No Such Thing As A Fish No Such Thing As Listening To Your Marmalade
Mar 26, 2021
They unpack the invention of the cassette, a lost wooden Walkman prototype and mind-bending archival tape research. Conversation swings to troop politics as baboons deliberate and even scavenge from elephant dung. A tribute to Ella Fitzgerald covers her pitch-perfect voice and live-performance lore. The hosts finish with Hollywood mischief, including Schwarzenegger tricking Stallone into a movie.
AI Snips
Chapters
Books
Transcript
Episode notes
Walk Style Trumps Rank In Baboons
- Baboons use gait style, not dominance, to decide which individual to follow when moving.
- If two leaders point within 90 degrees, the group compromises by choosing a middle direction.
Baboons Herding And Tree Partnerships
- In Tanzania, baboons and impalas cohabit under the 'sausage tree' with mutual benefits: baboons watch for predators while impalas relax.
- In Namibia, trained baboons like Ahla herded goats and even reunited kids with mothers repeatedly.
Risky Grooming Signals Friendship
- Baboons engage in extensive grooming and 'diddling' with closer friends, including genital manipulation as social bonding.
- Riskier forms of genital handling occur only among close bonds to avoid provoking violent reactions from strangers.
