This interview aired on tuesday and somehow slipped by me, but I might like it the best of all of them since they get to places others never touch. If you aren’t sure whether these discussions are worth your time, this one from Benjamin Bombard of KUER in Utah definitely IS. Pour another cup of coffee and listen to the whole thing. Really.

The Secret Life Of Beavers

You would think this was validation week. My kit-working-with-parents video on facebook has 6k views and 220 shares at the moment. And this arrived in the mail yesterday from the winner of our “After quiz” drawing at the beaver festival. Since I’m usually trying to convince kids to take the post-test, (which helps us with our grant requirements,) I lure them with the promise that the correct answer I draw at random wins a Folkmanis beaver kit puppet.

This year our winner was a true believer.

Based on the note on the back from Mom, I’m guessing this might be Michael. That was the only time we had a woman dressed up in a beaver costume (Greg Kerekes’ wife of the Urban Wildlife Research Project).

Which would make this Dad shown on the bridge in the Ranger Rick Issue. I can’t believe the random winner turned out to be such a great representative of our whole mission! Apparently the entire family are believers.