Strange Animals Podcast

A podcast about living, extinct, and imaginary animals!

Natural Sciences Science Life Sciences

Update frequency: every 6 days
Average duration: 12 minutes
Episodes: 313
Years Active: 2020 - 2025

Episode 391: Welcome to Snake Island

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Let's learn about some snakes this week! Thanks to Eilee, BlueTheChickenWing, and Richard from NC for their suggestions.

Further Reading:

Snake Island's Ven…

00:10:52 | Mon 29 Jul 2024

Episode 390: The Wallaby and Wiwaxia

Thanks to Jaxon and Lorenzo for their suggestions this week!

Further reading:

Rock-wallaby bite size 'packs a punch'

Tiny Australian wallaby the last living link to extinct giant kangaroos

Extrao…

00:11:50 | Mon 22 Jul 2024

Episode 389: Updates 7 and the Lava Bear

It's our annual updates episode! Thanks to Kelsey and Torin for the extra information about ultraviolet light, and thanks to Caleb for suggesting we learn more about the dingo!

Further reading:
At L…

00:17:50 | Mon 15 Jul 2024

Episode 388: Washington’s Eagle

Further reading:

Audubon's Bird of Washington: Unraveling the fraud that launched The Birds of America

The Mystery of the Missing John James Audubon Self-Portrait

Washington's eagle, as painted by…

00:11:36 | Mon 08 Jul 2024

Episode 387: The Link Between Fossils and Folklore

Thanks to Richard from NC for inspiring this episode!

Further reading:

Paleontologists Debunk Popular Claim that Protoceratops Fossils Inspired Legend of Griffin

The Fossil Dragons of Lake Lucerne…

00:13:30 | Mon 01 Jul 2024

Episode 386: The Greater Siren and the Anhinga

Thanks to Kai and Emily for their suggestions this week!

The greater siren [photo by Kevin Stohlgren, taken from this site]:

The anhinga [photo by Tim from Ithaca - Anhinga, CC BY 2.0, https://co…

00:10:11 | Mon 24 Jun 2024

Episode 385: More Monitors

Thanks to Cosmo and Zachary for suggesting this week's monitor lizards!

Further reading:

No One Imagined Giant Lizard Nests Would Be This Weird

The Mighty Modifications of the Yellow-Spotted Goann…

00:09:18 | Mon 17 Jun 2024

Episode 384: Dragons Revisited

This week we need to thanks a bunch of listeners for their suggestions: Bowie, Eilee, Pranav, and Yuzu!

Further reading:

Elaborate Komodo dragon armor defends against other dragons

Giant killer li…

00:15:30 | Mon 10 Jun 2024

Episode 383: The Marsupial Mole

Thanks to Catherine and arilloyd for suggesting the marsupial mole!

Further reading:
Northern marsupial mole: Rare blind creature photographed in Australian outback
The marsupial mole, adorable litt…

00:06:33 | Mon 03 Jun 2024

Episode 382: Smilodon, the Sabertoothed Cat

Thanks to Luke for suggesting this week's topic: Smilodon, the saber-toothed cat, AKA the sabertooth tiger!

Further reading:

Did sabertooth tigers purr or roar?

The double-fanged adolescence of sa…

00:08:57 | Mon 27 May 2024

Episode 381: Out of Place Birds

Thanks to Richard from NC, Pranav, and Alexandra for their suggestions this week!

Further reading:

ABA Rare Bird Alert

One Reason Migrating Birds Get Lost Is Out of This World

Inside the Amazing …

00:12:42 | Mon 20 May 2024

Episode 380: Woodpeckers

Thanks to Joel and Mary for suggesting some really interesting woodpeckers this week!

Further watching:

Rare woodpecker thought extinct spotted in Ohio

The green woodpecker really likes to eat ant…

00:10:33 | Mon 13 May 2024

Episode 379: Animals That Inspired Pokemon

Thanks to Pranav, Isaac, and an anonymous listener for their suggestions this week! Let's learn about some animals that inspired three Pokemon.

Sandshrew:

Possible Sandshrew inspirations:

Dro…

00:09:11 | Mon 06 May 2024

Episode 378: Ichthyotitan

Thanks to Nathan-Andrew for suggesting giant ichthyosaurs!

Further reading:

Paleontologists unearth what may be the largest known marine reptile

Ruby and some other scientists with the ichthyotita…

00:07:52 | Mon 29 Apr 2024

Episode 377: The Giant-est Snake Ever

Thanks to Max for suggesting Titanoboa!

Further reading:

Largest known madtsoiid snake from warm Eocene period of India suggests intercontinental Gondwana dispersal

This Nearly 50-Foot Snake Was O…

00:07:42 | Mon 22 Apr 2024

Episode 376: The Horned Lizard AKA Horny Toad

Thanks to Khalil for suggesting the horny toad, also called the horned lizard or horned toad!

Further reading:

The Case of the Lost Lizard

The Texas horned lizard:

Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma…

00:09:51 | Mon 15 Apr 2024

Episode 375: The Praying Mantis Re-Revisited

Thanks to Elijah and an anonymous listener for suggesting that we talk about some more species of praying mantis!

Further reading:
The luring mantid: Protrusible pheromone glands in Stenophylla lobi…

00:08:33 | Mon 08 Apr 2024

Episode 374: PUFFERFISH!

Thanks to River for suggesting this week's topic, the pufferfish!

Further reading:

Grass puffer fish communicate with each other using a non-toxic version of their deadly toxin

Mystery pufferfish …

00:08:03 | Mon 01 Apr 2024

Episode 373: The Tasmanian Devil and the Thylacine

Thanks to Carson, Mia, Eli, and Pranav for their suggestions this week!

Further reading:

RNA for the first time recovered from an extinct species

Study finds ongoing evolution in Tasmanian Devils'…

00:09:48 | Mon 25 Mar 2024

Episode 372: Mystery Bovids

Thanks to Will and Måns for their suggestions this week! Let's learn about some mystery bovids, or cows and cow relations!

Further reading:

A Book of Creatures: Songòmby

Kouprey: The Ultimate Myst…

00:14:07 | Mon 18 Mar 2024

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