How do mind controlling (or rather, behavior controlling) parasites work? Are elephants right or left handed? And what is so great about Naruto Bohemian Rhapsody AMVs?           Read Tom's essay on Tor.com!           Get tickets to Ella's science comedy show!           Support us with a Max Fun Membership!Join our Discord!           We also learn about: being cancelled by ants, Ella tries to pronounce latin names, bugs losing their butts, the parasite of the day, thanks for the parasites Charlie! Phylogenetic Inirtia, I DON’T OWN QUEEN OR NARUTO I DONT OWN ANYTHING, and Torchwood X Florence & The Machine fanvids!Sources:Mind Control: How Parasites Manipulate Cognitive Functions in Their Insect Hosts               Ophiocordyceps unilateralis               How a parasitic fungus turns ants into zombies               A specialized fungal parasiteThis Parasite Drugs Its Hosts With the Psychedelic Chemical in ShroomsParasites brainwash grasshoppers into death diveHow does rabies cause aggression?Rabies virus modifies host behaviour through a snake-toxinParasite makes mice lose fear of cats permanentlyBrain parasite may strip away rodents' fear of predators, not just of catsParasites - ToxoplasmosisRight or Left: Elephant calves pick their trunk handedness early on in life

On this SpoOoOoky Halloween episode we learn about a slew of truly spooky frogs, investigate which animal has the most bones, and see how capitalism may have led to the rise of witch hunts!       Support us with a Max Fun Membership!Join our Discord!           We also learn about: fluorescence, dinosaur eating frogs (technically), CAN A SPIDER EAT A DINOSAUR??? (NOT CLICKBAIT), frog shazam, Ella learns to love the Freddy Krueger Frog, wishing you a happy bones day, evo-devo, deregionalization, how would antlers wear pants?, the origin of gossip, down with capitalism!Sources:                Horror frog breaks own bones to produce claws               Frogs with Claws, Frogs with Hair               Vampire Flying Frog               New pumpkin toadlet species found               How the Newly Discovered, Mud-Loving ‘Zombie’ Frog Got Its Name               The Freddy Krueger Frog               Freddy Krueger Frog Audio               Freddy Krueger Frog VideoDevil Frog               Vampire Squid               Skeletal Structure, University of IdahoSkeleton, Postcranial, Rommel & ReynoldsNew Bedford Whaling MuseumAxial patterning in snakes and caecilians, Woltering et al.Florida MuseumFrom Lizard to Snake; Behind the Evolution of an Extreme Body Plan, WolteringWitches, Witch-Hunting and Women, Sylvia Federici

What does a time illusion look like? Why are bees electrically charged? Who is the real Shakespeare?           Support us with a Max Fun Membership!Join our Discord!We also learn about: Yanney and Laurel, bad science magic tricks, Carly Rae Jepsen's seminal hit Call Me Maybe, Temporal Odor Mixtures, how many bees are in a bolt of lightning, The Flower Dome, fake flowers and fake bees, the flat moon theory, and the Voldemort Codex.Sources:          Dixon, N. F., & Spitz, L. (1980). The detection of auditory visual desynchrony. Perception, 9(6), 719–721. https://doi.org/10.1068/p090719           Stratton, G. M. (1896). Some preliminary experiments on vision without inversion of the retinal image. Psychological Review, 3(6), 611–617. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0072918           Stratton, G. M. (1896). Some preliminary experiments on vision without inversion of the retinal image. Psychological Review, 3(6), 611–617. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0072918           Cunningham, D., Billock, V., & Tsou, B. (2001). Sensorimotor Adaptation to Violations of Temporal Contiguity. Psychological Science, 12, 532 - 535. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9280.d01-17Alais, D., Carlile, S., (2005). Synchronizing to real events: Subjective audiovisual alignment scales with perceived auditory depth and speed of sound. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102(6), 2244-2247. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0407034102Stetson, C., Cui, X., Montague P.R., Eagleman, D.M., (2006). Motor-Sensory Recalibration Leads to an Illusory Reversal of Action and Sensation. Neuron, 51(5), 651-659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2006.08.006.Perl O, Nahum N, Belelovsky K, Haddad R. The contribution of temporal coding to odor coding and odor perception in humans. Elife. 2020;9:e49734. Published 2020 Feb 7. https://doi.org/10.7554%2FeLife.49734Montgomery, C., Vuts, J., Woodcock, C.M. et al. Bumblebee electric charge stimulates floral volatile emissions in Petunia integrifolia but not in Antirrhinum majus. Sci Nat 108, 44 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-021-01740-2

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