Question: What’s your favorite example of evolution?
Christine Parent (go.uidaho.edu/3WOPJtz) is a professor in the College of Science (go.uidaho.edu/4oJww8r) who studies the evolutionary biology of snails. In this episode, she shares how she earned the nickname “Snail Hunter,” what it’s like tracking these tiny creatures across the rugged landscapes of the Galápagos and what they can teach us about how life evolves. She’ll even drop a few fun snail facts that might just change the way you think about them.
Learn more about the snail hunters — and watch a short film about their adventures — at go.uidaho.edu/snailhunters.
Visit our website uidaho.edu/vandaltheory. Email us at vandaltheory@uidaho.edu. Learn about Idaho’s premier research university, University of Idaho, at uidaho.edu.
Music
“Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (go.uidaho.edu/3U3MNHs) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (go.uidaho.edu/3Q6LeY5).
“Lemonade and Lollipops” (go.uidaho.edu/49o1E8Y) by Matthew Trent Cropper via Amphibious Zoo.
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Question: What’s your favorite example of evolution?
Christine Parent (go.uidaho.edu/3WOPJtz) is a professor in the College of Science (go.uidaho.edu/4oJww8r) who studies the evolutionary biology of snails. In this episode, she shares how she earned the nickname “Snail Hunter,” what it’s like tracking these tiny creatures across the rugged landscapes of the Galápagos and what they can teach us about how life evolves. She’ll even drop a few fun snail facts that might just change the way you think about them.
Learn more about the snail hunters — and watch a short film about their adventures — at go.uidaho.edu/snailhunters.
Visit our website uidaho.edu/vandaltheory. Email us at vandaltheory@uidaho.edu. Learn about Idaho’s premier research university, University of Idaho, at uidaho.edu.
Music
“Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (go.uidaho.edu/3U3MNHs) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (go.uidaho.edu/3Q6LeY5).
“Lemonade and Lollipops” (go.uidaho.edu/49o1E8Y) by Matthew Trent Cropper via Amphibious Zoo.
Episode 9.3: Beef, it’s what’s for dinner and for science
The Vandal Theory
28 minutes 29 seconds
8 months ago
Episode 9.3: Beef, it’s what’s for dinner and for science
Question: Have you ever butchered animals, such as while hunting or at a farm or ranch?
Meet Phil Bass (go.uidaho.edu/3XubJdD), associate professor of meat science in the Department of Animal, Veterinary and Food Sciences (go.uidaho.edu/4kpnzjc) at University of Idaho. Whether as hamburger, filet mignon, ribeye or T-bone, beef is a staple on many American dinner tables. Listen as Bass discusses the growing size of cattle, the creation of dry-aged beef and the impact of the meat industry on the economy.
Visit our website uidaho.edu/vandaltheory. Email us at vandaltheory@uidaho.edu. Learn about Idaho’s premier research university, University of Idaho, at uidaho.edu.
Music
“Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (go.uidaho.edu/3U3MNHs) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (go.uidaho.edu/3Q6LeY5).
“Drive ’Em” by Sam Cardon (go.uidaho.edu/4hgikzn) via soundstripe.
(0:00) Introduction
(1:18) Have you butchered an animal?
(1:37 Introduce Phil Bass
(3:35) Why beef?
(4:15) What is meat science?
(7:36) Cows have gotten bigger
(12:28) Dry aged beef
(17:37) Meat economics
(22:45) Why go into meat science?
The Vandal Theory
Question: What’s your favorite example of evolution?
Christine Parent (go.uidaho.edu/3WOPJtz) is a professor in the College of Science (go.uidaho.edu/4oJww8r) who studies the evolutionary biology of snails. In this episode, she shares how she earned the nickname “Snail Hunter,” what it’s like tracking these tiny creatures across the rugged landscapes of the Galápagos and what they can teach us about how life evolves. She’ll even drop a few fun snail facts that might just change the way you think about them.
Learn more about the snail hunters — and watch a short film about their adventures — at go.uidaho.edu/snailhunters.
Visit our website uidaho.edu/vandaltheory. Email us at vandaltheory@uidaho.edu. Learn about Idaho’s premier research university, University of Idaho, at uidaho.edu.
Music
“Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (go.uidaho.edu/3U3MNHs) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (go.uidaho.edu/3Q6LeY5).
“Lemonade and Lollipops” (go.uidaho.edu/49o1E8Y) by Matthew Trent Cropper via Amphibious Zoo.