04.22.2020 - By iHeartPodcasts
Today on the show, we review the Animal Crossing game from a scientific perspective. We’ll be fact-checking some Blathers facts about evolutionary biology! Can goldfish grow bigger than a foot? Do they have teeth in their throats? Can tarantulas shoot butt hair at you? Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: what is Blathers the owl hiding? We attempt to answer all these questions with our guests Maggie Mae Fisher and Adam Ganser.
Footnotes:
GIANT GOLDFISH
Pharyngeal/Throat Teeth! Yikes!
Bitterlings Spawning Using a Mussel (video)
Coconut Octopus (Video)!
Spider Shooting Urticating Hairs
Mantis Attacking Hummingbird Video (WARNING: anti-bird content. Hummingbird does get saved in the end though).
A Nice Detailed Coprolite (Fossilized Dung!)
Dunkleosteus Fossil
Megacerops Reconstruction
Diplodocus's Ridiculous Proportions
We got Creature Feature T-Shirts!
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