Jennifer Ackerman (on owls)

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Comedy, Music, Tv & Film

4.6 • 69.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Jennifer Ackerman (What an Owl Knows, The Genius of Birds, The Bird Way) award-winning science writer, speaker, and the New York Times bestselling author. Jennifer joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why people like to work with large birds, how owls hunt, and how polarizing owls are across cultures. Jennifer and Dax talk about how owls have been a source of artistic inspiration, how not all owls are nocturnal, and what we can learn from the silent flight of owls for technological advances. Jennifer explains how some owl babies can mimic sounds to protect themselves, that some owls live in colonies, and the benefits of owls to farmers. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome to armchair expert, experts on expert. I'm miniature mouse and
0:07.3	Dack Shepard is not here today, unfortunately. He is here for the episode, don't worry, it's not a non- episode. He's just stuck in an airport. So we're doing this solo today. Today we have a really amazing guest. Her name is Jennifer
0:24.9	Ackerman. She's an award-winning science writer and speaker. And this
0:29.6	episode is about birds. It's really fascinating and interesting and intricate.
0:37.0	She has many books, The Genius of Birds, The Bird Way, Birds by the Shore,
0:41.6	and she has a new book out now,
0:43.4	what an owl knows, the new science of the world's most enigmatic birds.
0:47.8	It's a very, very, very cool topic.
0:50.2	We go deep, we get to listen to some sounds and play guessing games which is super fun and because
0:56.9	Dax is stuck we have a little fact-check takeover in the fact checks so get excited for our special guest.
1:05.0	Please enjoy Jennifer Ackerman.
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1:38.0	This is not for your benefit.
1:40.0	You might think that we have like set decorated for you.
1:45.0	That's a lovely painting though.
1:46.7	I'm obsessed with crows.
1:48.3	So Robbie had this made for me for Christmas.
1:50.8	And it's so beautiful.
1:51.6	Oh, it is really beautiful.
1:53.5	And what got you onto crows?
1:54.9	Six years ago I was writing at this desk
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