An Unofficial 'The MeatEater Podcast' Reading List
Roland Kays
2 books referenced
Books by Roland Kays
Referenced in 3 episodes
November 24, 2025
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Steve references this book about influential trail cam photos, mentioning it contains a photo of a jaguar in snow in the Wachuka Mountains of Arizona.
July 05, 2021
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Mentioned in discussion about trail cameras and how they have rewritten understanding of animal distribution. The speaker describes it as 'a book about how trail cams they called camera like camera, I'll just called camera traps, just called trail cams. The way that trail cams have rewritten a lot of our understanding of animal distribution.'
February 24, 2020
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Described as a book featuring trail cam images, including what may be the only image in existence of a jaguar standing in snow. Used to illustrate the historical presence of jaguars in northern ranges.
Referenced in 1 episode
June 23, 2016
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During a discussion about trail cameras and their impact on wildlife management, Steve Rinella mentions that 'a biologist in New York just put out a book about the significance of what they call camera trap to the field.' The book reportedly contains 'three or six hundred like very influential trail cam images' and discusses how camera traps have helped understand wildlife distribution, range, and travel patterns. No specific title was provided, only that it was recently published by a New York-based biologist.