Spook-E - Animated Trees

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

Science, Education, Earth Sciences, Natural Sciences, Science:natural Sciences

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Welcome ... to Spookulative Evolution. October is here, and that means it’s time for Spook-E! Each episode throughout this month, we’re choosing a famous monster and discussing how it – or something like it – might evolve under the rules of evolution and natural selection, pulling inspiration from organisms of the real world. This year’s theme: monster plants. This episode, we ponder a familiar favorite of myths, media, and Middle Earth. What evolutionary path might result in a towering woody plant that walks and talks? Our creatures to create this time: animated trees. Featuring special guest, Dr. Aly Baumgartner, our favorite paleobotanist! Follow Aly on Twitter or Instagram @paleolorax Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Or make a one-time donation via PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/4c68u4hp Find Spook-E merch at the Common Descent Store! http://zazzle.com/common_descent Follow and Support us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPCFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcastInstagram: @commondescentpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduwPodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2 The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Common Descent Podcast.
0:06.7	And welcome to spuculative evolution.
0:12.0	Hello, Allie.
0:13.2	Hello, Will.
0:15.3	Hello, David.
0:16.5	Now don't be hasty, Master Will.
0:21.0	And hello hello listeners.
0:23.3	Welcome to this year's episode two of Spookulative Evolution.
0:27.8	Spooky!
0:29.6	This year we are discussing monster plants.
0:33.4	And as typical, this is the show, the mini series, the side series, where we discuss how we could evolve classic, traditional, monstrous creatures, organisms with the real world tools and rules of natural selection and evolution.
0:53.3	Last episode, we discussed people eating plants.
0:57.2	Yeah, human eating plants.
0:58.9	We came up with some cool ideas for how plants might trap and devour human beings.
1:03.7	Yep.
1:04.6	I want one.
1:06.7	A particularly voracious rose.
1:09.0	This episode will be discussing moving trees.
1:13.6	Oh, monster trees.
1:14.8	Yeah, and not all as monstrous as you might expect,
1:18.6	but trees that are moving around more than you would typically expect a tree to.
1:23.6	A tree that is at least more capable of monstrousness than a normal tree. Absolutely.
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