63 min listen
Smologies #34: PENGUINS with Tom Hart
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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Dec 23, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Do penguins have flippers or wings? What’s up with pebble gifts? Are they squishy or dense? And why why why are they so cute? We sit down with renown Penguinologist Dr. Tom Hart, a research fellow with Oxford University, to chat all about life on Antarctica, penguin cities, icy cuddle parties, ocean camoflauge and how to become a flightless bird. Dr. Hart is your new favorite penguinologist.Follow Penguin Watch at Twitter.com/penguin_watch and Instagram.com/penguin_watchHelp count penguins -- for science! At PenguinWatch.orgDonations went to TRASS for mangrove planting and to PenguinWatch.orgFull-length (*not* G-rated) Penguinology episode + tons of science linksMore kid-friendly Smologies episodes!Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a monthOlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, masks, totes!Follow @Ologies on Twitter and InstagramFollow @AlieWard on Twitter and InstagramSound editing by Steven Ray Morris, Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media and Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio ProductionsMade possible by work from Noel Dilworth, Susan Hale, Kelly R. Dwyer, Emily White, & Erin TalbertSmologies theme song by Harold Malcolm
Released:
Dec 23, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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