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MeatEater Conservation

Ep. 11: Firehawks, Ancient Worms, and Old Yeller

MeatEater Conservation

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness, Education

4.99.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

This week, Cal talks about the oldest animal on earth, giant clams and lots of other fun facts from the conservation world.

 

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0:00.0

If you got kids like me, you know summer break is coming up. School's almost out.

0:07.0

It's time for that perennial question. How do you keep your kids occupied off the couch

0:12.0

when you're busy on long summer days? You sick of yelling at them, get out of the house and go,

0:18.6

oh, sorry! Well, how do you do that? Look no further. We've got a book that will provide the answer

0:25.1

to that very question and it'll provide you a lot more. My new title, Catch a crayfish count the stars.

0:32.4

Chock full of fun activities and adventures that will help build serious outdoor kids. We're talking

0:38.7

knowledgeable, tough, competent kids with a little bit of a raw edge to them. You want to build up a good

0:47.3

hunting buddy, a good fishing buddy out of your kid? Well, start him young by teaching them how to

0:53.0

build a wildlife viewing blind. How to gig a bullfrog. How to navigate through the wilderness using

0:58.9

a variety of orientating skills. They'll also learn how to climb trees, build emergency shelters,

1:04.6

hunt for fossils, gut fish, track critters, and much more. It's me, Eater's first book for kids.

1:11.6

And one, I've been wanting to write my whole career. I was just waiting until I had kids long

1:15.3

enough to give me some expertise on the subject. And now that my oldest is 13, I've been at this

1:20.8

a long time. We've got projects and activities for the whole family to do together. And for kids to

1:26.6

try out on their own, go to the meatater.com to pre-order your copy of the book today. It's for kids

1:34.4

eight and up. Catch a crayfish. Count the stars. Raise some serious outdoor kids with some

1:40.4

serious know-how. Get the book now.

1:53.7

From Eater's World News Headquarters in Boseman, Montana, this is Cal's We Can Review with Ryan

2:00.1

Cal Kelly. Now here's Cal. Fire Hawk. A great and dare I say bad ass name. And not just for the

2:10.3

Seika having a bad ass name. Like in that cheesy, awesome racing comedy Ricky Bobby. In this case,

2:17.7

the name Fire Hawk is very factual and very old. Australia's aborigines have known several bird

2:24.8

species, including the black kite, whistling kite, and brown falcon as fire hawks for some 40,000

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