Welcome to Unbelievable Animals, the podcast where we tell you facts and stories about animals that are so amazing, you’ll wonder if they’re really true.
My name is Hubert Hiemstra, but my cohosts call me Dad. In each episode my boys, Victor,Eric, and Alfie, will tell us an unbelievable animal fact or story, and I’ll try to find out whether it’s true, and see what other mind blowing facts we can dig up about that animal.
It's been almost 3 years since our last episode, but we're back! Except we're back with a new co-host. Victor and Eric and too old and too cool to do podcasts with their dad, but now their younger brother Alfie is full of unbelievable animal facts.
In his first episode he wants us the believe that weaver ants (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaver_ant) use their larvae to glue leaves together to build their nests. We figure out if this is true, and what other cool facts we can find out about ants.
9 Aug 2020
#12: Flamingoes are actually white!?
Eric must have a problem with his eyes, because he thinks that flamingos are actually white! Join us to hear why he thinks this is true and to learn some more unbelievable things about these amazing birds.
29 Jun 2020
#11: Octopuses will eat their own arms when they are hungry and then just grow a new one?!
We all know that octopuses are very strange and very unusual animals, but this fact from Victor takes it to the next level. Is it true that these eight-legged aliens will snack on themselves if they need to?
16 Jun 2020
#11: Aye-ayes pee on their hands to get better grip!?
The boys’ mom has a fact/question for us: she’s heard that aye-ayes pee on their own hands to make their hands more sticky. Yuck! Before we answer that disgusting question, we first have to find out what exactly an aye-aye even is, and what other cool facts we can find about these unbelievable animals.
4 Jun 2020
#10: Black Rain frogs lay ‘fake’ eggs to distract predators from their real eggs!?
Victor has a beautiful new book of amazing animal facts, but fake eggs??! That sounds pretty unbelievable. Join us to hear if it’s true, and find out more about this very, VERY sad little frog. Images reproduced with permission from The Encylcopaedia of Ugly Animals by Sami Bayly, Hachette Australia, 2019.
24 May 2020
#9: Platypuses have a poisonous barb that is electrified, and they hunt with their eyes closed!?
In a country full of strange animals the platypus must be one of the strangest, but can Eric’s crazy facts be true? Join us this week as we figure out what is fact and what is fiction about this unbelievable animal.
13 May 2020
#8: Polar bears cover up their noses when they hunt?!
Victor read that when polar bears are hunting they cover up their noses with bits of ice and snow so their black noses don’t stand out against the white snow. Very clever - if it’s true! Are polar bears hunting geniuses, or is this a tall tale? Join us to find out, plus hear some more unbelievable facts about these incredible animals.
4 May 2020
#7: Ussain Bolt can outrun a cheetah?!
Eric wants us to believe that the fastest man ever can outrun a cheetah. Has he totally lost his mind!? Join us to find out, and to hear some unbelievable facts about the world’s fastest land animal.
26 Apr 2020
#6: The Beluga sturgeon can be more than 7 metres long!?
Victor found a fact with a plastic toy fish that came from inside a chocolate egg: it claimed that the beluga sturgeon is the world’s biggest freshwater fish at over 7 metres long, and it’s eggs cost more than $7000 per kilogram! Does this mysterious giant even exist, where does it live, and why would it’s eggs be the most expensive food in the world?
15 Apr 2020
#5: Funnel web spiders are only dangerous to primates?!
Could it be true that the Sydney funnel web spider, often rated as the world’s most dangerous spider, is not dangerous at all to other animals? And why exactly is this spider is so feared?
15 Apr 2020
#4: An ostrich’s eyes are bigger than it’s brain?!
Eric tries to convince us that the biggest bird on the planet has a teeny-tiny brain. Fact, or fake? And what else can we dig up about this unbelievable bird?
12 Apr 2020
Antlions can fly?
Is it true that a bug that lives underground and terrorises ants will eventually grow wings and fly away? Join us for some unbelievable facts about this this unbelievably creepy critter.
12 Apr 2020
#2. Poison dart frogs aren’t actually poisonous?!
Victor has a preposterous fact: one of the world’s most famous poisonous animals doesn’t actually produce any poison. Has he lost his mind???
12 Apr 2020
#1. Hippos have pink milk?!
In our first every episode Eric finds a fact in the school library: hippos have pink milk. Is this an unbelievable fact or a milkshake myth?
11 Apr 2020
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