When I listened to that particular episode, what went through my mind was "Peter isn't going to like this one very much".
I heard Terry's program on the sex life of coral reefs before PG commented...and was equally disturbed. The coral reefs of the world are so
tragically endangered, that to spend an hour winking and sniggering over their "slimy sex" rather than mention their catastrophic decline was staggering.
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marine scientists said the...[2010 coral reef] bleaching “may prove to be the worst such event known to science.” As the “rainforests of the sea,” coral reefs provide economic services — jobs, food and tourism — estimated to be worth as much as $375 billion each year....“The end is in sight for the world’s coral reefs.”
No kidding. It's ridiculous to spend any time thinking about anything that isn't related to the end of the Earth. I mean, imagine how many coral reefs die during each NBA game! It's just staggering to think that the commentators for those games can spend any time talking about fouls and three-pointers and triple-doubles instead of talking about all of the waste from the game that will end up in landfills, or the working conditions of the people who made the uniforms and shoes of the players, or the fact that that all the players are being paid millions to play a dull game instead of saving the coral reefs. Disturbing!
Seriously, I liked the bug one. But, I like icky animal things.
But you don't like eating sea goats.
Is a sea goat a salty Balter in swim trunks?