Sept 2014: Leigh Simmons, stickleback personality, and caterpillars with hats

Dieter Hochuli from the University of Sydney, tells me what life’s like for a caterpillar, and how one has evolved a cool mechanism to avoid being attacked. I find out how personality might influence your decision making, if you’re a stickleback. And in the scientific spark, I talk to Leigh Simmons who is managing editor of the scientific journal Behavioral Ecology , and Professor at, and Director of, the Centre for Evolutionary Biology at the University of Western Australia, about his inspiration to become a scientist. Download the MP3 The gum leaf skeletoniser caterpillar is very fashion-forward with its approach to headgear. Photo: Nuytsia@tas Quicklinks: Dieter Hochuli's Research Gate page Diamanto Mamuneas' paper Diamanto Mamuneas' research page Leigh Simmons' research page

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