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'Meet your mama': Placental mammals' common ancestor | Ep75
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What do humans, mice, elephants, lions, tigers, bears, whales, and bats all have in common? Well, we are all placental mammals, and we all share a common ancestor. Scientists think they know what that common ancestor looked like.
Formosa Fauna is back this week to entertainingly educate you about animals both in Taiwan and abroad! Spend the next 20 minutes listening to this episode and feeding your noggin with fun facts about the animal kingdom so you can become smarter than all of your friends.
In this episode we talk about:
– All placental mammals' common ancestor
– Distraction chicken in Taiwan
– Taiwan may phase out food waste as pig feed nationwide
– How to survive an unpleasant Formosan macaque encounter
– Deadly blue-ringed octopuses
...and so much more.
Want to share your own story and have it read on air? Send your story (photos welcome) to tristan@rti.org.tw!
See you every week for Formosa Fauna Fridays!