Episode 189: Tasting Geckos

<p>This episode explores new research, which has found that geckos can use their tongue to differentiate their own odour from that of other members of their species.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/3659/tasting-geckos/'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-023-01751-8'>here</a>.   </p> <p>Read ‘A Lizard in Spanish Valley’ by Wendy Videlock <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/56016/a-lizard-in-spanish-valley'>here</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Music by <a href='http://smarturl.it/thepaperwaits'>Rufus Beckett</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:</p> <p>Email: <a href='mailto:sam.illingworth@gmail.com'>sam.illingworth@gmail.com</a>   Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/samillingworth'>@samillingworth</a> </p> <p> </p>