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Kelley and Eryn discuss a rainbow of blood in this episode. Topics include avoiding censorship, Breen as deep-sea fish people, little green lizards, and a brief but comprehensive and extremely relevant summary of Demolition Man.

Editing and hokey theme song by Kelley.

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Kelley and Eryn chat about the different prostheses of Star Trek, and the special abilities they confer. Kelley regularly imitated Geordi's VISOR with her headbands as a kid-- bless the early 90s--although it didn't help her see sweat. We also talk about the real version of the VISOR, pseudopupils, and why the Borg versions of ourselves would probably look like Minions. 

Hokey theme song by Kelley.

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Kelley and Eryn are talkin' eyeballs: wiggly pupils, seeing (and tasting) magnets, Gorn-eating flies, and slow two-hand punches. We're also retiring the Andorians See With Their Antennae thing, to Eryn's chagrin. This episode's sponsor is also very, uhh, special-- don't miss it!

Hokey (finally updated) theme song by Kelley.

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Kelley and Eryn make a ton of sense discussing important aspects of humanoid sensory organs: Invertebrate Bruce Willis, vertebrate tardigrades, what the floor of Quark's Bar tastes like, sensory deprivation buckets, and Andorians and Kelpiens AGAIN (Sorry not sorry! The hot takes were really good this time!!). And, the best (?) news, Where The Hal is Dal is back! Thanks again to our friend Joanna for our newly acquired reference materials, and to Eryn's mom Leslie for our new voice recorder and pod swag.

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Kelley and Eryn stay very on topic when discussing hybrids: ligers, biliverdin, and The Great Naomi Wildman Forehead Spike Controversy. We hope you subscribe and listen every second and fourth Friday of the month!

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Kelley and Eryn talk about all the things that are definitely shown in the classic TNG episode, The Chase: natural panspermia, convergent evolution,  comets, 90s couch cushions, and most importantly, why there is no such thing as lichen DNA! Also, you won't want to miss our argument about which humanoid species are some of the 19 allegedly descended from the progenitor... We hope you subscribe and listen every second and fourth Friday of the month!

Links to learn more about important topics

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Kelley and Eryn talk about Lieutenant OctoDad, innies and outies, Kelley's obsession with Kelpiens, walnut heads, and a teapot proboscis. Also, we're introducing our new bit, What The Hal Is Dal?! We hope you subscribe and listen every second and fourth Friday!

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Our premiere episode focuses on the topic that started it all: what is up with Ferengi ears? Kelley and Eryn talk about bats, elephants, radiators, sexual selection, neutral mutations, and the Cold Swamp versus Hot Swamp controversy. We hope you subscribe and listen every second and fourth Friday… it’s probably not going to get any less weird, though, so buckle up!

Links to learn more about...

How bats focus ultrasound pulses

 https://www.livescience.com/1158-bat-wrinkly-face-improves-sonar.html

Scientific American activity to experiment with ear morphology

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ears-do-their-design-size-and-shape-matter

Stahl’s ear

https://www.childrens.com/specialties-services/conditions/stahls-ear

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We're about to leave spacedock! Join Kelley (she/her) and Eryn (they/them) as they share the conversations they were already having about the physiology of Star Trek aliens anyway.