In a spooky second episode, we learn about weird and wonderful cichlids and giant gouramis. Dani touches on the failures of the It film adaptation vs the book, and Aife talks about the birds and bees. Also, Pennywise as a metaphor for climate action? 

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Further Reading:  

The effects of pollution on cichlid breeding: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14855-love-is-blind-for-fish-in-murky-waters/  

Cool senses of African cichlids: https://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/features/cichlids-with-a-sixth-sense/  

IUCN freshwater conservation: https://www.iucn.org/news/species/201807/freshwater-conservation-interview  

The Big Fish Campaign: http://injaf.org/the-big-fish-campaign/  

Water conservation tips for the home: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/water-conservation-tips/  

We chose not to delve into it in detail, but this article sums up our feelings on the failure to appropriately tell a queer story in It Chapter 2 (content warning for discussion of homophobic hate crimes and domestic abuse): 

https://slate.com/culture/2019/09/it-chapter-two-homophobic-killing-charlie-howard-opening-scene.html