Body freezing temperatures, boiling lakes, and poop mountains- these animals live in the absolute worst neighborhoods!

Our guest host this episode is storyteller Lauren Freedman. Here are some other episodes she recorded with us!
Best Butt
Best Friends

Content warning: Descriptions of animal violence and mild language

Our animal candidates-
Scaly Foot Gastropod
Wood Frog
Antarctic Midge
Gomantong Cave
Jerboa
Lesser Flamingo

Let's Learn More!
Scaly-foot Snails ~ MarineBio Conservation Society
The Iron Snail – More Than A Dodo
Our Best Tongue episode where you can hear how snails use their tongues to throw deadly harpoons! For real! Best Tongue- Best Beast
Frogsicles: Frozen But Still Alive - YouTube
How Antarctica’s Only Native Insect Survives the Freezing Temperatures | Smithsonian Magazine
Filming Inside a Cave Full of Cockroaches | Eden: Untamed Planet | BBC Earth - YouTube
JERBOA - Hopping Desert Rodent, Cute But Deadly!! - YouTube
The Deadly Lake Where 75 Percent of the World's Lesser Flamingos Are Born
The Flamingo Factory at Lake Natron - YouTube
This Alkaline African Lake Turns Animals into Stone | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

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