Donna Kalil | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net A radio show about animals & animal issues Fri, 02 May 2025 22:04:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/talkinganimals.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-talking-animals-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Donna Kalil | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net 32 32 142518242 Stephen S. Hall, author of “Slither: How Nature’s Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World” https://talkinganimals.net/2025/04/stephen-s-hall-author-of-slither-how-natures-most-maligned-creatures-illuminate-our-world/ https://talkinganimals.net/2025/04/stephen-s-hall-author-of-slither-how-natures-most-maligned-creatures-illuminate-our-world/#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 04:00:14 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=11765 Veteran science journalist Stephen S. Hall–the author of several books, most recently, Slither: How Nature’s Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World—recounts how he approached writing Slither, a strategy seeking to beckon even those amidst the sizable contingent of people who are creeped out by snakes, hate snakes, or are afraid of snakes. And while only […]

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