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Myth Of The Alpha Wolf

Season 5, Ep. 8

It’s a dog-eat-dog world, right? The alpha male of a pack uses aggression and dominance to stay as the leader of the pack? Well not so much. The lads are joined by Kira Cassidy an associate research scientist with the National Park Service research program in Yellowstone to bust some lupine myths and explain who is the most important member of the wolf pack. It is definitely not who you think.

Part 1 sees some excellent advice about how not to go to the loo in the middle of the night.

 

 

Presented and Produced by Neil Delamere and Dave Moore

Edited by Cathal Minogue

Music by Dave Moore

Artwork by Ray McDonnell

 

To listen to Dave on the radio it's: https://www.todayfm.com/shows/dave-moore-1499732 

 

For more info on Neil's gigs see : www.neildelamere.com/gigs

 

 

Sources

https://museumofchildhood.ie/charles-camerons-bags-of-flies/

 

https://www.iflscience.com/in-1849-a-mans-penis-became-lodged-in-a-bottle-through-an-entirely-plausible-potassium-explosion-59501

 

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