Hey there, friends, and welcome to episode 236 of Just the Zoo of Us. This week, I am joined by a

Corvid scientist to review the clever little goths rummaging through a trash can near you,

American crows. We discussed the twists and turns of a career in science, what crows can learn from funerals, how to tell

a crow from a raven, and lessons in crucial skills like Cheeto thievery and pizza

crust gardening. Before we get into the episode, a really quick housekeeping note, there

is still time to send in animal questions from any curious kids for our upcoming episode

with my own special young scientists. So please do email in any kids' animal questions

to Ellen at Just the Zoo of Us.com. And please include Isaac in the subject line. That is

spelled I-S-A-A-A-C. Now that that's out of the way, let's get into the

episode. Just the Zoo of Us presents American Crows with Dr. Kaley Swift.

Music The The Hi everybody. It's Ellen Weatherford. I'm here with Just the Zoo of Us, your favorite animal

review podcast. And I'm so, so, so thrilled this week to talk to a brand new friend for many of you,

Dr. Kaylee Swift. Hello. Say hi. Hi, Ellen. Oh,

am I supposed to say hi or is that people saying hi to me? If you listen really closely,

you'll hear all over the world, but like staggered because everyone's going to listen at

different times. You'll just periodically throughout the day here, hi. Get a little high.

Yeah. And Kaylee, what are your pronouns real quick? She, her. Thank you so much. And I'm thrilled to

talk to you because you have, I think, one of the most fascinating jobs that I've ever heard of

and get to study and work with not just a fascinating animal, but a fascinating and, like, so accessible animal because they're everywhere. I'm looking at one right now. Actually, I'm looking at my window. And they're just out there around. So it's going to be, you know, something that I think a lot of people can relate to. A lot of people can sort of apply to their own daily life. Before we talk about our cool animal for today, let's get to know you a little bit.

Kaylee, can you let our friends listening know, like, what is the work that you do with these

really cool animals?

So that is a good question.

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