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Rutendo grew up in Zimbabwe and across Africa, before moving to the UK where she is working towards a PhD in conservation science, specialising in elephant behaviour, and has worked at Chester Zoo. In 2022, Rutendo began a Creator Residency at the BBC, working in partnership with teams across the organisation to develop and tell new stories. As a child she used to keep pockets full of slugs, a habit which she insists she has given up. She shares a love of dogs, especially her own dog Chilo, and comic books with Sebastian.

Born in Colombia, Sebastian moved to New York as a child, and now lives in Pittsburgh PA. He is fanatical about spiders, and studied the communication of jumping spiders for his PhD, and sometimes works as an advisor and spider handler for the BBC Natural History Unit and other broadcasters. He also works as a science communicator, writing and speaking on multiple platforms. Sebastian is a keen photographer and loves all things anime, the highly addictive Colombian cheese bread pandebono, and his rescued Greyhound Flora.