How to pronounce “pika” in English

They're actually just called nasal clicks.It's two pikachu. I mean, I find that easier with some than others, especially geodude.

from 53 years ago went back and did it all again. And what she found out, was two things. In the entire populationof Collared Pikas, one thing is a little bone in the skull had changed. The entire population. They don't have fax. They don't havee-mail. They don't have a way of saying 'okay everybody, change this bone in your skull to be this long'. They evolved within 50

old-fashioned way. Because of the the head prof there. He's kind of old-fashioned. So we had a Ph. D. Candidate, Hayley, and she went around. 53 years ago, this biologist wentaround and sampled all the Collared Pika which you see on the screen now. He sampled the entire world population which is down in Canada all the way up into Alaska and samplemeans okay? Take a skin, do the skulls, basic sampling which is what science has been doing for eons. Science

So I'm going to do two.And they were asking me for-- I did SpongeBob and Pikachu.

And so I'm curious.No, I wasn't Pikachu.

They're actually just called nasal clicks.So it's like, it's two pikachus.

ain't no more. That's the issue. On this particular mountain where Number 6 lived -- it was a small colony up in theAlaska range and there's probably I'm going to say 33, 36 Collared Pika on this entire slope. They only had aboutanother 40 feet, vertical feet to go up and then there was just sky.

And so I'm curious.OK. Well, . Were you Pikachu?

direct because of the change in the climate. They don't have, in the summer time, where they were, the warmth they need to grow the forearms they have to grab. And what they do.This is Number 6 and he was a character. Now, a Collared Pika is about the size of tennis ball. They're little guys,all right? And they live on talus slopes . Talus slopes are what you see a lot in the Sierra. It's where you have all that border of boulders borders and all those rocks

commonly called rock rabbits. They're cute. They're fuzzy. They go oink, oink. That's the noise they make.They're just one of a kind, kind of critters. We have the American Pika down here. It should be listed. It's now in such aperil, they're thinking about listing it as threatened. And this is the thing called Collared Pika, which is the far reaches of North America. Well,

They're just one of a kind, kind of critters. We have the American Pika down here. It should be listed. It's now in such aperil, they're thinking about listing it as threatened. And this is the thing called Collared Pika, which is the far reaches of North America. Well,Number 6 -- what he's doing here is what they normally do in the summer time. They're constantly going out to get

that so it's a one time thing so it's called anecdotal even though it's a photograph that's part of the process. So I'm out there not only to make the picturerecord all this information, but then it's my goal to bring that story back. That's the whole goal. Because how many people here have heard of a Collared Pikabefore? That's my point. It's just not known, not seen. Well, this project we worked on for about ten days. We is my youngest son Jake and myself. So Link -- the head prof

before? That's my point. It's just not known, not seen. Well, this project we worked on for about ten days. We is my youngest son Jake and myself. So Link -- the head profsaid, "hey, we're going to go after a critter that is in worse shape than the Collared Pika up there." And I said,"really?" He goes, "yeah." So two years ago, we started planning this three week trip up the Haul Road Many people have seen the Haul Road trucker

So then suddenly being cut open and all of this stuff, and then a baby being slammed on my chest.So it was perfect for her with a newborn really, because she just sat in the corner, Pokemon-ing away, catching Pikachu in the park