This is a podcast from the children's radio station Fun Kids. Listen on DAB digital radio across the UK or online at FunKidsLive.com.

Welcome to the Fun Kids Science Weekly. This is where we talk about the most amazing, weird and wonderful things in the universe.

Like if this show was a party, it'd be one that you really want to go to, but you

just can't make it there because only the most dangerous things are allowed in. Well, guess what?

You're allowed into this one. Don't worry. You're invited. You're my plus one. My name's Dan.

Hello. We're talking about a robot today that's looking for lost meteorites. Also, we'll learn about a disorder

that can make you die of laughter. And in a sec, we'll chat to a herpetologist. That's

someone who loves creatures that you just wouldn't really think could be pets. You know, you can't

pat them, give them a squeeze, like lizards, amphibians, reptiles,

and he's got over 200 of them.

We'll get more about that in a little bit.

First, let's catch up with our very own lizard.

This is Echo Gecko, who helps us look at how the environment around us works,

and today we're headed to the desert.

Echo Gecko is brought to you by Fun Kids,

with the British Ecological Society, advancing ecology and making it count.

Hello, I'm Echo Gecko, a lizard who loves ecology.

You might not think you have much in common with a slippery fish, but all living things are connected.

Ecology shows us where these connections are. Why don't you join me as we find out more.

Woohoo!

Today, I'm riding the waves in the open ocean.

I'm a long way from land, but that doesn't mean I'm all alone.

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