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The Wildlife in Your Walls: Hidden Ecosystems Inside Your Home

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In the Season 12 kickoff of Wildly Curious, Katy and Laura reveal the bizarre—but very real—ecosystems thriving inside your house. From the Amazon rainforest of your belly button to the bug-filled biome behind your fridge, your home is alive in more ways than you think.

🦠 Why scientists swabbed hundreds of belly buttons to study bacteria

🍄 How household fungi can go from harmless to harmful

🪳 Which invertebrates are living behind your fridge—and why it’s a full ecosystem

🕷 And how…

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