269: Rat Fannies

June 27, 2023 00:11:51
269: Rat Fannies
Brain Junk
269: Rat Fannies

Jun 27 2023 | 00:11:51

/

Hosted By

Trace Kerr Amy Barton

Show Notes

We're circling back to the African Giant Pouched Rat! Turns out, in addition to being super great at detecting land mines, these rats also have very interesting vaginas.

Show Notes:

Step into the way back machine and give our 100th episode a listen(we talk about bomb sniffing rats)!

Cornell Ed article on vaginal plasticity

Phys Org article by Laura Gallup: Bomb-sniffing rodents undergo 'weird' vaginal transformations

Just incase you NEED to know more about thr African Giant Pouched Rat and their stretchy cheeks. Journal of Mammology: Evolution of Cheek Pouches in African Pouched Rats (Rodentia: Cricetomyinae)

YES the FB movie of the snacking rat

P.S. We aren't really looking for someone to organize our episode contents. Not because we don't need it. It's mostly because we run this show on the shoe-stringiest of shoe string budgets

Other Episodes

Episode 0

March 26, 2019 00:04:35
Episode Cover

52: Long Lives of Lobsters

The internet claims lobsters are immortal. Amy pulls a Dana Scully and debunks the heck out of that idea.   Long Lives of Lobsters Transcript:...

Listen

Episode 0

January 18, 2022 00:11:33
Episode Cover

194: Iris Sphincters

You might think you’re special because you can flex your nostrils or flap your ears–but it turns out that there is a person out...

Listen

Episode 0

August 25, 2020 00:10:15
Episode Cover

125: Animal Odd Fellows Double Header!!

Trace dug deep for this animal symbiosis extravaganza. Frogs and tarantulas, blind snakes and owls; it's so so good. Show Notes: Bonus content: an...

Listen