Ep. 326: Cuddle the Scimitar

The MeatEater Podcast

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Sports, Wilderness

4.9 • 37.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2022

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

Steven Rinella talks with Lee Burton, Steve Fulton, Warren Bluntzer, Ryan Callaghan, Clay Newcomb, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.

Topics discussed: The Sahara in Texas at the Bamberger Ranch; rewilding; the time when Steve cuddled a scimitar calf; protective mommas; bison from the Bronx; how you use the horns; the high fecundity of scimitar horned oryx; artificial insemination of cheetahs; fake wooly mammoths; when the natural range of a species is in a failed state; less hump, more rump; the market for scimitar horned oryx supporting the conservation and perpetuation of the species; individual animal experiences vs. population level experiences; the lug nut litmus test; the goal of establishing stable heards back in the Sahara; when does Texas become Africa?; animal diseases; liability; dinosaur footprints and fossils; and more.

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0:36.5	Okay, we're going to step through a gate marked Sahara Desert.
0:43.2	So we're going to enter the Sahara Desert in Texas and it's 640 acres.
0:49.1	Well that pass is about a square mile.
0:52.6	No that pasture is part of the 640 acres.
0:56.3	It's probably about 150 acres.
0:59.2	And how many Cimitar Horned orcs are in there?
1:03.8	In that group there are 22 adult females and I want to say there's 11 newborn kids.
1:13.4	There's nothing special about that rooster when rooster.
1:16.6	The rooster.
1:17.6	The rooster.
1:18.6	The son of America is playing out over there.
1:19.6	I'm interested in rooster.
1:20.6	The rooster.
1:21.6	The rooster.
1:22.6	The rooster.
1:23.6	And the dog, the little one, is slightly to the right is a bunch of orcs.
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