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Deep Cuts: Welcome in Lemurtown
Bonus Episode23rd March 2021 • The Dirt Podcast • The Dirt Podcast
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As an extension of March Madagascarness, we head back to the island with our primatology hats on. Anna put together a fun script about giant extinct lemurs, tiny not-extinct lemurs, and even creepy aye-aye fingers, but somehow Amber managed to ruin it by having a full on meltdown about a lemur named Maki. 

Graveyard of Giant Lemurs Discovered Underwater in Madagascar (National Geographic)

Human population boom led to Madagascar’s megafauna extinction: Study (Mongabay)

A new interpretation of Madagascar's megafaunal decline: The “Subsistence Shift Hypothesis” (Journal of Human Evolution)

The Aye-Aye and the Finger of Death (Pacific Standard)

Scientists Discover New Species of Mouse Lemur (SciNews)

Lemur Missing, Possibly Stolen, From San Francisco Zoo (NPR)

‘There’s a lemur!’ 5-year-old helps crack SF Zoo theft case (AP)

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