Creature Feature

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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With one of our favorite guests, Kristi Yamaguccimane.

Footnotes:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_fTwRx3ZmUCCyVkhXgvgj1n75uuupAV2FYQ4Y8dT0_A/edit?usp=sharing

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Today I'm presenting a trio of tiny terrors, and at the end, one humongous horror with Robert Brockway and, Seanbaby! And I’ll let you decide if all the miniature monsters formed a team, could they defeat the largest bear the world's ever seen?

Footnotes:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pNcfxtDGElm10cTKSAc6KIgY-IrBRpZnJe_VVTXmcac/edit?usp=sharing

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From discovering the origins of butts, to finding the mystery glitter-pooper at zoos, it turns out that poop can teach us a lot about animals. And later, I’ll be joined by the real-life Batman of Mexico Dr. Rodrigo Medellin, to talk about glowing poop and long-nosed bats!

Footnotes:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UkCm9D4Wc818HkwurBKIYkzIfjlzrimgClDLV7LsQZs/edit?usp=sharing

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We’re taking on scary urban legends about animals, and showing you that there’s nothing to fear! Well… okay, maybe there is, but it's not what you think! Join us with special guest Maggie Mae Fish.

Footnotes:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zPY_hNdmrgUy8GgrctKEBmwielWQNYfv080KVAxzjDo/edit?usp=sharing

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I'm answering listener questions again, from what makes ticks tick, to platypus egg cuisine, to attack of the clones! Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question, how delicious is your sweat? 

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This week, these squirrels are NUTS! with Adam Ganser! Giant flying squirrels, rainbow squirrels, and goth squirrels! Dissquirrelver this and more as we answer the age-old question: is that dried squirrel pee you’re using as an aphrodisiac, or are you just happy to see me? 

Footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kh0Q0Wi_dyvRwnbJN7Nlr1urhJr9G6lSMxEVjz767jk/edit?usp=sharing

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MEERKATS! What are they? Why do we love them? What are the horrifying, salacious details of meerkat murders? And where’s the love for their kinder cousins, the banded mongoose? Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: war… HUH, what is it good for? Absolutely mating!  

Footnotes:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12ONuZIv1NQKBFQeaTMMMPzjDssHDdDN61RB74j-TAMY/edit?usp=sharing

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