Animal Games in Ancient Rome
A very special chat with Kathryn Murphy from Trinity College Dublin about the way exotic animals were used for entertainment and hunting in ancient Rome. With a particularly gruesome (i.e. fascinating) tale of a human-bull mating. Yeah, we know.
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Music:
Podington: Curious, Gizmo, 808 and Moog Out, Juliette
Presented by Collie Ennis and Colette Kinsella.
Produced by Colette Kinsella for Red Hare Media.
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The Critter Shed
If you like learning about the weird and wonderful side of nature - about things like spider sex, venom-packing frogs, or mind-controlling parasites, and more - then this is the podcast for you! Oh, and it's in a shed.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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