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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