208 - Tattoos
Aug 26, 2024•51 min•Ep. 208
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Episode description
On today’s episode: How do sharks swim so fast? Denticles! How do tattoos work? And how safe are they? Hybrid swarms are causing extinctions… and we’re one of them! Why do we play? All that and more today on All Around Science...
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CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
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