Futureproof Extra: Are Smaller Scorpions More Deadly
Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
English - April 25, 2022 07:30 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsScience radio Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Evolution has a funny way of equipping creatures that are small in size with attributes that make them deadly to deal with - the poison frog, blue-ringed octopus, or some species of jellyfish for instance.
But is this also true of scorpions? Is it really a case of "the bigger the better"?
Well, that is exactly the question that Dr. Kevin Healy, Lecturer of Zoology at NUI Galway wanted to answer.
He joined Jonathan to discuss.
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