Welcome to episode 111, after about a year's hiatus!
"Animus Prime - who let Mike out of the basement?" is filled with wacky animal stories, as our episodes are prone to do.  Albatrosses, dragons, and military dolphins are just some of the friends we encounter in our second to last episode of 2024.
 
 
Giant sperm found trapped in amber
<a href='https://archaeology-world.com/100-million-year-old-giant-sperm-found-trapped-in-amber/'>https://archaeology-world.com/100-million-year-old-giant-sperm-found-trapped-in-amber/?</a>
 
 
 
Ancient dragon
<a href='https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-dragon-unearthed-in-japan-is-unlike-anything-weve-ever-seen'>https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-dragon-unearthed-in-japan-is-unlike-anything-weve-ever-seen</a>
 
 
Nuclear codes
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/your-password-may-be-stronger-than-us-nuclear-codes-during-the-cold-war-77173'>https://www.iflscience.com/your-password-may-be-stronger-than-us-nuclear-codes-during-the-cold-war-77173</a>
 
 
Military dolphins
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/military-dolphins-still-protect-around-a-quarter-of-the-uss-nuclear-arsenal-77088'>https://www.iflscience.com/military-dolphins-still-protect-around-a-quarter-of-the-uss-nuclear-arsenal-77088</a>
 
 
Orcas attacking boats
<a href='https://newatlas.com/biology/orcas-killer-whales-boats/'>https://newatlas.com/biology/orcas-killer-whales-boats/</a>
 
 
Cocaine pollution in the ocean
<a href='https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/cocaine-sharks-brazil-pollution-contaminated-water'>https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/cocaine-sharks-brazil-pollution-contaminated-water</a>
 
 
 
Slingshot spiders
<a href='https://www.npr.org/2024/12/06/nx-s1-5214779/slingshot-spiders-rely-on-good-vibrations-to-catch-supper'>https://www.npr.org/2024/12/06/nx-s1-5214779/slingshot-spiders-rely-on-good-vibrations-to-catch-supper</a>
 
 
Robot mushroom
<a href='https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/robot-mushroom-biohybrid-robotics-cornell-b2610411.html'>https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/robot-mushroom-biohybrid-robotics-cornell-b2610411.html</a>
 
 
Stop planting trees
<a href='https://www.wired.com/story/stop-planting-trees-thomas-crowther/'>https://www.wired.com/story/stop-planting-trees-thomas-crowther/?</a>
 
 
Don’t plant trees in the wrong places
<a href='https://www.sciencealert.com/study-planting-trees-in-wrong-places-actually-boosts-global-warming'>https://www.sciencealert.com/study-planting-trees-in-wrong-places-actually-boosts-global-warming</a>
 
Wisdom the albatross
<a href='https://www.npr.org/2024/12/06/nx-s1-5220094/shes-74-and-expecting-wisdom-the-albatross-astounds-once-again'>https://www.npr.org/2024/12/06/nx-s1-5220094/shes-74-and-expecting-wisdom-the-albatross-astounds-once-again</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to episode 111, after about a year's hiatus!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;"Animus Prime - who let Mike out of the basement?" is filled with wacky animal stories, as our episodes are prone to do.  Albatrosses, dragons, and military dolphins are just some of the friends we encounter in our second to last episode of 2024.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;Giant sperm found trapped in amber&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;a href='https://archaeology-world.com/100-million-year-old-giant-sperm-found-trapped-in-amber/'&gt;https://archaeology-world.com/100-million-year-old-giant-sperm-found-trapped-in-amber/?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;Ancient dragon&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-dragon-unearthed-in-japan-is-unlike-anything-weve-ever-seen'&gt;https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-dragon-unearthed-in-japan-is-unlike-anything-weve-ever-seen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;Nuclear codes&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.iflscience.com/your-password-may-be-stronger-than-us-nuclear-codes-during-the-cold-war-77173'&gt;https://www.iflscience.com/your-password-may-be-stronger-than-us-nuclear-codes-during-the-cold-war-77173&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;Military dolphins&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.iflscience.com/military-dolphins-still-protect-around-a-quarter-of-the-uss-nuclear-arsenal-77088'&gt;https://www.iflscience.com/military-dolphins-still-protect-around-a-quarter-of-the-uss-nuclear-arsenal-77088&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;Orcas attacking boats&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;a href='https://newatlas.com/biology/orcas-killer-whales-boats/'&gt;https://newatlas.com/biology/orcas-killer-whales-boats/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;Cocaine pollution in the ocean&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/cocaine-sharks-brazil-pollution-contaminated-water'&gt;https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/cocaine-sharks-brazil-pollution-contaminated-water&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;Slingshot spiders&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.npr.org/2024/12/06/nx-s1-5214779/slingshot-spiders-rely-on-good-vibrations-to-catch-supper'&gt;https://www.npr.org/2024/12/06/nx-s1-5214779/slingshot-spiders-rely-on-good-vibrations-to-catch-supper&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;Robot mushroom&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/robot-mushroom-biohybrid-robotics-cornell-b2610411.html'&gt;https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/robot-mushroom-biohybrid-robotics-cornell-b2610411.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;Stop planting trees&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.wired.com/story/stop-planting-trees-thomas-crowther/'&gt;https://www.wired.com/story/stop-planting-trees-thomas-crowther/?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;Don’t plant trees in the wrong places&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.sciencealert.com/study-planting-trees-in-wrong-places-actually-boosts-global-warming'&gt;https://www.sciencealert.com/study-planting-trees-in-wrong-places-actually-boosts-global-warming&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p2"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;Wisdom the albatross&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.npr.org/2024/12/06/nx-s1-5220094/shes-74-and-expecting-wisdom-the-albatross-astounds-once-again'&gt;https://www.npr.org/2024/12/06/nx-s1-5220094/shes-74-and-expecting-wisdom-the-albatross-astounds-once-again&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description>

Welcome to episode 111, after about a year's hiatus!
"Animus Prime - who let Mike out of the basement?" is filled with wacky animal stories, as our episodes are prone to do.  Albatrosses, dragons, and military dolphins are just some of the friends we encounter in our second to last episode of 2024.
 
 
Giant sperm found trapped in amber
https://archaeology-world.com/100-million-year-old-giant-sperm-found-trapped-in-amber/?
 
 
 
Ancient dragon
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-dragon-unearthed-in-japan-is-unlike-anything-weve-ever-seen
 
 
Nuclear codes
https://www.iflscience.com/your-password-may-be-stronger-than-us-nuclear-codes-during-the-cold-war-77173
 
 
Military dolphins
https://www.iflscience.com/military-dolphins-still-protect-around-a-quarter-of-the-uss-nuclear-arsenal-77088
 
 
Orcas attacking boats
https://newatlas.com/biology/orcas-killer-whales-boats/
 
 
Cocaine pollution in the ocean
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/cocaine-sharks-brazil-pollution-contaminated-water
 
 
 
Slingshot spiders
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/06/nx-s1-5214779/slingshot-spiders-rely-on-good-vibrations-to-catch-supper
 
 
Robot mushroom
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/robot-mushroom-biohybrid-robotics-cornell-b2610411.html
 
 
Stop planting trees
https://www.wired.com/story/stop-planting-trees-thomas-crowther/?
 
 
Don’t plant trees in the wrong places
https://www.sciencealert.com/study-planting-trees-in-wrong-places-actually-boosts-global-warming
 
Wisdom the albatross
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/06/nx-s1-5220094/shes-74-and-expecting-wisdom-the-albatross-astounds-once-again

Six Degrees of Rumination

Episode 111 - “Animus Prime - who let Mike out of the basement?” - 12/16/24

Episode 111 - “Animus Prime - who let Mike out of the basement?” - 12/16/24

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