Joe McCormick

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4,706 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2026 last heard 2d ago

Joe McCormick’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Stuff To Blow Your Mind · From the Vault: The Wallace Line, Part 2 · 22 Sep 2026 podcast

I don't know how. voice-verified

I don't know how to do that. voice-verified

So if we were driving on the left side, maybe it would be a motorway and not a highway. voice-verified

I'm not sure. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

Yeah, it's not just how well adapted you already are to the end point. voice-verified

It's like how well adapted you are to each little step along the way. voice-verified

And in the case of Wallacea, it it proved easier for the uh the humid adapted Asian mainland fauna to to make the journey into, especially into New Guinea. voice-verified

Mm-hmm. voice-verified

Hm, yeah, I can see that. voice-verified

It's a it's a psilocybin triangle. voice-verified

Hm. voice-verified

Well, as as I've said, I have no experience snorkeling myself, but I'm I'm still uh envious of what you got to see there. voice-verified

Um, but this does raise the question, does the wallace line hold at all for underwater fauna? voice-verified

We know that it holds to some extent for like land mammals, but uh you you might think intuitively, well, surely there would be no way that the wallis line would have any impact on voice-verified

say fish or other things they can swim through they can just swim right across the strait, right? voice-verified

Right. voice-verified

Wow. voice-verified

I mean, even though we've established that the line is not impermeable and sometimes animals do cross, uh it I don't know, it's fascinating how just like how much of a barrier there could be that's just totally invisible to us and and even even affects creatures you would think that it that it couldn't, like many underwater creatures. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

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