Caecilians are well adapted to a life underground, but a serious threat lives under there with them. All over the world, they have evolved the same means to fight this subterranean threat.
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Main Paper References:
Mancuso M, Zaman S, Maddock ST, Kamei RG, Salazar-Valenzuela D, Wilkinson M, Roelants K, Fry BG. 2023. Resistance Is Not Futile: Widespread Convergent Evolution of Resistance to Alpha-Neurotoxic Snake Venoms in Caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24:11353. DOI: 10.3390/ijms241411353.
Other Links/Mentions:
https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/8336/9359
https://asianturtleprogram.org/healthy-big-headed-turtles-found-in-the-wild-four-years-after-release-into-the-wild-highlights-the-importance-of-conservation-activities/?fbclid=IwAR1lTt0zpuf8n5VardZeXQHaVWJ4iCtxI9fe6Elm78ZxOFiZHNuW2lp07Ps
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Podcast edited by Emmy – https://www.fiverr.com/emmyk10
Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson
Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy
Other Music – The Passion HiFi, https://www.thepassionhifi.com
029 Striking Snakes
028 Indigo Snakes
027 The Curious Case of the Collapsed Chelonian
026 Assortment of Anoles
025 Return of the Invertebrates
024 News Niche - Crabs and p-values
023 Some smooth, some grassy, all hungry
022 The Ebb and Flow of Water Snakes
021 Frugivorous Monitors
020 The Magnificent Vipers
019 Invertebrates Strike Back
018 Big Trouble in Little Chameleons
017 ANACONDAS
016 Slimy Salamander Sociality
The Interviews 002 - Steve Allain
015 Serpents of the Sea
014 Crocs
013 Frog Fungus
012 Geckos Down Under
The Interviews 001 - John 'Gecko Wrangler' McGrath
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