How many geese?

How many geese?

By Jack Baddams & Roddy ShawComedyScienceNature
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How many geese? episodes

  • Spit, sweat and cream

    Today's episode tells the tale of two of the most incredible extinct species you've never heard of, gets into a fight with a nerdy crocodile and evaluates how successfully a snake could apply suntan lotion... 

    48 min
  • Be more cricket

    It's Lou part 2 as we explore myths, legends and why some animals have all the luck in the world with tattoo artist Lou Hopper. Plus we decide which animals would run which stalls at a Medieval fair and Lou and Roddy take on a swimming pool full of Tiger Sharks... 

    48 min
  • Revenge of the Arctic toadstools

    Today's episode welcomes tattoo artist and nature nerd Lou Hopper into the goose flock as we answer such questions as: what the worst animal would be to have to tattoo? How many Binturong would it take to crush a human? And just what are the hidden alien animals that have been living among us?

    40 min
  • Arm the voles

    Fear the reaper as we enter the world of the necrobiome. Listen to the literally shocking story of how a lightning storm that felled an enter herd of reindeer on the Norwegian tundra gave rise to a unique ecosystem. Plus - what animal family would take home the most medals at the Olympics & how many baboons could you take in a fight...? 

    47 min
  • The hippo-pocalypse is coming

    We're back and wasting no time in smuggling illicit animal facts across the border as we tackle such issues as: Columbia's hippo problem, what happens if you get a fruit fly drunk & meet the black bear that ate $15 million dollars worth of cocaine...

    39 min
  • Where‘s my goose?

    We're back for a special Festival of Nature bumper edition of 'How many geese?' - delving into Nature's own festivals to find her mad mass gatherings. Then we turn our attentions to your important questions on animal sexiness, size & bank heist capabilities. Plus, the humble pangolin takes one more step to extinction as this week's nomination to animal fight club...

    1 hr 2 min
  • That can stay in the sea

    Today's episode is burrowing into your ear as we enter the world of parasites. Tuck your trousers into your socks as we talk lice that eat tongues, barnacles that hack crabs and slave making ants. Plus - we reminisce about the most remote places we've ever been and ask: how many orca could you take in a fight? 

    36 min
  • Having tea on a zebra

    Today's episode enters the mythical, blurrily photographed world of big cats on the loose in the UK. Are they out there and just who is taking up the mantle of tracking them down? 

    Plus - the Aardvark is inducted into animal fight club and what's the biggest animal you could tape to a lamp post? 

    35 min
  • A string of demoralised beavers

    In this episode we go to war with the animals more than ever, as we tell the cautionary tales of countries that have waged war on their feathered foes. Plus - Roddy battles beavers and we discuss whether the biggest shark to ever live might still be lurking out there... 

    32 min
  • One of nature‘s boss battles

    Part 2 of our deep dive into age enters the world of the ancients. What are the oldest living things in the world? Which animals have unlocked the secrets of immortality? And, most importantly, what's going on with bats?! 

     

     

    35 min

About How many geese?

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The comedy nature podcast for more than just nature nerds. A really wild show for grown ups, each episode looks at stories and science from across the natural world and also pits a host against a listener suggested species of animal to decide how many they could take in a fight.

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