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219 - Hot Springs and Terror Birds
Ep. 219
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On today’s episode: Terror birds are bigger than we thought they were. And we talk about where hot springs come from! All that and more today on All Around Science...
RESOURCES
- Fossil of huge terror bird offers new information about wildlife in South America 12 million years ago
- https://study.com/academy/lesson/video/springs-definition-formation-types.html
- https://hotspringslocator.com/mineral-hot-spring-types
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUA39d3_y_o&ab_channel=BBCEarthKids
- https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2292_water.html
- https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/life-in-the-extreme-terrestrial-hot-springs/
- https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/19/JEB245028/330705/Hot-spring-fish-live-life-on-the-edge
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
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