Ep 24: Emily Spinach

We meet Emily Spinach - the pet garter snake of wild-child first daughter, Alice Roosevelt. Also, the hilariously creepy, Wild Taxidermy Room in Melbourne, Australia, says goodbye and pandas throw the weirdest parties. 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 I got today's information from: Alice Roosevelt and Presidential Pets: https://www.childrensmuseum.org/blog/why-pet-snake https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/12/first-daughters-alice-roosevelt-113302 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/03/29/at-90-alice-roosevelt-longworth-didnt-care-who-she-offended-in-this-mean-funny-1974-interview/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_pets https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hA1WAAAAIBAJ&pg=7004%2C3105108 https://patch.com/maryland/hyattsville/hoover-s-opossum-brings-luck-to-hyattsville-ba645rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrfgvfgvseball-team Pandas Roll in Horse Poop: https://www.livescience.com/pandas-roll-in-horse-poo.html https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/scientists-finally-think-they-know-why-these-pandas-roll-horse-poop Melbourne's Wild Taxidermy Room: https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/search?collectingarea=Mammalogy https://mashable.com/2015/07/05/bad-taxidermy/ https://www.ranker.com/list/bad-taxidermy-pictures/ashley-reign 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 :)