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Earth Rangers

S9 E10: Pitstops and Layovers 🦋💤

Earth Rangers

GZM Shows

Education, Nature, Earth Sciences, Science

4.22.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Earth Rangers, a science podcast for kids who love animals and nature, Earth Ranger Emma takes a well-earned break in a marshy wetland in southern Louisiana – and she’s not alone!  This peaceful pitstop is actually a “stopover site,” where migrating animals like monarch butterflies, red knots and ruby-throated hummingbirds rest and refuel on their epic journeys across the globe. From butterflies with paper-thin wings flying thousands of kilometres to tiny hummingbirds that flap their wings 80 times a second (!!!), Emma uncovers just how important these marshy motels are for animals on the move.  If you’re a kid who loves learning science and animal facts, you’ll love Earth Rangers! Visit EarthRangers.com to learn more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hey there, Earth Rangers. Oh, it's a warm, beautiful day where I am. It's a

0:38.3

dab in the middle of a misty marshland in southern Louisiana.

0:42.3

I'm right where I love to be, ankle deep in mud, with the sun peeking at me through the clouds.

0:49.3

Oh, smelling the grass in the air and feeling a slight warm rain on my face.

0:55.3

Leisure's the best.

0:57.3

You might remember we just wrapped up a fig-filled adventure in Turkey,

1:02.1

where we learned how fig trees and tiny wasps have one of the coolest relationships in nature.

1:07.5

And now I'm on my way to Mexico, where I'll be following some very familiar

1:12.8

feathered friends, Canadian geese, as they migrate back home. But I found myself here in a Louisiana

1:19.7

swamp because I needed a little break, Earth Rangers. I'm doing a pause, or what some travelers might

1:26.8

call a layover.

1:28.7

But not the airport kind where you have to sit in an uncomfortable chair and eat stale sandwiches.

1:34.6

And nope, this is the nature kind of layover.

1:39.1

And you might be wondering, do animals do layovers too?

1:43.6

Well, guess what, Earth Rangers?

1:46.0

They totally do.

1:48.0

This marsh is more than just a pretty pit stop.

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