{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F0ab6572a-237d-460d-888f-8640d0d4a341","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Welcome to Lemurtown - Ep 139\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/0ab6572a-237d-460d-888f-8640d0d4a341\"></iframe>","title":"Welcome to Lemurtown - Ep 139","description":"Listeners, once again, life has come at us like a poorly written simile, so we're releasing a previous Patreon episode. And once again, we are so deeply grateful for your patience and support. Thank you for sticking with us. As an extension of March Madagascarness, we head back to the island with our (ill-fitting) 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 have a full on meltdown about a lemur named Maki.\nLinks\n\nGraveyard of Giant Lemurs Discovered Underwater in Madagascar (National Geographic)\n\nHuman population boom led to Madagascar\u2019s megafauna extinction: Study (Mongabay)\n\nA new interpretation of Madagascar's megafaunal decline: The \u201cSubsistence Shift Hypothesis\u201d (Journal of Human Evolution)\n\nThe Aye-Aye and the Finger of Death (Pacific Standard)\n\nScientists Discover New Species of Mouse Lemur (SciNews)\n\nLemur Missing, Possibly Stolen, From San Francisco Zoo (NPR)\n\n\u2018There\u2019s a lemur!\u2019 5-year-old helps crack SF Zoo theft case (AP)\n\nContact\nEmail the Dirt Podcast: thedirtpodcast@gmail.com\nAffiliates\n\nWildnote\n\nTeePublic\n\nTimeular","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/dddd1215-eeb0-4139-b885-732091a9088a/uploads-2f1612927465714-puvwh93kw2-3b3c967815ee02703f7cfe1c7eed.jpg"}