{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/638fae9eebaaed00108c0d80/67723c7197bec40ae9359bd3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Pulmonoscorpius, the Lunged Scorpion","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/638fae9eebaaed00108c0d80/1735539639650-22565f38-ea4c-45a2-974f-7f20653f51cc.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>(image source: <a href=\"https://prehistoricpark.fandom.com/wiki/Pulmonoscorpius\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://prehistoricpark.fandom.com/wiki/Pulmonoscorpius</a>)</p><p><br></p><p>Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Natasha Krech discuss <em>Pulmonoscorpius</em>, another nope of a nope that crept and crawled and stabbed and stung. Why don't you stay over there and I stay way over here, you big monster? I think that's an arrangement we can all agree on. From the Late Carboniferous, the 2.5-foot scorpion was an active diurnal predator rather than a sneaky nocturnal hider like its modern counterparts, which is good, as that'll make it easier for me to shoot.</p><p><br></p><p>Want to further support the show? Sign up to our Patreon for exclusive bonus content at<a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/matthewdonald?fan_landing=true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Patreon.com/MatthewDonald</a>. Also, you can get links to follow Matthew Donald and purchase his books at<a href=\"https://linktr.ee/matthewdonald\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> https://linktr.ee/matthewdonald</a>. His latest book, <em>Teslamancer</em>, just released August 27th! And mild spoiler alert... there are kind of dinosaurs in it... mwuahahaha.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Matthew Donald"}