{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61da34ca3a030a0012a60626/629e662fdd4ac500128a72a2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Obituaries for Extinct Animals, with Hannah Seo","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61da34ca3a030a0012a60626/1641827536655-67c6b4be5f9e1edb60e8906870bbf84b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>My guest for the 20th(!) episode is science journalist Hannah Seo--we talked about her reporting on the tragic demise of the Christmas Island forest skink and the Bramble Cay melomys, two extinct species she recently eulogized for the guardian. How did they die? Could we have stopped it? What was it like for the scientists who watched them fade away?</p><p><br></p><p>Hannah's extinction obituary of the skink: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/18/christmas-island-forest-skinks-lizard-extinct-aoe</p><p>And of the melomys: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/01/extinction-obituary-bramble-cay-melomys-climate-change-aoe</p><p>Follow Hannah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ahannahseo</p><p><br></p><p>Sign up for my free weekly newsletter: https://apple6.aweb.page/p/de4ee963-cd8d-4ced-9975-e13965236a7d</p><p>Support this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/storytellingpod</p><p>For more information on the Storytelling Animals book club: https://daytonmartindale.com/book-club/</p><p><br></p><p>Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaytonRMartind</p><p>Like this podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Storytelling-Animals-105986165338395</p>","author_name":"Dayton Martindale"}