Curiosity Daily Podcast: Why Don’t Predators Hunt Their Prey into Extinction?
Learn about why predators don’t hunt their prey into extinction, then discover the history of crossword puzzles from author Adrienne Raphel!
October 20, 2020
Episode Show Notes:
Why Don’t Predators Hunt Their Prey Into Extinction? By Cameron Duke
- Dickman, C., Nimmo, D., Ritchie, E., & Doherty, T. (2019, May 14). Invasive predators are eating the world’s animals to extinction – and the worst is close to home. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/invasive-predators-are-eating-the-worlds-animals-to-extinction-and-the-worst-is-close-to-home-64741
- Krohne, D. T. (2018). Ecology : evolution, application, integration. Oxford University Press.
- PREDATOR-PREY DYNAMICS. (2019). Utk.Edu. http://www.tiem.utk.edu/~gross/bioed/bealsmodules/predator-prey.html
- The Red Queen | The American Naturalist. (2020). The American Naturalist. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/283213?journalCode=an
Additional resources from Adrienne Raphel:
- Pick up "Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and The Puzzling People Who Can’t Live Without Them" on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3kOjdCv
- Adrienne Raphel's website: https://www.adrienneraphel.com/
- Adrienne Raphel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/adrienneraphel
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