Spook-E - Triffids

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Common Descent

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

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2021

⏱️ 65 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 face a more modern monster, star of page and screen. Can we invoke natural processes to develop a plant that haunts humans and strikes with a deadly lash? Our creatures to create this time: triffids. 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.
0:06.8	And welcome to spookulative evolution.
0:12.4	Hello, Allie.
0:13.4	Hello, Will.
0:15.5	Hello, David.
0:16.7	Note to the editor, please insert an audio clip of the sound that Triffids make.
0:22.1	Will.
0:28.2	We'll discuss the sound they make a little bit later.
0:32.9	You can retroactively.
0:34.4	Excellent.
0:34.9	I'll do an impression.
0:36.8	And hello, listeners.
0:38.8	Welcome to the final episode, episode four of spooky, spuculative evolution for 2021.
0:46.0	One more time.
0:47.2	One more time around the thing.
0:49.1	With feeling.
0:50.1	Yes, with gusto.
0:51.1	We will be describing triffids today, discussing them.
0:55.9	And then evolving them.
0:57.8	So we'll go into what those are in just a moment.
1:01.0	But first, for anyone who's new to this show, this is our show where we discuss classic monsters in movie and myth and legend and go over what they are and then how we could
1:13.7	achieve those or similar features for a very reminiscent creature in the real world under
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