How do humans learn what’s beautiful in a face? Can chickens be trained to find beauty in human faces the way humans do?

Do teenage boys pick their nose? How often? Why do they do it? How do they feel about it? Is it pathological?

In this episode, Lu and Tirth discuss how to train chickens to become attracted to human faces and the prevalence of nose picking in teenagers.

Timestamps:

• 0:00 Intro
• 2:18 Chappell Roan; check yourself before you wreck yourself
• 9:56 Chicken preference study
• 22:50 Nose picking study
• 33:00 What did you learn today, outro

Article links:

• Ghirlanda et al., 2002. Chickens prefer beautiful humans. Human Nature. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12110-002-1021-6

• Andrade & Srihari, 2001. A preliminary survey of rhinotillexomania in an adolescent sample. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11465519/

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Fruit bats engage in fellatio, obviously, but does this sexual behavior decrease or increase total copulation time?

What do you do if a venomous rattlesnake bites you? Should you try shocking yourself with a car battery?

In the inaugural episode of the podcast, Lu and Tirth discuss the importance of foreplay in fruit bat copulation and what happens when electrocution is attempted as therapy for venomous snake bites.

Timestamps:

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:55 Host introductions; Dave Talk
• 7:08 Bat fellatio study
• 17:13 Electric shock study
• 28:57 What did you learn today, outro

Article links:

• Tan et al., 2009. Fellatio by Fruit Bats Prolongs Copulation Time. PLoS One. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0007595

• Dart et al., 1991. Failure of electric shock treatment for rattlesnake envenomation. Annals of Emergency Medicine. https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(05)82389-3/abstract

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