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Animal Curiosity

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5/18/14 & 5/19/14: This week on "Fieldnotes:" "Animal Curiosity," by Adam Phillips, read by Allison de Jong.

"Apparently, curiosity moves mammals all over the world. Owners of the raccoon-like coati bemoan the animal's intense curiosity, which often results in emptied drawers and hidden valuables. Mountain lions and bears have been known to pursue fleeing people over great distances, moving in for the presumed attack only to poke and prod the "victim" for a moment, and, curiosity sated, continue along their way. Studies have shown that small animals, when given substantial freedom to express their curiosity, live longer, eat less, exhibit friendlier behavior, and often develop deductive problem-solving skills."

Beth Anne Austein has been spinning tunes on the air (The Folk Show, Dancing With Tradition, Freeforms), as well as recording, editing and mixing audio for Montana Public Radio and Montana PBS, since the Clinton Administration. She’s jockeyed faders or "fixed it in post” for The Plant Detective; Listeners Bookstall; Fieldnotes; Musicians Spotlight; The Write Question; Storycorps; Selected Shorts; Bill Raoul’s music series; orchestral and chamber concerts; lecture series; news interviews; and outside producers’ programs about topics ranging from philosophy to ticks.
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