1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: From Mediators World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: Cal's weekend review, presented by Steel. Steel products are available 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: only at authorized dealers. For more, go to Steel Dealers 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:22,479 Speaker 1: dot com. Now here's your host, Ryan cal Callahan for 5 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:24,920 Speaker 1: a bird that was on the brink of extinction just 6 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: one hundred years ago. You'd think turkeys would be a 7 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: little less eager to hang out around humans. That's not 8 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,880 Speaker 1: the case at the NASA Aims Center in Mountain View, California. 9 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: Thanks to listener Eric for bringing this one to our attention. 10 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 1: A flock of almost two dozen turkeys have made a 11 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: home in one of NASA's major research facilities in the 12 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 1: Silicon Valley. What started as just a few foul has 13 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: grown into a serious problem, and wildlife officials are hoping 14 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: to relocate the birds before the nesting season begins and 15 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: little turkeys start running around. The birds are reportedly blow 16 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: wocking traffic, pecking at cars and windows, leaving droppings around buildings, 17 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: and posing a threat to aircraft operations. What's attracting turkeys 18 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: to a NASA facility other than the possibility of joining 19 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: the Mars mission, Well, it's not freeze dried ice cream. 20 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: But it is the same thing that usually attracts wildlife 21 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 1: and college students to people in buildings free snacks. Despite 22 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: a no feeding wildlife policy at the facility, employees are 23 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 1: still handing out food. According to Mercury News, that's made 24 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:34,119 Speaker 1: it virtually impossible for wildlife officials to convince the birds 25 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,040 Speaker 1: to leave the premises. The California Department of Fish and 26 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: Wildlife doesn't usually relocate problem turkeys, but they're making an 27 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: exception in this situation. Sites around the facility are being 28 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: baited with corn to get the turkeys on a schedule. 29 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: When the birds flock in those areas several days in 30 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 1: a row, wildlife officials will set up walking in traps 31 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: to snag as many birds as they can. Copbirds will 32 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: be sent to the San Antonio Valley Ecological Reserve, located 33 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: in Santa Clara County, about thirty two miles east of 34 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: San Jose. NASA isn't the only American institution struggling with 35 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: too many turkeys, and Staten Island that's New York for 36 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 1: those of you you know who don't travel. The turkey 37 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: population has grown so large that some local officials have 38 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:22,359 Speaker 1: suggested creating a turkey task force to deal with the issue. 39 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 1: The Boroughs turkey problem began in the late ninety nineties, 40 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: legend says, when a local resident released nine pet turkeys 41 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: at a nearby psychiatric center. Since then, the population has 42 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: grown considerably. In two thousand eleven, state officials estimated that 43 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,679 Speaker 1: one hundred turkeys rome Staten Island, while the residents put 44 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: that number at closer to one thousand. Now, some residents 45 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 1: believe the problem is as bad as it's ever been. 46 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: According to a local outlet, Staten Island Advance, turkeys can 47 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: regularly be seen around the hospital, on the street, in 48 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 1: the yards, and even in front of the local Starbucks. 49 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 1: Turkeys damaged cars, ruined landscaping, hold up traffic, and some 50 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: are sometimes aggressive towards humans. Local, state, and federal officials 51 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: agreed in two thousand sixteen to work together to relocate 52 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: the turkeys to an upstate sanctuary, but the sanctuary didn't 53 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: have enough room for all of them. Local media reports 54 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: that the sanctuary has received about three hundred Staten Island turkeys, 55 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: but there are still many more. City council members have 56 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,639 Speaker 1: committed to working with state officials to deal with the problem, 57 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 1: but state officials have said, relocation isn't the best solution. 58 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 1: As far as I know, no alternative solutions have been proposed. Now, 59 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: obviously spring is coming on. These birds are gonna get 60 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: really loud and I can think of some solutions, but 61 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: it may not be amenable to Staten Island residents. Some 62 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: residents who spoke with Staten Island Advance believed that the the 63 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 1: turkeys should be allowed to live on the island in peace. 64 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: Under this plan, residents who struggle with problem turkeys would 65 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: be able to call a Turkey task force that can 66 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: recommend how to deal with them. Hey, kids, don't be 67 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: late in respect your elders. Don't be in Turkey for 68 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: your health. This week, you guessed it. More bills that 69 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: affect you, plus ancient teeth and lead. But first, I'm 70 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: gonna tell you about my week. In my week started 71 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: off kind of rough. I had little Snorticus Spade, which 72 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: I know there's a strange debate out there over whether 73 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: or not she's a female, and trust me, she is. 74 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 1: She just can't, you know, reproduce now, which I want 75 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: to get back to the words spade. Spade is Greek 76 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: for blade. You know, the operations performed with a knife 77 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: but unless you live under a rock, it's actually an 78 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 1: ovario hysterectomy, or perhaps even more accurately, a gon add ectomy, 79 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,239 Speaker 1: gon add being Greek for seed, so if you're into 80 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: the Greek. The term hysterectomy was pieced together from this 81 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:00,160 Speaker 1: overly male notion that hysteria comes from the uter sin 82 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: a woman, and by removing the uterus, the hysteria would 83 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:07,679 Speaker 1: therefore be removed with it. Now, don't try getting away 84 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: with that one at home. I made the decision to 85 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: wait until Snort was just about to her second heat cycle. 86 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: Oddly enough, the North Dakota episode of duck Lore, which 87 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:22,159 Speaker 1: let's be honest, just did not feature enough Snort, was 88 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: filmed during her first heat cycle. There was indeed some 89 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: odd behavior that week, but nothing I would consider even 90 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: close to hysterical or hysteria. April will be snorts second birthday, 91 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: and the calendar was basically open this week, so you know, anyway, 92 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: this is the oldest or longest I've waited to have 93 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 1: a dog fixed. As they say, it's definitely different. Puppies 94 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: don't seem to notice all that much, but Snort has 95 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: been in this world long enough to sense her mortality. 96 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: If you're familiar with your snake bite scenario. Uh, she 97 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: knows how close she can get to death. At least 98 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: that's what I noticed, and it was a sad thing 99 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 1: to notice. We were walking out of the Vets office 100 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: and a dog barked a long way away, and she 101 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: was like, man, I cannot defend myself. It was painful. 102 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: But she's doing good now, even though she loves her 103 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: walks and we can't really do much exploring right now. 104 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 1: She's chipper. The day after her operation, I loaded her 105 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 1: into the ice fishing sled, wrapped in a blanket, and 106 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: along with my buddies Steve Chester and Seth, we hit 107 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:28,799 Speaker 1: the local ducks unlimited ice fishing Derby and I gotta say, 108 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 1: and my, you know, I'm back to being a horrible 109 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:34,679 Speaker 1: ice fisherman. I only pulled one perch from the forty 110 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: or so holes I drilled. But if you want to 111 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: eat fish, fish with Chester. He is covetously clutching one 112 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 1: of those garment live scopes and has been stacking up 113 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: fish which he cannot eat. He's allergic to fish. And 114 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:51,359 Speaker 1: I do have to say in regards to the live scope, 115 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: those boys look at that screen in a way that 116 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:56,599 Speaker 1: makes me want to shout, get back, You're gonna hurt 117 00:06:56,640 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 1: your eyes. But son of a buck, it works. It's 118 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: an edge on the rest of us hold drillers, and 119 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: that is for sure and for certain. Now, before we 120 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: move on to the legislative lap recently published article in 121 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: the journal Science titled Demographic Implications of Lead Poisoning for 122 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: Eagles across North America, which is the first study of 123 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: lead poisoning of wildlife at a nationwide scale, and it 124 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: demonstrates the unseen challenges facing these two iconic species that 125 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: according to the lead author of the study and research 126 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: Wildlife Biologists for Conservation Science Global, Dr Vince Slave, this 127 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 1: study evaluated lead exposure in more than twelve hundred bald 128 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 1: and golden eagles sampled between two thousand ten and two 129 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: thousand eighteen, and found age related in seasonal variation and 130 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: lead poisoning. A few studies prior to this have shown 131 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: these trends at local levels, but demonstrating these patterns at 132 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: a continental scale helps us to understand what causes this 133 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: variation and potentially how to address the issue. That's according 134 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:03,679 Speaker 1: to Dr Todd Katzner, who's the co author and research 135 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: wildlife biologists for the U S Geological Survey. Now, uh, 136 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: this is a really cool study, and as per usual, 137 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: the news outlets, be they hunter friendly or not, really 138 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: did a piss poor job of covering it. Hunters kill 139 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: half of America's eagles was a catchy headline that I read, 140 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: and another referred to this article as pure anti hunting propaganda. Well, 141 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:31,679 Speaker 1: here's the deal, friends and neighbors. Lead when ingested kills 142 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: birds who have a highly acidic stomach like eagles and vultures. 143 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: You know, birds tough enough to ingest carrying cool birds, 144 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:41,680 Speaker 1: and it does not take a lot of lead to 145 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 1: make a bird sick or kill it. It has been 146 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: proven that the tiny fragments of hunter's bullets that remain 147 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: in gut piles is plenty enough to kill the symbol 148 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: of America's freedom. We have to be aware of this. 149 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: As hunters, we can make a choice of shooting lead 150 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: or non lead. Now, for much mice season, I shoot 151 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: trophy copper at big game, and I opt to shoot 152 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:08,079 Speaker 1: incredibly expensive and deadly federal bismuth at waterfowl. And truthfully 153 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 1: and most upland game situations too. To jump forward to 154 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: this pen raise bird topic. We're going to talk about 155 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 1: a little bit those birds. Pen Raise birds die really easily, 156 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: and I know I will not lose them, So I 157 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 1: will shoot lead at planet birds. And yes, occasionally, when 158 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 1: I'm feeling good and confident in wild bird scenarios, all 159 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: throw some lead in the mix too. Lead kills really well, 160 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 1: there's no way around that. Really good upland bird areas 161 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: are home to really good numbers of raptors, and I 162 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: shoot a lot of lead at the range this year. 163 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: I have a personal goal of shooting at least six 164 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: cases of shells at the trap range. Eagles across America 165 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: are kicking ass with this paper proves is that they 166 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 1: could be doing better faster. They could be growing and 167 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:59,719 Speaker 1: spreading across the United States at a much steeper population curve. Now, 168 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 1: if that doesn't make sense to you, I'll sum that 169 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 1: up one more time. Okay, eagles are growing, but they're 170 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: growing in spite of the fact that lead is killing them. 171 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:14,960 Speaker 1: All right, they are population swamping the lead. Okay. Now, 172 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: if you're in a situation where you can choose to 173 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,320 Speaker 1: not shoot lead, like if you know there's a high 174 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 1: probability of raptors dining on your gut pile, or you 175 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:26,559 Speaker 1: are a terrible bird shot and you know you wound 176 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:28,439 Speaker 1: the crap out of things and they fly away with 177 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 1: little lead pellets, and you watch the owls and the 178 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 1: hawks and the peregrine falcons swoop down on top of them. Well, 179 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 1: you know there are alternatives to shooting the lead, and 180 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: you should consider those. That's all there is to it 181 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:46,199 Speaker 1: being an informed hunter. Alright, moving on again, folks, we 182 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 1: are trying to cover as many states as possible during 183 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 1: our bill around up. As I like to call it 184 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: the bad bill round up, because there's not that many 185 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,079 Speaker 1: good examples. And what you really need to take away 186 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: here is this happens every year. There are many many 187 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:04,199 Speaker 1: bill that all these conservation groups and good folks call 188 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 1: in and fight off on your behalf, and you need 189 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: to get your head in the game. So I'm providing 190 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 1: these examples to you, So hang onto your seats. This 191 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 1: is another quick hitting outdoor bill round up. There is 192 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:21,079 Speaker 1: no off season when it comes to staying informed and engaged. 193 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: In Alabama, state regulators recently proposed a rule that would 194 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:28,440 Speaker 1: have made a hunting buffer zone around a state wildlife 195 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: management area. This rule would have limited access to public 196 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: duck hunting in favor of a private hunting club. Fortunately, 197 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: groups like back country hunters and anglers got the word 198 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 1: out and the state received over one thousand comments opposing 199 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: the rule, while only fifty comments supported it. And I 200 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 1: bet we can guess where those fifty came from. I mean, seriously, 201 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 1: gang a couple of beers at the Old Duck Club 202 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: ran away with everybody, what were you thinking? Fortunately the 203 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: rule was abandoned earlier this year. In Arizona, a resolution 204 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 1: is being considered in the state legislature that would oppose 205 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: the Biden administrations thirty by thirty initiative. As we've covered 206 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: on the show, this program seeks to conserve thirty of 207 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: our nation's land and water resources by the year but 208 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 1: the details of the program are still being worked out 209 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 1: and it's not yet clear what will count as quote conserved. 210 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 1: For this reason, i'd call this resolution a big waste 211 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 1: of time on behalf of folks that are supposed to 212 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: be working for you. They don't have a clue what 213 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:35,559 Speaker 1: thirty by thirty is, but they're gonna make a rule 214 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 1: that says they don't like it, and they won't consider 215 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 1: it and they don't agree with it. Either way, you 216 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:45,839 Speaker 1: feel contact you're duly elected. In California, animal rights groups 217 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:48,559 Speaker 1: are once again trying to ban black bear hunting throughout 218 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 1: the state after a ban was defeated in the legislature. 219 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: These groups submitted Petition two thousand, twenty one DASH seven 220 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: to the California Fish and Game Commission. The petition demands 221 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: that open black bear hunting be suspended until further study 222 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: is done on the black bear population and how that 223 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:08,840 Speaker 1: population is affected by droughts and wildfires. They also want 224 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: the state's bear management plan to be updated to include 225 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 1: the best available science, including social science. Over eight people 226 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:19,559 Speaker 1: testified at the commission meeting on February seventeen, and the 227 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 1: commission voted to refer the petition to the Department of 228 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 1: Fish and Wildlife for more information. The department says it 229 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 1: should be able to offer an opinion at the April meeting. 230 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 1: One more from the Golden State, The legislature is currently 231 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 1: considering a proposal that would establish a bill of rights 232 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 1: for cats and dogs. I won't comment further on that, 233 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:41,719 Speaker 1: but Snort will. She tells me she approves as long 234 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 1: as her bird hunting rights are properly accounted for, and 235 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 1: her friends who happen to be hound dogs can run 236 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 1: cats and bears. Uh, and they need to especially consider 237 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 1: the fact that they can't read private property science. In Florida, 238 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 1: the state Senate pass Senate Bill twenty five oh eight 239 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: that requires agencies that regulate Lake Okeechobee to certify that 240 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 1: there will be enough water available to farmers. Opponents of 241 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 1: this bill say the policy could kill fish by hampering 242 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:14,839 Speaker 1: the removal of harmful discharges. Just for reference, even though 243 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 1: a bill is passed, it still needs to be signed, 244 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: so if you're posed to this one, there's still time 245 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 1: to call. The Georgia legislature is considering House Bill eleven 246 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 1: forty seven, which would allow hunters and trappers to go 247 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 1: after raccoons and apossums year round. The bill has been 248 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: passed by the House and is now being considered by 249 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 1: the Senate. In Hawaii, a bill that was passed last 250 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 1: year banning all shark fishing and state waters just took 251 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 1: effect at the beginning of this year. The Idaho legislature 252 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: is currently considering House Bill five oh seven, which would 253 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: make it legal for bow hunters to use lighted knocks 254 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 1: and mechanical broadheads in the taking of game. Whether or 255 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: not you support this rule change, it represents yet another 256 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: attempt by the state legislature to set hunting regulations in 257 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 1: place of the Fishing Game Commission. Just something to keep 258 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 1: in mind. I much prefer fixed blades to expandables, but 259 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 1: I don't really care what you shoot. You want your 260 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 1: knock to glow after you fling it. Super Petition your 261 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 1: state Wildlife agency and they can make those changes if 262 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 1: enough of your fellow hunters want those changes as well. 263 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: Regulations are easier to change than laws. Keep the lawmakers 264 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: out of it. Indiana residents can expect to pay more 265 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 1: to hunt and fish and trap this year. At the 266 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: end of two thousand twenty one, the state's Department of 267 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 1: Natural Resources announced that it would increase license fees for 268 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 1: the first time since two thousand six. A combo hunting 269 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 1: and fishing license is up from twenty five dollars to 270 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 1: thirty two dollars. In Iowa, lawmakers are considering a bill 271 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 1: that would allocate twenty million federal dollars from the American 272 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 1: Rescue Plan to repair and renovate Iowa's seventy one state 273 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 1: parks forests, and preserves were million of those dollars would 274 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 1: go to renovating on site housing for park rangers. The 275 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: Iowa dn R announced this year that it would no 276 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 1: longer be allowing park rangers to live in on site housing, 277 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 1: and they cited the cost of upkeep as the primary factor. 278 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: With these federal dollars, rangers would likely be able to 279 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 1: stay in their homes, which they say is necessary to 280 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: respond to emergencies in a timely manner. If you pay 281 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 1: attention to the real estate market, then you know housing 282 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 1: near open spaces is increasingly out of reach. Park ranger 283 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 1: salaries won't allow for quick commutes. Thanks to Dan for 284 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 1: bringing this bill to our attention. If you'd like to 285 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 1: contact your duly elected in Iowa, the bill number is 286 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 1: h F two two five five. The Kentucky General Assembly 287 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 1: passed a bill on Friday, February eighteen that would, among 288 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: other things, remove the requirement that a minor must submit 289 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: the written permission of a parent or guardian before obtaining 290 00:16:56,320 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: a youth hunting license. The bill HB three four four 291 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 1: will now be considered by the state Senate. In Maine, 292 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:08,160 Speaker 1: HP one four or five four would require hunters who 293 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 1: hunt with dogs to obtain a permit before training dogs 294 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:14,920 Speaker 1: are hunting certain animals. It would also require dog owners 295 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 1: to use GPS tracking callers and prohibit hunting with dogs 296 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 1: in a manner that results in the hunting dog entering 297 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 1: the property of another if the owner has been previously 298 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 1: notified that the landowner does not want dogs on their property. 299 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:32,360 Speaker 1: The bill was introduced in January and is currently being 300 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 1: considered by the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. If 301 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:38,160 Speaker 1: you want my opinion on this one, which I'm sure 302 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: you do, dogs will always get you in trouble, despite 303 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 1: your best intentions, and even despite a very expensive GPS 304 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 1: tracking caller. This is a good neighbor policy, not a 305 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:56,360 Speaker 1: law or a regulation change. Call your committee members if 306 00:17:56,400 --> 00:18:01,160 Speaker 1: you feel the same way. In Montana, the Upland game 307 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 1: Bird Enhancement Program is up for public comment. In fact, 308 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 1: comments are due by February. The title of this one 309 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 1: Upland game Bird Enhancement Program is actually a misnomer, as 310 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 1: the Upland game Bird Enhancement Program is not for enhancing 311 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:21,359 Speaker 1: Upland game bird numbers, habitat the health of Upland game birds, 312 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:25,239 Speaker 1: or access to Upland game birds. This program is the 313 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:29,399 Speaker 1: state's put in take hatchery bird program. In neighboring states 314 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:32,879 Speaker 1: like Idaho, similar programs these birds are purely a hunter 315 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:36,879 Speaker 1: recruitment tool get old dogs and young kids birds. What 316 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 1: is different, and unfortunately so with Montana's program, is that 317 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 1: there are no additive opting fees for hunters to pay 318 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 1: into this program, So these pen raise birds are being 319 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:51,200 Speaker 1: reared on license sales to the tune of one million dollars. 320 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 1: Two sides of this story, for sure. One, I'll tell 321 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:56,919 Speaker 1: you that a good buddy of mine, Ronnie Baham of 322 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: the Hunting Dog Podcast, will tell you that if it 323 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 1: weren't for pen raise birds, he never would have became 324 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 1: a hunter, as that was all there was where he 325 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:08,960 Speaker 1: grew up. And there's this side. If you travel outside 326 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 1: of the great state of Montana two states that truly 327 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 1: embrace upland birds, such as Kansas, South Dakota North Dakota, 328 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: you'll see what Montana and Idaho lack. Everywhere you turn, 329 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:25,159 Speaker 1: cover and food for upland birds, some of which is 330 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:29,120 Speaker 1: state sponsored. Pen Raise birds have a twenty four hour 331 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 1: life span when left on their own. This is a 332 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 1: predator feeding program with a hunter recruitment spin to the 333 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:38,159 Speaker 1: tune of one million dollars. What we need here in 334 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 1: the state is habitat on the ground, not pen raise poultry. 335 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 1: Returning to the state of Massachusetts from last week, Sunday 336 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 1: hunting could be legalized through nine eight four H one 337 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:55,399 Speaker 1: zero one, five H one zero one nine and S 338 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: five four seven. To be honest, we're not sure what 339 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 1: the difference between all these bill are. Just call your 340 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: wraps and voice your support for Sunday hunting and let 341 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:07,200 Speaker 1: them concentrate on the various bill numbers. We also need 342 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 1: to mention Governor Baker's two thousand twenty three budget Bill 343 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:14,959 Speaker 1: four Massachusetts, which includes provisions to allow archery hunting on 344 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:19,120 Speaker 1: Sundays and decreases the setbacks or safety zones from five 345 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:23,399 Speaker 1: feet to two fifty feet for archery, which increases hunting 346 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 1: opportunities right where the white tail deer are now. There's 347 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 1: a side note from the fellow who rode in UH 348 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: and made sure that we mentioned the Governor's budget bill. 349 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 1: He says, since moving to Massachusetts two years ago and 350 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,200 Speaker 1: being motivated by you and meat Eater, I've been attending 351 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 1: the State Wildlife Commission monthly board meetings and other public 352 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 1: hearings that made touch on hunting or access. I often 353 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 1: provide public comments and support of hunting and trapping. This 354 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 1: is how I learned of the governor's two thousand twenty 355 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,639 Speaker 1: three budget bill. Let that be a lesson to everybody. 356 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:59,159 Speaker 1: Don't let that dude do all the hard work for 357 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 1: you being such freeloader. In Michigan, HB five six three 358 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 1: one would direct the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to 359 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:12,400 Speaker 1: develop a management plan for the American woodcock. This plan 360 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,400 Speaker 1: would ensure that the Great Lakes State continues to manage 361 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 1: their forests with these little game birds in mind. If 362 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,120 Speaker 1: you like to hunt and eat woodcock and you live 363 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:23,920 Speaker 1: in Michigan, get on the phone with your duly elected. 364 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: The next proposal would affect folks in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 365 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 1: Thanks to Zach for New Jersey for bringing this one 366 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 1: to our attention. The Sierra Club is petitioning state and 367 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 1: federal officials to turn the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation 368 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: Area into a national park. Proponents of the change have 369 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:46,160 Speaker 1: assured hunters that the national park will include a preserve 370 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:49,639 Speaker 1: to protect hunting and fishing, but it's unclear how big 371 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 1: that preserve will be. In any case, the change will 372 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 1: almost certainly ban hunters and anglers from accessing thousands of 373 00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 1: acres they currently enjoy. The decision will be aid by 374 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,879 Speaker 1: the United States Congress. So those are the folks you 375 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:06,640 Speaker 1: want to contact. We need, at a minimum to protect 376 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:09,479 Speaker 1: the rights to rome that we currently have. Let's not 377 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,680 Speaker 1: lose any ground, especially in states that have a serious 378 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: white tailed deer overpopulation problem. I wonder what the insurance 379 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 1: companies think of this bill. New Mexico is in the 380 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,640 Speaker 1: middle of a huge fight about water access, and some 381 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 1: believe the governor is using her power to appoint game 382 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 1: commissioners that will tilt the commission in favor of the 383 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: few landowners that feel entitled enough to tell the world. 384 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 1: New Mexicans included that they can't use a river that 385 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 1: the use of is guaranteed in the state constitution. And 386 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 1: even before that, the State Chapter of back Country Hunters 387 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: and Anglers is urging members to write to Governor Michelle 388 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:49,960 Speaker 1: Louhan Grisham and express opposition for the recent firings of 389 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:54,120 Speaker 1: pro public water access commissioners. Also, we need to call 390 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:58,120 Speaker 1: out New Mexico Wildlife Federation for their incredible work on 391 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 1: this issue finally over in Rhode Island, House Bill seven 392 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 1: four three nine would prohibit importing native and non native 393 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 1: big game animals to conduct captive hunts within private facilities. 394 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,120 Speaker 1: This bill, which joins thirteen similar bills that have been 395 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 1: proposed but never passed since two thousand eighteen, is designed 396 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,919 Speaker 1: to limit the spread of chronic wasting disease as well 397 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 1: as feral pigs. When you contact your reps mentioned H 398 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,640 Speaker 1: seven four three nine specifically as there's a similar bill 399 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:31,200 Speaker 1: but less effective in play at the moment. If you 400 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,440 Speaker 1: want to look at the New England Backcountry Hunters and 401 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 1: Anglers website, there's some good information there as well. All Right, 402 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 1: that's it for this week's round up. We'll be covering 403 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:43,120 Speaker 1: more outdoor related bills in the coming weeks. If there's 404 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 1: a bill or policy you thought we messed up or missed, 405 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,200 Speaker 1: let us know by writing in to s k C 406 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:53,159 Speaker 1: A L that's asked cal at the mediator dot com. 407 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 1: And remember there's a lot out there, pay attention, send 408 00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 1: those emails and make those phones ring. Moving on. Earlier 409 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:06,159 Speaker 1: this month, a security camera in Chihuahua, Mexico, caught a 410 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 1: flock of yellow headed blackbirds dropping from the sky, it 411 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:13,159 Speaker 1: looks like a huge truckload of gravel pouring onto the ground. 412 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: After the crash, onlookers filmed hundreds of birds dead on 413 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:20,359 Speaker 1: the pavement. The Internet then did what the Internet does. 414 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:23,880 Speaker 1: The birds were electrocuted. No, they all inhaled gas fumes. 415 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 1: No five G Internet signals scrambled their brains. The explanation 416 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 1: for the crash is both less dramatic and way more interesting. 417 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:38,080 Speaker 1: A completely normal phenomenon known as murmuration had gone terribly wrong. No. 418 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:43,040 Speaker 1: Murmuration isn't a sub genre of mumblecore movies. It's the 419 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:47,200 Speaker 1: coordinated swarming behavior that you've likely seen in flocks of starlings, 420 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 1: or schools of fish or clouds of bees. The shapes 421 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:56,360 Speaker 1: and movements of these swarms are tremendously complex, forming doughnuts, waves, amba's, funnels, 422 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 1: and dozens of other shapes all in a matter of seconds. 423 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,479 Speaker 1: Scientists for studying murmuration in the nineteen thirties believe that 424 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 1: members of the swarm had to be connected by a telepathy, 425 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: but subsequent studies found that the behavior was the result 426 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 1: of lots of local adjustments by every individual bird. At 427 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 1: two thousand thirteen study in the Journal Plus Computational Biology 428 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:21,400 Speaker 1: demonstrated that each member of a murmuration of Starling's responds 429 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:26,440 Speaker 1: to exactly seven adjacent birds using only three decisions get closer, 430 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:30,640 Speaker 1: move further away, or stay in alignment. Aavian nervous systems 431 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 1: work many times faster than ours, and so they can 432 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:35,600 Speaker 1: take in the movements of their neighbors and adjust their 433 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 1: flight path almost instantly. Scientists hypothesized that murmuration allows birds 434 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 1: to conserve the flox body heat, and that it allows 435 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 1: them to confuse and overwhelm predators, which is likely what 436 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:52,640 Speaker 1: happened in Chihuahua an evasive predator technique gone wrong. Each 437 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,800 Speaker 1: bird is following the seven around it instead of keeping 438 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 1: an eye on the ground. A raptor, likely a paragrine 439 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:03,920 Speaker 1: falcon or, had been chasing the flock and when I dip, 440 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:07,360 Speaker 1: you dip, We dip, You dipped the chip, It took 441 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 1: a bite and you dipped again, moving on. Scientists excavating 442 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 1: the Mandarin Cave in France have discovered a humans child 443 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:22,680 Speaker 1: tooth that establishes the presence of a modern Homo sapien 444 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:26,439 Speaker 1: in Europe fifty four thousand years ago. That's ten thousand 445 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:30,639 Speaker 1: years earlier than previously thought. The excavation of Mandarin Cave 446 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 1: has been ongoing for decades, and every layer of sediment 447 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 1: has revealed continuous habitation, just by very different tenants from 448 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,439 Speaker 1: eighty thousand years ago. Neanderthals lived in the cave. Then 449 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 1: Homo sapiens moved in around fifty four thousand years ago, 450 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:48,159 Speaker 1: but they only stayed for about forty years before, you know, 451 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 1: changing the curtains and flipping the cave at a tidy profit. 452 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:55,200 Speaker 1: Then Neanderthals re established themselves for the next twelve thousand 453 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:58,679 Speaker 1: years or so, because you know, proximity to schools and 454 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:02,680 Speaker 1: the aunts and stuff like that. We've talked before about 455 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 1: the idea and anthropology that Homo sapiens arrived in Europe 456 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 1: once and then steadily wiped out the Neanderthals, but now 457 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 1: it looks like several different waves of modern humans came 458 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:15,240 Speaker 1: to Europe and either died off or went back to 459 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:20,720 Speaker 1: warmer climates before becoming permanently established. Regardless, if we are 460 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:24,400 Speaker 1: this good at figuring out exactly what happened in a 461 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 1: cave with people eighty thousand years ago, just think about 462 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:31,159 Speaker 1: how much future archaeologists are going to know about you, 463 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,720 Speaker 1: or me or us. It might make you think twice 464 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 1: the next time you're about to pick your nose. Some 465 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,920 Speaker 1: scientists a hundred thousand years from now might write some 466 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 1: amazing thesis paper on you know what you were doing. 467 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:47,719 Speaker 1: That's all I've got for you this week. Thank you 468 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 1: so much for listening. Remember spring is coming on. Things 469 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 1: are gonna get dirty. Is that snow recedes? And look 470 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:58,359 Speaker 1: at all those dirty broken branches and credit up yard. 471 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 1: So track down a riendly local steel dealer and they'll 472 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 1: help you get set up with what you need and 473 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 1: not with you don't. Go to www dot steel Dealers 474 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:12,960 Speaker 1: dot com and most importantly, right in to a s 475 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 1: k C a L that's asked how at the meat 476 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:17,639 Speaker 1: Eater dot com and let me know what's going on 477 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:19,840 Speaker 1: in your neck of the woods. Thanks again, and I'll 478 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 1: talk to you next week.