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Strange by Nature Podcast Strange by Nature
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4.9 • 33 Ratings
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Life is strange, naturally you want to hear about it. Strange by Nature is your guide to the strange, weird and unbelievable side of nature. Professional naturalists present weekly curated stories about just how strange nature can get. Chosen as one of the best science podcasts of 2021 by Find That Pod.
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Unbelievable Honey Guides
This week Rachel brings the amazing story of the relationship between humans and birds called Honeyguides. Victoria looks into the strange story of bird respiration and Kirk discusses the process of how volcanic islands become lush and green.
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Can Tapeworms Double Your Life?
This week, Kirk talks about how scientists found a way to double or even triple your lifespan. The catch? You have to be an ant and you have to be infected with tapeworms.
Keeping with the gross topics. Rachel serves up a disgusting bouquet of Ambergris. One of the most valuable substances on earth that smells both wonderful and awful.
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Parachuting Beavers
Rachel's up first this week with a deep dive on the largest toothed whale in the world, the Sperm whale. How did they get that weird name? You'll have to listen to find out.
Kirk shares the bizarre story of the time Idaho parachuted 76 beavers into a remote wilderness as part of operation Beaver Drop. It's an amazing story with some long-term benefits you can even see from space!
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Land Shrimp and a Leech in Your Eye
This week, Kirk starts us off with an unbelievable story about a recent science expedition to one of the most remote jungles in the world where scientists bizarrely discovered a terrestrial shrimp. That's right a shrimp that lives on land.
Rachel is up next and tells us about a beautiful and rare phenomenon, hair snow. This strange creation requires a fungus and exactly the right weather. When they come together, something magical happens.
Victoria rounds out the show by doing a run-down on the most successful predators on earth. Sure, there are tigers and wolves and birds of prey but can you guess the animal with an astounding 95% hunting success rate?
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When The Ocean Attacks Swimmers
This week, Victoria spins a tale of a mystery creature inflicting terrible pain swimmers and the strange unorthodox researcher who solved the mystery. Kirk then tells us about strange obelisks living in our mouths. Rachel rounds out the week by diving down 16,000 feet under the ocean to track down a bizarre eel with a giant mouth.
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3rd Annual Bizarre Quiz Show feat. Brett Sieberer
It's that time again, the end of another year of Strange by Nature. So, as usual, we're joined by professional naturalist Brett Sieberer and he takes over the show to quiz us about the past year of shows and other bizarre nature knowledge. Yes, we play the ever popular game, Eat, Ride, Jacket.
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Customer Reviews
Super fun and fascinating
I enjoy this podcast so much. Each episode is utterly fascinating and often very funny. I love learning all about the strangeness and brilliance of nature. Keep up the good work, guys!
Needs work
Rachel lacks knowledge. Her segments are elementary and show her very shallow knowledge of her topic.
Victoria smacks her lips making it very difficult to listen.
Kirk is saving grace of show. He’s knowledgeable, funny and voice is easy to listen to.
Show would benefit from them finding balance of banter and info.
I like what you’re doing here in general but very rough around the edges.
Fascinating and factual
I’d say the sign of a great podcast is skeptically observing your cat from afar after finding out the parasitic power they just may have over your brain from said podcast.
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