Wild but Delicate: What Hawks Can Teach Us About Nature, Life, and Love

Inquiring Minds

Science, Society & Culture, Neuroscience, Female Host, Interview, Social Sciences, Critical Thinking

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🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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On the show this week we’re joined by naturalist, author, and returning guest Sy Montgomery. Throughout her career, Montgomery has repeatedly shown an incredible ability to understand, befriend, and interact with animals. We last heard from her in episode #128 where she talked about her 2016 book The Soul of an Octopus, but she’s written about everything from tigers to snakes to hummingbirds. In this episode we explore her latest book, where she covers her perhaps most challenging animal yet, The Hawk’s Way: Encounters with Fierce Beauty.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds

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0:00.0	You and Betty and the Nancy's and Bill's and Joes and Jane's will find in the study of science
0:06.4	a richer, more rewarding life.
0:10.7	Welcome to Inquiring Minds. I'm Indravis Gontas.
0:14.2	This is a podcast that explores the space where science and society collide.
0:18.2	We want to find out what's true, what's left to discover, and why it matters.
0:22.6	There is more than what we see.
0:30.6	We are now on episode 381 of Inquiring Minds.
0:35.6	And back in episode 128, I had the pleasure of interviewing
0:40.5	Simon Gummery. She's a naturalist and author, and I like to think of her as kind of a modern-day
0:47.3	James Harriet, someone who just has a way with animals, who's able to understand them deeply,
0:54.0	and interact with them,
0:56.4	befriend them. Back then, I talked to her about her book, The Soul of an Octopus, which really
1:02.3	helped me understand what this very strange nervous system of a cephalopod might have to do
1:08.0	with the human brain and might help us understand our own nervous system.
1:12.3	What struck me during that conversation is just how much she loves animals.
1:16.9	And while she might be best known for her work with octopuses, she's written 33 other books
1:22.5	about creatures as diverse as tigers, tapirs, hyenas, snakes, dolphins, hummingbirds, and many, many more.
1:32.5	But in each of these books, it's clear that she's able to establish a kind of mutual love or at least respect with the creatures with which she interacts.
1:43.1	But her new book, which describes her
1:45.5	relationships with Hawks, is a little different.
1:53.1	Simon Gummery, welcome back to inquiring minds. I'm thrilled to be here. Thank you for having me.
1:59.9	You know, I, Soul of an Octopus is one of my favorite
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