Wolves, water, and global weirding

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Society & Culture, Documentary, Natural Sciences, Nature, Science

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🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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What do wolves, waste-water treatment plants, and the Gulf Stream have in common? This episode, that’s what! It’s that wonderful time when we comb through all your wonderful questions and call up some scientists to help us answer them. Some of the more unlikely things that get brought up include dinosaur pee, abandoned shopping carts, and wolves preying on cheese curds. Here’s what’s on the docket: Why is dog saliva slimier than human saliva? Why do wolves get relocated in the middle of winter? What if the Gulf Stream “shut down?” How do wastewater treatment plants work? Featuring Eric Odell, Alice Ren, and Sri Vedachalam. SUPPORT Outside/In is made possible with listener support. Click here to become a sustaining member of Outside/In. Follow Outside/In on Instagram or join our private discussion group on Facebook. CREDITS Host: Nate Hegyi Reported, produced, and mixed by Taylor Quimby, Justine Paradis, and Felix Poon Editing by Taylor Quimby. Executive producer: Taylor Quimby Rebecca Lavoie is NHPR’s Director of On-Demand Audio Music by Blue Dot Sessions, Baegul, Hatamitsunami, and King Sis. Our theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Outside/In is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio Submit a question to the “Outside/Inbox.” We answer queries about the natural world, climate change, sustainability, and human evolution. You can send a voice memo to outsidein@nhpr.org or leave a message on our hotline, 1-844-GO-OTTER (844-466-8837). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So, Nate, important question.
0:02.0	Yes. Do you let your dogs lick your face?
0:05.0	No.
0:06.0	Never?
0:07.0	I have an aversion to dog saliva.
0:09.0	You have three dogs and they do not like your face?
0:12.0	I don't know if Christine's going to
0:13.8	hate me for this but she will let ghillie one of our dogs lick her feet. You know
0:19.6	like what's what do they call it? It's a misophonia when you hear a certain sound.
0:24.0	Oh yeah. It creates a rage inside you that you don't understand.
0:28.0	The sound of a dog licking Christine's feet is one of those sounds that I'm just like stop it.
0:34.4	Why is she licking her feet like they sweaty? Is it the salt? I don't know.
0:40.8	Is she like rub peanut butter on her toes?
0:43.0	No.
0:45.0	So I absolutely let my dog like slob her all over my face. It would be very difficult not to.
0:56.2	She's it's like what she wants to do all the time. But I have this funny thing that'll happen where it's like if I'm on a walk and she you know
1:04.5	smells a big pile of mushy dog poo or like torques down some like moldy old
1:10.2	piece of bread we find on the boardwalk I'll get so disgusted and I won't let her
1:14.4	kiss me for like a few hours.
1:17.0	Well, yeah, at the very least, if she's like going to town on some other dogs poop,
1:21.6	you need to stay away.
1:23.4	Yeah, but then like, you know, give it a few hours or like the next morning and it's like,
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