Dr. Jenkins sits down with Jenna Palmisano, a Ph.D. Candidate studying parasites in snakes. Focusing on pentastomes, they discuss the species native to North America and how they are different from the exotic invasive pentastome found in Florida. The parasite is thought to have come into North America from exotic snakes that are spreading across Florida, but the parasite has been found much farther north than the snakes that may have brought them in. They discuss how human activities have likely facilitated the move north and ways to potentially deal with the issue. You are not going to miss this one, these parasites have the potential to impact snakes across North America.
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23 | Dr. Emily Taylor on Research, Service, and Women in Herpetology
22 | Indigo Snake and Diamondback Monitoring Season Update with Ben Stegenga
21 | Hunting Pythons in Florida with Donna Kalil
20 | Giant Tortoises with Rich Baxter
19 | Snakes of Africa with Dr. Bryan Maritz
18 | The Philosophical Hillbilly on the Disconnect Between Snakes and Nature
17 | Herpmapper with Mike Pingleton and Don Becker
16 | Pythons and Their Ability to Eat Large Prey with Dr. Daniel Natusch
15 | Serpent Handling with Julia Duin
14 | Melissa Amarello – Using Social Interactions of Snakes to Achieve Conservation
13 | Dr. Charles Peterson – Snakes of the Intermountain West
12 | Snakes and Their Prey
11 | Snake Wrangling for the Walking Dead
10 | The Intersection of Snakes and Fly Fishing
9 | International Wildlife Trade and Snake Skins
8 | Georgia to Texas Field Herping and YouTube
7 | Field Herping Ethics
6 | The Snakebite Foundation
5 | Bushmasters and Osa Conservation
4 | The Viper Specialist Group and the Status of the World’s Vipers
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