Selachimorphology (SHARKS) Encore with Chris Lowe

Published: July 13, 2021, 11:39 p.m.

b"SHAAAARKS. Leading shark researcher Dr. Chris Lowe dishes about bad shark PR, behind-the-scenes Jaws trivia, his thoughts on Sharknado, surfing safety, immune system marvels, cannibal twins, shark personalities, sea sex, and knife teeth in this, an encore-but-refreshed episode with your newly married pod-dad. Alie learns that sharks are not the ocean's a-holes but true evolutionary marvels who suffer from sensationalized reputations and sometimes inside-out butts. Listen up as a science primer during this, the holy Week of the Shark.\\n\\n(Note: the study of sharks is also called elasmobranchology, a distinction which could also include skates and rays. Both -ologies are difficult to spell.)\\n\\n\\xa0Dr. Chris Lowe's SharkLab at Cal State University Long Beach\\n\\nTrack sharks and fish and turtles at Scattn.org\\n\\nDr. Lowe's Twitter and Facebook\\n\\nMore links at www.alieward.com/ologies/selachimorphology\\n\\nA donation went to: http://www.misselasmo.org/\\n\\nSponsors of Ologies: alieward.com/ologies-sponsors\\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 now\\u2026 MASKS. Hi. Yes.\\xa0\\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\\nSupport the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies"