Strange Animals Podcast

Recent Episodes

Episode 025: Humans Part I (Neanderthals and Denisovans)

Posted July 24, 2017 •

This week is our first two-parter ever! I don’t intend to do that often but there was just too much to go over for one episode. This week we’ll...

Episode 024: The Water Owl and the Devil Bird

Posted July 17, 2017 •

This week’s episode is about two solved mysteries that aren’t exactly solved after all, the water owl and the devil bird! Let’s figure out what...

Episode 023: Nonhuman Musicians

Posted July 10, 2017 •

This week’s episode is about nonhuman musicians. It’s rarer than you’d think. The palm cockatoo. Nature’s drummer. In possibly related news,...

Episode 022: Megatherium

Posted July 3, 2017 •

Episode 22 is all about megatherium, the giant extinct ground sloth–and a little bit about glyptodon, the giant extinct…thing. Megatherium vs trees...

Episode 021: The Tatzelworm and friends

Posted June 26, 2017 •

Episode 21 is all about the Tatzelworm, a mysterious reptile from the Alps, and some of its mystery reptile friends from around the world! Bipes, a...