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Hello, David. Hello, Will.

And hello, listeners.

Welcome to episode 241 of the Common Descent Podcast, where we like to discuss all sorts of cool natural science and paleontological topics.

Today, we're discussing a very relatable one, digestion.

I do it all the time. I'm doing it right now. Yep. In this topic, we will be discussing what

digestion is, the different steps, the different organs that are involved, some of the diversity,

some, some of the diversity, as well as how we're

able to study it in the fossil record. Digestion is a very cool concept that we will get a glimpse

into the many, many ways organisms get nutrients. Yeah, this is one of those topics that is fun because you start out with a very personal

understanding, a very relatable understanding.

Yes, this is how my body does it.

And then you can spiral off into all of the fun directions of, well, here's how everybody

else does it.

Here's a bunch of ways it can vary.

Here are the details you might not be familiar with. Here are the definitions. It's one of those very fun topics. There's a lot of depth to this subject. One of my favorite moments that comes up in these sorts of episodes is the, oh, yeah, I guess that does count. And I love, I love when we get to have one of those. You go, oh, right, yeah. I guess that is part of the list.

And yeah, there's a whole bunch of those for digestion.

By the end of this episode, you'll be able to feel your intestines working.

This episode, as all our episodes are, was requested by a bunch of lovely people, including Alex, Aaron, Big Boss Man,

Cerk, Nina, Sylvie, Luke, Taterboy, Catherine, and Cheryl. Thank you, everybody, for this

request. Absolutely. Hope you all enjoy. Before we get into the topic, we have some announcements

and then our first section. Our first announcement, as always, is that we have a Patreon.

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