Show Notes

In this episode, we talk all about predators of North America! What’s the best way to manage predators in a world where humans encroach more and more into their territory? What’s the best way to deter them? Petros Chrysafis joins me to talk about this fascinating topic!

• (0:00:30 ) Central Valley and living in California. 


• (0:01:38 ) Wildlife in California and North American animals.


• (0:02:52 ) Marine Biology and Zoology: The journey to a career.


• (0:05:50 ) Social vs solitary predators.


• (0:07:02 ) Lynx and bears.


• (0:08:22 ) Grizzlies and Elk: California's wetlands of the past.


• (0:10:09 ) Wild pigs in California: Feral pigs and wild boar.


• (0:12:35 ) Culling pigs in California: Pig tags and permits.


• (0:13:47 ) The pig problem: No specialized predators in North America.


• (0:15:03 ) Eating wild boar and pigs.


• (0:17:02 ) Why work as an independent Predator Specialist?


• (0:19:30 ) Working with ranches: Trust and science.


• (0:21:41 ) Guardian dogs: Costly but effective.


• (0:22:38 ) Emus, llamas and alpacas: A good canine deterrent.


• (0:24:00 ) Livestock predation: Factors and methods.


• (0:25:12 ) How the process works.


• (0:28:40 ) Coyotes: Should homeowners be worried? And what to do.


• (0:30:49 ) Electric deterrents: Almost foolproof.


• (0:32:59 ) Our fear of predators and how to manage it. 


• (0:35:47 ) Wanting our woods to be wild.


• (0:38:15 ) Our selective memory.


• (0:39:56 ) Brown and Black bears vs Grizzly and Polar bears.


• (0:42:19 ) DnD and role playing games.


• (0:43:49 ) The many avenues of DnD: School programs and prisons.


• (0:45:43 ) DnD: A wide spectrum of gaming and imagination


• (0:47:20 ) DnD: Dealing with death and expanding the creative process.

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