Episode 001 - Mary Anning | Paleontologist
May 14, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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Episode description
Alternate Title: Pleasing Plesiosaurs
Emlyn tells Emma about "the greatest fossilist the world ever knew," Mary Anning, and Emma tells Emlyn about the science of farting embarassment, the fate of frogs, and sea turtle kerplunking!
Sources:
Main Story - Mary Anning
- Emling, Shelley (2011) The Fossil Hunter : Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave MacMillan.
- http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/anning.html
- Wikipedia
Women who werk
- How to deal with embarrassing situations: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180327102814.htm
- Frogs rebounding from chytrid fungus: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/science/frog-species-panama-fungus-rebound.html
- Turtles use limbs in foraging: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180328083421.htm
Trivia
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