PREVIEW: SEGMENT: Koala Teeth and Eucalyptus Co-evolution GUEST NAME: Professor Danielle Clode SUMMARY: John Batchelor and Professor Danielle Clode discuss how koalas' sharp, complex teeth, described as "pinking shears," evolved alongside increasingly tou
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🗓️ 21 September 2025
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SEGMENT: Koala Teeth and Eucalyptus Co-evolution
GUEST NAME: Professor Danielle Clode
SUMMARY: John Batchelor and Professor Danielle Clode discuss how koalas' sharp, complex teeth, described as "pinking shears," evolved alongside increasingly tough eucalyptus leaves found in the fossil record.
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| 0:21.2 | This is John Batchel. A wonderful conversation with Daniel Clode. It's koala time of year |
| 0:26.5 | down under. It is summertime and the koalas are playful. The little joys have been born. |
| 0:35.0 | The moms carry joys around for years. The koalas live in eucalyptus trees. |
| 0:40.4 | They eat eucalyptus leaves, which are really tough, filled with resin. And here, Danielle |
| 0:46.1 | Claude introduces us to the evolution of koala teeth. She describes pinking shears. |
| 0:58.7 | That's how sharp they are to deal with the eucalyptus leaves. |
| 1:02.1 | The eucalyptus trees are also in danger to koalas. |
| 1:08.1 | Every time I see bushfires now, I worry about the koalas who live in those bush trees, |
| 1:10.8 | in those eucalyptus trees, and the bushfires sweep over them, |
| 1:12.4 | and they don't protect themselves. |
| 1:13.9 | They stay with the tree. |
| 1:16.2 | Very sad business. |
| 1:17.3 | In any event, koalas, not bears, they're marsupials, |
| 1:22.8 | and the joys are very cute. |
| 1:25.7 | Koala teeth. |
| 1:26.9 | What does it tell us about eucalyptus trees and koalas? |
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