Ep 57: All About That Bass (Robofish)
- 1Ep 57: All About That Bass (Robofish)10/01/2022
Ep 57: All About That Bass (Robofish)
This week we talk about the effects of invasive species and how robotic fish employing scare tactics as invasive species birth control, another robot fish explores the deep sea floor, and a dead chipmunk on a stick may solve the mystery of an extinct bird while saving another. Ready? Let's go!
This week we talk about the effects of invasive species and how robotic fish employing scare tactics as invasive species birth control, another robot fish explores the deep sea floor, and a dead chipmunk on a stick may solve the mystery of an extinct bird while saving another. Ready? Let's go!
Resources for today's episode:
Thesaurus.com
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/putting-the-fear-of-bass-into-mosquitofish-with-a-robot/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12760/11-invasive-species-wreaking-havoc-around-world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF9axVuVcX0 a video by Dr Giovanni Polverino for the University of Western Australia
Shout out the podcast "Lets Go To Court" as that’s why Lance Bass is on the mind. It’s a running joke through their not-for-children court podcast, but it’s all I could hear in my head every time I read the word "bass"
https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/infectious-disease/epi/vector-borne/browntail-moth/index.shtml
https://www.inverse.com/science/soft-robots-fish
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-27/saving-the-rufous-fantail-with-a-taxidermied-chipmunk/8212760
Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2. Additional music provided by Pixabay.com and Freesound.org
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