Ep. 81: Murder Hornets, Tasty Tentacles, and Politics
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4.9 • 9.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2020
⏱️ 27 minutes
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This week, Cal talks about murder hornets, octopi that taste through touch, wildlife crime, politics, and so much more.
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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 be |
| 0:15.0 | 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. |
| 0:24.0 | 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. |
| 0:52.9 | Murder Hornets. |
| 0:53.9 | They're huge and they're sting crazy. |
| 0:58.3 | It's kidding, but they are in Washington state. |
| 1:01.4 | The Asian giant hornet or more headline grabbing murder hornet is non-native and invasive |
| 1:09.2 | and a threat to the US's honey bees, which is where the murderous nickname comes from. |
| 1:15.3 | The hornets will destroy honey bee colonies, not your children. |
| 1:19.9 | I'm going to say that again for David Cromwell, they're after the bees, not your kids, |
| 1:25.6 | so quit writing it. |
| 1:26.8 | Oh, not the bees, not the bees! |
| 1:30.5 | Ah! |
| 1:33.5 | The Washington State Department of Agriculture has been actively hunting the hornets since |
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