335 - Major Herp-o-compatability Complex

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🗓️ 28 February 2021

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - Kelly and Ryan are psyched to be joined by Gina Zwicky (@GinaGoesOutside) to talk about all things herps (amphibians + reptiles)! We begin with a discussion about Gina’s work the immune system of Caribbeans lizards, specifically the major histocompatibility complexes of the Saban’s anole using the National Center for Biotechnology Information’s (NCBI) awesome genetic database. And Ryan transitions the group to the next segment but half remembering a cool project on the island of Dominica that will be a joint rum distiller and sea turtle conservation hub. Neat!

00:27:08 - Amphibians need to stay near water, and much like them we also enjoy a drink. First, Gina shares her LaCroix habit, lime at the moment but ranking of flavors is involved. Kelly takes a break from red wine with a warm, relaxing cup of chamomile tea. And even though nobody asked, Ryan is having a Black Rock Milk Stout from Devil’s Backbone Brewing in Kelly’s neck of the wood AKA East Virginia. We also talk a bit about what it means to be a super taster and how to test yourself to see if you are one too.

00:37:39 - In the second segment, we talk about Gina’s work with Frog Watch, an AZA accredited program to get folks outside in their area to monitor frog populations. Gina runs tours in her neck of the woods in souther Louisiana, but if you’re in the US there may be a similar program nearby so go and check it out where you live and see if you can go listen to some cool frogs!

01:02:21 - PaleoPOWs are a lot like frog watching, they’re both mostly about listening. First, we thank Amanda B. for becoming a recurring PayPal donor (again!). Thanks, Amanda! And another round of our thanks goes out to @z_dieg for tweeting about how much he liked our AGU episode helmed by our very own Tim Dobbs. Great job, Tim!

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Music credit: Frogs in Tuxes - Podington Bear
Audio Production by Rob Heath

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0:00.0	You've seen like the cars with the snorkels, right?
0:02.1	No.
0:02.8	It's like a thing you can install so that if your car starts to get into too deep a water for it to handle,
0:07.7	the air intake is above the engine instead of within the engine.
0:11.4	So the car can keep running while it's a snorkel.
0:14.2	It's literally a snorkel.
0:14.9	Oh, my God.
0:16.4	From sciencesortov.com, you're listening to Science Sort of.
0:36.1	Yeah. from Science Sort of.com. You're listening to Science Sort of. Hello and welcome to science sort of.
0:38.5	You're listening to episode 335.
0:41.9	Our theme this week is major herpo compatibility complex.
0:46.4	I am your host, Ryan, and join me to talk about things that are science, things that are sort of science, and things that wish they were.
0:50.9	Science is someone who's herpo compatible herselfpatible herself, Kelly Weirschmidt.
0:55.2	Hey, everyone. Good to be back. Good to have you, Kelly. It's been a minute, but it's always great
1:00.9	when you're on the show. Life's been crazy. Sure has. Speaking of life being crazy for folks,
1:08.7	we're also joined by Gina's Vicki.
1:12.0	Hi. Thank you guys so much for having me.
1:14.4	We are delighted to have you here.
1:16.3	So Gina is a New Orleans-based biologist, naturalist, and wildlife photographer, aka the frog girl.
1:22.6	She studies reptile immunogenetics and leads the New Orleans Louisiana Frog Watch or Nola Frog Watch trips
1:29.8	and she encourages you to go outside. But not right now. Listen to the podcast first.
1:35.5	So Jenna, thanks for being here. Are you going to while listening? Oh yeah. That's true.
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