Halloween, and why you should love creepy creatures
The Naked Scientists Podcast
Dr Chris Smith
4.6 • 957 Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | On Britain streets, you unknowingly see, extraordinary heroes who look just like me. |
| 0:07.0 | We live without capes or superpowers. |
| 0:10.0 | We're the everyday heroes who save the hour a nurse a teacher a cabby a mate pride of |
| 0:17.3 | Britain's here it's time to celebrate do you know an everyday hero who deserves |
| 0:22.4 | recognition visit pride of Britain dot com Do you know an everyday hero who deserves recognition? |
| 0:23.0 | Visit pride of Britain.com and nominate them today. |
| 0:26.0 | T.S.B. proud partners of the Pride of Britain Awards. You're going to. Hello and welcome to the naked scientists the show where we bring you the latest |
| 0:51.8 | breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine. |
| 0:54.0 | I'm Will Tingle and this week during the spookiest time of the year |
| 0:58.0 | we're going to look at the unfair portrayal that certain organisms get |
| 1:01.0 | due to their reputation of being scary, dangerous or gross. |
| 1:05.0 | Instead we will talk about what makes them great for both a planet and ourselves, |
| 1:09.0 | as well as what we can do to protect them. That owl is right there. |
| 1:17.0 | All engine running. |
| 1:20.0 | Get this. |
| 1:21.0 | Welcome. |
| 1:22.0 | This is the show where we bring science. What that essentially means is discovery is |
| 1:26.0 | advances, research, technology, unbelievable. |
| 1:29.0 | Without further ado, this is the naked scientist. |
| 1:38.0 | In this most hallow time of the year, many of us are looking forward to going out, |
| 1:40.0 | seeing images of witches, ghosts and ghouls and getting a good fright. |
| 1:44.0 | But a few poor organisms got caught up in this negative press somewhere along the way |
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