{"podcast":{"title":"World of Sharks","slug":"world-of-sharks-6884324","podcast_index_feed_id":6884324,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/wholetoothpod/feed.xml","website_url":"https://islaa.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12338797/WOS_PODCAST_LOGO_3000_square_white_echbms.png","author":"Save Our Seas Foundation","episode_count":100,"summary":"Welcome to World of Sharks, a podcast all about sharks, rays and their underwater habitat brought to you by the Save our Seas Foundation. Forget Jaws – there is SO much more to sharks than their fearsome reputation. Join scientist and shark nerd Dr Isla Hodgson as she chats with leading experts in shark science, conservation and storytelling to take a deep dive into the fascinating world of one of the most diverse, well-adapted, enigmatic, misunderstood and threatened groups of animals on the planet.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-of-sharks-6884324"},"episode":{"title":"The Shark That Swims in Rivers: Protecting the Winghead Sharks of Papua New Guinea with Yolarnie Amepou","slug":"the-shark-that-swims-in-rivers-protecting-the-winghead-sharks-of-papua-new-guinea-with-yolarnie-amepou","published_at":"2025-09-18T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-of-sharks-6884324/the-shark-that-swims-in-rivers-protecting-the-winghead-sharks-of-papua-new-guinea-with-yolarnie-amepou","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-of-sharks-6884324","url":"https://wholetoothpod.podbean.com/e/the-shark-that-swims-in-rivers-protecting-the-winghead-sharks-of-papua-new-guinea/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/r87z72qyt8mdddfg/Ep_84_the_shark_that_swims_in_rivers_yolarnie9955y.mp3","summary":"A turtle that looks like a pig, and a shark that looks like a plane...in this episode, we're heading to the colourful, diverse lands of the Kikori River in Southern Papua New Guinea to meet researcher and director of the Piku Biodiversity Network (www.pikubionet.org.pg). In 2018, Yolarnie expanded the PBN - which originally focussed on the community-led conservation of the endangered pig-nosed turtle - to include the 45 species of shark and ray that can be found in the Kikori river system. These species include the unusual and understudied winghead shark, one of the few sharks that passes between salt and freshwater to give birth to its young. Find out more about Yolarnie's project, which she co-leads with Dr Michael Grant, here: https://saveourseas.com/project-leader/yolarnie-amepou/ Shownotes: www.saveourseas.com/worldofsharks/podcast","meta_description":"A turtle that looks like a pig, and a shark that looks like a plane...in this episode, we're heading to the colourful, diverse lands of the Kikori River i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3546,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/world-of-sharks-6884324/episodes/the-shark-that-swims-in-rivers-protecting-the-winghead-sharks-of-papua-new-guinea-with-yolarnie-amepou/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-of-sharks-6884324/the-shark-that-swims-in-rivers-protecting-the-winghead-sharks-of-papua-new-guinea-with-yolarnie-amepou.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}