What's Life Like? And Where Have You Been?

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Astro samantha has been working on a project to track migratory fishes in the amazon rain forest. The longest fresh water migration of any fish in the world is in the amAmazon, mousis at a. Thousands kilometer ya. She also worked with one of the world's leading researchers on westland, lowland las oh, my god, which was pretty amazing stuff. Her latest work involved mapping gorillas' behavior around certain types of trees.

THIS IS UPLIFTING, I PROMISE. And it might just make you switch careers. As a bookend to last week's Oceanology episode, Conservation Technologist Shah Selbe chats about saving the planet with some well-intentioned technology. Wind turbines, solar cars, and all the ways in which sensors, drones, recycled smartphones and real-time data reporting can help conserve species, spaces and communities that are threatened. Hear inspiring tales of travel, art, adventure and putting engineering to good use from a former rocket-science turned professional do-gooder.

Also discussed: crocodile astrology, fishing vests and hippo power displays.

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