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We've been building to it all month, it is time for Halloween and we have some great topics.
Kirk kicks off the show with a topic that may have you think twice about the candy you pop in your mouth this year. He talks about all of the ways that insects end up in your candy. Red food coloring from ground up beetles, excretions from the Lac beetles in your hard candy coating and maybe some bee vomit, insects are an important part of the candy business.
Are your potatoes trying to kill you? Time to unlock a new fear. Rachel gives us all a new reason to be afraid of the basement. This week she teaches us about solanine, the very deadly chemical in potatoes that can kill.
What could be more Halloween than bats? Victoria tells us all about Bat Flies. These strange Halloween-colored parasitic flies look like spiders, suck blood, give live birth, and live their whole lives on bats. They are truly bizarre.
Join us weekly for more strange nature. Our supporters on Patreon get every episode ad-free!
Support us: patreon.com/strangebynature
Email us: [email protected]
Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com where you can sign up for our episode emails.
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We've been building to it all month, it is time for Halloween and we have some great topics.
Kirk kicks off the show with a topic that may have you think twice about the candy you pop in your mouth this year. He talks about all of the ways that insects end up in your candy. Red food coloring from ground up beetles, excretions from the Lac beetles in your hard candy coating and maybe some bee vomit, insects are an important part of the candy business.
Are your potatoes trying to kill you? Time to unlock a new fear. Rachel gives us all a new reason to be afraid of the basement. This week she teaches us about solanine, the very deadly chemical in potatoes that can kill.
What could be more Halloween than bats? Victoria tells us all about Bat Flies. These strange Halloween-colored parasitic flies look like spiders, suck blood, give live birth, and live their whole lives on bats. They are truly bizarre.
Join us weekly for more strange nature. Our supporters on Patreon get every episode ad-free!
Support us: patreon.com/strangebynature
Email us: [email protected]
Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com where you can sign up for our episode emails.

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