Nov. 1, 2024

Leave the Leaves: Tell my wife I don't need to rake the leaves!

Show Notes
Transcript

Johnny Mac shares exciting and positive updates, including a wildlife conservation group's campaign encouraging Americans not to rake leaves, the discovery of 18th century onion glasses from a shipwreck, seven newly identified frog species in Madagascar, the creation of the world's smallest functional washing machine by an Indian engineer, and the announcement of finalists for the 2024 American Humane Hero Dog Awards. Additionally, Johnny provides information on how to access the show commercial-free on Apple Podcasts.

00:00 Introduction and Exciting News
00:15 Leave the Leaves Campaign
01:13 Discovery of 18th Century Onion Glasses
02:12 New Species of Frogs in Madagascar
02:52 World's Smallest Washing Machine
03:20 American Humane Hero Dog Awards
04:23 Show Wrap-Up and Subscription Info

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Caloroga Shark Media. I am Johnny Mack with perhaps the

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goodest good news I've ever done on the show, And

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please tell my wife about this one. A Wildlive conservation

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group is encouraging Americans not to rake the leaves. Yes,

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I agree, let's not rake the leaves. How about it's

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Saturday and we just sit around and watch sports all

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day and maybe play some video games, listen to podcasts,

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not rake for five hours. I hate the leaves. I

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mow my lawn, I do the pool, I'll do other chores.

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I hate the leaves thing. Let's leave them all right?

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What's the deal here, John? Stop your rant. The organizers

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of leave the Leaves love it, say Songbirds, small animals, amphibians,

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and reptiles all rely on the leaf later in some way.

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Many beloved insects species like butterflies. You like butterflies, don't you?

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Motts and fireflies use the layer as a safe spot

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to wait out the winter, and others forage in and

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even eat the decomposing leaves. You can leave the little

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twigs and stems too. Many insects, like native bees, over

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winter inside of hollow dried flower stems or in decaying logs.

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And branches. You try explaining that to my wife, It's

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not gonna work. Florida officials announced the discovery of two

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eighteenth century onion glasses. The Division of Historical Resources announced

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on social media they found some barnacle covered bottles. They

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said meticulously slow cleaning and drying the layers was surely

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a challenge, but the bottles remained intact and then were

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consolidated with paraloid B seventy two, which, as you know,

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is an acrylic rosin based consolidate typically used in glass and

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ceramic conservation. Yeah, we know. Mark Ard is the director

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of External Affairs for the Florida Department of State. He

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told Fox News. While the exact ship is not identified,

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the vessel was part of the Spanish plate fleet that

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was sailing from Cuba bound for Spain in seventeen fifteen.

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The seventeen to fifteen Spanish Plate Fleet was lost at

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sea along Florida's east coast after encountering a hurricane. It

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is believed the bottles contained some sort of alcoholic spirit.

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The bottles are very fragile, and for them to first

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survive the destruction of the ship and then being submerged

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under water for over three hundred years is incredible. All right?

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Picture this. You're in the steamy jungles of Madagascar. You

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and your research team discover not one, not two, not three,

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not four, not five, not six, seven new species of frogs,

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and I have to give them names. All seven types

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of frogs come from the frog genus Buufis bo Phis

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boufis at admit bird like whistling sounds rather than croaks.

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Professor Miguel Vinces is a man after my own heart.

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He was part of the naming crew and he's a

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trekkie and he said, that's why we named the frogs.

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Kirk Picard, Cisco, Janeway, Archer Burnham and Pike Johnny Mack.

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You got a world record for us today? I sure do.

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An Indian man showed off his engineering skills. He crafted

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the world's smallest washing machine, this one one point two

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inches by one point three two inches by one point

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five to two inches. Not sure my pants are going

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to fit in there. To qualify for the record, he

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had to demonstrate that his washing machine was functional and

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could run a full cycle, wash, rinse and spin. It

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weighs zero point eighty eight ounces, slightly more than two

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oriole cookies, Today's shows a lot of fun. I'm having

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a great time right. The American Humane Hero Dog Awards

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have announced their five finalists for twenty twenty four. These

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finalists are America's most heroic canines. They will compete for

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the Hero Dog title at the upcoming awards gala in Florida.

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The categories include Law Enforcement, Service, Therapy, Military, and Emerging

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hero Dogs. The finalists include Samson, the science service dog

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who assisted his owner, neuroscientist Joey, in recovering from a

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traumatic brain injury. Samson learned over two hundred and forty

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five commands. Then there's Bo, the bloodhound who works for

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the police in North Carolina who's known for finding missing persons,

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including children. And Seene. Penny's a shelter dog who survives

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severe abuse and leg amputation and now inspires children as

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a therapy dog and advocates for animal protection laws in Kentucky.

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Nicki is a Belgian at Melanoy German shepherd mix with

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the US Coast Guard. Nicki has completed over two hundred

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and fifty security missions, including detecting firearms and aiding high

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profile events. And those are your five good news stories

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