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Feb 2018

58m 14s

Teuthology (SQUIDS) with Sarah McAnulty

About this episode

Squids. Cuttlefish. Octopusseseses. The world's most impassioned squid nerd, Sarah McAnulty, gets locked in a basement with Alie to talk about cephalopods, alien DNA, camouflage, invisibility cloaks, why cute things make us insane, terrible mating strategies, cute and clever ones and why she is so charmed by squid. Also addressed: Philly accents and the Kraken.

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Editing by Steven Ray Morris

Music by Nick Thorburn

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