SQUIRRELS with Karen Munroe
5/7/202631 min
Flying squirrels. Ground squirrels. Tree squirrels. Giant squirrels. Tiny ones. Grey ones. Red ones. Fluorescent ones? Alie is losing her mind talking to dream guest and Sciuridologist, Dr. Karen Munroe. This Baldwin Wallace University professor has studied squirrels for decades and addresses where they sleep, how many babies they have, how they find their acorns (or don’t), endangered squirrels, birdfeeder drama, the best place for squirrel tourism and more. You’ll scatter hoard so many nuggets of squirrel trivia. Enjoy.
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Donations went to Letters to a Pre-Scientist and Squirrel Mapper
Full-length (*not* G-rated) Sciuridolology episode + tons of science links
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Alie Ward· Host1:00
Oh, hey, it's your neighbor with the smelly trash cans. What's in there? Ally Ward. Oh, hey, this is Smologies. These are shorter, classroom-safe, kid-friendly episodes, G-rated, I think that you'll love. You can listen to them with anyone. Listen, this one is about one of my favorite critters on planet Earth, squirrels. Squirrels. God, I love them. I think you will too. I think squirrels are already very lovable, but you're gonna learn things about them that you had no idea, secrets and skills