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Today,  Melissa covers the legendary Andre the Seal from Rockport, Maine.  Additional topics include slugs who decapitate their own heads and regrow bodies for survival, and alligators turn into popsicles to survive freezing water. 

Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com and her book, "Considerations for the City Dog" is available for purchase! 
Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2 

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Resources for today's episode:

Self-decapitating sea slugs who use chloroplasts and regrow entire bodies:
 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/08/science/decapitated-sea-slugs.html

Andre the Seal:
https://newengland.com/today/travel/maine/portland/andre-the-seal/

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

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/21/us/andre-the-seal-dies-in-maine-delighted-tourists-for-years.html

https://www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org/pbho-1/collection/andre-seal

https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-177-harbor-master-andre-the-seal/

https://bangordailynews.com/2014/08/05/news/midcoast/pbs-documentary-on-andre-the-seal-has-host-family-reminiscing-about-special-bond/

https://apnews.com/article/8e0175f60802447116c597fa54c31d98 

Alligator Popsicles:
 https://www.livescience.com/snorkeling-alligators-oklahoma.html#:~:text=Learn%20more-,Alligators%20in%20Oklahoma%20turn%20into%20'popsicles'%20sticking,out%20of%20the%20frozen%20water&text=Oklahomans%20came%20face%2Dto%2Dface,the%20American%20South%20this%20month.

https://www.sciencealert.com/these-frozen-alligators-aren-t-dead-they-re-displaying-a-creepy-survival-strategy

 

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Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back – Dan Liebowicz
Interstitial Music: MK2
Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org

Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath
Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com
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Your host, Melissa McCue-McGrath is an author, dog trainer, and behavior consultant in Southern Maine. She'll talk about dogs all day if you let her. You've been warned 🙂


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