Just the Zoo of Us
Hosted by Ellen and Christian · Ellen & Christian Weatherford
4.9from 1,281 ratings
- 378
- Episodes
- 144
- Transcribed
- 1,281
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Just the Zoo of Us
Join us, Ellen and Christian Weatherford, while we review your favorite species of animals and rate them out of ten in the categories of effectiveness, ingenuity and aesthetics. More information can be found at justthezooofus.com 😊 Got a species you want us to review? Submit your animal friend to us at ellen@justthezooofus.com and when we review your animal we'll give you a shoutout! 😊 Cover art by Mrs. Brainbow (Taylor Gordon-Wood). Theme music by Louie Zong.
- Publisher
- Ellen & Christian Weatherford
- Category
- kids & family · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 May 2019
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
144 of 378 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
358: Nudibranchs
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
357: Ospreys w/ Mark Smith!
23 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
356: Shrews
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358: Nudibranchs
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] What a succinct comparison. So in this sea slug, most of what they eat... are very, very venomous, stinging prey. So they eat Portuguese manowar, blue-bottle jellyfish, which are very, very venomous. So when the nudibranch eats these prey, they steal the stinging cells that are called nematocysts. […]
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- Mark Smith
- Marco Wendt
- Christian Flores
- Harpreet Singh Sethi
- Alice Vassallo
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 588 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 693 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100
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- Quality
- 94
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 91
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Ellen and Christian host the show. Published by Ellen & Christian Weatherford.
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