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Creature Comforts - Podcast

Creature Comforts

 Jason Klein

Each week, Libby Hartfield, Retired Director of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, brings a specialist into the studio to answer your questions about various animals we see in Mississippi. And of course, Dr. Troy Majure, Veterinarian at the Animal Medical Center of Jackson answers your pet questions. Each week, you’ll learn more about the animals that live in our homes and the animals who live in the world around us. You’ll also find out more about family-friendly exhibits and events at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science in Jackson.


Email your pet and animal questions to [email protected] and listen to Creature Comforts Thursday mornings at 9 a.m. CST on MPB Think Radio.

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Home & Garden Medicine Leisure Pets & Animals Nature Kids & Family Health & Fitness
Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
46 minutes
Episodes
401
Years Active
2016 - 2025
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Fireflies, Glow-worms, & Lightning Bugs

Fireflies, Glow-worms, & Lightning Bugs

Fireflies light the night with their inviting glow and firefly expert Lynn Faust will tell us more about them and her new book.

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Fri 19 May 2017
PET DAY

PET DAY

Today the pet hospital is open. Dr, Troy Majure, from the Animal Medical Center in Jackson, answers your pet questions.

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Tue 16 May 2017
Playing Possum

Playing Possum

Wildlife biologist, Dr. Caty Shropshire gives some insight on the Mississippi possum and their style.

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Fri 05 May 2017
Cat Day & Fossils

Cat Day & Fossils

Pet Day turned into Cat Day on this episode of Creature Comforts. Also, paleontologist, George Phillips joins the show.

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Fri 28 Apr 2017
Mudbugs

Mudbugs

Dr. Bob Jones from the Museum of Natural Science is answering that age old question: Is it crawfish or crayfish?

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Fri 21 Apr 2017
Salamander Crossing

Salamander Crossing

Tom Mann, from the MS Museum of Natural Science, literally helps salamanders cross the road. He joins the show to talk about his work and Amy Genke gives details about Bio Blitz on the Natchez Trace…
Fri 14 Apr 2017
The Black Belt Praire

The Black Belt Praire

From Wildlife Mississippi, Steve Gruchy joins the program to talk about The Black Belt Praire. Dr. Troy Majure also answers your pet questions.

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Thu 06 Apr 2017
Snakes and You

Snakes and You

This week herpetologist, Terry Vandeventer is here to talk Mississippi snakes. He tells us why respect and not fear of these animals will go a long way.

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Fri 31 Mar 2017
Bats

Bats

From the Mississippi Bat Working Group, Chester Martin is here to talk about Mississippi bats and dispel some common myths about the nocturnal creature.

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Fri 24 Mar 2017
Endangered Species

Endangered Species

Dr. Stanley Temple from the Aldo Leopold Foundation talks with us about his work with endangered species and tells the story of the once plenty-full passenger pigeon. EJ Rivers is also here from the…
Fri 17 Mar 2017
Mississippi & The Bald Eagle

Mississippi & The Bald Eagle

Mississippi Wildlife Outreach Specialist, Bruce Reid gives insight about the bald eagle & other birds of Mississippi. Bruce talks about the places to see this majestic bird of prey and Dr. Majure a…
Thu 09 Mar 2017
Mean Green

Mean Green

Wildlife biologist Joe Mcgee is here to tell us all about our lily pad hopping friends.

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Fri 03 Mar 2017
Get Off My Lawn

Get Off My Lawn

Our guest today Kris Godwin, State Director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services. She is here to let us know how to legally and ethically deal with problems that arise when wildlif…
Fri 24 Feb 2017
Titanoboa

Titanoboa

This episode has been 60 million years in the making! Greg Phillips, paleontologist at the MS Museum of Natural Science, is here to talk about Titanoboa. The 40ft long snake that lived during the ag…
Fri 17 Feb 2017
Mississippi Migration

Mississippi Migration

Our guest today is Rob Ballinger, Bottomland Hardwoods/Wetlands Program Coordinator for Wildlife Mississippi. He gives us insight to Mississippi bird migration and how Wildlife Mississippi is servin…
Thu 09 Feb 2017
So You Think You Can Fish

So You Think You Can Fish

Our guest today is Karen Dierolf , a Conservation Resource Biologist at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. She is talking to us about the event “So You Think You Can Fish” and what you can …
Thu 02 Feb 2017
Wildlife Mississippi

Wildlife Mississippi

Today we are putting the spotlight on Wildlife Mississippi. What they are all about? What is their mission? And how for the past 20 years have they been able to protect, restore or enhance 420,000 a…
Fri 27 Jan 2017
Ducks Unlimited

Ducks Unlimited

Can you think of anyone who does not like ducks? We can’t either! This show we are joined by James Callicutt from duck conservation group Ducks Unlimited. Also Libby is back from vacation. Learn w…
Fri 20 Jan 2017
Pet Day...Again!

Pet Day...Again!

Dr. Majure is here and answers your pet questions. We have some dog, cat, parrot, and even some rabbit talk on today’s show. We also speak with Deborah Boswell from the Mississippi Animal Rescue Le…
Fri 13 Jan 2017
Pet Day!

Pet Day!

It’s time for another pet day! Are you a cat person or a dog person? Or do you have both? Or maybe you have questions about getting a different pet like a rabbit, snake, or ferret? And what’s a g…
Fri 06 Jan 2017
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