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Science Talk

The Shark That Conquered the Whorl

Science Talk

Scientific American

Science

4.2644 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2017

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Journalist and author Susan Ewing talks about her new book Resurrecting the Shark: A Scientific Obsession and the Mavericks Who Solved the Mystery of a 270-Million-Year-Old Fossil. (And we'll discuss how Helicoprion is not technically a shark, but it's really close!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming.

0:02.3

Hiya.

0:02.9

So, Benny has really blossomed this term.

0:05.6

You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay.

0:09.5

Oh, that's not quite what I meant.

0:11.1

It's free to sell on there?

0:12.3

Free to sell?

0:13.4

Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket.

0:16.8

You sold my guitar?

0:19.9

Shall we talk about Benny?

0:22.1

When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say when it's eBay.

0:26.7

Things people love.

0:28.0

Teas and Seas Apply, Excludes vehicles.

0:30.9

Welcome to Scientific American Science Talk posted on July 21st, 2017.

0:37.2

I'm Steve Mursky.

0:38.6

On this episode...

0:39.7

But Helika Priyne's teeth did not grow on the jaw,

0:43.9

and the whirl was a single tooth that grew in the middle of the shark's jaw.

0:50.5

It looked like a sawblade in the middle of that lower jaw coming at you.

0:54.7

That's Susan Ewing.

0:56.3

She's a journalist and author, and her new book is Resurrecting the Shark,

1:00.5

a scientific obsession and the Mavericks who solved the mystery of a 270 million-year-old fossil.

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