Podcasts about quagga project

In this week's edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Eben Olderwagen, the environmental project manager at Vergelegen Wine Estate, about its involvement in the Quagga Project and the imminent birth of a foal on the farm.

In this week's edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Eben Olderwagen, the environmental project manager at Vergelegen Wine Estate, about its involvement in the Quagga Project and the imminent birth of a foal on the farm.

No, the episode name isn't a typo. Rather, it's the name of a subspecies of zebra we're going to be discussing today. Along the way, we will explore clines, the purpose of zebra stripes and an attempt to breed back the quagga from its zebra cousins. Why don't we hear more about it? Well, because it no longer exists... Sources for this episode: 1) Bryden, H. A. (1889), Kloof and karroo: Sport, legend and natural history in Cape Colony, with a notice of the game birds, and of the present distribution of antelopes and larger game, London and New York: Longmans, Green and Co. Available at: Internet Archive [Accessed 14/05/2021]. 2) Cain, M. L., Bowman, W. D. and Hacker, S. D. (2011), Ecology (Second Edition). Sunderland, Massachusetts, Sinauer Associated Ltd. 3) Davis, N., The Guardian (2019), Why the zebra got its stripes: to deter flies from landing on it (online) [Accessed 14/05/2021]. 4) Douglas, G. (1821), A Communication of a Singular Fact in Natural History, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (1776-1886) 111: 20–22. Available at Internet Archive [Accessed 14/05/2021]. 5) The Editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica (2018), Quagga (online) [Accessed 14/05/2021]. 6) Heywood, P. (2020), Sexual dimorphism of body size in taxidermy specimens of Equus quagga quagga Boddaert (Equidae), Journal of Natural History 53(45-46): 2757-2761. 7) Author unknown, The Quagga Project (date unknown), Home (online) [Accessed 14/05/2021]. 8) Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Quagga (online) [Accessed 14/05/2021].

Fine Music Radio — In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to March Turnbull of the Quagga Project about what happened to the animals that were moved from the Groote Schuur Estate in 2017.

On this episode of Expanded Perspectives the guys talk about a new documentary on Netflix called "The Nightmare". Then, how birds of prey might actually be spreading wild fires. Witnesses in Australia have seen black kites and brown falcons carrying burning twigs to dry areas, then dropping them, spreading wildfires in the Australian bush. Then, researchers at the University of Zurich and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland have developed software enabling drones to autonomously detect and follow forest paths. With the new drones, missing persons can be found and rescued quickly in forests and mountain areas. Then, a small group of scientists and conservationists believe they have recreated the quagga, which is distinct from other zebra mainly through the lack of the characteristic black and white stripes on its hindquarters. Over a period of 30 years the Quagga Project has used selective breeding of plains zebra to produce, in the fifth generation, an animal they say is indistinguishable from those that roamed the same plains centuries ago. Then after the first break the boys get into the unusual world of legends and folklore, in particular the Changeling. It is typically described as being the offspring of a fairy, elf or other legendary creatures that has been secretly left in the place of a human child. Sometimes the term is also used to refer to the child who was taken. The apparent changeling could also be a stock or fetch, an enchanted piece of wood that would soon appear to grow sick and die. The theme of the swapped child is common among medieval literature and reflects concern over infants thought to be afflicted with unexplained diseases, disorders, or developmental disabilities. Thanks for listening to Expanded Perspectives, have a great week! Show Notes: The Nightmare Documentary  Birds of Prey Deliberately Spreading Fires Drones Learn to Search Forest Trails for Lost People South Africa Revives "Extinct" Zebra Subspecies Changelings Changeling Stories Bridget Cleary: Fairy Intrusion in Nineteenth Century Ireland A Trojan Feast by Joshua Cutchin Dagner Pipes Creature Replica Ozark Mountain UFO Conference Music: All music for Expanded Perspectives is provided with permission by Pretty Lights! Purchase, Download and Donate at www.prettylightsmusic.com Songs Used: Pretty Lights vs. Led Zeppelin Done Wrong (Opiuo Mix) Finally Moving Remix Future Blind

On this episode of Expanded Perspectives the guys talk about a new documentary on Netflix called "The Nightmare". Then, how birds of prey might actually be spreading wild fires. Witnesses in Australia have seen black kites and brown falcons carrying burning twigs to dry areas, then dropping them, spreading wildfires in the Australian bush. Then, researchers at the University of Zurich and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland have developed software enabling drones to autonomously detect and follow forest paths. With the new drones, missing persons can be found and rescued quickly in forests and mountain areas. Then, a small group of scientists and conservationists believe they have recreated the quagga, which is distinct from other zebra mainly through the lack of the characteristic black and white stripes on its hindquarters. Over a period of 30 years the Quagga Project has used selective breeding of plains zebra to produce, in the fifth generation, an animal they say is indistinguishable from those that roamed the same plains centuries ago. Then after the first break the boys get into the unusual world of legends and folklore, in particular the Changeling. It is typically described as being the offspring of a fairy, elf or other legendary creatures that has been secretly left in the place of a human child. Sometimes the term is also used to refer to the child who was taken. The apparent changeling could also be a stock or fetch, an enchanted piece of wood that would soon appear to grow sick and die. The theme of the swapped child is common among medieval literature and reflects concern over infants thought to be afflicted with unexplained diseases, disorders, or developmental disabilities. Thanks for listening to Expanded Perspectives, have a great week! Show Notes: The Nightmare Documentary  Birds of Prey Deliberately Spreading Fires Drones Learn to Search Forest Trails for Lost People South Africa Revives "Extinct" Zebra Subspecies Changelings Changeling Stories Bridget Cleary: Fairy Intrusion in Nineteenth Century Ireland A Trojan Feast by Joshua Cutchin Dagner Pipes Creature Replica Ozark Mountain UFO Conference Music: All music for Expanded Perspectives is provided with permission by Pretty Lights! Purchase, Download and Donate at www.prettylightsmusic.com Songs Used: Pretty Lights vs. Led Zeppelin Done Wrong (Opiuo Mix) Finally Moving Remix Future Blind

Jana of the Jungle with co-hosts Roberto Rainforest, Terri Peterson and Kendale Perry speak with Jurgen Schulz, live from Capetown, South Africa and discloses secrets of Hitler's research in genetic back breeding of animals during World World II which led to the successful breeding back of 4 extinct species, the most recent being the Quagga Zebra of Africa. For more information on the work of Heinz and Lutz Heck and the Quagga Project, visit quagga.org