Question: Have you ever gone hiking and got a tick?
Janet Rachlow (https://go.uidaho.edu/43lwo7B) is a professor of wildlife ecology in the College of Natural Resources (https://go.uidaho.edu/3QOqHr7) at University of Idaho. She has studied mammals both large and small, and in this episode, she discusses two on opposite ends of the size spectrum.
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Music
“Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (go.uidaho.edu/3U3MNHs) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (go.uidaho.edu/3Q6LeY5).
“Good Vibes Everywhere” (uidaho.edu/4h50RKs ) by Darwin Music, via Amphibious Zoo.
Chapters
(00:00) Introduction
(3:30) Getting to know Janet
(4:00) Pygmy rabbit survival techniques
(14:46) Moose's tick troubles
(25:10) Implications for conservation
(26:48) Conclusion
