Patron Mini-Episode Compilation #3
The Common Descent Podcast
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The Coolest Turtles on Earth
matamatas are bizarre because they're doing something that is just super weird for a turtle to do, or at least they have evolved to an extreme we don't see in a lot of turtles. pig-nose turtles are like, no, no, we're doing the same thing as a bunch of other turtles just in a place that none of them do it. And these two turtles are very fun because they are exciting and fun for very similar reasons, despite living and having evolved on vastly different pathways. It's also neat because their little flippers have teeny tiny little claws at the ends.
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