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Meteor Kids is back for season three.

We're going to give you the hard-hitting answers, kids, for why things are the way they are.

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In this episode, we're going to learn how influential we as humans can be on wildlife populations and habitats.

And we're going to accomplish this by learning about an incredible woman named Fannie Cook,

one of the most extraordinary, impactful, and bold conservationist to ever live.

And when you get to the end of this story, you'll realize I'm not exaggerating.

So grab a seat or hold on to something because this story is going to blow your mind.

Okay. It's a Friday afternoon, and I'm walking into the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.

I have an appointment with a man named Scott, who is the collections manager, to see some of the original work that literally shaped the conservation history of the state of Mississippi.

And she allowed a bigger, you know, a project from, you know, mid-night 1330s. Early 1940s, you

documenting plants and avenues throughout the state. Right. Right. She had a lot of people working for

for a property. As I follow Mr. Scott through the maze of museum hallways, my eyes are constantly being pulled to different sites.

A paleontology room on the right filled with prehistoric bones, murals of wildlife hanging on the walls,

until finally he opens a door on the right-hand side of the hallway and walks in.

We enter a small room that reminds me of the biology labs that I sat in during my years as a wildlife science student at Mississippi State.

On one of the work tables, they are laid out an assortment of collected and preserved plant and animal specimens.

So she did a lot of bird collecting.

Yeah, she got a green wing teal there.

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