Among the most spectacular of animal behaviors is migration, the habit of many species to undertake massive journeys, sometimes traveling thousands of kilometers to access food or breeding grounds. This episode, we explore the incredible diversity of migratory behaviors, we examine the functions and adaptations that make migration happen, we discuss how migration is defined, and we investigate some of the tools we can use to identify migration in the distant past.
In the news: giant crabs, fossil forests, early cephalopods, and mating termites.
Time markers:
Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00
News: 00:04:40
Main discussion, Part 1: 00:30:15
Main discussion, Part 2: 01:26:00
Patron question: 01:49:35
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Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Episode 17 - The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP)
Episode 16 - Cephalopods
Episode 15 - The End-Triassic Extinction
Episode 14 - The Gray Fossil Site
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Episode 12 - The Geologic Time Scale
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Episode 10 - The Tree of Life
Episode 9 - The Cambrian Explosion
Episode 8 - Conservation Paleontology
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