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Show Notes
When it comes to keeping all of your guts and blood inside, skin is second to none! Yet so often is it taken for granted. Today, we fix that by talking about skin for a whole 40 minutes! You're welcome, skin!
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[Trivia Question]
Sebaceous gland development
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33354858/
https://www.britannica.com/science/sebaceous-gland
[Fact Off]
Thorny devil lizard skin capillary action
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.170591
https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/capillary-action-and-water
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00709-014-0715-z
Dolphins using corals for skincare
https://ryotanakajima.com/coral-reefs/the-role-of-coral-mucus-101
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/952463
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dolphins-rub-against-mucus-oozing-corals-to-soothe-skin/
[Ask the Science Couch]
Different regions of skin and skincare
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470464/#
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482278/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/facial-skin
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732395/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2405915/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161018094117.htm
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5849435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2763764/
[Butt One More Thing]
Mulesing of merino sheep butts
https://www.csiro.au/en/research/animals/livestock/managing-flystrike-and-mulesing-in-sheep
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0734975016300167
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