How AI and Drones are being used to keep elephants and humans safe, Atacama Desert superbloom that led to a new national park in Chile, what an FIU med student learnt on placement at Zoo Miami, and more!


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Today’s Topics:
Welcome (0:00)
Using AI and Drones To Protect Elephants And Prevent
Human-elephant Conflict! (1:27)
How This Chilean Superbloom Led To A New National Park!
(9:25)
The Proposed Great Koala National Park! (13:31)
Tiny Brazilian Village Protecting The Three-banded
Armadillo! (20:08)
500,00 Endangered Sea Turtles Arrive At Marine Sanctuary
To Nest! (24:41)
Why A FIU Medical Student Did A Placement At Miami Zoo!
(26:10)
 
Using AI and Drones To Protect Elephants And Prevent
Human-elephant Conflict!
 https://phys.org/news/2023-03-ai-powered-drone-technology-aids-elephant.html
African Elephant Info!
https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/wildlife/african-elephants#:~:text=African%20elephants%20are%20the%20world's,now%20listed%20as%20critically%20endangered.
WildEyes AI Article
https://www.oneearth.org/wildeyes-ai-helping-to-save-wild-elephants-and-prevent-human-elephant-conflict/
 
How This Chilean Superbloom Led To A New National Park!
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/chile-atacama-desierto-florido-national-park-climate-change-super-blooms
Background Of Superblooms in America!
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/2023-year-of-the-superbloom-flowers-california
 
 
The Proposed Great Koala National Park!
https://www.koalapark.org.au/about

ABC Article On The Logging Industry Impacts
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-02/great-koala-national-park-could-benefit-nsw-research-finds/13110374

 
Tiny Brazilian Village Protecting The Three-banded
Armadillo!
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/03/brazilian-3-banded-armadillo-benefits-from-community-conservation-in-bahia/

 
500,00 Endangered Sea Turtles Arrive At Marine Sanctuary
To Nest!
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/wildlife-biodiversity/olive-ridley-nesting-begins-over-500-000-turtles-lay-eggs-in-4-days-at-odisha-s-gahirmatha-sanctuary-88194

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle – Australian Government Info
https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/animals/discovering-wildlife/turtles/species/olive-ridley-pacific-ridley#:~:text=Olive%20ridley%20turtles%20nest%20all,about%20two%20months%20after%20laying.

Olive Ridley Turtle Hatchling Release (what I thought could
be sketch)
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/feb/28/olive-ridley-turtle-hatchlings-release-underway-in-coastal-delta-2551506.html

 
Why A FIU Medical Student Did A Placement At Miami Zoo!
https://news.fiu.edu/2021/the-time-the-flamingo-fell-and-other-stories-my-medical-school-rotation-at-zoo-miami

More Examples Of One Health
https://www.snexplores.org/article/when-physicians-and-veterinarians-team-up-all-species-benefit