Season 2

April 01, 202200:16:20

April Fools-A-Roo! (The Yankee Vs Ostrich with Nick Charlie Key)

April Fool's Day is in full swing on this episode of not-exactly BewilderBeasts! Let's learn about a bit about by way of a New York Yankee's baseball ...

February 21, 202200:24:22

Ep 63: Puckish Poultry and Cursing Corvids

McNugget, the coffee shop rooster; Cosmo, the rowdy raven who befriended an elementary school; an update on Magawa, the land-mind detection rat from e...

February 14, 202200:22:13

Ep 62: Winter (Prosthetics, Part 2)

This week is part two of the prosthetics arc where we look exclusively at one dolphin who lost her tail but not her spirit - how that dolphin's journe...

February 07, 202200:21:23

Ep 61: Avengers, Assemble! (Prosthetics)

This week's show is all about the real life Animal Avengers, animal prosthetics, osseointegration, and the magic of 3D printing to save animals from e...

January 31, 202200:25:56

Ep 60: "Chix In Space"

The time Kentucky Fried Chicken teamed up with NASA, some space ready chickens, and an 8th Grader FOR SCIENCE. I got today's information from: https:/...

January 24, 202200:30:50

Ep 59: JFK and the Pupniks

This week, the Soviet dogs who went to space, their descendants, and one named Pushinka who had a minor role in stopping nuclear Armageddon during the...

January 17, 202200:31:54

Ep 58: FATS G (Frog Rescue Service)

In Australia there is a rescue service for frogs who get trapped in produce that saves upwards of 1500 frogs every single year. We also meet Tony the ...

January 10, 202200:22:38

Ep 57: All About That Bass (Robofish)

This week we talk about the effects of invasive species and how robotic fish employing scare tactics as invasive species birth control, another robot ...

December 20, 202100:23:07

Ep 56: Put the Rap Battling Horse Skull Back In Christmas, Where It Belongs

Let's go to Wales, a country where they are trying to put the call-and-response singing horse skull back in Christmas, where it belongs. This is going...

December 15, 202100:15:51

BONUS: A Very Merry DIY Bird Hoarding Kit

How much would the 12 days of Christmas cost someone today? How many birds is the True Love gifting? And where is the recipient going to put 224 birds...

December 13, 202100:16:00

Ep 55: Julia Child, The CIA, and Shark Repellent Cakes

Julia Child was rejected from the army in WW2, so she got in on the ground-floor of the CIA, whipping up her first ever recipe: Shark Repellent Cakes....

December 06, 202100:21:15

Ep 54: Ho, Ho, Reindoes!

This week, Melissa explains how we know Santa's sleigh is pulled by 8 reinDOEs who can see predators urine (that's not in the movie!), how shaman made...

December 01, 202101:09:17

Bonus: Drunk Flies and Stoned Dolphins (With Dr. Oné R. Pagán)

This is a recording of Oné R. Pagán's book launch for "Drunk Flies and Stoned Dolphins" where a tipsy Melissa asks him about cocaine addiction in flat...

November 29, 202100:37:56

Ep 53: Who's Your Daddy?

Melissa addresses sex changing animals who can do it all, condors who have had enough of their male cage mates, lesbian lizards, proposes a Finding Ne...

November 22, 202100:41:26

Ep 52: Five Deer

Trigger warning: Today's episode discusses genocide, the dark truth behind America's most gluttonous holiday. Why you should be eating eel and deer in...

November 15, 202100:29:42

Ep 51: Africanimals

This week, Melissa has a special announcement and revisit of three African animal stories for the History Class of RSU 40 in Waldoboro, Maine. #GoPant...

November 08, 202100:29:25

Ep 50: Arson Pigeon Revenge (Olga of Kiev)

In this 50th episode, we meet Olga of Kiev, a PATRON SAINT who murdered a lot of people using earth, wind, fire, ale and homing pigeons. She inspired ...

November 01, 202100:23:42

Ep 49: Revenge of the Shaggy Pants

Today Melissa takes a series of shallow dives into more royalty who were killed by hubris which changed the world forever, and has some fun with the w...

October 11, 202100:18:09

Ep 46: Housetraining Heiffers

Why scientists are looking to potty train 1 billion cows to combat a growing acid rain crisis. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Resources on The Moo Loo: U...

October 04, 202100:21:32

Ep 45: Bone-y and Clyde

A Smithsonian Museum exhibit depicting the skeletal remains of Dr. Grover Krantz and his beloved Irish wolfhound, Clyde. But, who was Dr. Krantz, and ...

September 27, 202100:40:50

Ep 44: LSDscapades and Debleated Goats

As there is talk of suicide and class one narcotics, listener discretion is advised. How magicians, debleated goats, LSD, a maybe murder, and a CIA ho...

September 13, 202100:22:23

Ep 42: What the Pluck?

A truck of hens heading to a slaughterhouse turns over on a California Highway, leading to the funniest trilogy in chicken-cinema. . . . . . . . Resou...

September 06, 202100:30:28

Ep 41: Diamond Smuggling Pigeons

There is a place called the Diamond Coast where humanity clings to a thread, and pigeons are angels and lifelines. Let's go. Resources: Flight of the ...