Today, we’re going to talk about CUTENESS! Why do we love baby animals? Do baby animals love us? What are some of the cutest studies in science? Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: yikes, what’s it like to give birth to a baby porcupine? With special guest Bridgett Greenberg.  FOOTNOTES: 1. Peak-a-boo researcher 2. Sea turtle swim suits 3. Cutest age for a dog study 4. Sea lion puppy covered in sand 5. Prehensile Tailed Porcupine "talking" 6. Image of Prehensile Tailed Porcupine's boopable snoot  7. Daily Herald cuteness article 8. Hamster wheel study 9. Mosha the elephant gets a prosthetic leg 10. Rampaging elephant stops to save baby 11. Selfie quokkas 12. Image of Quokka 13. Dik Dik alarm call 14. Shy Dumbo Octopus 15. "Venezuelan Poodle Moth" 16. Birb bounces golf ball   Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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They're in the air! There's billions of them! And they're tiny! We're talking about aeroplankton, what they're doing up there, and what happens when they get in your nose. 
Guest: Soren Bowie
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Aeroplankton

Today, we talk RATS! From plague to pets, rats have had a huge impact on humanity! What was the role of rats in the plague? What even is a rat?? Should you keep them as pets??? And are we so different after all? 
Guest: Jeff May
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Rats In The Walls

We talk about wild human inventions inspired by animal designs!
Guest: Ellen Weatherford
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Biomimicry

Today on the show, we're doing a re-broadcast of an Easter classic! We're firing the Easter Bunny and looking for a replacement! That's right E.B., you're getting benched and we're sending another animal out there to make merry with the eggs and the flowers!
Guest: Soren Bowie 
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Creature Classic®: Firing the Easter Bunny

I answer your questions, from the realism of Tarzan, to the details behind a frog Buffalo Bill, and how to best serve the birds of your community!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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