Episode 63 Venomous Dragons!

Stump the Librarian

In this episode we answer the questions, “What is the one bone in the body that floats?” and “What is the Blue Glaucus and what does it eat?” We learn a fact of the day live from a Wyoming librarian and share a funny chapter book about a kid finding a heap of money. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!   

Jackie’s Fact of the Day: Amazing Facts- Olympics & Paralympics by Caroline Rowlands

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1128942

Liz’s Book Recommendation: Birdie’s Billions by Edith Cohn

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C847068

Concerning floating bones:

https://www.britannica.com/science/neck-anatomy 

"human origins." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 17 Jun. 2021. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/human-origins/274982#332652-toc. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024. 

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/hyoid-bone 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK525790/ 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/sesamoid-bone 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyoid_bone 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesamoid_bone 

Concerning Blue Glaucus:

https://research.ebsco.com/c/t27gom/viewer/pdf/rdifodpjh5 

https://tapro.sljol.info/articles/4386/files/submission/proof/4386-1-15623-1-10-20120603.pdf 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaucus_atlanticus 

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/inside-nature-featured-creature-blue-dragon/ 

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/nudibranchs-psychedelic-thieves-of-the-sea.html 

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2022/september/hms-challenger-how-150-year-old-expedition-still-influences-scientific-discoveries-today.html 

https://opistobranquis.info/en/guia/nudibranchia/cladobranchia/aeolidioidea/glaucus-atlanticus/#:~:text=Glaucus%20atlanticus%20Forster%2C%201777&text=Taxonomic%20source%3A%20World%20Register%20of,British%20naturalist%20Johann%20Reinhold%20Forster.