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 351: The Bunyip and the Kelpie

Thanks to Will and Henry for their suggestions this week! This episode is two bats out of five on the spookiness scale for monster month, so it's only a little spooky.

Further reading:

Does the Bun…

00:10:06 | Mon 23 Oct 2023

Episode 350: Bigfeet and Littlefeet

It's another spooky episode (three out of five bats on this year's spookiness scale), with suggestions from Will and Pranav!

Further reading:
Tracking the Swamp Monsters
Further watching:

The Harla…

00:11:59 | Mon 16 Oct 2023

Episode 349: The Masked Monkey-Man

Thanks to Pranav for suggesting one of the monsters we're talking about this week! This episode is rated three out of five bats on our spookiness scale.

Further reading:
The Return of Spring-Heeled …

00:10:46 | Mon 09 Oct 2023

Episode 348: Australopithecus and Gigantopithecus

Thanks to Anbo for suggesting Australopithecus! We'll also learn about Gigantopithecus and Bigfoot!

Further reading:

Ancient human relative, Australopithecus sediba, 'walked like a human, but climb…

00:18:49 | Mon 02 Oct 2023

Episode 347: Two (Sort of) Spooky Amphibians

Thanks to Max for suggesting one of our slightly spooky amphibians this week!

Further reading:
New crocodile newt discovered in Vietnam
Further watching:

Brave Wilderness Giant Screaming Frog!

The…

00:08:18 | Mon 25 Sep 2023

Episode 346: The Rhinoceros!

Thanks to Mia for suggesting the black rhino this week! We'll also learn about other rhinos and their relations, including a mystery rhino.

Further reading:

Photos suggest rhino horns have shrunk o…

00:10:33 | Mon 18 Sep 2023

Episode 345: Spotless Giraffes and Spotted Zebras

This week let's learn about some astonishing giraffes and zebras that don't look like you'd expect!

Further reading:

See the Rare, Spotless Giraffe Born at a Tennessee Zoo

Giraffe Conservation Fou…

00:09:18 | Mon 11 Sep 2023

Episode 344: Psittacosaurus!

Thanks to Clay for suggesting this week's topic, psittacosaurus! Thanks to Will for a correction about kangaroos too.

Don't forget to check out the great podcast I Know Dino for all the best big din…

00:09:49 | Mon 04 Sep 2023

Episode 343: Mystery Jellyfish

This week we finish out Invertebrate August with some mysterious jellyfish, including a suggestion by Siya!

Further reading:

Mystery giant jellyfish washes up in Australia

New jellyfish named afte…

00:10:37 | Mon 28 Aug 2023

Episode 342: Giant Snails and Giant Crabs

Thanks to Tobey and Anbo for their suggestions this week! We're going to learn about some giant invertebrates!

Further reading:
The Invasive Giant African Land Snail Has Been Spotted in Florida
A ve…

00:10:32 | Mon 21 Aug 2023

Episode 341: The Leaf Sheep and the Mold Pig

Thanks to Murilo and an anonymous listener for their suggestions this week!

Further reading:

The ‘sheep’ that can photosynthesize

Meet the ‘mold pigs,’ a new group of invertebrates from 30 million…

00:09:20 | Mon 14 Aug 2023

Episode 340: Whale Lice and Sea Lice

Thanks to Eilee for suggesting the sea louse this week!

Further reading:

Secrets of the Whale Riders: Crablike ‘Whale Lice’ Show How Endangered Cetaceans Evolved

Parasite of the Day: Neocyamus phy…

00:13:25 | Mon 07 Aug 2023

Episode 339: The Tully Monster!

Is it an invertebrate? Is it a vertebrate? It's the Tully monster!

Further reading:
3D Tully monster probably not related to vertebrates
Has the "Tully monster" mystery finally been solved after 65 …

00:13:00 | Mon 31 Jul 2023

Episode 338: Updates 6 and an Arboreal Clam!?!

This week we have our annual updates and corrections episode, and at the end of the episode we'll learn about a really weird clam I didn't even think was real at first.

Thanks to Simon and Anbo for …

00:19:50 | Mon 24 Jul 2023

Episode 337: Ghost Shrimp and Snapping Shrimp

Thanks to Zachary and Anbo for their suggestions this week! Let's learn about some shrimp!

Further reading:

This is why the pistol shrimp is immune to its own powerful shock waves

The Symbiotic Re…

00:09:49 | Mon 17 Jul 2023

Episode 336: The Turtle Ant and the Alien Butt Spider

Thanks to Kari for suggesting this week's topics! Definitely check out her book Butt or Face?, which is funny and has lots of animal information!

Further reading:

Butt or Face? by Kari Lavelle

GBI…

00:09:43 | Mon 10 Jul 2023

Episode 335: Large Blue Butterfly vs Ants

We're kicking off July with a beautiful butterfly that does horrible things to ants!

Further reading:

UK Butterflies - Large Blue

The large blue butterfly (picture taken from page linked above):

…

00:07:10 | Mon 03 Jul 2023

Episode 334: Piranha!

Thanks to David for this week's suggestion, the piranha!

Further reading:

Florida wildlife officer's fish seizure nibbles at illegal piranha sales

How Teddy Roosevelt Turned Piranhas into Ferociou…

00:09:15 | Mon 26 Jun 2023

Episode 333: Robins and Ravens

Thanks to Liesbet, Simon, and Thea for their suggestions this week! Let's learn about some birds!

Further reading:

Blue Tits and Milk Bottle Tops

Ravens parallel great apes in flexible planning fo…

00:13:36 | Mon 19 Jun 2023

Episode 332: Hunting Partners and Mutualism

Thanks to Vaughn and Jan for their suggestions this week! We're going to learn about mutualism of various types.

Further reading:

The odd couple: spider-frog mutualism in the Amazon rainforest

Wha…

00:10:37 | Mon 12 Jun 2023

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