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When three surprise chicks hatched during a record-breaking 115-degree heatwave in Montana, rancher Tayler Scherr gave them outlaw names—Thelma, Louise, and Bonnie—and turned her home office into a makeshift nursery. One chick, Bonnie, didn’t survive, but the others are now thriving outside. The episode explores how extreme heat, fueled by climate change, is becoming the new normal—not just for humans, but for livestock and wildlife too. With only 70% of Montana homes having air conditioning and drought conditions worsening, communities are struggling to adapt. Scherr hopes the heat breaks soon—and that no more surprise hatchlings show up until then.

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