Conserving Crocs with Dr. Marisa Tellez

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

Science, Education, Earth Sciences, Natural Sciences, Science:natural Sciences

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2022

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Happy Croc Month! In this special episode, we talk croc conservation and geek out about crocs with special guest Dr. Marisa Tellez of the Crocodilian Research Coalition. We learn about what it’s like to study crocs in the wild, we discuss the importance of public education, and we hear some of Marisa’s amazing croc tales! Follow Marisa on Instagram and Twitter: @crocparasites13 CRC Info:Webpage: www.crocodileresearchcoalition.orgFacebook and Pinterest: Crocodile Research CoalitionInstagram: @crocodileresearchcoalitionTwitter: @CrocResCoalTikTok: crc_crocresearchcoal Check out more Croc Month activities on our social media, Discord, and Patreon (links below)! Check out our blog for more info about us and our episodes:http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/ Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Or make a one-time donation via PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/4c68u4hp Find merch at the Common Descent Store! http://zazzle.com/common_descent Follow, Join, and Support us on: Discord: https://discord.gg/CwPBxdh9EvTwitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPCFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcastInstagram: @commondescentpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduwPodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2 You can email us at commondescentpodcast(at)gmail.comOr send us physical mail at:The Common Descent Podcast1735 W State of Franklin Rd. Ste 5 #165Johnson City, TN 37604 The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Common Descent Podcast.
0:18.8	Hello, Will. Hello, David.
0:21.5	Hello, Marissa.
0:22.1	Hi there.
0:27.6	And hello, listeners, and welcome to a special episode of the Common Descent podcast.
0:28.9	It's Croc Month.
0:34.1	All throughout the month of June, we are celebrating all things Crocadillions.
0:40.5	And this is a special episode where we are talking about Croc Conservation with our special guest Croc Specialist Dr. Marissa Tejas. Thanks so much for being here.
0:45.8	Thank you so much for inviting me. I'm so excited to talk croc. Agreed. We are very,
0:51.4	Will is very excited. Yes. Yes. Now before we get into the details of the science and the animals and the conservation, if you would please introduce yourself for our listeners.
1:02.4	My name is Dr. Marissa Tejas and I am the co-founder as well as the executive director of the Crocodile Research Coalition. We are a non-profit, a wildlife and
1:12.7	scientific nonprofit based in Southern Belize. And our focus is crocodiles. But we take a more
1:20.3	holistic approach when it comes to conservation. So not only do we focus on crocodiles, we do just
1:26.0	focus on anything else that is in crocodilian habitat.
1:30.1	Because as we know, everything has a connection to each other.
1:33.7	So we study manatee, jaguars, snakes, stingrays, you name it.
1:38.2	If it's in crocodileing habitat, we want to know about it.
1:41.0	But of course, our focus are the crocodiles.
1:46.6	That's so awesome. I didn't know all the rest of that. That's awesome. It sounds like a really cool organization. And what a
1:54.0	one. So you are actually coming to us right now from Belize. Yes. I am in Belize right now.
1:59.8	I'm in Southern Belize. So the Placencia Peninsula. Also, we have the lovely Placencia Lagoon. So we are on the coast in Southern Belize. So it's great because it does feel like a little bit of an island. And given the situation where we're at, we have both species of crocodilians here in Belize just around the Placentia Lagoon. So it's
2:20.2	great. I get to study both species as well as the hybrids. So which species are those? So our species
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