Alligators Are Just Kind of Crazy. They Litera Y

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There's a reason why alligators haven't really needed to evolve in the last, like, 80 million years. Reptiles are just kind of crazy. They litera y. People don't want to invest in research towards them when it seems like nothing's wrong with them. But there's not really any observable effects in a lot of these animalsw a little bit of what's in the guts of an alligator. Do they have like livers and spleens and kidneys in the same numbers that we do?

Alligators, crocodiles and … a shut-down nuclear weapons plant? The excitement never ends when you’re Laura Kojima, an Alligator Ecotoxicologist. A longtime reptile cheerleader, Laura has passion to match some truly bananas stories about field work, tail smacks, gator jaws, mercury levels, swamp boats, and crocodilian evolution, overbites, and locomotion. Her incredible work keeps people -- and the gators -- safer in toxic waters and she recalls her favorite alligator bite and the one animal that sent her to the hospital. Also discussed: jorts & gator crotches.

[Audio note: the connection was a little spotty so please forgive occasional static!]

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