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Strange Animals Podcast

Katherine Shaw

A podcast about living, extinct, and imaginary animals!

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Episode 400: Four no wait Five Mysteries!

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2024/09/30

To donate to help victims of Hurricane Helena:Day One Relief - direct donation link World Central Kitchen - direct donation link It's the big 400th episode! Let's have a good old-fashioned mystery episode! Thanks to Richard from NC for suggesting two of our animal mysteries today. Further reading: A 150-Year-Old Weird Ancient Animal Mystery, Solved The Enigmatic Cinnamon Bird: A Mythical Tale of Spice and Splendor First ever photograph of rare bird species New Britain Goshawk Scientists

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Episode 399: Bears

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2024/09/23

Thanks to Anbo, Murilo, Clay, and Ezra for their suggestions this week! Let's learn about some bears! Further reading: Snack attack: Bears munch on ants and help plants grow Extinct vegetarian cave bear diet mystery unravelled Ancient brown bear genomes sheds light on Ice Age losses and survival The sloth bear has shaggy ears and floppy lips [photo from this site]: An absolute unit of a Kodiak bear in captivity [photo by S. Taheri - zoo, own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,

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Episode 398: Repeating Scientific Names

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2024/09/16

Thanks to Alexandra, Pranav, Eilee, Conner, and Joel for their suggestions this week! Velella velella, or by-the-wind-sailor [photo from this page]: Porpita porpita, or the blue button [photo from this page]: Cricetus cricetus, or the European hamster, next to a golden hamster: Nasua nasua, or the South American coati [photo from this page]: Mola mola, or the ocean sunfish: Quelea quelea, or the red-billed quelea [photo from this page]: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals

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Episode 397: Some Colorful Fishies

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2024/09/09

Thanks to Cosmo, William, and Silas for their fishy suggestions this week! You have until Sept. 13, 2024 to back the enamel pin Kickstarter! Further reading: The Handfish Conservation Project Researchers Look in Tank and See Promising Cluster of Near-Extinct Babies The unique visual systems of deep sea fish A red handfish: Another red handfish. This one is named Hector: The black dragon fish: The white-edged freshwater whipray [photo by Doni Susanto]: Show transcript: Welcome to

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Episode 396: Moths!

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2024/09/02

Thanks to Joel and an anonymous listener for their suggestions this week!Further reading: Dieback and recovery in poplar and attack by hornet clearwing moth The enormous and beautiful Atlas moth: A male hairy tentacle moth without and with coremata extended [photos from this site]: The hornet moth looks like a hornet but can't sting: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. Welcome to September, where we’re mere weeks away from Monster Month

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11:17

Episode 395: Crinoids and Urchins

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2024/08/26

Thanks to Sy and Finn for their suggestions this week!Further reading: Creeping Crinoids! Sea Lilies Crawl to Escape Predators, New Video Shows New and Unusual Crinoid Discovered Sea otters maintain remnants of healthy kelp forest amid sea urchin barrens Sea urchins see with their feet A sea lily [photo from this page]: A feather star [still from a video posted on this page]: Purple urchins [photo by James Maughn]: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host,

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11:44

Episode 394: Mantis Shrimp!

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2024/08/19

Thanks to Anbo and Siya for suggesting the mantis shrimp this week!The Kickstarter for some animal-themed enamel pins is still going on! Further reading: Rolling with the punches: How mantis shrimp defend against high-speed strikes The magnificent peacock mantis shrimp [picture by Cédric Péneau, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=117431670]: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. As invertebrate August continues, this week we

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Episode 393: Little Spiders

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2024/08/12

Thanks to Siya, Zachary, Khalil, and Eilee for their suggestions this week! The enamel pin Kickstarter goes live on Wednesday, August 14, 2024!! Further reading: How spiders breathe under water: Spider’s diving bell performs like gill extracting oxygen from water Aggressive spiders are quick at making accurate decisions, better at hunting unpredictable preys Into the Spider-Verse: A young biologist shares her love for eight-legged creatures A New Genus of Prodidominae Cave Spider from a

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Episode 392: Moon Jellyfish, Kung Fu Mantis, and...

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2024/08/05

Thanks to Kari and Joel for their suggestions this week! You can find Kari Lavelle's excellent book Butt or Face? Volume 2: Revenge of the Butts at any bookstore.Our Kickstarter for some enamel pins goes live in just over a week if you're interested! Further reading: Jellyfish size might influence their nutritional value History of Taiji Mantis Glowing octocorals have been around for at least 540 million years The moon jellyfish [photo by Alexander Vasenin - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,

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10:52

Episode 391: Welcome to Snake Island

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2024/07/29

Follow the enamel pin Kickstarter here!Let's learn about some snakes this week! Thanks to Eilee, BlueTheChickenWing, and Richard from NC for their suggestions. Further Reading: Snake Island's Venomous Vipers Find a New Home in Sao Paulo 'Rarest Snake' in the U.S. Hatches at Tennessee Zoo The golden lancehead [picture from first article linked above]: The Martinique lancehead/fer-de-lance: The Louisiana pine snake, and a pine cone: Show Transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast

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11:50

Episode 390: The Wallaby and Wiwaxia

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2024/07/22

Thanks to Jaxon and Lorenzo for their suggestions this week!Further reading: Rock-wallaby bite size 'packs a punch' Tiny Australian wallaby the last living link to extinct giant kangaroos Extraordinary Fossil of Giant Short-Faced Kangaroo Found in Australia Wiwaxia corrugata - The Burgess Shale The nabarlek: The banded hare-wallaby: Wiwaxia was a little less cute than wallabies are: An artist's rendition of what Wiwaxia might have looked like when alive [picture from last page linked

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Episode 389: Updates 7 and the Lava Bear

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2024/07/15

It's our annual updates episode! Thanks to Kelsey and Torin for the extra information about ultraviolet light, and thanks to Caleb for suggesting we learn more about the dingo!Further reading: At Least 125 Species of Mammals Glow under Ultraviolet Light, New Study Reveals DNA has revealed the origin of this giant ‘mystery’ gecko Bootlace Worm: Earth’s Longest Animal Produces Powerful Toxin Non-stop flight: 4,200 km transatlantic flight of the Painted Lady butterfly mapped Gigantopithecus Went

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Episode 388: Washington’s Eagle

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2024/07/08

Further reading:Audubon's Bird of Washington: Unraveling the fraud that launched The Birds of America The Mystery of the Missing John James Audubon Self-Portrait Washington's eagle, as painted by Audubon: The tiny detail in Audubon's golden eagle painting that is supposed to be a self-portrait: The golden eagle painting as it was published. Note that there's no tiny figure in the lower left-hand corner: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. This

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13:30

Episode 387: The Link Between Fossils and Folklore

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2024/07/01

Thanks to Richard from NC for inspiring this episode!Further reading: Paleontologists Debunk Popular Claim that Protoceratops Fossils Inspired Legend of Griffin The Fossil Dragons of Lake Lucerne, Switzerland The Lindworm statue: A woolly rhinoceros skull: A golden collar dated to the 4th century BCE, made by Greek artisans for the Scythians, discovered in Ukraine. The bottom row of figures shows griffins attacking horses: The Cyclops and a (damaged, polished) elephant skull: A

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Episode 386: The Greater Siren and the Anhinga

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2024/06/24

Thanks to Kai and Emily for their suggestions this week!The greater siren [photo by Kevin Stohlgren, taken from this site]: The anhinga [photo by Tim from Ithaca - Anhinga, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15526948]: An anhinga swimming [photo by Wknight94, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons]: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. This week we’re going to learn about two animals, one suggested by Kai and the other

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Episode 385: More Monitors

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2024/06/17

Thanks to Cosmo and Zachary for suggesting this week's monitor lizards! Further reading: No One Imagined Giant Lizard Nests Would Be This Weird The Mighty Modifications of the Yellow-Spotted Goanna The Asian water monitor: A yellow-spotted goanna standing up [picture by Geowombats - https://www.flickr.com/photos/geowombats/136601260/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2595566]: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. Last

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15:30

Episode 384: Dragons Revisited

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2024/06/10

This week we need to thanks a bunch of listeners for their suggestions: Bowie, Eilee, Pranav, and Yuzu!Further reading: Elaborate Komodo dragon armor defends against other dragons Giant killer lizard fossil shines new light on early Australians A New Origin for Dragon Folklore? The Wyvern of Wonderland The Komodo dragon: The beautiful tree goanna: The perentie: Fossilized scale tree bark looks like reptile scales: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your

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Episode 383: The Marsupial Mole

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2024/06/03

Thanks to Catherine and arilloyd for suggesting the marsupial mole! Further reading: Northern marsupial mole: Rare blind creature photographed in Australian outback The marsupial mole, adorable little not-mole from Australia [photo from article above]: Grant's golden mole, adorable little not-mole from Africa: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. This week we have a little short episode about a very small Australian animal suggested by two listeners:

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Episode 382: Smilodon, the Sabertoothed Cat

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2024/05/27

Thanks to Luke for suggesting this week's topic: Smilodon, the saber-toothed cat, AKA the sabertooth tiger!Further reading: Did sabertooth tigers purr or roar? The double-fanged adolescence of saber-toothed cats We don't know for sure what Smilodon looked like, but it might have been something like this: An artist's rendition of an adolescent Smilodon with doubled fangs [picture from second link above]: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. This

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Episode 381: Out of Place Birds

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2024/05/20

Thanks to Richard from NC, Pranav, and Alexandra for their suggestions this week!Further reading: ABA Rare Bird Alert One Reason Migrating Birds Get Lost Is Out of This World Inside the Amazing Cross-Continent Saga of the Steller's Sea-Eagle A Vagrant European Robin Is Drawing Huge Crowds in China Bird migration: When vagrants become pioneers A red-cockaded woodpecker: Steller's Sea Eagle making a couple of bald eagles look small: Steller's sea eagle: A whole lot of birders showed

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