Dung in the Gutter! Episode 4 Just Launched

Episode 4: Eavesdropping

En route to the harbor, Blister catches two secret agent spy pigeons deliberately splatter-painting passersby. He promises not to report them to the head of their order so long as they do him a favor. They must investigate the strange electric rattraps known as Dr. van Sangfreud’s Incredible IncarceRATors.

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Credits: Special thanks to composer Roland Rudzitis for serving up the Blister and Muck theme song. Pond 5 provided stock sound FX. Daniel Simon brought seagulls.

And for the curious, the facts and figures mentioned in the introduction were gathered from these sources:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-says-last-decade-4-birds-went-extinct-and-4-more-are-likely-gone-180970226/

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326420#Big-losses,-small-wins

https://www.bl.uk/the-language-of-birds/articles/the-dawn-chorus

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4979700/

By jenmichellemason

Jenny is a story hunter. She has explored foreign countries, canyon mazes, and burial crypts to gather the facts that make good stories. Once, she sniffed a 200-year-old skull...for research purposes. Jenny received an M.Phil from Trinity College Dublin and holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from VCFA. She has authored nearly 20 STEM books for young readers. Her inquisitive and funny nonfiction articles have appeared in Mountain Flyer, Cobblestone, and Muse magazines. Jenny also works as a freelance copy writer for nonprofits and small businesses.