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Through past and present, why, exactly, are horseshoe crabs shaped like a friend?

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Episode 17 - If Not Living Fossil, Why Fossil Shaped?
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Supplementary Material and External Links

Picture 1 – Geological and Morphological History of Horseshoe Crabs Across the Phanerozoic. Picture Credit: Bicknell and Pates, 2020

Full Paper: Pictorial Atlas of Fossil and Extant Horseshoe Crabs, With Focus on Xiphosurida

Picture 2 – Horseshoe Crab Eggs. Picture credit: USFWS. Image is public domain.

Video 1 – BABY HORSESHOE CRABS. Credit: USFWS

Episode Cover – Euproops danae, one of many fossil species of horseshoe crab. Picture is public domain.

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Survival of the fittest? Nah.
Survival of the weirdest? Oh heck yea.

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Episode 16 - Cute, Weird Little Dudes
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Picture 1 – Anatomy of a Horseshoe Crab.

Picture 2 – Diagram of a Horseshoe Crab’s eLdRiTcH eYeS.

Video 1 – A Horseshoe Crab Goes NOM.

Video 2 – Horseshoe Crab Swimming.

Episode Cover – Limulus polyphemus, the American Horseshoe Crab. Picture by Hans Hillewaert, text added and used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

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O Tannenworm, O Tannenworm!
How lovely are your tentacles!

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Episode 15 - Naughty Or Nice?
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Supplementary Material and External Links
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Picture 1 – Assorted Christmas Tree Worms by Nick Hobgood.

Picture 2 – Christmas Tree Worm Anatomy 1. Taken from Brandão, Ivison Cordeiro & Brasil, Ana Claudia dos Santos, 2020.

Picture 3 – Christmas Tree Worm Anatomy 2. Taken from Brandão, Ivison Cordeiro & Brasil, Ana Claudia dos Santos, 2020.

Video 1 – Christmas Tree Worms Fighting Against the Starfish Incursion by NOVA PBS.

Episode Cover – Spirobranchus giganteus by Nick Hobgood. Used under a CC BY-SA 3.0 License, with logo added.

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It's time for a deeper dive.

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Let's descend... together!

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I always was fond of water types.

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Episode 14 - That's Not a Fish, That's a Pokémon
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Picture 1 – The Five Molid Species.

Picture 2 – Bumphead Sunfish Larvae.

Picture 3 – Pharyngeal Teeth.

Picture 4 – Mola Skeleton.

Picture 5 – Sea Lion Burrows for the Good Stuff.

Picture 6 – Mola Got Nommed.

Episode Cover – Mola mola.

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A murder mollusk, a fabled pearl, and a potentially clam-shaped future.

After a two-year hiatus, let's talk GIANT CLAMS.

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Episode 13 - Shell Yeah!
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Picture 1 – The (Real) Pearl of Lao Tzu

Picture 2 – The Stunning Species and Color Diversity of Giant Clams

Article 1 – Read the Full Story of the Pearl of Lao Tzu

Article 2 – More on the History, Myth, and Future of the Giant Clam

Episode Cover – Picture credit: Dane Whicker. Retrieved from: My Own Dang Camera.

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Episode 5 – Life In Plastic, Not So Fantastic

Plastic can brush your hair, today it’s everywhere
Without cessation, we’re hurt by our creation

In our final episode of Peak & Plunge, we talk to special guest Dianna Cohen, a visual artist and co-founder/CEO of Plastic Pollution Coalition. A fierce advocate for “shutting off the tap” of plastic pollution, her personal journey actually began with an immense appreciation for plastic as a material. Though plastic started off as a wonderful thing, today Dianna explains how a modern life in plastic may just be more costly than it’s worth.

Is plastic an enemy to to rioted against with torches and pitchforks? Is there really a Texas-sized trash island floating in the Pacific? And like, what the heck is carrying around a reusable straw even gonna do, anyways? Listen now to our final episode!

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Peak & Plunge Episode 5: Life In Plastic, Not So Fantastic
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External Links

Plastic Pollution Coalition Website

Dianna’s Art Portfolio

How to Be an Urban Packer

Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act

Information About the UN Plastics Treaty

Artwork Attributions

Podcast Cover Artwork by Mercedes Schultz.

Music And Sound Attributions

Out of the Skies, Under the Earth by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/reappear/
Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/

I Am a Man Who Will Fight for Your Honor by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/honor/
Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/

All other sound effects and music tracks are under the YouTube Audio license, are Public Domain, or are otherwise free to use without attribution.

Special Thanks

Special thank you to Dianna Cohen for her time, expertise, and passion as well as lending her voice to this episode! All voices are used with permission.

Special thank you to YOU! Our listeners. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to learn alongside us about these invisible connections.

Peak and Plunge is hosted, written, and produced by Dane Whicker, and produced in proud partnership with the Inland Ocean Coalition.

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Episode Transcript available here.

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Episode 4 – Ancient Oceans, Modern Consequences

Every time we make our morning coffee, jump in a car, or turn on a light, we have prehistoric oceans to thank.

In episode 4 of Peak & Plunge, we talk to special guest Joanie Kleypas, a senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research based in Boulder, Colorado. As an inlander climate AND coral scientist, she’s the perfect person to help illuminate how fossil fuels, climate change, inland choices, and ocean health are all interconnected.

Why aren’t most fossil fuels actually dead dinosaurs? What the HECK even is coral? And what does our dependence on fossil fuels, inland or otherwise, mean for the future of the sparkling blue?
Listen and find out!

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Peak & Plunge Episode 4: Ancient Oceans, Modern Consequences
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External Links

National Center for Atmospheric Research - https://ncar.ucar.edu/

Artwork Attributions

Podcast Cover Artwork by Mercedes Schultz.

Music And Sound Attributions

Fluidscape by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100393
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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Special Thanks

Special thank you to Joanie Kleypas for her time, expertise, and passion as well as lending her voice to this episode! All voices are used with permission.

Peak and Plunge is hosted, written, and produced by Dane Whicker, and produced in proud partnership with the Inland Ocean Coalition.

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Episode Transcript available here.

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