Hello everyone and welcome to talk nerdy. Today is Monday, December 6th 2021 and I'm

the host of the show, Kara Santa Maria and this week we are going to dive in with Dr. Sarah Olson from the Wildlife Conservation Society,

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All right, so let's talk about what is going on this week.

So as I mentioned, I have the opportunity to sit down with Dr Sarah Olson. She is actually the

director of the Wildlife Conservation Society Health Program and she

specifically focuses well on a lot of things but specifically on

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