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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 | Crawfish, Lizards, Hummingbirds,...

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2025/10/23

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Today on Creature Comforts, it’s a special drive time episode that we’ve put together of some of our best and most informative moments from shows about Crawfish, Lizards, Hummingbirds, and Aquariums.To submit your own question for the show, email us at animals@mpbonline.org or send us a message with the Talk

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Creature Comforts | Beavers

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2025/10/16

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.If you look closely enough, you’ll notice that many of our critter friends are astonishingly good construction workers. From the inner workings of a beehive to the underground networks of moles, there are many talented architects in the wild, and one such animal is the beaver. Today, we’re joined by Holley

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45:32

Creature Comforts | Aquarium Fish

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2025/10/09

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Over the past few weeks, we’ve talked about the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science a bit but have yet to mention its expansive aquarium system which houses all sorts of fish that can be found throughout Mississippi waterways. Aquarist at the Museum, Haley Wagner, will join us today to discuss these

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Creature Comforts - CLASSIC | Pet Day - May 2025

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2025/10/02

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, 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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45:08

Creature Comforts | Hummingbirds

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2025/09/25

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Since they were founded in 2020, the Banding Coalition of the Americas has pushed our scientific knowledge of bird migration to new heights, and as part of their research, they have been investigating one of the South’s favorite and most iconic frequent flyers, hummingbirds! Emma Rhodes, Director of

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44:08

Creature Comforts | Mississippi Science Fest

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2025/09/18

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 ten years now, the Lefleur’s Museum District in Jackson has been home to Science Fest: a massive event featuring the collaboration of the Ag Museum, the Sports Hall of Fame, the Children’s Museum, and the Museum of Natural Science. To celebrate this event, we welcome Nicole Smith to tell us more about the

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Creature Comforts | Birding Through the Seasons

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2025/09/11

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 autumn season is almost upon us, so it’s nearing time to trade in your sunscreen and towels for rakes and long-sleeves. As summer swiftly approaches its end, we welcome biologist Joe McGee onto the show to recap what the season has meant for our wildlife and look forward to the coming fall migrations and

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Creature Comforts | Pet Day - September 2025

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2025/09/04

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 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 and emails today, we’re going to be listing one interesting fact about each state park in Mississippi, all sourced

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45:17

Creature Comforts | Turtle Time!

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2025/08/28

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.From our creeks, lakes, and ponds; to our roads, suburbs, and driveways, the people of Mississippi can encounter a turtle just about anywhere. So, to tell us about our half-shelled neighbors, we welcome Dr. Grover Brown, assistant professor of biology at Jacksonville State University in Alabama.To submit your

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43:21

Creature Comforts | Honeybees

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2025/08/21

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Here’s a riddle for you to kick off our show this morning: flying without feathers and singing without a voice, as today’s subject of Creature Comforts, I carry the weight of the world on my back while being nearly weightless myself… What am I? This essential piece of our ecosystem is of course the Honeybee

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43:32

Creature Comforts | World Lizard Day

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2025/08/14

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Last week on Creature Comforts Pet Day, we discussed a few August holidays and celebrations pertaining to our animals, and in that discussion, we brought up World Lizard Day, which happens to be August 14th, today! To celebrate, we have on biology professor at the Mississippi University for Women Dr. Travis

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Creature Comforts | Pet Day - August 2025

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2025/08/07

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 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 the month of August’s animal-related holidays and discussing ways to celebrate each.To submit

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Creature Comforts | Insects and Plants

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2025/07/31

On Creature Comforts,Kevin Farrellis joined byDr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at theAnimal Medical Center in JacksonandLibby Hartfieldretired director of theMississippi Museum of Natural Science.Our state contains many species of plants and insects scattered throughout its borders, but though they may all call Mississippi home, some actually have welcomed themselves here from other places. Brady Dunaway, ecologist at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science joins us today to tell us about the plants

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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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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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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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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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