Links, credits, and a feather pen

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This chapter provides various links and credits related to the podcast episode, including information on learning more about the Natural History Museum, Alice Shultz's social media and website, and additional links and references. It also mentions the names of the audio editors and ends with a piece of advice about using feathers as pens.

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Plumage! Dance battles! Possible holographic disco birds? Natural History Museum of LA ornithology curator Dr. Allison Shultz is a professional plumologist aka feather expert. We visit the museum’s collection of rare specimens and chat about everything from fossilized dinosaur feathers to peacock tails, the fanciest roosters, quill pens, pigments, flight feathers, the blackest black birds, and why birdwatching is like seeing tiny purple raccoons zoom overhead. Birds: like Pokemon Go but weirder.

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