Charles Darwin reaches the Galapagos Islands, and there he encounters the very, very unusual Marine Iguana ... an animal caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to evolution ... You can support the show - keep it going, keep it growing - and get additional content by subscribing at <a href= "https://thewildepisode.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The Wild Episode Substack</a>. Become a paid subscriber to get access to occasional bonus episodes. Even a free sign-up there will get you regular content celebrating the wonders and curiosities of the Animal Kingdom. Show notes, with photos, video and links to lots more information, are available at <a href="https://thewildepisode.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">thewildepisode.com</a> <a href="http://thewildepisode.com/subscribe-to-the-podcast/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Subscribe to the show</a> to make sure you don't miss any future Wild Episodes, and <a href= "http://thewildepisode.com/email-and-social-media/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">e-mail</a> your comments, corrections, suggestions or feedback to help make those future episodes better! Please share the show on social media, rate and review in your podcast app. That helps a lot. Or best of all, become a paid subscriber at <a href="https://thewildepisode.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Wild Episode Substack</a>. Thank you. Music Opening & Closing Themes: Running Waters and Acoustic Meditation by Audionautix (Jason Shaw), from <a href="http://audionautix.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">audionautix.com</a>. <a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY 3.0</a>. Modified versions of: Feather by <a href= "https://archive.org/details/Gurdonark_LeeRosevere_Harmony" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Gurdonark</a>, <a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">CC BY 4</a>

Charles Darwin reaches the Galapagos Islands, and there he encounters the very, very unusual Marine Iguana ... an animal caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to evolution ... You can support the show - keep it going, keep it growing - and get additional content by subscribing at The Wild Episode Substack. Become a paid subscriber to get access to occasional bonus episodes. Even a free sign-up there will get you regular content celebrating the wonders and curiosities of the Animal Kingdom. Show notes, with photos, video and links to lots more information, are available at thewildepisode.com Subscribe to the show to make sure you don't miss any future Wild Episodes, and e-mail your comments, corrections, suggestions or feedback to help make those future episodes better! Please share the show on social media, rate and review in your podcast app. That helps a lot. Or best of all, become a paid subscriber at The Wild Episode Substack. Thank you. Music Opening & Closing Themes: Running Waters and Acoustic Meditation by Audionautix (Jason Shaw), from audionautix.com. CC BY 3.0. Modified versions of: Feather by Gurdonark, CC BY 4

Charles Darwin reaches the Galapagos Islands, and there he encounters the very, very unusual Marine Iguana ... an animal caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to evolution ... You can support the show - keep it going, keep it growing - and get additional content by subscribing at <a href="https://thewildepisode.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Wild Episode Substack</a>. Become a paid subscriber to get access to occasional bonus episodes. Even a free sign-up there will get you regular content celebrating the wonders and curiosities of the Animal Kingdom. Show notes, with photos, video and links to lots more information, are available at <a href="https://thewildepisode.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">thewildepisode.com</a> <a href="http://thewildepisode.com/subscribe-to-the-podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Subscribe to the show</a> to make sure you don't miss any future Wild Episodes, and <a href="http://thewildepisode.com/email-and-social-media/" rel="noopener noreferrer">e-mail</a> your comments, corrections, suggestions or feedback to help make those future episodes better! Please share the show on social media, rate and review in your podcast app. That helps a lot. Or best of all, become a paid subscriber at <a href="https://thewildepisode.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Wild Episode Substack</a>. Thank you. Music Opening &amp; Closing Themes: Running Waters and Acoustic Meditation by Audionautix (Jason Shaw), from <a href="http://audionautix.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">audionautix.com</a>. <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY 3.0</a>. Modified versions of: Feather by <a href="https://archive.org/details/Gurdonark_LeeRosevere_Harmony" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gurdonark</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY 4</a>

Marine Iguana : Darwin's Menagerie III

The Upside-Down Jellyfish are a little group of remarkable jellyfish that are not only upside-down, but also photosynthetic, sleepy and capable of releasing stinging bombs into the water ... You can support the show - keep it going, keep it growing - and get additional content by subscribing at <a href= "https://thewildepisode.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The Wild Episode Substack</a>. Become a paid subscriber to get access to occasional bonus episodes. Even a free sign-up there will get you regular content celebrating the wonders and curiosities of the Animal Kingdom. Show notes, with photos, video and links to lots more information, are available at <a href="https://thewildepisode.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">thewildepisode.com</a> <a href="http://thewildepisode.com/subscribe-to-the-podcast/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Subscribe to the show</a> to make sure you don't miss any future Wild Episodes, and <a href= "http://thewildepisode.com/email-and-social-media/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">e-mail</a> your comments, corrections, suggestions or feedback to help make those future episodes better! Please share the show on social media, rate and review in your podcast app. That helps a lot. Or best of all, become a paid subscriber at <a href="https://thewildepisode.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Wild Episode Substack</a>. Thank you. Music Opening & Closing Themes: Running Waters and Acoustic Meditation by Audionautix (Jason Shaw), from <a href="http://audionautix.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">audionautix.com</a>. <a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY 3.0</a>.

The Upside-Down Jellyfish are a little group of remarkable jellyfish that are not only upside-down, but also photosynthetic, sleepy and capable of releasing stinging bombs into the water ... You can support the show - keep it going, keep it growing - and get additional content by subscribing at The Wild Episode Substack. Become a paid subscriber to get access to occasional bonus episodes. Even a free sign-up there will get you regular content celebrating the wonders and curiosities of the Animal Kingdom. Show notes, with photos, video and links to lots more information, are available at thewildepisode.com Subscribe to the show to make sure you don't miss any future Wild Episodes, and e-mail your comments, corrections, suggestions or feedback to help make those future episodes better! Please share the show on social media, rate and review in your podcast app. That helps a lot. Or best of all, become a paid subscriber at The Wild Episode Substack. Thank you. Music Opening & Closing Themes: Running Waters and Acoustic Meditation by Audionautix (Jason Shaw), from audionautix.com. CC BY 3.0.

The Upside-Down Jellyfish are a little group of remarkable jellyfish that are not only upside-down, but also photosynthetic, sleepy and capable of releasing stinging bombs into the water ... You can support the show - keep it going, keep it growing - and get additional content by subscribing at <a href="https://thewildepisode.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Wild Episode Substack</a>. Become a paid subscriber to get access to occasional bonus episodes. Even a free sign-up there will get you regular content celebrating the wonders and curiosities of the Animal Kingdom. Show notes, with photos, video and links to lots more information, are available at <a href="https://thewildepisode.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">thewildepisode.com</a> <a href="http://thewildepisode.com/subscribe-to-the-podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Subscribe to the show</a> to make sure you don't miss any future Wild Episodes, and <a href="http://thewildepisode.com/email-and-social-media/" rel="noopener noreferrer">e-mail</a> your comments, corrections, suggestions or feedback to help make those future episodes better! Please share the show on social media, rate and review in your podcast app. That helps a lot. Or best of all, become a paid subscriber at <a href="https://thewildepisode.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Wild Episode Substack</a>. Thank you. Music Opening &amp; Closing Themes: Running Waters and Acoustic Meditation by Audionautix (Jason Shaw), from <a href="http://audionautix.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">audionautix.com</a>. <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY 3.0</a>.

Upside-Down Jellyfish : Medusa in the Sunlight

Following Charles Darwin on his voyage around South America, we arrive in Chile - where he discovers a remarkable little frog that has one of the strangest approaches to fatherhood in the whole Animal Kingdom ... You can support the show - keep it going, keep it growing - and get additional content by subscribing at <a href= "https://thewildepisode.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The Wild Episode Substack</a>. Become a paid subscriber to get access to occasional bonus episodes. Even a free sign-up there will get you regular content celebrating the wonders and curiosities of the Animal Kingdom. Show notes, with photos, video and links to lots more information, are available at <a href="https://thewildepisode.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">thewildepisode.com</a> <a href="http://thewildepisode.com/subscribe-to-the-podcast/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Subscribe to the show</a> to make sure you don't miss any future Wild Episodes, and <a href= "http://thewildepisode.com/email-and-social-media/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">e-mail</a> your comments, corrections, suggestions or feedback to help make those future episodes better! Please share the show on social media, rate and review in your podcast app. That helps a lot. Or best of all, become a paid subscriber at <a href="https://thewildepisode.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Wild Episode Substack</a>. Thank you. Music Opening & Closing Themes: Running Waters and Acoustic Meditation by Audionautix (Jason Shaw), from <a href="http://audionautix.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">audionautix.com</a>. <a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY 3.0</a>. Modified versions of: Feather by <a href= "https://archive.org/details/Gurdonark_LeeRosevere_Harmony" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Gurdonark</a>, <a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">CC BY 4</a>; World's Strongest Camel, Please, Not The Mind Fizz and The Spiders Of Battersea Park by <a href= "https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Doctor Turtle</a>, <a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">CC BY 4</a>

Following Charles Darwin on his voyage around South America, we arrive in Chile - where he discovers a remarkable little frog that has one of the strangest approaches to fatherhood in the whole Animal Kingdom ... You can support the show - keep it going, keep it growing - and get additional content by subscribing at The Wild Episode Substack. Become a paid subscriber to get access to occasional bonus episodes. Even a free sign-up there will get you regular content celebrating the wonders and curiosities of the Animal Kingdom. Show notes, with photos, video and links to lots more information, are available at thewildepisode.com Subscribe to the show to make sure you don't miss any future Wild Episodes, and e-mail your comments, corrections, suggestions or feedback to help make those future episodes better! Please share the show on social media, rate and review in your podcast app. That helps a lot. Or best of all, become a paid subscriber at The Wild Episode Substack. Thank you. Music Opening & Closing Themes: Running Waters and Acoustic Meditation by Audionautix (Jason Shaw), from audionautix.com. CC BY 3.0. Modified versions of: Feather by Gurdonark, CC BY 4; World's Strongest Camel, Please, Not The Mind Fizz and The Spiders Of Battersea Park by Doctor Turtle, CC BY 4

Following Charles Darwin on his voyage around South America, we arrive in Chile - where he discovers a remarkable little frog that has one of the strangest approaches to fatherhood in the whole Animal Kingdom ... You can support the show - keep it going, keep it growing - and get additional content by subscribing at <a href="https://thewildepisode.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Wild Episode Substack</a>. Become a paid subscriber to get access to occasional bonus episodes. Even a free sign-up there will get you regular content celebrating the wonders and curiosities of the Animal Kingdom. Show notes, with photos, video and links to lots more information, are available at <a href="https://thewildepisode.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">thewildepisode.com</a> <a href="http://thewildepisode.com/subscribe-to-the-podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Subscribe to the show</a> to make sure you don't miss any future Wild Episodes, and <a href="http://thewildepisode.com/email-and-social-media/" rel="noopener noreferrer">e-mail</a> your comments, corrections, suggestions or feedback to help make those future episodes better! Please share the show on social media, rate and review in your podcast app. That helps a lot. Or best of all, become a paid subscriber at <a href="https://thewildepisode.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Wild Episode Substack</a>. Thank you. Music Opening &amp; Closing Themes: Running Waters and Acoustic Meditation by Audionautix (Jason Shaw), from <a href="http://audionautix.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">audionautix.com</a>. <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY 3.0</a>. Modified versions of: Feather by <a href="https://archive.org/details/Gurdonark_LeeRosevere_Harmony" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gurdonark</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY 4</a>; World's Strongest Camel, Please, Not The Mind Fizz and The Spiders Of Battersea Park by <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Doctor Turtle</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY 4</a>

Darwin's Frog : Darwin's Menagerie II

Steamer ducks are big, mostly flightless, famously aggressive ducks in South America. An amazing example of evolution in action, because some supposedly flying steamer ducks can't fly, and some flightless ones apparently can. Charles Darwin would be fascinated. You can support the show - keep it going, keep it growing - and get additional content by subscribing at <a href= "https://thewildepisode.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The Wild Episode Substack</a>. Become a paid subscriber to get access to occasional bonus episodes. Even a free sign-up there will get you regular content celebrating the wonders and curiosities of the Animal Kingdom. Show notes, with photos, video and links to lots more information, are available at <a href="https://thewildepisode.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">thewildepisode.com</a> <a href="http://thewildepisode.com/subscribe-to-the-podcast/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Subscribe to the show</a> to make sure you don't miss any future Wild Episodes, and <a href= "http://thewildepisode.com/email-and-social-media/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">e-mail</a> your comments, corrections, suggestions or feedback to help make those future episodes better! Please share the show on social media, rate and review in your podcast app. That helps a lot. Or best of all, become a paid subscriber at <a href="https://thewildepisode.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Wild Episode Substack</a>. Thank you. Music Opening & Closing Themes: Running Waters and Acoustic Meditation by Audionautix (Jason Shaw), from <a href="http://audionautix.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">audionautix.com</a>. <a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY 3.0</a>. Modified versions of: Feather by <a href= "https://archive.org/details/Gurdonark_LeeRosevere_Harmony" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Gurdonark</a>, <a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">CC BY 4</a>

Steamer ducks are big, mostly flightless, famously aggressive ducks in South America. An amazing example of evolution in action, because some supposedly flying steamer ducks can't fly, and some flightless ones apparently can. Charles Darwin would be fascinated. You can support the show - keep it going, keep it growing - and get additional content by subscribing at The Wild Episode Substack. Become a paid subscriber to get access to occasional bonus episodes. Even a free sign-up there will get you regular content celebrating the wonders and curiosities of the Animal Kingdom. Show notes, with photos, video and links to lots more information, are available at thewildepisode.com Subscribe to the show to make sure you don't miss any future Wild Episodes, and e-mail your comments, corrections, suggestions or feedback to help make those future episodes better! Please share the show on social media, rate and review in your podcast app. That helps a lot. Or best of all, become a paid subscriber at The Wild Episode Substack. Thank you. Music Opening & Closing Themes: Running Waters and Acoustic Meditation by Audionautix (Jason Shaw), from audionautix.com. CC BY 3.0. Modified versions of: Feather by Gurdonark, CC BY 4

Steamer ducks are big, mostly flightless, famously aggressive ducks in South America. An amazing example of evolution in action, because some supposedly flying steamer ducks can't fly, and some flightless ones apparently can. Charles Darwin would be fascinated. You can support the show - keep it going, keep it growing - and get additional content by subscribing at <a href="https://thewildepisode.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Wild Episode Substack</a>. Become a paid subscriber to get access to occasional bonus episodes. Even a free sign-up there will get you regular content celebrating the wonders and curiosities of the Animal Kingdom. Show notes, with photos, video and links to lots more information, are available at <a href="https://thewildepisode.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">thewildepisode.com</a> <a href="http://thewildepisode.com/subscribe-to-the-podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Subscribe to the show</a> to make sure you don't miss any future Wild Episodes, and <a href="http://thewildepisode.com/email-and-social-media/" rel="noopener noreferrer">e-mail</a> your comments, corrections, suggestions or feedback to help make those future episodes better! Please share the show on social media, rate and review in your podcast app. That helps a lot. Or best of all, become a paid subscriber at <a href="https://thewildepisode.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Wild Episode Substack</a>. Thank you. Music Opening &amp; Closing Themes: Running Waters and Acoustic Meditation by Audionautix (Jason Shaw), from <a href="http://audionautix.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">audionautix.com</a>. <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY 3.0</a>. Modified versions of: Feather by <a href="https://archive.org/details/Gurdonark_LeeRosevere_Harmony" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gurdonark</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY 4</a>

Steamer Duck : Darwin's Menagerie I

This Wild Episode is all about what was once the rarest insect in the world - the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect (Dryococelus australis) - and the bizarre story of how it escaped extinction, pulling off one of the most amazing tricks of species survival the world has ever seen ... Shownotes at <a href= "http://www.thewildepisode.com">www.thewildepisode.com</a>. Subscribe to the show for plenty more wonders, curiosities and horrors from the natural world!

This Wild Episode is all about what was once the rarest insect in the world - the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect (Dryococelus australis) - and the bizarre story of how it escaped extinction, pulling off one of the most amazing tricks of species survival the world has ever seen ... Shownotes at www.thewildepisode.com. Subscribe to the show for plenty more wonders, curiosities and horrors from the natural world!

This Wild Episode is all about what was once the rarest insect in the world - the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect (Dryococelus australis) - and the bizarre story of how it escaped extinction, pulling off one of the most amazing tricks of species survival the world has ever seen ... Shownotes at <a href="http://www.thewildepisode.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.thewildepisode.com</a>. Subscribe to the show for plenty more wonders, curiosities and horrors from the natural world!

Lord Howe Island Stick Insect : The Lazarus Stick

Where better to start The Wild Episode than with a shark? Specifically, the Greenland Shark. Somniosus microcephalus. One of the least well known, and most mysterious, top predators in the world. An enormous Arctic shark that lives longer than any other vertebrate, eats almost anything, and loses its sight because its eyes get eaten ... Shownotes at <a href= "http://www.thewildepisode.com">www.thewildepisode.com</a> Subscribe to the show for plenty more wonders, curiosities and horrors from the natural world!

Where better to start The Wild Episode than with a shark? Specifically, the Greenland Shark. Somniosus microcephalus. One of the least well known, and most mysterious, top predators in the world. An enormous Arctic shark that lives longer than any other vertebrate, eats almost anything, and loses its sight because its eyes get eaten ... Shownotes at www.thewildepisode.com Subscribe to the show for plenty more wonders, curiosities and horrors from the natural world!

Where better to start The Wild Episode than with a shark? Specifically, the Greenland Shark. Somniosus microcephalus. One of the least well known, and most mysterious, top predators in the world. An enormous Arctic shark that lives longer than any other vertebrate, eats almost anything, and loses its sight because its eyes get eaten ... Shownotes at <a href="http://www.thewildepisode.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.thewildepisode.com</a> Subscribe to the show for plenty more wonders, curiosities and horrors from the natural world!

Greenland Shark : The Shark in Darkness

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