Spook-E – Kremlings

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Common Descent

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

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Welcome ... to Spookulative Evolution. Spook-E Season is back! All throughout October, we pick monsters from myth and media and speculate 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 Monsters of Nintendo! This time, we’re sailing with the scourges of DK Isle. What circumstances might lead to the evolution of crocodile-faced humanoid pirates? Our creatures to create this time: Kremlings. 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 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.
0:06.9	And welcome to spookulative evolution.
0:12.1	Hello, Will.
0:13.2	The day you messed with scurvy are your wish you're never born.
0:15.8	When the coconut is mine, then you'll feel this pirate scorn, David.
0:19.7	And hello everybody and welcome to Spooky.
0:25.1	Spuculative evolution every year throughout October, we choose monsters from mythos and popular
0:30.7	fiction and discuss how those creatures or something like them might evolve in the real
0:36.6	world.
0:37.6	This year's theme is Nintendo Monsters.
0:41.3	Four episodes every Saturday in October, plus a cute E episode, the first Saturday in November,
0:47.6	plus a spooky live stream the second Saturday in November.
0:50.9	We got a whole big spooky season that we're doing.
0:54.2	It's so much fun. So far this season, we got a whole big spooky season that we're doing. It's so much fun.
0:56.0	So far this season, we have done piranha plants from the Super Mario Brothers games,
1:01.7	Octorox from the Legend of Zelda.
1:03.9	This episode, we are doing Kremlings, which are the bad guys from the Donkey Kong games.
1:10.7	Yay.
1:12.2	This one's on the list just for Will to enjoy.
1:16.3	Yay.
1:17.4	I'm very excited and have no clue what's going to happen.
1:20.8	This promises to be the silliest episode of this season by far.
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