A fear of hairless tails: blame it on our ancestors
Oct 13, 2022•9 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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Episode description
Alyssa Boss loves animals, but when it comes to rodents she says she feels overcome with nausea and anxiety. Nothing scares her more than coming across a rodent with a hairless tail.
On this episode of Your Weirdest Fears, host Larry Mullins sits down with self-proclaimed “ratologist” Dr. Robert Corrigan to understand the rationality behind the fear of rodents and why their tails are actually their most important assets.
Host: Larry Mullins
Producers: Jill Webb and Dempsey Pillot
Audio Engineer: Anddy Egan-Thorpe
Managing Producer of Podcasts: Femi Redwood
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