Strange Animals Podcast
A podcast about living, extinct, and imaginary animals!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 12 minutes
- Episodes
- 313
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Episode 233: The Astonishing Aye-Aye
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Thanks to Elaine, Molly, and Oliver for suggesting the aye-aye! I guess it's an idea whose time has finally come.
Further reading:
Gimme six…
Thanks to Elaine, Molly, and Oliver for suggesting the aye-aye! I guess it's an idea whose time has finally come.
Further reading:
Gimme six…
00:14:38 |
Mon 19 Jul 2021
Episode 232: Almost Domesticated
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Thanks to "dog freak Ruby," we're going to learn about some animals that aren't exactly domesticated but aren't really wild either.
Further reading:
Me…
Thanks to "dog freak Ruby," we're going to learn about some animals that aren't exactly domesticated but aren't really wild either.
Further reading:
Me…
00:15:44 |
Mon 12 Jul 2021
Episode 231: Fish of the Twilight Zone
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Let's learn about some strange fish of the mesopelagic, or the twilight zone deep in the ocean! Thanks to Page, Joel, Anonymous Animal Lover, Brigh…
Let's learn about some strange fish of the mesopelagic, or the twilight zone deep in the ocean! Thanks to Page, Joel, Anonymous Animal Lover, Brigh…
00:17:28 |
Mon 05 Jul 2021
Episode 230: Weird Dogs and Round Frogs
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Let's learn about some strange dog breeds (including a mystery dog!) and what may be the cutest frog ever. Thanks to Brad and Dan for their suggestions this week, and a…
Let's learn about some strange dog breeds (including a mystery dog!) and what may be the cutest frog ever. Thanks to Brad and Dan for their suggestions this week, and a…
00:19:24 |
Mon 28 Jun 2021
Episode 229: Blue Ghosts and Vanishing Sharks
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I got to meet some listeners this week to see the synchronous fireflies, so thanks to Shannon, Diana, Derek, and Autumn for hanging out with me! This week we'll learn a…
I got to meet some listeners this week to see the synchronous fireflies, so thanks to Shannon, Diana, Derek, and Autumn for hanging out with me! This week we'll learn a…
00:10:41 |
Mon 21 Jun 2021
Episode 228: Monkey Lizards and Weird Turtle…Things
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Thanks to Ethan for this week's topic, two weird animals that developed after the Great Dying we talked about last week!
Further readin…
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Thanks to Ethan for this week's topic, two weird animals that developed after the Great Dying we talked about last week!
Further readin…
00:14:27 |
Mon 14 Jun 2021
Episode 227: The Great Dying
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It's another extinction event episode! This one's about the end-Permian AKA the Permian-Triassic AKA the GREAT DYING.
Further Reading:
Ancient mini-sharks lived longe…
It's another extinction event episode! This one's about the end-Permian AKA the Permian-Triassic AKA the GREAT DYING.
Further Reading:
Ancient mini-sharks lived longe…
00:16:20 |
Mon 07 Jun 2021
Episode 226: Brood X Cicadas
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It's the 2021 brood of 17-year cicadas! Thanks to Enzo (and several others) who suggested it!
Further listening:
Varmints! Podcast - "Cicadas"
Our local Brood X cica…
It's the 2021 brood of 17-year cicadas! Thanks to Enzo (and several others) who suggested it!
Further listening:
Varmints! Podcast - "Cicadas"
Our local Brood X cica…
00:10:43 |
Mon 31 May 2021
Episode 225: Talking Animals
Talking animals! It's not what you're thinking about. No parrots here, just mammals.
Our new logo is by Susanna King of Flourish Media! If you'd like to JOIN OUR MAILING LIST!, I'll be sending out a…
Our new logo is by Susanna King of Flourish Media! If you'd like to JOIN OUR MAILING LIST!, I'll be sending out a…
00:26:34 |
Mon 24 May 2021
Episode 224: Diprotodon and Friends
Thanks to Ruby and Tex for their suggestions this week!
Diprotodon was big and had a big nose:
Koala!
The bush thick-knee looks like it has regular knees, actually:
Show Transcript:
Welcom…
Diprotodon was big and had a big nose:
Koala!
The bush thick-knee looks like it has regular knees, actually:
Show Transcript:
Welcom…
00:07:45 |
Mon 17 May 2021
Episode 223: The Elephantnose Fish and the Burmese Star Tortoise
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This week let's learn about an amazing little fish and an awesome tortoise! All the pictures here were taken by ME at the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga!
Further Re…
This week let's learn about an amazing little fish and an awesome tortoise! All the pictures here were taken by ME at the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga!
Further Re…
00:12:19 |
Mon 10 May 2021
Episode 222: Two Dangerous Birds of New Guinea
This week let's learn about a couple of dangerous birds of New Guinea! They're not what you might think.
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Further Reading/Watching:
How Dangerous Are Cassowaries, Really?
In…
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Further Reading/Watching:
How Dangerous Are Cassowaries, Really?
In…
00:15:26 |
Mon 03 May 2021
Episode 221: Arachnids in the Antarctic!
Thanks to Ella for this week's suggestion. There may not technically be spiders in the Antarctic, but there are mites.
A nunatak (note the size of the research vehicles at the bottom left):
I don…
A nunatak (note the size of the research vehicles at the bottom left):
I don…
00:09:37 |
Mon 26 Apr 2021
Episode 220: Panda Mysteries, Solved!
This week let's learn about a mystery panda and a few small panda mysteries!
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Further Reading:
Mystery of the brown giant panda deepens
The Qinling panda is not like other p…
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Further Reading:
Mystery of the brown giant panda deepens
The Qinling panda is not like other p…
00:09:38 |
Mon 19 Apr 2021
Episode 219: The Strange and Mysterious Tarsier
Thanks to Phoebe for suggesting the tarsier, this week's strange and interesting primate!
Further Reading:
Decoding of tarsier genome reveals ties to humans
Long-lost 'Furby-like' Primate Discover…
Further Reading:
Decoding of tarsier genome reveals ties to humans
Long-lost 'Furby-like' Primate Discover…
00:14:14 |
Mon 12 Apr 2021
Episode 218: More Unusual Hoofed Animals
So many interesting hoofed animals in this episode, so many awesome suggestions! Thanks to Page, Elaine, Pranav, Richard E., Richard from NC, and Llewelly!
Further Reading:
Meet the Takin: The Larg…
Further Reading:
Meet the Takin: The Larg…
00:25:03 |
Mon 05 Apr 2021
Episode 217: Three (Small) Mystery Animals
This week we're going to look at three small mystery animals! Well, the mysteries are small. The animals are not particularly small.
Further Reading:
Long-Extinct Gibbon Found Inside Tomb of Chines…
Further Reading:
Long-Extinct Gibbon Found Inside Tomb of Chines…
00:14:15 |
Mon 29 Mar 2021
Episode 216: Gentle Giant Sharks
Let's learn about some of the biggest sharks in the sea--but not sharks that want to eat you!
Further reading:
'Winged' eagle shark soared through oceans 93 million years ago
Manta-like planktivor…
Further reading:
'Winged' eagle shark soared through oceans 93 million years ago
Manta-like planktivor…
00:18:46 |
Mon 22 Mar 2021
Episode 215: The Cutest Invertebrates
Thanks to Lorenzo and Page for suggestions used in this week's episode, and a belated thanks to Ethan for last week's episode! Let's learn about some of the cutest invertebrates out there!
Further r…
Further r…
00:17:56 |
Mon 15 Mar 2021
Episode 214: Armored Fish and the Late Devonian Mass Extinctions
It's the next in our short series of episodes about mass extinctions! Don't worry, it won't be boring, because we're going to learn about a lot of weird ancient fish too.
Further reading:
Titanicht…
Further reading:
Titanicht…
00:21:53 |
Mon 08 Mar 2021
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