Ep. 57: Brutal Nature - Eat the Babies

Under the Pendulum goes wild! In this episode, the trio talks about the brutal and sometimes cruel habits of certain animals. We discuss the habits of the Lammergeier, Vampire Finch, Otters, Meerkats and more! Instead of eating your babies, listen to this episode of Under the Pendulum instead. 

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Sources:

Vampire Finch

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-vampire-finches.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-some-darwins-finches-evolved-drink-blood-180976814/

Meerkats

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/28/495798448/what-meerkat-murder-tells-us-about-human-violence

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/meet-the-worlds-most-murderous-mammal-the-meerkat/

Flatworms

https://blog.nus.edu.sg/lsm1303student2013/2013/04/11/nobody-wants-to-be-your-mama-flatworms-battle-in-sex/

http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2014/tran_tram/reproduction.htm

https://www.britannica.com/animal/flatworm/Ecology

Lammergeier

https://www.audubon.org/news/the-lammergeier-0

Otters

https://mmru.ubc.ca/biology/sea-otter-biology/#:~:text=Mating%20is%20aquatic%20and%20often,while%20attempting%20to%20subdue%20her.

https://www.iflscience.com/otters-are-not-cute-they-are-sick-depraved-jerks-47995

https://werc.ucsc.edu/Publications/2010%20Harris%20et%20al.pdf

Reef Stonefish

https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/poison/stonefish-sting

https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/reef-stonefish-synanceia-verrucosa-bloch-schneider-1801/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4170453/