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Big if True
13 januari 2021 · 58 min
These animals seem like hoaxes! Living tampons that walk the earth, purple blobs who walk UNDER the earth, a new animal superhero, and the weird sex-capades of horny bees! Discover this and more with guest Vanessa Guerrero, as we answer the age-old question, is that a snorkel coming out of your butt or are you just happy to see me? Lees meer
Footnotes:
(Warning, icky) rat-tailed maggots look like crawling tampons
Purple frog (blob)
Such a little blob
Backwards butt lookin guys
Purple frogs in love :)
Purple frog tadpole
Alligators can regrow tails!
Blister beetle larvae tricking horny bees
Pile of larvae pretending to be a sexy female bee
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Creature Feature Returns NEXT WEDNESDAY!
6 januari 2021 · 1 min
A quokka for your patience :) Lees meer
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Bee Movie? More Like C MINUS Movie!
30 december 2020 · 1 uur 27 min
This is the BEE MOVIE CANCELLATION SPECIAL!!! That’s right, we are TAKING ON BEE MOVIE, to HOLD IT ACCOUNTABLE for all its inaccuracies with Jamie Loftus and Caitlin Durante!! Lees meer
Footnotes:
Bee orchid
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Creaturekringletimes Special 2020!
23 december 2020 · 1 uur 8 min
On this holiday special, we will explore three holiday classics, Rudolph the Red-nosed reindeer, Die Hard, and The Santa Clause, and recast the leading roles as even more incredible real-life animals with Joelle Monique! Lees meer
Footnotes:
Rudolph the Glowing Tasmanian Devil?
Glowing platypus
Glowing wombats
Glowing bilby ears
Bioluminescent sea unicorns?
GIANT pyrosome:
Flashing pyrosome
Blizzard of glowing pyrosomes
Die Hard planarian
Planarian looking silly
Oh come on
Yeti crabs (aka hoff crabs)
Rock ptarmigan summer fashion
Rock ptarmigan winter fashion
Rock ptarmigan peekin’ out of a snow cave
Queen bee body vs. Worker bee
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Soothing Q&A Featuring Alien Parasites
16 december 2020 · 36 min
The Creature Feature holiday special episode will air next week! In the meantime, please enjoy this soothing Q&A where I answer your questions about animals! And though we talk about alien parasites and the horrifying truth behind guinea pigs, let the soothing tones of my voice and ambient music bring you some tranquility. Lees meer
Footnotes:
Parasitic salminicola
Sun bear epic tongue
Plough snails absolutely booking it
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Snakes on a Pod!
9 december 2020 · 1 uur 5 min
Today on the show, we’re talking about those tubular dudes, those little wiggle pipes, those cylindrical squamates, SNAAAAAKES! From the goofiest, to the cutest, to the most dazzling snakes, we’re going to find out how truly odd snakes can be with our guest, Maggie Mae Fish! Lees meer
Footnotes:
Arabian sand boa!
Madagascar leaf-nosed snake
Male and female leaf-nosed snakes
Tentacled snake
Elephant trunk snake
Hognose snake
Blunthead tree snake
Big-eye green whip snake
Sunbeam snakes
Brazilian Rainbow boa
Formosan odd-scaled snake
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Listener Questions: Coot Feet???
2 december 2020 · 30 min
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Turkey Talk
25 november 2020 · 50 min
This year I know a lot of your responsible folks are modifying your normal holiday season to be safer. But we don’t have to isolate from turkeys, so I’m gonna invite a whole flock of turkeys into your home! We’re gonna talk turkey facts, turkey romance, turkey history, and alternative turkeys with our guest Alison Stevenson! Lees meer
Show Notes:
A turkey snood that's... um...
Turkey sounds!
Ocellated turkey!
Ocellated turkey sounds!
Australian brush turkey!
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Barking Animal News!
18 november 2020 · 59 min
The past few weeks have been pretty hectic when it comes to news, so here are some animal news stories that you may have missed with our guest Alex Schmidt! Lees meer
Footnotes:
Anti-bear robot wolves!
Dystopian bear facial recognition!
Bear raids convenience stores!
Wolves got voted in!
Giant murder hornet nest found!
Two new species of greater glider discovered, found to be TOTALLY CUTE!
Somebody let the devils back into Australia!
GLOWING. PLATYPUS.
Half male, half female bird, split right down the middle!
Wrinkles faced bats think mask-wearing is sexy!
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Q&A: The "My Brain Melted" Special!
11 november 2020 · 31 min
I don’t know about you guys, but my brain is completely melted after this election week! So I thought I’d take it easy today and answer some fascinating listener questions! Lees meer
Footnotes:
Baby pygmy hippo ;)
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Horror Movie Knockoffs
4 november 2020 · 1 uur 9 min
Today we’re discussing some horror tropes you can find right in nature! Evil deadly lakes, fungus that isn’t fun, terrifying ANT-ics, and things that go bump in the night! Stay tuned for an audio guessing game with David Bell & Tom Reimann ! Lees meer
Footnotes:
Lake Natron
Dead animal statues of Lake Natron
Alien fungus
Uh oh more alien fungus
Jumping spider ant mimic
Predatory female spider ant mimic
Predatory male spider ant mimic
Ant algorithim
Extinct vampire ant trapped in amber
Mystery caller #1
Mystery caller #2
Mystery caller #3
Mystery caller #4
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Corvid Horrors!
28 oktober 2020 · 1 uur 26 min
Today we’re visiting the spookiest, smartest, most spectacular family in the animal kingdom: the corvids! Crows, ravens, rooks and more! Are crows Lees meer
the smartest being on earth? Do they mourn their dead? Featuring crow expert Dr. Kaeli Swift!
Footnotes!
Dr. Swift's spooky crow study!
DO NOT BE ALARMED! CROW RESEARCH!
Genius New Caledonian crows
Crow gifts?
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Crab-erization!
21 oktober 2020 · 1 uur 28 min
On this first episode of our two-episode spooktacular, Bridgett Greenberg and Abe Epperson help us flee from a chitinous terror, a ten-legged devilish decapod, a creepy crustacean crawling closer and closer! ATTACK! OF THE KILLER CRAAAAABS! Lees meer
Footnotes:
King "crab"
Porcelain "crab"
Hairy stone "crab"
Inspirational tweet
Flower crab spider
Another crab spider
Happy face spider
Clown face on a green crab spider!
Pubic lice, aka, "crabs"
Halloween crab, spooooky!
Christmas island crabs!
Coconut crab!
Yeti Crabs!
Japanese spider crab!
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True ROARmance
14 oktober 2020 · 48 min
From slimy love unicorns to sexy eight-legged twerking, we’re looking at all the beautiful and bizarre mating habits of all sorts of creatures, gastropods, arthropods, birds, and mammals with our guests Carolina Barlow & Devin Leary. Lees meer
Footnotes:
Snail love dart, aw yeah...
Black widow males twerk for love!
Cosmophasis umbratica rave!
Twelve-wired bird of paradise video
Wilson’s bird of paradise video
Six-plumed bird of paradise video
Naked mole rat mutant sperm
Mouse sperm swim teams
You know what they say about mice who eat yogurt...
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Recasting Garfield
7 oktober 2020 · 1 uur 8 min
Today on the show we’re scouring the animal kingdom to look for a new species of animal to cast as the replacement Garfield! Will it be the pygmy bluetongue skink? The gulper eel? Reticulated python? Or another candidate? Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: is Garfield measured more by his laziness, his hatred for Mondays, or his ability to eat an entire tray of lasagna in one bite? Find out with our guests Hana Michels and Joey Clift. Lees meer
Footnotes:
Pygmy bluetongue skink pokin' out of its burrow!
Starfish everting its stomach!
Gulper eel caught on camera
Tasmanian devil
Garfield colored pythons?
Golden pheasant
Tiger moth caterpillar
Carrion beetle
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Sibling Rivalries
30 september 2020 · 1 uur 20 min
I got my brother, Aaron Goldin, to come on the podcast to talk about siblings in the animal kingdom! From siblicide to unstoppable armies of siblings! Lees meer
Footnotes:
Baby sand tiger sharks eat each other in the womb!
Tiger salamander cannibal morph!
Baby bald eagles
A giant caterpillar?
Millipede baby buddy ball!
Black lace weaver spiders at a uh, family dinner...
Copidosoma floridanum wasp caterpillar thunderdome (warning: NSFE, not safe for eating)
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Hobbees
23 september 2020 · 1 uur 9 min
While us humans are all trying to figure out our favorite hobbies to occupy our time, animals are already running, crocheting, and baking circles around us! We’re talking bee bakers, web-spinners, carpenters, fake astronomers, and dolphin shenanigans with our guest, Teresa Lee! Lees meer
Footnotes:
Bee bread!
Bee sorbet!
Webspinner!
Carpenter ants handiwork!
Honeypot ants!
Carnivorous stars!
Dolphin vape tricks!
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The Birds and the Horny Murder Bees
16 september 2020 · 1 uur 5 min
Reproduction is the key to evolution, which means that mother nature can get a little strange when it comes to sex. We’re talking about strange equipment, bizarre courtship, and fatal attraction with Arden Myrin! Lees meer
Footnotes:
Crane Fly!
Echidna!
Echidna penis (NSFW)
Bull penis cane?
Whiptail lizards
Hanging flies hanging out
North American Porcupine!
Old world porcupine
Brown widows (yes that little guy is a male)
Anaconda breeding ball
Dawson's burrowing bees (NSFW: BEE SEX)
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Friends 5ever!
9 september 2020 · 1 uur 8 min
Today on the show, we’re talking about INTERSPECIES BUDDIES! We’ll talk about the difference between mutualism and commensalism, why every birdy loves a capybara, how the beaches of the Galapagos are a great place for friendship, and the only time you want to be inside the mouth of a giant moray. Lees meer
Footnotes:
Marine iguana! https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Amblyrhynchus_cristatus_%283838137696%29.jpg
Marine iguana and lava lizard! https://i.pinimg.com/originals/28/f5/aa/28f5aab7039f29b4f33bb950a12c1395.jpg
Marine iguana with a bad case of crabs! https://dhtt.smugmug.com/Other/Galapagos-789/i-NbXhP5D/0/L/P1030305-L.jpg
Capybaras with a bad case of birds! https://www.researchgate.net/figure/FIGuReS-21-26-Capybaras-as-clients-of-cleaner-birds-21-A-disturbed-capybara_fig5_277776494
Ducks walking all over a capybara!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D6lrkc81Js&app=desktop
Moray eel and cleaner wrasse! https://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/giant-moray-eel-and-cleaner-wrasse-mathieu-meur.jpg
Meat ant eating butt syrup! https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Common_jassid_nymph_and_ant02.jpg/1024px-Common_jassid_nymph_and_ant02.jpg
Dolphins and birds coming together to screw over fish! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE49xEU_z7g
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What Did You Call Me???
2 september 2020 · 1 uur 10 min
Today on the show we’re talking about ridiculous species names, and learning all about the animals behind them. Can you really judge a pigbutt worm by its name? Or a screaming hairy armadillo? Or a lumpsucker fish? Lees meer
Footnotes:
Pigbutt worm:
Pigbutt worm face:
Lumpsuckers!
Lil lumpsucker sucking on a finger
Lumpsuckers on balloons
Lumpsuckers sucking on lumpsuckers
Tassled wobbegong
Hellbender salamander
Screaming hairy armadillo
Screaming hairy armadillo, well, screaming
Cinereous mourner
Cinereous mourner acting
Fried egg jellyfish
Red-lipped batfish
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/p/proboscis-monkey/
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It's Just A Prank, Bro
26 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 11 min
Animal pranks aren’t always just for fun, they can be crucial for survival. We’re going to fall down a web of lies, deceit, and outright mockery. Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: you can pick your nose, you can pick your friend’s nose, but can you pick a monkey’s nose? Lees meer
Footnotes:
Portia spider
Iranian spider-tailed viper
Fork-tailed drongo
Capuchins pranking eachother
Chimps pranking visitors
Octopuses pranking everyone
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Creatures of the Night!
19 augustus 2020 · 1 uur
Why are some animals nocturnal? What evolutionary adaptations do you have to make to be awake during the GRAVEYARD SHIFT with horror expert with Sabina Graves? And what lurks in the ocean… at night? Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question, why is owls? I mean, why… why is owls? Lees meer
Footnotes:
The cathemeral fossa
Barking gecko mating call
Australian greater glider
THE TAILS
The tarsier
Incredible zooplankton
Spiny tiger shrimp
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Creature Beats
12 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 4 min
We’re talking animals that are unusually musical, from up in the skies to deep under the ocean. We have a special guest Dajae Williams, an Engineer at NASA, who uses music to educate and inspire, as answer the age-old question: do all birds like Taylor Swift, or just the swifts? Lees meer
Footnotes:
Dajae Williams' website
SongHive
Musician wren
Wood thrush
Humpback whale song
Blue whale song
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Fox Checking
5 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 18 min
Today on the show we’re going to look at the truth behind viral stories about animals! Which claims are real, and which are dirty lies? Lees meer
Footnotes:
Salmon shark pictures on Twitter?
Dwarf lantern shark
Pygmy shark
Famous orca pregnant again?
Decapitated wolf eel head biting?
A live wolf eel
Spotted zebra?
Melanistic fox? Cross fox?
Many different fox color morphs
Unicorn puppy?
Seal trying to impress a cat?
Margay mimics
Orangutan handwashing?
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Parents of the Year Awards
29 juli 2020 · 1 uur 20 min
The animal kingdom is full of devoted parents, whose child rearing skills are incredible, shocking, and gross! Some parents, like our guest Steph Williams, would give you the shirts off their backs, and others would give you the skin off their backs... literally. Lees meer
Footnotes:
Horned marsupial frog
Horned marsupial frog with eggs (warning, yucky)
Blue poison dart frog with tadpole on his back
Suriname toads (warning, trypophobia trigger)
Killdeer mating
Killdeer faking injury
Rhea dad with babies
Octopus mothers
Cotton topped tamarin
Barbary macaque
Elephant showing off her baby to rescuers
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Hybrid Hijinks!
22 juli 2020 · 1 uur 14 min
What happens when you stick two different animals together and let nature take its course? Some whacky evolutionary mixups! We’re talking scientists who accidentally created a hybrid, how hybridization works in the first place, and the mysteries of animals like the narulga and pizzly. Discover this and more as we and guest Kayla Maria answer the age-old question: how come scientists tried to make a Jesus fish? Lees meer
Footnotes:
Sturddlefish!!!
Geep!
The Narluga
The Leopon
Pizzly!!
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Dank Animal Memes
15 juli 2020 · 1 uur 21 min
Today on the show we’re talking about D-D-D-DANK ANIMAL MEMES, KIDS with Alex Schmidt! Did you know humans aren’t the only ones spreading sweet memes? That’s right, we’re talking about viral birdsong that’s getting retweeted like crazy, otter tupperware parties, and dolphins engaging in the hottest new trend, “shelling.” Lees meer
Footnotes:
Otter tupperware parties
Dolphins shelling!
Tandem recruitment in ants
Viral birdsong
Sperm whale dialects
Baby meerkat eating scorpion
Orangutan building nests
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Stop Using Dogs as Weapons
8 juli 2020 · 1 uur 24 min
Summary: This week we're talking about something very important. We’re going to cover the use of dogs in cases of police brutality, the history of how dogs have been used as weapons, and the harm this does to people as well as to the dogs themselves. And at the end, we'll cover some of the positive jobs that dogs can do that are better for people and better for dogs. Lees meer
Guests: Pallavi Gunalan, Joelle Monique
Footnotes:
Police dog bite study
Cancer sniffing dogs
Little "fairy" penguin
Oddball the sheepdog giving a fairy penguin a kiss
Supporting Black Lives mailing list
Supporting Black Lives Google Drive link
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Leaf Me Alone!
1 juli 2020 · 1 uur 9 min
Catch some Z’s with nap-time transformers, contortionists, animals who barely need a wink, and animals who slept in past their alarm by a few years. Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: how do you sleep floating in the middle of the sea? You’ll be otter-ly surprised with guest Alexis Torres! Lees meer
Footnotes:
Dead leaf butterfly
More of the dead leaf butterfly
Malachite sunbird
Malachite sunbird asleep
Sea otter use kelp to babysit
Giraffe sleeping with its head on its butt
Sperm whales sleep VERTICALLY
Viral "drunk" owl
Snowy owl chicks sleeping
Burrowing owl striking an Instagram pose
Desert snail forgot to set its alarm
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A Brief History of Birds!
24 juni 2020 · 1 uur 15 min
Today on the show, we’ll be talking about a BRIEF HISTORY OF BIRDS. Are there secretly still dinosaurs still lurking among us? How did birds learn how to fly? Why did some birds decide to be so small? Discover this and more as we answer the age old question, is birds dinosaurs? Lees meer
Footnotes:
Birds is dinosaurs?
Archaeopteryx
WONDERCHICKEN
Sandhill crane
Baby blue heron
Baby southern ground hornbill
Adult southern ground hornbill
The hoatzin
Inca tern mustache!
Inca tern calls
Indohyus (whale ancestor)
Bee hummingbird
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Will It Cuddle or Kill You?
17 juni 2020 · 1 uur 13 min
Today, we’re going to be playing a little game: see if you can guess which one of these animals we’re about to discuss is more likely to kill you than to cuddle you with Joey Cliff? Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: can you trim your hedges with a crocodile? Lees meer
Footnotes:
Striped Eel Catfish
The Gharial Crocodile
The Basking Shark
Blue-Ringed Octopus (if you see this RUN AWAY)
Be Wary of the Cassowary
The Shoebill Stork is not a Stork (but is kinda a dork)
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Animals Walk the Runway
10 juni 2020 · 54 min
We’re talking about animals who are all about the presentation with Katie Cullen! Sequined spiders, mantises with deadly cosplay, fish who prove the devil really does wear Prada, a bird who literally slays on the runway, and the cutest little Billie Eilish loving hyena on the planet. Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: have you ever watched a crab swim? I mean, really watched it? Lees meer
Footnotes:
Sequined mirror spiders
These spiders look like jewels
Pine processionary caterpillars form a giant conga line!
Stunning orchid mantis
A flower mantis with an emoji on her wings!
Blue glaucus or blue dragon
Portugese man o' war is surreal
Yellow boxfish!
Crabs swimming!
Indian bullfrogs look like a crazy sports fan
Indian bullfrog orgy!
Secretary birds stomp down the runway
Aardwolf cubs, the cutest hot topic emos in the world
Charities to donate to:
https://blacklivesmatter.com/
https://peoplesbudgetla.com/
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A. Brief History of Pets!
3 juni 2020 · 1 uur 22 min
Today we’re talking about PETS with Dr. Lisa Lippman and Richie Redding! When did humans decide to own pets? Do we own pets, or do pets own us? We’re also going to go into depth on animals, coronavirus, and zoonotic diseases, and how you can protect yourself and your pet. Discover this and more as we answer the age old question, should we be making dog arcades? Lees meer
Footnotes:
History of pet ownership
Domestication of dogs
Farmers brought their dogs with them when migrating
The evolution of domesticated cats
Dog visitation therapy
Enrichment for older dogs
Researchers made a dog arcade
Enrichment techniques for your dog
Olfactory (smelly) enrichment for cats
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Radical Animals!
27 mei 2020 · 1 uur 23 min
Today I'm joined by particle physicist Daniel Whiteson to talk about RADIATION! What does it do to humans? How have animals adapted to radioactive contamination? Also: killer bananas!?! Lees meer
Footnotes:
Birds Adapting to Chernobyl
Study on Chernobyl's Birds
Chernobyl Wildlife 30 Years Later
Tardigrades Have Radiation Shields!
How Tardigrades Might Help Human Cells
Conan the Bacterium
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Introvertebrates
20 mei 2020 · 1 uur 18 min
Today we’re talking about introverts! Fish who want to stay inside all day and play Fintendo, an animal who doesn’t want to see anybody right now, in fact, it’s completely ditched its eyeballs, and spiders who should be called shy-ders, because, well, they’re very shy. Lees meer
Footnotes:
Aquarium in Tokyo needs your help to socialize eels!
Garden eels getting facetimed
European conger
That's a moray!
The electric eel (which is not an eel)
The golden mole (which is not a mole)
The wrap around spider (which is not a tree branch)
The bird dropping spider (which is not a bird dropping)
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Invasion of the Murder Hornets!
13 mei 2020 · 1 uur 8 min
Today on the show: INVASION OF THE MURDER HORNETS! I’ll also be talking with Alex Schmidt about two of the world’s other most notorious invasive species, a big toad with a bad attitude, and an adorable little fuzzy noodle who just loves to kill things! Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: how many decapitations a minute can the murder hornet do? Lees meer
Footnotes:
Murder hornet!
Japanese Honeybees Roasting Murder Hornets to Death
Alien Cane Toad Call Via the Western Australia Museum
The Unstoppable Cane Toad
The Northern Quoll
Australian Water Rats Dissecting Cane Toads (Yay?)
The Adorable Invasive Indian Mongoose
The Amani Rabbit
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SATANIC PANIC!
6 mei 2020 · 1 uur 35 min
Today we're admiring some particularly devilish animals, like the Dracula parrot, a very gothic gastropod, a satanic gecko, bleeding plants, exploding trees, and a beetle with a biblical reputation. Discover this and more while we, and out guest Megan Salinas, answer the age-old question: can humans and birds unite over our love of fashion? Lees meer
Footnotes:
The Dracula Parrot is a Gothic Icon
Dracula Parrot Call Sounds Like a Creaky Door on a Cold Stormy Night
Goth Snail
Long Wattled Umbrella Bird
Umbrella Birds have PRESENCE
The Bare Necked Umbrella Bird
The Desert Bloodwood Tree, You Know, Bleeding
Monkey No Climb Tree and Seed Pumpkin
Explosive Seed Pod
Bleeding Tooth Fungus
Devil's Beetle
Flamingo Satanic Ritual, or a Nice Family Dinner?
SATANIC LEAF TAILED GECKO!
A Leaf Tailed Gecko Showing Off Red Tongue (featured in episode art)
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Creaturecise!
29 april 2020 · 1 uur 16 min
Today we’re gonna CREATURECISE! We’re gonna see some of the most impressive animal athletic feats! Woodcocks love to boogie! Dung beetles are gymnasts! Bats do crunches every time they pee! Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: Are dolphins jerks? Lees meer
Footnotes:
Woodcock dancing:
Chameleon video to soothing classical music:
Dance of the dung beetle:
Baby bat learning to backflip and pee!
Klipspringer jumping around:
Copepods swimming:
Impressive copepod jump:
Spinner dolphins!!
Fishing spiders walking on water:
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Peer Reviewing Animal Crossing!
22 april 2020 · 1 uur 25 min
Today on the show, we review the Animal Crossing game from a scientific perspective. We’ll be fact-checking some Blathers facts about evolutionary biology! Can goldfish grow bigger than a foot? Do they have teeth in their throats? Can tarantulas shoot butt hair at you? Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: what is Blathers the owl hiding? We attempt to answer all these questions with our guests Maggie Mae Fisher and Adam Ganser. Lees meer
Footnotes:
GIANT GOLDFISH
Pharyngeal/Throat Teeth! Yikes!
Bitterlings Spawning Using a Mussel (video)
Coconut Octopus (Video)!
Spider Shooting Urticating Hairs
Mantis Attacking Hummingbird Video (WARNING: anti-bird content. Hummingbird does get saved in the end though).
A Nice Detailed Coprolite (Fossilized Dung!)
Dunkleosteus Fossil
Megacerops Reconstruction
Diplodocus's Ridiculous Proportions
We got Creature Feature T-Shirts!
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The Animals Are Up To Something
15 april 2020 · 1 uur 4 min
We’re gonna talk about some goat invaders, macaque riots, and what pandas are up to with some added...privacy. Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: when you let penguins take over an aquarium, what’s next? The world?? Lees meer
Footnotes:
The Vaquita
The Sea Shepherds Mission to Protect the Vaquita in Danger
Goats Taking Over Welsh Resort!
Macaques Brawling in Lopburi, Thailand
Sika Deer Painting the Town Red
Some Zoo Animals Miss Us!
Pandas Finally Got It On
The Tiger who got Covid
KITTENS VISIT AQUARIUM!
Elephant Visits Sea Lion
PENGUINS HAVE TAKEN OVER!
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A Date With Nature
8 april 2020 · 1 uur 22 min
Right now, dating is difficult amidst this pandemic. So let's check in on some animals and how their romantic lives are going. Will you be wooed by throbbing red face balloons, pufferfish art, and sea slug conga lines? Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: if your date is 30 times your size, how do you make sure you don’t end up as her appetizer? Lees meer
Footnotes:
Hooded seals doing sock 'em boppers
Pufferfish's romantic art
The argonaut octopus
Banana slugs (don't put 'em in your mouth)
Sea hare sex conga line
Oops it's a snake orgy
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Animal Sounds
1 april 2020 · 1 uur 10 min
Today it's an auditory journey as we listen to some ANIMAL SOUNDS! Listen to lyrical lynxes, possessive porcupines, chirping cheetahs, whistling walruses, and other very vocal critters! Discover this and more a we answer the age old question, are horses mocking us? Our guest this week is David Bell. Lees meer
Footnotes:
Lynx argument
Lynxes REALLY love to argue
Grey go-away bird
The ballad of Mr. McBouncy Pants
Porcupine throwing a tantrum over corn
Cheetah chirping
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a cheetah!
Cheetah barking like a puppy
Cheetah meowing
More cheetah sounds
Baby rhino squeals
Baby rhino arguing with mom
Harp seal calling for mom
Harp seal mumbling to himself
Seals sounding like synthesizers
Harbor seal having to get a butt shot
Walrus whistling
Attractive walrus noises
Horse mockery
Horsing around
Man arguing with a goat
Goat screams
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Adaptation Station
25 maart 2020 · 1 uur 5 min
Check out theses weird adaptations! We’ll look at some incredible immunities from critters we think of as “dirty” or “dangerous,” some animals who are hardcore to the bone, and some insects who are getting pretty creative with this whole adaptation thing. Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: are birds real? Lees meer
Footnotes:
Creature Feature shirts!
Opossums help fight against lyme disease
Opossum vs Possum
Compound found in dogfish shark has antiviral properties
Spanish ribbed newt
An adorable potto!
Hummingbird moths!
THEY'RE MOTHS!
Ladybug invasion!!!
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Home Sweet Home
18 maart 2020 · 59 min
Today I want to talk to you about animal homes! We’ll discover animals who built their homes out of straw, built their homes out Lees meer
of sticks, and built their homes out of bricks and… poop… and… mucus? Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: what the heck is that ant doing with that larva’s butt???
Footnotes:
Baya Weaver Nest
Sociable Weaver Nest
Weaver Ant Nest
Weaver Ant Using Baby Butt Glue
Bagworm Log Cabin
African Bullfrog and "teeth"
Red Ovenbird Nests
Hornbill Nests
Incredible Caddisfly Cases
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Creaturemon! Gotta Snatch 'Em All!
11 maart 2020 · 1 uur 7 min
Today we’re talking about POKEMON ANIMALS! These creatures are even more unbelievable than those fantastic little pocket monsters. I’m talking cute little critters crazier than Pikachu, sea animals that seem too cute to be real, and behavior that you’d think you’d only find in a Pokedex. Lees meer
Footnotes:
Check out our new shirts in the shirt store!
Lowlandstreaked Tenrec
Someone did a fanart of a tenrec as a pokemon!
Armadillo Girdled Lizard
David Attenborough bothering an armadillo lizard
Pangolin
SEA BUNNY!!!!
Seriously though SEA BUNNY
Sea bunny butt!
Lemon flavored sea bunny (just kidding, still toxic)
This is a real animal, the sheep leaf sea slug
Mary river turtle rocking an algae mohawk
Tadpoles with spiral bellies
Diving bell spider
Pipevine swallowtail caterpiller
Tailed emperor butterfly caterpillar
The Japanese emperor butterfly caterpillar
Uh oh, the GUM LEAF SKELETONIZER
Goofy phengodidae beetle
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Aliens: I Want To Believe!
4 maart 2020 · 1 uur 14 min
Today we’re talking about ALIENS! Right here on earth. Does that sound paradoxical? Well, maybe you should think about whether we were the aliens all along??? We’ll be looking for aliens on earth from the bottom up: aliens under the sea, on land, and in the skies. Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question, do animals really need to breathe? With special guest Joelle Monique. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
FINALLY SHIRTS!
First ever animal discovered who doesn't breathe?!?
The blanket octopus!
Behold the blanket octopus's cape of wonder!
Blanket octopus looking like an alien spaceship
The sarcastic fringehead (open mouth for a surprise)
The pink fairy armadillo burrowing right into our hearts
Treehoppers are out of control
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TREEHOPPERS?
WHAAAAAT??
The King Vulture is the most festive undertaker ever
She colorful. She chic. But most importantly. She eats dead meat
Cock-of-the-rock AKA Mr. Handsome
Potoo's are alien ghosts, exhibit A
Potoo's are alien ghosts, exhibit B
Potoo's are alien ghosts, exhibit C
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Werewolf? There Wolf!
26 februari 2020 · 1 uur 14 min
On today’s episode we’re talking about WEREWOLVES! Where are they? What are they? And is there any truth behind the werewolf legends? Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: does your dog want to eat your face? With special guest Nick Turner. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
The weird origins of the werewolf
Dire wolf skulls at the La Brea Tar Pits!
Breeding a dire wolf dog?
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Imagination Station
19 februari 2020 · 1 uur 22 min
I want to take on a trip to Imagination Station for the WHOLE ENTIRE EPISODE! That’s right, we’re exploring the world of imagination. What is imagination? Do animals have imagination? And can your imagination run as wild as nature itself? Discover this as we answer the age old-question: what’s the point of having a broom for a butt! With special guest Kim Winder. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
Sloth bears are smart!
Vividness of visual imagery questionnaire
PINK manta ray!
Troll haired mystery bug!
Another fuzzy-butt planthopper
Another broom-butt
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Odd Couples
12 februari 2020 · 1 uur 3 min
Happy Valentines times! Today I thought that we’d look at a different type of love… platonic love between species! That’s right we’re looking at some cross-species cuddles, some dynamic duos, and truly unusual friendships within the animal kingdom! Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: is it fun to suck on a shark? With special guest comedian Blake Wexler. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
Microhylid frog and tarantula best friends
Coyote and badger going on adventures together!
Coyote and badger hunting together (WARNING: squirrel carnage)
Geladas and wolves have a diplomatic relationship
Birds & people working together to screw over bees
The weird sucker-head of a remora
Shark with pilotfish groupies
Urchin crab giving a piggyback ride to an urchin
Owen the hippo adopted by Mzee the tortoise
Dalmation adopts spotted lamb
Sperm whales seemingly adopt dolphin with spinal deformation
Check out the koala hospital where my daughter Twinkles (the koala) is from
Potoroo Palace in NSW Australia
Animal Tracks Sanctuary in Los Angeles
Wild Haven Ranch in Lake Arrowhead
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Love Bugs!
5 februari 2020 · 55 min
Let's discover the CUTEST bugs on the planet! Bugs are some of the most populous and diverse animals on the planet, with a fascinating range of behaviors. I think that bugs are often overlooked: everybody loves a cute cuddly panda, but an adorable jumping spider? Who will hug ITS eight fuzzy arms? With special guest Carmen Angelica. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
Velvet worm in action
Velvet worm looking absolutely adorable
Another velvet worm looking cute as heck
I AM IN LOVE WITH VELVET WORMS
Velvet worm cuddle pile!
Peacock spider dancing for its life!
Peacock spiders showing off all their moves
Absolutely beautiful peacock spider
Bee flies are fantasy fairy creatures
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