A Valentine's Day Short.

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A Valentine's Day Short.

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7 minutes

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Feb 14, 2021

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For the romantic day that's in it, we're chatting about one of nature's greatest lovers... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Released:

Feb 14, 2021

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Titles in the series (59)

If you like learning about the weird and wonderful side of nature - about things like spider sex, venom-packing frogs, or mind-controlling parasites, and more - then this is the podcast for you! Oh, and it's in a shed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Nipples No Nipples: A milky session in the critter shed where Colette and Collie find out how some animals nourish their young without nipples - from lactating spiders and frogs who feed their tadpoles in the treetops, to sharks whose young fight to the death in utero.... by The Critter Shed
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We need to talk about Ted...: ...or, as we really wanted to call this episode: LOCK UP YOUR PUSSIES!We've been wanting to have a conversation about domestic cats, the amount of wildlife they kill every year, and why they really REALLY should be kept indoors. And h... by The Critter Shed
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Little Miss Tina Sunshine... and Wilbur: This week we’re on an animal  rescue farm visiting one of the world's most intelligent, misunderstood and mistreated animal: the pig.We meet the enigmatic (and GIANT) boar Wilbur and his friend Tina Sunshine, who spend their days loungi... by The Critter Shed
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SNAKES: silent assassins and surprising survivors: Weird, tubular animals or geniuses of evolution? While Collie feeds his various constrictors, we hear how snakes are THE ultimate survivors.The can unhinge their jaws to swallow enormous prey items. They also have wily ways with thei... by The Critter Shed
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Scorpions! Dreaded killers or musunderstood ancients?: Today, Colette and Collie delve into the world of these fascinating arachnids where we hear about their history on Earth, their hunting methods and very odd love lives.AND, Colette has a very unusual, VERY close encounter with a male Asian f... by The Critter Shed
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Roly-poly town: Today we head off to roly-poly town to visit the unsung heroes of the invertebrate world... WOODLICE!!!!These tiny armadillo-like creatures are nature's recyclers. All winter long they will be working hard in your garden, breaking down and r... by The Critter Shed
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The giant piranha sperm splurge!: Collie delves into his new collection of epic, carnivorous horned frog tadpoles, what we lovingly call GIANT PIRANHA SPERM!!!Find out about one of the world's most amazingly adapted amphibians that can go from barely fertilized egg to fully ... by The Critter Shed
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The Critter Shed, live from Cork: This is a live recording in front of an audience in The Crawford Art Gallery in Cork, and we're all about SPIDERS!!! by The Critter Shed
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To keep or not to keep?: Part 2 of our chat with herpetologist Rob Gandola. This time we're tackling the thorny issue of the rights and wrongs of keeping exotic pets and the unregulated pet trade.With cameos by tubular and amazing slow worms (who have been unfairly ... by The Critter Shed
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The Eggselence of Nests: Which came first chicken or the nest? Collie and Colette talk turkey about nests, who made the first one, and who makes the biggest one. by The Critter Shed
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Booty calls, bed-hopping, and birdsong - it's the badger show!: Booty calls, bed-hopping and badger housekeeping tips! Join Collie and Colette as badger expert Dr. Aoibheann Gaughran reveals the saucy sex lives of a group of wild badgers in Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Aoibheann has been studying a fami... by The Critter Shed
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