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June 10, 2023 85 mins

Jason, Michael, Jack, and Ken sit down with Dr. Anders Rhodin to discuss his adventures in pursuit of turtles and his research focused on Testudines. Dr. Rhodin is a retired orthopedic surgeon that has had a lifelong passion for turtles and tortoises. He is the Founder and Director of the Chelonian Research Foundation, Founding Editor and Publisher of the journal Chelonian Conservation and Biology and the monograph series Chelonian Research Monographs, and has served as both Chair and Co-Chair of the IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. The conversation ranges from challenges in implementing and assessing aspects of chelonian conservation, stories from traveling in pursuit of turtles and working in various museum collections, and vascularization of Leatherback Sea Turtle limbs.

 

You can learn more about the Chelonian Research Foundation here: https://chelonian.org/

Access Chelonian Conservation and Biology here: https://chelonian.org/ccb/ Or through BioOne Digital Library here: https://bioone.org/journals/chelonian-conservation-and-biology

Access Chelonian Research Monographs here: https://chelonian.org/crm/

Learn more about the IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group here: https://iucn-tftsg.org/pub-chron/

You can learn more about the CheloniaCast Podcast at theturtleroom.org/cheloniacast

Consider making a donation to the CheloniaCast Podcast Student Research Fund here: https://theturtleroom.org/project/cheloniacast-podcast/

All donations go toward furthering turtle and tortoise research and conservation. You can make a difference for turtles by listening to the show.

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Host Instagram - Jack Thompson - @jack_reptile_naturalist_302 / Jason Wills - @chelonian.carter / Ken Wang - @americanmamushi / Michael Skibsted - @michael.skibstedd

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