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Welcome to Natural Curiosity, a show by the creators of The Natural World Explored. We challenge each other to learn new fascinating tidbits about the natural world and share them with you! We also share audio form episodes of our Natural World Explored videos, where we explore particular animals, behaviours and other jazz that calls this planet home. Stay curious, friends.

  1. Why Is Romance Making Animals Extinct?

    12/22/2025

    Why Is Romance Making Animals Extinct?

    Hey friends! Today Ben watches an ensemble romcom circa 2007, we find out why Peacocks aren’t extinct (even though they’re ridiculous), and we explore the ways that animals can go extinct from too much romance.Check out my new playing card deck, available on the Explored website:https://www.naturalworldexplored.com/merch••••• Your host: Ben the Quasi-Ecologist ••••• Looking to support the channel? Take a look at our support channels to help us make even more videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsuWQV4_s-Wt-JE8kvv7E1w/join Or my patreon page! https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me! ••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored ••••• More of a listener? Listen to episodes on the podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5cRfbTpBSTEmYLww9BeoQA Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/natural-world-explored/id1789911559 ••••• Been exploring for new merch? Check out the Explored website! https://naturalworldexplored.com ••••• Audio Credits: Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi ••••• Image Credits:Babirusa Boxing Edited by Cart - This file was derived from: Babirusa berkelahi.jpg by Meldy Tamenge, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80269185Elephant Seal ClashBy "Mike" Michael L. Baird, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3578991Northern Elephant Seal Mother And PupBy Jerry Kirkhart from Los Osos, Calif. - E-seal Mom and pup. Explored, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37284920••••• #peacock #extinct #animals #science #education #explored #nature

    17 min
  2. There Are New Giraffes. Why?

    10/04/2025

    There Are New Giraffes. Why?

    Hey friends! Today Ben breaks the news of why there are so many Giraffes now??? We look at the Panther family and why ducks are slowly all becoming the same animal.Want to support Giraffe conservation? Donate to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation here:https://giraffeconservation.org/Official IUCN release on new Giraffe species:https://iucn.org/press-release/202508/four-giraffe-species-officially-recognised-major-conservation-reclassification ••••• Your host: Ben the Quasi-Ecologist ••••• Looking to support the channel? Take a look at our support channels to help us make even more videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsuWQV4_s-Wt-JE8kvv7E1w/join Or my patreon page! https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me! ••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored ••••• More of a listener? Listen to episodes on the podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5cRfbTpBSTEmYLww9BeoQA Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/natural-world-explored/id1789911559 ••••• Been exploring for new merch? Check out the Explored website! https://naturalworldexplored.com ••••• Audio Credits: Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi ••••• 00:00 Breaking News 20:09 Natural World Explored 03:06 I. Not All Names Are Built The Same 07:13 II. This Goes All The Way To The Top13:08 III. The Next Generaffion#giraffe #animals #science #learning #education #explored #nature

    18 min
  3. You Won't Believe What T-Rex Looks Like Now!

    09/13/2025

    You Won't Believe What T-Rex Looks Like Now!

    Hey friends! Today Ben clicks on the wrong type of ad, we learn all about scaley lips and dive into the hot topic of dinosaur temperatures.More about how we know the colour of dinosaurs:https://youtu.be/c0PYvIP0Tmw••••• Your host: Ben the Quasi-Ecologist••••• Looking to support the channel? Take a look at our support channels to help us make even more videos:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsuWQV4_s-Wt-JE8kvv7E1w/join Or my patreon page!https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me!••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored••••• More of a listener?Check out our podcast:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5cRfbTpBSTEmYLww9BeoQAApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/natural-world-explored/id1789911559••••• Been exploring for new merch? Check out the Explored website!https://naturalworldexplored.com••••• Audio Credits:Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi••••• 00:00 You Won't Believe!00:53 Natural World Explored02:28 I. Dinosaurs Are What?!04:07 II. Lip Reading06:36 III. Unfeatherable Controversy08:36 IV. Hot Topic10:59 She's A Runner, She's A T-Rack Star#dinosaur #jurassicworld #jurassicpark #trex #nature #wildlife #animal #extinctanimals

    16 min
  4. What Happens When You Find An Extinct Animal... Alive?

    04/19/2025

    What Happens When You Find An Extinct Animal... Alive?

    Hey friends! Today Ben explores what extinction actually means, how we know when an animal is truly gone and what happens when we decide to change things...More about Convergent Evolution and how it works:https://youtu.be/c0PYvIP0Tmw••••• Your host: Ben the Quasi-Ecologist••••• Looking to support the channel? Take a look at our support channels to help us make even more videos:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsuWQV4_s-Wt-JE8kvv7E1w/join Or my patreon page!https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me!••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored••••• Been exploring for new merch? Check out the Explored website!https://naturalworldexplored.com••••• Audio Credits:Intro Music by Aakash GandhiImage Credits:Ghost Lineages by Sceptic view - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42413712Alavesia Fly images:Alavesia leukoprosopa, holotype. A. Wing (abbreviations following Cumming and Wood, 2017). B. Postpedicel and stylus. C. Hind leg, inner lateral view. D. Hind tibia, dorsal view, with tibial organ on basal fourth. Arrow point basal R1 sensorial pit.Monoplacophora image:By FunkMonk (Michael B. H.) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19794861Iberian IbexBy Juan Lacruz - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23442996Celia the Pyrenean IbexBy Jose Miguel Pintor Ortego - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46509145••••• 00:00 The Year Is 186101:15 The Mystery Is A Foot02:40 I. The Case Of The Midnight Cockatoo06:50 II. The Curious Case Of The Coelacanth10:36 III. The Convergent Case Of The Aldabra Rail13:36 IV. The Unfortunate Case Of The Pyrenean Ibex#animals #wildlife #nature #documentary #science #biotechnology #aldabra #extinction

    21 min
  5. How Other Animals Use Medicine

    02/10/2025

    How Other Animals Use Medicine

    Hey friends! Today Ben talks about a famous great ape, we meet the biggest very small army in the world, and some Madagascan primates that enjoy a nice millipede in the morning.••••• Your host: Ben the Quasi-Ecologist••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored••••• Thank you so much to everyone who’s checked out my YouTube Membership!https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsuWQV4_s-Wt-JE8kvv7E1w/join Or my patreon page!https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me!••••• Been exploring for new merch or a sick profile pic? Check out the Explored website!https://naturalworldexplored.com••••• Audio Credits:Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi••••• #nature #medicine #animals #documentary #wildlife #science #education #facts

    20 min
  6. How Turtles Unlock Memories They Didn't Know They Had

    01/11/2025

    How Turtles Unlock Memories They Didn't Know They Had

    Hey friends! Today Ben talks about magnets, we learn about the smell of raindrops on footpaths, and we follow a Sea Turtle all the way home! DONATE to the Barbados Sea Turtle Project: http://www.barbadosseaturtles.org/pages/resources/index.html DONATE to the Australian Sea Turtle Foundation: https://seaturtlefoundation.org/donate ••••• Your host: Ben the Quasi-Ecologist ••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored ••••• Thank you so much to everyone who’s checked out my YouTube Membership! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsuWQV4_s-Wt-JE8kvv7E1w/join Or my patreon page! https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me! ••••• Been exploring for new merch or a sick profile pic? Check out the Explored website! https://naturalworldexplored.com ••••• Audio Credits: Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi Also Sprach Zarathustra, composed by Richard Strauss and premiered in 1896. Link to license: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_Strauss_-_Also_Sprach_Zarathustra.ogg#:~:text=Licensing,distribute%20and%20transmit%20the%20work ••••• Sources mentioned: Boyle, A. (2023). Episodic memory in animals: Optimism, kind scepticism and pluralism. Current Controversies in Philosophy of Memory (Chapter 9). https://books.google.co.nz/books?hl=en&lr=&id=s4V0EAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT224#v=onepage&q&f=false Rattenborg, N.C. & Martinez-Gonzalez, D. (2011). A bird-brain view of episodic memory. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166432811002191 Hofer, M. K., Collins, H. K., Whillans, A. V., & Chen, F. S. (2018). Olfactory cues from romantic partners and strangers influence women’s responses to stress. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 114(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000110 ••••• Photo credits GEOMAR, Coastal Upwelling Diagram. https://www.geomar.de/en/discover/ocean-and-climate/climate-change-in-the-ocean/upwelling The Ocean Cleanup, Turtle trapped in garbage: https://theoceancleanup.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch/ Cleanhub, Great Pacific Garbage Patch: https://blog.cleanhub.com/the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-how-marine-plastic-impacts-our-biggest-ocean Planet Earth II, BBC: https://cms.bbcearth.com/sites/default/files/2020-12/2ecmt0000001000.jpg https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/12/12/09/turtles-planet-earth.jpg?width=1200&height=630&fit=crop Barbados Sea Turtle Project, Hawksbill Rum: https://www.hawksbillrum.co.uk/news/barbados-sea-turtle-project ••••• #animal #turtle #migration #memory #science #wildlife #documentary #reptile

    15 min
  7. What It Takes To Be The Fastest Animal Alive

    01/11/2025

    What It Takes To Be The Fastest Animal Alive

    Hey friends! Today Ben looks at the fastest animals on Earth, we get the first ever metabolic rate tier list [not clickbati!!!] and Ben tries to put together the hardest soundtrack of any animal video on YouTube. ••••• Your host: Ben the Quasi-Ecologist ••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored ••••• Thank you so much to everyone who’s checked out my YouTube Membership! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsuWQV4_s-Wt-JE8kvv7E1w/join Or my patreon page! https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me! ••••• Been exploring for new merch or a sick profile pic? Check out the Explored website! https://naturalworldexplored.com ••••• Audio Credits Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi Voiceover Editing by Wojciech B. ••••• Sources mentioned: Domenici, P., Wilson, A. D. M., Kurvers, R. H. J. M., Marras, S., Herbert-Read, J. E., Steffensen, J. F., Krause, S., Viblanc, P. E., Couillaud, P., & Krause, J. (2016). Maximum swimming speeds of sailfish and three other large marine predatory fish species. Biology Open, 5(10), 1415-1419. https://journals.biologists.com/bio/article/5/10/1415/1485/Maximum-swimming-speeds-of-sailfish-and-three#:~:text=URL%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fjournals.biologists.com%2Fbio%2Farticle%2F5%2F10%2F1415%2F1485%2FMaximumKing, R. (2008, May). Falling with the falcon. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/falling-with-the-falcon-7491768/Queen's University, Belfast. (2013, September 5). New insight into how Cheetahs catch their prey. ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130905085644.htm ••••• Photo credits Proprioception scan 1: https://neurosciencenews.com/proprioception-genetics-22044/ Proprioception scan 2: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.07.29.501977v1.full Peregrine Falcon scan: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Peregrine-falcon-radiography-Ventrodorsal-A-and-lateral-B-radiographic-view-showing_fig1_349169490 Football boots: Photo by Hal Gatewood on Unsplash Ford Focus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2008_Ford_Focus_Zetec_TD_109_1.6_Front.jpg

    15 min
  8. How Animals Clone Themselves

    01/11/2025

    How Animals Clone Themselves

    Hey friends! Today Ben introduces his clone, Qen, we meet an entirely female species of lizard and take a closer look at how chromosomes work IN TURKEYS. ••••• Your host: Qen, the buasi-ecologist ••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored ••••• Thank you so much to everyone who’s checked out my YouTube Membership! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsuWQV4_s-Wt-JE8kvv7E1w/join Or my patreon page! https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me! ••••• Been exploring for some sweet nature merch? You can score some here soon! https://naturalworldexplored.com Audio Credits ••••• Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi Audio Editing by Wojciech B. ••••• Photo credits Science News Article: https://centennial.societyforscience.org/entry/1997-science-news-reports-on-dolly-the-sheep/ ‘Sister Clones’ of Dolly The Sheep: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/07/26/487047575/clone-sisters-of-dolly-the-sheep-are-healthy-alive-and-kicking

    14 min
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Welcome to Natural Curiosity, a show by the creators of The Natural World Explored. We challenge each other to learn new fascinating tidbits about the natural world and share them with you! We also share audio form episodes of our Natural World Explored videos, where we explore particular animals, behaviours and other jazz that calls this planet home. Stay curious, friends.

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  • Creator
    Ben the Quasi-Ecologist
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
    18
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Ben the Quasi-Ecologist
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    Natural World Explored