We meet Emily Spinach - the pet garter snake of wild-child first daughter, Alice Roosevelt. Also, the hilariously creepy, Wild Taxidermy Room in Melbourne, Australia, says goodbye and pandas throw the weirdest parties.

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Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a professional dog trainer outside of Boston, MA, and author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog". She has a dog training channel on YouTube that has free classes and lessons for anyone who is interested in positive reinforcement dog training. More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com

Intro Music: “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz
Interstitial music: MK2

I got today's information from:
Alice Roosevelt and Presidential Pets:https://www.childrensmuseum.org/blog/why-pet-snakehttps://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/12/first-daughters-alice-roosevelt-113302https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/03/29/at-90-alice-roosevelt-longworth-didnt-care-who-she-offended-in-this-mean-funny-1974-interview/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_petshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hA1WAAAAIBAJ&pg=7004%2C3105108https://patch.com/maryland/hyattsville/hoover-s-opossum-brings-luck-to-hyattsville-ba645rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrfgvfgvseball-team

Pandas Roll in Horse Poop:
https://www.livescience.com/pandas-roll-in-horse-poo.htmlhttps://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/scientists-finally-think-they-know-why-these-pandas-roll-horse-poop

Melbourne's Wild Taxidermy Room:
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/search?collectingarea=Mammalogyhttps://mashable.com/2015/07/05/bad-taxidermy/https://www.ranker.com/list/bad-taxidermy-pictures/ashley-reign

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