Totally Pawsome Pod

Medical Nopes and The Runaway Camel of Bonner Springs

Dr. Sip explains what to do if your pet has a seizure, why animals can't have many human medications, and how Poison Control helps vets. Melissa gives a doctorate course in CYA and introduces everyone to the runaway camel of Bonner Springs, Kansas.This week, our thanks go out to…Sip’s real life!ASPCA App and Emergency Linehttps://www.aspca.org/news/what-expect-when-calling-aspca-animal-poison-control-centerBonner Springs Police Departmenthttps://www.livescience.com/wildest-animal-escapes-2021https://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-news/camel-causes-chaos-running-away-kansas-nativity-scene-rcna8061 *****Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/Melissa is a professional dog trainer in Southern Maine (melissamccuemcgrath.com). She can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePodEmail your story ideas, comments and more: TotallyPawsomePod@Gmail.com 

Sex Never Looked So Bad

Melissa gets on a soapbox about leashes, and Dr. Sip comes in hard with an animal who disintegrates after having *MULTIPLE* 14-hour sex sessions.  This week's resources: Soapboxes by Melissa,https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/2110223269https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/why-a-little-mammal-has-so-much-sex-that-it-disintegrateshttp://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/07/07/3262428.htm And the googled images of the deceased antechinus:(You've been warned: Caution, deceased animal)  https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/2110223269*****Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and when she's not training dogs or dog trainers, she can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.comFind them on Twitter: @PawsomePodEmail your story ideas, comments and more: TotallyPawsomePod@Gmail.com   

The Museum That Is Excited To See You

This week, Dr. Sip terrifies Melissa six ways to Sunday with spiders and hedgehogs, and Melissa brings up the hardest museum in the land. Resources for today's episode:"Don't rub hedgehogs all over you" NatureAVMA CDC.gov"You can just take this dong anywhere":https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/6-things-you-didnt-know-about-tapirs-nsfw/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-final-member-2014phallus.is/enhttps://animalogic.ca/blog/11-of-the-strangest-animal-genitals-on-the-planetVarmints on Tapir, extended cut….er, Patreon feed (or check out all their free episodes here!) *****Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and when she's not training dogs or dog trainers, she can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.comFind them on Twitter: @PawsomePodEmail your story ideas, comments and more: TotallyPawsomePod@Gmail.com

The Second Worst Thing Pablo Escobar Had Done

Season 2 is here with a bang - Pablo Escobar's theme park and zoo backfired spectacularly,  and we have a driving animal who is absolutely better than most Boston drivers. Alright, let's do this!  Resources for today: Invasive Hippos: The Truth about Animals by Lucy Cooke (book) https://www.businessinsider.com/how-colombia-can-get-rid-of-pablo-escobars-hippos-2021-6https://www.grunge.com/186303/how-pablo-escobars-former-hippos-are-ruining-colombia/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/colombia-cocaine-hippos-rewilding-experiment-news?loggedin=truehttps://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Geography/Land-area/Square-miles Driving goldfish : The authors of “From fish out of water to new insights on navigation mechanisms in animals” published in Behavioral Brain Science.( Shachar Givon, Matan Samina, Ohad Ben-Shahar, Ronen Segev) *****Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.comFind them on Twitter: @PawsomePodEmail your story ideas, comments and more: TotallyPawsomePod@Gmail.com 

Quoth the Raven, "Baltimore!"

Dr Sip's outside is coming inside, Melissa has company, so everyone is taking a break. Enjoy this  episode from BewilderBeasts - remastered for your listening pleasure. This is a remastered version of the second story in episode 20, "Quoth the Raven, Baltimore."  Resources for today's episode can be found here: https://bewilderbeastspod.podcastpage.io/episode/ep-20-quoth-the-raven-baltimore.