Hi, I'm Marshall.

And I'm Lindsay.

And this is the Tumble Podcast, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.

This week we have a story about one scientist's quest to solve a mystery that could help save

a tiny endangered animal.

One you probably haven't heard of.

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I talked to Dr. Haley Gillespie who's a good friend of ours.

Yeah, I'm Haley Gillespie and I am an ecologist so I study the interactions between organisms

and their environment and organisms and other organisms.

When I was a kid, I loved animals.

Everyone loves animals, right?

But Haley wasn't just interested in your average dog cat or polar bear.

When she was a kid on vacation, a more unusual animal caught her eye.

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