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How I Learned to Love Zombie Parasites
· 27 min
Episode How I Learned to Love Zombie Parasites
Photographer Anand Varma details his very first natural history adventures—not in Amazonian rainforests or on Polynesian coral reefs but in suburban Atlanta—and how a childhood fascination with catching frogs and turtles in his backyard led to a career documenting the fantastical worlds of “zombie” parasites, fire ant colonies, vampire bats, hummingbirds, and jellyfish.
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Read about the zombie parasites that control their hosts, and watch a video of these mindsuckers here.
Also check out Mexico’s carnivorous bats, and go behind the lens with Anand as he attempts to capture the iconic shot of a honeybee emerging from a brood cell for the first time.
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The science of hummingbirds and what makes these birds the perfect flying machines.
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Links in the notes 7
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/10/141031-zombies-parasites-animals-science-halloween/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=podcasts::src=shownotes::cmp=editorialadd=podcast20200804Varma
- https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/magazine/00000148-fbd4-d0c2-afee-ffd615d80000?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=podcasts::src=shownotes::cmp=editorialadd=podcast20200804Varma
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2018/06/carnivorous-bats-varma/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=podcasts::src=shownotes::cmp=editorialadd=podcast20200804Varma
- https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/00000161-2e29-da8f-ab6d-ff6fa61b0000?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=podcasts::src=shownotes::cmp=editorialadd=podcast20200804Varma
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/07/the-science-of-hummingbirds/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=podcasts::src=shownotes::cmp=editorialadd=podcast20200804Varma
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/07/hummingbird-secrets-speed-worlds-smallest-bird/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=podcasts::src=shownotes::cmp=editorialadd=podcast20200804Varma
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