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The Podcast Aquatic

The official podcast of the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Gain new insights into the animals — even the human kind — living and working in one of the world’s largest freshwater-focused aquariums!

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Episode #9 – In Defense of Spookies

With Halloween just around the corner, many of our minds are drawn to all things spooktacular. To many people, the spookiest of spooks — and the source of the most common animal-centric phobias — are snakes and spiders. But do these creepy, slithery, jittery critters deserve their bad reputation or are they just the victims of bad PR?

In this episode, two Aquarium experts and resident spider- and snake-friends delve into the how and why of arachnophobia and ophidiophobia and explain why these legless and (some would argue) too-many-legged animals deserve more respect than fear.

 

Episode cast

  • Casey Phillips, Senior Communications Specialist/Host
  • Rose Segbers, Entomologist II
  • Charlie Olson, Herpetologist II

 

Upcoming Episodes

  • Thinking Local, Going Global
  • It’s Turtles All The Way Down

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