Episode 108 - All Creatures Great and Small and Awkwardly Terrifying - 12/1/23

It's Episode 108! We're glad to be back after such a long time away. What better way to say hello to you all again than with weird animal articles? Some of our favorites!  Hear about reanimated pigs, what snakes have that some humans also have, and how monkeys have made wolves do their bidding. Oh, and dolphins make an appearance, of course.

 

Snakes have clitorises

 

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/scientists-snakes-clitorises-evolution

 

Dolphins and snakes

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/dolphins-seen-playing-with-anaconda-while-sexually-aroused-study-2022-5

 

Monkeys have domesticated wolves

 

https://www.zmescience.com/science/monkeys-and-wolves-domestication-423/

 

 

 

The hidden language of chimpanzees

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/thousands-of-recordings-of-chimpanzees-reveal-a-hidden-language-we-never-knew-about

 

 

AI talking to animals

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jul/31/can-artificial-intelligence-really-help-us-talk-to-the-animals?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

 

 

Plants make noise

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/plants-really-do-scream-out-loud-we-just-never-heard-it-until-now

 

 

 

Mass of humans vs animals in the world

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/18/a-wake-up-call-total-weight-of-wild-mammals-less-than-10-of-humanitys?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

 

 

 

Reanimated pigs

 

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/zombie-pigs-brainex/#Echobox=1646437812-1