Ep. 838: How To Translate Animal Language
The MeatEater Podcast
MeatEater
4.9 • 37.9K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 147 minutes
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Summary
Steven Rinella talks with naturalist, writer, and sculptor George Bumann, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylore, and Corinne Schneider.
Topics discussed: George's book, Eavesdropping On Animals; Animal vocalizations; subscribe to the new Bear Grease YouTube channel; laws on game retrieval; just how pungent skunk odor really is; stay tuned for MeatEater TV's new "12 in 26" hunt series, starting with Jani's Manitoba bear episode; how absurd it is that guys called better than turkeys themselves; what various raven calls mean; how the birds gossip about everything; wolf howling and squirrel chirping translations; all the animals are talking about and know you; silence as the most important alarm that exists; The 2026 Yellowstone Summit; and more.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.4 | Welcome to Meat Eaters 12 and 26 presented by Moultry Mobile and OnX Maps. |
| 0:10.3 | 12 of Meat Eaters' biggest and baddest hunts from the last year released throughout |
| 0:15.0 | 2026. These are long-form episodes so you get more of what you love. |
| 0:20.1 | The first one up is my baited bear hunt in Manitoba. |
| 0:23.4 | If you've ever wondered what a baited bear hunt is like, you'll love this episode. |
| 0:28.2 | My favorite part was watching a younger bear spend an hour trying to figure out how to get a creatively hung beaver carcass down from a tree. |
| 0:36.5 | Check it out now on Meat Eaters' YouTube channel |
| 0:38.9 | and be on the lookout for more 12 and 26 in the coming months. |
| 0:51.8 | This is the Meat Eater podcast coming at you, shirtless, severely bug-bitten, and in my case, underwearless. |
| 0:59.0 | We hunt the meat eater podcast. |
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| 1:26.4 | Today we're joined by, uh, what I say, joined? |
| 1:30.6 | Joined by George Buman, who's a sculptor of bronze artist. |
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