Episode 159 - Giraffes

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

Science, Education, Earth Sciences, Natural Sciences, Science:natural Sciences

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2023

⏱️ 130 minutes

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Summary

Giraffes are so famous and familiar to most of us that it can be easy to forget how utterly strange they are. This episode, we explore modern giraffes, their living cousins (okapis!), and their ancient relatives to understand how these monumental mammals came to be how they are. Along the way, we’ll meet a whole variety of wacky-horned fossil species, and we’ll tackle the questions of how and why the giraffe got its long neck. In the news: dinosaur feet, marine crocs, hunted giant elephants, and bird egg evolution. Time markers:Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:03:30Main discussion, Part 1: 00:40:00Main discussion, Part 2: 01:26:30Patron question: 02:00:00 Check out our blog for bonus info and pictures:http://commondescentpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Follow this link for a 30-day free trial to Audible!www.audibletrial.com/CommonDescent Or make a one-time donation via PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/4c68u4hp Find merch at the Common Descent Store! http://zazzle.com/common_descent Join the Common Descent Discord server! https://discord.gg/CwPBxdh9Ev Follow and Support us on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPCFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcastInstagram: @commondescentpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduwPodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2 You can email us at commondescentpodcast(at)gmail.comOr send us physical mail at:The Common Descent Podcast1735 W State of Franklin Rd. Ste 5 #165Johnson City, TN 37604 The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org. Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Common Descent Podcast.
0:19.0	Hello, David.
0:20.2	Hello, Will.
0:21.1	And hello listeners.
0:22.8	Welcome to episode 159 of the Common Sense podcast.
0:27.9	Today we are discussing giraffes.
0:30.6	159 feels like a giraffey number to me.
0:33.3	Yeah.
0:33.7	For reasons I cannot explain.
0:35.3	Right.
0:36.0	Maybe just because I know that that's the number of this episode.
0:38.5	Yes.
0:39.1	I could be it.
0:40.0	Giraffes are super cool and weird.
0:41.4	Yeah.
0:42.2	They are so bizarre in basically every aspect.
0:47.5	From top to bottom.
0:49.1	Yep.
0:49.4	Yep.
0:49.9	Yep.
0:50.5	So we're going to go over this bizarre group, talk about what makes a giraffe a giraffe
0:55.9	and how do they achieve being as weird as they are.
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