PRAYING MANTISES with Lohitashwa Garikipati
3/19/202627 min
Pointy heads. Spiked arms. Genius disguises. It’s a whole episode about praying mantises with a real life Mantodeologist. Do they really eat hummingbirds? Are they extraterrestrial? How can you convince them to visit your garden? Get your fill of evolutionary gossip, camouflage strategies, their alien egg cases, huge eyes, pet advice, and why they’re compatible with cat lovers with this delightful entomologist and longtime keeper of mantises, Lohit Garikipati.
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A donation went to the World Wildlife Fund
Full-length (*not* G-rated) Mantodeology episode + tons of science links...
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
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Speaker 20:14
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Lohit Garikipati· Guest0:38
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Alie Ward· Host0:44
Oh, hey. It's that skin on the top of your cold hot chocolate. I'm Ally Ward. Oh, hello. This is Smologies. What's Smologies? It's a shorter, kid-friendly, G-rated, classroom-safe episode of Ologies. We took out all the swears, we made it quicker to listen to, and this one is a personal favorite. It's praying mantids. Or is it praying mantises? We're gonna talk about it. One of my favorite bugs ever, and so fascinating, and they look like aliens. You're gonna love this one. Next time you see a praying mantis in the wild, you're gonna freak out after you listen to this because they're so cool. Okay. I met this guest via Instagram, and within a minute of seeing his page, I messaged, I begged him to talk to me.