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Episode 163 - Claws
Check the fingers and toes of your favorite vertebrate animals and you’re likely to find claws or something similar at the ends. These digit-caps come in a variety of shapes – claws, nails, even hooves – for a variety of functions. In this episode, we discuss the close relationship between claw form and function, how we study claws in the fossil record, and the intriguing questions of how claws came to be as we know them today.
In the news: swimming temnospondyls, ants and plants, Troodon eggs, and cooked snails.
Time markers:
Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00
News: 00:05:30
Main discussion, Part 1: 00:38:15
Main discussion, Part 2: 01:17:45
Patron question: 01:45:45
Listen to us on I Know Dino!
https://iknowdino.com/sinotyrannus-episode-437/
Will was a guest on Sprites of Life!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7KmiNQcKWgpT6Nn0FRrMMp
Check out our blog for bonus info and pictures:
http://commondescentpodcast.com/
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The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome.
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Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Check the fingers and toes of your favorite vertebrate animals and you’re likely to find claws or something similar at the ends. These digit-caps come in a variety of shapes – claws, nails, even hooves – for a variety of functions. In this episode, we discuss the close relationship between claw form and function, how we study claws in the fossil record, and the intriguing questions of how claws came to be as we know them today.
In the news: swimming temnospondyls, ants and plants, Troodon eggs, and cooked snails.
Time markers:
Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00
News: 00:05:30
Main discussion, Part 1: 00:38:15
Main discussion, Part 2: 01:17:45
Patron question: 01:45:45
Listen to us on I Know Dino!
https://iknowdino.com/sinotyrannus-episode-437/
Will was a guest on Sprites of Life!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7KmiNQcKWgpT6Nn0FRrMMp
Check out our blog for bonus info and pictures:
http://commondescentpodcast.com/
Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast
Follow this link for a 30-day free trial to Audible!
www.audibletrial.com/CommonDescent
Or make a one-time donation via PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/4c68u4hp
Find merch at the Common Descent Store! http://zazzle.com/common_descent
Join the Common Descent Discord server! https://discord.gg/CwPBxdh9Ev
Follow and Support us on:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcast
Instagram: @commondescentpodcast
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduw
PodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2
You can email us at commondescentpodcast(at)gmail.com
Or send us physical mail at:
The Common Descent Podcast
1735 W State of Franklin Rd. Ste 5 #165
Johnson City, TN 37604
The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome.
More music like this at http://ocremix.org.
Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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