Ep 24: Emily Spinach

We meet Emily Spinach - the pet garter snake of wild-child first daughter, Alice Roosevelt. Also, the hilariously creepy, Wild Taxidermy Room in Melbourne, Australia, says goodbye and pandas throw the weirdest parties.

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I got today's information from:

Alice Roosevelt and Presidential Pets:

https://www.childrensmuseum.org/blog/why-pet-snake

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/12/first-daughters-alice-roosevelt-113302

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/03/29/at-90-alice-roosevelt-longworth-didnt-care-who-she-offended-in-this-mean-funny-1974-interview/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_pets

https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hA1WAAAAIBAJ&pg=7004%2C3105108

https://patch.com/maryland/hyattsville/hoover-s-opossum-brings-luck-to-hyattsville-ba645rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrfgvfgvseball-team

Pandas Roll in Horse Poop:

https://www.livescience.com/pandas-roll-in-horse-poo.html

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/scientists-finally-think-they-know-why-these-pandas-roll-horse-poop

Melbourne's Wild Taxidermy Room:

https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/search?collectingarea=Mammalogy

https://mashable.com/2015/07/05/bad-taxidermy/

https://www.ranker.com/list/bad-taxidermy-pictures/ashley-reign

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