Alie Ward

So we just discussed this in the Acenology episode with donkey expert Dr. Faith Burden, who, yeah, studies beasts of burden.

And she noted that taking on a job that's a pun, there's a name for that.

It's nominative determinism.

And also, if you want to hear Raquel Nuno, a.k.a.

Rocky, talk about planetary geology, you can see her selenology episode on the moon.

And also, Dr. Drinkwater, I just emailed his office yet again.

I've tried so many times over the years.

So cross your fingers.

If anyone personally knows Dr. Andrew Drinkwater, a hydrologist, please message me, send a pigeon, whatever it takes.

But back to the utterly charming and warm Dr. Stankiewicz.

When it comes to things like spikes versus scales, is there a different level of efficacy in terms of what is a better predator deterrent, or does it totally depend on your environment?

Just a side note, your teeth started out on the outside of your body, and there are still so many creatures who are studded with external teeth.

But please enjoy the recent paleohistology episode with Dr. Yara Haridi to learn more on that.

But osteoderms, that means bone skin, they're, yeah, like the scoots on the back of our armadillo friends.

But there are more avenues to armor up.

For example...

Are the more armored mammals, are they tend to be slower lopers?

Do they not have that bunny hop fast getaway?

Like the fact that an armadillo is related to sloths.

You don't think of sloths for their, like, fast getaways.