{"id":15250,"date":"2020-07-29T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=15250"},"modified":"2025-08-01T11:10:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:10:39","slug":"ask-an-expert-wildlife-mythbusters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/ask-an-expert-wildlife-mythbusters\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask an Expert: Wildlife Mythbusters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"meta\" class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-flexy\">\n<div id=\"meta-contents\" class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-flexy\">\n<div id=\"container\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-secondary-info-renderer\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"style-scope ytd-expander\">\n<div id=\"description\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-secondary-info-renderer\">Join Purdue Extension wildlife specialists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/contact-us\/directory\/brian-j-macgowan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brian MacGowan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.depts.ttu.edu\/provost\/bios\/rod-williams.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rod Williams<\/a> as they clear up what is fact and fiction when it comes to wildlife. They burst the bubble on some commonly heard &#8220;facts&#8221; about snapping turtles, hellbenders, coyotes, snakes and more.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ask an Expert: Wildlife Mythbusters\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2M5sQiPPJYo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>If you have any questions regarding wildlife, or other natural resource topics, feel free to contact us by using our <a title=\"Ask an Expert\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/got-nature-blog\/ask-an-expert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ask an Expert<\/a> web page.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"always-shown\" class=\"style-scope ytd-metadata-row-container-renderer\"><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ticket-shelf\" class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-flexy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLgoGnq-fak7XTwtV_1BLQt24xhCbMpm6W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ask an Expert<\/a>, Playlist, Purdue Extension \u2013 Forestry and Natural Resources Youtube Channel<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLgoGnq-fak7XTijMyab8WElouaTwlUfsN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wildlife<\/a>, Playlist<\/div>\n<div class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-flexy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/extension\/nature\/Pages\/Reptiles.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reptiles: Turtles, Snakes, and Lizards<\/a>\u200b\u200b, Purdue Nature of Teaching<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/coyotes-are-on-the-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coyotes are on the Move<\/a>, Got Nature? Blog, Purdue FNR Extension<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/department\/extension\/hellbender\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Help the Hellbender<\/a>, Website<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/fnr-545.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indiana Amphibian and Reptile ID Package (4 softcover books)<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/contact-us\/directory\/brian-j-macgowan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brian MacGowan<\/a>, Wildlife Extension Specialist<br \/>\nPurdue Forestry and Natural Resources<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-flexy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.depts.ttu.edu\/provost\/bios\/rod-williams.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rod Williams<\/a>, Professor of Wildlife Science<br \/>\nPurdue Forestry and Natural Resources<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Purdue Extension wildlife specialists Brian MacGowan and Rod Williams as they clear up what is fact and fiction when it comes to wildlife. They burst the bubble on some commonly heard &#8220;facts&#8221; about snapping turtles, hellbenders, coyotes, snakes and more. If you have any questions regarding wildlife, or other natural resource topics, feel free [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,45,54],"tags":[1188,256,1149,1187,793,1186,72],"class_list":["post-15250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forestry","category-howto","category-wildlife","tag-coyotes","tag-fnr","tag-fnr-ext","tag-hellbenders","tag-snakes","tag-snapping-turtles","tag-wildlife","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15250"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34199,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15250\/revisions\/34199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}