Heads Or Tails: Recent Episodes
Jasper Jet and Eric Tamer
Come learn about this awesome Amazon bird with Jasper and Indy!
Sources:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoatzin
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature15697
Today we're talking about a very cool, but very common species of lizards! Join us for this episode about Anoles, with a special focus on green and brown anoles.
Join us as Indy teaches us all about these giant river horses!
Source:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus
Come listen to Jasper (who was not a horse kid growing up) talk to Indy (who was one) all about horses!
Join Indy as he talks about one of the neatest exotic pets, hermit crabs!
Sources:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_hermit_crab
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuadorian_hermit_crab
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1305840?seq=1
https://marinebiology.org/category/marine-life/invertebrates/
https://pets.webmd.com/getting-a-pet-hermit-crab
https://www.clothdiapergeek.com/keeping-hermit-crabs-alive-101-you-can-learn-from-my-mistake/
Thorny Devil? Horned Lizard? Horny Toads? What are these things, how are they different? Come listen to this episode all about the Thorny Devil Lizard and find out!
Join us this episode as we talk about the golden lancehead snake!
Content Warnings: snakes, snake bites, venom, death mentions
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bothrops_insularis
Dying to know more about some deadly sea creatures? This is the episode for you! Come and listen to Jasper tell us all about the Australian Box Jellyfish!
Rats; good pets or nasty pests? Have a listen and find out this episode, where we talk all about Brown Rats, both wild and domesticated!
This episode we talk about a very cool and funky living fossil!
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispaniolan_solenodon
http://www.edgeofexistence.org/species/hispaniolan-solenodon/
Let's talk about a Super Stinky Flower!
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphophallus_titanum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafflesia
Come on and learn about one of the smallest and deadliest little guys in the ocean! CW towards the end for in depth talk on venomous bites, their symptoms, and death.
Wanna know some super gross facts about a super cool bird? Join us on this fun and disclaimer-filled episode all about the Black Vulture!
Join us as Indy reignites the magic of shrimp eyes!
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odontodactylus_scyllarus
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms1358
https://web.archive.org/web/20110630224336/http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/27/6957435-shrimp-eyes-inspire-optical-tech
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/mantis-shrimp-eye-camera/557195/
https://www.sportdiver.com/what-happens-when-mantis-shrimp-packs-punch
Surprise! Jasper sneaks in a prank episode about the strangest lizard(?) ever with Sullivan's help. Featuring a special outro by Jonas Cuesta!
BONUS - The video game Jasper mentions is actually called Godzilla: Save the Earth!
Syrian hamsters are a very common pet, but should they be? Join us to find out on this special episode all about these interesting little guys.
In this episode, Indy chatters at length about the earless monitor lizard! And we had a surprise last episode that we were not aware of in the form of our cool new intro song! Thanks to Milo Cuesta for composing that absolute BOP for us!
Content warning: Non-graphic description of snake bites.
What's makes THIS the one snake Jasper is afraid of? Come take a listen and find out on this episode on Gaboon Vipers.
Buckle up for a super special episode to kick off 2021!! Join Jasper and his special guest Sullivan as they talk on and on about the big bad boys of the sea; Orcas.
Join us this week as Indy teaches us a bit about the aloe vera plant!
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloe_vera
In our post Halloween spooky episode, join Indy and Jasper as we talk about the bleeding tooth fungus!
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydnellum_peckii
This episode learn some very cool things about the very underappreciated Bearded Dragon.
There were some technical difficulties at the end there, sorry about the audio.
With apologies for the extended delay, Indy teaches us about Venus Flytraps and their care!
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_flytrap#Description
http://www.rocketfarms.com/flowers/venus-flytraps
https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/what-is-the-largest-animal-ever-eaten-by-a-venus-flytrap/
In this episode come learn about arguably the best pet snake and how to care for them, on this special care guide episode on Corn Snakes!
In this episode chaos reigns as Indy tries to teach us a little bit about this poison dart frog!
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_poison_frog
Shout out:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/amberbay
Join us on this episode, as Jasper tells us all about a very cool aquatic snake, the Banded Water Cobra!
We're back from an unexpected break with this this episode about the round leaved sundew! Join Indy and Jasper as we learn about this cool carnivorous plant!
Sources:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosera_rotundifolia
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16041727/
https://www.guide-to-houseplants.com/sundew-plant.html#:~:text=It's%20a%20good%20idea%20to,it%20will%20tolerate%20some%20frost).
In this episode we learn about one of the largest species of snakes in the world, the Burmese Python. Please enjoy as Jasper talks about this very interesting reptile.
This episode we talk about all the many many animals Eric has owned as a former farm kid. Come along for the ride!
Join us this episode as we have some lighthearted discussions on childhood pets and learn a bit on how NOT to care for them.
This episode, Jasper talks about the Amazon River Dolphin. Come learn a bit about this beautiful and mysterious animal with us!
Sources:
http://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/amazon_river_dolphin_facts/545/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_river_dolphin
https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/species/river-dolphin
http://www.wildernessclassroom.com/wilderness-library/pink-river-dolphin/
https://blog.padi.com/2017/02/13/5-facts-amazon-pink-river-dolphin/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30225172
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/09/river-dolphin-s-ancestor-unearthed
This week Eric teaches us about the zombie fungus! Come learn about how this fascinating organism lives its life!
Content Warning: non-explicit talk about parasites
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vijGdWn5-h8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n4kt-hOpzc
In this episode we get a tiny look at snake genetics with the Anery Stripe Kenyan Sand Boa. So sit back and enjoy as Eric interviews Jasper on his favorite little snake.
Sources:
https://www.hoglezoo.org/meet_our_animals/animal_finder/kenyan_sand_boa/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpent_(symbolism)#Fertility_and_rebirth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gongylophis_colubrinus#Description
http://happyhollow.org/explore/zoo/education-ambassador/kenyan-sand-boa/
https://reptile-collective.myshopify.com/blogs/news/15508596-kenyan-sand-boas
In this inaugural episode Jasper interviews Eric about blue staining Boletes. Join us as we learn a little bit about these funky fungi!
Reference materials:
https://www.mushroomexpert.com/boletes.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basidiomycota