Episode 1: Mac Hunter

We interview Professor Mac Hunter about a lifetime researching and watching mammals, and his 30 year quest to see every family of vertebrate animal. Highlights include some randy Right Whales, an invisible Aye-aye and that time he almost didn't see a Numbat. For more information visit www.mammalwatching.com/podcastHere's the YouTube trailer.Notes: Mac Hunter's trip reports include Madagascar, Borneo and Nicaragua. For more information on North Atlantic Right Whales see here.Here's a video of a Tufted Ground Squirrel.And here is an article on the reintroduction of Cheetahs to an Indian national park.This is a paper on the rediscovery of the Javan Palm Civet, though we hear the tree above the ranger station in Halimun National Park has recently fallen down.Here is Jon's report of seeing a Solenodon.Charles saw an Aye-aye at the Palmerium Hotel, which is close to Andaside National Park not Ranomafana.Cover photo - a Numbat - by Jimmy Lamb.Dr Charles Foley is a mammalwatcher and biologist who, together with his wife Lara, spent 30 years studying elephants in Tanzania. They now run the Tanzania Conservation Research Program at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.Jon Hall set up mammalwatching.com in 2005. Genetically Welsh, spiritually Australian, currently in New York City. He has looked for mammals in over 100 countries.Produced and edited by José G. Martínez-Fonseca mammalwatcher, photographer and wildlife biologist.