Shipworms.HairyChestedYetiCrabs.ParasiticBarnaclesinthecloacaofGreenlandSharks.ThesearethetypesofcreaturesSabrinaImbler,acolumnistatDefector,likestowriteabout.Thestranger,thebetter.
Inthisepisode,Imblerdiscusseshowtheybalancemaintainingscientificrigorwhilealsodrawinginspirationandmetaphorfromtheanimalworld.Thentheyreadastirringessayfromtheirnewbook,HowFartheLightReaches:ALifeinTenSeaCreatures.It’saboutthesandstriker,oneoftheocean’smostgruesomepredators,andthevariouspreythatsurroundit.Inlearningabouttherelationshipsbetweenpredatorandpreylurkinginthemurkybottom,Imblerendsupunearthingnewinsightsaboutpredationinhumansociety.Theessaydealswithsexualassaultsolistenwithcare.
EPISODECREDITS
Reportedby-LuluMiller
Producedby-SindhuGnanasambandan
Originalmusicandsounddesigncontributedby-AlexOverington
withmixinghelpfrom-JeremyBloomandArianneWack
Fact-checkingby-NatalieMiddleton
andEditedby -AlexNeasonandPatWalters
EPISODECITATIONS
Articles:“Creaturefector”(https://zpr.io/3myWi4grgkGB)bySabrinaImbler
Books:HowFartheLightReaches:ALifeinTenSeaCreatures(https://zpr.io/agkRj7xyPG9T)bySabrinaImblerDyke(geology)(https://zpr.io/7kAtAKjdBqPa)bySabrinaImbler
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