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Kristine Schuetze with the NEW Zoological Society joins the guys to talk about things to look forward to at the NEW Zoo. New projects and upgrades are on the way, and Kristine talks a bit about the need for community involvement to raise money for the upgrades and improvements. Kristine also brings Drew Dinehard, Curator of Animals at the NEW Zoo, to share information on one of the biggest stories to come out of the Zoo since its inception: The two otters that broke free and are currently on the lamb. The good news is that the animals are used to this type of weather and are likely thriving in the wild. (We also learn a lot about animals by John Maino, who, as one listener texted, "is no Marlin Perkins".) Then, Chad Janowski, Executive Director of the Brown County STEM Innovation Center, talks about the programs available at the center. He also promotes the STEM Family Day that's coming up on April 12th. Maino and the Mayor is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 6-9 am on WGBW in Green Bay and on WISS in Appleton/Oshkosh. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast lineup. Follow the show on Facebook and X to keep up with Maino and the Mayor! Guest: Drew Dinehart

The Endangered Wolf Center in Eureka, Missouri was founded by zoologist and wildlife TV host Marlin Perkins and was home to an extraordinary wolf who gives us hope for the future of wolf survival. 

 After 31 years as host of The Fifth Estate, plus another decade winning Emmys for CBS and NBC News, award-winning investigative journalist Bob McKeown is ready to retire.The Ottawa native never shied away from his assignments, especially when it came to reporting on football and head injuries. Back in the '70s, he was a CFL all-star centre for the Ottawa Rough Riders. He is without a doubt the only three-time recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award to have also won a Grey Cup.On this episode of brioux.tv: the podcast, the 74-year-old talks about how he lined up opposite the best the CFL and American college football had to offer. That he later went head-to-head with Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter and even Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom host Marlin Perkins only added to his legend.Then there's the time he got bitten by a shark! Sink your teeth into the whole story on this story-packed podcast episode. Then see the highlights as part of The Fifth Estate: 50 Years of Truth, premiering Friday, November 29 on CBC and CBC Gem.  

In this episode of "Kent Hance, The Best Storyteller in Texas Podcast," host Kent Hance and co-host Sandy McIlree discuss a range of current events and political issues.  They discuss the controversy of a transgender athlete in the Olympics and Kent shares how such a situation would have likely been handled in his hometown of Dimmitt, Texas. Kent also sheds light on President Biden's changes to Title IX, and the legal proceedings of the September 11th masterminds. The discussion also delves into the upcoming presidential election, border issues, and the accuracy of political polling, offering a comprehensive overview of today's political landscape.   Timestamps (by podsqueeze)   Interview with Vicki Hollub (00:00:04) Discussion about the upcoming interview with Oxy Petroleum's CEO, highlighting her significance as a female leader.   Quote by Robert Frost (00:01:14) The speakers reflect on a quote about love and its relation to current events.   Controversy in Female Boxing (00:01:36) Debate over a female boxing match involving a transgender athlete, raising questions about fairness.   Biden's Title IX Changes (00:02:19) Discussion on President Biden's changes to Title IX regarding transgender rights and the legal pushback in Texas.   Trump's Stance on Women's Sports (00:04:43) Former President Trump's commitment to keeping men out of women's sports in response to Biden's policies.   September 11th Masterminds (00:05:52) Legal proceedings surrounding the masterminds of the September 11th attacks and the public's reaction to plea deals.   Death Penalty Discussion (00:06:30) The implications of reversing a plea deal that could affect the death penalty for the 9/11 attackers.   Presidential Campaign Dynamics (00:09:43) Analysis of key swing states and the presidential campaign landscape as election approaches.   Border Issues in Politics (00:12:05) Governor Abbott's impact on national politics through his stance on border issues and sanctuary cities.   Illegal Entry and Security Concerns (00:14:05) Discussion on recent illegal entries and security threats at military installations.   Political Ads and Public Perception (00:15:19) The role of political ads in shaping public perception, particularly regarding immigration policies.   Polling Accuracy Challenges (00:16:07) Exploration of the challenges in polling accuracy due to changes in communication technology.   Campaign Turnout Importance (00:18:25) The significance of event turnout as an indicator of voter enthusiasm and electoral success.   Media Bias in Coverage (00:19:20) Analysis of media bias in political coverage affecting public perception of candidates.   Funny Packing Mishap (00:20:18) Discussion about forgetting to pack essentials like underwear for a long trip.   Stupid Criminal Week (00:20:51) A humorous recount of a chaotic police call involving a gun, knife, and a cooking argument.   Domestic Disturbances (00:22:03) Insights into the dangers police face during domestic disturbance calls.   Mosquitoes in Summer (00:22:48) Discussion on why mosquitoes are attracted to certain people, including personal anecdotes.   Chasing Mosquito Trucks (00:23:12) Nostalgic memories of kids chasing mosquito spray trucks in the neighborhood.   Willie Nelson's Groupies (00:25:14) A light-hearted story about Willie Nelson's humorous response to groupies on the Johnny Carson show.   Johnny Carson's Humor (00:25:30) Reflection on the comedic style of Johnny Carson compared to modern late-night shows.   Animal Kingdom Memories (00:26:47) Nostalgia for the Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom and its memorable host Marlin Perkins.   Python Bounty in the Everglades (00:27:24) Discussion on the ecological impact of pythons in the Everglades and bounty hunting efforts.

Gaye says a lot of things that get edited out, Dana was diddled by Marlin Perkins, Dan exposes his racist past and Adam leaves the Yang Gang for good. X @RadioStarling Instagram @False_Positive

Welcome to the Black Women Amplified podcast, where we invite you to join us on a journey of inspiration and discovery. In this episode, we are thrilled to have the incredible Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant sharing her expertise and passion with us.Dr. Wynn-Grant's fascination with wildlife and conservation traces back to her childhood filled with captivating wildlife adventures, from watching National Geographic to immersing herself in every episode of Wild Kingdom with Marlin Perkins. These early experiences ignited her lifelong commitment to studying and protecting the natural world.In addition to her remarkable achievements as an expert in uncovering how human activity influences carnivore behavior and ecology, Dr. Wynn-Grant has exciting news to share. She joined us to talk about her upcoming memoir, "Wild Life," published by Zando Projects. In this memoir, Dr. Wynn-Grant will take readers on a captivating journey from the jungles of Madagascar to the grasslands of the Serengeti, offering a unique perspective on her experiences caring for lions, lemurs, and bears. As one of the few Black, female scientists at the top of her field, she navigates the complexities of race, gender, class, marriage, love, and motherhood, providing invaluable insights and inspiration.Through her memoir and her work as the creator and host of the award-winning podcast "Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant," produced by PBS' Nature, Dr. Wynn-Grant continues to engage audiences in meaningful conversations about conservation, biodiversity, and the importance of preserving our planet's wildlife.Join us as we delve into Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant's inspiring journey, insights, and impactful contributions on the Black Women Amplified podcast. Get ready for a thought-provoking and enriching conversation that celebrates the intersection of passion, science, and advocacy for our planet's wildlife.Thank you to all of my podcast warriors who are sharing episodes and a dose of inspiration. Many Blessing, Monica Wisdom

Peter Gros and Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant are hosts of the new Mutual of Omaha's “Wild Kingdom Protecting The Wild' TV show airing on NBC, which is the successor to the classic Wild Kingdom that aired on the same network from 1963 – 1988. Peter Gros was a host from the original series during episodes in the 1980s and Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant is a National Geographic Explorer and research faculty member at the University of California – Santa Barbara. Wild Kingdom is one of the most beloved wildlife programs in the history of television.  The new series highlights stories of wildlife and wildlife conservation from around the world.Topics Richard, Peter and Dr. Rae discuss:• Contrasts and similarities between the new and old series• The ‘Wild Kingdom' legacy• Peter's relationship with Marlin Perkins and Jim Fowler• Dr. Rae's reaction to learning she was named the iconic show's co-host• The show's balance between entertainment and education.• The conservation message• The show's lasting relationship to Mutual of Omaha• The challenge of appealing to a newer audience with more viewing options• Dr. Rae's inspiring message to young black women• Dr Rae's new book, ‘Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World'• Dream destinations for future episodes• A message of hopeAnd much more.Notable Links:Wild Kingdom WebsiteWild Kingdom YouTube ChannelNBC.comStreaming on Peacock*****This episode is brought to you by Kase Filters. I travel the world with my camera, and I can use any photography filters I like, and I've tried all of them, but in recent years I've landed on Kase Filters.Kase filters are made with premium materials, HD optical glass, shockproof, with zero color cast, round and square filter designs, magnetic systems, filter holders, adapters, step-up rings, and everything I need so I never miss a moment.And now, my listeners can get 10% off the Kase Filters Amazon page when they visit.beyondthelens.fm/kase and use coupon code BERNABE10Kase Filters, Capture with Confidence.

Discover the unexpected diversity, beauty, and strangeness of life in ancient lakes — some millions of years old — and the remarkable insights they yield about the causes of biodiversity. Most lakes are less than 10,000 years old and short-lived, but there is a much smaller number of ancient lakes, tectonic in origin and often millions of years old, that are scattered across every continent but Antarctica: Baikal, Tanganyika, Victoria, Titicaca, and Biwa, to name a few. Often these lakes are filled with a diversity of fish, crustaceans, snails, and other creatures found nowhere else in the world. In Our Ancient Lakes, biology professor Jeffrey McKinnon introduces the remarkable living diversity of these aquatic bodies to the general reader and explains the surprising, often controversial, findings that the study of their faunas yield about the formation and persistence of species. Shining a light on a class of biodiversity hot spot equivalent to coral reefs in the ocean or tropical rainforests on land, Our Ancient Lakes chronicles the often singular wonders of these venerable water bodies. Jeffrey McKinnon grew up reading Gerald Durrell and Farley Mowat, absorbing Jacques Cousteau and Marlin Perkins' teachings from the TV, and watching animals in the ditches, farmyards, forests, and tidepools of Western Canada. He received his BSc from the University of British Columbia and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. A Professor of Biology at East Carolina University, his research has taken him to every continent but Antarctica and has appeared in journals including Nature and the American Naturalist. Our Ancient Lakes: A Natural History Third Place Books

“Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom” is back on NBC this month. The TV program has deep St. Louis ties. Longtime former co-host Marlin Perkins was director of the St. Louis Zoo for eight years, and he co-founded the Endangered Wolf Center in Eureka, Mo. Perkins' daughter Marguerite Garrick talks about her father's legacy. Peter Gros, who co-hosts today's “Wild Kingdom,” talks about the show's focus on conservation success stories.

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The St. Louis Zoo is a large place indeed, and there is much ground to cover in a visit to see the animals and sights. Starting in 1963, a new alternative to walking was given to the patrons of the zoo, a miniature rail line. Just press play to hear the whole story. ------  Click on search links to see if there are episodes with related content: Adam Kloppe, Transportation, Engineering, Animals, Forest Park, Parks, Pastimes and Leisure,  Podcast Transcript: I'm Adam Kloppe, public historian with the Missouri Historical Society, and Here's History on eighty-eight one, KDHX. ——— The Saint Louis Zoo is one of the true gems of St. Louis. Every year, about three million people visit the zoo to see animals from all over the world, including Asian elephants, orangutans, tigers, and penguins. For many St. Louisans, a summer vacation just isn't complete without one trip to the zoo. ——— For many visitors, though, the highlight of the trip isn't necessarily the animals. The highlight is a chance to take a trip around the zoo on one of the locomotives of the Zoo Line Railroad. And even those who prefer getting around the zoo on foot can't help but smile and wave at the passengers as the train rolls past with a blast from its whistle. ——— The beginnings of the Zoo Line Railroad date back to 1963. In January of that year, zoo director Marlin Perkins announced that the Zoo had begun construction on a one and a half mile rail line that would travel around the grounds. This rail line would feature three real, gas-powered miniature locomotives that would pull passengers seated in small coaches. In his announcement, Perkins stressed that while the train would undoubtedly provide entertainment, its main function would be to deliver passengers to planned stops at popular spots on the zoo grounds. Admission would be 30 cents. ——— Construction took a little longer than expected, especially as workers had to dig large tunnels under sections of the zoo, as the trains would not be large enough to haul passengers up some of the hilliest sections of the grounds. But by late August, the line was complete. On August 29, Howard Baer, the chairman of the zoo board, drove in a golden spike to ceremonially complete the line, and zoo officials took an inaugural trip around the zoo. The next day, the rail line opened to the public. It was an instant success—even if some youngsters had to be convinced not to place rocks on the tracks to see what would happen. ——— In the years since it has been open, the Zoo Line Railroad has been a smash hit. Zoo officials estimate that it is still the most popular paid attraction at the zoo, and that almost 40 million people have taken a ride on the miniature rails since 1963. Admission no longer costs thirty cents, though—today a day long ticket to the Zoo Line Railroad will cost you $7.95. But for many visitors that's a small price to pay for the chance to travel around the zoo on a train. ——— Here's History is a joint production of KDHX and the Missouri Historical Society. I'm Adam Kloppe and this is eighty-eight one, St. Louis. ———

The Endangered Wolf Center in Eureka, Missouri was founded by zoologist and wildlife TV host Marlin Perkins and was home to an extraordinary wolf who gives us hope for the future of wolf survival. 

Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom The little known insurance company would've sunk into obscurity if it weren't for the marriage to the iconic television programming it hitched its name to. Marlin Perkins and his monkey hosted the Sunday evening tradition. The show lives on today as a web series hosted by this week's Animal Radio guest, Peter Gros. Peter talks about several harrowing experiences filming wild animals, including chasing a 12-foot python through the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan. Listen Now Meet Your Breed Don't just get a dog because it's cute. To ensure a long lasting relationship, you should get a breed that suits your activity level, as some dogs require lots of stimulation while others, like the unsuspecting Greyhound, would rather be a couch potato. Behaviorist Kim Brophey is here to help you pick out your new furry family member. Listen Now Raccoon Overdoses on Heroin Firefighters at Wayne Township in Indiana must still be laughing about a recent visit they had from a frantic woman who showed up at the station house early one morning with her pet raccoon. The raccoon was stoned after being exposed to too much marijuana and the owner thought the raccoon was overdosing. Later, they discovered the raccoon had actually gotten into someone's stash of heroine. Listen Now The New Fear Free Guide The biggest thing to recently happen to animal welfare is arguably the Fear Free movement. Starting with veterinarians, changes were made to make vet visits a better experience for the pet and everyone involved. Then Fear Free moved into the household by creating the Fear Free Happy Homes program. Now, with the help of Fear Free father and renown author, Dr. Marty Becker talks about the new Fear Free book, From Fearful to Fear Free. Listen to Dr. Becker in the Fear Free Expert Series on Animal Radio. Listen Now Read more about this week's show.

In the latest episode of THE WORLDWIDE COMEDY AWARD WINNING PODCAST The Rob Bartlett Radio Comedy Hour, the Theme centers around animals.  All types of beasts, be they wild, be they noble, cute, cuddly, or downright disgusting.  Listen to James Lipton conduct an interview with a True Hollywood Legend on The Actors' Studio, discover a lost episode of the Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau as the Captain and Phlllipe swim among the Manatees, and ride along with Marlin Perkins in the Florida Everglades searching for Man Eating Alligators on a special edition of ‘Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom'. (By the way…none of the above works out as expected). PLUS there's a bonus game you can play along as you listen…how many Beatle Songs about animals can you name?   

Episode 001 - Get to know me: the Hill District blues: Are you old enough to remember the hit television police drama series “Hill Street Blues”? I know most of the exteriors were shot in Chicago but Stephen Bochco attended Carnie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and as part of his thesis, he took a drive in a police car through my neighborhood, and years later wrote the riveting tv series. According to sources close to him “The run-down, shabby, drug-ridden impression of Pittsburgh's Hill District that Bochco acquired was apparently part of the inspiration for the show.” Yes, that was the backdrop of my life from birth to age 17 in a low-income neighborhood, lovingly called “da Hill District Projects”. I was raised by a hard-working, take no prisoners, party-until-you're-the-last-one-standing divorcee. And as a child of the 60s, what kept me company were tv shows like: Wild Animal Kingdom with Marlin Perkins, Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, Wonderful World of Disney, Hawaii 5-0, plus Johnny Carson, Ed Sullivan, and Benny Hill; these shows all fueled my imagination and wanderlust.  At age 14, I was an eye-witness to a murder, that took me through grand jury and criminal trial testimonies and resulted in a 20-year prison sentence for the shooter. I also either witnessed or was related to so many other abuses, criminal behavior, drama, tragedies, and trauma that could send almost anyone straight to a psychiatrist's couch or off a rooftop. I had so many low moments in my young life that suicide was a serious consideration.  God, however, puts people in your life for a reason or a season and thankfully, because of the friendships that I formed, high school was awesome and a saving grace. Even if you don't believe in a higher power, sometimes you just need to say a little prayer or speak it into existence and trust in the answers or the signs that appear before you. Plus I wasn't going to go out like that. Suicide was just something Black people didn't do back then and neither was visiting a psychiatrist. So self-preservation became my daily mantra and I couldn't wait to leave Pittsburgh to explore the rest of the country, let alone the rest of the world.  Anyway, after short stints in the Army and college, I moved to Washington DC with my best friends and became Godmother to their 3 children. Even though I was trying to remain unaffected, my godchildren, slowly but surely, absolutely stole my heart without me realizing it and actually ruled some of my future choices. We'll discuss them in future episodes…  Anyway, I worked hard and played hard as I traveled the world while working full-time. But deep down inside, I was not happy, not content at all. Living in the USA as a black person, let alone a single black woman, has definitely not been easy and even though I succeeded in most of my career goals, I had too many awful instances that made me dream of living elsewhere. Since I did not have a college degree, my prospects of working in a foreign country were limited so my dreams shifted to The Slow Traveling Soul Sister podcast is sponsored and hosted by SelfishMe Travel. Follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, or join my travel agency email list. You can also email me at info@selfishmetravel.com and/or check out my website.

Today is the 111th birthday of the modern-day explorer Jacques Cousteau. I remember watching reruns of his TV show The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau when I was a kid. He taught me about the world of the sea while his counterpart Marlin Perkins taught me about the world of the land on his show Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/11/happy-111th-birthday-jacques-cousteau/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waldina/message

Today is the 116th birthday of the zoologist Marlin Perkins. I remembered watching his show every Sunday and falling in love with giraffes. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. This episode is also available as a blog post. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waldina/message

Hello again everyone, here is Episode Fifteen, the second part of my conversation with Justin Elden on this Sunday double-fun day.  The main thrust of our conversation is Justin's work in Guatemala with the Highlands and Islands Conservatory, which is centered around the pictured Guatemalan pit viper, Bothriechis aurifer, but of course includes other herps and more importantly, their habitats.  And of course, we wandered off topic, but in ways you'll appreciate! Justin and his associates put in a lot of time and effort with this conservation project, and that includes getting the local people involved, and in some cases employed. So what can YOU do to help?  Pretty simple - buy a tshirt or other merch at the links below and I will say thanks in advance! The Highlands and Islands Conservatory also has a FaceBook page that you can follow.  I'm also including a link to the associated Ranchitos del Quetzal Natural Reserve, where birders come to see the Resplendant Quetzal, and which I myself hope to visit when travel is again open and safe.  I might even look for a quetzal. Here's the link to Highlands and Islands merchandise, which feature Bothriechis aurifer, and here is the link to the original Mayan t-shirt design, which is pretty cool as well. One more bit of Herp Love:  here's a link to the FaceBook page of Andres Novales, who is involved with the conservation projects with his buddy Justin.  Andres shares his great photos of Guatemalan wildlife on his page.  Check it out! And on a final note: we make fun of Marlin Perkins a bit, but the dude was pretty bad-ass in all actuality.... Once again, thanks Justin for coming on the show!  And thanks for listening, everyone!  The show email is somuchpingle@gmail.com, and there’s also a So Much Pingle group on Facebook, for discussion, comments, feedback, suggestions, herp confessions, tips for herping better, etc. Stay tuned for more episodes! And don’t forget to herp better! -Mike

Natural selection. No, Jim. It's not Marlin Perkins sending his trusty companion to face the might lion while he hunkers down behind the rock... Natural section happens in the business world. You're either get better and stay ahead of the pack, or you settle for 'good enough' and slide to the back of the pack.

Monologue Dr. Joel Wallach begins the show discussing his own life. Chronicling his days on the farm he grew up on to his days and research in college. Outlining his work with Marlin Perkins the white rhino project. The research he did on links between premature death and pollution. Also citing his theory on why reefs in the oceans are dying. Pearls of Wisdom Doug Winfrey and Dr. Wallach discuss a U.S. and China research study on red sage. Finding a link between red sage root and a slowing of hepatocellular carcinoma the most common type of liver cancer. The red sage inhibits the growth of cancer cells. Concluding that red sage can stop the growth of liver cancer by triggering cancer cell apoptosis. Doc states that he wants to know where the sage was grown. Because there will be different nutrients in different areas. Callers Roger has questions about peripheral neuropathies. Michael has degenerative disk disease. Maria's dog has a heart murmur and isn't eating much. Joe has leukemia and lost his sight in his right eye. But his sight came back recently. Call Dr. Wallach's live radio program weekdays from noon until 1pm pacific time at 831-685-1080 or toll free at 888-379-2552.

Kris Godwin has been engrossed with nature since the television show, Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom with Marlin Perkins. Now as the state Director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services she and her office help when nature and wildlife gets a little too close for comfort. Canada geese are starting to hatch and vultures are often causing damage to property, but play an critical role in the ecosystem. Kris talks about how to legally and ethically deal with these problems and ways to greet nature on your terms. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tibetan Spaniels: From Monastery Walls to the Back of the Sofa Ch. Avalon Riker of Ebonstern, circa 2002. Host Laura Reeves caught up with three longtime breeders of Tibetan Spaniels, Kay Dickeson, Mallory Driskill and Carol Tyte, at the 2019 National Specialty in Albany, Ore. Tibbies, as their owners call them, are a small, low-maintenance, long-lived, affectionate but independent breed. The breed’s history takes shape from the mists of time. These were the alert watch dog that ran the along the thick walls of the monasteries in Tibet, alerting their much larger brethren, https://puredogtalk.com/tibetan-mastiff-history-lore-and-modern-living-pure-dog-talk/ (Tibetan Mastiffs), to any approaching danger. Weighing in at 9 to 15 pounds, Tibbies require no trimming for the show ring, are easy to maintain with simple brushing and frequently live to 16 years of age. The ancient breed is a big dog in a little dog body, Tyte noted. Their instincts still guide them to “be up high and watch things” Dickeson said. “They will get on the back of the sofa to look out the window,” Driskill noted, adding that “off the furniture” isn’t really a concept Tibbies honor. Tibetan Spaniels may be any color or mixture of colors. The first Tibetan Spaniels were imported to the U.S. from England in early 1970s. The breed was introduced to England in the early 1900s, Driskill said. Marlin Perkins, host of the Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom television show, imported Tibetan spaniels. Tyte, who owns descendants of these dogs, noted that in the second and third generation pedigrees of those imports, the dogs names were listed as “unknown.” Believed to predate Pekingese and Lhasa Apso, our panelists recommend Tibbies as a welcoming and engaging breed for owner handlers. Moderation in all things is the goal for the Tibetan Spaniel in the show ring. Driskill noted the breed is not extreme in any area – coat, head or bone. The characteristic hare foot is important for the “wash and wear” dogs. Aloof with strangers but not aggressive, Tibbies are generally not good off-leash and have a mind of their own, the panelists agreed. “You can do obedience,” Driskill said, “but be prepared to cry.” Tyte observed that the dogs have long and accurate memories. “They’re like small children,” Tyte said. “You can’t let them get away with anything even once.” Support this podcast

The little known insurance company would've sunk into obscurity if it weren't for the marriage to the iconic television programming it hitched its name to. Marlin Perkins and his monkey hosted the Sunday evening tradition. The show lives on today as a web series hosted by this week's Animal Radio guest, Peter Gros. Peter talks about several harrowing experiences filming wild animals, including chasing a 12-foot python through the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan.

Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom television show during the 1970s inspired so many people I have interviewed, including myself, to fall in love with wildlife. If you aren’t familiar with this show, (maybe you are too young!) it was a show bringing adventure, exotic animals, and different cultures into our American living rooms every week. Marlin Perkins, a zoologist, and his partner, Jim Fowler, also a zoologist, would travel the world to educate us about an exotic animal in a faraway land. (Often, I believe, Jim was usually the one to risk life and limb to get close to some dangerous animal). This show was my gateway “drug” show to reading Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen, watch Born Free over and over and learning to sketch leopards and elephants in great detail.   Our podcast guest May 15th, Dr. Andrew Stein, an Assistant Professor at Landmark College, was also influenced by Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom and other wildlife documentaries growing up in central Massachusetts. He didn’t believe he would ever have the chance to visit places in Africa to see big cats, elephants and more. That all changed when entered the School of Field Studies and was able to travel to Kenya. It was in Kenya where he began to see a confluence of his interests with culture, wildlife, and conservation.   Now Dr. Stein is one of the leading experts in leopard conservation. His passion drove him to create CLAWS Conservancy in 2014; where CLAWS stands for - Communities Living Among Wildlife Sustainably. CLAWS is collaborating with many communities in Africa and the US where there is potential human-wildlife conflict. His goal is to problem solve with these communities to find a way where wildlife and people can coexist peacefully.   Current CLAWS Projects (click on links to find out more): Pride in Our Prides in Botswana Scent of a Wolf in Montana Leopards Without Borders Also stay up to date on CLAWS news on their Facebook Page and Instagram Page.   Below are some field pictures provided by Dr. Andrew Stein.   *intro and closing by Dale Wilman and music soundtrack provided from www.bensound.com

Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom The little known insurance company would've sunk into obscurity if it weren't for the marriage to the iconic television programming it hitched its name to. Marlin Perkins and his monkey hosted the Sunday evening tradition. The show lives on today as a web series hosted by this week's Animal Radio guest, Peter Gros. Peter talks about several harrowing experiences filming wild animals, including chasing a 12-foot python through the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan. Listen Now Meet Your Breed Don't just get a dog because it's cute. To ensure a long lasting relationship, you should get a breed that suits your activity level, as some dogs require lots of stimulation while others, like the unsuspecting Greyhound, would rather be a couch potato. Behaviorist Kim Brophey is here to help you pick out your new furry family member. Listen Now The New Fear Free Guide The biggest thing to recently happen to animal welfare is arguably the Fear Free movement. Starting with veterinarians, changes were made to make vet visits a better experience for the pet and everyone involved. Then Fear Free moved into the household by creating the Fear Free Happy Homes program. Now, with the help of Fear Free father and renown author, Dr. Marty Becker talks about the new Fear Free book, From Fearful to Fear Free. Listen to Dr. Becker in the Fear Free Expert Series on Animal Radio. Raccoon Overdoses on Heroin Firefighters at Wayne Township in Indiana must still be laughing about a recent visit they had from a frantic woman who showed up at the station house early one morning with her pet raccoon. The raccoon was stoned after being exposed to too much marijuana and the owner thought the raccoon was overdosing. Later, they discovered the raccoon had actually gotten into someone's stash of heroine. Listen Now

Introduction/Closing by Dale Willman and Music by www.bensound.com Marcia grew up in a small town in northern Michigan. It was a place, at the time, abundant with nature and exploration. Marcia's love for nature and wildlife stems from childhood when her father would take her on adventures such as mushroom hunting, fishing, and wild blueberry foraging.  She admits her love for the television show that intrigued many people of that generation to love wildlife and adventure: Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom with Marlin Perkins. From the age of eight, she knew she was destined to go to Africa and see some of this wildlife herself.  She created this podcast to help spread the word that there is still hope to protect our planet and the beautiful things that cannot protect themselves if we just share stories, get together as a community and reconnect with our love for nature.  Too many of us stay plugged in to technology without taking time to reconnect with nature, slow down and just breathe.  This is the first podcast with co-host Grey Hayes. Grey is an ecologist and grassland steward.  We will hear more from Grey next week!   www.beprovided.com/podcasts  

On today's show we remember Sunday nights from years ago, when we tuned in our town's NBC TV station to watch Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. Before Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, and Bonanza, we's journey to faraway lands with our grandfatherly host, Marlin Perkins. Wild Kingdom aired on NBC from 1963 to 1971, and for many years thereafter in syndication. Wildlife in the jungles of Africa, South America, the Northern Lapland, and here in our own United States would be presented, at a time when color TV programs were new, and the opportunity to see wildlife in their natural habitat was not easy. Wild Kingdom, with Marlin Perkins as our guide offered entertainment, education, and adventure. Next we look at the life of broadcasting legend Art Astor, who passed away in December. We had the privilege of interviewing Mr. Astor in 2011; (He is a featured guest on Galaxy program number 93. We review his life and career in radio station ownership and broadcasting. We recall a visit to the wonderful Astor Museum, where Mr. Astor's unrivaled collection of vintage radios, TVs, motor vehicles and 19th and 20th century Americana is housed. Our Retro-Commercial is for 1970 Chrysler automobiles, featuring a great musical background and narrative by Ken Nordine.

Travis Mossotti and I discuss Marlin Perkins, saving wolves, field study, thesaurus, petrichor, awareness as a mode of living, magic shops and dive bars and the finer things in life.

We are continuing in our verse by verse study of the book of Genesis. We are arriving at verse 20 and it is the fifth day of creation. It has often been noted that of the six active days of creation, there are three days of forming the earth and there are three days of filling it. In three days God forms the earth and thus the earth is ready for habitation, but in the next three days, he fills it. Now he is going to fill it with living creatures.In verse 20, we read, “And God said, ‘Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth, across the expanse of the heavens.' So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them saying, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.' And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.” (Genesis 1:20-23)So on the fifth day of creation God, in this sequential, developmental understanding of the formation of the universe as we know it here on this planet, fills the seas and fills the air. Now, if you've ever been in a place where there is no life in the sea, you'll notice how troubling that is. If you go to the Dead Sea, for instance, which has such a high mineral content that there is no aquatic life in it. No one goes fishing in the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea has that name because its waters are death to live creatures. And it appears that it's just this sea of death. Meanwhile, you go to any living water and you'll notice very quickly that there are things in it and you don't have to be Henry David Thoreau on Walden's pond to have the experience of noticing that the water's alive, that there are things in that water. When you're a little child and in the shallows of a pond you play with tadpoles and little minnows. The little minnows come to surround you and you realize there are live things in this water. You're there placidly and a fish breaks the surface of the water or a bird flies down and grabs a fish and goes off with it. Or you see other evidence of life in the water. I was just again down with some folks in salt water and you realize how alive it is. On the boat that I was on, there were two little boys and they were six and eight. And they yelled, “Shark!”, which turned out to be a false alarm. It wasn't a shark, there were two porpoises that were playing in the wake of the boat. Their eyes got so big as they realized these animals were there and behind them were many others. One eventually said, “How many are there?” Well, there's one, no, there's two, there's three, there was an entire pod of porpoises playing in the wake of the boat. And, uh, they were clearly having a blast. And you realize, yes, the seas are filled with all of these creatures filled with fish and crustaceans and plankton. And of course filled with sea mammals as well. God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures.” And you've seen these, for the first generation now, these massive pictures of these schools of fish in the depths of the sea. Now we have the ability to put these cameras down in the very deepest depths of the deepest part of the ocean, such as the Mariana Trench in the Pacific. There are creatures that are particularly created in order to withstand the almost unbelievable pressures of water at that depth. They are not handsome creatures, by our estimation, they are fearsome creatures. They look like something that could have been drawn by some kind of science fiction artist, but that's the point, isn't it? No science fiction, no imaginative depiction of what these creatures might look like is any stranger than how they actually look. By the way, one of the things that we've noted is that in ancient records, in ancient historians, there are records of creatures that people thought were invented. Yet now we know that some of them are simply these creatures in the great depth that sometimes get washed up on the shore or they get caught in a fishing net. All of a sudden you realize this thing's not mythological, it's altogether real and altogether is ugly as we were told. Fearsome sometimes. But what we have here are swarms. The point of verse 20 is God's creative intention that the waters would not just be alive here and there, sometimes under certain circumstances with life, but the life would simply swarm within the waters. And thus, he said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens.” So in the seas and in the skies, God designed and created swarms of creatures. Great flock of birds. Not only flocks of many birds, but flocks of many kinds of birds and many flocks of their kinds, and also there in the sea. So God created the great sea creatures. Now, what are these great sea creatures? Well, they are certainly the whales and there certainly are the other large fish. There are some incredibly large fish and not only the great sea creatures, but every living creature that moves with which the water's swarm. That word swarm comes again. In other words, it is indicating how fertile the earth is, how fecund the world is, how filled with life the world is. So having formed it, God now fills it. He doesn't fill it in a small way. He doesn't fill it with a sporadic evidence of his creative activity. He doesn't put these creatures just here and there. He puts them in the seas where they swarm. He puts them in the sky where they swarm, every living creature that moves with which the waters swarm according to their kinds and every winged bird, according to its kind. Now the word that's translated bird here really means anything with wings. Just like the fish commonly refer to everything that's in the sea, even though we know some of them are mammals, so also when it says birds it is speaking of all winged creatures. As you know, there are some winged creatures that buzz and hover as well as those who fly and glide. And God saw that it was good. Before we go on, we need to recognize there are a couple of other cues to God's glory in creation evident within these verses. For instance, it says, “God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds”. That word, according to their kinds, that phrase is very important. It is repeated, of course, with the winged birds, “and every winged bird, according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.” God creates creatures according to their kind. Now, this is an indication that God has created species. God has created categories of animals. God created horses and cattle, as we shall see in the next day. But at this point, he has created all kinds of things that fill the sea and all kinds of birds and winged creatures that fill the air. Every one of them is according to its kind. It will reproduce according to its kind. When God created the trees, he said, and looking back here at verse 11, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” Now the importance of this really can't be overstated because in confrontation with the dominant secular scientific worldview, that says that all life simply comes from one common source and developed along different trajectories and a different developmental patterns to the world that we know today filled with living creatures, animate and inanimate plants, vegetation, and then the animal kingdom and humans and all the rest, the scripture clearly says that God's intention was reflected in the specific, sovereign designation of what we might call species, kinds. That's evidenced in the fact that trees bear fruit in which is the seed so that what will reproduce will be its kind. So also is the seed in the animals that swarm in the sea and those that swarm in the air, such that you have reproduction according to kinds. There's several implications of this. First of all, again, God's creative glory is in the variety of the kinds and his delight in the kinds. It's not just our delight, observing them. We need to remember God's delight in creating them. That will become even more evident as we follow through, but at this point, just looking at the things that are in the waters and the things that are in the air, they just like the trees, are to reproduce according to its kind. There is a mandate for them to reproduce “And God blessed them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas and let the birds multiply on the earth.'” God's mandate to reproduce is another implication of each of these creatures according to its kind. Two things here, first of all, God blesses them and secondly, God commands them. God blessed them, commanding be fruitful and multiply and fill. Be fruitful, multiply fill. I want you to notice that God here is commanding creatures. At this point, he is commanding sea creatures, air creatures. He is commanding fish and birds and he is commanding them to multiply. Now he commanded the trees to multiply, but not by speaking to them in the same way, but rather, “Let this happen.” But you'll notice, to these creatures, he speaks directly, “Be fruitful and multiply.” God speaks to those that he's created and tells them to multiply. God plants within them a desire, even rightly described as an instinct, to multiply.God's blessing is in the command to multiply, but it's also a command to fill. In other words, God's creatures by God's own creator assignment, bear responsibility to continue his work of filling. God forms in three days, God fills in three days. But God fills in the beginning by creating the species, the kinds, and then by commanding them to multiply. It will be a pattern we will recognize as we get to the creation of humankind on the sixth day. So the blessing is in the command to multiply, which is a command to fill. The earth as God has created it is intended to be filled. Filling is a blessing.God continues his activity. As we follow along with verse 24, “And God said, let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds - livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds. And it was so.”God says, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures.” Now these are gonna be on the earth, not in the sea, not in the sky, but walking upon the earth and as we shall sea creeping, as well as walking. “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds - livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” So, livestock. From the very beginning, God intended some animals to be domesticated. That's livestock. Livestock is differentiated here from the beasts of the field. Livestock are those animals that we have domesticated but God domesticated them first. In other words, God made certain animals to serve human beings rather directly. Livestock is a term that makes no sense in the wild. It only makes sense in civilization. Livestock is a sign that these animals are created in a particular way to serve the needs of humankind. “Livestock and creeping things.” Between livestock and beasts of the earth we've got creeping things. Creeping things are part of God's design as well. Now, at this point they creep, creeping things. The clearest meaning to this is low on the earth. They're creepy little things.The word creepy to us is a negative word, unless you're a fifth grade boy. For most people, creepy is a designation of things you would rather not run into. Close to the earth. At this point they don't slither, they creep. Only after Genesis three do we have things that slither. No one ever uses the word slither positively. You never say, “Here's the queen, she just slithered into the throne room.” That just doesn't work. You don't say, “Here's grandma, she just slithered in the house.” That doesn't work. Slither is a negative word, traveling on one's belly, as the Scripture will say. At this point there are creeping things and the creepy things are necessary too. These creeping things are a part of the glory of God's creation. These things that are frogs and reptiles and lizards and all these things. Livestock and creepy things and beasts of the earth, these beasts - does it not interest us that God in his sovereign action in creation thrilled in the variety of the beast of the earth? One of my ambitions is to go on a safari. I would love to be there in Africa and see so many of these beasts that I grew up watching on Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. That was one of those instances of child abuse in my childhood, because that came on at a time that often conflicted with evening church on Sunday night. One had to be very sick in my household to see Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom or the Wonderful World of Disney. The Wonderful World of Disney turned out to be for Methodists and other people who did not have Sunday night church. The wonderful world of Sunday night service is where I was as a son, but every once in a while we would get to see it. There were other times when we could see Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. You remember there was Marlin Perkins who was the kindly zoologist or least posing as the expert and he had on his safari jacket and he had his distinguished mustache and he had his very specific elocution as he spoke of each of the animals. Then there was Jim, the poor guy that actually had to go risk life and limb to show you these animals. And so Marlon Perkins would say, “While, I'm here safely in the studio,Jim will be down here with the boa constrictor.” You know what that's like. You look at it and for most of us, it was an amazing thing to see. In the great age of exploration it was fascinating to people, especially in Great Britain and in the United States to come face to face with these things, even by means of a photograph. They had heard of them but they really didn't get to see them. In the age of exploration, they would bring back taxidermy models of these things. Sometimes they would fill zoos with them. The great day of the zoo was when all of a sudden in the age of exploration and as east India tea companies going to places they would, they would come across these things. You'd have Sumatran tigers brought to London and you would have polar bears brought to Berlin so that people could see these things face to face. Many children, as I did, had a great acquaintance with these animals by means of the National Geographic magazine. When you had these pictures that came, I devoured every single issue of National Geographic. Now we have Animal Planet. We have 24/7 wildlife shows. Why? Because we're fascinated with them. We're fascinated with the ones that are cute and cuddly, such as the koala bear, which turns out isn't even a bear. And we're interested in those that can kill us. There's a great fascination with the things that will eat us and do so evidently without any tinge of conscience. God made these beasts, these creeping things, and the livestock, each according to its kinds.“And it was so. And God made the beast of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.” Now, when we began at verse 20, we saw when God created the fish and the swarms in the sea, the birds and the swarms in the air, he said, “It is good.” And God saw that it was good. Now he declares again, that it is good. On the fifth day of creation, we had the waters and the birds created. On the sixth day of creation we have the creation of the living creatures on the earth and eventually also the crowning glory of creation in terms of the creatures, the creation of men and women, of humankind. “And God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.'”Now you need to notice as you look at the different commands, you'll notice that as you follow through the sequence, something now changes. God said in verse three, “Let there be light.” God says in verse six, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters.” God says in verse nine, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place and let the dry land appear.” God says in verse 11, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed.” God said in verse 14, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night.” God says in verse 20, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures.” And God says in verse 24, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures.” And then God says in verse 26, “Let us make man.” Do you notice the difference? There is a pronoun here that is nonexistent in the previous commands. The previous command just said, “Let there be, let there be, let there be, let there be.” And because God sovereignly said, “Let there be,” it was, just as he said. But now God says, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” Now, what is this pronoun to indicate to us? Would this indicate merely a linguistic convention known as the plural of majesty? It could be. The reigning Monarch of England never uses the first person singular because he or she represents the nation. So queen Victoria, for instance, famously said when she wasn't amused, “We are not amused.” She meant she, herself. That's a we. The rest of us are an I. “We do this.” “We do that.” That's the plural of majesty. Is that what's going on here? Is this throne language? Is this royal, majestic language? Well, it's certainly royal and it's certainly majestic, but that's not what is going on here. Or Is God referring back to all the things that he has made and including them in the plurality of this pronoun, us, let us make man? No, the animals aren't invited to help make man. The beasts of the field, the livestock, they're not invited to participate in this. So why the plural pronoun out of the sequence? It is because God here is about to create the only creature made in his image. And as he does so, he says, “Let us”.There are clues already to the fact that there is a plural point of reference here. You don't find it in the sequence of the first five days. You don't even find it in the beginning of the sixth day with the creation of the livestock and the creeping things and the beasts. You find it in the first two verses. “In the beginning,” we read, “God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” From Genesis one on onward we will come to understand that the Spirit of God refers to God's active presence in his creation. God is transcendent so he is apart from his creation, but by his Spirit he is present in creation, though not part of it. And he is active. His spirit is never inactive. His spirit is never merely a witness. His spirit is never merely a presence. It is always an active presence. We will come later to know to name this Spirit, the Holy Spirit. We will come to understand in the New Testament, the ministry of this Spirit. We have here a Trinitarian reference, but if we were not Christians, we would not know how to understand this. You say Trinitarian, you just mentioned the Father, not yet named as Father, but we know this is the Father and the Spirit. That's two. Where is the third? Well, we come to know, by means of the New Testament, that Christ is here. And to that we will turn subsequently. But at this point with this strategic verse, it is important for us to recognize that God says, “Let us make man in our image.” In the New Testament, in the gospel of John, in the prologue to that Gospel, we read that Christ is the Logos, the Word through whom the Father created everything that is. We have here, the Spirit of God, his active presence in creation. We have the Creator, who will be designated as Father, and of course that designates relationship. He isn't a Father yet until he has created the human creatures who will know him as Heavenly Father. And we have Christ whom we know to be present here by means of the New Testament. Here we have a distinction in how God speaks, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” Now the word likeness becomes important here. What kind of likeness will this be? Well, since there is no body, God does not have a form, this likeness is going to have to mean something else. But the important thing for us to recognize here in this sixth day of creation is that we have reached a climactic point. It is climactic in the sense that everything that has been created in terms of the forming and in terms of the filling has gotten us ready for this. This is something different than whatever has come before. What has come before is the creation of living things, including vegetation, trees that have seed in their fruit, according to their kinds. Then the swarming things of the sea, each reproducing according to its kind, the birds of the air, each reproducing according to its kind. Then we have the creation of the creatures on the sixth day, these who are livestock and creeping things and beasts and God speaks to them and says to them, “Reproduce.” And they do. And they will, according to their kinds.But there's more. God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our lightness.” And we shall see something that isn't said of any other creature, “And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” What we have here in the sequence of creation, by the time we arrive here in the highest point of the sixth day, is that it turns out that the forming and the filling was to come to a climactic conclusion in the creation of the one creature made in God's own image. He will not be, himself, imaged in creation by means of an idol. He will not, as we shall see, allow any idol even to be brought into his presence, but he stamps his likeness on this final creature he creates, when in this Trinitarian reference he says, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness”. You'll notice that what is immediately said thereafter is, “Let them have dominion.” It's not said over anything else.The fish aren't told to rule over the birds. The birds aren't told to rule over the giraffes. The beasts aren't told to rule over the livestock. The livestock aren't told to rule over the creeping things. They simply do what they do. They operate by what we will later call instinct. They have a very, very specific place within what we would call their habitat or their environment, and they stay there. They will act in ways that will sometimes seem very complex. Termites will build these massive termite mounds that you see in Africa. Bees will operate with what must be described as a bee civilization. Beavers build dams, they act in amazing ways, but they don't have dominion. Beavers build dams but they don't arrest cattle. Termites build these magnificent mounds but they don't hunt birds. In other words, each has its own slot. Each has its own role. Each lives out that role to the glory of God. The termite building its mound thinks it's merely building a mound because this is where they live, and this is where they reproduce, and this is where they colonize. He doesn't know he is doing it for the glory of God. He's not taking dominion, he's just operating by instinct.You watch the beaver, he's doing the same thing. A farmer one time who told me that his land was being flooded because every time you turn around, the beavers would build a dam. And he said, “I would just go back and destroy the dam.” He said, “I know that sounds mean but it was my farm or the beavers. They can move somewhere else.” The problem is they wouldn't move anywhere else. Tear down the dam and a week later there'd be another dam. He'd tear down the dam and they would build another dam. And he said he'd actually look at the beavers and they would stare at him. He said, “I wasn't gonna kill 'em, I just wanted them to stop flooding my land.” Well, they're not taking dominion. They're simply operating out of instinct. If they were smarter beavers, they would have moved down somewhere. And if they were beavers with dominion, they'd shoot the farmer. They'd tear down his house. That's not the way they operate. Each of these creatures, each of these living things before the creation of humanity, has a place where it displays the glory of God but does not do so by means of dominion and does not do so consciously. We have to pause here in order to say that when we come back to look at this sixth day of creation and its conclusion and the creation of the human creature, we're going to note that the storyline of the Bible now begins in terms of God's dealing with humanity. In order to get that story right, we have to get it right from the very beginning, which means we have to understand everything that has been given us here in Genesis one, and later in Genesis two, to understand who is this creature we are. Why are we different than all of the other creatures? Why is God's glory in what he is assigned to us? And what purpose does all of this point toward in terms of the drama of redemption that will follow?Forming and filling. There's so much here to recognize, so much here to ponder, but as we close at this point, we need to recognize that the verdict in all of this has been uniform. It's good. Everything is as God wants it to be but he isn't finished yet. Let's pray. “Father, we are so thankful for all that you give us in these verses in a sequential understanding of your creation, that fills less than a page of our text, but fills the earth with your glory. Father, we pray to keep these things alive in our minds as we ponder them in our hearts. We pray that your Holy Spirit will apply these truths to our hearts, to conform us to the image of Christ until we meet again. And we pray this in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.You can find Dr. Mohler's other Line by Line sermons here.Follow Dr. Mohler:X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeFor more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu.For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com.