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Parasites with Sally Le Page
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This week, we’re joined by evolutionary biologist and science communicator Dr. Sally LePage to talk all about parasites! How did we deal with them before modern medicine? Are there any parasites bigger than their hosts? And is parasite-ception a thing!?Sources:[Fact Off]Fruit fly fungus:Frog flatworm:https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2013/02/13/a-flurry-of-frog-legs/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4330773/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00436-011-2451-zhttps://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/13/us/many-reports-of-deformities-among-frogs-are-puzzling.htmlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4636111/[Ask the Science Couch]Cuckoos: https://www.audubon.org/news/the-brilliant-ways-parasitic-birds-terrorize-their-victimshttps://web.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Brood_Parasitism.htmlPlants:http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7496.htmlhttps://csfs.colostate.edu/forest-management/common-forest-insects-diseases/dwarf-mistletoe/[Butt One More Thing] - pick the one that we end up using (probably Hank’s)Tick anus:https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/717730_2Poop bean sprout:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3192079/
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