Darwin's Deviations

The episode's main character is a cholesterol-infused blobby mess that never gets enough exercise. It rather prefers to eat scraps off of the floor and leave butt impressions on the filthy bacteria-infested bed it calls home. It also tries to talk about an interesting prehistoric species, but without doing its homework :)

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Intro/outro sampled from "Sequence (Mystery and Terror) 3" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez) at pixabay.com

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SOURCES: Wikipedia....and all references it already states...the usual

A mysterious cardboard box arrives at the doorstep of an aspiring web sleuth, who soon finds himself entangled in the unexpected absurdity of another dimension. A dimension not only of...sound, it's a podcast, but of (unsound) mind. A journey into an abhorrent wasteland whose boundaries are that of... well... there are no boundaries, pretty bottom of the barrel here...

His next stop, the Darwinverse!

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This cinematic masterpiece was written, recorded, edited... and scripted, acted, produced... and directed by: Your Friendly Neighborhood Death Investigator

No fruit was harmed during the making of this scene (cuz I murdered it beforehand)

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Collaboration scene from Episode 19. Vampire Watermelons, with a Side of Garlic Bread LISTEN TO IT HERE

Episode Art was created using Microsoft Paint. You can obtain it for free, by installing a Windows OS on any cheap ass PC. You don't even need to be a graphic designer 😱

The most asexual episode...that will blow you away with the most F-bombs! Oscillatoria, and all cyanobacteria, are slimy, scummy, invisible...they do not need to be handsome, they are their own partners, and they are EVERYWHERE! You cannot escape them, they will even tear themselves apart in order to hitch a ride on your muddy sneaker....follow you home..and terrorize you with their overt photosynthetic efficiency...and existence...and capabilities to survive for over 3.5 billion years without ever getting laid! However dreadful their lives may seem...they’re more successful than our own :)

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Intro/outro sampled from "Sequence (Mystery and Terror) 3" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez) at pixabay.com

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Image Credit (Episode image is heavily edited, the image owner reserves all rights to their image, and is not affiliated with our podcast)

SOURCES:

Wikipedia: Prokaryote

Wikipedia: Cyanobacteria

Microbe Wiki: Oscillatoria

Oscillatoria: Occurrence, Thallus Structure and Reproduction

Oscillatoria – Classification , Occurrence , Structure and Reproduction

AlgaeBase: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont, 1892

Nuernberg, Dennis & Mariscal, Vicente & Parker, Jamie & Mastroianni, Giulia & Flores, Enrique & Mullineaux, Conrad. (2014). Branching and intercellular communication in the Section V cyanobacterium Mastigocladus laminosus, a complex multicellular prokaryote. Molecular microbiology. 91. 10.1111/mmi.12506.

Rani, V. & Ulagalanthaperumal, Elaya Perumal & Sonaimuthu, Palanivel. (2016). Morphology and taxonomy of Oscillatoria princeps Vaucher ex gomont (OSCILLATORIALES, OSCILLATORIACEAE). Indian Journal of Education and Information Management. 5. 1-5.

Muhlsteinova, Radka & Hauer, Tomáš & Ley, Paul & Pietrasiak, Nicole. (2018). Seeking the true Oscillatoria: A quest for a reliable phylogenetic and taxonomic reference point. Preslia. 90. 10.23855/preslia.2018.151.

Brahamsha, B. and D. Bhaya. “Motility in Unicellular and Filamentous Cyanobacteria.” (2013).

Ridley, Christian & Faulkner, D & Haygood, Margo. (2005). Investigation of Oscillatoria spongeliae-Dominated Bacterial Communities in Four Dictyoceratid Sponges. Applied and environmental microbiology. 71. 7366-75. 10.1128/AEM.71.11.7366-7375.2005.

PLEASE SKIP THIS EPISODE!!!...unless you want to experience cringe so bad it will make YOU crawl out of your own skin! But really....this episode is NOT an accurate representation of what the rest of my podcast is like...the only thing it accurately depicts...is how dishonest portrayal of politeness, decency and what you perceive as "mass appeal" (and using Audacity for the first time EVER) are a recipe for failure! This episode exists just to be mocked by my future self...cuuz at least I cannot sue myself for slander and harassment! :D

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ORIGINAL LOSER EPISODE DESCRIPTION:

Yay, the very first episode :) Geckolepis megalepis are sneaky little guys that are not afraid to show some skin. Actually, their survival depends on it! Join us as we delve into the life of a relatively new lizard species that loooves to pull a fast one on scientists. We also mix in a small dose of self-mutilation jokes and socialist ideology!

SIDENOTE: Apologies for the lower sound quality and.....politeness I guess :P Just like this gecko, I eventually shed my own skin and grew a new, more amazing and confident layer :)

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Intro/outro sampled from "Sequence (Mystery and Terror) 3" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez) at pixabay.com

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Geckolepis megalepis: New Gecko Species Has Exceptionally Large, Fish-Like Scales

A new species of gecko with massive scales and tear-away skin

New Species of Fish-Scaled Gecko Can (Literally) Jump Out of Its Skin

Scherz, Mark D.; Daza, Juan D.; Köhler, Jörn; Vences, Miguel; Glaw, Frank (2017). "Off the scale: a new species of fish-scale gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Geckolepis) with exceptionally large scales"

A sneak peek at our behind-the-scenes research and chat with Christina! While preparing a potential collaborative episode... we got carried away, got lost in the rabbit hole of crazy monsters and aliens for 2 hours 😂 We had so much fun discussing monster artwork, we decided to share the funnies with you! P.S. Apologies for the audio quality, this was my first time using Zoom, or even doing a live collab!

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to The Crescent Hare, a.k.a. Christina (actually a barn owl in "human" disguise) for making me ROFL for over 2 hours 🤣, and for letting us feature her magnificent "Trick or Treat" art piece, featuring the cutiest barn owls you will ever lay your eyes on!!! This awesome art piece may be purchased HERE

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If you wish to proudly display these cutiepies, or the very... "handsome" face of Indrid Cold, or even a sexy Braxxie, all of Christina's art can be found at www.etsy.com/shop/thecrescenthare/

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