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Heather Radke

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285 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

To block those claws from getting in.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

To block those claws from getting in.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

To block those claws from getting in.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

It keeps digging. But then the uterus blocks it.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

It keeps digging. But then the uterus blocks it.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

It keeps digging. But then the uterus blocks it.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

And the uterus keeps blocking it, blocking, blocking it.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

And the uterus keeps blocking it, blocking, blocking it.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

And the uterus keeps blocking it, blocking, blocking it.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

It's a really good question, and we will get to it after the break.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

It's a really good question, and we will get to it after the break.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

It's a really good question, and we will get to it after the break.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

So you all actually already answered this question on the show. Oh.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

So you all actually already answered this question on the show. Oh.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

So you all actually already answered this question on the show. Oh.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

So basically the story we told then is that before placentas, all animals that would become mammals laid eggs. And an egg is a special little thing. It's a self-contained little package where the fetus has everything it needs to eat until it's ready to hatch and all of its waste products stay inside the egg and nothing comes in and nothing goes out until the animal is ready to leave its egg.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

So basically the story we told then is that before placentas, all animals that would become mammals laid eggs. And an egg is a special little thing. It's a self-contained little package where the fetus has everything it needs to eat until it's ready to hatch and all of its waste products stay inside the egg and nothing comes in and nothing goes out until the animal is ready to leave its egg.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

So basically the story we told then is that before placentas, all animals that would become mammals laid eggs. And an egg is a special little thing. It's a self-contained little package where the fetus has everything it needs to eat until it's ready to hatch and all of its waste products stay inside the egg and nothing comes in and nothing goes out until the animal is ready to leave its egg.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

an ancient proto-mammal and changed its DNA so that eventually, many generations later, the eggshell transformed from a hard shell that exists outside the body to a sort of permeable layer that exists inside the body, which then becomes the placenta. And this was a huge advantage because it made it possible for the blood of the mother to actually feed the fetus.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

an ancient proto-mammal and changed its DNA so that eventually, many generations later, the eggshell transformed from a hard shell that exists outside the body to a sort of permeable layer that exists inside the body, which then becomes the placenta. And this was a huge advantage because it made it possible for the blood of the mother to actually feed the fetus.