Episode 63 Venomous Dragons!

In this episode we answer the questions, “What is the one bone in the body that floats?” and “What is the Blue Glaucus and what does it eat?” We learn a fact of the day live from a Wyoming librarian and share a funny chapter book about a kid finding a heap of money. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!    

Jackie’s Fact of the Day: Amazing Facts- Olympics & Paralympics by Caroline Rowlands 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1128942 

Liz’s Book Recommendation: Birdie’s Billions by Edith Cohn 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C847068 

Concerning floating bones: 

https://www.britannica.com/science/neck-anatomy  

"human origins." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 17 Jun. 2021. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/human-origins/274982#332652-toc. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.  

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/hyoid-bone  

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK525790/  

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/sesamoid-bone  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyoid_bone  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesamoid_bone  

 

Concerning Blue Glaucus: 

https://research.ebsco.com/c/t27gom/viewer/pdf/rdifodpjh5  

https://tapro.sljol.info/articles/4386/files/submission/proof/4386-1-15623-1-10-20120603.pdf  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaucus_atlanticus  

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/inside-nature-featured-creature-blue-dragon/  

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/nudibranchs-psychedelic-thieves-of-the-sea.html  

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2022/september/hms-challenger-how-150-year-old-expedition-still-influences-scientific-discoveries-today.html  

https://opistobranquis.info/en/guia/nudibranchia/cladobranchia/aeolidioidea/glaucus-atlanticus/#:~:text=Glaucus%20atlanticus%20Forster%2C%201777&text=Taxonomic%20source%3A%20World%20Register%20of,British%20naturalist%20Johann%20Reinhold%20Forster.