 29 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: the legality isn't real high. Then find a way to 30 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: light this gas and it operates exactly like a cannon 31 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: or a gun. Your hope this whole time is that 32 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 1: the explosion in the blast chamber finds its way out 33 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: the barrel by pushing the potato all the way out 34 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: the barrel. The potato acts like a bullet or I 35 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 1: guess bullfrog if you're in the boise bench area. There's 36 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: some tricks to this potato gun game that, through scientific refinement, 37 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 1: can get you some at a distance and probably a 38 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: jail cell, which is why again I tried to leave 39 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 1: a lot out just so you know, parents listening to 40 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: the show, the crew I was building these things with 41 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: one became a major in the Marine Corps. One is 42 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: an assistant county attorney, one is unemployed, but his wife 43 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: does a heck of a job, and I have a podcast. 44 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: You can guess who the smartest one is. To be clear, 45 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: we put more effort into this physics experiment than anything 46 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: else we did. And Byron and or since class at 47 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:03,959 Speaker 1: Hellgate High School, we even worked in our Spanish class 48 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: skills by painting the words pop us, son and feg 49 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: us on the side of the potato gun. We always 50 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: thought that that meant potatoes of fire, which I just 51 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: fact checked by punching into Google Translate. According to the 52 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 1: Google papas and fegas actually means potatoes are unlucky, which 53 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 1: is actually much better and much more indicative of the 54 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,079 Speaker 1: effort I put into high school Spanish. Anyway, you get 55 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: a petition going to put potato guns into the Pittman 56 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: Robertson Exercise tax language, and I'll sign it. Now back 57 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: to the Boise bench the hoodlums, as it turns out, 58 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 1: only through bull frogs at the passers by, they did 59 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: not in fact utilize a cannon. They did not know 60 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: their victim, and it is still unclear if the bull 61 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: frogs were alive or dead at the time of the attack. 62 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: The attackers could face potential charges of animal abuse as 63 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 1: well as bad or As you all know, bull frog 64 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: legs are fantastic table fair but they are a non 65 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: native species in Idaho, which is likely why wanton waste 66 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: was not on the list of charges. Here's a good 67 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: bull frog fact for you. According to the Guinness Book 68 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: World Records, the longest bull frog jump, made by none 69 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 1: other than that famous athlete Rosie the Ribeter, was seven 70 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:28,600 Speaker 1: point one feet in length. As bullfrog enthusiasts likely know, 71 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 1: the world record was set at the Calaveras County Fair 72 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: at their annual Jumping Frog Jubilee, a contest that started 73 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: way back in Mark Twain even wrote about the potential 74 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 1: start of jumping frog history in Calaveras in a short 75 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 1: story called the Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. Here's 76 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:54,720 Speaker 1: an interesting fact. Lab testing of bullfrog leap distance has 77 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 1: only been able to achieve a measily four point two 78 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,280 Speaker 1: feet from a frog. While it is well documented at 79 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: the Jumping Frog Jubilee, even a non pro as in 80 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: not an authentic frog jockey will beat five feet and 81 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: well beyond of three thousand one d two jumps recorded 82 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: one thousand, eight hundred and four exceeded the four point 83 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: two foot market calaveris. That's according to Life science. Guess 84 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,359 Speaker 1: you can't recreate the thrill of the crowd in the lab. 85 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 1: Or it could be the fact that the Calavarus frogs 86 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: are captured in the wild just prior to the fair 87 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: and released after still have that sweet smell of freedom. 88 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 1: Perhaps did you know that the bull frog is highly territorial. 89 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 1: The male with the loudest bellow, who sits in the 90 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: most prominent spot in the moonlight chorus, is likely the 91 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: most aggressive male in the pond, while a partially submerged 92 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: frog bellowing is not. Bullfrogs eat everything as long as 93 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: it fits in their mouths, birds, snakes, mice, bats, insects, crayfish, fish, 94 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: and of course, lots and lots of bull frogs have 95 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: been discovered in bullfrog stomachs. The combination of aggressive behavior 96 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 1: and a voracious appetite are what make these frogs, when 97 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:21,119 Speaker 1: transplanted to a new pond, so dangerous to native frog populations, 98 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 1: amongst everything else. According to the U. S d A, 99 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 1: still water. Areas with high bull frog populations can out 100 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: compete birds and small mammals for food, so be careful 101 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: where you let those bullfrogs go. Better yet, don't let 102 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: them go, just eat them. This week, I'm gonna tell 103 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 1: you about the Blues policy, tadpoles and toads, and so 104 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: much more. But first I'm gonna tell you about My Week. 105 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,919 Speaker 1: As you know by now this podcast in My Week 106 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 1: is sponsored by Steel Power Equipment, So if you are 107 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 1: in the need for not only the best chainsaws on 108 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,479 Speaker 1: the market, but the best all around the lawn and 109 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: shrub world garden equipment, from leaf blowers to shop vacuums, 110 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:09,479 Speaker 1: power sprayers, and hand shears, loppers, and of course my 111 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: favorite quiet clean battery operated saws. Support Steel and in 112 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: so doing you're supporting cows. We can review your number 113 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: one place for news from the out doors. And speaking 114 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: of the out of doors, Steve and Ronella Anthony Locata, 115 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: our editor in chief, and myself took some kids fishing 116 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: this weekend and piled up the pan fish. Steve's oldest 117 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: counted forty four into the barrel scaler. I had initially 118 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: thought of whole fried fish due to the fact that 119 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: the pumpkin seeds or bluegills or whatever they were, they 120 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,119 Speaker 1: were small. I ended up taking all the filets off 121 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: the dusting, both the filets and the fileted carcasses in 122 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: flour and bread crumbs and corn starch, and then threw 123 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 1: all that into the fryer. Those bones crunched just like 124 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: potato chips, and they were so tasty. So try that 125 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 1: out the next time. So that's what's been happening on 126 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: the home front. Now I'm gonna hit what's happening on 127 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 1: the home front but on national scale. Next, I called 128 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: my baby sister to wish her a happy birthday and 129 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: ask her what she's been up to. She responded with, oh, 130 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 1: just putting my riot gear in the car in case 131 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: I get called to do crowd control. This is the 132 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: sister who is a detective in Denver. Although I don't 133 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: like hearing that she's loading riot gear into her car, 134 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: I am very proud of her and her dedication to 135 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: a job that is so often in the best of times, thankless. 136 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:40,679 Speaker 1: So thank you, baby sister, and thank you to all 137 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 1: of our law enforcement officers that have been going to 138 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 1: work every day doing a good legal, ethical, unbiased, and 139 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: often dangerous job. You do exist. I believe in you. 140 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:55,719 Speaker 1: Keep it up, and again thank you stay safe. As 141 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 1: at the time of this recording, we have had gatherings 142 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:02,359 Speaker 1: in cities across the country that range from peaceful protests 143 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 1: to dangerous mobs. I'll be the first to admit I 144 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 1: am far removed in the proverbial bubble as people like 145 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: to say. But even through my bubble, it is clear 146 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 1: to me that a lot of people are hurting in 147 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: this country right now, which I don't like. I don't 148 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 1: have some grand fix for it either. I don't feel 149 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 1: I currently have the ability to understand the situation or 150 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: the motivations properly. But what I see is frustration and suffering. 151 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: What I know is we're individuals, just as our police forces, mobs, 152 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:39,439 Speaker 1: peaceful protests are made up of individuals. We all need work. 153 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 1: We have room to improve in the ability to do so. 154 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: There should be no more room for racism, rudeness, or 155 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 1: hatred of any type. If you are an individual that 156 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: deals with this on any level, I am truly sorry. 157 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 1: I want to address the detractors here for a moment. 158 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 1: If you are the type of person that is running 159 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 1: around not caring about anyone other than yourself, using this 160 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 1: situation of strife to commit heinous, selfish acts of violence 161 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: or destruction, or using your position to carry out your 162 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 1: personal agenda with no care for the moneying of the 163 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 1: message or the uniform or the pain it causes. You 164 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: have a lot more work to do than the rest 165 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 1: of us. If you're disappointed in me or this show 166 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 1: for addressing a topic such as BLM Black Lives Matter 167 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 1: instead of my usual BLM the Bureau of Land Management, 168 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 1: that's just fine. There's a lot of emotions firing right now, 169 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: and disappointment is definitely one of them. I absolutely do 170 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: not see how law and order would be discredited or 171 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 1: shaken or defaced by the acknowledgement of a group a 172 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 1: gesture of support that says, I, all the way out 173 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:53,199 Speaker 1: here in Montana, hear what you're saying. I don't understand 174 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 1: what's going on, not on your level. I am not 175 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:01,080 Speaker 1: intimately familiar, but I am not dismissing this. I'm paying attention. 176 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 1: Moving on to the blues blue cats, specifically, David Anderson 177 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 1: of Tennessee just landed a hundred and three pound blue 178 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 1: catfish using a rod stuck between some rocks and a 179 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:18,960 Speaker 1: nightcrawler suspended off the bottom. The state record for Tennessee 180 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 1: is a hundred and twelve pounds. That record has been 181 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:27,320 Speaker 1: standing since, which is impressive. But I think everyone should 182 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,559 Speaker 1: pause for a second and enjoy the simplicity here. We 183 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 1: like to think of truly big fish as wise and 184 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 1: canny creatures. These old wise fish change their habits and 185 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:42,079 Speaker 1: routines until only the truly savvy angler or someone struck 186 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:46,199 Speaker 1: with incredible luck can catch them. Those are hooks, mr krabs, 187 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 1: as they're really dangerous danger here. I am not putting 188 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: down Anderson's fishing ability. He was likely fishing where he 189 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,440 Speaker 1: was for a reason. I just love the simplicity of 190 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 1: getting each truly big fish on a one on one 191 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: level rig line. Wait hook nightcrawler rod shoved into the rocks. 192 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,959 Speaker 1: To top it off, David was fishing alone and after 193 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,320 Speaker 1: the hour long fight, his net broke while wrangling this 194 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: monster cat into the shallow water. He eventually tied the 195 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 1: cat off by a suitcase handle of a jaw and 196 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: waited for the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency to respond to 197 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 1: verify as catch. After seeing the weight of the fish 198 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 1: fall just shy of the state record. Anderson responded to 199 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 1: Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency with this, fishing is more than 200 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 1: catching for me. It's my church, it's my go to place. 201 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 1: It's my getaway where I gather my thoughts. The big 202 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:48,680 Speaker 1: blue cat was released after it was officially weighed. The 203 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: t w r A estimates the cat to be twenty 204 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: five years old, which is definitely old for a blue cat. 205 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: Catfish never stopped growing and their size is only limited 206 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 1: by feed and death. The world record blue is a 207 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:09,319 Speaker 1: hundred and forty three pounds. Jumping over to Ohio. Ohio 208 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: has a newly confirmed species, the blue crayfish. Other populations 209 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: of blue crayfish exist, and there were rumored to be 210 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:21,440 Speaker 1: some in Ohio, which of course there were, It just 211 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:25,559 Speaker 1: took forty five years of tracking them down to confirm. 212 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: Laura Hughes ultimately led the successful citizen science expedition that 213 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 1: found the blue crayfish. The blue crayfish, as it turns out, 214 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 1: prefer springs and hillside seeps, which makes them hard to 215 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: find and also somewhat vulnerable. We don't think often of 216 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: water being a barrier to water living animals such as crayfish, 217 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 1: but the Ohio River is actually a line on which 218 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 1: blue crayfish are known to live on one side and 219 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:56,319 Speaker 1: not the other until now, of course, so much extra 220 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,319 Speaker 1: space to do activities. According to the Ohio Department of 221 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 1: Natural Rees sources, this small population may have moved into 222 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:07,199 Speaker 1: the area prior to the formation of the Ohio River itself, 223 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 1: only about two million years ago, which, if you think 224 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 1: about it, is cray maybe even cray cray. And speaking 225 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: of Craig Cray and jumping back to bull frogs, Meat 226 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 1: Eater's own Spencer new Hearth covered the story of Goliath 227 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: the tadpole at the meat eater dot Com this week. 228 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 1: Goliath is, of course, a giant tadpole that apparently never 229 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 1: felt the urge to grow legs, ditch that tail, and 230 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: get on with his life. Kind of like those folks 231 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: who choose to never move out of the parents place. 232 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 1: Goliath never metamorphosed. I'm saying that in good fun of course, 233 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 1: I don't care if you live with your folks do that. 234 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: But back to the bull frog tadpole. At the time 235 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: of capture in two thousand eighteen, Goliath was larger than 236 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: a soda camp. At his death in two thousand nineteen, 237 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: we know he was much large ger, but the soon 238 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: to be peer view data has not been made available yet. 239 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 1: If you go to the meat eater dot com, you 240 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 1: can see the size of Goliath the bullfrog tadpole in 241 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 1: comparison to a banana and a coke can. Spoiler alert, 242 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 1: he's bigger. Moving on to the quick hitter Calls to 243 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 1: action desk. I'm going to hit this right out of 244 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 1: the gate, Great American Outdoors Act. Call your congressional representatives 245 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 1: right now, Leave messages, send emails. If you're hearing this 246 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: on Monday, the eighth of June, and for some reason, 247 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: GAWA is still in need of passing double down, keep 248 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 1: calling again. The Great American Outdoors Act provides almost ten 249 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: billion for maintenance and full permanent funding of Land and 250 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: Water Conservation Fund. That's more an improved access as well 251 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: as healthy outdoor jobs. Next up, if you think electric 252 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 1: motorized bicycles are super fun in the cat's pajamas, the 253 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 1: bee's knees, the bees knees, But like me, you do 254 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 1: not want them classified as non motorized, you know, because 255 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 1: they have a motor and definitely do not want them 256 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: on non motorized trails. The comment period for the Bureau 257 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 1: of Land Management is closing. I found a really easy 258 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 1: form you can use at the Wilderness Society. Fun fact 259 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: for you. An electric bicycle commonly called a motorcycle just 260 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: hit Germany's famed Auto bonn and topped out at about 261 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: sixty miles per hour. Next up, volunteer opportunity in Florida. 262 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 1: Florida Wildlife is asking for help with turkey counts. If 263 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 1: you spot a turkey in Florida, f WC wants to 264 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 1: know about it. Specifically, according to my f WC dot com, 265 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: hends with and without pols, as well as male birds, 266 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 1: both Jake's and gobblers, So all turkeys you could just 267 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 1: say all turkey would be another way to say that. 268 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: Go to my f WC for more info and get 269 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 1: involved in citizen science. Jumping over to the policy desk 270 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 1: and this is a big one. A just released executive 271 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 1: order worded as part of emergency action in conjunction with 272 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 1: the nation's response to the COVID nineteen National Emergency, is 273 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 1: instructing federal agencies, including the Department of Interior, Agriculture, and 274 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: Defense departments, as well as the Army Corps of Engineers 275 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 1: to move forward as if in an emergency with infrastructure 276 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:41,399 Speaker 1: investments and other activities. The executive order allows for the 277 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:47,199 Speaker 1: sidestepping of existing federal regulations such as Environmental Impact Assessments 278 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: or NIPA, Endangered Species Considerations, Clean Water Act, anything seen 279 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:57,239 Speaker 1: as something that could delay expedited government decision making. This 280 00:17:57,359 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: also includes public comment. Take us second and think of 281 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 1: what the Army Corps of Engineers is dealing with right now, 282 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 1: pebble mind. What is holding up the pebble mind? Public 283 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:11,640 Speaker 1: input and the likelihood of environmental disaster which has been 284 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:15,920 Speaker 1: outlined in environmental impact statements. I know this may seem 285 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 1: incongrue us with my support of all the jobs tied 286 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 1: to maintenance backlogs and infrastructure in the Great American Outdoors Act. 287 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:25,879 Speaker 1: But the difference here is we have spent an incredible 288 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 1: amount of time, money, and effort in order to get 289 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:33,719 Speaker 1: the amount of government agency transparency we currently have. This 290 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 1: executive order eliminates the public from the process. There's no 291 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:43,120 Speaker 1: doubt a better, smoother system is needed. This executive order 292 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 1: is not that. This is throwing regulation out the window, 293 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 1: and at some point we're gonna have to go back 294 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: take a bunch more time and money, and fix all 295 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 1: this mess. Believe it or not, the side stepping of 296 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:59,160 Speaker 1: these environmental laws is permissible in order to put human 297 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:04,679 Speaker 1: life above of the natural order, specifically in emergency situations. 298 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:09,639 Speaker 1: For example, if a wildfire in a wilderness area threatens 299 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 1: a community, an emergency declaration can allow mechanized means to 300 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:19,439 Speaker 1: fight that fire like bulldozers in the bob Let's say 301 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 1: emergencies floods, hurricanes, drought, catastrophic wildfire. So what type of 302 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 1: precedence does this executive order set President Trump? The executive 303 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 1: branch is essentially saying that a downturned economy is an 304 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 1: emergency on the same level as hurricanes, floods, droughts, catastrophic wildfire. 305 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:47,159 Speaker 1: My question is, are we in an emergency? Will we 306 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 1: come out of this emergency if the Clean Water Act, 307 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:53,640 Speaker 1: the e p A, and the Endangered Species Act are 308 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:57,400 Speaker 1: ignored or are we just pushing this ball of wax 309 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: and whatever it collects to the next administer creation. Moving 310 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 1: onto the crime desk, an outfitter based in Stillwater, Minnesota, 311 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 1: but operating in South Dakota was just fined for want 312 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:14,160 Speaker 1: and waste by South Dakota Fishing Game. A pit behind 313 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: the Outfitters camp contained night uncleaned birds, fifty ducks, twenty 314 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: three pheasants, twenty four geese, and one swan. The swan 315 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:27,200 Speaker 1: had the outfitters tag on it. The fine was five 316 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty eight dollars and fifty cents. That includes 317 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: court fees in addition thirty days in jail which were suspended. 318 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 1: The outfitter in question is Sean Hammock, who apparently has 319 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 1: an alias of fat Sean, which I just don't get. 320 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 1: You're throwing a lot of food away, But the real 321 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 1: question is what's going on South Dakota. If you do 322 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 1: the math on this one, let's say you have a 323 00:20:55,680 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 1: six duck daily limit, three pheasant daily limit Joe, for instance, 324 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:03,919 Speaker 1: In order to stack up the twenty three pheasants listed 325 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:06,639 Speaker 1: in your pit, you're likely knocking on the door of 326 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 1: a couple hundred bucks right there, fuel, shotgun, shells, food, 327 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:14,639 Speaker 1: travel license, etcetera. That's just eight trips and no missing, 328 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 1: which is better than I do for twenty three pheasants. 329 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 1: On the side of the ducks you're looking at let's 330 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 1: say nine full limit days and two boxes of shells 331 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 1: at an absolute minimum, plus again, the gas and groceries. 332 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: Five hundred and sixty eight dollars and fifty cents seems 333 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,879 Speaker 1: a little light for a guy who obviously has so 334 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 1: little worry about filling the freezer. He can just throw 335 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: us food away, and given the choice, it seems he'd 336 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 1: rather fill a hole instead of the freezer. Jumping over 337 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,880 Speaker 1: to the Messing with animals desk, and this is where 338 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: we'll finish. Adult film star Nacho Videl was being held 339 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: in Spain after a toad venom ritual went wrong. Sure 340 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:58,439 Speaker 1: you're thinking, boy, if I've heard one of these stories, 341 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:02,680 Speaker 1: I've heard them all. The Sonoran Colorado River toad secretes 342 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:07,680 Speaker 1: a powerful toxin that apparently will induce strong hallucinations if inhaled. 343 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 1: The BBC reports that toad rituals are on the rise. 344 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: Nacho was accused of being a shaman in the ritual 345 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:19,199 Speaker 1: that led to the death of his photographer. A study 346 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 1: from two thousand nineteen sided by the BBC suggested that 347 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 1: the substance may have therapeutic properties such as easing anxiety 348 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 1: and depression, but acknowledged there was a limited understanding of 349 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 1: its effects in humans. Somebody should have told the photographer 350 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 1: this is no joke. It's a sad way to learn. 351 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 1: I do want to know the thought process, though perhaps 352 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: if there is a little more education on the natural world, 353 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 1: this could have been avoided. So you're telling me this 354 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 1: toad survives the Sonoran Desert because it's poisonous. All the 355 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:58,920 Speaker 1: other animals leave it alone because it's poisonous. Based off 356 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:00,919 Speaker 1: of that, I suppose as I had better give it 357 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 1: a sniff. I don't understand, but I don't get a 358 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:08,120 Speaker 1: lot of things. Thanks a bunch for listening this week. 359 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 1: I got a lot more to tell you about, including 360 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,880 Speaker 1: helicopters and wilderness. Next week. Let me know what's happening 361 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,199 Speaker 1: in your neck of the woods by writing in to 362 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:19,360 Speaker 1: ask Cal at the Meat Eater dot com. If you're 363 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 1: loving what you're hearing, tell a friend and I'll talk 364 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:30,679 Speaker 1: to you next week.