• Animal Mimicry in Nature and Carpenter's The Thing

  • Aug 30 2019
  • Length: 26 mins
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Animal Mimicry in Nature and Carpenter's The Thing

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  • In this episode I'm sharing types of animal mimicry. From owl butterflies to cuckoo birds, to the "thing" from space. I discuss defensive mimicry, aggressive mimicry and even mimicry humans have contributed to. It turns out there's no greater inspiration for horror than the natural world.


    Research from this episode is from my ol' pal Wikipedia and

    C. Blut, J. Wilibrandt, D. Fels, E.I. Girgel & K. Linau's 'The 'sparkle' in fake eyes - the protective effect of mimic eyespots in lepidoptera' in the journal Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata


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