Darwin's Deviations

The episode's main character is a cholesterol-infused blobby mess that never gets enough exercise. It rather prefers to eat scraps off of the floor and leave butt impressions on the filthy bacteria-infested bed it calls home. It also tries to talk about an interesting prehistoric species, but without doing its homework :)

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Intro/outro sampled from "Sequence (Mystery and Terror)  3" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez) at pixabay.com

Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

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SOURCES: Wikipedia....and all references it already states...the usual

Trichobatrachus robustus, a.k.a the Hairy/Horror/Wolverine frog. Described somewhere after the late 1880s. Short and hairy, it prefers to inadvertently stab everyone who hugs it. Powers & Abilities include enhanced senses, animal-like attributes, a regenerative healing factor, retractable bone claws, an indestructible skeleton (it will destroy it itself before ever giving you a chance) and is a master foot-to-foot combatant. Its whole life, it felt like an animal. Nature made it a freak, we made it into an episode...but we also made it last too long :)

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Intro/outro sampled from "Sequence (Mystery and Terror)  3" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez) at pixabay.com

Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

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SOURCES:

Squeakers: Frogs with Claws, Frogs with "Hair"

About the Horror Frog

'Horror frog' breaks own bones to produce claws

Blackburn et al. Concealed weapons: erectile claws in African frogs. Biology Letters, 2008; 1 (-1): -1 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0219

BAREJ, M.F., BÖHME, W., PERRY, S.F., WAGNER, P., SCHMITZ, A. (2010) The  hairy frog, a curly fighter? – A novel hypothesis on the function of  hairs and claw-like terminal phalanges, including their biological and  systematic significance (Anura: Arthroleptidae: Trichobatrachus). Revue  Suisse de Zoologie 117(2): 243-263.

PLEASE SKIP THIS EPISODE!!!...unless you want to experience cringe so bad it will make YOU crawl out of your own skin! But really....this episode is NOT an accurate representation of what the rest of my podcast is like...the only thing it accurately depicts...is how dishonest portrayal of politeness, decency and what you perceive as "mass appeal" (and using Audacity for the first time EVER) are a recipe for failure! This episode exists just to be mocked by my future self...cuuz at least I cannot sue myself for slander and harassment! :D

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ORIGINAL LOSER EPISODE DESCRIPTION:

Yay, the very first episode :) Geckolepis megalepis are sneaky little guys that are not afraid to show some skin. Actually, their survival depends on it! Join us as we delve into the life of a relatively new lizard species that loooves to pull a fast one on scientists. We also mix in a small dose of self-mutilation jokes and socialist ideology!

SIDENOTE: Apologies for the lower sound quality and.....politeness I guess :P Just like this gecko, I eventually shed my own skin and grew a new, more amazing and confident layer :)

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Intro/outro sampled from "Sequence (Mystery and Terror)  3" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez) at pixabay.com

Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

SOURCES:

Geckolepis megalepis: New Gecko Species Has Exceptionally Large, Fish-Like Scales

A new species of gecko with massive scales and tear-away skin

New Species of Fish-Scaled Gecko Can (Literally) Jump Out of Its Skin

Scherz, Mark D.; Daza, Juan D.; Köhler, Jörn; Vences, Miguel; Glaw, Frank (2017). "Off the scale: a new species of fish-scale gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Geckolepis) with exceptionally large scales"

The episode's main character is a cholesterol-infused blobby mess that never gets enough exercise. It rather prefers to eat scraps off of the floor and leave butt impressions on the filthy bacteria-infested bed it calls home. It also tries to talk about an interesting prehistoric species, but without doing its homework :)

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Intro/outro sampled from "Sequence (Mystery and Terror)  3" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez) at pixabay.com

Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

Image credit Masahiro Miyasaka, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Episode image is heavily edited, the image owner reserves all rights to their image, and is not affiliated with our podcast)

SOURCES: Wikipedia....and all references it already states...the usual

Trichobatrachus robustus, a.k.a the Hairy/Horror/Wolverine frog. Described somewhere after the late 1880s. Short and hairy, it prefers to inadvertently stab everyone who hugs it. Powers & Abilities include enhanced senses, animal-like attributes, a regenerative healing factor, retractable bone claws, an indestructible skeleton (it will destroy it itself before ever giving you a chance) and is a master foot-to-foot combatant. Its whole life, it felt like an animal. Nature made it a freak, we made it into an episode...but we also made it last too long :)

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Intro/outro sampled from "Sequence (Mystery and Terror)  3" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez) at pixabay.com

Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

SOURCES:

Squeakers: Frogs with Claws, Frogs with "Hair"

About the Horror Frog

'Horror frog' breaks own bones to produce claws

Blackburn et al. Concealed weapons: erectile claws in African frogs. Biology Letters, 2008; 1 (-1): -1 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0219

BAREJ, M.F., BÖHME, W., PERRY, S.F., WAGNER, P., SCHMITZ, A. (2010) The  hairy frog, a curly fighter? – A novel hypothesis on the function of  hairs and claw-like terminal phalanges, including their biological and  systematic significance (Anura: Arthroleptidae: Trichobatrachus). Revue  Suisse de Zoologie 117(2): 243-263.

PLEASE SKIP THIS EPISODE!!!...unless you want to experience cringe so bad it will make YOU crawl out of your own skin! But really....this episode is NOT an accurate representation of what the rest of my podcast is like...the only thing it accurately depicts...is how dishonest portrayal of politeness, decency and what you perceive as "mass appeal" (and using Audacity for the first time EVER) are a recipe for failure! This episode exists just to be mocked by my future self...cuuz at least I cannot sue myself for slander and harassment! :D

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ORIGINAL LOSER EPISODE DESCRIPTION:

Yay, the very first episode :) Geckolepis megalepis are sneaky little guys that are not afraid to show some skin. Actually, their survival depends on it! Join us as we delve into the life of a relatively new lizard species that loooves to pull a fast one on scientists. We also mix in a small dose of self-mutilation jokes and socialist ideology!

SIDENOTE: Apologies for the lower sound quality and.....politeness I guess :P Just like this gecko, I eventually shed my own skin and grew a new, more amazing and confident layer :)

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Send us suggestions and comments to [email protected]

Intro/outro sampled from "Sequence (Mystery and Terror)  3" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez) at pixabay.com

Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

SOURCES:

Geckolepis megalepis: New Gecko Species Has Exceptionally Large, Fish-Like Scales

A new species of gecko with massive scales and tear-away skin

New Species of Fish-Scaled Gecko Can (Literally) Jump Out of Its Skin

Scherz, Mark D.; Daza, Juan D.; Köhler, Jörn; Vences, Miguel; Glaw, Frank (2017). "Off the scale: a new species of fish-scale gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Geckolepis) with exceptionally large scales"

Announcing my project to remaster my old Darwin's Deviations episodes, included with commentary on my creative and production process with every episode! 

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A sneak peek at our behind-the-scenes research and chat with Christina! While preparing a potential collaborative episode... we got carried away, got lost in the rabbit hole of crazy monsters and aliens for 2 hours