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Sally Lepage

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Deboki Chakravarti

Amanda Wacker

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Sally Le Page

This week, we’re joined by evolutionary biologist and science communicator Dr. Sally LePage to talk all about parasites! How did we deal with them before modern medicine? Are there any parasites bigger than their hosts? And is parasite-ception a thing!?Sources:[Fact Off]Fruit fly fungus:Frog flatworm:https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2013/02/13/a-flurry-of-frog-legs/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4330773/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00436-011-2451-zhttps://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/13/us/many-reports-of-deformities-among-frogs-are-puzzling.htmlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4636111/[Ask the Science Couch]Cuckoos: https://www.audubon.org/news/the-brilliant-ways-parasitic-birds-terrorize-their-victimshttps://web.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Brood_Parasitism.htmlPlants:http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7496.htmlhttps://csfs.colostate.edu/forest-management/common-forest-insects-diseases/dwarf-mistletoe/[Butt One More Thing] - pick the one that we end up using (probably Hank’s)Tick anus:https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/717730_2Poop bean sprout:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3192079/

This week, we’re joined by evolutionary biologist and science communicator Dr. Sally LePage to talk all about parasites! How did we deal with them before modern medicine? Are there any parasites bigger than their hosts? And is parasite-ception a thing!?Sources:[Fact Off]Fruit fly fungus:Frog flatworm:<a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2013/02/13/a-flurry-of-frog-legs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2013/02/13/a-flurry-of-frog-legs/</a><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4330773/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4330773/</a><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00436-011-2451-z" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00436-011-2451-z</a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/13/us/many-reports-of-deformities-among-frogs-are-puzzling.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/13/us/many-reports-of-deformities-among-frogs-are-puzzling.html</a><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4636111/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4636111/</a>[Ask the Science Couch]Cuckoos: <a href="https://www.audubon.org/news/the-brilliant-ways-parasitic-birds-terrorize-their-victims" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.audubon.org/news/the-brilliant-ways-parasitic-birds-terrorize-their-victims</a><a href="https://web.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Brood_Parasitism.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://web.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Brood_Parasitism.html</a>Plants:<a href="http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7496.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7496.html</a><a href="https://csfs.colostate.edu/forest-management/common-forest-insects-diseases/dwarf-mistletoe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://csfs.colostate.edu/forest-management/common-forest-insects-diseases/dwarf-mistletoe/</a>[Butt One More Thing] - pick the one that we end up using (probably Hank’s)Tick anus:<a href="https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/717730_2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/717730_2</a>Poop bean sprout:<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3192079/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3192079/</a>

Parasites with Sally Le Page