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- Crabs
Crabs! Donna is on vacation so Mandy and Melissa from Moms and Murder join Paul to discuss those crabby (and delicious) crabs! Moms and Murder [...]
47 min - Tigers
Tigers! This week Paul and Donna are discussing the largest member of the cat family: tigers! These big stripey guys are incredible! But first the [...]
44 min - Hyenas
Hyenas! This week Paul and Donna are talking about hyenas! These smelly savanna scavengers are surprisingly super! But first the news! Don’t invite hyenas to [...]
43 min - Hippos Revisited – Varmints! – 93Hippos!Hey Varminions! Let’s revisit this hilarious episode that our buddy Toph suggested! Time to talk about hippos!And now, the news!Fiona the Hippo Will Be Starring In Her Very Own Facebook ShowDawwwwwwwwwww!Varmints! doesn’t approve of the use of the term “monster” as applied to any animal, because none of them are monsters, but these guys are monstrously huge so we’ll let it pass. This time. Courtesy of YouTube user Joker.RAWR!Wanna learn about hippo poop? ‘Course ya do! Check out the article here and get your dump of poo-knowledge!Stay outta the splatter zone, look out for the poo-preller!And, just because we may be a little poo-obssessed here on Varmints!, here’s a video. For the safety of your keyboard, don’t have anything to drink while you are watching. Courtesy of YouTube user Clip Comedy.Pootrients!Time for Hungry Hungry Hippos! Courtesy of YouTube user oscartripe.Remember Animaniacs? Hippos Flavio and Marita were hippo-larious!Terrifying videos of hippos chasing boats, as we promised. Whee! Be warned there might be some cursing in these. Because you know, hippo chasing your boat. Courtesy of YouTube users ABC News, and Evan Petkau.Hippos in South America? Yep. Check out this article, “Pablo Escobar’s hippos: A growing problem” from the BBC.A yawning problem. Ah ha ha. No, it’s not funny, just, you know. Couldn’t resist.Time to learn about squee tiny hippos! EEEEEEEEE! Click this link and prepare to die from the cuteness.Aaaaaaah! The cute! I can’t! I’m dyin’!Now you know a bit more about hippos than you did 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, volunteer your rugrat to say something on our podcast, 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 Show | PinterestAnd a very special welcome to the more than 1,198 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: AHI Treasures of Southern Africa 3-07 0887 N by Joe Ross, found at flickr, Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)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.49 min
- Dragonflies
Dragonflies! We always notice and appreciate the lovely reviews you give us. Thank you. Thanks so much to Andrea Freitas for the recommendation this week. [...]
38 min - Iguanas
Iguanas! This week on Varmints! podcast, we delve into the world of the extraordinary iguanas. It’s much bigger, and way weirder than you thought! But [...]
47 min - Hammerhead Sharks – Varmints – 89Hammerhead 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 |54 min - Ants
Ants! We’ve got ants in our pants to talk to you about the amazing, adaptable, astonishing ant! But first, the news! Flying ant invasion has [...]
51 min - Hammerhead Sharks
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 [...]
54 min - Hummingbirds
Hummingbirds! Suzy from The Casual Birder podcast joins Donna this week to talk about the incredible lives of hummingbirds! Thanks so much to Suzy [...]
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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.