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Sep 29, 2020 • 33min

SciShow Tangents Classics - Bats

We're taking a short dirt nap this week in preparation for October's frightening festivities! Enjoy this classic, slightly spooky episode and join us next week as we kick off Monster Month!It'll be worth the wait, I promise!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Poem]https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-pitcher-plants-call-bats-get-their-poo-180956014/https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2010.1141[Truth or Fail]Bats that spend time on the ground:http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2005/03/vampire-bats-keep-out-trouble-running-study-showshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16621953https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/creatura-blog/2018/01/why-fly-when-you-can-shuffle-the-lesser-short-tailed-bat-prefers-the-ground/Diurnal bats:https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/daytime-bats-help-explain-nocturnal-evolution/https://blogs.plos.org/ecology/2017/06/29/bat-species-found-only-on-islands-in-trouble-worldwide/https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/mamm.ahead-of-print/mammalia-2017-0128/mammalia-2017-0128.xmlSuction cup bats:https://www.wired.com/2010/04/how-sucker-winged-bats-hang-on/[Fact Off]Bat & dolphin echolocation:https://evolutionnews.org/2012/05/tangling_the_tr/https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2010/01/hear-bats-and-whales-share-sonar-proteinhttps://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(09)02073-9https://www.nature.com/articles/nature12511https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/refined-fine-tuned-placental-mammal-family-tree/Moth echolocation blocker:https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2009/07/moths-block-bats-sonarhttp://science.sciencemag.org/content/325/5938/325?keytype=ref&siteid=sci&ijkey=GbDjRlkoHfRnYhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2009/07/17/tiger-moths-jam-the-sonar-of-bats/http://jeb.biologists.org/content/214/14/2416[Ask the Science Couch]White-nose syndrome:https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/bat_crisis_white-nose_syndrome/Q_and_A.htmlhttps://www.whitenosesyndrome.org/static-page/what-is-white-nose-syndromehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-bats-could-bounce-back-devastating-white-nose-syndrome-180969378/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-02441-zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/4/2/48[Butt One More Thing]Bat guano gunpowder:https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/dkc09   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Sep 22, 2020 • 35min

Language with Deboki Chakravarti

What would a podcast be without language? Perhaps a series of soothing tones? Maybe frog sounds? Wait… that sounds nice… Need more sweet language knowledge? Crash Course Linguistics: https://youtu.be/eDop3FDoUzkWant more Deboki? Journey to the Microcosmos: https://youtu.be/17tug6T-4jcCrash Course Organic Chemistry: https://youtu.be/bSMx0NS0XfYAnd follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/okidoki_bokiAnd every other Tangents episode! She does a ton of behind the scenes work and we’d, frankly, be screwed without her! Thank you, Deboki!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links: [Truth or Fail]Mustached bat sounds and syntaxhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7962992/  Heaps Lawhttps://www.johndcook.com/blog/2019/08/27/heaps-law/ Jackass penguin honkshttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0589https://www.livescience.com/jackass-penguin-linguistic-rules.htmlhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/jackass-penguin-calls-follow-similar-rules-human-speech-180974139/https://youtu.be/oTOcJj_NNUg  Speed dating communicationhttps://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/04/30/151550273/to-predict-dating-success-the-secrets-in-the-pronouns Prairie dog chatterhttps://www.prairiedoghoogland.com/vocalizationshttps://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article/79/3/887/859259[Fact Off]Facebook machine learning of language https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/uops-fuc030620.phpHypothetical spaceship languagehttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200706145433.htmhttps://zenodo.org/record/3747353#.X1j66nlKiJc[Ask the Science Couch]Human language efficiency https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/06/complex-languages/489389/https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/9/eaaw2594http://www.ithkuil.net/00_intro.htmlComputer languages https://thenewstack.io/which-programming-languages-use-the-least-electricity/https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/compiled-versus-interpreted-languages/[Butt One More Thing]Pumpernickelhttps://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/the-devilish-origins-of-pumpernickel/  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Sep 15, 2020 • 32min

Eyeballs

Jeepers creepers, today we’re talking about peepers!  I can't come up with anything that would really add to the above description of the episode, but I also feel like I owe you guys more than that... so hey, what's up? Excited for Halloween? Watching any good shows? I'm sort of out of shows...  Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!  While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links: [Truth or Fail] Bat Eyeshttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/78kwdz/bats-crash-into-each-other-all-the-time-high-speed-cameras-reveal Guitarfish Eyeshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/instead-eyelids-fish-has-special-muscles-retract-its-eyeball-180957005/ https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/sharks-rays/sharks#:~:text=Sharks%20have%20eyelids%2C%20but%20they,damage%20when%20fighting%20or%20feeding.&text=In%20addition%2C%20some%20species%20have,the%20eye%20in%20dicey%20situations. Goat Eyeshttps://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/08/07/430149677/eye-shapes-of-the-animal-world-hint-at-differences-in-our-lifestyles [Fact Off] Glowing Contactshttps://www.caltech.edu/about/news/glowing-contact-lens-could-prevent-leading-cause-blindness-82050https://orionvisiongroup.com/blog/glow-in-the-dark-contact-treatment-diabetic-retinopathy/#:~:text=Diabetic%20Retinopathy%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Facts,the%20precursor%20to%20nerve%20death. Cockeyed squidshttps://today.duke.edu/2017/02/mismatched-eyes-help-squid-survive-ocean%E2%80%99s-twilight-zonehttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2016.0069https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/this-squid-gives-better-side-eye-than-youhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-does-someone-get-two/ [Ask the Science Couch] Eye shapeshttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/90509/13-furry-facts-about-pallass-cathttps://advances.sciencemag.org/content/1/7/e1500391https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/08/07/430149677/eye-shapes-of-the-animal-world-hint-at-differences-in-our-lifestyles [Butt One More Thing] Cow butt eyehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/painting-eyes-cow-butts-could-save-cow-and-lion-lives-180975601/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/627983/save-cow-from-predators-paint-eyes-on-its-butt Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Sep 8, 2020 • 32min

Cars

Beep beep, toot toot, etc. Cars are definitely one of the more common-place things we’ve talked about on Tangents… yet to some, including many on our panel, they are even more mysterious and confusing than the human body or the fundamental forces of nature! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links: [Truth or Fail]Freeze-dryinghttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/nuos-nit031820.phpReplacing human tissueshttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/cuot-nrm031320.phphttps://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.9b01924Batterieshttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140827151654.htmhttps://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2014/RA/C4RA03888F#!divAbstract [Fact Off]Added engine noisehttps://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15117726/faking-it-engine-sound-enhancement-explained-tech-dept/https://www.carthrottle.com/post/5-ways-that-manufacturers-enhance-the-sound-of-their-cars/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/americas-best-selling-cars-and-trucks-are-built-on-lies-the-rise-of-fake-engine-noise/2015/01/21/6db09a10-a0ba-11e4-b146-577832eafcb4_story.htmlhttps://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a7923/the-rise-of-the-fake-engine-roar-11291754/https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15107374/this-is-why-various-engine-types-sound-so-different-feature/ [Ask the Science Couch]Wheels vs. trackshttps://litetrax.com/wheels-vs-tracks-advantages-disadvantages/https://www.macallisterrentals.com/track-vs-wheeled-equipment-type-machine-rent/3 vs. 4 wheelshttps://thenewswheel.com/why-do-cars-have-four-wheels/https://jalopnik.com/why-three-wheels-are-better-than-four-5950307 [Butt One More Thing]https://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(07)01404-5/pdf  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Sep 1, 2020 • 34min

Black Holes

Does the Tangents crew know anything about black holes? Not really. But when has that ever stopped us? Let’s get theoretical! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links: [Truth or Fail]Gravastarhttps://www.universetoday.com/24299/types-of-stars/https://web.archive.org/web/20061213095149/http://www.lanl.gov/news/releases/archive/02-035.shtmlBlanethttps://www.sciencealert.com/we-have-ploonets-we-have-moonmoons-now-hold-onto-your-hats-for-blanetshttps://arxiv.org/abs/2007.15198Massteroidhttps://www.space.com/51-asteroids-formation-discovery-and-exploration.htmlhttps://solarsystem.nasa.gov/basics/primer/ [Fact Off]Stealing energy from black holehttp://large.stanford.edu/courses/2011/ph240/nagasawa2/https://www.sciencealert.com/an-experiment-has-just-demonstrated-how-energy-could-be-extracted-from-a-black-holehttps://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_727690_en.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=73&v=ES2VxhRAkUM&feature=emb_titlehttps://science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/astronomy-terms/black-hole.htm#:~:text=The%20Schwarzschild%20black%20hole%20is,singularity%20and%20an%20event%20horizon.&text=The%20Kerr%20black%20hole%2C%20which,it%20was%20formed%20was%20rotating.https://www.quora.com/What-is-an-ergospherehttps://www.howmusicworks.org/103/Sound-and-Music/Amplitude-and-Frequency#:~:text=There%20are%20two%20main%20properties,how%20loud%20the%20sound%20is.&text=A%20frequency%20of%201%20Hz%20means%20one%20wave%20cycle%20per%20second.[Ask the Science Couch]White holeshttps://www.space.com/white-holes.htmlhttps://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/white-holes-do-black-holes-have-mirror-imageshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1HqOEbq2L4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4aqGI1mSqo [Butt One More Thing]Carl Sagan BHAhttps://www.engadget.com/2014-02-26-when-carl-sagan-sued-apple-twice.html#:~:text=In%20the%20wake%20of%20Sagan's,first%20place%20is%20beyond%20comical.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Aug 18, 2020 • 31min

Milk

Milk is pretty normal, right? Boring even! But have you ever thought about it? Like, really thought about it? We have! And I gotta say, it led us to some challenging places. Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Aug 11, 2020 • 30min

Listener Mailbag

We get A LOT of questions from our listeners! So this week we decided to put the competition on hold, open up the old Tangents Mailbag, and answer a few of them!  Get ready to learn some of our deepest secrets, like what Ceri thinks about yogurt and Stefan's milk conundrum! There are other, less dairy related things in this episode, too. Once again, thank you all for your support and for all of the amazing questions you ask us every week. We couldn't do it without you! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!  While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:Artificial sugarshttp://www.madehow.com/Volume-3/Aspartame.htmlhttps://sucralose.org/sucralose-facts/#:~:text=Sucralose%20is%20made%20by%20a,%2C%20but%20is%20calorie%2Dfree.https://www.stevia.com/2016/10/03/how-is-stevia-leaf-extract-made/https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/edible-innovations/artificial-sweetener8.htmhttp://www.yalescientific.org/2010/09/mythbusters-does-sugar-really-make-children-hyper/https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/391812https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7963081/Photic sneezinghttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-does-bright-light-cau/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03012675https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1042271/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-41551-0Milk and bonesWhale hearinghttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0118582https://dosits.org/animals/sound-reception/marine-mammals-hear/hearing-in-cetaceans/https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/how-to-see-what-whales-hear/https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/marine-mammals/keeping-ear-out-whale-evolutionhttp://repository.ias.ac.in/4651/1/321.pdfDuck swimming https://www.audubon.org/news/webbed-feet-are-evolutionary-hithttps://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/110/3/543/2415604https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/veterinary-science-and-veterinary-medicine/uropygial-glandhttps://academy.allaboutbirds.org/feathers-article/Multivitamins[Butt One More Thing]Anal poucheshttps://books.google.com/books?id=IETMd3-lSlkC&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99https://www.wired.com/2015/01/creature-feature-10-fun-facts-fossa/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Aug 4, 2020 • 31min

Glowing Things

Glowing Things: is that a scientific topic? Yes, but not by much. In fact, we spend a lot of the episode figuring out of there even is a scientific definition of 'glow!' Very exciting! Here's a little fun fact for all you Sam-heads out there: my favorite color is 'glow-in-the-dark green." That's right, I finally admit that I'm the one writing all these descriptions! I guess Ceri doesn't do everything after all, huh?!  Peace, Sam Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!  While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out SciShowTangents.org!   [Truth or Fail] Foxfire https://allthatsinteresting.com/foxfire-bioluminescence#:~:text=Foxfire%20is%20the%20informal%20term,together%20to%20form%20a%20glow. Submarine https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/david-bushnells-turtle-of-1776.html https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/s/submarine-turtle-naval-documents.html There is a LOT about this submarine, and a lot of it is contradictory! A very fun Google rabbit hole to fall down.  [Fact Off] Death fluorescence  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/blue-death-in-worms/ https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1001613 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3735983/ Picture: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3735983/figure/F1/ Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6S3D8Fy8N4 Millipede glowing genitals https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/187/1/117/5475011?searchresult=1 The Brain Scoop video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjNQUOYtZC0 [Ask the Science Couch] Freezing glow sticks https://www.compoundchem.com/2014/10/14/glowsticks/ https://www.thoughtco.com/how-do-lightsticks-work-607878 https://www2.chem.uic.edu/marek/apintropage/ap_notes/chapter18/rateseffectstempconcats.htm [Butt One More Thing] Glow Woims  https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/science/glow-worms-new-zealand.html Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Jul 28, 2020 • 34min

Proteins

What do proteins do? Heck, an easier question to answer would be 'what don't they do?" No, seriously... I think they do, like, everything. Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links![Truth or Fail]Protein gamehttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/victory-for-crowdsourced-biomolecule2/Protein musichttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190626125052.htmWhey fabrichttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-01/ded-ssa012317.php[Fact Off]Prions in wine yeasthttps://phys.org/news/2014-08-prions-trigger-stuck-wine-fermentations.html#:~:text=Working%20through%20a%20prion%E2%80%94an,without%20altering%20the%20yeast's%20DNA.Spider silk in vaccineshttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180612185155.htmhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/udg-ank061218.phphttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142961218302473?via%3Dihubhttp://news.mit.edu/2019/spider-silk-humidity-robotic-muscle-0301[Ask the Science Couch]Complete proteinshttps://goaskalice.columbia.edu/answered-questions/complete-and-incomplete-proteins-grains-and-vegetableshttps://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002467.htmhttps://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002222.htmhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/cfgr-utr031119.phphttps://academic.oup.com/jn/article/134/6/1558S/4688841[Butt One More Thing]Sonic hedgehog anorectal malformationhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1850556/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Jul 21, 2020 • 33min

Frogs

What’s a frog? Well, it’s not quite a fish, and it’s not quite a lizard, but put them together and you have a stout, slimy little pal that everyone can agree on! Especially Ceri! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links! [Truth or Fail]GlueImage of crucifix frog: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holy_Cross_Frog.jpghttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-05473-zhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6492-frog-glue-repairs-damaged-cartilage/SandImage of tadpoles: https://www.thehindu.com/migration_catalog/article14128847.ece/ALTERNATES/LANDSCAPE_1200/31th-frog2.jpghttp://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160330-these-newly-discovered-frogs-have-really-weird-tadpoleshttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0151781SuctionImage of paradox frog tadpole: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NHM_London_Paradoxical_frog_(Pseudis_paradoxa)_model.jpghttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/31509/what-big-baby-life-and-times-paradox-froghttps://www.mtpr.org/post/field-notes-tale-montanas-strangest-frog[Fact Off]Foam-nest frogshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D8b4e9nGwEhttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0934Frog cell robotshttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200113175653.htmhttps://www.pnas.org/content/117/4/1853Video: https://movie-usa.glencoesoftware.com/video/10.1073/pnas.1910837117/video-1[Ask the Science Couch]Sticky frog tongueshttps://theconversation.com/the-frog-tongue-is-a-high-speed-adhesive-72064https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2016.0764https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/01/watch-frog-s-tongue-ultrasoft-shock-absorber[Butt One More Thing]Frog skin buttock grafthttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2355278/?page=1 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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