Intoxecology

Ellie kicks off this weeks episode by telling Katie about how bad her day was after eye-butting the kitchen table. Ellie then dips her toe into freshwater and talks about the wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) and their freeze tolerance. Katie then discusses her twitter handles namesake and favourite animal order - cuttlefish (Sepiida). Lots of tangents and swearing. We're sorry. 

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In this episode, Ellie and Katie welcome Inez Hein as the first ever guest on Intoxecology! Inez currently works in the environmental sector, helping with forest restoration in the UK. Inez tells the hosts about her life and education in the US and The Netherlands before she moved to the UK, and then tells us all about her favourite animal and unlikely college roommate: the opossum (Didelphidae). They have thirteen nipples.

Note: the structure of bird feathers can be responsible for blue/green tones and iridescence 

Ellie and Katie kick off the episode by discussing Tim's Three Critiques, before talking about the Portuguese man o war and the Tasmanian devil. Katie reveals that she is, in fact, a blanket octopus puppeteering amputated man o war tentacles. Seven Pounds spoilers for some reason, and some unexpected thylacine chat. Also, who would eat who first in the event of an emergency? Lots of tangents and swearing, as always.

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Ellie and Katie discuss Katie's engagement to her now-fiancé, Simon (!!) before talking at length about the 2020 election results. Ellie dishes out some ostrich facts, and Katie talks about the chonky frog-fish. Lots of rambling, as always, with Ellie and Katie discussing the challenges of being in academia during a pandemic, the scientific accuracy of SpongeBob SqaurePants, and somehow, The Sims again. Lots of colourful language and swear-words.

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Ellie and Katie start the episode by talking about the impact that fireworks have on wildlife, and Ellie discusses her backup plan of moving to America to sell luxury real estate. Katie tells Ellie about the bio-fluorescent Hawksbill turtle and their dining preference of toxic sponge meat, and Ellie talks about another one of her spirit animals – the racoon. 

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In this episode, Ellie talks about the ecology and behaviour of the arctic fox, and accidentally finds herself on a furry costume website. Katie further dissuades Ellie from entering the ocean by talking about the deadly blue-ringed octopus. Beans finally makes his podcast debut. Lots of swearing, tangents and political despair.

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Katie and Ellie kick off the episode by discussing Netflix’s new documentary ‘The Social Dilemma’ and their looming feelings of existential dread. Katie brings the podcast back to science by talking about great hammerhead sharks and their courtship and hunting strategies. Ellie talks about three-toed sloths and their unusually polite toilet behaviour. Lots of swearing and unexpected (but not really) social and political commentary.

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This week Ellie talks about her spirit animal, the naked mole rat, and their eusocial behaviour. Katie talks about sea urchins and their role as keystone species. Parallels are drawn between urchin gonads and lychees (which are objectively more delicious). Beans gets cold feet during his podcast debut. No penis facts this week, unfortunately. Lots of swearing. 

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Katie and Ellie channel their middle-aged white man and talk about things they have no business talking about. Katie talks about nudibranchs going arse-over-tits, and Ellie talks about clitoromegaly in the spotted hyena. Ellie becomes infatuated with sea bunnies. As usual, lots of incoherent rambling and swear words. 

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Ellie and Katie introduce themselves. Ellie talks about her fieldwork in the Seychelles and her favourite bird, Greg. Katie talks about her masters research into the impact of zooxanthellae on anemone behaviour, and her current work at a non-profit. Ellie sits too close to the microphone and has a very limited concept of volume control. Lots of incoherent rambling and swear words.

We’re learning and we’re sorry.

**Corrections**

Cousin was actually bought and turned into a nature reserve in 1968 (not 1982). It was then restored to native vegetation by 1982.

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