The Common Descent Podcast

Spook-E - People-Eating Plants


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Welcome ... to Spookulative Evolution.

October is here, and that means it’s time for Spook-E! Each episode throughout this month, we’re choosing a famous monster and discussing how it – or something like it – might evolve under the rules of evolution and natural selection, pulling inspiration from organisms of the real world. This year’s theme: monster plants.

This episode, we consider a classic category of plants-turned-monsters. How might natural selection produce a predatory plant with a taste for humans? Our creatures to create this time: people-eating plants.

Featuring special guest, Dr. Aly Baumgartner, our favorite paleobotanist!

Follow Aly on Twitter or Instagram @paleolorax

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The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome.

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