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 371: The Peacock

Thanks to Ari for suggesting this week's episode, about the peacock!

Further reading:

Peacock tail feathers shake at resonance and hold eye-spots still during courtship displays

Indian peafowls' c…

00:14:10 | Mon 11 Mar 2024

Episode 370: Animals Discovered in 2023

Let's look at some of the most interesting animals discovered last year!

Further reading:

Newly-discovered ‘margarita snails’ from the Florida Keys are bright lemon-yellow

Tiny spirits roam the co…

00:16:03 | Mon 04 Mar 2024

Episode 369: Animals and Ultraviolet Light

Sorry to my Patreon subscribers, since this is mostly a rerun episode from April 2019. It's a fun one, though!

The teensy pumpkin toadlet [photo by Diogo B. Provete - http://calphotos.berkeley.edu, …

00:13:45 | Mon 26 Feb 2024

Episode 368: The Bison

Thanks to Jason for suggesting this week's topic, the bison!

Further reading:
New research documents domestic cattle genetics in modern bison herds
Higgs Bison: Mysterious Hybrid of Bison and Cattle…

00:11:29 | Mon 19 Feb 2024

Episode 367: The Marozi

Thanks to Pranav for suggesting this mystery big cat this week, the marozi!

Further reading:

From Black Lions to Living Sabre-Tooths: My Top Ten Mystery Cats

Spotted Lions

A young lioness who sti…

00:09:56 | Mon 12 Feb 2024

Episode 366: The Muntjac AKA Deer with Fangs

Thanks to Chuck for suggesting this week's topic, a weird little deer called the muntjac!

Further reading:

Dam Project Reveals Secret Sanctuary of Vanishing Deer

Wildlife camera trap surveys provi…

00:10:58 | Mon 05 Feb 2024

Episode 365: A New Temnospondyl

Let's take a look at some new findings about the temnospondyls this week!

Further reading:

Ancient giant amphibians swam like crocodiles 250 million years ago

Fossil of Giant Triassic Amphibian Un…

00:10:22 | Mon 29 Jan 2024

Episode 364: Animals Who Will Outlive Us All

Thanks to Oz from Las Vegas for suggesting this week's topic!

Further reading:

Bobi, the supposed 'world's oldest dog' at 31, is little more than a shaggy dog story

Greenland sharks live for hundr…

00:15:52 | Mon 22 Jan 2024

Episode 363: The Dodo and Friends

Thanks to Wilmer and Carson for suggesting we revisit the dodo!

Further reading:

Dodos and spotted green pigeons are descendants of an island-hopping bird

On the possible vernacular name and origi…

00:09:52 | Mon 15 Jan 2024

Episode 362: The Sawfish and the Sawshark

Thanks to Murilo for suggesting this week's episode about the sawfish and the sawshark!

Further Reading:

Sawfish or sawshark?

Two New Species of Sixgill Sawsharks Discovered

Do not step:

The u…

00:12:23 | Mon 08 Jan 2024

Episode 361: The New Hominin

Welcome to 2024! Let's learn about some exciting new discoveries in our own family tree!

Further reading:

476,000-Year-Old Wooden Structure Unearthed in Zambia

Mysterious 300,000-year-old skull co…

00:09:26 | Mon 01 Jan 2024

Episode 360: The Emu War

Apologies to patrons for redoing an old Patreon episode, but I have a cold and it's the holidays.

The noble emu:

A baby emu (picture from this site, which has lots of good info about emus and lot…

00:08:25 | Mon 25 Dec 2023

Episode 359: The Antarctic Death Star(fish)!

Thanks to Morgan for suggesting this week's topic, the Antarctic Death Star!

Further reading:

Giant Monster Starfish ALERT

Echinoderm Tube Feet Don't Suck! They Stick!

Bodies of Starfish and Othe…

00:07:49 | Mon 18 Dec 2023

Episode 358: The Bush Dog and the Maned Wolf

Thanks to Dean, Mia, and Lydia for their suggestions this week!

The tayra looks kind of like a canid but is a mustelid [photo by Bob Johnson - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w…

00:08:53 | Mon 11 Dec 2023

Episode 357: When Scientists Ate Mammoth Meat

This week we're going to talk about stories of scientists, explorers, and other modern people eating meat from long-dead extinct animals. Did it ever really happen?

Check out the great new podcast H…

00:10:15 | Mon 04 Dec 2023

Episode 356: The Volcano Rabbit

Thanks to Eva for suggesting the adorable volcano rabbit this week!

Further watching:

American Pikas Calling Out

The volcano rabbit is not a volcano but it is a very small rabbit:

The volcano r…

00:06:41 | Mon 27 Nov 2023

Episode 355: Tiny Owls

This week we learn about two tiny owls! Thanks to Elizabeth and Alexandra for their suggestions!

Further reading:

Burrowing Owl

Elf Owl

The burrowing owl is tiny but fierce [photo by Christopher …

00:09:06 | Mon 20 Nov 2023

Episode 354: Sheep and Sivatherium

Thanks to Hannah, who suggested sheep as this week's topic! We'll also learn about a few other hoofed animals, including the weird giraffe relative, sivatherium.

Further reading:

The American Jacob…

00:10:52 | Mon 13 Nov 2023

Episode 353: Warm-Blooded Fish

This week we're going to learn about some fish that feature warm-bloodedness! Thanks to Eilee for suggesting the moonfish, or opah.

Further reading:

Are all fish cold-blooded?

The Opah Fish Is War…

00:09:41 | Mon 06 Nov 2023

Episode 352: The Not-Deer

Happy Halloween! We have a super spooky episode for you this week, a full five out of five bats on the spookiness scale, all about the not-deer of modern folklore!

Join our Patreon and get bonus epi…

00:16:56 | Mon 30 Oct 2023

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