Why do fungi grow? With Merlin Sheldrake. How do bicycles move? Why do kangaroos have pouches?

This week Molly Oldfield is joined by Merlin Sheldrake author of Entangled Life to find out about fungi, why they grow, how many blue whales worth of spores they create and where you'll find the biggest organism on earth, which is a fungi. Plus how tiny kangaroos are the size of a baked bean and need to live in their mothers pouches for months after they're born. Plus a lovely piece of writing by Maria Popova of The Marginalian answering a question about bicycles. For more info about the podcast, and the Everything Under The Sun book go to:www.mollyoldfield.comDo check out Entangled Life by Merlin it is a wonderful read about a hidden realm! Instagram: @mollyoldfieldwrites and @everythingunderthesunpodTwitter: @mollyoldfield Do send in a question by recording it using a phone saying your name, age, country you live in and ask the question and send it to [email protected] may end up on the podcast or in a book! : ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.