Spook-E - Gremlins

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

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

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Welcome ... to Spookulative Evolution. October is Spook-E Season on Common Descent! Each episode, we pick monsters from fiction and fable and ponder how they – or something like them – could evolve here on Earth, pulling inspiration from real-world species across our planet’s history. This year’s theme is Tiny Monsters. This episode, we’ve chosen a modern classic. How might we evolve adorable fluffy critters that transform into dangerous troublemakers? Our creatures to create this time: Gremlins. Join the Common Descent Discord server for more Spook-E discussion! https://discord.gg/CwPBxdh9Ev Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast More ways to connect with us: https://linktr.ee/common_descent Got a topic you want to hear about? Submit your episode request here: https://commondescentpodcast.com/request-a-topic/ We’re an Audible Affiliate Partner! Use this link for a 30-day free trial to Audible: https://www.audibletrial.com/CommonDescent 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.
0:06.8	And welcome to Spuiculative Evolution.
0:11.8	Hello, David.
0:12.8	Hello, Will.
0:15.9	And hello, listeners.
0:17.9	Welcome back to Spooky!
0:20.2	Spuculative Evolution 24.
0:23.0	If this is your first time joining us for Spooky for October,
0:26.9	we each year do a Halloween-themed series called Spookulative Evolution,
0:32.9	where we take a look at some classic and famous and popular creatures, monsters, mythical things,
0:41.3	and say what would it take for a creature to actually evolve those traits?
0:47.3	What pressures, what lifestyle, what group of animals would give us something that looks like what we call this monster.
0:56.9	This is just meant to be a fun and intriguing series.
1:00.3	We're not making any definitive statements about any of these creatures.
1:03.2	No.
1:03.7	But it's one of our favorites.
1:06.2	And this year, we are doing tiny monsters.
1:09.5	Tiny monsters.
1:10.6	Tiny monsters. Tiny monsters.
1:11.6	I'm so tickled by this theme.
1:12.6	It's such a fun theme.
1:13.6	We always do themes, and usually our themes are pretty like concise.
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