Beyond Blathers

This week we're joined by fossil preparator Myria Perez, AKA Paleontologica on Instagram and YouTube, to talk about the plesiosaurus! Listen to learn more about this amazing prehistoric aquatic reptile, the broader group of plesiosaurs it belongs to, and what it's like to work as a fossil preparator.

Make sure to follow Myria on Instagram @paleontologica and subscribe to her Youtube channel for more great info on fossils, working in paleontology, and women in STEM!

If you'd like to support the show, please check out our merch store where we sell stickers and postcards featuring Olivia's illustrations.

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Beyond Blathers is hosted and produced by Olivia deBourcier and Sofia Osborne, with art by Olivia deBourcier and music by Max Hoosier. This podcast is not associated with Animal Crossing or Nintendo, we just love this game!

This week we're talking about horses — no not land horses, sea horses! Get ready to rethink everything you know about these very cool fish.

If you'd like to support the show, please check out our merch store where we sell stickers and postcards featuring Olivia's illustrations. 

Don't forget to subscribe and leave us a rating and review. To stay up to date and see our weekly episode illustrations, make sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

Beyond Blathers is hosted and produced by Olivia deBourcier and Sofia Osborne, with art by Olivia deBourcier and music by Max Hoosier. This podcast is not associated with Animal Crossing or Nintendo, we just love this game!

This week we're talking about the beautiful tiger butterfly! Listen to learn more about their life cycle, habitat, and how to catch butterflies yourself!

If you'd like to support the show, please check out our merch store where we sell stickers and postcards featuring Olivia's illustrations. And if you want to listen to our favourite podcasts, head to podyssey.fm/blathers!

Don't forget to subscribe and leave us a rating and review. To stay up to date and see our weekly episode illustrations, make sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

Beyond Blathers is hosted and produced by Olivia deBourcier and Sofia Osborne, with art by Olivia deBourcier and music by Max Hoosier. This podcast is not associated with Animal Crossing or Nintendo, we just love this game!

This week we're talking about the Brachiosaurus, a huge herbivorous dinosaur that has inspired many iconic pop culture moments. Listen to learn more about how they got so big, how much they had to eat, and why their necks were so long!

If you'd like to support the show, please check out our merch store where we sell stickers and postcards featuring Olivia's illustrations. And if you want to listen to our favourite podcasts, head to podyssey.fm/blathers!

Don't forget to subscribe and leave us a rating and review. To stay up to date and see our weekly episode illustrations, make sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

Beyond Blathers is hosted and produced by Olivia deBourcier and Sofia Osborne, with art by Olivia deBourcier and music by Max Hoosier. This podcast is not associated with Animal Crossing or Nintendo, we just love this game!

This week we're talking about one of the coolest fish in Animal Crossing, the arapaima! These bad boys can grow up to 15 feet long and weigh over 400 pounds! And ... they sometimes eat monkeys! What??! We know. Listen to find out more about these amazing creatures!

If you'd like to support the show, please check out our merch store where we sell stickers and postcards featuring Olivia's illustrations. And if you want to listen to our favourite podcasts, head to podyssey.fm/blathers!

Don't forget to subscribe and leave us a rating and review. To stay up to date and see our weekly episode illustrations, make sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

Beyond Blathers is hosted and produced by Olivia deBourcier and Sofia Osborne, with art by Olivia deBourcier and music by Max Hoosier. This podcast is not associated with Animal Crossing or Nintendo, we just love this game!

This week we're joined by Just the Zoo of Us host Ellen Weatherford to talk all about snails! From escargot to love darts to volcano snails, there's a lot to discover about these slow, slimy friends.

Make sure to check out Just the Zoo of Us wherever you listen to podcasts, and don't forget to follow them on Twitter for great science content.

And if you want to check out our favourite podcasts, head to podyssey.fm/blathers!

If you'd like to support the show, please check out our merch store where we sell stickers and postcards featuring Olivia's illustrations.

Don't forget to subscribe and leave us a rating and review. To stay up to date and see our weekly episode illustrations, make sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

Beyond Blathers is hosted and produced by Olivia deBourcier and Sofia Osborne, with art by Olivia deBourcier and music by Max Hoosier. This podcast is not associated with Animal Crossing or Nintendo, we just love this game!

This week we're talking about the sea butterfly AND the sea angel, two beautiful pteropods who are vital to ocean ecosystems. Listen to learn more about the differences between them, as well as the conservation issues threatening their survival.

If you'd like to support the show, please check out our merch store where we sell stickers and postcards featuring Olivia's illustrations.

Don't forget to subscribe and leave us a rating and review. To stay up to date and see our weekly episode illustrations, make sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

Beyond Blathers is hosted and produced by Olivia deBourcier and Sofia Osborne, with art by Olivia deBourcier and music by Max Hoosier. This podcast is not associated with Animal Crossing or Nintendo, we just love this game!

This week we're talking about the creepy, crawly centipede — a predatory bug with many many legs. Listen to find out how some centipedes hunt bats, and what the difference actually is between centipedes and millipedes. 

If you'd like to support the show, please check out our merch store where we sell stickers and postcards featuring Olivia's illustrations.

Don't forget to subscribe and leave us a rating and review. To stay up to date and see our weekly episode illustrations, make sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

Beyond Blathers is hosted and produced by Olivia deBourcier and Sofia Osborne, with art by Olivia deBourcier and music by Max Hoosier. This podcast is not associated with Animal Crossing or Nintendo, we just love this game!

This week we're talking about the nautilus, a shelled cephalopod that some call a "living fossil." Although they're related to squids and octopi,  the nautilus has some really interesting key differences that we get into in this episode!

If you'd like to support the show, please check out our merch store where we sell stickers and postcards featuring Olivia's illustrations.

Don't forget to subscribe and leave us a rating and review. To stay up to date and see our weekly episode illustrations, make sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

Beyond Blathers is hosted and produced by Olivia deBourcier and Sofia Osborne, with art by Olivia deBourcier and music by Max Hoosier. This podcast is not associated with Animal Crossing or Nintendo, we just love this game!

This week we're talking about the ammonite, a prehistoric cephalopod that came in many amazing shapes and sizes. Listen to learn more about how they moved through the water, who might have eaten them, and why they're so valuable to palaeontologists.

If you'd like to support the show, please check out our merch store where we sell stickers and postcards featuring Olivia's illustrations.

Don't forget to subscribe and leave us a rating and review. To stay up to date and see our weekly episode illustrations, make sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

Beyond Blathers is hosted and produced by Olivia deBourcier and Sofia Osborne, with art by Olivia deBourcier and music by Max Hoosier. This podcast is not associated with Animal Crossing or Nintendo, we just love this game!