Rampage: A Huge Croc

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🗓️ 28 March 2018

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

In the new movie Rampage, a giant mutant crocodile joins up with a giant ape and a giant wolf to destroy Chicago. But this is not the first giant croc to hit the big screen. Lake Placid (1999) and Alligator (1980) are just two of the many horror films that pit giant crocodilians against puny humans. The fossil record tells us that giant crocs did once roam the earth, but are they still out there today? Join us as we talk with Dr. Paul Willis about crocodiles, alligators and the facts and myths surrounding these amazing but dangerous animals. Read the episode notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an airwave media podcast.
0:04.0	Is there something in the river?
0:12.0	There's something in the river?
0:23.0	I was just thinking the only thing that's missing right now is a giant crocodile. It's actually quite unlike anything we've ever seen before.
0:35.0	A giant hairy creature, Part 8, Parnat.
0:37.0	In Lark Ness, a 24 mile long bottomless lake in the highlands of Scotland.
0:42.0	It's a creature known as the Loch Ness monster. Yeah. Monster Talk.
1:09.0	Welcome to Monster Talk, the science show about monsters.
1:12.0	I'm Blake Smith.
1:13.0	I'm Dr. Karen Stolzno.
1:15.0	There are many stories about giant crocodiles.
1:17.0	And of course there are urban legends about alligators in the sewers and even a movie about that.
1:22.0	When I saw the new movie Rampage featuring... the sewers and even a movie about that.
1:23.4	When I saw the new movie Rampage featured a giant crocodile of sorts, I thought it would be fun
1:28.8	to do the sort of Neil degress Tyson stick and throw science at what's obviously a silly popcorn movie
1:34.4	premise. But when we got on the call with our crocodile expert we were having so
1:38.6	much fun and I was learning so much that I ended up pushing out the movie
1:42.2	questions towards the end of the interview.
1:44.4	Oh well, I hope you don't mind.
1:46.3	This interview goes into some wild places and by the end I couldn't help but think it would be delightful
1:51.2	to have Paul Willis and Ken Fader at a cocktail party together.
1:54.4	Maybe we'll manage that someday. But for now, let's get to the...
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