Which 15 years ago, they would never do back in the year 2000, Sonia and some colleagues tried feeding the finches, some fly larva and if ever there were a look of disgust on a finch face, that was it. One I particularly love is Radiolab, the NPR mix of nerdy science and audio bombast. Earlier this summer, its gregarious hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich produced an episode entirely on the Galapagos Islands. We all know the Galapagoss role as a laboratory of evolution. We use this technique called judas, goats. The warbler finch is the smallest of the Darwin's finches. Oh for sure. They got all the goats, not all the goats mean those judas, goats. Oh yeah. We celebrated our 20th anniversary. And this became one of the, one of the most important pieces of evidence that, you know, when animals would move from one place to another, they would begin to differentiate based on very, very important. Now the Galapagos government spends millions of dollars checking all of the goods that come in and out trying to quarantine the ones that might have things that are a problem. It's white and it's really loud. Like the large ones. And tortoises. If they're going to release sterilized male flies into the wild, they have to be able to raise millions of these flies in the lab and they're trying like crazy showing me all of the larvae that hatch today and four baby flies that had just hatched and these little cups. But whatever the scene is that just doesn't have any people but is carrying that idea, those pictures in your head even like useful anymore. And basically when you have only judas goats meeting up with other judas goats, then you can say the goats have been eliminated, you're done A point, they got to at least on Isabella in mid 2006. In fact says that it's actually in the same family as the regular house fly, but it's actually a boat fly called the Lorna's down. All I remember is having a smile on my face all the time because you know, as a biologist going to Galapagos is like going to mecca. It's like having a program on you over and over and over again, it gets worse. I'm gon kill the person. Alan Alda on the new yorker radio hour from W N. Y. And every once in a while one of these Hitchhikers slips under the radar and just wreaks havoc. The tough question now is if we concede that we can't any longer save all the species, then does that put us in the situation of having to decide which ones will save and which ones we won't, And do we have any basis for making those kinds of decisions? So if you can better automate that and leverage intelligence to make sense. Yeah, the results of this were absolutely impressive. Even if they could for who knows maybe a million years. These females would go for more than 100 and 80 days. People are right now throwing beers at each other around what is the right strategy josh says that there are basically two camps right now on the one side, you've got this classic like what you might call Eden approach conservation Biology. So they thought maybe he needs a pinto lady. WebGalpagos - Transcripts June 24, 2022 Favorite Share Facebook Twitter Messenger WhatsApp Email Copy Link As our co-Hosts Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser are out this week, Nearly 200 years later, the Galpagos are undergoing rapid changes that continue to pose and perhaps answer critical questions about the fragility and resilience of life on Earth. And wherever they went, they would lure those male goats out of their caves so that, you know, all in all over the course of this two year program, we had hundreds of judas goats out and using those goats, they were able to go from 94% goat free to 96 to 97 to 98. Transcript. iTunes Overcast App Radiolab Page RADIOLAB Baby Blue Blood Drive Did you know that horseshoe crabs have blue blood? What do they look like? And so you end up flying around in an expensive helicopter, not fighting any goes Now the way we deal with that is an interesting one. But then I spoke with this woman. So nature has a boys now has the boys. I'm walking through the town. This is carl Campbell. They showed me where the traps are trapped hanging from a tree here and you see them actually all over santa cruz. A given episode So we, you know, we do this interview in english and I'm almost embarrassed that I wanted to talk to him because I think the dude is just gonna be so down and out exactly the opposite. And the thing to know is that even though these are three different species, they're actually really hard to tell apart visually. What happened to the forest, goats, goats? It's a directional antenna. The new york public school system has been called the most racially segregated in the country. We have at least five species that are known to be facing extinction and another six in serious decline. You had the small tree finches and the medium tree finch is. They would crush you to death. The small tree finch goes something like that's a small tree finch. Not on Penta that had a lot of Penta D. N. A. I remember very clearly the moment was very very exciting. Three tree finch species, the small, the medium and the large, and we went out and we set up our miss nets and we caught the birds and we measured them. He seemed to really like to keep to himself. This story unfolds on one of Galapagos most northern islands where they also had to get rid of some goats. We just told you a story about how far humans are willing to go to protect something. I don't know I'm not sure many other people think about that. journey, but that's the beauty of entrepreneurship. But eventually nature is going to take over and they will evolve into into tortoises. Dylan keith is our Director of sound design. And that's paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. It, it's a combination of reasons on the one hand, fishermen have started to participate in the actual fisheries management more because it seems like they realize if they're going to keep their livelihood, they can't just fish everything out. But then Sonia told me something really surprising. But on the other hand, he might have actually been like the worst possible candidate for last of his kind. That was actually the first thing I noticed. We had just finished the honeymoon that morning. Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Jun 24, 2022. I'm the restoration Ecologist at the Charles Darwin foundation. She worked with him every other day or so for a few months and was never successful. silly. But when I ask charlotte what she makes of all of these changes, she said, I think probably too little too late. So damn case in point. Okay, so this is linda, linda chiyo, currently the science advisor for Galapagos Conservancy. So I think there's been a change. On the other hand, you had all of these goats that didn't choose to be on the island. Our fact checkers are diane kelly, Emily Krieger and Adam Sibyl Hi, I'm Erica in Yonkers leadership. Then when I showed up after a few years again I was truly even more perplexed. Oh, I'm never a Doubter. That's charlotte costin. Outside of WNYC, I think This American Life does as well, and I know enthusiastic fans transcribed Serial. Well these are very purist sort of visions. This one, which first aired As our co-Hosts Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser are out this week, we are re-sharing the perfect episode to start the summer season! 14K subscribers in the Radiolab community. And if things keep going this way, who's going to stand up for nature? And then everyone gets shot except the judas go, they let it go find more friends and then everyone gets shot except the judas go and then they do it again, everyone gets shot except the judas goat. We had episodes fully translated into american sign language with transcripts in braille. I mean we're probably talking just a few goats, but by the 1990s those few goats, the population had exploded to about 100,000 goats. As our co-Hosts Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser are out this week, we are re-sharing The boys. Their mating calls. He was their counter protesting and he says that at one point they went after National Park buildings and they were attacking the ranger stations with molotov cocktails. Teladoc is available through most insurance plans and if you're not covered, you can still have access, download the app or visit Teladoc dot com slash radio lab. And of course the shock was there was a wave went around the room when he said that I recall seeing a second wave of the spanish translation passed around the room. So go join at radio lab dot org slash join and I'll see you all later. They tagged, we collected genetic samples, got some D. N. A. Here's Kareem Yousef, the general manager of AI Applications at IBM, I'm standing on top of a suspension bridge, I've got a vast view in front of me. She says there's actually very little known about the fly. Just walk past the newspaper that says 72 hours left in the electoral campaign. He's also a well known musician in Galapagos turns out thanks to the Galapagos national park Charles Darwin Foundation Island conservation and the Galapagos Conservancy. There is music under the breaks. This is to control the population. WebRADIOLAB Galapagos Aired in 2014, this episode describes some of the challenges faced by the Galapagos islands to protect their local species. So linda when she first went to Galapagos to study these tortoises about 30 years ago I did a trip where we backpacked around the caldera. So something is happening. Yeah, I mean powerful colors. But you know, we have the case of the mangrove finch, we have 60-80 individuals left. And what makes it so perfect for tortoises is in the dry season in Galapagos, the guru, a which is a very, very thick mist comes onto the island. You're not sad and he's like a friend. That's really the classical definition of a species. And then, um, I actually didn't get back there for maybe 15 years from when I was there the first time and when I returned That forest was 100% gone. They learned that this sound means, so the goats start hiding so they're going to bushes, they won't move, They learn to stand under a tree holding their breath. It's hot, it's bright. A small business owner makes their first sale on Shopify. For the medium is a check for the large Chee Chee wow. For transcripts, see individual segment pages. Hosted by Latif Nasser and Start tracking the judas goat until they spot it with some other goats. She says, you have islands with massive volcanoes and forests, tree ferns that grow, you know, well above a human sight. Every population of tortoises on all the islands. But if the hybrids do have a fitness advantage and if they survive, we may be witnessing in hyperspeed the creation of an entirely new species. I spent what two grand friend is The beginning is the beginning of a new a new future for the island. Here we are, we're going to look at these incredible creators called los malos and as we're walking along the path, she's like, oh wait, look at this, She points just to the right of the path. I mean that's what I thought. I'm just I'm robert Krulwich, this is radio lab in this hour. So how big a problem is this? WebThe interview originally from a podcast called The Relentless Picnic, but presented by one of Lulus current podcast faves, The 11th is part of an episode of mini pep talks designed to help us all get through this cold, dark, second-pandemic-winter-in-a-row. We talk about going from weeks to hours, two minutes, two seconds at its core artificial intelligence for me has always been about decision support.
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