263 - Firefox

Science... sort of

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4.8 • 677 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2017

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - First up, Ryan, Abe, and Joe discuss some research showing that arctic foxes inadvertently grow herbivore-friendly gardens above their dens, making them ecosystem engineers, which is pretty freaking cool.

00:20:45 - Arctic foxes bring the produce, but we bring the drinks. This time Joe is enjoying a Sprecher Cherry Cola. Abe is all about his Fancy Pants V3 from Jessup Farm Barrel House, complete with fox logo. Ryan tries out his Spanish to describe a Vieja Compa Picante (or Spicy Old Pal) made with Dominican Bermudez Aniversario 1852 and Habanero Bitters.

00:27:45 - After reading Catching Fire (not that one) geographer Michael Medler had an idea about humans and volcanoes. A map of volcanoes in the African Rift Valley where humans first evolved suggests that maybe our first fires came from lava, allowing us to cook our food and get big brains. Also, ravens (and corvids generally) are super smart, but the Canary Islands are named after dogs. You're welcome.

01:00:18 - PaleoPOWs are a lot like volcanoes, easier to run away from than you might expect. Abe begins with a donation from Matthew J. who felt bad that his recurring payment fell out so he tosses us a lump sum. Thanks, Matthew! Next up, former guest of the show and current Paleopatron Dr. John Pohl MD has signed up to support us on Patreon and has earned himself a fake thesis title. John's title is: Applications of the Bristol Stool Scale to Winter Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus) Fecal Production and Deposition. Lastly, Joe shares a 5-star iTunes review from nh800.

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Music for this week's show:
Garden - Miike Snow
Sour Cherry - The Kills
We Didn't Start The Fire - Billy Joel

Transcript

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0:00.0	So, going to be a tight show.
0:02.6	Yep, it is.
0:03.2	Tight show, tight show, going to be a tight show with Abe and Ryan and Joe.
0:10.7	I think we can do this.
0:12.9	Let's go.
0:13.4	Give me just a few seconds here.
0:15.6	That was my tight show song.
0:16.8	I hope you like it.
0:17.8	I was recording.
0:19.6	Thanks.
0:20.4	I'm glad we were recording. I wrote it just for you guys. From I love it. Thanks. I'm glad we were recording.
0:22.0	I wrote it just for you guys.
0:23.7	From science sort of.com, you're listening to Science Sort of.
0:42.1	Hello, and bienvenitos to science sort of.
0:45.2	I'm your host, Ryan Haupt, and this is episode 263,
0:46.5	where we'll be talking about things that are science,
0:48.9	things that are sort of science, and things that wish they were science,
0:51.3	around the theme of Firefox.
0:54.8	Joining me to talk about those topics is Jobat Winnis.
0:55.8	Bonjour.
1:00.1	And the much-awaited return of Abraham de Jesus Bertrand Padilla.
1:00.9	Hello.
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