Cervidology (DEER) Part 1 with Rhiannons Kirton & Jakopak

What IS a deer? And an elk? And a moose? And a Rhiannon? One thing they all have in common: cervidology. Buckle up for some spirited, laughy chatter with a duo of deer scientists. They dish all about Welsh mythology and their field trips into the remote, gorgeous wilderness. They’ll explain what to do if you find a fawn, if you should feed backyard deer, what deer population numbers are like, hunting, ungulates, being a first-generation scientist and more. This episode is a quick overview and then the real fireworks are next week: in Part 2 we answer some questions with BANANAS facts that will stay burned in your brain until the end of time. Trust me.  Rhiannon Kirton: https://twitter.com/rhiannon_kirton https://www.instagram.com/rhi_kirton/ https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/rhiannon-kirton/ Rhiannon Jakopak: https://twitter.com/rhiacoon https://www.instagram.com/rhiacoon/ jakopakresearch.wordpress.com September 14-19: Black Mammologists Week  https://blackmammalogists.com/ September 20: Free Atlatl Making Workshop by Angelo Robledo: 9/20, 10am-1pm Pacific Time  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqLMRT1PPLslrJyG5srbokkWrof3XFujIDEC2RzzrRaQ4LJA/viewform   A donation went to: The American Society of Mammologists  Sponsored Membership Fund: https://asm.wildapricot.org/Donate   For more links: alieward.com/ologies/cervidology   Transcripts & bleeped episodes at: alieward.com/ologies-extras   Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies   OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes and uh...bikinis? Hi. Yes.    Follow twitter.com/ologies or instagram.com/ologies   Follow twitter.com/AlieWard or instagram.com/AlieWard   Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris   Theme song by Nick Thorburn Support the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.