Send us a text *Disclaimer* This episode is part of the Causes or Cures Public Health Is Weird bonus series and is for educational and entertainment purposes only. If you’re worried about a child or pet eating a poinsettia, contact a medical professional or veterinarian. This podcast is not a poison control center. :) Every December, poinsettias show up, and so does the panic. Suddenly, a festive red plant is treated like antifreeze with leaves: dangerous to kids, deadly to ...
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Send us a text *Disclaimer* This episode is part of the Causes or Cures Public Health Is Weird bonus series and is for educational and entertainment purposes only. If you’re worried about a child or pet eating a poinsettia, contact a medical professional or veterinarian. This podcast is not a poison control center. :) Every December, poinsettias show up, and so does the panic. Suddenly, a festive red plant is treated like antifreeze with leaves: dangerous to kids, deadly to ...
How Animals Self-Medicate and Heal Themselves, with Dr. Jaap de Roode
Causes or Cures
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1 month ago
How Animals Self-Medicate and Heal Themselves, with Dr. Jaap de Roode
Send us a text In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks talks with Dr. Jaap de Roode, an evolutionary biologist and author of Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves, about one of the most fascinating corners of biology: the ways animals use plants, minerals, insects, and even toxins as medicine. They talk about: What sparked his interest in animals treating their own illnesses Why medicine isn’t only a human invention How scientists tell the differe...
Causes or Cures
Send us a text *Disclaimer* This episode is part of the Causes or Cures Public Health Is Weird bonus series and is for educational and entertainment purposes only. If you’re worried about a child or pet eating a poinsettia, contact a medical professional or veterinarian. This podcast is not a poison control center. :) Every December, poinsettias show up, and so does the panic. Suddenly, a festive red plant is treated like antifreeze with leaves: dangerous to kids, deadly to ...
