Rat King: A Tangled Tale

It's ALIVE! Or is it? Actually, how could such an abomination even survive? The frightful rattenkonig sits in that murky ground between fact and fiction; territory that is perfect for Naturalish! Alex and Ben not only discuss rat king biology, but the psychology of why such a grotesque idea stuck around over centuries. Science in the News covers flu-killing llama serum, a special muscle making a big difference in a tiny bird, and a new way to measure the Earth's mass using neutrinos. Big Naturalish shout out to reidedo of FreeSound for the sound of the avian uprising, as well as 1500s Germany, Martin Luther, and the Protestant Reformation.

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Rat King: A Tangled Tale is an episode from Naturalish by Alex Duckles & Ben Schultz.

This episode is 37:10 long.

This episode was published on Nov 12, 2018.

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