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Creature Comforts

MPB Think Radio

Each week, Libby Hartfield, Retired Director of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, brings a specialist into the studio to answer your questions about various animals we see in Mississippi. And of course, Dr. Troy Majure, Veterinarian at the Animal Medical Center of Jackson answers your pet questions. Each week, you’ll learn more about the animals that live in our homes and the animals who live in the world around us. You’ll also find out more about family-friendly exhibits and events at the

kids & family pets & animals

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42:54

Creature Comforts | Skunks

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2025/07/24

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.The people of Mississippi are all too familiar with our subject for today’s show. Whether you experience them in passing while driving down the road, or your pet waltzes into your house with a certain stench on them, you’re aware of the animals we’re discussing today. You guessed it, we’re discussing skunks

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Creature Comforts | Marine Education Center

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2025/07/17

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.The University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Research Laboratory aims to inform visitors and the public about coastal ecosystems through the Marine Education Center. Today we’re joined by Marine Education Project Specialist at the center Lacy Lindsey, to tell us more about what they do, and what

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42:54

Creature Comforts | Green Tree Frogs

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2025/07/10

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Our colleagues here at MPB have recently been working on a project of re-airing and digitizing some of our older shows, and in that process, they unearthed a series from 1977 starring a green tree frog puppet called Clyde in The Clyde Frog Show. So we here at Creature Comforts decided to help our friends,

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44:25

Creature Comforts - CLASSIC | Mississippi's State...

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2025/07/03

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Recently, many of Mississippi’s State Lakes have reopened after renovation. This coupled with the coming summer months means the lakes are primed for anglers and boaters. For today, we welcome back Creature Comforts regular, Dennis Riecke, Coordinator with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and

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Creature Comforts | Butterflies and Other Pollinators

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2025/06/26

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Last week to open Creature Comforts, we discussed a few animal holidays and celebrations taking place this month. Among those we talked about, we celebrated June as National Pollinators month, so to keep in that spirit, today we’ll be talking about everyone’s favorite pollinators, the butterfly. Friend of the

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Creature Comforts | Dinosaurs in Mississippi

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2025/06/19

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Putting together the lives of prehistoric creatures is a puzzle, and like a puzzle, you have to have all the pieces to fully understand the whole picture. George Philips joins us again today to discuss the animals that walked through our state long before the nation was even founded and tell us how he has used

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43:58

Creature Comforts | Crawfish... Or is it Crayfish?

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2025/06/12

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.At MPB Think Radio, we’re all about bringing people together – something we have in common with the animal we’re discussing today. In the South, crawfish, crayfish, mudbugs, or whatever else you call them, are often used to bring communities together in a way no other crustacean can. Our guest, Calvin Rezac,

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Creature Comforts | Pet Day - June 2025

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2025/06/05

On Creature Comforts, Kevin Farrell is joined by Dr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at the Animal Medical Center in Jackson and Libby Hartfield retired director of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.Today is an all-pet day here on Creature Comforts. So, we’ve propped the doors to the pet hospital wide open.We welcome all your pet questions from the big to the small. Also, between your calls we’ll be looking at a list of common myths and misconceptions people often believe about cats.Email the

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44:27

Creature Comforts | Freedom Ranch

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2025/05/29

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.In Mississippi, we have several places for people to learn about and experience wildlife. From Museums to refuges, you can be educated on all sorts of topics all across the state. One of those places is Freedom Ranch, and today we’re joined by Krissy Hamilton from Freedom Ranch to help inform us about the

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Creature Comforts | Snakes in the Studio!

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2025/05/22

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Whether you’re fond of them or not, you probably find snakes fascinating. From slithering underground to high in the trees, they occupy a large fraction of our ecosystem here in Mississippi. Terry Vandeventer, otherwise known as Terry the Snake Man, is our guest for the hour, so stay tuned to find out if he’s

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Creature Comforts | Snappy Sync Soiree

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2025/05/15

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.With the temperature slowly warming up and the storms hopefully subsiding, the weather is starting to become more friendly to our outdoors-y friends. We can finally step outside and look up to see the stars twinkling, but also, you might see something else twinkling out of the side of your eye. Fireflies are

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Creature Comforts | Tara Wildlife Summer Camps

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2025/05/08

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Today on the show, we’re joined by Gilbert Rose from Tara Wildlife. He wants to tell us about the Tara Lodge and the educational youth camps they offer in the summer. Students will have opportunities to canoe, fish, get certified in hunter education, and see all types of wildlife in person.To submit your own

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44:43

Creature Comforts | Pet Day - May 2025

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2025/05/01

On Creature Comforts, Kevin Farrell is joined by Dr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at the Animal Medical Center in Jackson and Libby Hartfield retired director of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.Today is an all-pet day here on Creature Comforts. So, we’ve propped the doors to the pet hospital wide open.We welcome all your pet questions from the big to the small. Also, between your calls we’ll be looking at a list of 10 myths and misconceptions people believe about their dogs put together by

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44:16

Creature Comforts | Volunteering at the Mississippi...

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2025/04/24

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.As we near the end of MPB Think Radio’s Volunteer Week, we’re joined by Katie Tupy from the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. Being the Education Coordinator at the museum, Katie has extensive knowledge of the institution’s day-to-day operations and where assistance from community volunteers is needed.To

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Creature Comforts | Green Sea Turtles

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2025/04/17

On Creature Comforts,Marissa Vaughn steps in for the absent Kevin Farrell, and is joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.After last week’s discussion about gopher tortoises who live in long leaf pine forests, we decided that this week we should discuss another similar reptile that lives in an entirely different habitat. Our guest Emma Humpreys joins today to guide us down to the Gulf

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44:42

Creature Comforts | The Headstart Program

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2025/04/10

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.The gopher tortoise is one of Mississippi’s oldest surviving species, but despite their perseverance and endurance, they do still need some intervention to assist them in their life cycles. Today, we’re joined by Becky Stowe and Sid Godfrey from The Nature Conservancy of Mississippi to discuss their gopher

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Creature Comforts | 10 Fun Facts About Mississippi...

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2025/04/03

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.For the past few Pet Days here on the show, we’ve been filling the time between your calls and emails by discussing some fun facts about nature and wildlife in Mississippi that our producer, Abram Nanney, put together. Today, we compiled that list of ten facts into one special, drive-time episode!To submit

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44:48

Creature Comforts - CLASSIC | Spring Bird Banding

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2025/03/27

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Today we discuss bird banding and how it's done throughout the spring season with returning guest Emma Rhodes, Co-Founder & Director of Conservation and Scientific Research at the Banding Coalition of the Americas. All sorts of birds are discussed on today's programming, as well as other pet and animal

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44:44

Creature Comforts - CLASSIC | Urban Wildlife

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2025/03/20

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Today we discuss urban wildlife with Dr. Adam Rohnke and Katherine "Ann" Smithson of Mississippi State University's Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture and Extension Service to teach you the ins and outs of the urban wildlife that surrounds you each and every day.To submit your own question for

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Creature Comforts | Bioluminescent Websters

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2025/03/13

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Conservation biologist with the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Tom Mann is joining us today. We have Tom on routinely to discuss the migration of salamanders that struggle to survive crossing the Natchez Trace, but he’s also added a little more studying and observation to the process which he’ll share

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