Strange Animals Podcast

Nov 17 2024 300 ep. 13 mins 4.7k

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A podcast about living, extinct, and imaginary animals!

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Episode 407: Cookie Cutter Shark

Nov 17 2024 6 mins

Thanks to Alyx for this week's suggestion, the cookie cutter shark! Further reading: If You Give a Shark a Cookie The business end of the cookie cutter shark: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. This week we’re going to learn about a little shark suggested by Alyx, but first let’s learn about something else that might be rela

Episode 406: Some Turtles and a Friend

Nov 10 2024 12 mins

Thanks to Riley and Dean, Elizabeth, and Leo for their suggestions this week! Further reading: Groundbreaking study reveals extensive leatherback turtle activity along U.S. coastline A bearded dragon: The tiny bog turtle: The massive leatherback sea turtle: The beautiful hawksbill turtle [photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange A

Episode 405: Anteaters and the Capelobo

Nov 03 2024 11 mins

Thanks to Molly and Mila for suggesting the anteater and its relations this week! Further reading: How anteaters lost their teeth The giant anteater has a long tongue and a little mouth, and adorable babies: The giant anteater has a weird skull [photos by Museum of Veterinary Anatomy FMVZ USP CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72183871]: The ta

Episode 404: The Kraken and Chessie

Oct 28 2024 11 mins

Thanks to Ezra and Leo for suggesting these two sea monsters this week! Happy Halloween! Further reading: Legend of Chessie alive, well in Maryland Here be sea monsters: We have met Chessie and...is it us? Not actually a kraken, probably: Not actually Chessie but an atmospheric photo of a toy brontosaurus: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your h

Episode 403: Predator X

Oct 20 2024 6 mins

Thanks to Eesa for suggesting this week's topic, the pliosaur Predator X! Further reading: Predator X / Pliosaurus funkei [you can find lots of interesting pictures here, some artwork and some skeletal diagrams] Kronosaurus had a big skull with big teeth: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. We’re one week closer to Halloween, and

Episode 402: The Hoop Snake and Friends

Oct 13 2024 17 mins

Thanks to Nora and Richard from NC this week as we learn about some scary-sounding reptiles, including the hoop snake! Further reading: The Story of How the Giant “Terror Skink” Was Presumed Extinct, Then Rediscovered San Diego’s Rattlesnakes and What To Do When They’re on Your Property Snake that cartwheels away from predators described for the first time Giant new sn

Episode 401: El Gran Maja and Other Giant Eels

Oct 06 2024 11 mins

Thanks to Murilo for suggesting El Gran Maja for our first monster month episode of 2024! Further reading: The Loch Ness Monster: If It’s Real, Could It Be an Eel? Further watching: Borisao Blois's YouTube channel [I have not watched very many of his videos so can't speak to how appropriate they all are for younger viewers] El Gran Maja, YouTube star: The European eel [ph

Episode 400: Four no wait Five Mysteries!

Sep 29 2024 20 mins

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 Bir

Episode 399: Bears

Sep 22 2024 13 mins

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 absol

Episode 398: Repeating Scientific Names

Sep 15 2024 17 mins

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 sun