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Strange Animals Podcast

Katherine Shaw

A podcast about living, extinct, and imaginary animals!

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Episode 280: Lesser-Known Sharks

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2022/06/13

Thanks to Tobey and Janice this week for their suggestions of lesser-known sharks! Further reading/watching: CREATURE FEATURE: The Spinner Shark [this site has a great video of spinner sharks spinning up out of the water!] Acanthorhachis, a new genus of shark from the Carboniferous (Westfalian) of Yorkshire, England 150 Year Old Fossil Mystery Solved [note: it is not actually solved] The cartoon-eyed spurdog shark: The spinner shark spinning out of the water: The spinner shark not

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11:07

Episode 279: Mean Piggies

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2022/06/06

Thanks to Molly for suggesting andrewsarchus and entelodont, our mean "piggies" we learn about this week! Further reading: Andrewsarchus, "Superb Skull of a Gigantic Beast" Dark Folklore by Mark Norman and Tracey Norman Further listening: The Folklore Podcast Andrewsarchus (taken from article linked above): Andrewsarchus's skull. I'm not sure who the guy holding it is, but I like to think his name is Andrew: Entelodont: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your

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Episode 278: Gender Diverse Animals

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2022/05/30

This week is Connor's episode, and we're going to learn about some animals that don't conform to "typical" gender roles, one way or another. I'll be at ConCarolinas this week, from June 3 through 5, including recording a live crossover episode with Arcane Carolinas! Further reading: Species of algae with three sexes that all mate in pairs identified in Japanese river How a microbe chooses among seven sexes Facultative Parthenogenesis in California Condors The sparrow with four sexes Chinstrap

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Episode 277: Rewilding Scotland

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2022/05/23

This week is Caitie Sith and Dave's episode! They want to learn about animals reintroduced to Scotland, especially the Highland wildcat! The Scottish (or Highland) wildcat: The Eurasian lynx: The Eurasian beaver (with babies!): The white-tailed eagle: Reindeer in Scotland: The pine marten: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. This week is Caitie Sith and Dave’s episode, where we’ll learn about the re-wilding of Scotland! Re-wilding is the

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20:10

Episode 276: Hominins and Art

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2022/05/16

It's Nicholas's episode this week, and Nicholas wants to learn more about hominins, the ancestors and cousins of modern humans! Happy birthday to Autumn! I hope you have a great birthday! Further listening: Humans Part One Further reading: Were Neanderthals the Earliest Cave Artists? Neanderthals Built Mysterious Stone Circles DNA reveals first look at enigmatic human relative What does it mean to have Neanderthal or Denisovan DNA? Hand and footprint art dates to mid-Ice Age Risky

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Episode 275: The Axolotl, the Hellbender, and Friends

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2022/05/09

This week it's Zoe and Dillon's episode! They wanted to learn about some really interesting salamanders, including the axolotl and the hellbender! A big birthday shout-out to Heather R. too. The very happiest of birthdays to you! Further reading: Mexico City’s endangered axolotl has found fame—is that enough to save it? How Do Salamanders Breathe? Most wild axolotls are brown: Most captive-bred axolotls are leucistic: The hellbender doesn't have external gills as an adult: The red eft,

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Episode 274: Mystery Big Cats in Australia

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2022/05/02

Thanks to Kristie and Jason, we're going to learn about some mystery big cats reported in Australia, in particular Victoria. Further reading: Official big cat hunt declared a bust, so why do people keep seeing them? Further watching: Thylacine video from 1933, colorized You'll probably need to enlarge this but it's a still from a 2018 video purportedly showing a mystery big cat, but in this frame you can see the ears are pointy, which is a sure sign of a domestic cat: A melanistic (black)

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Episode 273: Noisy Invertebrates

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2022/04/25

Thanks to Isaac, Joel, Ethan, and Richard E. for their suggestions this week! Don't forget to check out our crowdfunding campaign for some cute enamel pins! Further reading: Snapping Shrimp Drown Out Sonar with Bubble-Popping Trick One example of a pistol shrimp--there are many, many species (photo from this site): A walnut sphinx moth sitting on someone's hand (photo by John Lindsey, found on this page): A caterpillar (photo by Ashley Bosarge, found on this page): The Asian longhorned

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Episode 272: The Waitoreke

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2022/04/18

Thanks to Sarah L. for buying the podcast two books off our wishlist! This episode was inspired by an entry in one of those books! A very happy birthday this week to Matthew! Don't forget that you can still contribute to our Indiegogo "Tiny Pin Friends" campaign to get a small hard enamel pin of a narwhal, a capybara with a tangerine on its head, and/or a thylacine! On April 19, 2022, the book Beyond Bigfoot & Nessie: Lesser-Known Mystery Animals from Around the World goes officially on sale in

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13:22

Episode 271: Springtime Animals

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2022/04/11

Pre-order your tiny pin friend via our Indiegogo campaign! This week we talk about some springtime animals! Sort of! Thanks to Derek and Nikita for their suggestions! Happy birthday to Lillian, Hannah, and Derek! What a busy birthday week! Everybody gets cake! Further reading: Tales from Tennessee There's more than one way to grow a beak A male river chub. "It's not funny guys, put me down guys" (photo by Bill Hubick): Busy busy busy building a big big nest (photo from site linked to

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Episode 270: The Tapir Frog

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2022/04/04

New frog just dropped. Happy birthday to Finn and Oran this week! Have a great birthday, both of you! Further reading: Frog with tapir-like nose found in Amazon rainforest, thanks to its "beeping" call Meet the tapir frog: Looks kind of like the South American tapir, but frog: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. This week we have a short episode about the recent discovery of a mystery frog in Peru--but first, we have TWO birthday shout-outs

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Episode 269: Gila Monsters, Basilisks, and Sand Boas,...

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2022/03/28

Thanks to Zachary, Enzo, and Oran for their suggestions this week! Let's learn about some interesting reptiles! Happy birthday to Vale! Have a fantastic birthday!! The magnificent Gila monster: The Gila monster's tongue is forked, but not like a snake's: The remarkable green basilisk (photo by Ryan Chermel, found at this site): A striped basilisk has a racing stripe: I took this photo of a basilisk myself! That's why it's a terrible photo! The basilisk is sitting on a branch just

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Episode 268: Rediscovered Animals!

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2022/03/21

My little cat Gracie got lost but she's home! Let's learn about some other rediscovered animals this week! A very happy birthday to Seamus! I hope you have the best birthday ever! Further listening: The Casual Birder Podcast (where you can hear me talk about birding in Belize!) Further reading: Bornean Rajah Scops Owl Rediscovered After 125 Years Shock find brings extinct mouse back from the dead Rediscovery of the 'extinct' Pinatubo volcano mouse Gracie, home at last! She's so SKINNY after

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Episode 267: The Mystery Sauropod

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2022/03/14

Show transcript: Hi. If you’re hearing this, it means I’m sick or something else has happened that has kept me from making a new episode this week. This was a Patreon bonus episode from mid-August 2019. I think it’s a good one. If you’re a Patreon subscriber, I’m sorry you don’t have a new episode to listen to this time. Hopefully I’ll be feeling better soon and we can get back to learning about lots of strange animals. Welcome to the Patreon bonus episode of Strange Animals Podcast for

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Episode 266: Mystery Macaws

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2022/03/07

Thanks to Pranav for this week's suggestion! Happy birthday to MaxOrangutan! Have a great birthday! Further reading: Scarlet macaw DNA points to ancient breeding operation in Southwest The glorious hyacinth macaw: Roelant Savery's dodo painting with not one but TWO separate mystery macaws featured: The blue-and-gold macaw: Eleazar Albin's mystery macaw: Detail from Jan Steen's painting of a mystery macaw: The scarlet macaw: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast

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Episode 265: Penguins!

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2022/02/28

Thanks to Page for suggesting we talk about penguins this week! A big birthday shout-out to EllieHorseLover this week too! Further reading: March of the penguins (in Norway) Rare Yellow Penguin Bewilders Scientists Giant Waikato penguin: school kids discover new species An ordinary king penguin with the rare "yellow" king penguin spotted in early 2021 (photo by Yves Adams, taken from article linked above): Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. I was

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Episode 264: Sick, Sad Dinosaurs

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2022/02/21

This week we answer a question you probably didn't ask, did dinosaurs ever get sick? The answer is yes (or else it would be a super short episode). (Thanks to Llewelly for some corrections!) A big birthday shout-out to Gwendolyn! Have a great birthday! The unlocked Patreon episode about green puppies Further reading: Researchers discover first evidence indicating dinosaur respiratory infection Sauro-throat, Part 3: what does Dolly's disease tell us about sauropods? Dinosaurs got cancer Giant

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Episode 263: Pair Bonds

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2022/02/14

Sign up for our mailing list! We also have t-shirts and mugs with our logo! Thanks to Ella and Jack for this week's topic suggestion, animals that mate for life or develop pair bonds! Happy Valentine's Day! Further reading: Wisdom the albatross, now 70, hatches yet another chick The prairie vole mates for life: Swans mate for life: The black vulture also mates for life: The Laysan albatross: Wisdom the Laysan albatross with her 2021 chick (pic from the link listed above). I hope I

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Episode 262: Animals Discovered in 2021

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2022/02/07

It's the second annual discoveries episode! Lots of animals new to science were described in 2021 so let's find out about some of them. Further reading: First description of a new octopus species without using a scalpel Marine Biologists Discover New Species of Octopus Bleating or screaming? Two new, very loud, frog species described in eastern Australia Meet the freaky fanged frog from the Philippines New alpine moth solves a 180-year-old mystery Meet the latest member of Hokie Nation, a

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Episode 261: Walking Fish

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2022/01/31

Sign up for our mailing list! We also have t-shirts and mugs with our logo! Thanks to my brother Richard for suggesting one of the fish we talk about this week--fish that can walk! (Sort of.) Further watching: Video of a gurnard walking Further reading: Walking shark moves with ping-pong paddle fins Walking sharks discovered in the tropics The Hawaiian seamoth (the yellowy one is a larval seamoth, the brighter one with the snoot the same fish as a juvenile, both pictures by Frank Baensch from

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