When it comes to keeping all of your guts and blood inside, skin is second to none! Yet so often is it taken for granted. Today, we fix that by talking about skin for a whole 40 minutes! You're welcome, skin!

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[Trivia Question]

Sebaceous gland development 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33354858/

https://www.britannica.com/science/sebaceous-gland

[Fact Off]

Thorny devil lizard skin capillary action

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.170591

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/219/21/3473/15569/Cutaneous-water-collection-by-a-moisture

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/11/this-lizard-can-drink-by-standing-still-in-sand/506288/

https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/capillary-action-and-water

https://organismalbio.biosci.gatech.edu/nutrition-transport-and-homeostasis/plant-transport-processes-i/

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00709-014-0715-z

Dolphins using corals for skincare

https://ryotanakajima.com/coral-reefs/the-role-of-coral-mucus-101

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/952463

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dolphins-rub-against-mucus-oozing-corals-to-soothe-skin/

[Ask the Science Couch]

Different regions of skin and skincare

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470464/#

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482278/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/facial-skin

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732395/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2405915/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161018094117.htm

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5849435/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2763764/

[Butt One More Thing]

Mulesing of merino sheep butts

https://www.csiro.au/en/research/animals/livestock/managing-flystrike-and-mulesing-in-sheep

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0734975016300167

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