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In this bonus episode, Maddie Turala discusses her research on estimating body size in fossil alligators.

Happy Croc Month! In this bonus episode, we're joined by friend of the podcast Maddie Turala to talk about her research on estimating body size in fossil alligators! This month only! Join the Crocs & Snakes Tier on our Patreon to receive a Croc Month sticker and to contribute to charitable donations toward reptile and other wildlife conservation!www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast This year, our donations are going toward:The Crocodile Research Coalitionhttps://crocodileresearchcoalition.org/Save the Snakeshttps://savethesnakes.org/The Natural Resources Defense Councilhttps://www.nrdc.org/ Lots more ways to connect with us: https://linktr.ee/common_descent The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org

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