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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 “Is seaweed a plant?” and “What is the most dangerous bird?” We also share an elephant fact of the day from a Plainfield Twp. librarian and recommend a fascinating nonfiction book about parasites! To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Lynn’s Fact of the Day: Fish Farts and Other Amazing Ways Animals Adapt by Joanne Settel
https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1128924
Liz’s book recommendation: Power to the Parasites! by Chelsea L. Wood.
https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1151686
Concerning seaweed:
https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-plants/freshwater-algae/
https://www.kvaroyarctic.com/22-seaweed-facts-to-know-in-2022
https://lofotenseaweed.no/seaweed-vs-kelp-whats-the-difference/
https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-edible-seaweed
https://nature.ca/en/seaweed-and-algae-what-are-the-differences/
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/15/1163385168/sargassum-seaweed-florida-mexico-beaches
https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex2104/features/sargasso-sea/welcome.html
https://www.sargassoseacommission.org/sargasso-sea
https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/plants-algae/seagrass-and-seagrass-beds
Sea Otter Heroes by Patricia Newman
Concerning dangerous birds:
https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/zoology/item/worlds-most-dangerous-bird/#:~:text=Answer,%2DMonnett%20on%20Unsplash.com.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassowary#:~:text=The%20cassowary%20has%20often%20been,per%20year%20in%20South%20Africa.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/448169/deadliest-creatures-in-the-world-by-number-of-human-deaths/
https://www.britannica.com/list/6-of-the-worlds-most-dangerous-birds
"Cassowary." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 16 Apr. 2019. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/cassowary/20674. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/cassowary/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/tetrapod-zoology/how-dangerous-are-cassowaries-really/
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!
