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- Tiger Sharks
Tiger Sharks! To wrap up our very own take on Shark Week 2019 Paul and Donna talk about fantastic and interesting tiger sharks! Show notes [...]
42 min - Hammerhead Sharks – Varmints SHARK WEEK 2019!SHARK WEEK! Hammerhead Sharks!Chris Green (Toph) from the GravityBeard podcast joins Donna this week to discuss those bizarre and wonderful hammerhead sharks!Thanks so much to Toph for filling in this week! GravityBeard is a podcast variety show with features such as This Week Today, Blunderdogs and funny, fascinating interviews with weird, interesting people.Check it out here! Or just click on the image below. Now on with the show!And now the news!A big ol’ hammerhead was spotted eating tarpon off the coast of Anna Maria island! Nom nom nom. Who wants to go for a swim? News story courtesy of WFLA.com. Video courtesy of YouTube user The Weather Network:Think hammerheads are generally weird looking? Peep the winghead species! Wow!The hammeryest hammerhead that ever hammered!Rolled swimming helps hammerheads conserve energy and do more shark things! You can read the study here courtesy of ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. The video is courtesy of YouTube user New Scientist:Are sharks smart? Here are five reasons why they might be courtesy of Discovery.comYet another Finding Nemo pop culture reference! We love that movie. It’s Anchor the recovering hammerhead shark. Video courtesy of YouTube user Clips4You:Fish are friends. Not food.Check out this really cool documentary about sharks. Courtesy of YouTube user Free Documentary:Explore a really cool hammerhead nursery in the Galapagos Islands at nationalgeographic.com!Now you know even more about hammerhead sharks than you did this morning! What do you think of them? We want to hear from you! Send us your suggestions for animals you’d like to hear us talk about, or just drop us a line about anything at [email protected]! We might even read your email on the show.Your feedback is always welcome!Connect with your Varmints! hosts| Paul Csomo | Donna Hume | The Show | PinterestAnd a very special welcome to the more than 1,200 of you that gave us a like on our Facebook page. Holy cow! Thank you! We hope you like what you hear and we look forward to hearing from you soon!All music is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Featured image “Scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini)” was taken by Ryan Espanto and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.Winghead shark (Eusphyra blochii) was taken by CSIRO National fish Collection and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.About our voice actors:Kari McGinnis runs Blazing Caribou Studios and is a co-host on the podcasts Feast On History and Trivia Geeks Live.Chris Braaten runs the Podfix Network and is a co-host on More Gooder Than.Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit.Andrea Freitas runs the A Measured Life blog and is a co-host on the Feast On History podcast.Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty,and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe.0 min
- Great White Sharks – Varmints SHARK WEEK 2019!SHARK WEEK! Great White Sharks!In this week’s Varmints podcast we’ll revisit Great White Sharks! In Paul and Donna’s first episode together we’re going to dive straight down with these finny denizens of the sea and talk about these marvelously terrifying giant fish.Here’s some stuff we referenced on the show:One might think it’s difficult to be stupid around Great White Sharks, I mean, they’re huge and full of sharp teeth. Even if they don’t come after you on purpose, an accidental bite could be pretty awful. Right? The young man in this article apparently thought it was worth the risk. Giant whale carcass, several hungry Great White Sharks having Sunday luncheon, what could possibly go wrong?Oops.RAWR! Great White Sharks have rows and rows of dagger-like teeth they can use like fingers. Copyright Andy Brandy CasagrandeJust in case you’ve been living under a rock and have never heard the theme to Jaws, give it a listen here. It will get you in the mood for amazing Great White Shark facts and fun! Courtesy of YouTube user WEERCK:Of course, Jaws isn’t the only place Great Whites have surfaced in the stormy seas of pop culture. One of our favorites on Varmints is the large and loveable Bruce from Finding Nemo. Courtesy of YouTube user Renato Dias:Remember, fish are friends, not food.No podcast about Great White Sharks would be complete without mentioning one depressing but super important fact. These beautiful creatures are highly sought after and deeply at risk because of over-fishing by humans. The worst offenders supply the market for shark fin soup. The video we talked about the first time we aired this episode is no longer available on YouTube. Instead please watch Gordon Ramsay’s investigation into shark fin soup. Viewer discretion advised for graphic content and Gordon Ramsay language. Courtesy of YouTube user Yum!Yum! Food Network:Check out this wonderful video of shark diver Jimmy Hall, diving with a large Great White Shark off the coast of Hawaii. This is a rare and beautiful encounter that will take your breath away. Courtesy of YouTube user Tom Peary:Now you know more about great white sharks than you did when you woke up this morning! What’s your opinion on them? We want to hear from you! Send us your suggestions for animals you’d like to hear us talk about, or just drop us a line about anything at [email protected]! We might even read your fascinating email on the show.Your feedback is always welcome!Connect with your Varmints! hosts| Paul Csomo| Donna Hume| The ShowAnd a very special welcome to the more than 1,100 of you that gave us a like on our Facebook page. Holy cow! Thank you! We hope you like what you hear and we look forward to hearing from you soon!Music used:“Dubakupado”“News Theme”“Sneaky Adventure”“Monkeys Spinning Monkeys”“Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.033 min
- North American Hawks
North American Hawks! Paul and Donna wing it today talking about those beautiful, fast, and it turns out, smartypants predators, North American Hawks! We’ll hear [...]
58 min - Livestream for the Cure 3.0
WARNING: This episode contains one instance of a word that may not be suitable for kids, grandparents or people who are sensitive about adult language. [...]
32 min - Honeybees
Honeybees! Buzz on over to the Blazing Caribou Hive and join Paul and Donna today to discuss these smartypollenpants little critters, the honeybee! But first, [...]
46 min - Seagulls
Seagulls! Summertime means beaches and beaches mean seagulls! Hide your corn dogs! Clay Groves joins Paul and Donna to talk about these pesky, wonderful birds! [...]
50 min - Leeches
Leeches! Do you think leeches suck? Well, you are right! Join Paul and Donna today to talk about these weird little worms today on the [...]
41 min - Coyotes
Coyotes! Varmints! podcast is thrilled to welcome back this week our very first guest, Dr. Seth Magle to chat with us about coyotes! Dr. Seth [...]
48 min - Dolphins
Dolphins! Everyone loves dolphins! Will Paul and Donna help you learn a little more about them this week? They dolphinitely will. But first the news! [...]
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About Varmints!
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The Varmints! podcast is an education/comedy podcast that’s all about animals! Every week a bunch of nerds a do a whole bunch of reading to bring you a mix of science, education, pop culture and…
comedy about all things that creep, crawl, slither, fly, jump, hop and swim on this planet one animal at a time.