Spook-E - Wyverns

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Common Descent

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

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Welcome ... to Spookulative Evolution. It’s October, and that means it’s Spook-E Season once again! Each episode in the series, we pick a type of monster and explore how it – or something like it – might evolve under the rules of evolution and natural selection, pulling inspiration from life in the real world. This year’s theme: Dragons. This episode, we investigate a modern favorite. How could natural selection give us a (perhaps) more reasonably shaped dragon? Our creatures to create this time: Wyverns. 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 We’re an Audible Affiliate Partner! Use this link for a 30-day free trial to Audible: https://www.audibletrial.com/CommonDescent More ways to connect with us: https://linktr.ee/common_descent You can email us at [email protected] send us physical mail at:The Common Descent Podcast1735 W State of Franklin Rd. Ste 5 #165Johnson City, TN 37604 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 Spuculative Evolution.
0:12.0	Hello, David.
0:12.9	My armor is like tenfold shields, my teeth or swords, Will.
0:17.8	And hello listeners.
0:20.3	Welcome to episode three of spooky 2023.
0:24.5	Dragons.
0:25.2	We are still talking about dragons, and this time, weverns or wyverns, whichever way you want to say it.
0:30.1	Yeah, we're open to all possibilities.
0:32.2	Yeah. This is our series where we take a look at monsters of various kinds and say, what if they evolved on Earth?
0:39.8	How would we get something that looked like this creature, behaved like it, had the stories
0:45.4	that people tell about it under the rules of natural selection?
0:48.9	What pressures might lead them to evolve those features? And where would their ancestry lie? Exactly. We've been
0:56.3	doing dragons this year. We've done European dragons. We've done East Asian dragons and now we're
1:01.0	kind of returning to European dragons for Wyverns, which is a particular kind of European
1:08.2	dragon. This is of, just for fun.
1:11.5	We've been releasing these every Saturday, and we will continue to here in October.
1:15.6	And then we have our live stream next month, November 11th at 3 p.m. Eastern time.
1:21.3	So check the description for our website, and you can get all the details there.
1:25.5	While we're releasing this series and sharing our thoughts on these topics,
1:29.6	feel free to join us on Discord and social media to share your own thoughts.
1:33.6	So, Wiverns.
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