Sometimes genetic oopsies can be beautiful (and change the course of evolutionary history)! From stretch daisies to puppy eyes, discover some marvelous mutations! Join us with today's guest, Pallavi Gunalan.

Footnotes: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O06A0isbDFHt21m8O7uUSCtKwzoe2KzcbbHw_1ih9nc/edit?usp=sharing

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LISTENER QUESTIONS! From why flies fly like they fly, to the mysteries of whale eyes! Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: what are the sparrows plotting?

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This one's all about beavers, their weird little bodies, godlike powers, and shocking history with Soren Bowie.

Footnotes: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jNkvYjDL2PFuljk7GJ2P3MKTbydqcDym5pgcNZx3TAg/edit?usp=sharing

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From human conspiracies involving animals, to literal conspiracies of lemurs, to a conspiracy of slander against some of the world’s most misunderstood animals, we’re getting out our thumbtacks and cork-boards to connect the dots, and sometimes spots with Ben Bowlin.

Footnotes:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15xZeziURXFppY97q3P3fG2WVC6urd7CRFtRveP3DElw/edit?usp=sharing

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Today on the show, we’re talking about creatures who spit in the face of gravity! These critters laugh at the general concept of physics and take things to an extreme level, defying gravity, shrugging off spaceflight, and being just plain weird. Join us, and special guest Daniel Whiteson!

Footnotes: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ASz8xRJNNHWrpq-i42BIq4Cq4-5FeO7brISt80XsRrw/edit?usp=sharing

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Guest: Joelle Monique 

Footnotes: 

1. First-ever animal discovered who doesn't breathe?!? 
2. The blanket octopus!
3. Behold the blanket octopus's cape of wonder!
4. Blanket octopus looking like an alien spaceship: 
5.  The sarcastic fringehead (open mouth for a surprise)
6. The pink fairy armadillo burrowing right into our hearts.
7. Treehoppers are out of control.
8. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TREEHOPPERS?
9.  WHAAAAAT??
10. The King Vulture is the most festive undertaker ever.
11. She colorful. She chic. But most importantly. She eats dead meat.  
12. Cock-of-the-rock AKA Mr. Handsome 
13. Potoo's are alien ghosts, exhibit A. 
14. Potoo's are alien ghosts, exhibit B.
15. Potoo's are alien ghosts, exhibit C. 

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Guest: Blake Wexler 

Footnotes: 

• Microhylid frog and tarantula best friends:
• Coyote and badger going on adventures together!
• Coyote and badger hunting together (WARNING: squirrel carnage):
• Geladas and wolves have a diplomatic relationship:
• Birds & people working together to screw over bees:
• The weird sucker-head of a remora:
• Shark with pilotfish groupies:
• Urchin crab giving a piggyback ride to an urchin:
• Owen the hippo adopted by Mzee the tortoise:
• Dalmation adopts spotted lamb:
• Sperm whales seemingly adopt dolphin with spinal deformation:
• Check out the koala hospital where my daughter Twinkles (the koala) is from:
• Potoroo Palace in NSW Australia:
• Animal Tracks Sanctuary in Los Angeles:
• Wild Haven Ranch in Lake Arrowhead:

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With: Laci Mosley 

Footnotes: 

Chinstrap penguin stealing rocks: 

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/chinstrap-penguin-steals-rocks-from-neighbours-stock-video-footage/3B2FBBE0_0118

Gelada male: https://www.instagram.com/p/-AtXWGIVc3/

Firefly femme fatale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWdCMFvgFbo

Hawk moth caterpillar mimics viper: https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/untamed/00000162-300f-ddf6-a5eb-712f562a0000

Passion flower mimicry: http://plantmimicrybz2820.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-passiflora-genus.html

Automimicry: https://naturestories.org/heres-looking-at-you-kid-6eaf9e8b76e

Conformity elevator experiment: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/01/the-psychology-of-conformity/251371/

Jumping spider ant mimics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ant_and_jumping_spider_Gorongosa_National_Park,_Mozambique.jpg

Jumping spider mimicking one ant carrying another (this is ONE spider): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_mimicry#/media/File:Myrmarachne_plataleoides_male_thailand.jpg

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