Blood-sucking Science Mystery
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1:31
Intro to Cliff swallows
3:01
Not a normal nest.
5:28
Not expecting to find cliff swallows in Nebraska.
6:14
The villain of the story.
8:28
All bugs are insects, but not all insects are bugs.
9:46
Preening cliff swallow
9:59
What is the impact of these bugs on baby birds?
12:06
Why don't the birds eat the bugs?
13:24
The social nature of cliff swallows.
14:04
Why it's good to be social as a cliff swallow.
14:58
Predator early warning system.
15:34
How do we know it is better nest together?
16:55
Science is not a one and done process.
17:10
What has and has not changed 35 years later?
21:33
The unanswered question.
23:32
Three questions
23:41
Do you know when you first knew you were going to be a scientist?
25:25
What would you be if you were not a biologist?
26:24
What advice do you have for future scientists?
28:20
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Ask A Biologist Podcast
Blood-sucking Science Mystery
May 18, 2022
Episode 117
Dr. Biology Talks with Charles Brown
Part of what makes science fun and challenging is solving puzzles and investigating mysteries. For this episode, Dr. Biology sits down with ecologist Charles Brown and the two talk about his 40-year journey of discovery and rediscovery. This is a curious story that involves an acrobatic animal and how it is evolving to battle a six-legged villain. Like a good mystery, this one has yet to be fully solved.
Learn more: Cliff Swallow Project
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