Strange Animals Podcast

07/02/2023

This week is our big discoveries episode, where we learn about some animals discovered in 2022!

Episode 314: Animals Discovered in 2022 February 6, 2023amphibians, animals, Asia, Australia, crustaceans, cryptids, fish, invertebrates, North America, sharkcarnivorous plants, clams, clownfish, deep-sea animals, frogs, hermit crab, isopod, Khoi's mossy frog, sea anemone, sharks, spider, tarantulas...

16/01/2023

This week let's learn about a mostly-solved mystery of a deep-sea invertebrate!

Episode 311: The Mystery Deep-Sea Spider January 16, 2023animals, cryptids, invertebratesdeep-sea animals, isopod, sea spiderstrangeanimalspodcast https://media.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/content.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/deep_sea_spider.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Dura...

13/01/2023

This week we learn about a weird little doggo called the crab-eating fox! Not actually a fox!

Episode 310: The Crab-Eating Fox January 9, 2023animals, North America, South Americacoyote, crab eating fox, foxstrangeanimalspodcast https://media.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/content.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/Crab_Eating_Fox.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:05 ....

02/01/2023

We start off 2023 by learning about a fascinating animal, the red panda! Is it actually related to the giant panda?

Episode 309: The Red Panda January 2, 2023animals, Asia, bearsPanda, red pandastrangeanimalspodcast https://media.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/content.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/Episode_309_Red_Panda.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:10 — 10.2MB)Subscribe: RSSThank...

27/12/2022

I've got covid (still!) so this week's episode is a re-purposed Patreon episode about whale strandings and how people have developed tools to help the whales!

Episode 308: Rescuing Stranded Whales December 26, 2022animals, New Zealand, whalesdolphins, orca, pilot whalestrangeanimalspodcast https://media.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/content.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/Episode_308_Rescuing_Stranded_Whales.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download...

19/12/2022

This week's episode is about two cute little frogs with some surprising features!

Episode 307: Coquí Frogs and Glass Frogs December 19, 2022amphibians, animals, North America, South Americacoquí frog, coquí llanero, frogs, glass frog, golden coquí, Laura's glass frogstrangeanimalspodcast https://media.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/content.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast...

13/12/2022

This week we learn about a new study about what lived in Greenland two million years ago!

Episode 306: Two Million Years Ago in Greenland December 12, 2022animals, extinct, fossils, North Americahares, horseshoe crab, mastodons, reindeerstrangeanimalspodcast https://media.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/content.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/Episode_306_Greenland.mp3Podcast: Play in...

28/11/2022

This week we learn about some weird animals that lived in the Paleogene Period, after the extinction event that killed off the non-avian dinosaurs!

Episode 304: Animals of the Paleogene November 28, 2022animals, Asia, birds, extinct, fossils, North America, South Americabrontothere, embolotherium, horned screamer, megacerops, penguins, Pezosiren, Presbyornis, screamer, southern screamer, terror bird, uintatheriumstrangeanimalspodcast https://me...

22/11/2022

This week we listen to some weird animal sounds and discuss what they are or might be!

Episode 303: Weird and Mysterious Animal Sounds November 21, 2022animals, Australia, birds, cryptids, cryptozoology, Europe, fish, North Americaelk, fox, stingrays, tawny owl, wapitistrangeanimalspodcast https://media.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/content.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/Episod...

31/10/2022

This week's episode isn't just a spooky Halloween show about the Loveland frog, it's our 300th episode!!

Episode 300: The Loveland Frog October 31, 2022amphibians, animals, cryptids, cryptozoology, North Americafrogs, iguana, Loveland frogman, monitor lizardstrangeanimalspodcast https://media.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/content.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/Episode_300_Loveland_Frog.mp3Podcas...

25/10/2022

This week let's learn about some animals supposedly found ENTOMBED IN STONE! But still alive! Hmm.

Episode 299: Entombed in Stone! October 24, 2022amphibians, animals, cryptids, cryptozoology, Europe, extinct, North America, reptilefrogs, horned toad, pterosaur, Texas horned lizardstrangeanimalspodcast https://media.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/content.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/Episo...

19/10/2022

As we inch closer to Halloween, the episodes get spookier--or at least weirder! Let's learn about the bonkers Tantanoola tiger this week!

Episode 298: The Tantanoola Tiger October 17, 2022animals, Australia, big cats, cryptids, cryptozoology, extinctnumbat, out of place animals, thylacine, tigers, wolvesstrangeanimalspodcast https://media.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/content.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/Episode_298_Tantanool...

10/10/2022

This week we learn about some (slightly) spooky mummies...DINOSAUR mummies!

Episode 297: Dinosaur Mummies October 10, 2022animals, Asia, dinosaurs, extinct, fossils, North Americaankylosaurus, Appalachiosaurus, Brachylophosaurus, Edmontosaurus, hadrosaur, Nodosaurid, Tarbosaurusstrangeanimalspodcast https://media.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/content.blubrry.com/strange...

26/09/2022

Michael and Charlie team up with Kate of Strange Animals Podcast for a fun and freewheeling discussion of legendary insects, some very strange precipitation, and lots of other excellent stuff! Links:   (Blubrry)  (Bookshop.org)  (Goodreads)  (Goodreads) Upcoming Li...

26/09/2022

Flopcast episode 541! We survived DragonCon 2022, more or less, so it's time to review the first half of that wacky weekend! Including: Kevin's Flash Gordon panel with Sam J. Jones and Melody Anderson; Kevin's other panels on Cowboy Bebop, Lost in Space, and Upload; The Mayor's Severance panel (and Severance costume!); Kornflake's Elton John panel; Sci-Fi Explosion fun with Billy Ocean; the Geek Girls Run; an Aquaman-style visit to the Georgia Aquarium; late night pizza pie with Kate from Strange Animals Podcast; late night fun with Good Enough Cosplay; a late night movie with Dr. Strange and the Dragon Con American Sci-Fi Classics Track; and how to avoid obnoxious parking lot DJs. Next week: The rest of DragonCon. It just kept getting weirder. (Link in the comments!)

29/08/2022

This week we finish out invertebrate August by learning about the Ediacaran biota: creatures that lived BEFORE the Cambrian explosion! https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2022/08/29/episode-291-the-ediacaran-biota/

Episode 291: The Ediacaran Biota August 29, 2022Africa, animals, Australia, Europe, extinct, fossils, invertebrates, North AmericaCambrian explosion, Charnia, Cochleatina, Dickinsonia, Kimberella, placozoans, sea pen, Spriggina, Tribrachidium, Trilobozoastrangeanimalspodcast https://media.blubrry.co...

23/08/2022

We're all about lobsters this week! Are lobsters immortal? Are they really sometimes blue? Let's find out! https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2022/08/22/episode-290-lobsters/

Episode 290: Lobsters! August 22, 2022animals, crustaceans, invertebratesCape lobster, deep-sea animals, Dinochelus ausubeli, lobster, rosy lobsterette, scampistrangeanimalspodcast https://media.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/p/content.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/Episode_290_Lobsters.mp3Pod...

01/08/2022

We kick off Invertebrate August with an episode about the sand crab, two weird sea slugs, and an octopus mystery that was recently solved! https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2022/08/01/episode-287-sand-crabs-sea-slugs-and-a-mystery-octopus/

25/07/2022

This week we look at Venus the cat and learn about what may have caused her unusual coloration! https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2022/07/25/episode-286-chimerism-mosaicism-and-venus-the-cat/

18/07/2022

We've got a small mystery this week! Was the hueque a South American camelid new to science or just another name for a known camelid? https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2022/07/18/episode-285-the-mysterious-hueque/

20/06/2022

We have a whale episode this week! We learn about the humpback whale and a distant rorqual ancestor that had a mouthful of mouth. https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2022/06/20/episode-281-the-humpback-whale/

13/06/2022

Let's learn about some sharks this week, including a mystery shark from the fossil record! https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2022/06/13/episode-280-lesser-known-sharks/

30/05/2022

Let's kick off Pride month this week with Connor's episode about gender diverse animals! https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2022/05/30/episode-278-gender-diverse-animals/

Episode 278: Gender Diverse Animals May 30, 2022animals, birds, fish, reptilealbatross, algae, black swan, California condor, chinstrap penguin, clownfish, condors, Laysan albatross, lizards, New Mexico whiptail, penguins, seahorse, sheep, swans, white-throated sparrowstrangeanimalspodcast https://m...

23/05/2022

Hmm, I haven't been on FB for a few weeks. Well, this week let's learn about the rewilding of Scotland! https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2022/05/23/episode-277-rewilding-scotland/

02/05/2022

We kick off our month of KS backer episodes with an episode about mystery big cats reported in Victoria, Australia! Thanks to Kristie and Jason for their help with this episode! https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2022/05/02/episode-274-mystery-big-cats-in-australia/

Episode 274: Mystery Big Cats in Australia May 2, 2022animals, Australia, big cats, cryptids, cryptozoologycougar, jaguar, leopard, marsupial lion, marsupials, mountain lion, puma, thylacine, Thylacoleostrangeanimalspodcast https://media.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/p/content.blubrry.com/strang...

25/04/2022

This week let's hear some invertebrates that are surprisingly noisy, including the pistol! shrimp! https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2022/04/25/episode-273-noisy-invertebrates/

Episode 273: Noisy Invertebrates April 25, 2022animals, Asia, invertebrates, North AmericaAsian longhorned beetle, moths, pistol shrimp, walnut sphinx moth, white-spotted sawyer beetlestrangeanimalspodcast https://media.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/p/content.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/Ep...

21/04/2022

A reminder that you can still back the Tiny Pin Friends Indiegogo!

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18/04/2022

We have a New Zealand mystery animal this week to celebrate the official release of our book, Beyond Bigfoot & Nessie: Lesser-Known Mystery Animals from Around the World! https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2022/04/18/episode-272-the-waitoreke/

Episode 272: The Waitoreke April 18, 2022animals, Australia, cryptids, cryptozoology, fossils, New Zealandotters, rakali, Saint Bathans mammal, waitoreke, water-ratstrangeanimalspodcast https://media.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/p/content.blubrry.com/strangeanimalspodcast/Episode_272_The_Waitor...