Pat and (special guest co-host) Mike chat a bit about the age-old question: "Why do zebras have stripes?"

But we're a bunch of dumb-dumbs, so we ask two wonderful zebra experts (Kaia Tombak, Princeton University & Emily Nonnamaker, Tulane University) to help us understand what evolutionary factors led to the beautiful striped grazer.

Music featured on this podcast:
Silk by Wolf Alice
Come Down by Anderson .Paak
Molly (feat. Brandon Urie) by Lil Dicky
Wheels Fall Off (feat. Scarlet Parke) by The Good Husbands
Friends (feat. Bon Iver) by Francis & The Lights
Summer Friends (feat. Francis & The Lights and Jeremih) by Chance the Rapper

Season 1

Why Do Zebras Have Stripes?

In this episode, I chat with Anne-Marie Hodge, Samantha Calkins, and Gabriella Mizell. The former two work together to study a species of cactus that has been recently introduced to the Laikipia Plateau of Kenya, while Gabby studies various aspects of an ant-plant partnership that helps to shape the savanna. We talk about what it's like to miss out on American cultural trends, strange phenomena around the savanna, and the beauty of the Swahili language.

Check out Anne-Marie's work here (jakegoheen.com/index.php/research-group/item/anne-marie-hodge.html?category_id=1) and here (https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/expeditions/laikipia-plateau-mesopredators-in-kenya/)

Check out Gabby's work with the Palmer lab at UF here (thepalmerlab.com) and here (savannaecology.com)

Songs featured in this podcast:
Hold Up - Beyoncé
Work (From Home) (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) - Fifth Harmony
Last Night I Heard Everything in Slow Motion - Oliver Tank
Recommendation - Mirah
Snowday - Yoke Lore
Family Matters (cover) - Chance the Rapper (with The Social Experiment)
Fake You Out - Twentyone Pilots
Freedom (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

Episode 6 - Pokemon, Stinky Vines, and Prickly Pear Cactus

A bit of a throwback: this is a teaser track for the Eco Tones Podcast, Episode 1, produced by Patrick Milligan at SavannaEcology.com

Share with a friend who maybe wants to try out a new podcast! It's a little bite-sized morsel of ecology and music, nom nom :) Episode 7, to finish Season 1, will be coming soon!

Check us out on iTunes and Soundcloud, or via your favorite podcast aggregator.

Music featured:
Summer Friends (feat. Francis & the Lights and Jeremih) by Chance the Rapper

Episode 1 Teaser

In the final episode of season 1 of Eco Tones, Pat reunites with guest co-host Mike (Episode 5, Why Do Zebras Have Stripes?) to talk about social networks and behavioral studies of Anubis baboons in Laikipia, Kenya. With the help of Jessica Gunson, Molly McEntee, and Leah Worthington from the Uaso Ngiro Baboon Project, we learn about the day-to-day life of a baboon researcher, and the steps that they take to better understand the social dynamics of a baboon troop!

Why is that baboon scratching the other baboon? Weren't those two with different partners yesterday? Jeez, how much polyamory happens in a troop? And why are we WATCHING it?

Neither Mike nor Pat are especially skilled in any way to actually understand this topic, but we do our best to fall upwards.

Episode 7 concludes our first season of Eco Tones, but we'll be back in the fall with more episodes, new talent, and and interesting discussions!

In the meantime, check out the lab's ongoing work at www.thepalmerlab.com and www.savannaecology.com, and check out our previous episodes on iTunes and Soundcloud. Thanks to everyone who tuned in, and check us out when we return in the fall!

Music featured in this podcast:
Family Business  - Kanye West
M'lover - Kishi Bashi
Things Happen - Dawes
Train in Vain - The Clash
Sit Down - James
Finish Line (feat. T. Pain, Kirk Franklin, Eryn Allen Kane & Noname) - Chance the Rapper

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