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Welcome to Kent District Library’s Stump the Librarian Podcast where your friendly neighborhood librarians put their research skills to the test answering questions from you, the listener! Join Jill and Liz every other Wenesday to learn new and exciting information. Think you have a question that can stump us? Visit www.kdl.org/stump to submit a question of your own!
In this episode we answer the questions “How is paper recycled?” and “How do we know elephants never forget?” We also share a fact of the day from an East Grand Rapids librarian and share a funny science fiction book about a boy from outer space! To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Monica’s Fact of the Day: Incredible Animal Trivia by Eric Braun
https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C588948
Liz’s book recommendation: Weird Kid by Greg Van Eekhout
https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C820597
Concerning paper recycling:
Pirzada, Abdul Majeed, et al. “Waste Paper Management of Academic Institute: An Environmental and Economics Perspective of Paper Recycling.” FUUAST Journal of Biology, vol. 13, no. 2, Dec. 2023, pp. 123–30. EBSCOhost, research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=1ad0536a-a843-3be0-8647-13ceb5974ca5.
https://archive.epa.gov/wastes/conserve/materials/paper/web/html/papermaking.html#:~:text=Recycled%20paper%20processing%20mills%20use,paper%20sheets%20from%20each%20other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cI8fT-9Koo&t=36s
https://papergatorrecycling.com/
https://michiganrecycles.org/
https://www.afandpa.org/
Concerning elephants:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/elephants-never-forget/
"Elephant." World Book Kids, 2025,
www.worldbookonline.com/kids/article?id=ar830685. Accessed 02 Jan. 2025.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9951961/#:~:text=Even%20though%20there%20is%20evidence,term%20olfactory%20memory%20in%20mammals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_cognition
https://wildlifesos.org/chronological-news/the-remarkable-cognitive-abilities-of-elephants/
How elephants listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYM9oXftLIQ
Beyond Words: What Elephants and Whales Think and Feel by Carl Safina
Stump the Librarian
Welcome to Kent District Library’s Stump the Librarian Podcast where your friendly neighborhood librarians put their research skills to the test answering questions from you, the listener! Join Jill and Liz every other Wenesday to learn new and exciting information. Think you have a question that can stump us? Visit www.kdl.org/stump to submit a question of your own!
