Episode 196 - Boas and Pythons

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

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

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2024

⏱️ 150 minutes

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Summary

Boas and pythons include some of the most famous snake species on Earth, renowned for their incredible tropical diversity, their often beautiful scale patterns, and their often impressive size. This episode, we discuss what sets these two lineages apart from other snakes – and each other – and we explore the evolutionary path recorded in their fossil record. In the news: giant early tetrapods, digging dinosaurs, coastal croc-cousins, and striking snakes. Time markers:Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:08:15Main discussion, Part 1: 00:37:40Main discussion, Part 2: 01:30:10Patron question: 02:16:10 Check out our website for this episode’s blog post and more: http://commondescentpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Got a topic you want to hear about? Submit your episode request here: https://commondescentpodcast.com/request-a-topic/ Lots more ways to connect with us: https://linktr.ee/common_descent 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 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Common Descent Podcast.
0:19.0	Hello, Will. Hello, David.
0:21.2	Hello, everybody out there in the whole wide world.
0:23.6	This is the Common Descent podcast.
0:25.5	This is episode 196, and this is Snake Month.
0:30.1	It is.
0:31.1	It is the month of July.
0:32.1	It is Snake Month.
0:32.7	This is our Snake Month themed episode.
0:34.7	This episode, we will be doing a deep dive into boas and pythons.
0:38.7	Yeah.
0:39.8	Very exciting.
0:41.6	Parallel with our Crock Month episode about Alligators and Kamens.
0:45.4	Of course, that episode was about one lineage of crocodilians.
0:49.1	Yes, indeed.
0:49.8	This, we are talking about two different groups of snakes, but also a bunch of their relatives.
0:54.2	It's going to be a whole bunch of fun.
0:55.9	We'll talk about what makes these snakes so interesting and distinctive, what makes them famous, some of their modern diversity, and also their fossil diversity.
1:05.9	And along the way, we'll talk about some fossil snake celebrities in the boa and Python lineage.
1:12.6	I'm always excited for topics like this because, like, I have a bunch I can say about these two kinds of snakes, like if someone just asked me.
1:20.0	But getting to learn the actual details is always exciting.
1:24.4	Same.
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