Leech brains, animal instincts and echidna quirks

About this episode

Zoe Kean discusses various scientific questions including eye rubbing, bird migration, and hair color strength.

Is it bad to rub your eyes? What do birds get up to during migration? And which hair colour is the strongest? Zoe Kean answers these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Sam Lane. Got a question for Dr Karl - submit it here https://ab.co/askKarl

People in this episode

Host: Sam Lane

Guest: Zoe Kean

Topics covered

• animal instincts
• migration
• eye health
• echidna
• leech brains

Keywords

• leech brains
• animal instincts
• eye rubbing
• bird migration
• hair color

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: triple j

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