Strange Animals Podcast

It’s update week! I call myself out for some mistakes, then catch us all up on new information about topics we’ve covered in the past. Then we’ll learn about the Nandi bear, a mystery animal that is probably not actually a bear. Check out Finn and Lila’s Natural History and Horse Podcast on Podbean! Check ... [Read more...]

This week we’re learning about the hammerhead worm and the ichthyosaur, two animals that really could hardly be more different from each other. Thanks to Tania for the hammerhead worm suggestion! They are so beautifully disgusting! Make sure to check out the podcast Animals to the Max this week (and always), for an interview with ... [Read more...]

It’s badger week at Strange Animals Podcast, thanks to a suggestion by Richard E.! I knew the honey badger was something special, but I had no idea how special. And by “special” I mean “terrifying.” Shout-out to Turn of Phrases podcast just because I love it so much. It’s a short, family friendly podcast that ... [Read more...]

This week we’re going to find out some surprising possible inspirations for the qilin, sometimes called the kirin or the Chinese unicorn, and the phoenix! Strap in, kids. We’re going to do history! A qilin A giraffe My beautiful art of tsaidamotherium, both subspecies, with their weird horns: A saiga antelope A takin A bird ... [Read more...]

This week we’re going to learn about all sorts of animals first described by Georg Wilhelm Steller in the mid-18th century and named after him, from the common Steller’s jay to the mysterious Steller’s sea ape. Steller’s jay. It looks like someone photoshopped a frowny line over its eye:   A male Steller’s eider in ... [Read more...]

This week we’re going to learn about some more big cats, especially the mysterious onza of Mexico and the yemish of Patagonia. And you should totally check out the charming podcast Cool Facts about Animals. A jaguar: A jaguarundi: A puma, not dead: The Rodriguez onza, dead: A giant otter: Further reading: The Encyclopaedia of ... [Read more...]

Join us this week to learn about the aurochs, the gaur, some mystery cattle of Patagonia, a farting monster cow, and a ghost cow that turned out to be not so ghostly! The aurochs: An aurochs skull: A gaur. Holy cow (heh) those things are enormous! A heck cow: The bonnacon, famous for stink. I ... [Read more...]

Let’s learn about horseshoe crabs and cone snails! The former is harmless, the latter is deadly. Both are interesting! This episode’s animals are inspired by the podcast Animals to the Max and by the book Strange Survivors by Dr. Oné R. Pagán. Check both out because they are awesome! A horseshoe crab will never hurt you ... [Read more...]

This week we’re going to learn about some strange snakes. Snakes in the air! Snakes in the water! Snakes on a pla–NO I am not going there Thanks to sirfinnhayes and Mackin for the topic suggestions! Mackin is host of the podcast Species, which you should listen to. A golden tree snake: A snake flying, ... [Read more...]

Let’s learn about the LUNGFISH, which deserves capital letters because they’re fascinating and this episode took so flipping long to research! Mysteries abound! The lovely marbled lungfish from Africa: The South American lungfish: The Australian lungfish CHECK OUT THOSE GAMS: Another Australian lungfish: Further Reading: The Hunt for the Buru by Ralph Izzard Show Transcript: ... [Read more...]