Varmints!: Recent Episodes
Donna Hume
The Varmints! podcast is an education/comedy podcast that’s all about animals! Every week a couple of nerds a do a whole bunch of research 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.
Our last Frog-a-Day episode!
We didn't manage all 30 days but we only missed 2. We ended up learning a lot about frogs and we hope you did too!
Thanks for everything, especially to Henry, and until next time, be nice to animals!
Urban Wildlife Institute at the Lincoln Park Zoo
The final frog of our series is the newly discovered zombie frog! Learn all about it from Moss.
What does the Red-Eyed Tree Frog have to do with the video game, Frogger? Come on along and find out!
This episode is about THE PHANTASMAL POISON FROG. And it's with Megan Danger. Listen to it now!
Join the cast of Varmints! Podcast for our series of Frog-a-Day shows to celebrate National Podcast Posting Month. Today: we discuss a neat article about horizontal gene transfer (a really cool thing we'll explain in the episode) seems to happen like crazy between snakes and frogs in Madagascar. Read the original article by Veronique Greenwood at this link:How Genes Can Leap From Snakes to Frogs in Madagascar
Join Megan for a paean of praise in honor of the redoubtable, remarkable resident of leafy litter and loamy loam, the long-nosed frog!
Hop around with Donna to talk about the ittiest bittiest frog in the whole ding dang world!
Join Moss to learn about the lovely Surinam Toad!
Warning: Trypaphobia people might not want to look up pics of this one.
It's a Frog A Day for NaPodPoMo!
Picture credit: By Andreas Schlüter - http://calphotos.berkeley.edu, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6767969
Part one of a four part series of interviews with Henry Adams from the Lincoln Park Zoo's Urban Wildlife Institute!
The first show of our month long shows about frogs, A Frog a Day for National Podcast Posting Month.
Join Donna, Curt, and Moss for a sheep chat with Bill from Smiling Dog Farm!
https://www.smiling-dog-farm.com/
Varmints returns to the fold with a big, wooly episode. Join Donna, Curtis, Megan, and Moss and frolick like a lamb in springtime while you learn about domestic sheep!
Listen to the musings of Cotton Shorts about day-to-day doings on the esoteric animal ranch.
Join Curt and Donna for a new episode! We go to Animal Class and learn all about the strange and adorable quoll!
"tiger quoll (3)" by herper715 is marked with CC BY 2.0.
The first full length episode for Varmints! 2.0, we jump right in and learn about pronghorn!
Featured image is from the National Parks Service.
Join us for a talk with exotic animal rancher, Cotton Shorts, to hear about his friend the Cyclops!
Image credit: "'I see you've noticed my patch.'" by internets_dairy is marked with CC BY 2.0.
Join us for an interview with one of the three new Varmints! Podcast cohosts, Moss, also known as the Science Dude.
Chad from the PodFix Network interviews Donna about what is next for Varmints! Podcast.
Back in 2017 when our podcast was still very new, we did an episode on Hippos!
This episode featured the lovely and charming baby hippo, Fiona from the Cincinnati Zoo.
As a celebration of her 5th birthday, we're republishing that episode!
Enjoy!
And Happy Birthday, Fiona, from the Varmints! Podcast and all our loyal listeners, the Varminions. We hope your day was super special!
Picture of Fiona credit goes to:
DarthBotto, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Time for fireflies to light up the night on a new episode of Varmints! Podcast. Join Paul and Donna to talk about these special critters.
"firefly 0877" by art farmer is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
To kick off 2022 Paul flies solo this with an episode about the weird, amazing tapir!
Featured images:
"Singapore Zoo Tapir-2=" by Sheba Also 18 Million Views is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
At last, the promised second half of Varmints! Podcast pigeons series has flown in!
Grab your birdseed, strap on your bird watching binocs and let's get ready to adventure in the urban jungle to learn more about pigeons!
ALL IS NEST!
"Pigeons" by zigazou76 is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Learn about spiders a little bit each day with Donna and Paul.
"File:لحظه شکار عنکبوت پورشا.png" by احمد is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
"Dandy Jumping Spider (Portia schultzi)" by berniedup is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Learn about spiders a bit at a time with Donna and Paul.
"Spined Micrathena Web" by treegrow is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Learn about spiders in little bits each day with Donna and Paul.
Today is Part Two of a surprise phone call from our special guest, Cotton Shorts, who is an Exotic Animal Rancher. Cotton ordinarily, (or perhaps extraordinarily), joins us on our April 1st episodes. Today some giant spiders have invaded his ranch and Donna does her best to explain them.
Learn about spiders in little bits each day with Donna and Paul.
Today our special guest is Cotton Shorts, Exotic Animal Rancher who ordinarily, (or perhaps extraordinarily), joins us on our April 1st episodes. Today some giant spiders have invaded his ranch and Donna does her best to explain them.
Learn about spiders in little bits each day with Donna and Paul.
Today's special spider guest is the banana spider!
Learn about spiders in little bits each day with Paul and Donna.
Today's special guest is Tea, from ScienTEAfic with tips on how to figure out if a web is still occupied.
Learn about spiders in little bits each day with Paul and Donna.
Today's special guest is Tea, from ScienTEAfic, letting us know why spiders sometimes land on us. Whoops!
Learn all about spiders in little tidbits each day from Varmints! Podcast cohosts Donna Hume and Paul Csomo.
Learn all about spiders in little tidbits each day from Varmints! Podcast cohosts Donna Hume and Paul Csomo.
"Goldenrod crab spider" by hedera.baltica is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Learn all about spiders in little tidbits each day from Varmints! Podcast cohosts Donna Hume and Paul Csomo.
Learn all about spiders in little tidbits each day from Varmints! Podcast cohosts Donna Hume and Paul Csomo.
Learn all about spiders in little tidbits each day from Varmints! Podcast cohosts Donna Hume and Paul Csomo.
Learn all about spiders in little tidbits each day from Varmints! Podcast cohosts Donna Hume and Paul Csomo.
Crazy Good Article about Spider Myths from the Burke Museum
Learn all about spiders in little tidbits each day from Varmints! Podcast cohosts Donna Hume and Paul Csomo.
Super smarty scientific cartwheel spider paper
Could not find a shareable image to put in these notes, so give it a Google and you'll see it. :)
Learn all about spiders in little tidbits each day from Varmints! Podcast cohosts Donna Hume and Paul Csomo.
Learn all about spiders in little tidbits each day from Varmints! Podcast cohosts Donna Hume and Paul Csomo.
Learn all about spiders in little tidbits each day from Varmints! Podcast cohosts Donna Hume and Paul Csomo.
Learn all about spiders in little tidbits each day from Varmints! Podcast cohost Donna Hume.
Learn all about spiders in little tidbits each day from Varmints! Podcast cohost Donna Hume.
Learn all about spiders in little tidbits each day from Varmints! Podcast cohost Donna Hume.
https://www.treehugger.com/facts-about-misunderstood-house-spider-4868827
Learn all about spiders in little tidbits each day from Varmints! Podcast cohost Donna Hume.
"A fishing spider, near tadpoles" by Benimoto is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Learn all about spiders in little tidbits each day from Varmints! Podcast cohost Donna Hume.
"Zebra Jumping Spider" by Wild Lens is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
Learn all about spiders in little tidbits each day from Varmints! Podcast cohost Donna Hume.
"A beautiful spider. (Araneus Diadematus ♀/ European Garden Spider)" by fotopamas is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Learn all about spiders in little tidbits each day from Varmints! Podcast cohost Donna Hume. Today: Donna sent Paul on a mission to find out what kind of spiders he had in and around his home, and report! These are the results.
Learn all about spiders in little tidbits each day from Varmints! Podcast cohost Donna Hume.
"Ogre-faced net-casting spider" by zleng is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Learn all about spiders in little tidbits each day from Varmints! Podcast cohost Donna Hume.
Today Spider Q&A!
Myth: Spiders only "suck juices" of prey
Learn all about spiders in little tidbits each day from Varmints! Podcast cohost Donna Hume.
"File:Argyroneta aquatica Paar.jpg" by Norbert Schuller Baupi is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Learn all about spiders in little tidbits each day from Varmints! Podcast cohost Donna Hume.
Today: The Black Widow Spider
Hey everyone! It's your buddy Paul.
You may have noticed that there has been no episodes lately and if you don't follow us on Twitter or Facebook you might not know why so here I am to tell you.
Back on September 3rd I found out that my someone at my day job tested positive for COVID-19. The next day I also tested positive for COVID-19. I had a breakthrough infection which means that I was fully vaccinated at the end of April and got sick anyway. Which is fine. I knew that was a possibility. There are nine employees at my job and seven of us tested positive and one employee's wife tested positive as well and we are all dealing with varying degrees of symptoms. I am happy to tell you that as of this morning, September 16th, I am about 85% healthy, I tested negative for COVID-19 and even though I had some pretty rough days and nights I think the vaccine did its job and kept my symptoms mild enough that I could stay here at home in almost total isolation for 10 days. I think in ten days I left my room for six hours maybe? For walks outside and going to the pharmacy to get tested. Lots of cotton swabs in my nose there for a while. Anyway I have no doubt that if I hadn't been vaccinated that this would have been much, much worse. So if you haven't been vaccinated already please go do that. I told people that I'm glad that instead of Original Recipe Covid that I had Diet Covid instead. It's no fun. It's not like any cold or flu you've ever had. Losing your senses of taste and smell is one of the most bizarre things I've ever experienced. 0/5 stars on Travel Advisor. Do not recommend.
I decided shortly after I tested positive that I would take the month of September off as far as podcasting and even though I'm feeling much better I still have a lot of fatigue and I can't talk that much which is pretty important if the content you create involves talking into a microphone for an hour or more at a time. My voice gives out. My hope is that we can publish the second part of our episode about pigeons and doves sometime in October. I don't know when because we haven't recorded it yet. And we have other episodes planned after that but I just need to get a little more healthy.
We are going to do our second annual Fat Bear Week tournament in the Varmints Discussion Group on Facebook. The Katmai National Park does a Fat Bear Week tournament and in the group we play along and we give the winners of the tournament prizes and it's a lot of fun. You'll hear trailers for that in the next couple of weeks but if you're on Facebook look us up. It's the Varmints Discussion Group. We ask you a couple of questions about the show. And it's just a nice, positive group where we share funny animal memes and news stories and I hope you check it out. The Fat Bear Week Tournament starts on September 29th and we'll remind you about it next week.
It's also time for the Discover Pods awards! We won the award for Best Kids and Family podcast a couple of years ago and it would be cool to do that again. You can go to awards.discoverpods.com and nominate us for Best Kids and Family. It's super easy and that would be amazing.
If you are a Patreon supporter first of all thanks for your support. We're not going to bill you on October 1st. You're getting a free month which means that if you join our Patreon now you'll get all of the bonus content and you won't be billed until November 1st. If you've been kicking the idea around of helping the show through Patreon it's a great time to do that.
I'll put the links to everything I've talked about here in the show notes. And that's it. I'm really looking forward to giving you a proper show in the next month or so but I'm not 100% and I'm probably going to go lay down after I publish this so thanks for listening. Thanks for all of your support. Thanks for your patience. Just thanks. Until we talk again, be nice to animals. Take care.
Links: patreon.com/varmints
awards.discoverpods.com
The Varmints Discussion Group on Facebook
Flap on over and join Paul and Donna for a coo episode about those head-bobbin', saucy-walkin', statue-poopin' pigeons and doves!
Did Thousands of Pigeons Poop on Spectators at 1936 Olympic Games?
Quiz for Paul: Pigeon or Dove?
https://birdfeederexpert.com/pigeon-diet-list/
https://www.amesgroup.uk.com/blog/what-do-pigeons-eat/
https://pigeonpedia.com/why-do-pigeons-poop-so-much/
A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching
Mighty Bird Brains
How Two Pigeons Helped Scientists Confirm the Big Bang Theory
Featured image is:
"Pigeon" by RG in TLV is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Technical support by Matthew Csomo, bed music by Kevin MacLeod, our logo was created by Imran Javed. Our vocal talent was by Kari McGinnis, Jennifer Csomo, and Stacey and Frosty.
Wanna hear one person talk about a krillion of something? Paul goes solo this week to talk about the planet's biggest, coolest swarm: krill!
Our sources: https://www.theonion.com/red-lobster-celebrates-return-of-annual-all-you-can-eat-1819576667 https://www.superbakrill.com/blog/5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-krill
https://happyfeet.fandom.com/wiki/Will
https://www.edexlive.com/news/2021/jan/29/aussie-scientists-embark-on-voyage-with-new-technology-to-count-antarctic-krill-17748.html
https://www.ccamlr.org/en/fisheries/krill-%E2%80%93-biology-ecology-and-fishing
With technical support by Matthew Csomo, bed music by Kevin MacLeod, our logo was created by Imran Javed. Our vocal talent by Kari McGinnis, Chris “The Toph” Green, Stacey and Frosty, Justine and Santiago.
Featured Image:
"Antarktický krill" by Norkrill is licensed under (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Join Paul and Donna this week to learn about the many and varied species of audacious, adventurous, and adorable armadillo!
San Antonio man's backyard invaded by pack of adorable armadillos
Nine-Banded Armadillo — Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
LiveScience - Armadillo Facts
Armadillomon | Ultimate Pop Culture Wiki | Fandom
Armadillo (comics)
Armadillos Carrying Leprosy Bacteria Spreading in Southern US
21 Pink Fairy Armadillo Facts
Featured Image:
"Nine-banded Armadillo" by LandBetweentheLakesKYTN is marked with CC PDM 1.0
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All right everybody, let's not butt heads; it's time to stand in a circle and learn about musk ox!
Ice Age Musk Ox? Nevada Man Finds Bones in Backyard | Nevada News | US News
https://www.nps.gov/gaar/learn/naMusk Ox: Circle Defense by the National Park Serviceture/muskox-circle-defense.htm
Inside the Mind of a Musk Ox
How Musk Oxen Make It Through Arctic Nights and Never-Ending Days
Featured Image:
Image from Public domain images website, http://www.public-domain-image.com/full-image/fauna-animals-public-domain-images-pictures/musk-ox-pictures/adult-musk-ox-bulls-animals.jpg.html
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Take a dip into the sea with Donna and special guest Megan "Danger" Hesse to talk about the weird and wonderful sponge!
Sea Sponges: Nature's Disinfectants
Unusual Sea Sponge Movement in the Arctic Ocean is Remarkable But Comes at a Horrific Price
“Sleezy” sponge sexuality
Spongebob Squarepants Theme Song
Sea Sponges Facts
Featured Image:
Sponges in Caribbean Sea, Cayman Islands ,Twilight Zone Expedition Team 2007, NOAA-OE, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Paul's segment on the Livestream for the Cure telethon for cancer research recorded on May 21, 2012. Edited for time and content. Please be advised that this episode has mild and bleeped swearing and a little bit of adult subject matter and may not be suitable for very young children.
Hop on down to Robin Town with Paul and Donna and hang out with us while we talk about Robins!
Why do Robins have Red Breasts?
The Beauty and Biology of Egg Color | All About Birds All About Birds
How Birds Get Berry, Berry Drunk | HowStuffWorks
Weatherwatch: how robins became a symbol of Christmas
With technical support by Matthew Csomo, bed music by Kevin MacLeod, our logo was created by Imran Javed. Our vocal talent by Kari McGinnis, Chris Braaten, Josh Hallmark, Chris “The Toph” Green, Jennifer Csomo, Stacey and Frosty, Justine and Santiago.
Featured Image:
"American robin (Turdus migratorius)" by Lip Kee is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
"European robin (Erithacus rubecula), Parc du Rouge-Cloître, Bruxelles" by Frank.Vassen is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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It's Brood X emergence time, everyone! Join Paul and Donna to chat about cicadas and their buggy, buggy ways.
US researchers seek citizen scientists as billions of Brood X cicadas set to emerge
https://cicadasafari.org/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/14-fun-facts-about-cicadas-180977361/
https://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/category/pop-culture/
https://youtu.be/0ThPKyYG4hQ
How to eat cicadas: Just in time for the swarm, tips on cooking the bug-eyed bugs
Featured Image:
"Periodical Cicada" by treegrow is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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Sources for this show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk886pOS4Mo&t=4074s
https://loudwire.com/lemmy-kilmister-facial-masks/
https://shop.imotorhead.com/products/faces-of-lemmy-mask-3-packhttps://shop.imotorhead.com/products/faces-of-lemmy-mask-3-pack https://youtu.be/skGEBgePHtk
https://youtu.be/RTvyZZsHOYI
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/dec/12/lemmy-favourite-foods-interview#:~:text=I%20don't%20eat%20vegetables,brussels%20sprouts%2C%20foul
https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/08/11/542647145/motorheads-lemmy-gets-a-giant-prehistoric-crocodile-as-a-namesake
http://www.10tons.dk/kalloprion-kilmisteri
https://henryandheidi.libsyn.com/henry-heidi-lemmy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk886pOS4Mo&t=4074s
Featured image "Motörhead’s front-man Lemmy – Live at Red’s, Edmonton (Canada), 2005" by Mark Marek Photography (THIS LINK IS NSFW) and is shared with a CC BY-SA 3.0 license. Thanks, Mark!
Join us for a special episode with Roswell, New Mexico rancher, Cotton Shorts, as we take advantage of the short window of internet availability to chat about Hippogryphs!
Featured Image:
"Hippogriff" by Benimoto is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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Swim on down to Cuttlefish Town with Paul and Donna as they find out all sorts of interesting things about these adorable cephalopods!
But first, the news!
Cuttlefish show self-control, pass 'marshmallow test'
Tricky Cuttlefish Put on Gender-Bending Disguise
NOVA: Kings of Camouflage, Anatomy of a Cuttlefish
Animal Guide: Cuttlefish
Filipino Tales: Cuttlefish and Squid
ZeFrank: True Facts about the Cuttlefish
Cuttlefish learn from watching potential prey even before they are born
Yes, this Cuttlefish is Wearing 3-D Glasses
With technical support by Matthew Csomo, bed music by Kevin MacLeod, our logo was created by Imran Javed. Our vocal talent by Kari McGinnis, Chris Braaten, Josh Hallmark, Chris “The Toph” Green, Jennifer Csomo, Stacey and Frosty, Justine and Santiago.
Featured Image:
"A winsome cuttlefish. P4181345" by wbaiv is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
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Hop on over and join Paul and Donna for the bounciest, chirpiest conversation about the tiny insect musicians, crickets!
But first, the news!
RHOD Recap: Dr. Tiffany's Party Ends in Disaster as Brandi Falls Ill After Eating Tiffany's Crickets Pizza
How Do Crickets Talk?
Cricket acoustic communication
IUCN Crickets
The Crickets
Sonorous Science: Have a Cricket Tell You the Temperature!
Crickets are invading Texas with a fury, as weather conditions are ‘perfect,’ experts say
Technical support by Matthew Csomo, bed music by Kevin MacLeod, our logo was created by Imran Javed. Our vocal talent by Kari McGinnis, Josh Hallmark, Stacey and Frosty
Featured Image:
"File:Gryllus pennsylvanicus female 01.jpg" by Kevinjudge is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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Weird. Misunderstood. Funny looking. This is not an episode about Paul. This is a solo episode about aye-ayes.
Sources: https://theconversation.com/new-discovery-madagascars-bizarre-aye-aye-has-six-fingers-on-each-hand-126520
https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/ayeaye/taxonomy
https://youtu.be/3k2m2xIvSik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSWIHyVeoig
https://www.madamagazine.com/en/das-tier-das-den-tod-bringt/
With technical support by Matthew Csomo, bed music by Kevin MacLeod, our logo was created by Imran Javed. Our vocal talent was Stacey and Frosty and Justine and Santiago.
Featured images: "Aye-Aye 1" by Mark Dumont is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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Join Paul and Donna for this pokey, thrilling and quilling episode where we talk about the many and varied porcupines of the world!
https://www.wibw.com/2020/12/23/topeka-zoo-responds-to-fake-news-their-porcupine-has-been-kidnapped/
https://cincinnatizoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Prehensile-Tailed-Porcupine-complete1.pdf
https://www.livescience.com/47169-animal-sex-porcupines.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znhf46fjQ00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wShTzKRNC-M
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/1/150130-porcupine-animal-behavior-mating-biology-plants/#:~:text=The%20quills%20of%20the%20North,%2Dquilling%2C%22%20Roze%20says.
With technical support by Matthew Csomo, bed music by Kevin MacLeod, our logo was created by Imran Javed. Our vocal talent by Kari McGinnis, Chris Braaten, Josh Hallmark, Chris “The Toph” Green, Jennifer Csomo, Stacey and Frosty, Justine and Santiago.
Featured images:
"Porcupine" by GrandTetonNPS is marked with CC PDM 1.0 "File:Prehensile Tail Porcupine Curled and Relaxed (18144690005).jpg" by Eric Kilby from Somerville, MA, USA is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 "North American tree porcupines" by Marie Hale is licensed under CC BY 2.0 "Porcupine" by USFWS Mountain Prairie is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Any other images on the page are featured on the linked websites. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. "Fair use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
Seems like a good day to put 15 minutes of complete nonsense out there. The funny kind of nonsense. Not the scary kind of nonsense. This is for you, April.
Join Paul and Donna for the Tiny Wild Cats Variety Extravaganza on today's episode of Varmints! We'll be discussing four little wild kitties, and their adorable, but deadly ways.
https://www.tunisiesoir.com/science/biology-rare-species-of-small-cats-inadequately-protected-25828-2020/
https://people.com/pets/uk-wildlife-park-two-rusty-spotted-cats-born/
http://www.porfell.co.uk/2020/two-of-the-smallest-babies-born-just-before-lockdown/
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-porfell-wildlife-park-and-sanctuary?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Prionailurus_rubiginosus/
https://www.theanimalfiles.com/mammals/carnivores/cat_sand.html
https://allyouneedisbiology.wordpress.com/2015/11/01/felines/
https://bigcatrescue.org/margay-facts/
https://wildcatconservation.org/wild-cats/south-america/margay/
https://bigcatrescue.org/jaguarundi-facts/
https://wildcatconservation.org/wild-cats/south-america/jaguarundi/
https://mashable.com/2014/10/25/living-with-an-ocelot-in-a-manhattan-apartment/
https://pethelpful.com/exotic-pets/small-exotic-cats
https://www.sanpedrosun.com/pets-animals/2017/06/08/wild-animals-not-pets-captive-margay-rescued-turned-saga/#:~:text=Keeping%20a%20Margay%20in%20captivity,to%20humans%20and%20vice%20versa.
https://youtu.be/W86cTIoMv2U
https://youtu.be/0Sh4tu5Xfhw
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2010/04/02/margays-mimick-monkey-calls-to-lure-their-prey/
Our voice actors for this show were Kari McGinnis, Stacey and Frosty and Chris Green
Featured image "File:Rusty spotted cat 2, crop.jpg" by Davidvraju is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Join Paul on a solo episode this week to talk dingoes!
Sources: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/wacky-tube-men-could-keep-dingoes-away-livestock-australia
https://www.dingoden.net/facts.html
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/dingo/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190305100635.htm#:~:text=Since%20the%20arrival%20of%20British,species%20in%20its%20own%20right
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dingo-fence
https://daily.jstor.org/the-unexpected-result-of-australias-dingo-fence/
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Today's show is not about an animal, but we've had a number of requests over the years to talk about it, so we're going to give it a go!
Donna had a chat with two scientists about this topic and gave them a few of the questions from our discussion group, and it ended up being a great conversation.
Joining Donna were Dr. Seth Magle, is the Director of the Urban Wildlife Institute at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, and Dr. Tobin Magle, who is the Research Data Lifecycle Manager in the Division of Information Technology at UW-Madison.
The image attached to this episode is available in the Public Domain, can be found at the CDC's website, and was generated by Hannah A Bullock; Azaibi Tamin.
We hope you enjoy the episode.
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Join Paul and Donna to flounce around and learn about peacocks!
https://www.livescience.com/tasmanian-devils-return-australia.html
https://sciencing.com/peacocks-mate-4565678.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/12/peacock-crests-are-vibration-sensors/578656/
https://animals.mom.com/colors-male-peacock-reproduce-11329.html
https://www.peacocksuk.com/peacock-information/are-peacocks-endangered-2/
https://www.advertisingweek360.com/the-history-of-the-nbc-peacock/
https://lazyevaluationranch.tumblr.com/post/101718684710/11-2-today-goofus-the-peacock-killed-a-mouse-and
https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/history/2020/09/23/why-do-peacocks-roam-tampa-bay/
https://www.9news.com/article/life/animals/denver-zoo-removes-free-roaming-peacocks/73-ffd31d78-59f4-4b7e-bb81-95d1ef1c7713
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This week Paul takes a solo look at a very misunderstood little Arctic varmint - the lemming!
Sources:
https://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/schoolgirl-finds-the-worlds-oldest-lemming-preserved-in-permafrost-and-dating-back-41000-years/
https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/education/wns/lemmings.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv06KicxKdc
https://readonlymemory.vg/the-making-of-lemmings/
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/lemmings/9wzdncrfjcdm?activetab=pivot:overviewtab
https://www.britannica.com/story/do-lemmings-really-commit-mass-suicide#:~:text=But%20there%20is%20one%20myth,Lemmings%20do%20not%20commit%20suicide
https://hyperallergic.com/545742/white-wilderness-disney-nature-documentary/
This is the footage from the 1958 Disney film "White Wilderness" that I discussed. Before you click on this link please be warned that this is a very upsetting video to watch: https://youtu.be/xMZlr5Gf9yY
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This week Kate Shaw from the Strange Animals Podcast joins Paul to get really squicked out about ticks. Bleh.
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/health/tick-mosquito-repellant-nootkatone.html
https://entomologytoday.org/2018/01/16/up-close-look-tiny-sensory-pits-ticks-use-smell/
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/03/20/594922001/watch-how-a-tick-digs-its-hooks-into-you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_lz8hvkYVA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSbk9Vn5eCU
https://youtu.be/mTgcKPspE9s
https://www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2020/08/what-part-of-your-body-is-a-tick-mostly-likely-to-bite-upstate-study-has-the-answer.html
https://animals.howstuffworks.com/arachnids/tick5.htm
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170316112208.htm
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They're the happiest animal in the world! Paul is talking about quokkas this week!
Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLJ7NnpmGus
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8669563/New-special-edition-Quokka-coin-released-Perth-mint-month-30-000-sale.html
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57159/6-things-know-about-super-cute-quokka
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quokka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTlgCk_IJDs
https://youtu.be/59hHHvF9BNE
https://youtu.be/aUaZtLdNT0E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eK0RR2ns58
https://nedhardy.com/2020/01/28/do-quokkas-throw-their-babies/#:~:text=No%2C%20quokkas%20do%20not%20physically,their%20young%20to%20escape%20danger.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/05/bad-moms-nature-animals-mothers-day/
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About our voice actors: The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis. 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. Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast. Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty, and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.
Let's monkey around with Paul and Donna and learn about baboons!
Sources: https://mashable.com/article/baboons-on-the-loose-sydney/
https://science.jrank.org/pages/704/Baboons-Communication.html
https://www.animalfactsencyclopedia.com/Baboon-facts.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_Fu!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myyQ_CTVE_4&feature=youtu.be
http://www.tv.com/shows/the-amazing-world-of-gumball/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLr6QOgqevc
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC387823/
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Take a blindingly fast dive into the topic of falcons today with Paul and Donna on the Varmints! Podcast.
http://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20200611-south-african-kalahari-lizards-eavesdrop-on-weaver-bird-neighbours-to-avoid-becoming-lunch-pygmy-falcon
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Kestrel/id
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Peregrine_Falcon/
https://youtu.be/wBzdzg_ffzw
https://hanna-barbera.fandom.com/wiki/Blue_Falcon
https://www.youtube.com/c/FalconryAndMe/about
https://everwideningcircles.com/2020/06/11/falcons-airport-flight-safety/
https://www.usafa.edu/cadet-life/clubs/falconry/
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This week Paul glides solo and talks about sugar gliders!
Sources: https://newcastleweekly.com.au/sugar-gliders-call-lake-macquarie-home/
http://bmxglider.tripod.com/ogueyes.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-squirrels-fly-37372905/
https://www.facebook.com/SugarGliderComic/
https://www.reddit.com/r/sugargliders/
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About our voice actors: The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis. 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) Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty, and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.
This week Paul is joined by special guest host Kate Shaw from the Strange Animals podcast to revisit an episode we did four years ago! Bats!
Please go listen to the Strange Animals Podcast wherever fine podcasts are sold. You can also go to her website:
https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/science/vampire-bats-viruses.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180207151818.htm
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/sound-absorbent-wings-and-fur-help-some-moths-evade-bats
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/how-bats-have-outsmarted-viruses-including-coronaviruses-65-million-years
https://healthcare.utah.edu/healthfeed/postings/2020/03/covid19-faqs.php#:~:text=COVID%2D19%20is%20the,%E2%80%9Cnovel%20coronavirus%E2%80%9D.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49496760
https://weeklyworldnews.com/
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About our voice actors: The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis. 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. Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast. Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty, and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.
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They're cute and hungry and LOUD! Paul and Donna explore the world of Tasmanian devils this week!
Sources: https://www.livescience.com/27440-tasmanian-devils.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2AU7AtY-js
https://www.aussieark.org.au/devil-ark/
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47659640
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-14/tasmanian-devil-island-fundraising-program-winds-up/9147124
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About our voice actors: The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis. 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. Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast. Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty, and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.
It's moth season! Cover your drinks and listen to Paul and Donna talk about fluttery little weirdos!
Sources:
Links to our sources coming soon.
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About our voice actors: The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis. 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. Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast. Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty, and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.
Leopards! Paul and Donna love them. Join us as we talk about these amazing big cats.
*Note, Paul and Donna discuss the appearance of a black panther in the Little House in the Big Woods, and thought this was probably a black cougar. After some research, though it appears that the cat in the book was either a jaguar (whose range was that far north at the time of the story), or, Grandpa Olsen made it up! We'll talk about that briefly next recording session. Cheers!
Sources:
https://www.positive.news/environment/three-good-things-animals-making-a-comeback/ https://www.bas.ac.uk/project/south-georgia-right-whale-project/south-georgia-right-whale-project-whale-tracking/ https://www.livescience.com/950-leopard-spots.html http://www.krugerpark.co.za/Kruger_National_Park_Wildlife-travel/kruger-park-wildlife-leopards.html https://blog.londolozi.com/2018/09/27/how-do-leopards-climb/ https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15954/163991139 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Cat_Diary https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/inside-the-book-celebrating-leopard-print-in-pop-culture-history/
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About our voice actors: The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis. 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. Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast. Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty, and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.
On this special follow-up episode Dr. Sarah McAnulty, we talk about squid butts, delicious squid recipes and Skype A Scientist!
Sarah McAnulty, is the Executive director for the science communication non-profit Skype a Scientist and an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Connecticut. She is also an all-around squid nerd. It was a total delight to talk to her.
Do visit Skype a Scientist. It's one of the most incredible free science resources we've ever seen. https://www.skypeascientist.com/
You can follow Sarah on Twitter and Instagram! She is @SarahMackAttack on both.
We support Skype A Scientist on Patreon. You should consider it too. https://www.patreon.com/SkypeAScientist.
Release the Kraken! Paul and Donna discuss squads of squid this week!
Sources:
https://www.change.org/p/noaa-office-of-science-and-technology-marine-ecosystems-st7-division-the-scientific-community-change-squid-scientific-name-to-a-squad-of-squid
https://www.sciencealert.com/an-amazing-underwater-blob-turned-out-to-be-a-gelatinous-ball-of-squid-eggs
https://aqua.org/blog/2017/October/Cephalopods-Arms-or-Tentacles
https://www.nature.com/news/deep-sea-squid-uses-tentacles-to-attract-prey-1.13614
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/deep-sea-squid-can-break-off-all-its-arms-onto-an-enemy
https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Inkling
https://youtu.be/VbWXXWGomYk
https://youtu.be/7yLxva_nSAU
https://oceana.org/marine-life/cephalopods-crustaceans-other-shellfish/humboldt-squid
https://thedishonscience.stanford.edu/posts/if-squids-could-talk/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/fourteen-fun-facts-about-squid-octopuses-and-other-cephalopods-45444510/
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About our voice actors: The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis. 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. Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast. Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty, and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.
This week our good buddy Clay Groves from the Fish Nerds podcast joins Paul and Donna to talk about the rare and mysterious fur bearing trout!
About our voice actors: The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis. 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. Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast. Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty, and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.
Once you're caught up on Varmints and you need things to listen to because you're stuck at home please listen to:
The Soapy Madams Podcast: https://anchor.fm/soapymadams
Checkin' In With Csomo: https://anchor.fm/paul-csomo
Planthropology: https://www.planthropologypod.com/
Just the Zoo Of Us: https://anchor.fm/justthezooofus
CritterCast: https://crittercastpodcast.blubrry.net/
Animals To The Max: https://corbinmaxey.com/podcast-1
Hannah and Erik Go Birding: https://www.gobirdingpodcast.com/
Strange Animals Podcast: https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/
Be safe, wash your hands, stay indoors and be nice to EVERYONE.
Join us this week and guest Rob Lang from Underdone Comics to talk about those goofballs of the sea and sky, pelicans!
Sources:
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/McNary/Wildlife_Habitats/Pelicans.html
https://www.audubon.org/news/how-brown-pelicans-dive-after-fish-without-breaking-their-necks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_Pelicans
https://pelicanbrewing.com/
https://youtu.be/NSE-Vt50UZs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijWYAuOJjSg
https://www.fws.gov/sacramento/es_kids/CA-Brown-Pelican/Documents/brown_pelicanbio.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wxgEuvWKD8
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About our voice actors: The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis. 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. Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast. Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty, and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.
Sources:
https://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/outdoors/a30382474/sea-lions-steal-boat/
https://www.sealion-world.com/sea-lion-social-structure/
http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/blogs/comments/thermoregulation
https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/rio-the-logical-sea-lion
http://www.seecalifornia.com/festivals/san-francisco-pier39-sealions.html
https://www.pier39.com/sealions/
https://youtu.be/M5pi6wB3Nak
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140820140023.htm
Hirschel the sea lion
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/animals-gone-wild/Content?oid=72236090
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About our voice actors: The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis. 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. Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast. Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty, and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.
This week Paul is joined by his lovely daughter Baylee as they discuss that voluptuous Australian marsupial the wombat!
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/18/world/australia/wombat-selfie.html
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hero-wombats-australia-fires/
https://outline.com/2XGq7C
https://www.livescience.com/52640-wombats.html
https://www.wombania.com/wombats/wombat-behavior.htm
http://www.jackiefrench.com/diary-of-a-wombat
https://slate.com/culture/2016/08/fatso-the-fat-arsed-wombat-was-the-best-olympic-mascot-ever.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cO376yWrGc
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/wombat-poop-cube-why-is-it-square-shaped/
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Moooooove on outta here 2019. It's a new year and here's a new episode! This week Paul and Donna chat about cattle!----more----
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This week Paul and Donna talk about those venomous, poisonous, creepiest of crawlies: centipedes and millipedes! Yecch. Unless otherwise noted all music is by Kevin McLeod and is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. All other images on the page are featured on the linked websites. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. "Fair use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. About our voice actors: The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis. 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. Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast. Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty, and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe.
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