Alie Ward

Okay.

I've been to 48.

No New Mexico and no West Virginia.

If anyone's listening to this, if there are talks in South Carolina or Hawaii.

Where has your work taken you country-wise?

I know you mentioned that you had seen a platypus in the wild.

Do you find that different continents or different regions or biomes have animals with stronger defense systems?

Does it matter what kind of predators are around?

Do you see an evolution of different scales or spikes or stinks?

I always think like, okay, if there are big cats around, you're a little screwed.

Male deer, bucks.

Yes.

Horns of, you know, eight point deer has like eight shivs coming out of its face, but a doe doesn't, but they're still vulnerable to like pumas, let's say.

Are the horns used for defense or is that purely just mating?

I would be inclined to say just mating, but can you ever stab back?

Run me down a menu.

Let's say that you are a critter, you need defense, and you have a menu of options.

You need a big cats episode.

I know that.

And a few days ago, I recorded Megafelinology with Dr. Imogen Cancellari.