An exciting new study suggests turtles might be social creatures.
Main Paper References:
McKnight DT, Serano JC, Thompson DM, Ligon DB. 2023. They really do move in herds: evidence of group living in an aquatic turtle. Animal Behaviour:S0003347223002142. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.08.015.
Other Mentioned Papers/Studies:
Fernandes IY, Koch ED, Mônico AT. 2023. First record of a snake call in South America: the unusual sound of an ornate snail-eater Dipsas catesbyi. Acta Amazonica 53:243–245. DOI: 10.1590/1809-4392202300431.
Other Links/Mentions:
Code review preprint: https://ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/5393/
Editing and Music:
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
048 The Frog After Tomorrow
047 Iguanas Rock
046 Stinky Turtles
045.5 Question - Snake Eyes
045 King Among Cobras
044 Where Those Herps At?
043 Lazy Dragons, Lazy Newts
042 A Christmas Miracle
041 Learned Lizards
040 Complications of Captivity
039 An Appetite for Arboreality
038 A Frog Over Troubled Water
037 Chameleon Comeback
036 Crocodiles of the Mekong
035 Caecilians Caecilians Caecilians
034 Hybrid Pythons
033 Lost in Translocation
032 Duplicitous Dendrobatids
031 From Tortoise Brutality to Snail-eating Snakes
030 Attack of the Toxic Toads
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