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Creature Comforts

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

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Creature Comforts | Sparrows

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2025/01/23

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Early into the year with these cold temperatures, it’s hard to know what to expect from the wildlife in your backyard, especially with birds. Are you seeing a robin, a cardinal, or a sparrow? Our focus for the show today is the sparrow, and our guest for the hour is long-time friend of the show Joe McGee.To

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Creature Comforts | Duck, Duck... GOOSE!

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2025/01/16

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.It’s a new year, and Creature Comforts is ringing in 2025 by discussing the favorite birds of children and hunters alike: ducks and geese. Our guest today is the Waterfowl Program Coordinator for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks – Houston Havens.To submit your own question for the

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Creature Comforts - CLASSIC | Bats on Deck!

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2025/01/09

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Mississippi is home to many flying creatures, and although we love talking about our birds, today we want to discuss a flying mammal: bats. Alison McCartney, a wildlife biologist, joins us today to tell us all about Mississippi’s bats, how important they are to our ecosystem, and whether or not you should be

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Creature Comforts - CLASSIC | Pet Day - November 2024

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2025/01/02

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, we have several email questions from our very own in-house staff here at MPB which we’ll answer between your phone calls.Email

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Creature Comforts - CLASSIC | Dinosaurs with George...

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2024/12/26

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Many people have an interest in prehistoric creatures from a young age. Lucky for us here in Mississippi, the grounds and waters are rich with fossils, bones, and other remains from past times. Our guest for the day is the returning George Phillips, paleontology curator at the Mississippi Museum of Natural

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Creature Comforts - CLASSIC | Sawfish

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2024/12/19

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.We have many remnants of the prehistoric world in bones and fossils around the globe, but there are a few animals still alive today that remind us of those creatures, like today’s subject, the sawfish. Our guest for the hour is Annmarie Fearing, who will join to school us about her work with these shockingly

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Creature Comforts Promo | Dear Santa... More MPB...

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2024/12/12

Happy Holidays From MPB Think Radio! This promo features Kamel King with Next Stop, Mississippi and his daughter, Kennedy King.For more MPB Think Radio visit: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/For more Deep South Dining visit: http://deepsouthdining.mpbonline.org/For more Next Stop, Mississippi visit: http://nextstopms.mpbonline.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Creature Comforts | Deer Overpopulation

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2024/12/12

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Recently, to the excitement of many Mississippi hunters, the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks began a campaign encouraging games-men to harvest even more deer than they have previously due to overpopulation. William McKinley from the department joins today to share more about our state’s deer

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Creature Comforts | Pet Day - December 2024

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2024/12/05

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 discussing some interesting fun facts about nature and wildlife in Mississippi.Email the

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Creature Comforts | Gopher Tortoises

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2024/11/21

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Noble, half-shelled reptiles living underground and saving lives may sound like a cartoonish idea, but it is the reality for the heroic Gopher Tortoise. Emily Rezac from the Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks joins us today to discuss these tortoises and how their presence is essential to

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44:30

Creature Comforts | iNaturalist and WMAs

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2024/11/14

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Colt Mooney is our guest for the hour. He is an Environmental/Natural Resources Specialist at the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. He joins to tell us about his work with the department and inform us about iNaturalist and WMAs.To submit your own question for the show, email us at

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Creature Comforts | Pet Day - November 2024

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2024/11/07

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, we have several email questions from our very own in-house staff here at MPB which we’ll answer between your phone calls.Email

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Creature Comforts - HALLOWEEN | Spooky Spiders

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2024/10/31

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 this year’s Halloween, Creature Comforts is going to talk about the infamously spooky and ever-scary spider. Along with skeletons, pumpkins, and candy, the 8-legged arachnids have become entwined with All Hallow’s Eve, so our guest for the hour Dr. Wesley Shoop, will join to inform us of the life cycles of

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43:33

Creature Comforts | Sawfish

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2024/10/24

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.We have many remnants of the prehistoric world in bones and fossils around the globe, but there are a few animals still alive today that remind us of those creatures, like today’s subject, the sawfish. Our guest for the hour is Annmarie Fearing, who will join to school us about her work with these shockingly

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44:27

Creature Comforts | Salamanders Across the Trace

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2024/10/17

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Kevin is out this week, so Marissa Vaughn hops in for the hour to guest-host the show. 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, and

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Creature Comforts | Fossil Discovery

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2024/10/10

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Before the lines of our state borders were drawn, many animals walked throughout the area that we now call Mississippi. Prehistoric birds, mammals, and reptiles charted their course throughout the state, and thanks to paleontologists like our guest today, we can peer back through time and guess what these

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Creature Comforts - DRIVE | Best of 2024

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2024/10/03

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.We’re in the middle of our Fall Fundraising campaign which we call “Drive Time,” so instead of taking your new phone calls today, we’re re-airing some old calls we’ve gotten on our pet days so far in 2024. Dr. Majure, Libby Hartfield, and Kevin Farrell are all grateful to you for listening and supporting us on

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Creature Comforts | Fall Migration

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2024/09/26

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.With Mississippi located in the center of the South, our state has many visitors stop to admire the scenery as they make their way to another destination. Our guest for the day has spent decades studying the visitors that pass through our state. Migratory bird expert, Dr. Frank Moore, joins to tell us about

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Creature Comforts | Batty

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2024/09/19

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.When traveling, have you ever had to experience an overnight red-eye flight? Our subjects for today’s show are all too familiar with those moonlit flights – we’re talking about bats. Katelin Cross, a conservation biologist at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, joins us today to tell us all about

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Creature Comforts - CLASSIC | Snakes

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2024/09/12

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Terry Vandeventer is a local herpetologist here in Mississippi, and today he joins us to discuss one of his favorite classifications of animals: snakes. Despite some people’s aversion to them, they’re quite beneficial to many local ecosystems and can even be adopted as pets!To submit your own question for the

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