Creature Feature

Right now, dating is difficult amidst this pandemic. So let's check in on some animals and how their romantic lives are going. Will you be wooed by throbbing red face balloons, pufferfish art, and sea slug conga lines? Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: if your date is 30 times your size, how do you make sure you don’t end up as her appetizer?

Footnotes:

1. Hooded seals doing sock 'em boppers
2. Pufferfish's romantic art
3. The argonaut octopus
4. Banana slugs (don't put 'em in your mouth)
5. Sea hare sex conga line
6. Oops it's a snake orgy

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Introducing Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach and Donald! You loved Scrubs, and now it's time to listen along as the cast rewatches every episode and gives you all the behind the scenes info you could ever want! Listen and subscribe today! https://ihr.fm/2UQFB2Q

You know what's long, tedious and boring? Surgery. You know what isn't? This new podcast! Join Scrubs co-stars and real-life best friends Zach Braff and Donald Faison for a weekly comedy podcast where they relive the hit TV show, one episode at a time. Each week, these BFFs will discuss an episode of Scrubs, sharing behind-the-scenes stories and reminiscing on some of their favorite memories from filming. They’ll also connect with Scrubs super fans and feature beloved show cast members for exclusive interviews. 

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Today it's an auditory journey as we listen to some ANIMAL SOUNDS! Listen to lyrical lynxes, possessive porcupines, chirping cheetahs, whistling walruses, and other very vocal critters! Discover this and more a we answer the age old question, are horses mocking us? Our guest this week is David Bell.

Footnotes:

1. Lynx argument
2. Lynxes REALLY love to argue
3. Grey go-away bird
4. The ballad of Mr. McBouncy Pants
5. Porcupine throwing a tantrum over corn
6. Cheetah chirping
7. It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a cheetah! 
8. Cheetah barking like a puppy
9. Cheetah meowing
10. More cheetah sounds
11. Baby rhino squeals
12. Baby rhino arguing with mom
13. Harp seal calling for mom
14. Harp seal mumbling to himself
15. Seals sounding like synthesizers
16. Harbor seal having to get a butt shot
17. Walrus whistling
18. Attractive walrus noises
19. Horse mockery
20. Horsing around
21. Man arguing with a goat
22. Goat screams

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Check out theses weird adaptations! We’ll look at some incredible immunities from critters we think of as “dirty” or “dangerous,” some animals who are hardcore to the bone, and some insects who are getting pretty creative with this whole adaptation thing. Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: are birds real? 

Footnotes:

Creature Feature shirts!

Opossums help fight against lyme disease

Opossum vs Possum

Compound found in dogfish shark has antiviral properties

Spanish ribbed newt

An adorable potto! 

Hummingbird moths! 

THEY'RE MOTHS! 

Ladybug invasion!!! 

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Today I want to talk to you about animal homes! We’ll discover animals who built their homes out of straw, built their homes out

of sticks, and built their homes out of bricks and… poop… and… mucus? Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: what the heck is that ant doing with that larva’s butt??? 

Footnotes:

1. Baya Weaver Nest
2. Sociable Weaver Nest
3. Weaver Ant Nest
4. Weaver Ant Using Baby Butt Glue
5. Bagworm Log Cabin
6. African Bullfrog and "teeth"
7. Red Ovenbird Nests
8. Hornbill Nests
9. Incredible Caddisfly Cases

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Today we’re talking about POKEMON ANIMALS! These creatures are even more unbelievable than those fantastic little pocket monsters. I’m talking cute little critters crazier than Pikachu, sea animals that seem too cute to be real, and behavior that you’d think you’d only find in a Pokedex.

Footnotes:

1. Check out our new shirts in the shirt store!
2. Lowlandstreaked Tenrec
3. Someone did a fanart of a tenrec as a pokemon! 
4. Armadillo Girdled Lizard
5. David Attenborough bothering an armadillo lizard
6. Pangolin
7. SEA BUNNY!!!!
8. Seriously though SEA BUNNY
9. Sea bunny butt! 
10. Lemon flavored sea bunny (just kidding, still toxic) 
11. This is a real animal, the sheep leaf sea slug
12. Mary river turtle rocking an algae mohawk
13. Tadpoles with spiral bellies
14. Diving bell spider
15. Pipevine swallowtail caterpiller
16. Tailed emperor butterfly caterpillar
17. The Japanese emperor butterfly caterpillar
18. Uh oh, the GUM LEAF SKELETONIZER
19. Goofy phengodidae beetle

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Today we’re talking about ALIENS! Right here on earth. Does that sound paradoxical? Well, maybe you should think about whether we were the aliens all along??? We’ll be looking for aliens on earth from the bottom up: aliens under the sea, on land, and in the skies. Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question, do animals really need to breathe? With special guest Joelle Monique.

FOOTNOTES:

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

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On today’s episode we’re talking about WEREWOLVES! Where are they? What are they? And is there any truth behind the werewolf legends? Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: does your dog want to eat your face? With special guest Nick Turner.

FOOTNOTES:

1. The weird origins of the werewolf
2. Dire wolf skulls at the La Brea Tar Pits!
3. Breeding a dire wolf dog?

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I want to take on a trip to Imagination Station for the WHOLE ENTIRE EPISODE! That’s right, we’re exploring the world of imagination. What is imagination? Do animals have imagination? And can your imagination run as wild as nature itself? Discover this as we answer the age old-question: what’s the point of having a broom for a butt! With special guest Kim Winder.

FOOTNOTES:

1. Sloth bears are smart!
2. Vividness of visual imagery questionnaire
3. PINK manta ray!
4. Troll haired mystery bug!
5. Another fuzzy-butt planthopper
6. Another broom-butt

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Happy Valentines times! Today I thought that we’d look at a different type of love… platonic love between species! That’s right we’re looking at some cross-species cuddles, some dynamic duos, and truly unusual friendships within the animal kingdom! Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: is it fun to suck on a shark? With special guest comedian Blake Wexler.

FOOTNOTES:

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

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