A Two-Headed Fossil, 50/50 Spider, And World-First Butt Drag

This week on Break It Down: 3I/ATLAS is a 10 billion-year-old time capsule, a world-first fossil captures the moment a rock hyrax dragged its butt 126,000 years ago, a living person received a pig liver transplant for the first time, the “oldest human habit” might not be what it seems, a rare gynandromorph spider is a 50/50 wonder, and what is this prehistoric creature with two heads? We asked a dinosaur expert. Available on all your favorite podcast apps: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Amazon Music, and more.

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3I/ATLAS

Butt drag fossil

Trackways of fish leaving the ocean

Pig liver transplant

Oldest human habit

50/50 spider

Two-headed fossil

Sword Dragon of Dorset

CURIOUS magazine

What lives in Loch Ness?

The Big Questions

What’s all the fossa-bout?