From secret societies to secret nighttime powers, to secretly being a living animal in the first place, these critters are NOT letting you in their club unless you know the handshake! Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: if you stab a rock, does it not bleed?  Footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dfn_6GNkH4x86gqVnUXgi4Zx2XFylqthpWS6sRvPMME/edit?usp=sharing Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

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Secret Animal Societies (Sea-cieties?)

I'm joined by Patch, the creator of the amazing biology YouTube channel TierZoo, to discuss how animals might beat some of the toughest, most iconic video game bosses out there!  Footnotes:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EqBX-Pmk6SpmRBxFIO6W_k8tflRskHjyumSu5k70PpM/edit?usp=sharing Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Animals vs. Video Game Bosses

Sometimes genetic oopsies can be beautiful (and change the course of evolutionary history)! From stretch daisies to puppy eyes, discover some marvelous mutations! Join us with today's guest, Pallavi Gunalan. Footnotes:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O06A0isbDFHt21m8O7uUSCtKwzoe2KzcbbHw_1ih9nc/edit?usp=sharing Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Oopsie Daisies!

LISTENER QUESTIONS! From why flies fly like they fly, to the mysteries of whale eyes! Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: what are the sparrows plotting? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Listener Questions (Herman Melville Was A Liar Edition)

This one's all about beavers, their weird little bodies, godlike powers, and shocking history with Soren Bowie. Footnotes:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jNkvYjDL2PFuljk7GJ2P3MKTbydqcDym5pgcNZx3TAg/edit?usp=sharing Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

BEAVERS!

From human conspiracies involving animals, to literal conspiracies of lemurs, to a conspiracy of slander against some of the world’s most misunderstood animals, we’re getting out our thumbtacks and cork-boards to connect the dots, and sometimes spots with Ben Bowlin. Footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15xZeziURXFppY97q3P3fG2WVC6urd7CRFtRveP3DElw/edit?usp=sharing Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

It's A Conspiracy (Of Lemurs)!

Today on the show, we’re talking about creatures who spit in the face of gravity! These critters laugh at the general concept of physics and take things to an extreme level, defying gravity, shrugging off spaceflight, and being just plain weird. Join us, and special guest Daniel Whiteson! Footnotes:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ASz8xRJNNHWrpq-i42BIq4Cq4-5FeO7brISt80XsRrw/edit?usp=sharing Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Creatures Who Defy Gravity (But Not Really)

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Season 3 Trailer (And Mystery Animal Sound)!

Guest: Joelle Monique  Footnotes:  First-ever animal discovered who doesn't breathe?!?  The blanket octopus! Behold the blanket octopus's cape of wonder! Blanket octopus looking like an alien spaceship:   The sarcastic fringehead (open mouth for a surprise) The pink fairy armadillo burrowing right into our hearts. Treehoppers are out of control. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TREEHOPPERS?  WHAAAAAT?? The King Vulture is the most festive undertaker ever. She colorful. She chic. But most importantly. She eats dead meat.   Cock-of-the-rock AKA Mr. Handsome  Potoo's are alien ghosts, exhibit A.  Potoo's are alien ghosts, exhibit B. Potoo's are alien ghosts, exhibit C.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Creature Feature Classic©: Aliens (I Want To Believe!)

Guest: Blake Wexler  Footnotes:  Microhylid frog and tarantula best friends: Coyote and badger going on adventures together! Coyote and badger hunting together (WARNING: squirrel carnage): Geladas and wolves have a diplomatic relationship: Birds & people working together to screw over bees: The weird sucker-head of a remora: Shark with pilotfish groupies: Urchin crab giving a piggyback ride to an urchin: Owen the hippo adopted by Mzee the tortoise: Dalmation adopts spotted lamb: Sperm whales seemingly adopt dolphin with spinal deformation: Check out the koala hospital where my daughter Twinkles (the koala) is from: Potoroo Palace in NSW Australia: Animal Tracks Sanctuary in Los Angeles: Wild Haven Ranch in Lake Arrowhead: Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Creature Feature Classic®: Odd Couples!

With: Laci Mosley  Footnotes:  Chinstrap penguin stealing rocks:  https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/chinstrap-penguin-steals-rocks-from-neighbours-stock-video-footage/3B2FBBE0_0118 Gelada male: https://www.instagram.com/p/-AtXWGIVc3/ Firefly femme fatale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWdCMFvgFbo Hawk moth caterpillar mimics viper: https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/untamed/00000162-300f-ddf6-a5eb-712f562a0000 Passion flower mimicry: http://plantmimicrybz2820.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-passiflora-genus.html Automimicry: https://naturestories.org/heres-looking-at-you-kid-6eaf9e8b76e Conformity elevator experiment: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/01/the-psychology-of-conformity/251371/ Jumping spider ant mimics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ant_and_jumping_spider_Gorongosa_National_Park,_Mozambique.jpg Jumping spider mimicking one ant carrying another (this is ONE spider): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_mimicry#/media/File:Myrmarachne_plataleoides_male_thailand.jpg Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Creature Feature Classic®: Scams with Scam Goddess!

Listener Questions: Pets Say The Darndest Things!

With one of our favorite guests, Kristi Yamaguccimane. Footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_fTwRx3ZmUCCyVkhXgvgj1n75uuupAV2FYQ4Y8dT0_A/edit?usp=sharing Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Don’t Judge A Book By Its Terrible Jaws

Listener Questions: Sea Apes and Adventurous Leeches!

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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