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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!
Thanks a Lot, Axolotl!
In this episode we answer the questions “Where do seagulls live?” and “Can axolotls regrow parts of their brain?” We also share a fact of the day from Ada Librarian Angela and Jill recommends a summertime chapter book. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Angela’s fact of day: Extreme Records by Julie Beer https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C603149
Jill’s book recommendation: The Firefly Summer by Morgan Matson https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C951433
Concerning seagulls:
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/why-do-gulls-hanging-out-parking-lots
https://www.audubon.org/news/are-gulls-jerks
https://www.audubon.org/news/shoplifting-gull-prefers-doritos
https://seaworld.org/animals/facts/birds/gulls/
https://research.ebsco.com/c/qctlkj/viewer/html/2r26hovutj
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/visit/where-see-wildlife/where-see-winter-wildlife/gull-roosts
https://a-z-animals.com/animals/seagull/
https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/gull/38487/related#nodeId=websites&page=1
Concerning axolotls:
"Axolotl." World Book Kids, 2025,
www.worldbookonline.com/kids/article?id=ar838993. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
https://animals.howstuffworks.com/amphibians/axolotl-life-expectancy.htm
https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/axolotl
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axolotl
https://www.worldwildlife.org/magazine/issues/summer-2021/articles/meet-the-peter-pan-of-salamanders-the-axolotl
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!