Rob Dunn / Shower Head Ecosystem

Click above to listen to part 1 of Rip Van Winkle Worm, featuring Rob Dunn, professor of applied ecology at North Carolina State University and at the Natural History Museum at the University of Copenhagen, as well as author of “Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live,” describing the various microorganisms living in our shower heads.

Rip Van Winkle Worm:
Part 1: Rob Dunn / Shower Head Ecosystem
Part 2: Lynn Rothschild / Zombie Worms
Part 3: Karen Lloyd / Deep Carbon Observatory
Part 4: Rob Dunn / Your Household Zoo

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