Episode 18 Visuals

Baby platypus by Faye Bedford

Platypus spur by E Lonnon

Echidna by pen_ash from Pixaby

Diagram of fox hunting using magnetic fields - Biology Letters, DOI:10.1098/RSBL.2010.1145

Time-lapse of fox mousing - Pre-tend Magazine

Result of fox mousing - Pre-tend Magazine

Episode 18: Monotremes & Magnetic Hunting

In which Grace & Madz discuss echidnas, platypuses, and a red fox hunting technique. For visuals, check out our instagram or blog (links below).

Note: Due to some technological issues there is a dip in audio quality for this episode. Expect it to be better next time! Thanks for your patience.

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Episode 17 Visuals

California Hagfish by California Academy of Sciences 2007

Hagfish knot by Andrew Clark














Hagfish Slime Predator Deterrence from Zintzen et al 2011














Bear mid taste test



The beekeeper, Ibrahim Sedef

Episode 17: Hagfish & Honey Testing

In which Grace & Madz discuss hagfish and their slime, and a Turkish beekeeper's unusual approach to bears. For visuals, check out our instagram or blog (links below).

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Theme song is "Hot Swing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Episode 16 Visuals

Aristotle's lantern by Eric Kilby

Regeneration from one arm by Jan (Arny) Messersmith



















Sand dollar by budak iNaturalist

Starfish stomach eversion by NOAA

Portrait of Potoooooooo AKA Pot8os AKA Potatoes at the British Museum

Episode 16: Echinoderms & Potoooooooo

We're back!

In which Grace & Madz discuss echinoderms (starfish, sea cucumbers, sand dollars, etc.) and a horse with a very silly name. For visuals, check out our instagram or blog (links below).

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Episode 15 Visuals

Eastern American Mole

Star Nosed Mole by Rob Speiden





















Golden Mole by Johnny Wilson

Seal riding a humpback whale in Australia



















Beluga whale with harness in Norway

Episode 15: Golden Moles & a Beluga Spy

In which Grace & Madz discuss various moles and a couple whale stories. For visuals, check out our instagram or blog (links below).

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Episode 14 Visuals

Flying squirrel by Jonathan Martin

Swell shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) by Sparks et al 2014

Puffins in sunglasses




A depiction of putting the bees into mourning.

Episode 14: Fluorescence & Telling the Bees

In which Grace & Madz discuss animal fluorescence (not to be confused with bioluminescence), and an old beekeeping custom. For visuals, check out our instagram or blog (links below).

P.S. Cosmic bowling!

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Episode 13 Visuals

Common Tenrec by Heinlonlein on Wikimedia

Greater Hedgehog Tenrec by Bernard Dupont

Streaked Tenrec by John Sullivan

Antoine Yates

Ming inside the apartment

Episode 13: Tenrecs & Ming of Harlem

In which Grace & Madz discuss tenrecs, a mammal that can do weird things with its metabolism, and a famous NYC story. For visuals, check out our instagram or blog (links below).

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Episode 12 Visuals

Black Sandshell by MC Barnhart















Lampsilis cariosa with lure by Jeffrey Cole, USGS

Villosa iris mimicking a crayfish by MC Barnhart

Western Fanshell by MC Barnhart



Bearded vulture, pre-dye




Bearded vulture, after preening with iron oxide soil

Episode 12: Mussels & Bearded Vultures

In which Grace & Madz discuss mussels (not muscles) and the bearded vulture (the most hardcore bird alive). For visuals, check out our instagram or blog (links below).

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Episode 11 Visuals

Lugworm Below by Jean-Baptiste Fagot

Bone eating worm by Vrijenhoek et al

Bobbit Worm by Ria Tan

Christmas Tree Worm by Kevin King

Methane Ice Worms by NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program

Sea Mouse by Foto Fitis, Sytske Dijksen



Holly, the bearded dragon of Christopher Ingraham

Episode 11: Polychaetes & Ordering Crickets

In which Grace & Madz discuss polychaetes (bristle worms) and one man's downfall in ordering live crickets from the internet. For visuals, check out our instagram or blog (links below).

MBARI YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXww6CrLAHhyZQCDnJ2g2A

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Episode 10 Visuals

Great Gray Shrike by Greg Lasley

Blister Beetles by Jesse Rorabaugh


Gorgone macarea, a type of tiger moth, drinking the tears of a Black-chinned Antbird

Episode 10: Nuptial Gifts

In which Grace & Madz discuss a theme: nuptial gifts! ("A nutritional gift given by one partner in some animals' sexual reproduction practices.") For visuals, check out our instagram or blog (links below).

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Episode 9 Visuals

Toxeus magnus by portioid on iNaturalist.jpg (the ant mimic spider--the first spider mom)

Stegodyphus lineatus by fturmog on flickr.jpg (the third, and creepiest, spider mom)

Excerpt from the Book of Saint Albans

Episode 9: Spider Moms & a Clowder of Cats

In which Grace & Madz discuss mothering techniques of various spiders and the history of collective nouns for animals. For visuals, check out our instagram or blog (links below).

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Episode 8 Visuals

Polyp colony of Turritopsis dohrnii by WoRMS Editorial Board

T dornhii medusa by Peter Bryant (University of California)

Babs and her three dogs (two of which are clones of a prior dog named Samantha)