Naked Mole Rats

In this episode, Jouvay recruits colleagues Dr. Dan McCloskey and Antonella Guadagnino from the College of Staten Island to take us into the wonderful world of mole rats. We learn the history of mole rat research, Amber Lea explores various PhD options, and Jouvay and Amber Lea discover yet another discrepancy in what they were taught when they were younger. Visit Dan the Man's profile here: https://www.csi.cuny.edu/campus-directory/dan-mccloskey

In this very first episode, Jouvay and Amber Lea discuss Charlotte the Stingray, a cautionary tale about public relations and media in the animal world. We also go over stingray reproductive systems, Linnean classification, and we go on just a few tangents. Enjoy! Sources: https://wlos.com/news/local/charlotte-stingray-hendersonville-not-pregnant-reproductive-disease-team-ecco-aquarium-shark-lab-temporary-closure-announcement-june-5-provide-care?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3eIeRL10cEWTlxl86fV6tp7WnXyx3j0HfAbanmgYyrmrHHIjMUa3S6aGs_aem_AfgTwymBENT5cJBXZjRAlDOcicZ6722ZkvH3TM7x3Ak95xjEpU7rJ6u9RgHEbHrpIq0w-sScsoJrDvKGFf1Nrd_1 https://wlos.com/news/local/charlotte-stingray-hendersonville-not-pregnant-reproductive-disease-team-ecco-aquarium-shark-lab-temporary-closure-announcement-june-5-provide-care?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR01foYHupbfqdIWrCHFbE2euJx8V0_88IwFGoI-h7ObDvchq5JrY5_yvcs_aem_AXURKfMJbMmwnZtQnubppRjW_cLN0CGihKy__crSM3zkCz7ch43ZFVZKw5gbGdZc8HKpk0eU_EixljAXhRAf3aHc https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Natalie-Mylniczenko/publication/323992564_Stingray_Anatomy_and_Ultrasound_Supplement_to_Chapter_30_Diagnostic_Imaging/links/5ab689690f7e9b68ef5018cb/Stingray-Anatomy-and-Ultrasound-Supplement-to-Chapter-30-Diagnostic-Imaging.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Charles-Knapp/publication/276920843_Ultrasound_evidence_of_fetal_resorption_in_the_yellow_stingray_Urobatis_jamaicensis_Urotrygonidae/links/555bb08e08aec5ac22324376/Ultrasound-evidence-of-fetal-resorption-in-the-yellow-stingray-Urobatis-jamaicensis-Urotrygonidae.pdf https://www.morrisanimalfoundation.org/study/understanding-stingray-reproductive-disease#:~:text=Reproductive%20disease%2C%20characterized%20by%20cystic,known%20to%20have%20difficulty%20ovulating. https://avmajournals.avma.org/view/journals/ajvr/80/10/ajvr.80.10.931.xml https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lisa-Hoopes/publication/340675186_Chapter_13_Elasmobranch_mineral_and_vitamin_requirements/links/5e98637b92851c2f52a86161/Chapter-13-Elasmobranch-mineral-and-vitamin-requirements.pdf#page=370 https://www.repropedia.org/histotroph https://www.teamecco.org/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-did-an-aquarium-stingray-get-pregnant-without-a-mate/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1reh6Tkrn-7y3O0eQQdsqVTx0XU0DCY1r-alLtF6wi6-ElFmflH_vkKmo_aem_AdGW91DaxZkfp68TQSmt-RB6WraGxRI2ZvCTi8UqwPK7lsxGfdKuyWvC1SOgH5twJypUa2nCMbgSDwxcf7DR7maO https://canvasrebel.com/meet-brenda-ramer/ https://wlos.com/news/local/exclusive-charlotte-the-stingray-owner-talks-exclusively-with-news-13-after-sad-upsetting-news-reproductive-disease-development-team-ecco-aquarium-viral-international-fish https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jfb.15709 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4078946/ https://www.aquariumofpacific.org/onlinelearningcenter/species/round_stingray#:~:text=Rays%20use%20a%20form%20of,in%20the%20female's%20uterine%20wall