Ew, Nature! with Ash and Patty

In the seahorse world, dads get pregnant—and it’s not exactly peaceful. Ash and Patty explore how male seahorses carry hundreds of babies, feed them through their own bodies, and then blast them into the ocean in a wild series of contractions. With a firsthand account from one very tired seahorse dad, this episode proves that parenting in nature can get… intense.

Ash and Patty hit the beach to uncover one of the ocean’s grossest surprises: the tongue-eating louse! This creepy parasite sneaks into a fish’s mouth, eats its tongue, and then becomes the tongue. Ew. Join the gang as they peek inside fish mouths, scream (a lot), and meet the world’s weirdest dental replacement.

Ash and Patty take a deep dive—literally—into the slimy, slippery world of the hagfish. With five gallons of goo, no jaw, and the ability to tie themselves in knots, these underwater oddballs are full of surprises.

Ash & Patty interview Velma Vulture, a sweet old bird with some seriously wild facts. From cooling herself with poop to sniffing out snacks from miles away, Velma shares all the gross and glorious details about being a vulture. It's weird, it's wonderful—and it might make you gag a little.

Patty explains the amazing world of maggots—why they’re gross, great, and totally necessary—while Ash tries not to barf. Learn how nature recycles its leftovers, one wiggly larva at a time.

Ash & Patty investigate the slippery world of slugs—right in Mrs. Nesbit’s backyard. From mucus trails to eye-tipped tentacles, this episode oozes with weird-but-true slug facts.

Ash thinks he can outsmart a skunk. He can't. Join Ash and Patty as they explore the wild world of skunks—nature’s stinkiest pest control experts—and discover how one wrong move can leave you gagging in the woods.

Ash and Patty sit down with Claude the Dung Beetle to talk poop, stargazing, and the joys of rolling your weight in dung. It’s an unexpectedly poetic—and very squishy—look at one of nature’s most important cleanup crews.

Ash & Patty’s picnic gets hijacked—by ants! When a cookie mysteriously crawls away, the duo follows a trail of tiny thieves and discovers the incredible teamwork happening just beneath their paws. Learn how ant colonies function, why the queen isn’t really in charge, and how these tiny bugs build underground cities.

Ash & Patty stumble into a slimy forest filled with funky fungi! Patty’s on a mission to explore every mushroom, while Ash mostly tries not to get sneezed on by spores. Along the way, they learn how mushrooms help clean up nature.