Episode 253 - Kangaroos
Notes de l’épisode
Kangaroos – and their wallaroo and wallaby cousins – are some of the most recognizable, charismatic, and impressively strange mammals on the planet. This episode, we explore the surprising diversity of this group, we discuss how they manage to be world’s pre-eminent hoppers, and we delve into some of their unexpected fossil relatives.
In the news: warm tyrannosaurs, sea star ancestors, traveling dinosaurs, and new cats.
Time Markers:
Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00
News: 00:06:35
Main discussion, Part 1: 00:50:30
Main discussion, Part 2: 01:36:40
Patron question: 02:32:45
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The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org
Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0