Ep. 259: The Squirrel Doctor Is In

The MeatEater Podcast

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness

4.9 • 37.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2021

⏱️ 131 minutes

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Summary

Steven Rinella talks with Dr. John Koprowski, Spencer Neuharth, Clay Newcomb, and Janis Putelis.

Topics discussed: Having a Phd in all things squirrels; what a squirrel has for a penis; when squirrel semen hardens into a waxy plug to prevent other squirrels from breeding; 45 male squirrels chase a single female for six hours; what the hell is a drey?; settling the score on testicle biting; how color phasing works; hitting the ground from 70 feet and shaking off the daze; freakish ways to die; how squirrel incisors never stop growing; eating your own young; being anal about managing your mushrooms; barking at anthing and everything, but especially each other; the stick trick; and more.

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0:00.0	This is the meat eater podcast coming at you shirtless severely bugged bitten in my case
0:14.8	underwear list.
0:15.8	You can't predict anything.
0:20.4	Presented by ONX Hunt creators of the most comprehensive digital mapping system for
0:25.1	hunters download the hunt app from the iTunes or Google Play store nor you stand with ONX.
0:32.1	Alright everybody this is the most special podcast episode we've ever had.
0:40.0	That's because we're joined by John Ladd is your middle name right?
0:44.7	Correct.
0:45.7	John Ladd Caprowski?
0:46.7	Caprowski you got it.
0:48.7	Who has a genuine PhD in squirrels?
0:52.8	Of course specifically what would you say?
0:56.1	A wildlife conservation biologist but I happen to work on squirrels.
1:00.7	I appreciate the finer aspects of life.
1:04.1	The smaller, less obvious things.
1:07.1	I got asked you this right off the bat though.
1:09.4	Before we get into Clay Newcombe has a squirrel back in the packer bone which we'll get
1:15.4	in a minute.
1:16.4	Did you know when you were a little boy and people said when your friends were like I'm
1:23.5	going to be a fireman.
1:24.5	You're like I'm going to be a squirrel expert.
1:27.9	First it was center fielder for the Cleveland Indians and while that seems outlandish the
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