Let me try my best to make you reconsider your thoughts (and feelings) about creatures that might not seem so appealing to you. You may find that some of them are between the most amazing creatures in the world!
My name is David Andres Quinche, I am a Biologist, and I will be your guide in this adventure. Welcome my friend!
for any inquire, comment, suggestion, contact email: itsnotamonstercontact@gmail.com
Today, Luisa Reis Castro is going to help us to understand how one of the biggest countries of the world has dealt with a war against the deadliest animal on earth, and how now they might be changing their strategy.
-Script, music and references:
https://sites.google.com/view/ep8-mosquito/inicio (https://sites.google.com/view/ep8-mosquito/inicio)
-Main music theme:
Camiidae https://camiidae.carrd.co/ (https://camiidae.carrd.co/)
-Contact email:
itsnotamonstercontact@gmail.com (mailto:itsnotamonstercontact@gmail.com)
14 Jul 2025
Public Enemy No. 1 – Mosquito 1/2
Description:
The most wanted, the most dangerous, the mosquito. In this first part, and with the help of Luisa Reis Castro, we are going to explore how mosquitoes have double lives, are sensitive like few other animals in nature, and drive the fate of a lot of other living beings.
-Script, music and references:
https://sites.google.com/view/ep7-mosquito/inicio (https://sites.google.com/view/ep7-mosquito/inicio)
-Main music theme:
Camiidae https://camiidae.carrd.co/ (https://camiidae.carrd.co/)
-Contact email:
itsnotamonstercontact@gmail.com
12 Jun 2025
Your Friendly Neighborhood – Spiders 2/2
This episode explores the unique properties of spider silk and Diego's research on how spiders perceive their environment, revealing the fascinating sensory world of these creatures.
2 Apr 2025
Your Friendly Neighborhood – Spiders 1/2
This time is turn for the Spiders! We are going to explore with Diego Parra why we are so afraid of them and how this might be related their feeding anatomy, which is something that also have huge implications in their diet, and therefore their hole biology and identity.
-Script, music and references:
https://sites.google.com/view/ep5spiders/inicio (https://sites.google.com/view/ep5spiders/inicio)
-Main music theme: Camiidae https://camiidae.carrd.co/ (https://camiidae.carrd.co/)
-Contact email:
itsnotamonstercontact@gmail.com
19 Mar 2025
Like a mole... but scaly – Amphisbaena
Let me introduce you to the weird subterranean cousin of the snakes: the Amphisbaena. They might not be as elegant… but they have their own charm, they even managed to scare the Roman legionaries back in the days.
-Small survey!!!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1m82F3WuYHBRk7-PkGTzPoeC2tswmTemtEBlY66rj_laNBQ/viewform?usp=header (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1m82F3WuYHBRk7-PkGTzPoeC2tswmTemtEBlY66rj_laNBQ/viewform?usp=header)
-Script, music and references:
https://sites.google.com/view/ep4amphisbaena/inicio (https://sites.google.com/view/ep4amphisbaena/inicio)
-Picture of bipes sp tiny hands:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bipes_biporus1.jpg#/media/File:Bipes_biporus1.jpg (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bipes_biporus1.jpg#/media/File:Bipes_biporus1.jpg)
-Picture of horseshoe behavior:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/azo.12490 (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/azo.12490)
-Main music theme:
Camiidae https://camiidae.carrd.co/ (https://camiidae.carrd.co/)
-Contact email:
itsnotamonstercontact@gmail.com
8 Mar 2025
Pied Piper brings this boi - Rodents 2/2
Today we are going to resume our talk about rats! With Dr. Jia Hui Lee. We are going to talk about their training for defusing mines, how smart they are and, also, if they truly are the plague carrier that we always have thought or if maybe, on the contrary, we owe them some gratitude.
-Small survey!!!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc54M-olWwi2B7LOWtrYCPZEwwrHqAs_vOKIfh5eTUbtbdkZQ/viewform?usp=header (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc54M-olWwi2B7LOWtrYCPZEwwrHqAs_vOKIfh5eTUbtbdkZQ/viewform?usp=header)
-Script, music and references:
https://sites.google.com/view/ep3rodents/inicio (https://sites.google.com/view/ep3rodents/inicio)
-Picture of the statue of the lab rat:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_laboratory_mouse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_laboratory_mouse)
-APOPO project webpage:
https://apopo.org/ (https://apopo.org/)
-Main music theme:
Camiidae https://camiidae.carrd.co/ (https://camiidae.carrd.co/)
-Contact email:
itsnotamonstercontact@gmail.com
27 Feb 2025
Pied Piper brings this boi - Rodents 1/2
Today it’s time to talk about rats! With the help of today’s guest, Dr. Jia Hui Lee, we are going to cover, from ratatouille to after-war reconstruction. Brace yourself for a story of chewing, flavors, and friends.
-Script, music and references:
https://sites.google.com/view/ep2rodents/inicio (https://sites.google.com/view/ep2rodents/inicio)
-APOPO project webpage:
https://apopo.org/ (https://apopo.org/)
-contact email:
itsnotamonstercontact@gmail.com
17 Feb 2025
A pale red dot - Mites
Welcome! We are going to start this adventure with the mites! One of the smallest animals on earth, yet incredible powerful and greatly multifaceted: They even have their own movie!
-Small survey!!!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeK-bn2e1cRPxNxNZgorZp653D1zNoOX7k2PHtK8OEBaG7uBg/viewform?usp=header (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeK-bn2e1cRPxNxNZgorZp653D1zNoOX7k2PHtK8OEBaG7uBg/viewform?usp=header)
-Script, music and references:
https://sites.google.com/view/ep1mites/inicio (https://sites.google.com/view/ep1mites/inicio)
-“Cheese Mites” (1903):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR2DystgByQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR2DystgByQ)
10 Feb 2025
Trailer - Welcome to It's not a Monster
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