BewilderBeasts!

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BewilderBeasts!

Host Melissa McCue-McGrath dives deep into the weirdest, funniest, sciency-est ways in which animals intersect at humanity. How is a horse responsible for the FDA? How did fish farts nearly cause bombs to fly between Russia and Sweden? Which pigeon saved 194 soldiers in WW1? Why are honey bees trained to find unexploded landmines in Croatia? Let's go!

  1. 7月14日

    Bonus: Butt Science and Twitter Bird Bans

    First aired February 2023Twitter bans an ornithological society for posting photos of "woodcocks" while Melissa gets banned for "Hairy Man"; The Media takes special care to protect the identity of one little jailbird with hilarious results; and, no post is complete without a little butt science. There is a photo that I can't stop laughing at in this episode - that photo is attached but also a part of this tweet:https://twitter.com/CampbellxEmma/status/1178400639208116224All of the articles I ...

    27 分钟

  2. 7月7日

    Bonus: Ursa Majors

    First aired October 2021Fat Bear Tuesday is the culmination of a week-long bracket-style event inspired by mega-chonk bears and March Madness. What is it? Why is it? Who is going to win? Let's go!****Resources:https://www.nps.gov/katm/learn/fat-bear-week.htmhttps://www.npr.org/2021/09/30/1041674219/fat-bear-week-2021https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/get-to-known-the-bodacious-bulky-bears-of-fat-bear-week-2021-180978778/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/650110/fat-bear-week-historyht...

    15 分钟

  3. 6月30日

    Bonus: Great Escapes

    First Aired: Feb 10, 2022A series of the best and funniest animal escapes, all inspired by a police blotter where a camel chase was afoot on a Kansas golf course.Resources for today's episode:http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2041628_2041646_2041645,00.htmlhttps://www.livescience.com/wildest-animal-escapes-2021https://www.facebook.com/BonnerSpringsPD/posts/211926681120376https://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-news/camel-causes-chaos-running-away-kansas-nativity-...

    22 分钟

  4. 6月24日

    Bonus: Mail Cats?

    First aired: August, 2022The Belgian government once used cats to deliver the mail. It went about as well as you would think. Resources for today's exclusive episode:https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64025/time-cats-delivered-mail-belgiumhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-42098216https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/morning-start-cats-once-delivered-mail-in-belgium/https://www.cracked.com/article_28965_for-hot-second-belgium-relied-cats-to-deliver-mail.htmlhttps://www.grunge.com/920707/b...

    12 分钟

  5. 6月17日

    Bonus:Dengue Chicks and the Grocery Store Walk of Shame

    First Aired: January 20, 2023This month's bonus ep for you is all about the chickens who give back in rather surprising ways - from keeping 100 tons (?) of food out of our landfills to preventing Dengue Fever in Central Florida.BTW: Florida, you ok?So, get some chickens, put on a farming hat, and let's go learn about chickens who do more than just poop you breakfast. Let's GOOOOOOOO!Resources: https://htrchickens.com/tag/belgium/#:~:text=%231.&text=Hens%20help%20recycle%20food%20and,an%20...

    30 分钟

  6. 6月10日

    Bonus: BOTY goes Batty

    First Aired: Nov 5, 2021This month, New Zealand's Bird of the Year competition ruffled feathers, as per usual, when a bat took the gold. A look at the complex and controversial BotY awards and mean tweets at the non-tweety bats.I got today’s information from :https://www.npr.org/2020/11/14/934749679/for-the-birds-voter-fraud-ruffles-new-zealand-bird-of-the-year-competitionhttps://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2110/S00189/native-bats-cause-a-flap-entering-bird-of-the-year-competition.htm?fbclid=Iw...

    22 分钟

  7. 6月3日

    Bonus: A Monkey Could Work Here

    First aired April 19, 2022Let's learn about the time an actual chimpanzee saved the Today Show, and changed morning news-ertainment forever. Resources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Fred_Muggshttps://allthatsinteresting.com/j-fred-muggshttps://www.ebay.com/itm/324954729281https://www.grunge.com/598607/the-truth-about-celebrity-chimp-j-fred-muggs/ And an episode of Ridiculous Crime - a 99% murder-free podcast on capers, crime, and utter ridiculousness, where I first heard about J. Fred ...

    13 分钟

  8. 5月28日

    Bonus: Monique

    First aired: Nov 26, 2023One man dreams of being completely alone, but it turns out, companionship is human nature. An unlikely meal ticket doesn't just save his life - but saves his humanity in 70 days of darkness, in Greenland's icy solar night. Big thanks to The Outlook Podcast Archive from BBC World Service for a podcast called “The chicken who sailed the world” https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct34pmFowl Play - a book I’m reading on the history of chickens by Sally Coulthar...

    30 分钟
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Host Melissa McCue-McGrath dives deep into the weirdest, funniest, sciency-est ways in which animals intersect at humanity. How is a horse responsible for the FDA? How did fish farts nearly cause bombs to fly between Russia and Sweden? Which pigeon saved 194 soldiers in WW1? Why are honey bees trained to find unexploded landmines in Croatia? Let's go!

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    PodFix Network
  • 活跃年份
    2020年 - 2024年
  • 单集
    138
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    儿童不宜
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    © 2024 MuttStuff Media
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