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Strange Animals Podcast

Katherine Shaw

A podcast about living, extinct, and imaginary animals!

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Episode 163: Three Weird Fish

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2020/03/16

Thanks to Nathan for his suggestions! This week we're going to learn about three strange and interesting fish! A northern snakehead: A giant snakehead: A Greenland shark, fish of mystery: The upside-down catfish is indeed upside down a lot of the time (this is actually a picture of Synodontis nigriventris, closely related to the upside-down catfish we talk about in the episode): An ancient Egyptian upside-down catfish pendant that ladies wore in their hair: Show transcript: Welcome

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BONUS! Two more Mongolian animals!

Strange Animals Podcast ·

2020/03/11

It's a bonus episode because some people are too disturbed by the thought of diseases to listen to this week's regular episode. I'm really sorry about that! To make it up to you, here are two adorable fluffy animals that live in Mongolia and other parts of Asia. Super floof! Pallas's cat, AKA the manol or manul (photo by Julie Larsen Maher, looks like): I would deny you nothing, round boi: we all died of cute right here: The handsome corsac fox would break your heart in an instant if it

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Episode 162: Some Seals and the END OF THE WORRRRLLLDDDD

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2020/03/09

Thanks to Kim and Pranav for their unsettling suggestions for this episode! I swear the reason I decided to do this episode this week was to celebrate getting over my cold, but then I realized I needed to address the virus everyone is talking about right now. I hope you all stay well and safe out there! The Hawaiian monk seal OMG LOOK YOU CAN SEE ITS BELLY BUTTON, SO CUTE: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. I’m finally over my cold, so to celebrate

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Episode 161: Strange Bird Sounds 2

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2020/03/02

I still have a cold, so let's let some birds do part of the talking in this episode about more weird bird calls! Further reading: Listen to the Loudest Bird Ever Recorded Further listening/watching: A video of the screaming piha. You need to see this. The yellow-bellied sapsucker is a real bird, and an adorable one too: The mute swan is not actually mute: The white bellbird is the loudest bird ever recorded (photo by Anselmo d’Affonseca): The screaming piha is hilariously loud. Left,

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Episode 160: Two Rare Bees

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2020/02/24

I feel like I'm coming down with a cold, so here's a short episode that I can get finished before I start to croak like a bullfrog or a raven. It's time for some astonishing bees! Thanks to Richard J. for the suggestion! Wallace's giant bee compared to an ordinary honeybee: Osima avosetta makes her nest out of flower petals: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. I think I’m coming down with a cold, so to avoid another potential bullfrog and raven

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Episode 159: Sky Animals

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2020/02/17

To celebrate my new book, Skyway, this week let's learn about sky animals! They're fictitious, but could they really exist? And what animals are really found in the high atmosphere? You can order a copy of Skyway today on Kindle or other ebook formats! It's a collection of short stories published by Mannison Press, with the same characters and setting from my novel Skytown (also available)! Further reading: "The Horror of the Heights" by Arthur Conan Doyle (and you can even listen to a nice

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Episode 158: Legless Lizards and Other Not-Snakes

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2020/02/10

What's the difference between a snake and a legless lizard? Find out this week and learn about all kinds of interesting reptiles without legs that aren't actually snakes! The slow-worm. Not a snake: Burton's legless lizard. Not a snake: The excitable delma. Not a snake: The Mexican mole lizard. Not a snake or a worm: The red worm lizard (Amphisbaena alba). Also not a snake or a worm, but honestly, it looks a lot like I imagine the Mongolian death worm to look: The giant legless

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Episode 157: Rodents of Unusual Size

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2020/02/03

Uh, yeah, not the legless lizard episode. But just as interesting! This week let's learn about the largest rodents in the world! Hint: way bigger than a rat. Further reading: Rodents of Uncertain Systematics The mellow and photogenic capybara: Oh to be a capybara in an open bath with an orange on its head: Hey, pacarana: Oh to be a paca with half an orange: Oh to be a chevrotain with a piece of orange. (The chevrotain is not a rodent. It has hooves. Episode 116 explains this

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Episode 156: Animals of Mongolia

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2020/01/27

In honor of my new favorite band, The Hu, let's learn about some animals from their country, Mongolia! (You can also watch the "Wolf Totem" video with English lyrics.) The Hu. Oh my heart: If you need the podcast's feed URL, it's https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/feed/podcast/ A handsome prize-winning domesticated yak and rider (photo taken from this site): The saiga, an antelope with a serious snoot: A Bactrian camel (photo by *squints* Brent Huffman, looks like): The taimen,

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Episode 155: Extreme Sexual Dimorphism

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2020/01/20

Many animals have differences between males and females, but some species have EXTREME differences! The elephant seal male and female are very different sizes: The huia female (bottom) had a beak very different from the male (top): The eclectus parrot male (left) looks totally different from the female (right): The triplewart seadevil, an anglerfish. On the drawing, you can see the male labeled in very small letters: The female argonaut, also called the paper nautilus, makes a delicate

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Episode 154: Some Australian animals and how to help

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2020/01/13

This week let's learn about some lesser-known Australian animals. A heat wave and dry conditions have led to many terrible bush fires in Australia, with many animals and people left hurt, killed, and homeless. Fortunately, there are ways you can help! Check out the Animal Rescue Craft Guild for patterns and other information about crafting pouches, beds, and other items needed for injured and orphaned animals, and where to send the items you make. Animals to the Max has a great episode about the

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Episode 153: The White River Monster

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2020/01/06

Let's start out the new year with a bona fide mystery animal, the White River Monster from Arkansas! Is it a real animal? If so, is it a known animal or something new to science? If it's a known animal, what could it be? Lots of questions, maybe a few answers! Happy new year! Further listening: MonsterTalk The not exactly useful picture supposedly of the White River Monster, taken in 1971: A northern elephant seal, AKA Mr. Blobby: A Florida manatee: A bull shark: Two bottlenose

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Episode 152: The Freshwater Seahorse and Other...

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2019/12/30

This week let's look at some (mostly) smaller mystery animals associated with water! Thanks to Richard J., Janice, and Simon for the suggestions! Further reading: What Was the Montauk Monster? The black-striped pipefish. Also, that guy has REALLY BIG FINGERTIPS: The Pondicherry shark, not looking very happy: A ratfish. What BIG EYES you have! The hoodwinker sunfish, weird and serene: The Montauk monster, looking very sad and dead: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals

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Episode 151: Fossils with other fossils inside

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2019/12/23

Thanks to Pranav who suggested this week's amazing topic, animals that fossilized with the remains of their last meal inside! Indrasaurus with a lizard inside. Yum! Baryonyx: Rhamphorhynchus (left, with long wing bones) and its Fish of Doom (right): The fish within a fish fossil is a reminder to chew your food instead of swallowing it alive where it can kill you: The turducken of fossils! A snake with a lizard inside with a bug inside! Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals

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Episode 150: Hamsters, Gerbils, and Ferrets

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2019/12/16

This week we venture into the land of CUTE to learn about hamsters, ferrets, and some other small domesticated animals. Thanks to Kim and the Angel City Ferret Club for the suggestions! Hamsters are SO CUTE: Hamsters have giant cheek pouches to carry food in: Gerbils are also SO CUTE: Ferrets are SO CUTE in a totally different way: The black-footed ferret does not want anything to do with the domestic ferret, thank you: An extremely complicated but neat way to use your pet's

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Episode 149: A Zebra with SPOTS

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2019/12/09

SOMEONE forgot their flash drive at work, so here's a short but hopefully interesting episode about a mystery animal, a zebra with spots instead of stripes! Ordinary zebras: A SPOTTED ZEBRA?!?? A BABY SPOTTED ZEBRA?!? Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. This episode was going to be another listener suggestion, but I left my flash drive at work that has all my research and the half-written script on it. So that episode will be next week, and

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Episode 148: Gastric Brooding and Other Frogs

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2019/12/02

Thanks for Merike for suggesting the gastric brooding frog and to Hally for suggesting newly-discovered frogs!! The Gastric brooding frog: Darwin's frog, round boi: The Surinam toad carries her eggs and tadpoles in the skin of her back: Kermit the frog and a newly discovered glass frog: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. This week we have another fantastic listener suggestion, about frogs! Merike is a herpetologist from Estonia, who

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Episode 147: Snails and the Gooseneck Barnacle

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2019/11/25

Thanks to Kim and Richard E. this week for two awesome suggestions! We're going to learn about land snails and about the gooseneck barnacle! Some baby snails and a mama snail, or at least an adult snail that is probably ignoring all those babies: A giant African snail: Unlocked Patreon episode about giant African snails (and other stuff) A rare Polynesian tree snail, white-shelled variety: A grove snail: Gooseneck barnacles: A barnacle goose. Not actually related to the gooseneck

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Episode 146: Three strange animals

Strange Animals Podcast ·

2019/11/18

The next few weeks will be all listener suggestions! This week, Dylan and Genevieve of What Are You? Podcast request a strange fish, Kim suggests a strange invertebrate, and Callum suggests a strange bird. Thanks for the great suggestions! An archerfish, pew pew pew: A regular roly poly and a spiky yellow woodlouse. Can you spot which is which?? A nightjar. Turn out light pls, is too bright: A white-winged nightjar showing off his wings: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals

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Episode 145: The Cheetah

Strange Animals Podcast ·

2019/11/11

This week is another suggestion from Wyatt, all about the cheetah! The cheetah moves fast and can zigzag at the same time: Baby cheetahs have silvery manes on their backs: Cheetahs and dogs get along well in captivity: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. This week we’re talking about cheetahs! This is a suggestion from Wyatt, and it’s also an animal I’ve had on my list to cover for a long time. You may think the cheetah is just another big cat,

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