It's not a Monster

Public Enemy No. 1 – Mosquito 2/2

Today, Luisa Reis Castro is going to help us to understand how one of the biggest countries of the world has dealt with a war against the deadliest animal on earth, and how now they might be changing their strategy. -Script, music and references: https://sites.google.com/view/ep8-mosquito/inicio [https://sites.google.com/view/ep8-mosquito/inicio] -Main music theme: Camiidae https://camiidae.carrd.co/ [https://camiidae.carrd.co/] -Contact email: itsnotamonstercontact@gmail.com [itsnotamonstercontact@gmail.com]

Public Enemy No. 1 – Mosquito 1/2

Description:                                                                                           The most wanted, the most dangerous, the mosquito. In this first part, and with the help of Luisa Reis Castro, we are going to explore how mosquitoes have double lives, are sensitive like few other animals in nature, and drive the fate of a lot of other living beings. -Script, music and references: https://sites.google.com/view/ep7-mosquito/inicio [https://sites.google.com/view/ep7-mosquito/inicio] -Main music theme: Camiidae https://camiidae.carrd.co/ [https://camiidae.carrd.co/] -Contact email: itsnotamonstercontact@gmail.com

Your Friendly Neighborhood – Spiders 2/2

For this second part in our conversation about spiders. We get deeper in the key trait of spiders, the silk, and why is so special. We also talk about Diego’s work on how spiders sense the world around them. -Small survey!!! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFkNfrhqcOFyETL0mRuRRLRY5lKGHDwSJpW3PXq3k7FivkCw/viewform?usp=header [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFkNfrhqcOFyETL0mRuRRLRY5lKGHDwSJpW3PXq3k7FivkCw/viewform?usp=header] -Script, music and references: https://sites.google.com/view/ep6spiders/inicio -Main music theme: Camiidae https://camiidae.carrd.co/ [https://camiidae.carrd.co/] -Contact email:itsnotamonstercontact@gmail.com

Your Friendly Neighborhood – Spiders 1/2

This time is turn for the Spiders! We are going to explore with Diego Parra why we are so afraid of them and how this might be related their feeding anatomy, which is something that also have huge implications in their diet, and therefore their hole biology and identity. -Script, music and references: https://sites.google.com/view/ep5spiders/inicio [https://sites.google.com/view/ep5spiders/inicio] -Main music theme: Camiidae https://camiidae.carrd.co/ [https://camiidae.carrd.co/] -Contact email: itsnotamonstercontact@gmail.com

Like a mole... but scaly – Amphisbaena

Let me introduce you to the weird subterranean cousin of the snakes: the Amphisbaena. They might not be as elegant… but they have their own charm, they even managed to scare the Roman legionaries back in the days. -Small survey!!! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1m82F3WuYHBRk7-PkGTzPoeC2tswmTemtEBlY66rj_laNBQ/viewform?usp=header [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1m82F3WuYHBRk7-PkGTzPoeC2tswmTemtEBlY66rj_laNBQ/viewform?usp=header] -Script, music and references: https://sites.google.com/view/ep4amphisbaena/inicio [https://sites.google.com/view/ep4amphisbaena/inicio] -Picture of bipes sp tiny hands: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bipes_biporus1.jpg#/media/File:Bipes_biporus1.jpg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bipes_biporus1.jpg#/media/File:Bipes_biporus1.jpg] -Picture of horseshoe behavior: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/azo.12490 [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/azo.12490] -Main music theme: Camiidae ⁠⁠https://camiidae.carrd.co/⁠⁠ [https://camiidae.carrd.co/] -Contact email: itsnotamonstercontact@gmail.com