The Dodo!

2025-07-30

This week, Kirk is back and the crew pulled together another great show. Victoria kicks things off with a creature feature on an animal we can't believe it took this long to discuss, the Dodo! Kirk, fresh from vacation spins a tale taking us back thousands of years to the eruption of Thera/Santorini in 1618 BCE and how it may have lead to the collapse of a dynasty in China. Rachel rounds out this week with spiders, so...many...spiders. Not only that, these spiders feed...

This week, Kirk is back and the crew pulled together another great show. Victoria kicks things off with a creature feature on an animal we can't believe it took this long to discuss, the Dodo!

Kirk, fresh from vacation spins a tale taking us back thousands of years to the eruption of Thera/Santorini in 1618 BCE and how it may have lead to the collapse of a dynasty in China.

Rachel rounds out this week with spiders, so...many...spiders. Not only that, these spiders feed themselves to their young to keep the colony going. It's a fascinating look into yet another example of nature not fitting into our preconceived boxes.

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