Felines come in all shapes and sizes, but only a handful of them are large enough and in charge enough to have earned the title of “Big Cats.” This episode, we’re joined by special guest Lindsay Nikole as we take a tour through the surprising diversity of the “official” and “unofficial” big cats, and we explore how their evolutionary past has shaped this impressive assortment of apex predators.

Find more of Lindsay here: https://www.youtube.com/@LindsayNikole
And shout-out to the Cheetah Conservation Fund: https://cheetah.org/

In the news: giant sharks, early movements, Cretaceous fruits, and snake venoms.

Time Markers:
Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00
News: 00:06:55
Main discussion, Part 1: 00:46:15
Main discussion, Part 2: 01:43:00
Patron question: 02:42:05

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The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org

Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0