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Nov 10, 2021

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Our 40th Episode! Thanks everyone! On today's show Victoria talks about the Wallace Line, an explanation for why Australia is so different than everywhere else. Kirk shares an "ah ha" moment that involves goldfinches smelling like Maple Syrup and Rachel does a deep dive on Moray Eels.

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Nov 10, 2021

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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.

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The Cat Made Me Do It: The Platypus, Toxoplasmosis and Maple Syrup. Do not combine these three things anywhere else but here. by Strange by Nature Podcast
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Show Preview: Subscribe now! Season 1 begins March 10th. by Strange by Nature Podcast
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Micro-Epilons & Assorted Nightmare Fuel: Being eaten alive while paralyzed, mites living (and loving) on your face, and being turned into a zombie by a worm. This one has it all. by Strange by Nature Podcast
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Loudest Penis in the World & Other Aquatic Stories: The Singing Penis of the Water Boatman, Freshwater Bryozoans and Weird Octopus Facts. An aquatic all-stars episode. by Strange by Nature Podcast
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Giant phallic death stench flowers: Corpse Flowers, the Mystery of the Channeled Scablands and Biomimicry by Strange by Nature Podcast
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Bulletproof Armadillos, Metamorphic Goo, and Superfetation: The title says it all on this one. Two stories of bulletproof armadillos in one year. The mystery of Metamorphic Goo and strange cases of superfetation in humans. by Strange by Nature Podcast
34 min listen
Wet Spot on the Savanna: Kirk tries to convince us that humans are actually a chimera of two species, Rachel brings the aquatic nightmare fuel and Victoria shares more than you probably wanted to know about Hyenas. Yikes. by Strange by Nature Podcast
38 min listen
Don’t put Fish in a Blender: Victoria weaves a tale of a strange ancient desert plant, Kirk talks about magnets in the heads of fish, and Rachel tells us why the sky is blue by Strange by Nature Podcast
40 min listen
Surf, Turf and Outer Space: Naked Mole Rats, Coelacanths and Space fairing lichens. by Strange by Nature Podcast
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The Banana Slasher, Intra-uterine Cannibals and Other Sweet Stories: Not just Cannibals, this one also has a sugar cartel robbed in the largest heist in Canadian history and Kirk denies he is "The Banana Slasher." by Strange by Nature Podcast
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Let’s all use the Pig Toilet: Rachel introduces us to the oldest shark in the world, Victoria discusses using human waste as fertilizer and Kirk blows our minds with an alternative evolutionary possibility. by Strange by Nature Podcast
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Is a Tool?: The Tongue-Eating Louse, Super Dense Neutron Stars, and Bees! by Strange by Nature Podcast
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Flying Snakes (not on a plane): Kirk breaks our brains with a simple question about humidity, Rachel nerds out on the Cassowary and Victoria brings us flying snakes. Why...why must there be flying snakes? by Strange by Nature Podcast
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We know the secrets of the fire swamps: It's true, we know the secrets of the fire swamps, we've lived there quite happily for some time. This week, Kirk takes on Phagiomimicry, Rachel gets us unstuck from quicksand lore and Victoria tells the story of an amazing woman who can smell multiple d... by Strange by Nature Podcast
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Exploding Napalm Bat Bombs: This one gets heavy. Victoria talks about the impact of snakes on an island ecosystem, Kirk tells the story of bats as bombs and Rachel dives into the deep to talk about Butterfly snails. by Strange by Nature Podcast
39 min listen
Things Go Off the Rails and Victoria’s Head Explodes: Things Older than Dinosaurs, Koalas, and Giant Leaf Insects. by Strange by Nature Podcast
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The Extreme Slime of the Hagfish: Victoria brings us a slimy story of hagfish gone amok, Kirk takes his extremes off planet and Rachel impales our ears on a story of the Loggerhead Shrike. by Strange by Nature Podcast
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Spiders can fly?: Rachel talks ghost flowers, Victoria chats about spiders flying with electricity and Kirk brings weather extremes on Earth. by Strange by Nature Podcast
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Preview #2: We're just a week away from the launch of the podcast. Here's a few more tasty excerpts. Be sure to subscribe. by Strange by Nature Podcast
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Special Guest Vikram Baliga from Plantropology!: In this very special episode we hang out with Vikram Baliga from the Planthropology Podcast. We ponder whether or not plants can see, learn about insects that look like plants and delve into the bizarre world of carnivorous plants. by Strange by Nature Podcast
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The Horror Frog and other tales: This week brings three awesome stories from around the world. Rachel brings the the tale of the "Horror Frog", Victoria has a mystery plant like no other and Kirk gives us a cool research update on how carnivores affect the plants in an ecosystem. by Strange by Nature Podcast
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The Tree of Death, Hot Flowers and Sun Stones: Kirk tells us about the Tree of Death, Rachel shares about the thermogenic Skunk Cabbage and Victoria discusses how Vikings navigated using sun stones. by Strange by Nature Podcast
34 min listen
More Butts Than You Would Expect in One Episode: Victoria takes on a listener question about Brood X Cicadas, Kirk introduces us to the Many Assed Hydra Worm and Rachel explores (the history of) the anus. by Strange by Nature Podcast
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Mammaries, Sloths and Manatees: Victoria tackles the mysteries of lactation in mammals, Kirk connects Avacados to extinct sloths and Rachel tries really hard to convince us that Mermaids are Manatees. by Strange by Nature Podcast
39 min listen
Your Flamingo Seems to be on Fire: This this episode, Victoria introduces the concept of cryptically extinct animals, Kirks looks are the relationship between mosquitoes and blood type and Rachel talks about the possible real-world historical roots of the mythical Phoenix. by Strange by Nature Podcast
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Silent but Deadly-When Lakes Attack: In this week's episode, Victoria tells us about lakes that will kill you from miles away, Kirk does a sand-striker worm redux and Rachel lays down some facts about an 80,000 year old tree. by Strange by Nature Podcast
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Journey to the Center of the Earth: Rachel bring us monkey eating Harpy eagles, Victoria explains how we know what we know about the core of the Earth and Kirk explains the connection between Jurassic Park and California Condors (Hint: parthenogenesis) by Strange by Nature Podcast
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