In this episode, Sea talks with mammalogist Nicole Edmison of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History.  Nicole works on mammal diversity and helps to curate the national mammal collection of the USA.  Nicole talks with us about her work with an island population of Vervet monkeys, camera traps, and netting bats.  We also talk about close calls with big cats, squirrel diversity, and the fauna of backyards in North America. Some of the links: The Mammal Collection:  https://vertebrates.si.edu/mammals/ Emammal:  https://emammal.si.edu Vervet Monkeys in St. Kitts:  https://youtu.be/tgSmzZ1tB8I