45: American Burying Beetle

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45: American Burying Beetle

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Feb 12, 2019

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Do you like to bury small things in the woods, vomit into your children's mouths, listen to ABBA 24/7 and leave your STD's everywhere you go? Are you an American Burying Beetle? Cause they do that.

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Feb 12, 2019

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Two zookeepers talk weird animals. Informative, irreverent, and sometimes funny. Learn about animals in a way you never have before, with all the dirty details from two people who aren't afraid to call animals out on their junk.

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