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Milkweeds that Dupe Insects, Greenhouse Conservation, Customer Service Hell

Milkweeds that Dupe Insects, Greenhouse Conservation, Customer Service Hell

FromCrime Pays But Botany Doesn't


Milkweeds that Dupe Insects, Greenhouse Conservation, Customer Service Hell

FromCrime Pays But Botany Doesn't

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Length:
82 minutes
Released:
May 20, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode we talk about milkweed plants that dupe kleptoparasitic flies into pollinating them, greenhouses and conservatories as bastions of ex-situ conservation, floral mimicry and bat pollination among members of the coffee family, and why customer service is a psychological experiment in human torture. 
Released:
May 20, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

An antidote to the nausea caused by life in modern society via explorations of the cast of plant species composing the "living skin" of Planet Earth.