Going to the Ant Surgeon

08/14/24 • 38 min

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This week, Kirk brings us a story about ants that perform surgery on injured colony members. Warning, the only surgery they know is amputation.

Rachel, talks about a fish that was seen living inside of a jellyfish.

Victoria caps it all off this week by getting extra weird talking about inter-species fornication. Why do they do it? It's quite a ride.

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This week, Kirk brings us a story about ants that perform surgery on injured colony members. Warning, the only surgery they know is amputation.

Rachel, talks about a fish that was seen living inside of a jellyfish.

Victoria caps it all off this week by getting extra weird talking about inter-species fornication. Why do they do it? It's quite a ride.

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