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Make Space for Animals*
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By Big Picture Science and SETI Institute. Discovered by Player FM and our community — copyright is owned by the publisher, not Player FM, and audio is streamed directly from their servers. Hit the Subscribe button to track updates in Player FM, or paste the feed URL into other podcast apps.
Long before Yuri Gagarin became the first human to go into space, Laika, a stray dog, crossed the final frontier. Find out what other surprising species were drafted into the astronaut corps.
They may be our best friends, but we still balk at giving other creatures moral standing. And why are humans so reluctant to accept the fact that we too are animals?
Guests:
- Jo Wimpenny - Zoologist and writer. Author of “Aesop’s Animals”
- Taylor Maggiacomo - Associate Graphic Editor at National Geographic
- Alexander Stegmaier - Freelance Graphic Editor at National Geographic
- Melanie Challenger - An author who writes on nature, environment and human history. Her latest book: “How to be Animal: A New History of What it Means to be Human”
Featuring music by Dewey Dellay and Jun Miyake
*Originally aired January 24, 2022
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