Happy Mother's Day, Nature Nerds! Jen surprises Megan with an amazing Mother's Day gift from Bind Weed Sketch Books! Then Megan shares some science news from listener Rebecca about Red Wolf pups as well as a second fun science news about manipulative dog micro-expressions. Jen then talk Lightning with some stories about lightening survivors like Roy Sullivan (thank you for that suggestion, Brian Lovell)!

Organizations to support: Shenandoah National Park Association 

https://snpbooks.org/

The Shenandoah National Park Association (SNPA), a non-profit organization, supports the interpretive and educational activities of Shenandoah National Park.

ALSO: 350.org

We're an international movement of ordinary people working to end the age of fossil fuels and build a world of community-led renewable energy for all.

350.org will send information on how to take action where you live, support national and global campaigns online, along with the latest climate movement news.

SCIENCE BASICS:

1. It’s warming.

2. It’s us.

3. We’re sure.

4. It’s bad.

5. We can fix it.

References:

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/lightning-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Sullivan

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/inside-the-life-of-the-man-known-as-the-spark-ranger/2013/08/15/947cf2d8-ea40-11e2-8f22-de4bd2a2bd39_story.html

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57934420/roy-c-sullivan-71-ex-ranger/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/31/deadly-lightning-mexico-government-failure

http://lightningsafety.com/nlsi_pls/lightningstatistics.html

https://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/others/roy-sullivan-struck-lightning-seven-times#:~:text=Park%20ranger%20Roy%20Sullivan%2C%20struck,Virginia%20on%20February%207%2C%201912.

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/state/florida-is-the-lightning-capital-of-the-us-this-is-why

https://www.today.com/health/how-not-get-struck-lightning-avoid-these-common-myths-t156286

https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/lightning/victimdata.html

https://geo-mexico.com/?p=13109

https://www.readersdigest.ca/culture/facts-about-lightning-strikes/

https://www.readersdigest.ca/culture/struck-by-lightning/

https://listverse.com/2018/06/02/10-people-who-have-been-struck-by-lightning-multiple-times/

https://www.boredpanda.com/scars-after-surviving-lightning-strike-lichtenberg-figures-photos/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic