Spook-E - Chimeras

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

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

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Welcome ... to Spookulative Evolution. It’s October, and we’re back with more Spook-E! Each week this month, we’re choosing a creepy creature and discussing how it – or something like – might evolve biologically, pulling inspiration from critters of the real world. This month’s theme: monsters of Greek mythology. In this final episode of this season, we take on the task of evolving the most famous of mythical hybrids. Can our evolutionary processes combine the traits of reptiles, mammals, and more? Our creatures to evolve this time: Chimeras. Check out our blog for bonus info and pictures:http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/ The Common Descent Store is open! Get merch! http://zazzle.com/common_descent Follow and Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcast/PodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduw The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org. Muscial Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You're listening to the Common Descent Podcast.
0:07.0	And welcome to spookulative evolution.
0:12.2	Hello, David.
0:13.2	Chimera, chimera, chimera.
0:14.9	I have no idea.
0:17.1	I got nothing for chimeras.
0:18.9	I don't blame you at all.
0:22.1	So welcome to the final episode for this year of Spooky, everyone.
0:26.6	Four out of four.
0:28.6	Spookulative Evolution 2019.
0:31.2	Rapping up October with the chimera.
0:34.4	Oh boy.
0:35.0	All month, Greek mythology monsters.
0:40.2	And what a one. We save arguably the weirdest for last. And it's probably even more weird than a lot of people realize
0:46.6	once I start talking about what the just blatant original version was. Yeah. So before we get into the chimera, just as a reminder, the whole point of spooky is to go
0:58.3	through, look at these monsters and see how if applying the rules of evolution, could we
1:04.0	get something that was like them or that resembles them or that embodies their traits
1:08.8	or that most fits what they're described as doing.
1:13.4	So far this month, we've described a bird-like primate.
1:17.5	Yep.
1:17.9	A parasitized lizard.
1:21.1	Yeah.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Common Descent, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Common Descent and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.