{"id":24409,"date":"2023-03-03T08:47:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T07:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/?p=138341"},"modified":"2023-03-03T09:35:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T08:35:16","slug":"instant-genius-podcast-snakes-with-prof-mark-oshea","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/instant-genius-podcast-snakes-with-prof-mark-oshea\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Genius Podcast: Snakes, with Prof Mark O\u2019Shea"},"content":{"rendered":"

How snakes move, why we have so few of them in the UK, and how venom works. <\/p>

By Alice Lipscombe-Southwell\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 03 March 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Instant Genius<\/em> is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. And in this episode we\u2019re slithering into the world of snakes.<\/p>\n

Whether you love them or are frightened of them, you cannot deny that snakes are fascinating, adaptable creatures. They are found on every continent except Antarctica, and occupy all sorts of habitats, from deserts, to swamps, to forests, oceans and trees.<\/p>\n

In this episode, herpetologist Prof Mark O\u2019Shea<\/a>, reveals how snakes move, why we have so few species in the UK, and how venom works.<\/p>\n\n<p>Find\u00a0<em>Instant Genius<\/em>\u00a0on your preferred podcast platform here:\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/instantgenius.podlink.to\/Podcast"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">instantgenius.podlink.to\/Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to more episodes of Instant Genius:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/planet-earth\/instant-genius-podcast-winter-storms\/"\">Instant Genius Podcast: Winter storms, with Alex Deakin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-the-science-of-lying-with-professor-richard-wiseman\/"\">The science of lying, with Professor Richard Wiseman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-fungal-infections\/"\">Fungal infections, with Dr Rebecca Drummond<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-how-to-get-more-time-in-your-day\/"\">How to get more time in your day, with Dr Ashley Whillans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/news\/worlds-ageing-population\/"\">The world\u2019s ticking demographic time bomb, with Prof Jane Falkingham<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-science-persuasion\/"\">The science of persuasion, with Prof Vanessa Bohns<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> How snakes move, why we have so few of them in the UK, and how venom works. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":24410,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/03\/instant-genius-podcast-snakes-with-prof-mark-oshea.jpg",940,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/03\/instant-genius-podcast-snakes-with-prof-mark-oshea-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/03\/instant-genius-podcast-snakes-with-prof-mark-oshea-300x128.jpg",300,128,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/03\/instant-genius-podcast-snakes-with-prof-mark-oshea-768x327.jpg",768,327,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/03\/instant-genius-podcast-snakes-with-prof-mark-oshea.jpg",800,340,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/03\/instant-genius-podcast-snakes-with-prof-mark-oshea.jpg",940,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/03\/instant-genius-podcast-snakes-with-prof-mark-oshea.jpg",940,400,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"How snakes move, why we have so few of them in the UK, and how venom works.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/24409"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}