Ep 19: Armadillo Justice!

Melissa dives deep on how horseshoe crabs are saving us from COVID19 (this was recorded before the vaccines started rolling out), platypuses are WAY weirder than imagined, and a case of armadillo justice! Love BewilderBeasts or want more of these stories? Help support the show by visiting BewilderBeastspod.com - share your favorite episodes, read about the show or leave some love via the PayPal button to help keep the show going! Let’ go! ***** Send in your topic ideas via: [email protected] TWITTER: @BewilderedPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod (DM, voice text or comment) Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/ About your host: Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a professional dog trainer outside of Boston, MA, and author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog". She has a dog training channel on YouTube that has free classes and lessons for anyone who is interested in positive reinforcement dog training. More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com ******* Intro Music: “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz Interstitial music: MK2 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, review and share with your curious friends - you know, all the things the other podcasts tell you to do! ***** I got today's information from: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/baby-blue-blood-drive https://curiokids.net/better-than-the-blood-of-a-unicorn-the-blue-blood-of-horseshoe-crab-that-saves-thousands-of-lives/?lang=en Sawbones https://maximumfun.org/episodes/sawbones/how-horseshoe-crabs-probably-saved-your-life/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/forget-dinosaurs-horseshoe-crabs-are-weirder-more-ancient-180963952/ https://blog.therainforestsite.greatergood.com/horseshoe-crab-blood/#:~:text=Horseshoe%20Crabs%20Survived%20The%20Dinosaurs%20And%20May%20Have%20Saved%20Your%20Life,-For%20an%20animal&text=These%20little%20critters%20have%20been,our%20opinion%2C%20is%20pretty%20cool! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_crab https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-armadillo-shooting_n_59838ae2e4b08b75dcc5f622 https://www.scie Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod Your host, Melissa McCue-McGrath is an author, dog trainer, and behavior consultant in Southern Maine. She'll talk about dogs all day if you let her. You've been warned :)