Hey, it's Dylan here. I have an announcement and this one is a doozy.

Atlas Obscura has a new book coming out. Atlas Obscura Wildlife. And this book... book, of our natural world. Did you know that in Poland a series of mussels as in the little

shellfish control cities water supply. The mussels are very picky about their water

when it's gross they close so a tiny team of

muscles is monitored by a computer and when they close it shuts off the city's

water or that the London subway, the tube, has its own genetically distinct

variety of mosquito. Are there really tiny shrimp in New York City's water?

Alice Obscura Wildlife brings you answers. In all

seriousness, this is the best book we have ever written. And it's also an urgent

reminder to look carefully around you. We are living in the world of the bugs and the

trees and the birds and the bees. We are but one species in their bizarre,

strange, magical world. This is a call to look at that world.

I'm putting a link to pre-order in the show notes and I beg of you if you are all interested go

pre-order a copy it really helps the book succeed it tells Amazon that it's a good book and they should stock it. It lets me know that you care, but also right now if you send a screenshot of your pre-order to hello at atlasobscura.com. I will personally plan you a vacation. I am not joking. If you

pre-order this book you will get a vacation planned by me, co-founder of Atlas

Obscera. You can give the book and the vacation plan as a gift.

It is a pretty cheap way to impress. Okay, on to the show. Oh, caramelized.

Oh, boy.

Hang out.

Do we need to pause recording, is that what's going on here?

No, it's going to be fast.

We're going to keep recording. Hang on, give me like one minute. I got to play it.

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