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MeatEater Conservation

Ep. 50: Good News, Corrections, and Mountain Goat Volunteers Needed in ONP

MeatEater Conservation

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness, Education

4.99.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

This week, Cal talks about the amazing world of dragonflies, excise taxes, more land, Congress at work, and spring.

 

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0:00.0

Hey folks, this is Brent Rees with me, the Ethers new podcast of this country live.

0:05.0

You ever wondered how to pick out a good dog, bowl up a mess of crawfish or catch cat fish

0:09.3

on a trot line?

0:10.3

Well, on this country life, I'm inviting you into my home, where in each episode I'll

0:14.8

be telling you the story of a good hunt, close call, a hard time, a good time, whatever.

0:20.0

And then we'll talk on some good country skills I think you ought to know.

0:24.1

Listen to this country life in the Bear Greece feed on the I Heart Radio F or wherever you

0:29.3

get your podcasts.

0:36.3

From Meadie Ders, World News Headquarters in Boseman, Montana, this is Cal's We Can Review

0:47.5

with Ryan, Cal Calan.

0:49.9

Now here's Cal.

0:52.2

If you've ever felt a little down and out, a little unattractive and unwanted maybe,

0:57.8

listen rough patches in your love life, this may cheer you up.

1:02.8

A study published in the journal Ecological Society of America written by Dr. Califa and

1:08.6

brought to my attention by that Mule, Kuz or cows, an analogue Jackrabbit-loven biologist

1:15.3

Jim Heffelfinger documents the act of faking death in order to avoid male coercion.

1:22.0

This is described as, and this is a direct quote, extreme sexual conflict resolution.

1:28.8

Specifically, this study observed, Morland Hocker or Sedge-Darner Dragonflies and was kicked

1:35.0

off by the initial sighting of a female dragonfly being chased by a male when suddenly the

1:40.5

female's wings quit beating and she crashed violently to the ground.

1:44.8

The male departed after only a short look at what appeared to be the deceased female.

1:51.1

Now this observation had been made previously, but apparently it had not been linked to a

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