Freaky Fauna Friday

These little newts have so many freaky abilities and are often referred to as wolverine newts. They love to wrestle, and they have cute duck faces.

While known as Earth's happiest mammal and their willingness to throw their kids at predators, this episode you'll find out both of these assumptions aren't quite right.

These terribly misunderstood creatures are actually saving lives. While they do drink a little blood from preferred prey animals, like mammals. Their saliva is being incorporated into all kinds of life saving medicines.

These amazing mollusks are not only fascinating filter feeders but are also used as water quality indicators and put on quite a dance show to lure in unsuspecting fish.

These delectable little monsters are natures natural gushers. Besides being delicious, they have been so successful they have conquered every continent besides Antartica.

One of the largest fish of all time, ruled the oceans for millennia. This week we discuss their supremacy and supposed downfall.

On this special Bigfoot Jamboree week we look into Gigantopithecus, an animal that many Bigfoot researchers say could actually be the hairy man himself. But after this episode you will see this animal could dwarf a Bigfoot.

While they don't matter to many outside ecosystems, these flies show the versatility and ingenuity of life being able to inhabit every space on the planet. "Life finds a way."

Suggested by listener Mady, these little haymakers are known for their vast ability to store food and for yelling. Just make sure you don't call them a rodent!

The world's smallest marsupial and one of the worlds smallest mammals. Thank you to Elise for picking this famous Freaky Fauna!