Spook-E - Hydras

Published: Oct. 19, 2019, 5 p.m.

Welcome ... to Spookulative Evolution.\nIt\u2019s October, and we\u2019re back with more Spook-E! Each week this month, we\u2019re choosing a creepy creature and discussing how it \u2013 or something like \u2013 might evolve biologically, pulling inspiration from critters of the real world. This month\u2019s theme: monsters of Greek mythology.\nThis episode, we tackle the great monster of Lerna. How can we use nature's toolkit to evolve a poisonous lake-dwelling beast whose multiple heads constantly grow back? Our creatures to evolve this time: Hydras.\nCheck out our blog for bonus info and pictures:http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/\nThe Common Descent Store is open! Get merch! http://zazzle.com/common_descent\nFollow and Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcast/PodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduw\nThe Intro and Outro music is \u201cOn the Origin of Species\u201d by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org.\nMuscial Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/