Hulk, Night Vision, and Arsenic Poisoning: What Do They All Have In Common?

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Sloths: Tales of Epic Pooping and Their Moth Tenants: From entire ecosystems on their backs to one bathroom break a week, sloths certainly know how to slow-mo their way into our hearts. Inspired by a trip to the jungles of Panama, Kendall dedicated a whole episode to our favorite, slow motion, tree huggers. Let’s talk about shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

29 min listen

Real Life Zombies: I have some scary news for you…zombies exist in real life! But don’t worry…they’re a lot smaller than expected. Check out this weeks episode of Little Curiosities as Kendall explores the inspiration behind the stories of the living dead. Let’s talk about, it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

38 min listen

Pigeons (Rethinking Rats With Wings): Pigeons, aka rats with wings aka those head-bobbing, floor-food-munching, vermin right? Wrong! There’s a lot more to pigeons than what meets the eye and it’s Kendall’s quest to change your mind about our feathery friends on this weeks episode of Little Curiosities. Let’s talk about it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

48 min listen

Regenerating Lost Limbs and Organs: From regrowing hearts to making an entire clone after being cut in half. The animal kingdom is proof that regenerating body parts isn’t just left to superheroes. Let’s talk about it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

34 min listen

Do These Animals Live Forever?: Nothing lives forever…right? Well, not quite. Check out this week’s episode of Little Curiosities where Kendall dives into the world of the immortal animals living (maybe forever) among us. Let’s talk about shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

32 min listen

Sexual Dimorphism / Why The Sexes Are Different (And Not): From beautifully dazzling male birds of paradise and their modestly feathered counterparts, to a small fish thats bite fuses it to its lover’s body for life. The animal kingdom certainly has some vast differences between the sexes. This week, Little Curiosities explores the oddest couples nature has to offer. Let’s talk about, it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

34 min listen

Animals that Farm: When we think of farming we think people riding tractors and tending to their vegetables or livestock…but farming isn’t only for us humans. In fact, the animal world is full of fungus growing, aphid herding ranchers who know their way around cultivating their own meals. Let’s talk about, it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

34 min listen

Astronaut Pizza Night and Eggs Old Enough To Be Your Grandma: This week, rot month continues with preservation! Kendall talks about astronaut pizza nights in space, the Noah’s ark of seed storage and canning every animal under the sun. Let’s talk about it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

47 min listen

Intelligent Slime: What if I told you that a single celled, slimy, blob could solve the complex rout of a subway system faster than a group of engineers? Prepare to believe the unbelievable in this week’s episode of Little Curiosities. Let’s talk about it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

29 min listen

Special Spark: How Animals Perceive the World w/ Tooth & Claw: Kendall joins Tooth & Claw to discuss the ways in which animals perceive the world differently than humans. After that, Kendall is put on the hot seat and answers a batch of hard-hitting animal questions, including what the biggest animal she thinks she could take in a fight is and which of the three T&C hosts she would pick in a Bachelorette competition. by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

76 min listen

Recycling The Dead: It lurks in the Tupperware at the back of your fridge and thrives around all that is decaying…but without it, life on Earth wouldn’t be quite as lovely as it is today… or may not even be possible at all! This week on Little Curiosities we are diving into rot all that is festering and oozing. Let’s talk about it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

23 min listen

Evolution of Flight with Common Descent: How did pterosaurs as big as giraffes get up in the air? Did flying insects evolve from shrimp? What organs disappeared to help make birds airborn? David and Will, paleontologists and hosts of the podcast Common Descent help answer some of life‘s most interesting questions about the evolution of flight! Let’s talk about it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

57 min listen

Toilet Wine, Tipsy Chimpanzees and Willy Wonka's Rotten Secret: This week is our final episode for rot month! Kendall talks about making hooch in toilets, chimpanzees thieving palm wine, how bacteria and mold gives cheese its flavor, and how chocolate wouldn’t exist without fermentation. Let’s talk about it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

40 min listen

Pig Potties and Oinkers Playing Video Games: Pigs! The curly-tailed cuties found swimming in the Bahamas and sniffing out truffles. Find out more than you ever thought you wanted to know about pig latrines and how boar are taking over the world on this episode of Little Curiosities! Let's talk about it, shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

56 min listen

How To Control Your Dreams: From flying through buildings to shape shifting into a dolphin, learn to control the stories of your dreams on this week’s episode of Little Curiosities. Kendall talks listeners through her experience of lucid dreaming and how you could become an oneironaut yourself. Let’s talk about it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

37 min listen

Twins Tasting Cricket Tacos!: Kendall’s twin sister Kylie joins in on this week’s episode of Little Curiosities as we chat about bugs…and eat them. If you’ve ever wanted a recipe for cricket tacos, you’ve come to the right place! Let’s talk about it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

44 min listen

Hulk, Night Vision, and Arsenic Poisoning: What Do They All Have In Common?: Green is the color of most plants on earth and the shade of night vision goggles. The popularity of the color has even proven to be deadly… find out why on this weeks episode of Little Curiosities where we are going green! Let’s talk about it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

32 min listen

Tasting Colors and Seeing Sounds: The Amazing World of Synesthesia with Henry Gray: What if every time you heard music, you saw explosions of shapes, or your pets name tasted like watermelon. Synesthesia a.k.a. the mixing of the senses is a very real reality for a lot of people. On this weeks episode of Little Curiosities, Kendall dives into the symphony of senses one experiences with this condition and also interviews a man with one of the rarest forms of synesthesia! Let's talk about it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

64 min listen

Paralyzed By Shadow People: It goes by many names. The old hag, shadow demons, aliens? The mysterious terror of sleep paralysis haunts the dreams of people all around the world. Kendall talks about her own experience with this mysterious nightmare along with its chilling history on this weeks episode of Little Curiosities. Let’s talk about it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

31 min listen

The Love Life of Tardirades With James Weiss: On this episode of Little Curiosities Kendall interviews microscopy expert James Weiss about the secret love life of tardigrades and what they get up to under the slide of a microscope. Let's talk about it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

46 min listen

Colossal Interview: Resurrecting the Mastadon by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

29 min listen

Bug Episode with Mitch: On this episode of Little Curiosities, Kendall brings her fiancé Mitch on to try out a variety of creepy crawlers. From ants that taste like citrus, to chubby caterpillars, find out which bugs pass the taste test! Let's talk about it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

32 min listen

A Creature's Guide to Nesting: Bile, bubbles, and barbie dolls. Is there anything you can't make a nest out of? On this episode of Little Curiosities, Kendall explores how birds and other creatures make and decorate their tiny accommodations. Let's talk about it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

66 min listen

Plant Deception: Attract and Repel: On this episode of Little Curiosities, Kendall sits down with Joey Santore of "Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't" to discuss hidden secrets and what's attractive...about plants, that is. Let's talk about it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

53 min listen

Foot Tacos and Cannibalistic Killers: From religious rituals to killers with a hunger for human hamburgers. On this episode of Little Curiosities we try to answer the taboo. So ask yourself… would you try a foot taco? Let's talk about it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

54 min listen

Animals Can Be Cannibals Too: From tiny insects to furry creatures, cannibalism is a much more frequent occurrence than you might think. On this episode of Little Curiosities, Kendall dives into triggers for this natural phenomenon. Let's talk about it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

49 min listen

Twins Take II: Inside Twinship: Would you like to get a peek behind the curtain of what it's like growing up with a twin? On this episode of Little Curiosities, Kendall and her sister Kylie share twin facts and answer audience questions about daily life in twinship. Let's talk about it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

56 min listen

Spooky Cave Dwellers & Not So Creepy Critters: Join Kendall as she explores the creatures and crtiters that dwell in the dark. How would you survive underground, and what animal is dubbed the human dragon? Let's talk about it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

43 min listen

Wolves: Man's Best Friend of Foe?: Wolves play a rather complicated role in our past and the legends surrounding them are even more conflicting. From bloodthirsty werewolves cursed on a full moon to Odin's loyal and trusted sidekicks who accompany him in battle, Kendall Long attempts to decipher some of these myths and to shed light on humans' every shifting relationship with the wolf throughout the world's history. Let's talk about it shall we? by Little Curiosities With Kendall Long

46 min listen

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