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Parasite Puppeteers
FromThe Critter Shed
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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Feb 12, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
So, you think you have free will, right? Well, have we got news for you! As it turns out, many of our actions - from what we wear, to how we drive, or even to our business skills - may be controlled by microscopic parasites.Today in the shed Collie Ennis and Colette Kinsella chat with passionate parasitologist Maureen Williams of Trinity College Dublin about fungi that control their hosts like puppets on a string, crustaceans that bite off and replace their hosts' tongues, and parasitic wasps that feast on the fresh meat of their still-living hosts.Latch on and listen in!Presented by Collie Ennis and Colette KinsellaA Red Hare Media production.Music:Artist: PodingtonTracks: 'Curious' and 'Sunset'The accompanying image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gtzecosan/16424898321/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Feb 12, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (59)
Cockroaches, cockchafers and the insect armageddon cock-up: This episode features The Great Cockroach Challenge where Collie & Colette search for the beauty and majesty in cockroaches. Collie shows Colette his cockchafer (beetle), and we find out why insect numbers are dropping like flies and ho... by The Critter Shed