Hello everyone. Welcome back to relax with animal facts. I am Steph Wolf and today is the start of an amazing

interview series where we all get to learn from different experts all around the world about

animals and their experiences with them. I could not think of anyone better to have as a guest

to start off the series. And before we get into the interview, I just wanted to mention some important things.

This, of course, is not the standard format of the show that many of you are used to in these past 60-something odd episodes.

So this episode and future interview episodes may not be as well suited to falling asleep as you guys have gotten used to.

Just know that the regular episodes of the show will still be released every Monday.

And just a disclaimer before we go into the interview.

Many of you long-term listeners already know this, that I tend to talk quickly or fast

when I get excited about something.

You can actually notice this in many of the primate episodes on the show.

And what's more exciting than sitting down with

someone you have so much to learn from? So in future episodes, I will try to do my best to modulate

my excitement and maybe hang up an LED sign that says, speak slower. Regardless, I hope you all enjoy. Let's get to the

interview. Hi, everyone. I'm here with Yaron Schmidt, a full-time veterinarian and award-winning

wildlife photographer. His photos have been featured by National Geographic and

recognized in various contests. He's captured some of the coolest photos I've seen personally

of many of the animals which we have talked about in the podcast already. Welcome, your own.

How's it going? Hi. Great to have you. Thank you. Thanks for. Thanks. I'm so happy that you made time to come on the show because I really want to get to

know your story a bit better because I think there's so much that we can learn from it.

Thank you. So you grew up in Jerusalem before coming to the States, right?

Right.

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