{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fanimal-instinct.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fb6b6271d-b6b6271d","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Episode 144: The Deep Sea and Cephalopods with Michael Vecchione","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/fe985b/fe985b8a-7131-4a7c-8f29-2947e25d0115/9dd6a1b0-b2af-4838-885d-8a064f1ab710/1506984646artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/9dd6a1b0-b2af-4838-885d-8a064f1ab710\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Episode 144: The Deep Sea and Cephalopods with Michael Vecchione\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"On this week's episode of Animal Instinct, Celia is joined by Michael Vecchione. Michael went to sea as a cabin boy on a three-masted  schooner at the age of 16.  He has been  working on the biology, evolution, and life history of cephalopods (squids, octopods, and their relatives) since 1976.  As a NOAA employee at National Museum of Natural History, Vecchione is Curator of Cephalopods and a Curator of the Sant Ocean Hall. He has participated in 40 offshore research expeditions, 13 of them as Chief Scientist, studying deep-sea biology."}