Welcome to AirNManky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Animals are incredible creatures.

From the inky depths of the ocean to the skies above, our world is filled with seemingly

infinite numbers of organisms that have evolved and adapted to live in a world that has not

always been kind to them.

From the peppered moths of the industrial revolution to today's North American beavers,

animals are being affected predominantly by one major fact.

Us.

Humans have changed the face of the planet through commercial fishing, deforestation, agriculture

and pollution.

And our actions have resulted in the extinction of a million different species.

But one woman saw another way, away for humanity and the animal kingdom to coexist,

and she spent 30 years proving it.

Her name was Simona Cossack, and she was born in Crack Out Poland in 1943.

Her father, her grandfather, and her great-grandfather were all painters, and she was kind of expected

to follow in their footsteps.

They couldn't imagine Simona growing up without a paintbrush in her hand at all times,

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