Spook-E - Salamanders

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

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

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2024

⏱️ 60 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, things heat up a bit. What selective pressures might lead to the evolution of skittering creatures with a fondness for fire? Our creatures to create this time: the mythical Salamanders. 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.
0:06.7	And welcome to Spookulative Evolution.
0:11.8	Hello, David.
0:12.7	Crackle, crackle, Will.
0:14.7	Hello, listeners.
0:16.5	Welcome to episode three of Spooky 2024.
0:20.5	This is our annual Halloween October series where we investigate how could creatures that represent
0:30.1	some of our favorite mythical monsters and critters come to be via natural selection and evolution.
0:38.8	Yeah, using the good real-world biological toolkit to make monsters.
0:43.9	Yes.
0:44.8	This year we're doing tiny monsters.
0:46.6	Tiny monsters.
0:47.3	It's been so much fun.
0:48.4	Itty-vitty ones.
0:49.2	We've done gremlins.
0:50.6	Yep.
0:51.0	And we did fairies.
0:52.5	Now we're doing the salamander.
0:55.3	Yeah, this one, it should be super easy.
0:57.5	Right.
0:58.1	It's salamander right there.
0:59.5	It's basically done.
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