Being a zoologist isn’t all about spending time in the wilderness catching animals, most days are spent working behind a computer analysing data and interpreting your findings. In this episode we talk to Luke Holmann from the University of Melbourne who crunches the numbers to understand why some animals have evolved to be social.

Listen here…

https://www.podbean.com/media/player/268bf-6349bc

Also we discuss spots versus stripes as we play one of the worst pool games in history.

Check out Luke’s research website here and follow him on twitter @LukeHolman_Evo

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