226: Cicadas w/ Nick VanAcker!
Just the Zoo of Us
English - February 08, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 353 ratingsNatural Sciences Science science animals zoology wildlife science wildlife nature science communication Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Join Ellen & science educator and nature hype man Nick VanAcker to sing praises for some of our favorite true bugs: cicadas! We discuss how and why cicada choruses sing the song of the summer, why they spend so much of their lives underground before emerging and what’s so special about prime numbers anyway, the real parasitic fungus that inspired a cicada-themed Pokémon, and so much more.
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