S3E4: Masterful Mosquitos

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In this episode Amanda Bunten-Walberg gives details into the diversity of mosquito worlds, meals, and physiologies. She focuses on mosquitos who rely on blood to live, unpacking some of the strategies and tactics they use to secure a meal. This content was originally aired in Season 5 of The Animal Turn Podcast.

Featured:

• Epidemiological Dividual with Christs Lynteris on The Animal Turn.
• Superfly: The Unexpected Lives of the World’s Most Successful Insectsby Jonthan Balcombe
• Mosquitoby Richard Jones.
• Mosquitos sound clips from Free Sound (662969) and Pixabay (105770)

Credits:

• Claudia Hirtenfelder, producer and host
• Amanda Bunten-Walberg, co-host
• Christiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer
• Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)
• Gordon Clarke, bed music composer
• Learn more about the team here.

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Sponsor:

Thank you to the sponsors of the fifth season of The Animal Turn podcast, “Animals and Biosecurity,” where this animal highlight was originally aired 29 September 2022. They are:

A.P.P.L.E
Animals in Politics, Law, and Ethics researches how we live in interspecies societies and polities.
Biosecurities Research Collective
The Biosecurities and Urban Governance Research brings together scholars interested in biosecurity.
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Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Mosquito Diversity (00:02:08)

3. Mosquitos who bite (00:05:40)

4. Credits (00:11:38)

5. Epidemiological Dividual (00:12:03)