Strange Animals Podcast

Our episode this week is about some causes of extinction, but to keep from getting too depressing we’ll look at a lot of animals that were brought back from the brink of extinction by people who saw a problem in time to put it right. We’ll learn a lot about the passenger pigeon this week ... [Read more...]

This week’s almost late but NOT LATE OKAY episode is about the Chinese ink monkey! A pygmy tarsier, probably not an ink monkey: Further reading: The Search for the Last Undiscovered Animals by Karl P.N. Shuker Relic: The Lost Treasure Podcast – I’m a guest in episode 15 but all the episodes are great! Bonus ... [Read more...]

This week we’re going to learn about bears, including a bunch of m y s t e r y  b e a r s! Hi! I am a panda bear! A polar bear: A spectacled bear: A baby spectacled bear OMG LOOK AT THAT BABY: The giant short-faced bear was indeed giant: Further reading: Shuker ... [Read more...]

We’re learning about comb jellies this week, along with the sea sponge, and the MASSIVE CONTROVERSY ABOUT THE TWO THAT IS PITTING SCIENTIST AGAINST SCIENTIST I might be overstating it just a bit The lovely Arctic comb jelly: The lovely Venus’s girdle comb jelly: A fossil comb jelly. Probably lovely when it was alive: A ... [Read more...]

This week we look at a couple of unusual vultures, the bearded vulture and the Egyptian vulture. Thanks to Maureen J. who recommended this week’s topic! The bearded vulture, badass bird: This bearded vulture is probably thinking about eating bones right now: The Egyptian vulture cares about its appearance: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals ... [Read more...]

Happy Halloween, everyone! This week’s episode is about a spooky occurrence in 1855, where people in Devon woke to find small hoofprints all over the place, even on roofs. Join us in an attempt to figure out just what animal might have made the devil’s footprints! The footprints as drawn by the Rev. Ellacombe from ... [Read more...]

This week we’re looking at the confusing and mysterious Canvey Island Monster! Is it really a monster? Is it just a fish, and if so what kind? And who’s telling the truth about what washed up when and where? The initial article in a Canvey Island newspaper, from CanveyIsland.org. The photo shown on many sites, ... [Read more...]

This week we’re in Ireland learning about the dobhar-chú, a vicious creature that might be an otter but might be a KING otter! Either way, it’s a killer. The weird creature carved on Grace Connolly’s gravestone: How can such an adorable floof be so MURDEROUS? Please note: sneaky tongue blep. Eurasian otter: The giant otter ... [Read more...]

Part two of the Bigfoot episode sort of got away from me. We start with giants of Patagonia and end up, inexplicably, with seals in Australia. But it’s a fun ride along the way, where we learn about real giants in Patagonia, folkloric giants in Patagonia, the Yowie of Australia, and the Bunyip of Australia. ... [Read more...]

It’s October, MONSTER MONTH! We’re starting it off right with an episode about the Yeti! I literally could have made this episode an hour long without even touching on half the information out there, but no one wants to listen to me talk for that long. If you’re intrigued and want to hear more about ... [Read more...]