The Meg: claspers, megalodon teeth, and shark proponency w/ Melissa Marquez
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English - November 13, 2018 07:45 - 43 minutes - 34.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsNatural Sciences Science TV & Film Film Reviews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Sharks
A sharky public service message/pro-shark propaganda. Sharks get a bad wrap in the media. Eating weird stuff. The importance of sharks in the ocean and their roles in their particular ecosystems.
Shark behaviour
Biting the internet. Alternative shark species name suggestions. “Exploratory” biting. Claspers! The Megalodon’s likely “biiiiiiiiiig” penis. Shark skin with dermal denticles, aka “teeth paper.” Shark intelligence and how you might measure it.
The Megalodon
Irl best estimates of megalodon size vs the creatures of the film. Limited fossil data and cartilaginous skeletons. Learning from paleoarchaeological study of ancient shark relatives with more calcified skeletal material. Working backward from the modern shark bodyform. Ancient buzzsaw-mouthed monsters. The importance of teeth.
ДиБгд CC-BY-SA-4.0
The Marianas Trench
Pressure and darkness at depth. Adaptations to pressure and darkness. Odd, squishy creatures. Blob fish as the gudetama of the sea.
Blob fishes, out of their element
AFSC CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0
Conservation
Shark public image management. Sharks with eyebrows.
Melissa's Chondrichthyan-promotion organization: The Fins United Initiative
Melissa's podcast: ConCiencia Azul