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Cal of the Wild

Ep. 386: Red Snapper, Neanderthal Finger Paint, and Cal's Buns

Cal of the Wild

MeatEater

Education, Sports, Wilderness

4.89.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

This week, Cal covers a fishing controversy in Maryland, criminal duck hunters, Neanderthal art projects, and getting hit on at the grocery store.

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:04.3

Some of the best lessons don't come from a classroom.

0:07.5

They come from a tree stand at First Light, a backstrap dinner after a long packout, or quiet

0:12.8

miles shared in the woods.

0:14.6

This Father's Day, First Light is tipping their cap to the men who passed it all down.

0:19.4

If your old man loves to ha hunt or just spends his time where

0:22.3

there's no cell service, First Lights got the gear built for it, durable, technical, and trusted by

0:28.5

folks who live outside. From now until Father's Day, spend $150 and they'll throw in a free pair

0:35.7

of Guidelight shorts, one of their most versatile pieces.

0:39.3

Go to firstlight.com to check it out now. That's f-I-R-S-T-L-I-T-E.com for a free pair of guide-lite shorts with every order over $150.

0:50.8

To the dads, granddads, and mentors, we're grateful for everything you've taught us.

1:05.9

From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana, This is Cowell's Week in Review with Ryan Cal-Aye.

1:14.7

Here's Cal.

1:17.0

After much fanfare, the scientists who created what they called dire wolves now appear

1:22.2

to be walking back their claims.

1:25.1

Colossal biosciences launched a media campaign in April claiming that the company

1:29.3

had successfully de-extincted three dire wolves, but other scientists, including our pal Jim

1:35.0

Heffelfinger, disagreed. They pointed out that the three puppies dubbed Romulus, Remus, and

1:40.2

Calisi, aren't real dire wolves, genetically speaking.

1:49.1

Now, Colossal's chief scientist, Beth Shapiro, appears to be howling from the same songbook. She said in a late May interview with the new scientist, quote,

1:53.9

it's not possible to bring something back that is identical to a species that used to be alive.

1:59.7

Our animals are gray wolves with 20 edits that are

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