Make Space for Animals

Big Picture Science

Science, Technology

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Long before Yuri Gagarin became the first human to go into space, Laika, a stray dog, crossed the final frontier. Find out what other surprising species were drafted into the astronaut corps. They may be our best friends, but we still balk at giving other creatures moral standing. And why are humans so reluctant to accept the fact that we too are animals? Guests: Jo Wimpenny - Zoologist and writer. Author of “Aesop’s Animals” Taylor Maggiacomo - Associate Graphic Editor at National Geographic Society Alexander Stegmaier - Freelance Graphic Editor at National Geographic Melanie Challenger - An author who writes on nature, environment and human history. Her latest book: “How to be Animal: A New History of What it Means to be Human” Featuring music by Dewey Dellay and Jun Miyake. Big Picture Science is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Please contact [email protected] to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science. You can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.6	podcasts. Ah, the lovely trill of the lyre bird.
1:09.4	The name of this
1:15.0	animal, Australian Avian suggests an instrument, and indeed, the lyre is the shape of this animal's fan tail,
1:17.0	but this bird also loves to make music.
1:20.0	The lyre bird has not just a broad tale, but also a broad repertoire.
1:25.0	In a BBC Earth documentary, that includes imitating another Australian bird,
1:30.0	a cucabura. The lyrebird can mimic other visitors to its forest home. for example, the auto advanced shutter of a 35 millimeter
1:45.8	camera, a car alarm, the chainsaws of lumberjacks working nearby.
1:54.4	We know that animals have extraordinary abilities and that our lives have intruded upon theirs, sometimes
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