Is Animal Communication Real? w/ academic Avantika Mathur

Seeking Wonder with Dani Fankhauser

If your first thought was that animal communication doesn't exactly sound science-based, you wouldn't be alone.

This week's guest combined her drive for a purposeful career with her academic roots to become a pioneer in the field of animal communication research. She set aside her own initial doubts and put on her researcher hat to find out.

This interview absolutely blew my mind! There's already so much work underway in understanding and making practical use of animal communication, on both small and large scales.

Avantika Mathur is an academic researcher with a master of science in Global Health, co-host of the Animals & Us podcast, and is currently completing a research fellowship focused on Intuitive Interspecies Communication. She's a trailblazer in this space, both in coordinating events and editing for academic journals on the topic.

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In this episode:

• Avantika's career pivot into studying animal communication
• Adoption story of her first dog, Simba
• The current academic research around animal communication
• What humans can learn from animals, and their perception of us and our contributions to the globe (!!)
• How intuitive interspecies communication (IIC) can help address major global issues like climate change, without fear or shame tactics

Mentioned in the episode:

Soul of the Wild: Intimate Messages from the Hearts and Souls of Elephants and Whales by Dr. Barbara Shor

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Podcast: Animals & Us

Instagram: @avantikamathur_

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