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1. I Just Had a Baby Rerun! Moo Deng! Pesto! Giant Babies!

   19 februari 2026 · 44 min

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   I just had a baby! We're all doing well, and because he's a big boy, here's a rerun of one of my favorite episodes about big babies. Lees meer

   Moo Deng! Pesto! What do they have in common? They're big babies!! We talk about these giant babies, and also, the tiniest babies who grow to enormous sizes. I'm joined by comedy writer Lydia Bugg!

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2. Creature Classic: Evolution's Best Mistakes!

   7 januari 2026 · 1 uur 9 min

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   Note from Katie: As I question nature's wisdom with regards to the third trimester of pregnancy, I thought I'd offer you one of my favorite past episodes about how doofy and convoluted evolution can get. Today on the show: They're not dinosaurs, they're from BEFORE the dinosaurs, and they're very, very, very strange. Giant apex predator shrimp thingies, centipedes you could ride on, the tully monster, evolution's most amazing mistakes! I'm joined by paleontologist and science educator Dane Pavitt. Check him out at www.theaveragescientist.co.uk and www.youtube.com/danepavitt Lees meer

   Footnotes:

   Last week's mystery animal sound source

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3. Creaturekringletimes: Chill Babies!

   17 december 2025 · 1 uur 16 min

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   Happy Creaturekringletimes everyone! Today on the show I'm joined by Just the Zoo of Us host Ellen Weatherford, and we talk about animals who manage to keep their babies cold despite freezing temperature! Bears, walruses, snowy owls, and penguins, all who make great sacrifices to ensure their babies survive cold weather and don't become pup-sicles. And a personal announcement from me! Lees meer

   Festive intro/outro music by Aaron Kenny.

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4. Listener Questions: Do Fish Smell Fishy to Fish?

   10 december 2025 · 38 min

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   In this listener questions episode, I talk about how fish smell smells, whether hyenas grow winter coats, and animals who don't mind spending a lot of time to get the job done, even thousands of years. Lees meer

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5. Listener Questions: Bugs!!

   26 november 2025 · 29 min

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   This is a buggy listener questions episode as I answer your queries about insect vision, ants outsmarting our poisons, and the impacts of insect farming! Lees meer

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6. Creature Classic: Animals Are Sick!

   19 november 2025 · 56 min

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   I'm having some minor medical shenanigans, I should return shortly! In the meantime, to stick with the theme of medicine, here's one of my favorite episodes on how animals deal with illness. I'm joined by naturalist, educator and author Heather Montgomery as we talk about her book "Sick" and the fascinating world of animal immune systems (and poop). Lees meer

   Guest: Heather Montgomery

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7. Creature Classic: Fallout Critters

   12 november 2025 · 1 uur 2 min

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   I'm getting excited for the new season of Fallout, so here's one of my favorite episodes where we look at the mutated creatures of the Fallout franchise and discussing whether they could actually exist in a nuclear wasteland! It's a real optimistic episode and we discuss BIG BUGS! How can we bring back big bugs?! Lees meer

   Guest: Will Poole

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8. KILLER BATS!!

   31 oktober 2025 · 43 min

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   Halloween early release special! Today on the show: KILLER BATS! Bats with very spooky dietary habits. From vicious carnivores that have a soft side, to the strangest sight you'll sea on the seashore. I'm joined by Kimia Behpoornia to discuss these adorable, murderous bats. Lees meer

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9. Could We Speak Alien?

   29 oktober 2025 · 54 min

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   Today on the show, ALIENS! I'm joined by particle physicist Daniel Whiteson to discuss whether it would be possible to talk to aliens, the difficulties of alien communication, using real examples of animal communication and sensory differences right here on planet earth. Why do hermit crabs have a death cult? Do dogs think in smells? Are pigeons actually physics geniuses? All this and more as we use real earth biology to discuss how an alien encounter might go down. Lees meer

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10. Creature Classic: Animal, Mineral, or Vegetable?

    22 oktober 2025 · 58 min

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    On today's show I subject my guest to a gauntlet of strange oddities, and he (and you) must guess whether these are animals, minerals, vegetables, or something else entirely... Lees meer

    Guest: DJ Danl

    Footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rRUT2Ywx6B9XF-1SyNJ8lxVyLX94eY2n06FjiE4x-O8/edit?usp=sharing

    Mystery animal sound credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMwAgft_kZ8

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