The Spellbook: Ancient Recipes for Animals
1/15/202625 min
Where do animals come from? That's something people have been trying to explain for thousands of years. And for a while, scientists and philosophers believed that any ol' person could create creatures if they just had the right recipe. A touch of sand, maybe a drop of blood and POOF: you could create life. That idea was believed to be true for generations until one brave scientist decided to look more closely at an unlikely bug and change the course of science forever. Lulu calls up our biology correspondent, Dr. Avir Mitra, to solve this ancient mystery.
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First 90 secondsLulu Miller· Host0:00
[music] Hello, friends. Uh, the tree outside my window has just started to sprout its yellow flowers, uh, which can only mean one thing, that Mother's Day and Father's Day are coming up. And I just thought of a pretty funny, punny card. Okay, here it goes. It goes like this. There's a drawing of an owl, and it goes, "Hoo, hoo, is the best parent?" And then you open the card and it goes, "You. Thank you for owl that you do." [laughs] Uh, so that, I'm g- I'm offering that to you. If anyone wants to draw that, make that, that's great. But I was also wondering what ideas for punny animal cards do you have that show love for the adults in your life? Maybe there's something in a sloth, like, "I love you more slowly than a sloth." That isn't really good. Maybe you have a better idea. Anyway, draw yours and email us at- T-E-R-R-E-S- T-R-I-A-L-S- S-W-N-Y-C .org. And we will read some of our favorites on a future episode and post some to our Instagram to share your ideas so that other people can use them, too. Anyway, happy spring. Hope you're well. Send us your cards.
Avir Mitra1:05
Oh, wait. You're listening [laughs] Okay. All right.
Lulu Miller· Host1:12
Okay.
Avir Mitra1:13
All right.
Lulu Miller· Host1:15
[clears throat] You're listening- Listening- To Radiolab.
Alan Goffinski· Panelist1:18
For kids.
Avir Mitra1:20
Radiolab.
Lulu Miller· Host1:20
From- WNYC.
Avir Mitra1:22
[laughs] [laughs] Yeah.