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Cal of the Wild

Ep. 423: Worms, Wind Farms, and the Parks Department

Cal of the Wild

MeatEater

Education, Sports, Wilderness

4.89.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

This week, Cal explains how wind farms harm earthworms, how beetles stay cool, why Floridians are opposing a new national park, and so much more.

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0:57.5

Here's Cal.

1:00.0

Regular listeners know that right now I'm up in Alaska on a bucket list hunt for grizzly

1:04.7

bear.

1:05.1

Very excited, but also apprehensive.

1:07.8

Not just because I hope the hunt goes well, but also because, as I've mentioned,

1:11.7

if you kill a bear that has been feeding on fish, especially scavenging dead fish, the meat

1:16.4

of that bear can be tough to take, smelling wise and tasting wise, just like those rotten

1:22.3

fish. Of course, I really want to find a bear that's been gorging itself on blueberries,

1:26.9

but that's not always possible.

1:29.2

And no matter how bad it tastes, you've got to eat that meat.

1:32.4

Often, people will use fishy bear meat and heavily spiced sausage or similar, but it can still be quite a slog.

1:39.7

Well, listener Dominic Simpson wrote in recently with a scorching hot tip for this problem.

1:45.2

Apparently there is a Filipino fruit called the Tabon Tabon, used in the traditional raw fish dish,

1:51.7

Kinnelaw, similar to Cevice. The Tabon-Tabon tenderizes and controls bacteria, but also

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