The Cinematica Animalia team breaks down the Ecology of the bugs and talks classic bug horror films. They explore why the bugs are probably not working together in any organized fashion and how a hungry hive would be unlikely to become the "greatest threat mankind has ever faced."

01:44- Australia Fire Discussion

06:48- Giant Bugs in Cinema Review

18:32- The Ecology of The Bugs

34:50- Versus Discussion

38:30- Correction

The Cinematica team discusses the physiology of the Arachnoids from the 1997 film Starship Troopers and Sam readily admits it is the best film he has every seen. Find out what some kids from Buenos Aires started the film trying to learn, what makes a Bug tick?

Are you doing your part?

4:09- The History and Summary of Starship Troopers

10:35- Review of the Film

13:28- The Arachnoid Physiology

38:40- Veterinary PSA: Surrendering a Pet

We pit our Season 2 monsters up against each other to see who comes out on top. Who wins? Pikachu? Godzilla? Definitely not pikachu.

08:44 - Season 2's Weirdest Creature

17:55 - The Royal Rumble

Thanks for listening in to our second season everyone. Sorry that the episode dates became a bit erratic towards the end. We'll be back later in the year with a fresh bunch of monsters to take on.

Adam and Sam go into detail about why a creature this size simply couldn't persist on the surface of the earth. Or even under it. Doesn't work. Only so many whales you can eat.

3:24 - Cinematic History of Godzilla

13:54 - The Ecology of Godzilla

42:16 - Godzilla vs. No-one

We look at King of the Monsters, Lord of the Chonk, 2014's One and Only Master of the Heft Godzilla. Dive daves into the atomic breath (probably smells real bad) and radiation diet of the OG of all charismatic megafauna.

01:41 - 2014 Godzilla Need-to-Know

07:08 - The Physiology of Godzilla

37:14 - Vet's PSA (Adopting Foreign Pets)

Adam and Dave look at the problems inherent in an alien race invading the earth. Honestly we'd be fine. I think. Still don't let Thanos anywhere near us though.

We look at the movement and attack mode of the vicious predatory rodent known commonly as a Pikachu. Cute and fuzzy? No. If you're shocking things you're eating them.

01:52 - The Physiology of Pikachu

27:30 - Vet's PSA (Neutering Your Pets)

Adam and Sam take a look at the nightmare-filled dangerworld that is whatever the hell planet Pokemon live on in Detective Pikachu. Honestly it's chaotic and deadly.

01:46 - Obligatory Sonic the Hedgehog Thoughts

04:35 - The World of Pokemon

41:14 - Riddick on the World of Pokemon

Post Avengers: Endgame, we dive back into the Marvel universe and examine the ecological ramifications of The Snap 2: The Unsnappening. How would the world react to a sudden dramatic increase in populations? Are the Avengers the bad guys? Does Thanos use Bayesian modelling? SPOILERS. Big time.

Thanks to JV Chamary at Forbes for kicking this discussion off with his article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jvchamary/2019/05/07/avengers-endgame-biodiversity/#76b9ea65775b.

And thanks to colleague Lara Veylit for helping out this week.

https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/lara.veylit

Adam and I talk macroecology and that's pretty much it. How small would these dragons be? It's very anti-climactic. We'll do a supplemental later. Also SPOILERS. Though as we were a week behind, there's some stuff that is currently incorrect re: the current status of the GoT dragons. Spoilers.

04:02 - Everyone's Favourite Dragons

13:15 - The Ecology of the Dragons

40:13 - Balerion the Big Boi vs. The US Military