Snakes are surprisingly good at adapting to life in saltwater. Today’s seafaring serpents include a wide diversity of semi-marine species as well as a fascinating assortment of fully oceanic snakes, and this is a tradition that extends well into the past, with numerous radiations of ancient sea snakes. This episode, we explore the repeated evolution of marine lifestyles in snakes, and the array of adaptations that have allowed them to take to the sea. Happy Snake Month!
In the news: dinosaur hands, snake genetics, decapitated reptiles, and cartwheeling snakes.
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Episode 166 - Monotremes
Episode 165 - Fruit
Episode 164 - The ”Boring Billion”
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Episode 162 – Caecilians
Episode 161 - Sleep
Episode 160 - The Messel Pit
Episode 159 - Giraffes
Episode 158 – Charles R. Knight
Episode 157 - Bioluminescence and Biofluorescence
Episode 156 - Eurypterids (Sea Scorpions)
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Episode 154 - Live Birth
Episode 153 - Armadillos
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