In this episode, Devon sits down with Carnivore Ecologist Dr Mariela Gantchoff to talk about
- What defines carnivores
- How their population sizes compare with those of their prey
- How carnivores impact their ecosystem and what would their ecosystems look like without their presence, specifically bears and cougars
- Basic biology, diet, and behavior
- Impacts on populations
- How there behavior in biology influence by humans
- Sources of conflict
- How people can be more tolerant so that the species can persist
- How we need to change our behavior
- How to recolonize do you species with human wildlife conflicts in mind
