Daniel Blumstein

We never published that.

But marmot blood should be the new standard for non-polluted blood.

They're living in nature.

So pause a moment and ask yourself a question.

Plastic pollution.

We're all ingesting plastics.

Our sperm counts are going down.

we're having all sorts of endocrinological issues.

Phthalates, which are found to make plastic soft, turns out are testosterone mimickers.

They mimic testosterone.

The other plastic chemicals mimic estrogen.

We are so screwing up the environment.

And if we see in a natural population that is not polluted, and we see natural variation having such profound effects on

later behavior, survival, et cetera, reproductive success, you should be scared about what we're putting in the environment and what this is doing for this.

Follow your inner marmot.

Marmots are sentinels of our health.

I would worry about humans.

I wouldn't worry about marmots.

I don't know.

They were looking for a bunch of toxins that are usually screened for, you know, chemical toxins and stuff.