How Turtles Unlock Memories They Didn't Know They Had

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Natural World Explored

Ben the Quasi-Ecologist

17 episodes

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Welcome to Natural Curiosity, a show by the creators of The Natural World Explored. We challenge each other to learn new fascinating tidbits about the natural world and share them with you! We also share audio form episodes of our Natural World Explored videos, where we explore particular animals, behaviours and other jazz that calls this planet home. Stay curious, friends.

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How Turtles Unlock Memories They Didn't Know They Had

Natural World Explored

14 minutes 50 seconds

10 months ago

How Turtles Unlock Memories They Didn't Know They Had

Hey friends! Today Ben talks about magnets, we learn about the smell of raindrops on footpaths, and we follow a Sea Turtle all the way home!

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Your host: Ben the Quasi-Ecologist

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Audio Credits:

Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi

Also Sprach Zarathustra, composed by Richard Strauss and premiered in 1896. Link to license:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_Strauss_-_Also_Sprach_Zarathustra.ogg#:~:text=Licensing,distribute%20and%20transmit%20the%20work

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Sources mentioned:

Boyle, A. (2023). Episodic memory in animals: Optimism, kind scepticism and pluralism. Current Controversies in Philosophy of Memory (Chapter 9).

https://books.google.co.nz/books?hl=en&lr=&id=s4V0EAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT224#v=onepage&q&f=false

Rattenborg, N.C. & Martinez-Gonzalez, D. (2011). A bird-brain view of episodic memory.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166432811002191

Hofer, M. K., Collins, H. K., Whillans, A. V., & Chen, F. S. (2018). Olfactory cues from romantic partners and strangers influence women’s responses to stress. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 114(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000110

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Photo credits

GEOMAR, Coastal Upwelling Diagram. https://www.geomar.de/en/discover/ocean-and-climate/climate-change-in-the-ocean/upwelling

The Ocean Cleanup, Turtle trapped in garbage: https://theoceancleanup.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch/

Cleanhub, Great Pacific Garbage Patch: https://blog.cleanhub.com/the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-how-marine-plastic-impacts-our-biggest-ocean

Planet Earth II, BBC:

https://cms.bbcearth.com/sites/default/files/2020-12/2ecmt0000001000.jpg

https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/12/12/09/turtles-planet-earth.jpg?width=1200&height=630&fit=crop

Barbados Sea Turtle Project, Hawksbill Rum:

https://www.hawksbillrum.co.uk/news/barbados-sea-turtle-project

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