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EPISODE · Nov 4, 2016

Flesh-eating beetles

from Lions in the suburbs and 4 other must-hear podcast getaways · host Here Be Monsters

Ah, the sound of 20,000 beetles gnawing at owl flesh. In this episode of Here Be Monsters, learn about the “museum volunteers” who help curators prepare macaws and jaguars for natural history exhibits in record time (less than 24 hours to clean a squirrel-sized animal!). Hear the beetles at work and be grateful you don’t see them — or smell anything. As curator Chris Stinson says, “You have no idea what a rotting skull smells like.”

Ah, the sound of 20,000 beetles gnawing at owl flesh. In this episode of Here Be Monsters, learn about the “museum volunteers” who help curators prepare macaws and jaguars for natural history exhibits in record time (less than 24 hours to clean a squirrel-sized animal!). Hear the beetles at work and be grateful you don’t see them — or smell anything. As curator Chris Stinson says, “You have no idea what a rotting skull smells like.”

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