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Sara and Maria discuss pigeons as domesticated animals and as a feral menace.
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Stupid dove nests subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/stupiddovenests/?rdt=38535
Neanderthals eating pigeons: https://phys.org/news/2014-08-ancient-pigeon-bones-reveal-secrets.html
Pigeon intelligence: https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-asymmetric-brain/201907/the-surprising-neuroscience-pigeon-intelligence
Ancient Mesopotamian dovecotes: http://www.anthropology.uw.edu.pl/15/bne-15-02.pdf
Pigeons in ancient Rome and the Near East: https://www.asorblog.org/2017/11/28/not-just-birds-pigeons-roman-byzantine-near-east.html
Pigeon and thrush dung: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jpln.202300152
The last known population of wild rock doves: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222008926
Thailand Laugher and Arabian Trumpeter images: https://www.pigeontype.info/2018/08/31/thailand-laugher-pigeons/
Arabian trumpeter sound: https://youtu.be/bQif1fSBhe8
Stargard shakers: https://youtu.be/GxkxTyDk3s8
Homer’s reference to the silver doves of Messina: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Homer_-_Iliad,_translation_Pope,_1909.djvu/67
Parlor rollers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiQOb6dMN28
Tumbler pigeon: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sKzhk2zR340
Mike Tyson’s pigeon spending habits: https://www.essentiallysports.com/boxing-news-how-much-are-mike-tysons-pigeons-worth/
Pigeon pants (diapers): https://www.pigeonrescue.org/faqs-2/where-can-i-get-pigeon-pants/
Pigeon contraception: https://www.audubon.org/magazine/cities-are-testing-birth-control-solve-pigeon-problems
Weight of pigeon poop per bird per year: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4494298/
Pigeons as research model animals: https://academic.oup.com/socpro/article-abstract/55/1/72/1640224
Jiguet et al., 2019, Urban pigeons losing toes due to human activities: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320719306901
Pigeon crop milk, signalling pathways (oxytocin etc.) and also stats on pigeon meat consumption in China: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579123002043
Pigeon racing in Belgium, from 1818 to now (with doping!): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8880243/
Pigeon racing at the 1900 Olympics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_racing_at_the_1900_Summer_Olympics
Chinese government cracks down on gambling on pigeon racing: https://www.pigeonsfci.net/news-detail-661f3a242f2a3.html
Pigeon racers in the Mishnah: https://www.sefaria.org/English_Explanation_of_Mishnah_Rosh_Hashanah.1.8.2?lang=bi
The most expensive pigeons ever sold: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54953594
Fastest pigeon racing stats: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/63785-fastest-pigeon-race
Pigeons in warfare: https://bjmh.gold.ac.uk/article/download/808/930
Pigeons in the Franco-Prussian war: https://scholarworks.harding.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1115&context=tenor
Pigeons smuggling contraband into Brazilian prisons: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/01/pigeons-mobile-phones-brazil-prison
Project Pigeon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon
Cher Ami, the decorated war pigeon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher_Ami
Pigeons can detect breast cancer in medical images: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4651348/
Orthographic learning: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1607870113
Visual pattern recognition: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1989.tb00495.x
Painting style discrimination: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1901/jeab.1995.63-165
Pigeons prefer Bach to Stravinsky: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1985-00463-001
Pope’s dove of peace: https://newsfeed.time.com/2013/01/29/popes-dove-of-peace-attacked-by-seagull-of-irony/
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Music used in this episode: Nashville Vibes by Andy Warner https://tunetank.com/track/6477-nashville-vibes/
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Sara and Maria discuss goldfish as pets and as invasive species, goldfish abuse and goldfish intelligence.
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Articles used in this episode:
General goldfish domestication history: https://www.pnas.org/doi/suppl/10.1073/pnas.2005545117/suppl_file/pnas.2005545117.sapp.pdf
More general info, including US government distribution of goldfish: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/history-of-goldfish
Genetic basis of morphological diversity in domesticated goldfish: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982220305480
Feeding goldfish turmeric: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352513423002442
Pearl essence: https://cosmeticsandskin.com/cdc/pearl-essence.php
Meteor goldfish: https://registerforum.org/20522/opinion/a-moral-dilemma-of-breeding-and-meteor-goldfish/
Carrot the goldfish-koi hybrid: https://www.iflscience.com/giant-goldfish-hybrid-as-heavy-as-a-10-year-old-is-a-reminder-not-to-dump-your-pets-66317
Australian goldfish migration: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ginormous-goldfish-are-invading-australian-rivers-180960177/
Distance goldfish migrate in Australia: https://phys.org/news/2016-08-gold-evidence-spawning-migration-football-size.html
Goldfish spawning and parthenogenesis: https://www.agassizharrisonobserver.com/news/up-to-the-gills-in-goldfish-large-invasive-fish-a-problem-in-b-c-waters-expert-2014494
Samuel Pepy’s goldfish observations: https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2016/04/samuel-pepys-and-goldfish-by-karen.html
Napoleon’s goldfish: https://sainthelenaisland.info/goldfish.pdf
Rouhani’s goldfish statement: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-35861954
PT Barnum’s claims about introducing goldfish: https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/11/the-great-goldfish-invasion-how-an-exotic-carp-took-over-america/264420/
Goldfish fishery in Lake Erie: https://www.mlive.com/news/2016/04/great_lakes_goldfish.html
Judas fish technique in Hamilton Harbour (Ontario): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0380133023002460
Whole genome duplication in carp and goldfish: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-021-00933-9
Chordin gene and its role in fantail goldfish: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-24444-7
Goldfish gulping trend: https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/1939-year-goldfish-gulping
Goldfish scooping in Japan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfish_scooping
Swiss legislate keeping at least two goldfish: https://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/fishkeeping-news/swiss-legislation-to-affect-aquarium-hobby/
Parkinson’s disease modelled in goldfish: https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.6.12.1521741
Goldfish driving a terrestrial vehicle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOb--M5pi6Y
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Sara and Maria take one for the team and try camel milk.
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Music used in this episode: Nashville Vibes by Andy Warner https://tunetank.com/track/6477-nashville-vibes/
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Sara and Maria discuss dromedary and Bactrian camels, camel husbandry and the seedy word of camel competitions.
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Clarification: When we are talking about camels' knobby knees and pedestal, we are talking about camels lying down.
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Articles used in this show:
BBC Earth (with Sir David Attenborough), A camel’s love sac. April 25, 2024. Accessed January 15, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z7kpemfqlg
Brain, C. Report released as feral camel cull ends. ABC. November 20, 2013, accessed January 15, 2025. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2013-11-21/feral-camel-culling-report/5105884
Burger, P. A., Ciani, E. and Faye, B. 2019. “Old World camels in a modern world – a balancing act between conservation and genetic improvement.” Animal Geneticsˆ.50(6): 598-612 https://doi.org/10.1111/age.12858
Desert Farms https://desertfarms.com/
Dioli, M. 2018. How much, how often and in which form should salt (NaCl) be given to a camel?. The 5th Conference of the International Society of Camelid Research and Development (ISOCARD 2018), Laâyoune, Morocco 12th-15th November 2018
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maurizio-Dioli/publication/328927749_How_much_how_often_and_in_which_form_should_salt_NaCl_be_given_to_a_camel/links/5bed1d034585150b2bb7931f/How-much-how-often-and-in-which-form-should-salt-NaCl-be-given-to-a-camel.pdf
Firsker, R. Adventures in cooking with camel hump fat: a journey into the heart of humpness. May 22, 2018. Accessed via the Wayback Machine, January 14, 2025. https://web.archive.org/web/20201130181108/https://www.myrecipes.com/extracrispy/adventures-in-cooking-with-camel-hump-fat
Herodotus. The Histories. Translated and with an Introduction by Aubrey de Selincourt. Penguin, Middlesex UK. 1955. Accessed on January 15, 2025, from https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.90895/2015.90895.Herodotus-The-Histories_djvu.txt
Keller, J. 2023, January 26. “India rolls out mortar-toting camo camels for military parade.” Task and Purpose. Accessed January 14 2025. https://taskandpurpose.com/news/india-military-camels-camo-mortars/
Lazarus, S. Sunday, November 25, 2018. “Saudi entrepreneur and Amish farmers bring camel milk to US.” CNN.com. Accessed January 14, 2025 https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/25/health/camel-milk-in-the-us-intl/index.html
Lewis, J. “Robots of Arabia,” Wired. November 1, 2005, accessed January 14, 2025. https://www.wired.com/2005/11/camel/
Gongora, J and Alamri, M. October 25, 2018. “Inside the world of million-dollar beauty pageants — for camels.” The Conversation. Accessed January 25, 2025. https://theconversation.com/inside-the-world-of-million-dollar-beauty-pageants-for-camels-98759
“Queens of the desert: Saudi camel beauty pageant hit by cheating.” RFI. October 12, 2021, accessed January 15, 2025. https://www.rfi.fr/en/queens-of-the-desert-saudi-camel-beauty-pageant-hit-by-cheating
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Music used in this episode: Nashville Vibes by Andy Warner https://tunetank.com/track/6477-nashville-vibes/
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Sara and Maria discuss guinea pig history as a meat animal, a pet and much more. Sara unleashes her inner guinea pig.
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Articles used in this episode:
American Cavy Breeders' Association, accessed January 5, 2024 https://www.acbaonline.com/
Canadian Press. "Frozen guinea pig meat in Montreal court. Carcasses from Peru seized in 2009 a 'mistake': importer." March 7, 2011. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/frozen-guinea-pig-meat-in-montreal-court-1.1093335
hoakley. "Paintings of guinea pigs and goldfish." The Electric Light Company: Macs, Painting, and More. January 22, 2022. https://eclecticlight.co/2022/01/22/paintings-of-guinea-pigs-and-goldfish/
Lewejohann, Lars, et al. "Wild genius-domestic fool? Spatial learning abilities of wild and domestic guinea pigs." Frontiers in Zoology 7 (2010): 1-8.
Lord, Edana, et al. "Ancient DNA of guinea pigs (Cavia spp.) indicates a probable new center of domestication and pathways of global distribution." Scientific reports 10.1 (2020): 8901.
Valdez, Lidio M., and J. Ernesto Valdez. "Reconsidering the archaeological rarity of guinea pig bones in the Central Andes." Current Anthropology 38.5 (1997): 896-897.
Valdez, Lidio M. "Inka sacrificial guinea pigs from Tambo Viejo, Peru." International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 29.4 (2019): 595-601.
Woods, Jason. "Tiny guinea pigs give a big boost," WorldArk Magazine Spring (2017). Available from https://web.archive.org/web/20170418003620/https://www.heifer.org/join-the-conversation/magazine/2017/spring/tiny-guinea-pigs-give-big-boost.html
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Intro and outro music: Nashville Vibes by Andy Warner https://tunetank.com/track/6477-nashville-vibes/
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This episode is an introduction to the subject of domestication. Sara and Maria discuss important definitions and talk about early domestication, pathways of domestication, domestication syndrome and much more.
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Articles used in the creation of this episode:
Ferreira, Vitor Hugo Bessa, et al. "Are domesticated animals dumber than their wild relatives? A comprehensive review on the domestication effects on animal cognitive performance." Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2023): 105407.
Gleeson, Ben Thomas, and Laura AB Wilson. "Shared reproductive disruption, not neural crest or tameness, explains the domestication syndrome." Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290.1995 (2023): 20222464.
Wilkins, Adam S., Richard W. Wrangham, and W. Tecumseh Fitch. "The “domestication syndrome” in mammals: a unified explanation based on neural crest cell behavior and genetics." Genetics 197.3 (2014): 795-808.
Zeder, Melinda A. "Pathways to animal domestication." Biodiversity in agriculture: domestication, evolution, and sustainability 10 (2012): 227-259.
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Intro and outro music: Nashville Vibes by Andy Warner https://tunetank.com/track/6477-nashville-vibes/
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Sara and Maria introduce Wild No More, their upcoming podcast about animal domestication.
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