Grubbing In The Filth: An Invertebrate Podcast
If it lacks a backbone, we're interested. In this podcast, we're exploring the world of invertebrates, discovering the amazing lives they lead, and thinking carefully about our relationhips with these much-maligned creatures. With the help of experts, we are lifting stones, peering into the water and grubbing in the filth.
Grubbing In The Filth: An Invertebrate Podcast
Woodlice with Eleanor Drinkwater
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Grubbing In The Filth
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Season 1
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Episode 10
The woodlouse is an familiar, unobstrusive little creature - dull, grey and unassuming. What if we defy that expectation? In this episode we lift up a log, and enter the incredible world of the woodlouse. Tom chats with scientist Eleanor Drinkwater about her research in the field of woodlouse personality, as well as woodlouse diversity, the challenges faced by terrestial crustaceans and a great deal more. Come and hear about the bacteria which turns male woodlice female, about the woodlice that form pair bonds, and about the intuitive relationship that can percieved between woodlice and the Christian Trinity.