Croc Chat with Maddie Turala
6/17/202657 min
Happy Croc Month!
In this bonus episode, we're joined by friend of the podcast Maddie Turala to talk about her research on estimating body size in fossil alligators!
This month only! Join the Crocs & Snakes Tier on our Patreon to receive a Croc Month sticker and to contribute to charitable donations toward reptile and other wildlife conservation! www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast
This year, our donations are going toward: The Crocodile Research Coalition https://crocodileresearchcoalition.org/ Save the Snakes https://savethesnakes.org/ The Natural Resources Defense Council https://www.nrdc.org/
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The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org
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First 90 secondsWill· Host0:00
You're listening to the Common Descent Podcast.
David· Host0:03
[upbeat music] Happy Croc Month, Will.
Will· Host0:21
Happy Croc Month, David.
David· Host0:23
Happy Croc Month, Mattie.
Mattie Tarala· Guest0:24
Happy Croc Month.
David· Host0:25
Happy Croc Month, listeners, and welcome to Common Descent. Here on Common Descent, we talk about paleontology, evolution, and the history of life on Earth, but every June, we celebrate what some have called the best animals that there are.
Will· Host0:40
Yes, indeed.
Mattie Tarala· Guest0:41
I agree.
David· Host0:41
Debates. There's debates. You know, there's, there's, there's reasonable people will disagree. [laughs] [laughs] June here at Common Descent is Croc Month, and to celebrate Croc Month, we've got themed episodes, we've got a special Crocs and Snakes tier on our Patreon, where support from our patrons at that tier contributes to charitable donations we will make later in the summer towards wildlife conservation. But also this year we are doing bonus episodes, where we're gonna talk about some croc-related research, which is why there is a third voice here on the podcast. Mattie, thank you so much for joining us.
Mattie Tarala· Guest1:17
Thank you so much for having me. This is super cool.
David· Host1:19
Would you please, before we get into the research and stuff, would you please introduce yourself for our listeners?
Mattie Tarala· Guest1:25
Yeah. So I'm Mattie Tarala. I have been at