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Creature Feature

We take a critter’s eye view to explore how animal behavior parallels humans. Join comedians and science-lovers as we get inside the minds of animals

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86:09

Corvid Horrors!

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2020/10/28

Today we’re visiting the spookiest, smartest, most spectacular family in the animal kingdom: the corvids! Crows, ravens, rooks and more! Are crowsthe 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.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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87:30

Crab-erization!

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2020/10/21

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

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True ROARmance

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2020/10/14

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

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68:17

Recasting Garfield

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2020/10/07

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 pokin'

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79:57

Sibling Rivalries

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2020/09/30

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

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68:46

Hobbees

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2020/09/23

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.comSee

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64:45

The Birds and the Horny Murder Bees

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2020/09/16

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

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68:00

Friends 5ever!

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2020/09/09

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.jpgMarine iguana and lava

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69:51

What Did You Call Me???

Creature Feature ·

2020/09/02

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,

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71:14

It's Just A Prank, Bro

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2020/08/26

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 spiderIranian spider-tailed viper Fork-tailed drongoCapuchins pranking eachotherChimps pranking visitorsOctopuses pranking everyone Learn more about your ad-choices at

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59:41

Creatures of the Night!

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2020/08/19

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? Footnotes: The cathemeral fossa Barking gecko mating call Australian greater glider THE TAILS The tarsier Incredible zooplankton Spiny tiger shrimp Learn more about your ad-choices at

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64:30

Creature Beats

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2020/08/12

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?Footnotes: Dajae Williams' website SongHive Musician wren Wood thrush Humpback whale song Blue whale song Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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78:18

Fox Checking

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2020/08/05

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?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? Learn more about your ad-choices at

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79:43

Parents of the Year Awards

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2020/07/29

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.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

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74:04

Hybrid Hijinks!

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2020/07/22

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? Footnotes: Sturddlefish!!! Geep! The Narluga The Leopon Pizzly!! Learn more about

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80:49

Dank Animal Memes

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2020/07/15

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.”Footnotes: Otter tupperware parties Dolphins shelling! Tandem recruitment in ants Viral birdsong Sperm whale dialects Baby meerkat eating scorpion Orangutan building nests Learn

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84:01

Stop Using Dogs as Weapons

Creature Feature ·

2020/07/08

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.Guests: Pallavi Gunalan, Joelle MoniqueFootnotes: Police dog bite study Cancer sniffing dogs Little "fairy" penguin Oddball the

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69:06

Leaf Me Alone!

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2020/07/01

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! Footnotes:Dead leaf butterflyMore of the dead leaf butterflyMalachite sunbirdMalachite sunbird asleepSea otter use kelp to babysitGiraffe sleeping with its head on its buttSperm whales sleep

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75:06

A Brief History of Birds!

Creature Feature ·

2020/06/24

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? 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

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73:07

Will It Cuddle or Kill You?

Creature Feature ·

2020/06/17

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? 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) Learn more about

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