Got a question about your car and… dogs? Or cats? Or goats, snakes, birds, crabs, raccoons, geckos, bed bugs, mud chiggers, or Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches? Well, good news! We’re pleased to welcome Car Talk’s new resident wildlife expert, Dr. Kieran Lindsey . We recently had a discussion wit…

Something must have happened because we have had Toyotas forever and haven’t had rodent damage until the newer ones: Prius and Solara. They eat or at least chew up the insulation on the underside of the hood. They nest in various parts of the AC system and of course die in there occasionally. A …

Do those little things work that you stick on the bumpers that supposedly make high pitched sounds?

I hit a very large wolf in Idaho in July 2010 on Interstate 90 at a speed of 75 miles per hour coming back from Spokane. The impact ripped the front left portion of my bumper. Thankfully the air bag did not deploy. Just curious though… why didn’t the air bag go off with that hard of a hit? PS… I ha…

Unfortunately, Wolves Don’t Have Air Bags, Yet. CSA

A Neighbor, Just Up The Road, Reported To His Insurance Company That His Windshield Was Broken By A Large Fish ! They Were Skeptical At First, Until They Learned That The Fish Was Dropped By A Bald Eagle Trying To Gain Altitude. CSA

RABBITS!!! RABBITS!!! Evidently they love to chew on the soy-based wiring insulation. Whether the soy part is NEW is yet another question however, since my car is a 20+ year old Buick Century. It has 40,000 miles and both interior/exterior are in beautiful condition. I leave it to YOU to wonde…

No. Good headlights, clean windshields and headlight lenses, alertness, and caution are the only thing sthat work.

Well, for one thing, the fuel tanks on our vehicles would have to be ENORMOUS! Sorry, I couldn?t help myself. I will now provide you with a sincere, if not completely serious, answer. Keep in mind, I?m a biologist, not a physicist, so if the following argument contains some gaping holes, please cu…

Sounds entirely possible to me. If you’re going to fly while holding a fish with your feet, you need to orient the fish in as aerodynamic a position as possible. You may not achieve the optimal position on the first grab so some juggling may be necessary. Also, sometimes the avian angler makes a bi…

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And I’ll bet that bald eagle talked incessantly to other bald eagles about the one that got away.

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