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Thirsty Birds
29 januari 2020 · 1 uur 5 min
These avians are some regular Fabios, wooing the ladies with spectacular displays of romance. Why do birds dance? Why do some birds do the moonwalk? Can you walk on water if you love someone enough? Then, we play the popular bird dating show, The MATING GAME! With special guest Kimia Behpoornia. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
The grebe's beautiful mating dance
The grebe's weed dance (heh)
The red-capped manakin's moonwalk
Lance-tailed manakin wingman dance
Blue manakin's boy band dance
Snowball the cockatoo's dance moves
Sea lion dances
Black-bellied bustard cork-popping call
Club-winged manakin buzz pop and lock
Capuchin bird's bizarre call
Willow grouse call
White bellbird's record-breaking loud call (warning: loud)
Howard the bowerbird dance
Frigatebird blows up his neck balloon
Kiwi's awkward mating ritual
Bald eagle mating spiral
Check out the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital
Habanera by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license
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Starwar Animals
22 januari 2020 · 1 uur 1 min
Mother nature has whipped up some animals that are even weirder than what you can find in Star Wars. We talk about real life porgs, a monster scarier than a sarlaac pit, and an adorable alien-looking antelope. Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: why does Fluke Skywater have hundreds of lightsabers? With special guest Maggie Mae Fish. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
Puffin "flying" underwater
The horned puffin's fantastic mascara
Tufted puffin's weird head doodads
Inside a puffin's mouth
Japanese dwarf flying squirrel
Desert rain frog squeakin'
The horrifying bobbit worm
Light saber sharks
The saiga antelope
Video someone took of a saiga antelope shaking its nose (warning: audio windy & loud)
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Australia
15 januari 2020 · 1 uur 25 min
As you may know, Australia is facing a human and ecological crisis right now, as fires ravage New South Wales. We’ll talk about the cause of these fires, how it’s affecting humans and animals in the area, and how human activity has influenced this disaster. Then we’ll talk about one of Australia’s most iconic animals, the Koala, as well as a whole bunch of other incredible animals found only in Australia. With special guest David Huntsberger. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
VOTE on which koala we should adopt for the podcast
SO many people have donated to the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital that their website is down. We can still donate on behalf of the koala we adopt through their GoFundMe
Video of the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital
Koalas aren't the only ones in danger, check out the beautiful endangered Corroboree tree frog
Bog skinks are in serious trouble
Support the NSW Fire Service
Donate to WIRES, an Australian wildlife rescue organization
WWF has a wildfires donation fund
On to some fun stuff, here's a wombat farting and attacking corn
Australia's adorable pincushions, the echidna
A bandicoot
Just kidding, here's a real bandicoot
The adorable quoll, call 1-800-QUOLL-ITY-QUOLLS
The brushtail possum grabbing things with its little handsies
A dingo doing some yoga instruction (do NOT try this at home)
Long-nosed potoroo looking emo
Noisy kookaburra
The all-animals cover of Drowning Pool
Pink robins
Lyrebirds's standup impressions set
Australian magpie mimicking emergency vehicles
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CATS The Confusicle
8 januari 2020 · 1 uur 17 min
The Cats movie presents a lot of misinformation about felis catus! So today we'll be talking cat facts: what are the answers to some of the most common questions about cats? What are some of the wildest wild cats in the world? And finally, what's going on with that Cats movie, huh? With special guest comedian Joey Clift. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
Cougar purring
Cat tongue closeup
Cat slo-mo drinking water
The rusty-spotted cat, the world's smallest cat!
Hercules, the liger
The margay climbing a tree!
The flat-headed cat
The Canada lynx's big ol' legwarmers
Pallas's cat looking like a muppet
Seriously Pallas's cats look like Yoda/Wookies
The Löwenmensch figurine, AKA, world's first furry
"Pinpointing the Exact Moment Cats Reviewers Lost Their Minds"
"I took my dad, a veterinarian, to see Cats — he has some thoughts"
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Happy New Fear!
1 januari 2020 · 1 uur 4 min
Today on the show, HAPPY NEW FEAR! Let’s discover fears you didn’t even know you had with some horrifying creatures! Take a one way trip to decapitation station, check out some very creepy babies, and endure the existential crisis after finding out when a butt is NOT a butt. Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question, is 80 worms too many worms to have inside of you? With special guests Tess Lynch, Molly Lambert, and Emily Yoshida of the Night Call Podcast. Lees meer
CONTENT WARNING: the trypophobia section starts at 00:42:55 and ends at 00:55:47
Footnotes:
The ant-head bursting fly, Euryplatea nanaknihali
Another fly that decapitates ants
Ants who decorate their homes with the heads of their enemies
Ant who pretends to be a butt
Study on Antman & Spiderman helping phobias
Margays imitate baby tamarins
Cats mimic the cry of babies
WARNING: CATERPILLAR BODY HORROR. Glyptapanteles wasp larvae bursting from a parasitized caterpillar.
Audubon Society's "When Is a Bird a ‘Birb’? An Extremely Important Guide"
Creature FEET pod twitter
Margay used in episode image
Pied tamarin used in episode image
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Creaturekringletimes Holiday Special Part 2
25 december 2019 · 54 min
Happy holidays everyone, it’s me, Katie Goldin, your host of many parasites! Today, on the second part of our two-part holiday special, we’ll be creating our own non-denominational holiday using evolutionary biology to make this magical time of year scientifically accurate! We’ll talk the biology of reindeer, and the best bacteria-filled lightshow in the world! With special guest Jamie Loftus of The Bechdel Cast. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
Cute reindeer noses
Reindeer eyeballs magically change color
Glowing Firefly squid looks like festive holiday lights
Glowing railroad worm
Foxfire (not firefox) glowing fungus
Angler fish's deadly but festive glowing light
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Creaturekringletimes Holiday Special Part 1
18 december 2019 · 1 uur 1 min
Happy holidays everyone, it’s me, Katie Goldin, your host of many parasites! On this two-part holiday special, we’ll be creating our own non-denominational holiday using evolutionary biology to make this magical time of year scientifically accurate! We’ll make our own, better Santa out of animal DNA, learning about these animals along the way! With special guest Jamie Loftus of the Bechdel Cast. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
Hydra, an immortal wiener with tentacles
Quetzalcoatlus northropi
Peregrin falcon dive
Elephants never forget
Dolphins remember their friends
Crows hold eternal grudges
Ravens remember who's naughty and who's nice
Blue whales win at having a jolly belly
Howler monkey chorus
Gorilla getting tickled via Cell Press
Chimp laughing on the BBC
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Remember To Breathe Through Your Butt!
11 december 2019 · 1 uur 4 min
Today we'll be talking about how animals prepare for winter! From hibernation, to magical wardrobe changes, to cryogenic freezing! Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: when, if ever, is the right time to breathe through your butt? With special guest Caitlin Durante of the Bechdel Cast. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
My frozen bear heart
Calendar cells
Arctic fox faceplanting into snow
Arctic fox's awkward wardrobe malfunctions
Arctic fox shedding its coat
Ancient snow goggles
Frozen wood frog
Siberian salamander
Painted turtles breathe through their butts
Wild Yakut horses
MORE. FLUFFY. HORSES
Kulning video by Jonna Jinton
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Leftovers
4 december 2019 · 1 uur 27 min
Today on the show, Gobble Gobble! No, we’re not talking about turkeys this time, but the weird and wild eating behaviors of people and animals! We’re talking gluttonous grubs who gobble on gastropods, animals who store their leftovers like they’re leatherface on steroids, animal chefs and foodies with very peculiar tastes. Discover these animals and more as we answer the age old question: is eating civet poop a crappy thing to do? With special guests Anney Reese and Lauren Vogelbaum of the Savor podcast. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
Capuchins cracking open nuts
Baby ants making vomit soup for their caretakers
Catching Fire: How Cooking Makes Us Human
The Killer Shrews (1959)
Murderous fur-tube (Blarina brevicauda shrew)
Killer caterpillars (not from outer space)
Elanora's Falcons use live food-prisons
Early humans stored bone marrow
Fish-eye fluke
Shark-eye parasite
Beware eye-eating amoebas
Asian palm civet
The problem with Kopi Luwak
Fuzzy baby t-rex!
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Pardon My Turkey!
27 november 2019 · 1 uur 11 min
Welcome to domestication station as we talk about the weird and wild world of artificial selection! Giant chickens, turkeys, swole cows, oh my. Discover these animals and more as we answer the age old question: if Arnold Schwarzenegger was a chicken, what would he look like? With special guest David Bell. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
Dong tao chicken
ko shamo chicken
English pouter
Silkie chickens
Frizzle chicken
Serama "Arnold Schwarzenegger" chicken
Ayam cemani "goth chicken"
What really killed the dodo?
Mangalitza pig
Belgian blue cow
Damascus goat
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Virtually Reality
20 november 2019 · 1 uur 22 min
Today we’re talking about virtual reality, but ditch those computer goggles and just listen with your brain meats, because we’re talking about a more organic, squishy form of virtual reality. What happens when the human or animal brain takes some creative license? Or when your own hand rebels against you? Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: if you call a fish four-eyes, is that science or just bullying? With special guest Anna Salinas. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
Find your blindspot
Blindspot studies
Rats can move each eye independently
Experience rat vision!
Pacific barreleye fish's transparent head!
The brownsnout spookfish's four eyes
The brownsnout spookfish looking like some kind of fake Jim Henson puppet
Kitty with possible signs of phantom limb
Crab self-amputating to escape gull
Mirror therapy reorganizes brain
Can animals understand mirrors?
What happens when you poke the fusiform gyrus
Horses hold grudges
You aren't crazy, dogs ham it up just for you
Wasps know a friendly face
Bee orchid trying to seduce bees with sexy bee shape
Monkey orchids
Beautiful crab spider mimics flower
The completely unreal looking orchid mantis
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Crow Boarding
13 november 2019 · 1 uur 9 min
Today on the show, PLAYTIME! It’s time to have fun in the sun, or the sea, or, you know, in a rotting carcass or whatever! Dogs fetch balls, rats giggle with glee when you tickle them, birds like to snowboard, spiders like to fool around… wait, spiders? We’re going to talk about all the animals who love to play, and the list is more extensive than you may think. With special guest Kimia Behpoornia. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
Beluga playing rugby video
Beluga noises
Beluga sounding very much like a foghorn/crow/sea turkey
Wolf puppies play fetch
Geckos play in space, spiders flirt with each other
The tale of "Pigface" the softshell turtle
Video of African softshell turtle
Rats getting tickles!
Crocodiles playing
Birds like to play!
CROWBOARDING!!
SWAN SURFING!!
Rescue owl playing with cat toys
Dolphins yeet fish out of the water
Absolute unit of a cat runs onto football field
Lion plays with a dead warthog (warning: warthog dismemberment, kinda gross)
Lion playing with antelope prey (warning: no gore, but still sad/disturbing)
Young hippo playing with a crocodile!
Hippo and hyena sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G
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Back from the Dead!
6 november 2019 · 1 uur 33 min
Today on the show, we’re talking about animals who are BACK FROM THE DEAD! Animals who were previously thought to be gone from the face of the earth get rediscovered: reports of these animals’ extinction have been greatly exaggerated. With special guest Forrest Galante from Animal Planet's Extinct or Alive. Lees meer
Extinct or Alive TV show
The Pinocchio Lizard
The Horned Frog
Giant Extinct Crocodiles
Thylacosmilus was a Bit of a Doof
Gastric Brooding Frog
A Case for De-Extinction
A Case Against De-Extinction
The Saola
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Monster Mash
30 oktober 2019 · 1 uur 16 min
Happy Creatureween everyone! Today on the show, it’s a Monster Mash! All the classic horror movie monsters, brought to life through the very real world of science! We’re looking at animals who can truly call themselves Dracula, real life Frankenstein’s monsters, and ghoOOost sharks! Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: can a dog lick you to death? With special guest Jamie Loftus. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
Halloween crab & halloween snake
Dramatic emo vampire squid
Vampire finch
Dracula ants
Doggy licks of death
Serial killer kitties love human blood
Lions of Tsavo
(TRIGGER WARNING: ANIMAL CRUELTY) Experiments in the Revival of Organisms
Slightly suspect TedX talk using bananas as models for human head transplants
Pig brains being reanimated
Gator pops
Ghost Shark 2013 movie
The real "ghost shark," a deep sea cutie pie
Ring tailed lemur
Black and white ruffed lemur
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Evolutionary Horror Stories
23 oktober 2019 · 1 uur 8 min
We love horror movies and horror stories, but when it comes to pure blood-curdling terror, there’s no competing with mother nature. We’ll compare some classic horror tropes to their real-life counterparts, and let me tell ya: when it comes to evolution, the director’s cut holds nothing back. Parasites that contort your body and mind to their will, evil flowers and even more evil worms! With special guest Emily Yoshida of the Night Call Podcast. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
Video of leucochloridium paradoxum
Our DNA stealing friend, the delloid rotifer
Carrion beetles staying calm and carrion
Everyone welcome onto the U.S.S carrion beetle
A hot, young David Attenborough explains the corpse lily
A parasitic hairworm noodling its way out of a cricket (warning: gross)
Russian nesting worms
Eyebleach: cat discovering its own ears
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Superstition
16 oktober 2019 · 1 uur 10 min
Today on the show, SUPERSTITION! Black cats, crows, ravens, and a mysterious demonic monster… where do superstitions come from? What are the facts behind the superstition? And are crows really conspiring against us. Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question, do satanists like to kiss cat butt? With special guest Joey Clift. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
1. 50% of polled Americans are superstitious
2. The Papal Bull behind black cat superstition
3. Kattenstoet cat parade in Ypres, Belgium!!
4. The legend of the Catsith
5. Do satanists sacrifice black cats on Halloween, probably not
6. Black cat's protective fur
7. BF Skinner's pigeon experiment
8. Study: Ravens can make complex plans
9. Ravens can talk!
10. This raven can talk too!
11. The aye aye hunting
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Batty for Bats!
9 oktober 2019 · 1 uur 6 min
Happy October everyone! This week: Dunanunanunanuna BAT FACTS! Why do bats hang upside down? How did bats become associated with Dracula? What are some of the craziest bat species in the world? Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: If Batman was bitten by a radioactive bat, what powers would he have? With special guest Molly Lambert from the Night Call Podcast. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
1. Bats in folklore2. Common vampire bat3. Hairy legged vampire bat4. Trumpet-nosed bat5. Lesser long-nosed bat covered in pollen6. The effects of myth on attitudes towards bats7. Bats and Halloween8. BATS ON A TREADMILL! 9. Madagascar Sucker footed bats10. Bats & Rabies facts11. Flying fox bat12. Bumblebee bat13. Big-eared bat14. Hammer headed bat15. Honduran white bat16. Honduran white bats snuggling17. Wrinkle-faced bat18. Chapin's bat (punk rock bat)19. How to do bat real estate20. DANCING BATS
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Aliens Under The Sea!
2 oktober 2019 · 1 uur 20 min
Giant bugs, animals that clone themselves, things that come back to life after being eviscerated... if you're looking for aliens, you can find them under the sea. And later on the show, we’ll be speaking to a professor of marine biology who invited an octopus into his home! With special guests comedian Chris Crofton and Professor of Marine Biology David Scheel. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
1. Goblin Sharks (they look like MR. BURNS not MR. SMITHERS whoops)
2. Giant isopod
3. Atolla jellyfish
4. Proboscis worm
5. Sand dollars are freaky
6. Planarians regrow their bodies
7. Octopus, Making Contact
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Pseudoscience Psucks
25 september 2019 · 1 uur 14 min
Today on the show we’re talking PSEUDOSCIENCE! Did you know that sometimes people claim things are scientific, but whoops, they’re not? We’ll be looking at some scammers, some flim-flammers, some people who claim things are scientific but they’re maaaaaaybe not really. With special guests Katy Stoll and Cody Johnston. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
1. Study on redness and association with sex
2. Snub nosed monkeys
3. Bearded vulture makeup
4. Baboon utopian society
5. Testosterone not correlated with attractiveness
6. Races do not differ genetically
7. LET'S GIVE BIRDS TEETH
8. Whoops, sometimes snakes have legs
9. Horses with extra hooves
10. Neural crest cells are what make dogs so cute
11. Pseudoscience whistleblowers
12. Hey, guess what? Physiognomy is still dumb!
13. Darwin almost thwarted by pseudoscience
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Animal Appetite
18 september 2019 · 1 uur 2 min
Today on the show we’re talking WEIRD DIETS! Animals eating other animals eating other animals! Humans eating well… some pretty freaky things. Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: is cannibalism good for you? With special guest Smart Mouth's Katherine Spiers. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
1. A lotl Axolotl
2. Greenland sharks
3. Horrifying Fine Dining Lovers article
4. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
5. Butterflies drinking turtle tears
6. Tear drinking moths harassing birbs
7. Vegan ortolan
8. Marijuana-fed pigs
9. Potato-washing macaques
10. Red colobus monkeys detoxing
11. Peruvian parrots eating dirt
12. Spices as defensive weapons
13. Blind snakes survive being eaten and escapes toad's b-hole
14. The Honey Hunters of Nepal
15. Bee getting punched in the face by a flower
16. Tapir "climbing" a tree
17. GET ON THE CHEVROTAIN TRAIN
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Legend Smashers
11 september 2019 · 1 uur 6 min
We’re going to explode some myths about human and animal biology & psychology, and discover that the truth really is stranger than fiction. With special guest comedian and Nerdificent co-host Ify Nwadiwe. Lees meer
Footnotes:
1. Komodo dragon venom
2. Bees are angered by the color red
3. Mathematician & grandfather of the scientific method, Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham
4. Unihemispheric slow wave sleep
5. Lionesses synchronize their "periods" (estrus)
6. Immortal jellyfish
7. Scallop eyeballs
8. Horse mustaches!!!
9. Bornean bearded pig
10. The mystery of wombat cube poop, solved?
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Cryptids are [REDACTED]
4 september 2019 · 1 uur 2 min
The truth behind Mothman, The Chupacabra, and Bigfoot! Today, we’ll be looking at the facts behind cryptids, what it would mean if they actually existed, and the real animals that are just as crazy as the cryptids themselves. With special guest Tess Lynch of the Night Call podcast. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
1. Mothman
2. Sandhill crane
3. Barred owl
4. Owls or aliens?
5. Owl without feathers (artistic rendering)
6. Do those legs go owl the way up
7. Vampire bats
8. Giant Gippsland earthworm
9. Giant Gippsland earthworm sounds
10. Gigantopithecus blacki
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The Amazon Rainforest Fires
28 augustus 2019 · 1 uur 20 min
Right now, the Amazon is burning — we’re going to talk about why this is happening, what’s at stake, and what you can do to help. With special guest Miles Gray. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
How you can help the Amazon!
1. WWF 5 Ways To Help The Amazon
2. Donate to protect an acre of rainforest
3. Rainforest Trust
4. Defend Indigenous rights and protect the rainforest by donating or signing a pledge
5. Signal boost the Indigenous Women's March
6. Learn more about Indigenous Rights
Images of the beautiful animals on this episode!
7. The glass frog
8. A very Kermit looking glass frog
9. The incredible & freaky decoy building spider
10. Boto river dolphins (plus bonus picture of a boto dolphin peeing)
11. Giant otters KILL A FREAKING CAIMAN while squeaking adorably
12. Bald Uakari monkey looking red-headed and pink-faced
13. Adorable hyacinth macaw interview
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Bamboozled
21 augustus 2019 · 1 uur 30 min
Today we’re talking about getting bamboozled, pulling shenanigans, getting conned by caterpillars and hoaxed by horses. With special guest Laci Mosley. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
1. Chinstrap penguin stealing rocks
2. Gelada male
3. Firefly femme fatale
4. Hawk moth caterpillar mimics viper
5. Passion flower mimicry
6. Automimicry
7. Conformity elevator experiment
8. Jumping spider ant mimics
9. Jumping spider mimicking one ant carrying another (this is ONE spider)
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Ear Bleach
14 augustus 2019 · 59 min
Today, we’re going to talk about CUTENESS! Why do we love baby animals? Do baby animals love us? What are some of the cutest studies in science? Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: yikes, what’s it like to give birth to a baby porcupine? With special guest Bridgett Greenberg. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
1. Peak-a-boo researcher
2. Sea turtle swim suits
3. Cutest age for a dog study
4. Sea lion puppy covered in sand
5. Prehensile Tailed Porcupine "talking"
6. Image of Prehensile Tailed Porcupine's boopable snoot
7. Daily Herald cuteness article
8. Hamster wheel study
9. Mosha the elephant gets a prosthetic leg
10. Rampaging elephant stops to save baby
11. Selfie quokkas
12. Image of Quokka
13. Dik Dik alarm call
14. Shy Dumbo Octopus
15. "Venezuelan Poodle Moth"
16. Birb bounces golf ball
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Fant(ass)y Creatures
7 augustus 2019 · 1 uur 15 min
Join us today as we talk about the history and stories behind mythological creatures, and find out that they have real-life animal counterparts who are just as magical. With special guest Alex Shifman. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
1. Bombardier Beetles
2. Warsaw Basilisk
3. Basilisk lizard running on water
4. Argentavis Magnificens
5. Terror Birds
6. Detachable penis
7. Horrible picture of a Stegodyphus lineatus spider being eaten by her babies
8. Atacama skeleton
9. Horrible picture of a "real" Jackalope (papilloma virus infected rabbit)
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Go Home Nature, You're Drunk
31 juli 2019 · 1 uur 29 min
We’re answering some of the weirdest questions about evolution and anatomy, like how do woodpeckers keep from scrambling their brains? What animals have not one, not two, but three vaginas? Why would a doctor want to sew your leg on backwards? Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: what are some of the most bodacious boobs in the animal kingdom. With special guests hosts of the podcast Ridiculous History, Noel Brown and Ben Bowlin. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
1. Weird woodpecker tongues
2. A kangaroo's three amazing vaginas
3. Elephant honkers
4. The Colugo Flying Lemur (who is not a lemur)
5. Woman whose organs were flipped
6. The popcorn-smelling Binturong
7. The dank Maned Wolf
8. The beautiful Snub-nosed Monkey
9. Pterosaurs were flying death machines
10. Video of the Iranian Spider-Tailed Viper
11. Video of the Mexican Mole Lizard
12. Katie's slideshow!
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There Is No "I" In "Teamwork" But There Is An "Ewok?!"
24 juli 2019 · 1 uur 28 min
We’re going to look at some wild animal teams, how they compare to humans, and what the robot-dominated future may hold! Discover this and more as we answer the age old riddle: what animal doesn’t feel pain and loves eating poop? With special guest comedian Blake Wexler. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
1. Dog frees friends from a kennel
2. Dog frees tied up dog
3. Do Dogs Know Other Dogs Are Dogs?
4. More info on nake mole rats than you even want to know
5. Naked mole rats eat poop
6. Zombees
7. Social spider web
8. Dogs and humans dream team defeat neanderthals
9. Cattle tyrant majestically riding a capybara
10. Devil's gardens
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Adorable Animals Who Want To Murder You
17 juli 2019 · 1 uur 30 min
Today we’re talking about some adorable animals who look so sweet and cute, and who want to murder you to death. We’re talking the most surprisingly scary animals you should be afraid of. Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: what the heck is catfish noodling? With special guest Sofiya Alexandra. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
1. World's Weirdest: Killer Cone Snail
2. Noodling for catfish
3. Poison pass: the man who became immune to snake venom
5. Slow Loris
6. Platypus venom
7. leopard seal feeds photographer
8. Hippo's skull, showing the large canines and incisors used for fighting.
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What A Tool!
10 juli 2019 · 1 uur 9 min
Today we’ll be talking about tools! Tools of the trade, tools of torture, and tools of, well, hehe, you know. Bow-chika-wa-wah! What’s a butcher, a tailor, and a bendy-stick maker got in common? They’re all birds! Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: what’s the most humiliating thing to happen to an eel? With special guest Carmen Angelica. Lees meer
FOOTNOTES:
1. Bottlenose dolphins wielding sponges
2. Video of a tailor bird sewing leaves together
3. New Caledonian crows create their own hooks
4. The Brazen Bull torture device
5. Butcher bird impaling its prey
6. Macaques using human hair to floss
7. Palm cockatoos drumming to get the ladies
8. Elephant's big D energy
9. The weird world of dragonfly wieners
10. The woman who has trained herself how to run like a horse
Correction: Living root bridges are found in Meghalaya, Northeast India.
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David and Goliath
3 juli 2019 · 1 uur 9 min
Today, we’re talking the classic tale of David and Goliath, unlikely matchups with even unlikelier conclusions. Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: what’s the best way to round-house kick a wasp? With special guests Alex Schmidt and Dr. Greg Pauly. Lees meer
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Real Life Superheroes!
26 juni 2019 · 1 uur 23 min
Did you know there are animals out there with real comic-book super powers? And people with superhuman abilities? Today, we’ll be looking at the real life animal and human counterparts to famous superheroes, and maybe some super villains too. With special guest Soren Bowie. Lees meer
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Aw, Rats!
19 juni 2019 · 1 uur 14 min
Join us today as we look at some of the most mind-blowing, most important, and weirdest scientific studies that have been done on rats. Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: is there eternal sunshine of the spotless rat mind? With special guest comedian Pallavi Gunalan. Lees meer
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Transformers (Octopuses In Disguise)
12 juni 2019 · 1 uur 15 min
Today we’ll be talking about SHAPE SHIFTERS, tales of terrific transformers who have some shocking before and after pics. What’s got two thumbs and started life out as a tiny donut? Can snails take laziness to a freaky new level? Humans and animals on the lam: how would you escape the heat? With special guests Anna Hossnieh and Shereen Younes of the Ethnically Ambiguous podcast. Lees meer
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Weapons of ASS Destruction
5 juni 2019 · 56 min
Insect butts explode, spraying deadly chemicals! Hippos make poop rockets! Scorpions are willing to literally throw away their anus in deadly combat! We’re talking about some of the nastiest acts of foul-play in the animal and human kingdom. With special guest Kimia Behpoornia. Lees meer
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City Slickers
29 mei 2019 · 1 uur 17 min
Today, we’re talking about city slickers: how do animals cope with human cities? What are some of the ways animals have adapted to human society? And did we domesticate dogs, or did dogs domesticate us? With special guest Katie Willert. Lees meer
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Seven Deadly Sins Part II: Electric Bonobo
22 mei 2019 · 1 uur 12 min
On this nail-biting conclusion to The Seven Deadly Sins, we're covering lustful birds, greedy chimps, and gluttonous sea squirts. We'll also discuss some freaky stories of human sinners! Join us today as we excommunicate some tunicates! Lees meer
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The Seven Deadly Sins (Part 1)
2 januari 2019 · 48 min
Let the species who is without sin cast the first stone. Slap some scarlet letters on these sinful animals who best symbolize each of the seven deadly sins. We'll also look at the science behind human sin, referencing texts that may not be holy, but are certainly peer reviewed. Featuring Katy Stoll from Some More News. Lees meer
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The Dark Tetrad
26 december 2018 · 1 uur
Today we’ll be talking about the most evil killers, kidnappers, murderers and bloodthirsty lurkers walking… or crawling… among us. Then, we’ll answer the age old question: who’s the most prolific serial meow-derer? Featuring Ben Bowlin and Noel Brown of Ridiculous History. Lees meer
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Extra Sensory Pawception
19 december 2018 · 59 min
We go beyond the five senses to explore the uncanny ways that animals (and people) are able to perceive the world. That kid from The Sixth Sense is a lame nerd compared to the creatures featured in this episode. Featuring Jamie Loftus of the Bechdel Cast. Lees meer
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One Flew Over
12 december 2018 · 1 uur 13 min
Can animals suffer from mental illness? We explore issues of mental health, imprisonment, and midlife crisis in animals and humans, while also clearing the good name of cuckoos. With special guest Hana Michels. Lees meer
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WOAH MAMA
5 december 2018 · 1 uur 7 min
Holy mother of animals... from feasting upon mommy's flesh, to mom mafias, these creatures will make you rethink motherhood. Join us as we explore some of the scariest mom (and baby) monsters, both human and animal. Sometimes mommy dearest is mommy deadliest. With special guest Miles Gray of The Daily Zeitgeist. Lees meer
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Reefer Madness
21 november 2018 · 1 uur 10 min
Apparently "Just Say No" doesn't work on animals. We look at the most seedy vices in the human and natural world. Doped up dolphins, bats with DUIs, naughty otters, and a drunken mutiny on a Russian plane. With special guest Robert Evans from Behind The Bastards and Cracked.com. Lees meer
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Eat, Prey, Die
14 november 2018 · 1 uur 35 min
Death is just another part of life... or is it? Let's explore some of the strangest ways of coping with death in the animal and human world. We'll look at freaky funerals, real-life zombies, brains in jars, immortality, and most importantly... chicken hypnosis. With special guest Cody Johnston, host of the Some More News Podcast. Lees meer
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Crimanimals
7 november 2018 · 1 uur 6 min
You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than in this episode. We'll cover pyromaniacs, fishy scams, kleptomaniac penguins, and what moral philosophy has to do with sex. With special guest Alex Schmidt (Cracked Podcast.) Lees meer
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Trailer
25 oktober 2018 · 1 min
We take a critter’s eye view to explore how animal behavior parallels humans. Join host Katie Goldin as she, comedians, and science-lovers get inside the minds of animals. Lees meer
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