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From mathematical bee sex, to baby animals who are cute little calculators, to the way math can produce some of the most beautiful living works of art in the natural kingdom, these word problems are no problem at all! Join us as we explore mathanimals with Daniel Whiteson! Footnotes: Bee sex diagram (with the help of pokemon) Zebrafish! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Pallavi Gunalan and I are going to check out some animals that you typically would think of as being small, but sometimes get super large and very hunky chunky! From moths to snails to frogs and pollywogs, these animals will give you a HUGE surprise! Footnotes: Hercules moth! Hercules moth caterpillar Atlas moth with snake head wingtips Giant African land snail Black Sea Hare Goliath frog Dart the bullfrog pollywog Dart, a banana, and some beer Sawfish rostrum sword! Learn more about your ad-cho...
We’re getting to know some of the most fascinating noses in the animal kingdom with Hana Michels and Dave Bell! From a fantastical cryptid, to the real-life incredible noses that you couldn’t make up! Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: why are bats? Footnotes: Nosewalker cryptid! A very "convincing" taxidermy Another interesting "rhinograde" Not quite factual taxidermy! Unicornfish! How handsome Homer J. Simpson fish Sawfish! Cutie vampire bat Horseshoe bat Swordnose bat! ...
We’re talking about the biggest daredevils with Alex Schmidt. When it comes to derrieres, the pop stars of posteriors, the analysts of… well, you know. How do you survive a trip through a frog? What are some unconventional uses for a sea cucumber? And do you really need a butt? Footnotes: Water scavenger beetles The daring Houdini act of the water scavenger beetle The pearlfish at home sweet home Your close and personal friend, demodex folliculorum! Gold speckled flatworm A comb jelly! Learn mor...
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Today on the show we’re gonna take a BITE out of TROGLOBITES! What happens deep in the cold, dark depths of caves? How does anything stay alive down there? What happens when you don’t need eyes? Find out with guest, Michael Swaim. Footnotes: Mexican blind cavefish! Cave wolf spider! Texas blind salamander! THE OLM! Aka "Human fish..." Cave leeches, oh dear... White cave velvet worm :3 All Yesterdays book! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com...
From the shiny and splendiferous scale worms of the deep, to scuba diving lizards, these animals all have one thing in common: they are 100% glam. Join us as we explore these extravagant trend setters with special guest Danl Goodman. Footnotes: Elvis worm! Elvis worms fighting, oh no! Scale worm jaws, extra oh no! Living beetle jewelry Shiny diving lizards, oh my! Shiny diving lizards caught on video! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/lis...
We’re talking all things Jurassic, as we fact check Jurassic Park! Was John Hammond in over his head? Could life uuuuuuuuh find a way? And are T-Rexes eyesight REALLY based on movement? We’re digging up dinos and the truth with Kay B! Footnotes: Baby T-Rex was a cutie pie! Yutyrannus was a monstrous chicken More art of yutyrannus Deinocheirus: world's most terrifying muppet? Deinocheirus, like Big Bird and snuffleupagus had a baby Why is this feathery monstrosity not in movies??? Learn more abou...
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? 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 :) Purp...
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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!! Footnotes: Bee orchid Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
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! 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...
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. Footnotes: Parasitic salminicola Sun bear epic tongue Plough snails absolutely booking it Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omny...
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! 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...
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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! Show Notes: A turkey snood that's... um... Turkey sounds! Ocellated turkey! Ocellated turkey sounds! Australian brush turkey! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www...
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! 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 mid...
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! Footnotes: Baby pygmy hippo ;) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
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 ! 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 #...
Today we’re visiting the spookiest, smartest, most spectacular family in the animal kingdom: the corvids! Crows, ravens, rooks and more! Are crows 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? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
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! 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!...
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. 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...
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. Footnotes: Pygmy bluetongue skink poki...
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! 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) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.i...
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! Footnotes: Bee bread! Bee sorbet! Webspinner! Carpenter ants handiwork! Honeypot ants! Carnivorous stars! Dolphin vape tricks! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/li...
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! 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) Learn more about your...
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. 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/28f5aab7...
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? 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 Ciner...
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? Footnotes: Portia spider Iranian spider-tailed viper Fork-tailed drongo Capuchins pranking eachother Chimps pranking visitors Octopuses pranking everyone Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.ihe...
