Herpetology podcast – interviews and discussions about amphibians and reptiles with experts in the field.
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A talk show that focuses on the keeping, breeding and current events of the world of morelia and other pythons of the world
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Hey folks, as always, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. This is just a little episode marking the beginning of a show hiatus. When I was a kid, the auto plant in my town would occasionally shut down for a few months, for “re-tooling” – something necessary when they switched from making sedans to making mini-vans, for example. That’s…
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode One Hundred! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. I can’t deny it, it feels pretty good to reach the one hundred show mark, four and a half years and one pandemic after I started this project. The experience has been all the things – interesting, challenging, frustrating, and…
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Nine! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. This show is dedicated to the memory of Gary Pinson. Gary lived over in the Missouri Ozarks and every October he and his family would come over to Snake Road in southern Illinois, which is where I first met him. It got to be a…
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Eight! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. After traveling for the better part of a month, it’s good to be back home and back in the podcast studio. As always, I am grateful to all the show’s patrons who help to keep the show moving forward. And if you’re out there li…
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Episode 97: Dr. Emily Taylor: Cali Snakes & Rattle Cams
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Seven! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. I just got back from a great herping trip to Suriname. You may remember my conversation with Dick and Lieke back in episode 79 and it was fun to go visit and see how they operate herp tours there, and the answer is they do ve…
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Episode 96: Origin Stories VIII with Dane, Lucas & Brady
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Six! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. It’s the last Sunday in April which means that this is the last episode in Season Four – we start Season Five on the first of May and I should have a show out around the middle of May, after I return from a trip to Suriname. An…
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Episode 95: Massasaugas with Dr. Mike Dreslik
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Five! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. SMP Patrons! I want to thank a couple of new Patreoners! – Derek Gillespie and Paul Duren, thank you both so much for supporting the show! Much appreciated! And as always, I am grateful to all the show’s patrons who help to ke…
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Episode 94: Herp Science Sunday: Dr. Alex Krohn & Dr. Harry Greene
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Four! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. SMP Patrons! I want to thank a couple of folks for their support – Clint Guadiana, for his contribution via Patreon, and Dave Weber, who made another one-time contribution via PayPal. Thank you Clint and Dave! And as always, I…
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Episode 93: Origin Stories VII with Justin, Greyson, and Kris
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Three! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there, and happy Ground Hog Day! SMP Patrons! I want to thank Justin Coburn for his contribution to the So Much Pingle podcast, via Patreon. Much appreciated, Justin, thank you so much. And as always, I am grateful to all the show’s…
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Two! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. I want to wish you all a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous New Year, and let there be peace for everyone in the days ahead. And as always, I am grateful to all the show’s patrons who help to keep the show moving forward…
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Episode 91: Hans Breuer: Funny Stuff that Happened to Me in the Woods
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety One! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. We’re rolling into December and like many people, I have a big block of family time coming up, so I am pushing to get this episode finished and out sooner, rather than later. I wish you all a wonderful holiday season, and peace…
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there.And as always, I am grateful to all the show’s patrons who help to keep the show moving forward. And if you’re out there listening and you would like to kick in a few bucks, it’s easy to do, you simply go to the So Much Pingle Patre…
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Episode 89: Hogtober with Noah Fields
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Eighty Nine! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there.SMP Patrons! I want to thank Shawn LaRochelle for his contribution to the So Much Pingle podcast, via Patreon. Much appreciated, Shawn, thank you so much. And as always, I am grateful to all the show’s patrons who help to keep …
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Episode 88: Invasive Tegus with Rachel Pikstein
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Eighty Eight! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there.And as always, I am grateful to all the show’s patrons who help to keep the show moving forward. And if you’re out there listening and you would like to kick in a few bucks, it’s easy to do, you simply go to the So Much Pingle…
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Episode 87: Herp Science Sunday with Dr. Alex Krohn
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Eighty Seven! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there.And as always, I am grateful to all the show’s patrons who help to keep the show moving forward. And if you’re out there listening and you would like to kick in a few bucks, it’s easy to do, you simply go to the So Much Pingle…
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Episode 86: The Mud-Box-Hog Extravaganza
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Eighty Six! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there.Before we get to today’s episode, I want to thank Gerry Salmon for his one-time donation to the So Much Pingle podcast. Much appreciated, Gerry, thank you so much. And as always, I am grateful to all the show’s patrons who help …
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Episode 85: Grass Snakes & Midwife Toads with Dr. Steven Allain
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Eighty Five! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. And for those of you experiencing extra-high temperatures, I hope you all are staying cool and hydrated.As always, I want to thank everyone who keeps the show rolling along. And if you’re out there listening and you would like…
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Episode 84: Tales of the Bushmaster
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Eighty Four! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there.It’s good to be back in the recording studio after a long absence, and I appreciate everyone’s patience while I was out having a good time. I spent several weeks in Thailand, on a herping trip that started in Bangkok and finish…
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Hello everyone and welcome to the show! Mike Pingleton here, and I am your host for these proceedings. And here we go with Episode Eighty Three, and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. It’s early June here at the So Much Pingle world headquarters, and my flower garden is starting to POP! It’s a great time if you’re into that sort of t…
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Episode 82: Bucket Cams, Rattlesnakes and more with Dr. Andrew Hoffman
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Hello everyone and welcome to the show! Mike Pingleton here, and I am your host for these proceedings. And here we go with Episode Eighty Two, and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. It’s a lovely Sunday morning in May and I can't wait to get out in it after I’m done putting this together.So Much Pingle Patrons! A big thank you to the…
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Episode 81: Gray-banded Kingsnakes with Gerold Merker
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Eighty One! And Season Four! And while we're at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there.In this episode, I talk with Gerold Merker, who with his son Walter recently published an updated edition of The Gray-banded Kingsnake, which I think is a fabulous book. I talk with Gerold about the book, about …
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Josh, Whitney, Brenna, Sam, John, and MJHello everyone and welcome to Episode Eighty! A nice round number and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there.First up, I want to give a shoutout to Claire Pedersen, who only found out about the show recently but has been working her way through the episodes in chronological order. She’s more than ha…
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Episode 79: Herping Suriname with Dick and Lieke
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode 79! It's been a while since an episode dropped and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there.I've had the best excuse for not getting a show out for a while - I've been traveling! I just got back from two weeks in Madagascar, and before that I spent most of January and February in Peru. I am home for a w…
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Episode 78: From Kansas to South Africa with Daren Riedle
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode 78 and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. After three weeks at home, I am heading back to Peru this afternoon for this year's third and final tour. I'm happy to get another show out before I leave, and we will touch base again in early March when I return.So Much Pingle Patrons! As always, I want…
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Episode 77: Herp Science Sunday with Dr. Alex Krohn and Jules Farquhar
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy Seven! And I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there, and I want to wish all of you a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year.It’s the first week of February and it’s good to be back home and to be turning out another episode, after being away for nearly a month in Peru. It was an interesting tri…
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Episode 76: Herp Science Sunday: Hemiclitores in Snakes with Megan Folwell
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy Six! And I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there, and I want to wish all of you a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year.Well it’s Sunday, and New Year’s Day, and that can only mean that the first episode of 2023 is a Herp Science Sunday show with Dr. Alex Krohn! I’m happy to get one more show…
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Episode 75: Herping with Kids Panel Discussion
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy Five! It's the day after Christmas, and I hope you all are safe, healthy, and warm. The temperatures at my house are back into the mid-teens Fahrenheit, after a few blustery and frigid days leading up to the holiday. I’m working to crank out a few episodes over the next week or so before I head to Peru …
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Episode 74: Origin Stories VI with Stacey and Kim
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy Four! I want to wish you all a happy and peaceful holiday season.I have shoutouts to some new patrons of the show! Ian Kanda, thanks so much for your one-time contribution. Ian is strictly listening to the show in order so hopefully he’ll hear my shout-out before the fourth of July. I have some new Patr…
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Episode 73: Life Underfoot with Zach Truelock
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy Three! Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the US and I wish everyone a good holiday. It's good to be back in the studio again after a few weeks off.As always, I want to say thank you to all of the show’s patrons! I’m grateful for everyone’s contributions and it does keep the show rolling along. And if you…
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Episode 72: Weird Tales from the Field
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy Two! It's the day before Halloween, an appropriate time to release these tales of strange occurrences from the world of field herping.As always, I want to say thank you to all of the show’s patrons, including our newest Patreon member Brad Allen! Thank you so much Brad, and I appreciated your note as we…
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Episode 71: Talking Tuatara with Sarah Lamar
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy One! Here it is, mid-October and the fall rains are soaking us here at SMP world headquarters.As always, I want to say thank you to all of the show’s patrons, including Brandon Bourassa, who came in at one Patreon level and recently went up to the next level – thank you Brandon, I appreciate that. I als…
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Episode 70: Panel Talk with Some Illinois Bois
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy! It's nearly October and I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. It’s good to be talking with you all again after a bit of a gap – I had a lot on my plate for the past few weeks. You’re probably thinking that an old retired guy ought to have plenty of free time, and usually that is true eno…
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Episode 69: The Guest Host – Host Guest Episode
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Nine! And for the first time, we have a guest host, Josh Holbrook, who graciously agreed to turn things around and ask me some questions. Since I started the podcast, I have received many requests along the lines of "I wanna hear someone interview YOU!". I figured I would just keep putting this off but ok…
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Episode 68: Herp Science Sunday with Dr. Alex Krohn and Coen Hird
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Eight! Here we are in mid-August and I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. I’ve been working on re-siding and painting my garage all week, and it feels good to scrub the paint from my hands and strap into the podcasting chair for a bit.Now before we get to the show notes portion of the show…
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Seven! It's the end of July and I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there.As always, I want to thank all of the patrons of the show – we would not be kicking off a third season without you and I appreciate your support. To others in the listening audience, if you like the show, please consider s…
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Episode 66: Herp Adventures in China with Kevin Messenger
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Photo by Kevin Messenger.Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Six! It's good to be back in the studio, and I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. It's mid-summer here at SMP world headquarters and I'm back after a week off to get some work done around the house.As always, I want to thank all of the patrons of the show – we woul…
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Episode 65: Snakes are Long with Dr. Andrew Durso
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Five! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. I'm back in the booth after a couple of weeks in Peru and it's great to talk with you all again.As always, I want to thank all of the patrons of the show – we would not be kicking off a third season without you and I appreciate your support. To ot…
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Episode 64: A European Odyssey Examined
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Four! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there as we roll into June. First up I want to give a shoutout to the Minnesota Herpetological Society for inviting me to speak at their first in-person meeting since pre-Covid. I made a rocket run up to Minneapolis St. Paul on Friday and back on Saturda…
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Episode 63: Herp Science Sunday with Drs. Alex Krohn and Drew Davis
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Three! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there as we feature yet another Herp Science Sunday episode, which features aquatic turtles and drones - yay science!As always, I want to thank all of the patrons of the show – we would not be kicking off a third season without you and I appreciate your…
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Episode 62: Origin Stories V with Tom, Greg, and Nick
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Two! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there as we roll into Season Three!First of all, I want to thank all of the patrons of the show - we would not be kicking off a third season without you and I appreciate your support. To others in the listening audience, if you like the show, please consi…
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Episode 61: ARC and the Tangled Bank with JJ Apodaca
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty One! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there as we slooooowly move into spring here in the northern hemisphere. April has been more like March - cold and blustery, and I am quite ready to get on with spring.Now before we get to the show notes portion of the show notes, I want to take a minute …
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Episode 60: A Conversation with Noah Fields (NKF Herping)
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there as we move into spring here in the northern hemisphere.As always I want to thank all of the patrons of the show – I appreciate your support, there are expenses associated with every entertainment channel, and you really do keep things rolling along. And…
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Episode 59: Asclepius Snakebite Foundation with Drs. Brandehoff and Folt
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Fifty Nine! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. Spring has finally sprung here in central Illinois, and we’ve had a nice run of warm and sunny days. My furnace isn’t running and we’ve had the windows open, there’s a nice breeze and I can hear the birds chirping as I put these notes together.So …
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Episode 58: Origin Stories IV (Christoph Meyer and Susan Myers)
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Christoph & Violeta Meyer (left) and Susan Myers (right)Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Fifty Eight! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. This show is a couple weeks late, thanks to some software issues and me jumping in the car and heading for Georgia and Florida for a week. Thanks for your patience, and the good news is that…
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Episode 57: Alligator Snappers with Ben Stegenga
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Fifty Seven! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. Like many of you out there, I am so ready for winter to be over, or at least, the return of temperatures above the freezing mark! It's been a rough one here in central Illinois.Now before we get to the show, I want to take a minute to thank all o…
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Episode 56: Pioneer Daze with John Sullivan
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Fifty Six! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. It's Super Bowl Sunday, and I'm back in the US after a couple weeks of herping in Peru. It was great to get back to the rain forest after a two year absence. Our group had a great time and we saw some cool amphibians and reptiles, despite a rather …
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Episode 55: Whiskey Stones & Making Your Bones: An Open Discussion
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Fifty Five! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there as we move into the new year. Here 's the first episode of 2022 and I'm squeezing it in before I leave for Peru later this week. I'm looking forward to returning to the rainforest after a two-year hiatus, and of course I will be recording some inte…
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Episode 54: Paul-Erik Bakland and the Herpetology Club
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Fifty Four! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there, and I wish you the best of this holiday season and a Happy New Year. I'm putting this together on New Year's Eve, so this is the last show of the year. 2022 is looking good, and just to give you an update I have a couple recorded episodes in the e…
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Episode 53: Tony Daly-Crews and the Rattlesnake Conservancy
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Fifty Three! Things are good here in central Illinois, and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. I wish you safe travels if you are journeying for the upcoming Christmas holiday season.Patrons! I want to give a shout-out to new Patreon member Ben Stegenga! Thank you Ben, much appreciated! And thanks…
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Episode 52: Fun with Dick and Jake (and Patti)
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Fifty Two! Things are good here in central Illinois, and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. Safe travels if you are journeying for the Thanksgiving holiday this week.Patrons! I want to give a shout-out to new Patreon member Alicia Ballard! Thank you Alicia, much appreciated! And thanks as always …
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