Let's Take a Paws

Published: March 30, 2020, 3:28 p.m.

Humans aren\u2019t the only animals stressed-out by social distancing.\xa0Narwhals send out echolocation clicks to locate their buddies and ease their loneliness.\xa0And a plant about to be chomped by a caterpillar knows that the world can be a scary place.\xa0\nIn this episode, from dogs to narwhals to plants, we put aside human-centric stories to find out how other living creatures map their world, deal with stress, and communicate.\xa0\nGuests:\n\n\n Alexandra Horowitz\xa0\u2013\xa0Dog cognition researcher, Barnard College, and author of "Being A Dog: Following the Dog Into a World of Smell.\u201d\n\n\n Susanna Blackwell\xa0\u2013\xa0Bio-acoustician with Greeneridge Sciences\n\n\nSimon Gilroy\xa0\u2013\xa0Professor of botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices