Flamingos

This episode, Kate and Matt chat about a wonderfully majestic and strange-looking creature: the flamingo! A large brightly coloured bird, the flamingo begs many interesting questions. Why are they bright pink? How do they eat and why do their tongues look like something out of a horror film? What do their social structures look like? And of course… why do they stand on one leg? This episode tackles a listener question about problematic substance use… what exactly is the difference between “addiction”, “dependence”, and “abuse”? As always, you can find us @curiosityrat on twitter, instagram, and facebook, and send your listener questions in to [email protected] We also now have a Patreon! If you love our content and want to support us you can jump on to https://www.patreon.com/curiosityrat and become a patron. There is absolutely ZERO pressure but if you have as little as $1/month you can chuck it our way to help us out and show you appreciate all the time and effort that goes into making this show. Sources: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0948 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/zoo.20266 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1748-1716.1965.tb04067.x https://theconversation.com/how-planet-earths-ice-skating-flamingos-collectively-get-in-the-mood-for-sex-68784 https://theconversation.com/scientists-balanced-a-dead-flamingo-on-one-leg-to-unlock-the-birds-standing-secret-78231 https://youtu.be/asOctYi8a-k https://journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/ajplegacy.1964.207.2.457