Ep 346: Ah, those babbling bacteria

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We begin a new subseries this week on language and communication. For starters, let’s have a looksee at how single-celled organisms chat.

Here’s a quick video about the bobtail squid.

Here’s an article, rather technical, on how glowing bacteria influence the development of their bobtail squid host.

Here’s a quick reference page about aliivibrio fischeri.

And here’s a long and technical video about the glowing bugs and their bobtail host.