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Apr 12, 2008 25 min

Wickedly Cool Plants

from Ask A Biologist Podcast Hosted by Dr. Biology Talks with Raul Gutierrez

Dr. Biology and his co-host Taylor Cheatham from Dunbar Elementary School explore some of the more unusual plants of the desert and beyond. The pair interview biologist Raul Gutierrez, who has been studying Devil's Claw. If that's not a wickedly cool name, what is? There's even talk of some plants eating insects--let's hope they don't get an appetite for larger animals. If you have not already, please subscribe to the podcast so you can be notified about new episodes.

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Wickedly Cool Plants

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  1. 0:00 Intro
  2. 2:31 Do plants sweat? [Taylor]
  3. 3:01 Have you heard of photosynthesis? [Dr. Biology]
  4. 3:32 Why do cactus have spikes? [Taylor]
  5. 4:10 Is the puffer fish related to cactus? [Taylor]
  6. 4:34 Have you heard of Jumping Cholas- and do they really jump? [Dr. Biology]
  7. 5:09 What are those things that look like strawberries on cactus? [Taylor]
  8. 5:43 What's Devil's Claw? [Dr. Biology]
  9. 7:32 What does a person do when they study a particular plant? [Dr. Biology]
  10. 8:17 How does a plant travel thousands of miles? [Dr. Biology]
  11. 9:47 How small can cacti be? [Taylor]
  12. 10:12 How tall would a saguaro cactus be after 5 years? [Dr. Biology]
  13. 10:50 How old are really tall saguaro cacti [Dr. Biology]
  14. 11:06 Do some plants give us medicine? [Taylor]
  15. 11:47 What would the world be like without plants? [Taylor]
  16. 12:47 In Arizona are there any plants we should avoid? [Taylor]
  17. 13:16 What's an herbarium? [Dr. Biology]
  18. 14:34 How do you make your own herbarium? [Dr. Biology]
  19. 16:01 Plants that hunt insects. [Dr. Biology] Venus trap and Pitcher plants.
  20. 19:06 When did you first know you wanted to be a biologist? [Dr. Biology]
  21. 19:34 If you weren't a biologist what would you be? [Taylor]
  22. 20:03 What advice do you have for young scientists? [Dr. Biology]
  23. 21:02 Can plants grow on dead plants? [Taylor]
  24. 21:23 What is pollen made of? [Taylor]
  25. 22:39 Sporopollenin.
  26. 23:05 Sign-off
  27. 24:53 How to submit audition recordings for the co-host contest.

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