We intro sauropods—the biggest land animals to have ever lived. We talk about their classification, their general physical characteristics, and then place them in the larger picture of the Mesozoic era. For clarity, we recommend you look up the “archosaur clade” in an online image search!

We kick off Season 3 with ninja! What are they and what do they do? Are they still around? How were they trained? What weapons did they use? And were did they come from? We answer all of these questions and also give a quick summary of unschooling as well as our process for learning about each topic.

We compare and contrast the three largest US military cargo airplanes including the C-5 Galaxy, the C-17 Globemaster III, and the C-130 Hercules. Then we geek-out over the C-5, it’s sheer size, and all of the interesting facts we know about it. Check out our recommended videos on aerial refueling (https://youtu.be/r-s9ajt4aE8), kneeling (https://youtu.be/EqZUVtKzjtc), and backing up (https://youtu.be/PkCYCtIz33o). Finally, here is Kai posing in front of our C-17 Globemaster III chalk drawing (https://readingrecipe.blogspot.com/p/podcast-resources.html).

We briefly jump between dholes, jackals, dingoes, and African wild dogs giving fun facts on each one. One of these dogs even pees upside down! Here’s the video we mention of jackals masking their own scent: https://youtu.be/AhEdKY4ujjg

Coyotes: not quite the hopeless cartoon character nor the disease-ridden dog we’ve imagined. In fact, they’re rather well-adapted to the ever-changing environment.

We cover some of the cool facts and trivia concerning Grey Foxes, Arctic Foxes, Fennec Foxes, and Bat-eared Foxes. The “Kurzgesagt” video Kai mentioned is here: https://youtu.be/MUWUHf-rzks

We give a general discussion of foxes and their behavior and then specifically dive into Red Foxes. We’ll continue with other fox species next episode. Also, check out two videos we recommend from Save A Fox to see some “gekkering.” - (on Facebook) https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2127936207336098&id=376054892842542 and (on YouTube) https://youtu.be/3Pu12roK7Rc

We continue to explore wolves in this episode. We talk about: characteristics / abilities, the pack / hunting, and the den and pups. Enjoy!

We are joined again by Ananya (our guest from the Wild Cats series) as we discuss the oldest and largest members of the dog family: wolves.

MH370 is still an unsolved mystery that may never be solved. Our interest was piqued from the start.