The Critter Shed

Ever wanted to visit a frog orgy? Or take a trip to Mexico to meet the local salamanders and the nuns who are helping save them from extinction? (Get this: it involves holy salamander juice!)If so, this is the episode for you.And if not, tag along regardless because it's a cracker of a journey.Join Collie Ennis & Colette Kinsella in the critter shed asthey delve into the world of these two amazing, amorous amphibians.Produced by Red Hare MediaPresented by Collie Ennis & Colette

So, you think you have free will, right? Well, have we got news for you! As it turns out, many of our actions - from what we wear, to how we drive, or even to our business skills - may be controlled by microscopic parasites.Today in the shed Collie Ennis and Colette Kinsella chat with passionate parasitologist Maureen Williams of Trinity College Dublin about fungi that control their hosts like puppets on a string, crustaceans that bite off and replace their hosts' tongues, and parasitic wasps that

A milky session in the critter shed where Colette and Collie find out how some animals nourish their young without nipples - from lactating spiders and frogs who feed their tadpoles in the treetops, to sharks whose young fight to the death in utero.You’d be a right tit to miss this one.The Critter Shed. A podcast with legs… and without nipples.Produced by Red Hare Media.Music:Podington Bear - CuriousPodington Bear - FireflyPodington Bear - Bell ClubFurther reading:Lactating spiders:

"Ridin'" is an Irish colloquial term for "sex".Science research associate Collie Ennis and audio producer Colette Kinsella meet in the critter shed to talk about the saucy (and sad) world of spider sex, where your first act of procreation might be your last. We also find out what it feels like to fall victim to a venom-packing tarantula, and why spiders are your friends (no, really, they are).A podcast with legs. In a shed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you like learning about the weird and wonderful side of nature - about things like spider sex, venom-toting frogs, mind-controlling parasites, and more - then this is the podcast for you!Coming at you fortnightly from 15th January 2019.Oh, and it's in a shed.With Collie Ennis and Colette Kinsella.Produced by Red Hare Media.http://podcast.thecrittershed.net/Subscribe where you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.