*Content warning: this episode contains descriptions of
violence that might be disturbing to some listeners.*
Herpetologists do a lot of unique things while studying lizards—cut
their toes, pump their stomachs, and capture them by lassoing their
necks. That one small word, “lasso,'' wasn't always the word used
in the discipline. Herpetologist Earyn McGee, one of the few Black,
female scientists in the field, proposed researchers stop using the
word “noose” to describe capturing lizards, and start using a more
accurate, less oppressive word, like “lasso.” Thanks for
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