Today on Bewilderbeasts, host Melissa McCue-McGrath introduces a pigeon who saved 194 people in WWI and goats who are fighting wildfires in an unusual way.
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Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a science-based 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
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Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz
Interstitial music is by MK2
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I got today's information from:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/using-goats-to-prevent-wildfires-51327045/
https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/firefighting-goats.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher_Ami
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/cher-ami
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/630019/stink-bug-invasion-2020-could-be-headed-your-way
Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz
Interstitial Music: MK2
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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 :)