Animals Being Jerks*

Big Picture Science

Science, Technology

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

They’re cute and cuddly. But they can also be obnoxious. Science writer Mary Roach has numerous tales about how our animal friends don’t always bow to their human overlords and behave the way we’d want. The resulting encounters, such as when gulls disrupt the Vatican’s Easter mass, make for amusing stories. But others, such as wolves threatening farmers’ livestock, can be tragic. We hear what happens at the messy crossroads of human and wildlife encounters. Guest: Mary Roach – Author of bestselling nonfiction books, most recently “Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law.” *Originally aired September 13, 2021 Featuring music by Dewey Dellay and Jun Miyake You can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support! Big Picture Science is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Please contact [email protected] to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.0	We have a lot of squirrels in our backyard and they're pretty cute as far as rodents go but my
1:06.8	sympathy for rodents kind of declined sharply when one winter morning my car wouldn't start. So I open up the hood and what do I see
1:14.8	under there little bits of straw and grass and stuff like that something was getting
1:19.8	into the engine compartment I presume because it's cold at night, and living there.
1:24.0	I mean, maybe there were squirrels, maybe there were rats, I don't really know, but they had
1:28.8	chewed through some of the ignition wiring. I tell you, animals mean I love them but sometimes I want to
1:34.8	strangle them. This is Big Picture Science produced at the SETI Institute.
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1:48.5	How about a breaking and entering bear?
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