Blending in with the surroundings is an incredibly useful habit. Even without evidence, this fact would be obvious from the sheer variety of organisms that do it and the vast diversity of strategies and adaptations they use. This episode, we look at what camouflage is and how it works in its many forms, and we explore how we can spot camouflage – and what we can learn from it – in the fossil record.
In the news: curled-up trilobites, Antarctic octopus DNA, crab organs, and giant whales.
Time markers:
Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00
News: 00:05:35
Main discussion, Part 1: 00:37:25
Main discussion, Part 2: 01:29:35
Patron question: 02:14:40
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Episode 35 - De-extinction
Episode 34 - Ancient DNA
Crocs vs Snakes - The Poll Returns
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Episode 33 - Ontogeny
Episode 32 - Naracoorte Caves, Australia
Episode 31 - The Ediacaran Biota
Episode 30 - Prehistoric Poop
Episode 29 - Placoderms, The Armored Fish
Episode 28 - Charles Darwin
Episode 27 - Domestication
Episode 26 - Astrobiology
Episode 25 - The Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinction
Episode 24 - Sloths
Episode 23 - Jurassic Park
Episode 22 - Micropaleontology
Episode 21 - Dinosaurs, An Introduction
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