Episode 244 - Sea Turtles

Most modern turtles are pretty good in the water, but only some are truly ocean-dwellers. This episode, we explore the unique and diverse lifestyles and anatomy of modern sea turtles, then we take a tour of turtles through time, visiting the surprising number of ancient lineages that have taken to the seas and the surprising forms some of them have taken.

In the news: twisted jaws, early centipedes, Ediacaran microbes, and Neanderthal teeth

Time markers:

Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00

News: 00:04:45

Main discussion, Part 1: 00:43:50

Main discussion, Part 2: 01:30:10

Patron question: 02:14:60

Happy World Turtle Day! worldturtleday.org

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The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at ocremix.org

Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0