We continue journey into the Wild West as we take a look at two ungulates from the American Frontier: the Bison and Pronghorn.Join me, zookeeper/cowgirl, Deidre, as we learn some of the common mistakes we all have made in our youths regarding the proper names of these two animals (we can blame the old white men of our past). Thanks to that old song, "Home on the Range" the common person will often times call these animals buffalo and antelope; when really...that's WRONG! Learn the truth in th...

YEEHAWW! We continue our Wild West Adventure with a comparative look into the real life roadrunner and coyote to that of the Roadrunner and Coyote of Chuck Jones' Looney Tunes cartoons.You'll learn the lies that animation has been trying to sell you, as well as the truths of both those two amazingly weird and wacky desert animals (also the new Space Jam movie comes out this week so its kind of the perfect time for this episode).And to learn more about all birds and hear the calls go to the Co...

July is the start of America's month! With the fourth of July taking place in...July, I thought it was only best to take the entire month of July to celebrate some of America's toughest animals. And where did all tough American's go? To the Wild West! That's right all of July we will be looking at the animals of America's wild west!This first Weird Wild West Animal Facts episode honors two lizards: the chuckwalla and horned toad lizard. The chuckwalla, who is more of an air cushion, is not on...

This episode its all about the power and joy of nudity! As well as the different levels of nakedness. The naked mole rat is as furless as saber-toothed sausage, and the hooded vulture is that under appreciated essential janitor worker cleaning up your child's vomit... oh and the vulture has a naked head. Also, don't forget that new episodes will be released July 6th (so if you get bored during the month of June, I'm sorry, but at least you have your favorite episodes you can go back and liste...

Happy Endangered Species Day!This Friday May 21, 2021 is Endangered Species Day. In honor of that we take at look at two endangered species that call the ocean home. Corals and Hawksbill Sea Turtles.YES! Corals are animals and they are FREAKING OUT!! Or more like bleaching out. Kind of like humans when our temperature goes up a few degrees and we nearly shut down, except corals are actually shutting down. Coral reefs around the world are having a hard time right now and need our help! Since c...

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!What does it mean to be a good mother? An a, self proclaimed "Mother of Animals", I know that motherhood it hard, no matter who or what your children are. In today's weird animal podcast we look at two weird animal mammas; the koala and the common cuckoo. One is said to be a very good mother, who carries her young in her pocket until old enough to go out there an make babies of their own, while the other (when compared to human mothers) is seen as a vial, forsaken, careles...

Today may very well be May the Forth, but in this episode we are celebrating Cinco de Mayo by learning about two animals that call Mexico home; White Nosed Coati and Beaded Lizard.We start with the very raccoon like coati and learn how it got its weird look through another segment of 'Animal Renovations' and why its the ladies who are the smartest, most amazing and most wonderful (yes I am a woman, but that does not change the fact that female coatis are the shit). Then we turn to the reptile...

BONUS!!! For the last 5 weeks we have taken a look at the five senses through animals who have the best of those senses. But did you know that there are some other senses out there that we don't have? Birds can see the magnetic field of the earth so to aid with their migration and sharks don't just have five senses, they don't have six senses they have seven!With birds we first learn about migration: what is migration and how do birds know when and where to go? With sharks we understand why t...

Do you hear what I hear? Well that depends; are a human, a bat or a moth. In comparison, humans really suck as hearing.In our 30th episode, we finish up our five week journey into the five senses with hearing! And the two animals with the best hearing have been in competition with each other over who has the best hearing for the last 50 million years. The bats and moths! Bats need to eat and the most want to live another day! Who will win this great battle? Will we be around to watch it's end...

What's that smell? Whether its a taco truck or a fart you have your nose to thank for that; as well as your olfactory bulb, cilia, and even your mucus. In the fourth week of our five week journey into the five senses we take a weird look at two of the weirdest noses in the animal world. And both have long snoots! Elephants and Kiwis!Elephants from both Africa and Asia; learn how their nose does and can help humans, and what you can do to save them! And how do you tell the difference bet...