Leaf Me Alone

Today we're exploring the intelligence of Sperm Whales, we're going to see how they both communicate verbally and physically. They have several parts of the brain that are similar to the human brain but they have more and have had them so millions of years longer.  Watch the video mentioned in the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsDwFGz0Okg

I'm sure you've been the signs at climate change rallies or on the TV, 'There's No Planet B' but what if there is? Today I investigate if there is a Planet B that humans could go and live on if Earth's biosphere collapsed and was no longer habitable for humans.  Thank you to Science.com for the information for this episode.

Today, we're finding out if the megalodon is still out in our ocean? We follow the trail of the evolution of sharks from 450 million years ago. How the Megalodon lived, what they ate, and why they went extinct. Also, we looked at possible places where the Megalodon could be hiding today and how likely it could be that it's still out there.  Resources for this episode include:  National Geographic, Fossilera, Sciencing, Exemplore, Reference, Ocean.si, and Britannica.

In this episode I talk about the environmental policies of four political parties, that I think will be on most of the ballots. Those parties are Liberal, Labor, United Australia, and Greens. Here are links to the policies of the parties mentioned. Liberal: https://www.liberal.org.au/our-policies Labor: https://www.alp.org.au/policies/ United Australia: https://www.unitedaustraliaparty.org.au/national_policy/ Greens: https://greens.org.au/platform

Today we want to find out if dogs and other animals dream. Do you ever see your dog asleep and then all of a sudden they start kicking or even barking, I like to imagine my kelpie, Typo is chasing sheep in their dreams. Do only dogs dream, or do other animals dream too? Can their breed affect their dream? What are they dreaming about? Do they have nightmares?

Today we're exploring how our members of parliament voted on bills with environmental issues. I talk about illegal logging, a price on carbon, and other environmental protection. We also meet four parties I haven't spoken about previously, the Liberal Democrats, Nationals, Pauline Hanson's One Nation and the Federation Party. Here's the link to the website I used: https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/