Ethnobiology - A Lizard's Tale

MonsterTalk

Monster House LLC

History, Science, Society & Culture, Natural Sciences

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2011

⏱️ 70 minutes

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IN THIS EPISODE, the MonsterTalk crew interviews Dr. Tony Russell, a professor at the University of Calgary who studies evolutionary and functional morphology in geckos. Dr. Russell’s work includes ethnobiology — the utilization of folklore to guide his research. He discuss the uses and limitations of this mode of research, as well as the remarkable features of the lizards that he studies. READ full episode notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:09.3	work to bring you interesting interviews that examine the science behind monsters.
1:13.3	Today's episode is all about ethnobiology.
1:16.4	A science with remarkable parallels to cryptozoology.
1:19.6	Ethnobiology uses folklore to find real animals. Isn't that what cryptozoologists
1:24.3	want to do? In this episode we interview Professor Tony Russell of the
1:29.2	University of Calgary on Ethnobiology, monsters, and geckos.
1:34.0	It's actually quite unlike anything we've ever seen before.
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