In this episode, Devon sits down with Carnivore Ecologist Dr Mariela Gantchoff to talk about

• What defines carnivores
• How their population sizes compare with those of their prey
• How carnivores impact their ecosystem and what would their ecosystems look like without their presence, specifically bears and cougars
• Basic biology, diet, and behavior 
• Impacts on populations
• How there behavior in biology influence by humans
• Sources of conflict
• How people can be more tolerant so that the species can persist
• How we need to change our behavior
• How to recolonize do you species with human wildlife conflicts in mind