Animals you hate that are actually awesome - with Bethany Brookshire (Part 2)

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Because Why?! The Science and Society Pod.

Brianne West

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Curious about, well… everything? Same. Welcome to Because Why?! Where science and nature, meets culture and business. If you care about people and planet, and want to know how the world really works - and how we can do better, you're in the right place. Because Why?! Because really, everything comes back to science. Expect episodes on everything from climate change and sustainability, to ethical business and history, politics, nature, conspiracy theories, human behaviour and who knows what else. It's all interesting. And unlike podcast bros, I have receipts.

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Animals you hate that are actually awesome - with Bethany Brookshire (Part 2)

Because Why?! The Science and Society Pod.

29 minutes 13 seconds

3 months ago

Animals you hate that are actually awesome - with Bethany Brookshire (Part 2)

Welcome back to Part 2 of a fascinating kōrero with science journalist and author Bethany Brookshire. This one gets a smidge more controversial...

We talk about the animals we hate because they’re successful (looking at you, pigeons), the cultural weirdness of how we define pets vs pests, and how control - or our lack of it - shapes our relationship with the natural world.

Plus, there's a story involving Burmese pythons and a pair of trousers (you’ve been warned) and yes, we talk about cats in Aotearoa.

In this episode we cover:

The rise and fall of the humble pigeon - and why we hate them now
Cats and conservation in New Zealand (yes, it’s a problem)
Pets vs pests - what’s really the difference?
Why “invasive species” is more about us than the animals
The real reason we hate common animals
Empathy, ethics, and ice cream trucks on every corner
And the man who hiked pantless through the Everglades with snakes in his trousers

For more about Bethany find her via her website

And don’t forget to head to our Instagram ⁠for a chance to win her book Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains

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