Vultures have a bad reputation as scavengers because they don't hunt or kill their own food, they just wait for some other animal to do it for them. But vultures are actually really important. They eat all the food that no one else wants, particularly tasty maggot-filled treats. Ewww. In fact, long ago in Mongolia, vultures even helped people get to their next life and be less afraid of death.

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How do vultures help the dead?

In East Timor crocodiles aren't seen as big scary animals that will try and take a bite out of your butt, they're thought of as family. It's all because of a really, really, old crocodile called Lafaek who changed the island of Timor forever.

Can a crocodile be part of your family?

Buzzing bees equal friendship in the tiny European nation of Lithuania. In fact, when you call someone your best friend in Lithuanian you say my 'bee friend'. And it's all because of honey — yummy yummy get in my tummy honey!

Buzzing bee BFFs

Meet Buttercup, the most famous sloth in the world. This Costa Rican superstar has been on TV shows and has become the face of slick sloth merchandise. But did you know sloths were once thought of as horrible, dirty and lazy?

How sloths went from slackers to superstars

Have you ever seen a statue of a cat waving at you from a shop window? Sometimes they're white or gold and their paw goes up and down as if to say 'come here and check out my cool store!' The Maneki-neko is a lucky symbol in Japan, right across Asia and the world; all because of the tale of a cat, a big storm and a Japanese warrior.

The luckiest cat in the world

Pull on your khaki pants and get ready for an adventure, because Animal Sound Safari is back with more weird and wacky episodes! We’re lazing over to Costa Rica to meet the most famous sloth in the world, flying to Mongolia to discover how vultures help dead people and buzzing to Lithuania to learn about bee BFFs. The first episode will hit your feeds on April 1st. And that’s no joke!

INTRODUCING — Animal Sound Safari Series 2

Koalas are cute, fluffy and look like cuddly like teddy bears, but what do they sound like? Safari guide Lawrence asked his friend Ann, from the Off Track podcast, what noise these fluffy furballs make. The answer is not what you think.

PRESENTS— Off Track

Lawrence has been busy travelling the globe in search of new Animal Sound Safari stories. He’s high up in the mountains with underpants that aren’t quite warm enough. But, he really wants to tell you about someone he’s run into on his travels — Earth Ranger Emma from the Earth Rangers podcast. Lawrence thought you’d like Earth Rangers, so he’s got a special episode for you to listen to right here, right now!

PRESENTS — Earth Rangers

In Kenya, there’s a superstition that owls are evil birds bringing illness and death. But one loved up owl couple is helping change that by showing 'OWL' you need is love.

The epic love story of Milima and Macho — the owls

There's a rooster almost everywhere you look in Portugal. Ceramic roosters on front doors, posters of roosters in shops, toys, tea towels and table cloths. But why?

Can a rooster save your life?

In Saudi Arabia, camels are fashionable beauty pageant contestants. With millions of dollars in prize money up-for-grabs, sometimes their humans cheat to try and win big.

Camel beauty pageants and the scandalous, sneaky cheats who enter

Tibetan legend has it that teeny tiny mice, floating on boats made of yak poo, defeated a human army. Find out how they did it!

Meet the yak-poo-boat riding warrior mice of Tibet

There was once a famous and powerful king who loved his dogs so much he was buried next to them. Meet King Frederick the Great of Prussia and his beloved greyhound Biche. Find out how Biche started the saying, 'dogs are man’s best friend'.

How did dogs become man's best friend?

All Aboard! Animal Sound Safari takes your ears around the world to discover amazing animal stories. Like, how Tibetan mice saved a kingdom and how a German greyhound gave us the saying ‘dog’s are man’s best friend’. Animal Sound Safari gives you an all-access pass to travel the globe and have everything you know about animals, turned upside-down. Subscribe now so you’re the first to hear Animal Sound Safari on September 7.

INTRODUCING — Animal Sound Safari

Animal Sound Safari takes your ears around the world to discover the weird and wacky histories us humans have with animals. Each episode is jam-packed with cool stories, kooky facts and ‘pawsome’ puns. From celebrity sloths in Costa Rica to greyhounds going to war in Germany, hop on board with Animal Sound Safari.

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