Come to their aid! - The crayfish pet trade - Special Episode

Malithi Thanthridge (Voice, Content generation), Ishika Tripathi (Content generation), and Julie Pan (Post-production, Content generation) from the University of Ottawa interview Dr. Zen Faulkes. 

Dr. Zen Faulkes is a scientist and Assistant Professor at McMaster University and the well-renowned author of several books, blogs, and papers on topics including neurobiology, carcinology, evolutionary biology, and scientific communication. In this episode, Dr. Faulkes shares with us the issues surrounding the crayfish pet trade ecologically and legislatively and proposes ways to improve them. 

Learn more: https://sites.google.com/site/doctorzen/home?authuser=0&pli=1

0:30 - Introducing the researcher: Dr.Zen Faulkes 
1:01 - Summary of two papers discussed
1:34 - Discussing the problem at hand: invasive crayfish
9:15 - Challenges of this project and next steps - finding information and encouraging action
12:51 - Overall Summary and what you can do to help

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