We love horror movies and horror stories, but when it comes to pure blood-curdling terror, there’s no competing with mother nature. We’ll compare some classic horror tropes to their real-life counterparts, and let me tell ya: when it comes to evolution, the director’s cut holds nothing back. Parasites that contort your body and mind to their will, evil flowers and even more evil worms! With special guest Emily Yoshida of the Night Call Podcast. FOOTNOTES:
Video of leucochloridium paradoxum
Our DNA stealing friend, the delloid rotifer
Carrion beetles staying calm and carrion
Everyone welcome onto the U.S.S carrion beetle
A hot, young David Attenborough explains the corpse lily
A parasitic hairworm noodling its way out of a cricket (warning: gross)
Russian nesting worms
Eyebleach: cat discovering its own ears
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Evolutionary Horror Stories

We take a critter’s eye view to explore how animal behavior parallels humans. Join comedians and science-lovers as we get inside the minds of animals

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They're in the air! There's billions of them! And they're tiny! We're talking about aeroplankton, what they're doing up there, and what happens when they get in your nose. 
Guest: Soren Bowie
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Aeroplankton

Today, we talk RATS! From plague to pets, rats have had a huge impact on humanity! What was the role of rats in the plague? What even is a rat?? Should you keep them as pets??? And are we so different after all? 
Guest: Jeff May
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Rats In The Walls

We talk about wild human inventions inspired by animal designs!
Guest: Ellen Weatherford
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Biomimicry

Today on the show, we're doing a re-broadcast of an Easter classic! We're firing the Easter Bunny and looking for a replacement! That's right E.B., you're getting benched and we're sending another animal out there to make merry with the eggs and the flowers!
Guest: Soren Bowie 
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Creature Classic®: Firing the Easter Bunny

I answer your questions, from the realism of Tarzan, to the details behind a frog Buffalo Bill, and how to best serve the birds of your community!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Evolutionary Horror Stories

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