Episode 9: A Giant Squid and an Even Bigger Titan of Biology
Odd Things I've Seen: The Podcast
English - July 08, 2019 04:35 - 15 minutes - 19.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture History Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode, I take you behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum in London to witness the most mindboggling biological artifacts in the entire collection: Archie the Giant Squid and actual specimens bottled by Charles Darwin himself on his world-changing HMS Beagle voyage. Oh, and I embark on a side quest for an infamous cursed jewel. Lotta stuff going on in this episode.
Photos of Archie the Giant Squid and Darwin's specimens.
The behind-the-scenes Spirit Collection tour page.
Photos of my visit to the giant squid at the Smithsonian.
Photos of my visit to Damien Hirst's bediamoned skull.
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