Amy and Katie explore all things weird.
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Ep. 8: Beavers Away! Military Dolphins & Other Questionable Operations
Katie dives into the surprising history of the US Navy's Marine Mammal Program. Amy shares the bizarre story of Idaho's parachuting beavers.
6 Nov 2026
Ep. 7: Tarantula Tinder: Swipe Right or Die Trying
Amy and Katie discuss the annual tarantula migration that occurs in La Junta, Colorado every autumn.
Weeman, K. (2023, September 29). Eaten, crushed or starved; male tarantulas trade their life to impregnate a mate. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/eaten-crushed-or-starved-male-tarantulas-trade-their-life-to-impregnate-a-mate/ (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/eaten-crushed-or-starved-male-tarantulas-trade-their-life-to-impregnate-a-mate/)
11 Jun 2024
Moth Vacations and Deep Sea Peril
Katie tells us why moths need a summer vacation, and Amy talks about people dying in the ocean.
27 May 2024
Lemming Lies and the Blindness-Schizophrenia Connection
Katie breaks the news that we've all been lied to about the habits of lemmings and Amy discusses the connection between blindness and schizophrenia.
13 May 2024
Celebrity Monkeys and Frozen Frogs
Amy presents a study about monkey viewing preferences and Katie discusses how animals survive extreme cold!
References:
Deaner RO, Khera AV, Platt ML. Monkeys pay per view: adaptive valuation of social images by rhesus macaques. Curr Biol. 2005 Mar 29;15(6):543-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.044. PMID: 15797023.
6 May 2024
Zombie Ants and Lethal Shrimps
Katie tells us how to make an ant think it's dead, and Amy talks about shrimp with similarities to firearms.
29 Apr 2024
Egg teeth, fairy fingers, and sexual suicide
Katie reviews the ways that animals escape from their eggs and other weird adaptions for being born. Amy discusses a tiny marsupial that exchanges sleep for sex before dropping dead.
22 Apr 2024
Sexy Birds and Sea Unicorns
Amy presents a study about coloring barn swallows with a marker, and Katie discusses everything weird about narwhals.
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