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b'Who cares about flatworms? Guess what: you do. Planarian expert Dr. On\\xe9 Pag\\xe1n shares his infectious enthusiasm for the teeny tiny ribbons of flesh that are helping scientists understand addiction, limb regeneration, stem cells, immortality and maybe aliens though probably not aliens. You\\u2019re about to be obsessed. We discuss where to find planarians, serendipitous science, taking risks in life, how these worms regrow themselves when they are cut into 279 pieces, marine flatworms, penis fencing, multipurpose mouth tubes, the Unabomber and more. Dr. Pag\\xe1n is a gem of a human and you\\u2019re about to be smitten with flatworms. And him. Trust me.\\xa0\\n\\nFollow Dr. On\\xe9 Pag\\xe1n at Twitter.com/baldscientist or check out his blog at baldscientist.wordpress.com\\n\\nHis book, \\u201cThe First Brain\\u201d\\n\\nA donation went to NoKidHungry.org\\n\\nMore links at alieward.com/ologies/planariology\\n\\nSong at the end is: 9 Animal Phyla Song\\n\\nTranscripts & bleeped episodes at: alieward.com/ologies-extras\\n\\nBecome a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies\\n\\nOlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes and STIIIICKERS!\\n\\nFollow twitter.com/ologies or instagram.com/ologies\\n\\nFollow twitter.com/AlieWard or instagram.com/AlieWard\\n\\nSound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris\\n\\nTheme song by Nick Thorburn\\n\\nSupport the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies'