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Investigating Animal Deaths At The National Zoo

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Life Sciences, Wnyc, Science, Earth Sciences, Natural Sciences, Friday

4.55.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

When an animal dies at Washington, D.C.’s National Zoo, a pathologist gathers clues about its health and death from a necropsy.

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0:00.0

What happens when an animal at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. dies?

0:08.0

For me, this is a great opportunity to just dig in. It's the last chance we have to get the most information out of these

0:15.3

animals about their health status so that we can improve what we're doing but also

0:20.0

affect animals for conservation purposes. It's Thursday, April 11th, and you're listening to Science Friday.

0:26.0

I'm Cyfry producer Rasha Irriti.

0:30.0

When a critter meets its end at the National Zoo,

0:32.0

it gets an animal autopsy where one of the zoo's veterinary

0:35.7

pathologists will take a very close look at it.

0:39.4

They'll poke and prod and search for clues about the animals health.

0:44.0

What they do, or don't find, can be used to improve the care of living animals,

0:49.0

both in the zoo and in the wild.

0:51.0

Live from the George Washington University

0:53.8

in Washington, D.C.

0:55.0

Here's Ira Flato.

0:56.6

Here to take us on a CSI style investigation is

1:04.9

Cali Holder, Veterinary Pathologist

1:08.1

at Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology

1:11.5

Institute here in D.C. Welcome to Science Friday.

1:15.0

Thank you, Ira.

1:17.0

It's great to be here.

1:20.0

Our theme today is National Treasures. Why are dead animals a national treasure?

1:28.0

Besides being animals, which are awesome. I love the mystery, the puzzle of dead animals. I also do biopsies so I

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