Outtakes, Goofs and Blunders
Seems like a good day to put 15 minutes of complete nonsense out there. The funny kind of nonsense. Not the scary kind of nonsense. This is for you, April.
Seems like a good day to put 15 minutes of complete nonsense out there. The funny kind of nonsense. Not the scary kind of nonsense. This is for you, April.
Join Paul and Donna for the Tiny Wild Cats Variety Extravaganza on today's episode of Varmints! We'll be discussing four little wild kitties, and their adorable, but deadly ways.
https://people.com/pets/uk-wildlife-park-two-rusty-spotted-cats-born/
http://www.porfell.co.uk/2020/two-of-the-smallest-babies-born-just-before-lockdown/
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Prionailurus_rubiginosus/
https://www.theanimalfiles.com/mammals/carnivores/cat_sand.html
https://allyouneedisbiology.wordpress.com/2015/11/01/felines/
https://bigcatrescue.org/margay-facts/
https://wildcatconservation.org/wild-cats/south-america/margay/
https://bigcatrescue.org/jaguarundi-facts/
https://wildcatconservation.org/wild-cats/south-america/jaguarundi/
https://mashable.com/2014/10/25/living-with-an-ocelot-in-a-manhattan-apartment/
https://pethelpful.com/exotic-pets/small-exotic-cats
Our voice actors for this show were Kari McGinnis, Stacey and Frosty and Chris Green
Featured image "File:Rusty spotted cat 2, crop.jpg" by Davidvraju is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Join Paul on a solo episode this week to talk dingoes!
Sources:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/wacky-tube-men-could-keep-dingoes-away-livestock-australia
https://www.dingoden.net/facts.html
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/dingo/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dingo-fence
https://daily.jstor.org/the-unexpected-result-of-australias-dingo-fence/
Featured image, "Dingo - Moonlit Sanctuary Park 3-20-2019 (2)" by Larry Koester is licensed under (CC BY 2.0) Public Domain
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About our voice actors:
With technical support by Matthew Csomo, bed music by Kevin MacLeod, our logo was created by Imran Javed. Our vocal talent was done by the wonderful and supportive Stacey and Frosty, Justine and Santiago, and Chris “The Toph” Green.
Today's show is not about an animal, but we've had a number of requests over the years to talk about it, so we're going to give it a go!
Donna had a chat with two scientists about this topic and gave them a few of the questions from our discussion group, and it ended up being a great conversation.
Joining Donna were Dr. Seth Magle, is the Director of the Urban Wildlife Institute at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, and Dr. Tobin Magle, who is the Research Data Lifecycle Manager in the Division of Information Technology at UW-Madison.
The image attached to this episode is available in the Public Domain, can be found at the CDC's website, and was generated by Hannah A Bullock; Azaibi Tamin.
We hope you enjoy the episode.
This episode was brought to you with technical support by Matthew Csomo. Our bed music is by Kevin MacLeod, our logo was created by Imran Javed and our vocal talent was Justine and Santiago and Curtis Craddock.
Join Paul and Donna to flounce around and learn about peacocks!
https://www.livescience.com/tasmanian-devils-return-australia.html
https://sciencing.com/peacocks-mate-4565678.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/12/peacock-crests-are-vibration-sensors/578656/
https://animals.mom.com/colors-male-peacock-reproduce-11329.html
https://www.peacocksuk.com/peacock-information/are-peacocks-endangered-2/
https://www.advertisingweek360.com/the-history-of-the-nbc-peacock/
https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/history/2020/09/23/why-do-peacocks-roam-tampa-bay/
Featured image, "Peacock" by Mathias Appel is licensed under CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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About our voice actors:
With technical support by Matthew Csomo, bed music by Kevin MacLeod, our logo was created by Imran Javed. Our vocal talent was done by the wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis, Stacey and Frosty, Justine and Santiago, and Chris “The Toph” Green.
This week Paul takes a solo look at a very misunderstood little Arctic varmint - the lemming!
Sources:
https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/education/wns/lemmings.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv06KicxKdc
https://readonlymemory.vg/the-making-of-lemmings/
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/lemmings/9wzdncrfjcdm?activetab=pivot:overviewtab
https://hyperallergic.com/545742/white-wilderness-disney-nature-documentary/
This is the footage from the 1958 Disney film "White Wilderness" that I discussed. Before you click on this link please be warned that this is a very upsetting video to watch: https://youtu.be/xMZlr5Gf9yY
Featured image, "Lemming" by Sander van der Wel is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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About our voice actors:
With technical support by Matthew Csomo, bed music by Kevin MacLeod, our logo was created by Imran Javed. Our vocal talent was done by the wonderful and supportive Josh Hallmark, Chris “The Toph” Green, Stacey and Frosty, Justine and Santiago.
This week Kate Shaw from the Strange Animals Podcast joins Paul to get really squicked out about ticks. Bleh.
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/health/tick-mosquito-repellant-nootkatone.html
https://entomologytoday.org/2018/01/16/up-close-look-tiny-sensory-pits-ticks-use-smell/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_lz8hvkYVA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSbk9Vn5eCU
https://animals.howstuffworks.com/arachnids/tick5.htm
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170316112208.htm
Featured image, "Soft tick" by dr relling is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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About our voice actors:
With technical support by Matthew Csomo, bed music by Kevin MacLeod, our logo was created by Imran Javed. Our vocal talent was done by the wonderful and supportive Josh Hallmark, Chris “The Toph” Green, Stacey and Frosty, Justine and Santiago.
They're the happiest animal in the world! Paul is talking about quokkas this week!
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLJ7NnpmGus
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57159/6-things-know-about-super-cute-quokka
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quokka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTlgCk_IJDs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eK0RR2ns58
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/05/bad-moms-nature-animals-mothers-day/
Featured image, "The Happiest Animal on the Planet" by UI International Programs is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0
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About our voice actors:
The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis.
Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.
Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)
Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit.
Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast.
Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty,
and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.
Let's monkey around with Paul and Donna and learn about baboons!
Sources:
https://mashable.com/article/baboons-on-the-loose-sydney/
https://science.jrank.org/pages/704/Baboons-Communication.html
https://www.animalfactsencyclopedia.com/Baboon-facts.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_Fu!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myyQ_CTVE_4&feature=youtu.be
http://www.tv.com/shows/the-amazing-world-of-gumball/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLr6QOgqevc
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC387823/
Featured image, "Baboon" by Shelley Prevost is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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About our voice actors:
With technical support by Matthew Csomo, bed music by Kevin MacLeod, our logo was created by Imran Javed. Our vocal talent was done by the wonderful and supportive Josh Hallmark, Chris “The Toph” Green, Stacey and Frosty, Justine and Santiago.
Take a blindingly fast dive into the topic of falcons today with Paul and Donna on the Varmints! Podcast.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Kestrel/id
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Peregrine_Falcon/
https://hanna-barbera.fandom.com/wiki/Blue_Falcon
https://www.youtube.com/c/FalconryAndMe/about
https://everwideningcircles.com/2020/06/11/falcons-airport-flight-safety/
https://www.usafa.edu/cadet-life/clubs/falconry/
Featured image, "American Kestrel (Male)" by Andy Morffew is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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About our voice actors:
With technical support by Matthew Csomo, bed music by Kevin MacLeod, our logo was created by Imran Javed. Our vocal talent was done by the wonderful and supportive Josh Hallmark, Chris “The Toph” Green, Stacey and Frosty, Justine and Santiago.
This week Paul glides solo and talks about sugar gliders!
Sources:
https://newcastleweekly.com.au/sugar-gliders-call-lake-macquarie-home/
http://bmxglider.tripod.com/ogueyes.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-squirrels-fly-37372905/
https://www.facebook.com/SugarGliderComic/
https://www.reddit.com/r/sugargliders/
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About our voice actors:
The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis.
Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.
Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)
Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty,
and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.
This week Paul is joined by special guest host Kate Shaw from the Strange Animals podcast to revisit an episode we did four years ago! Bats!
Please go listen to the Strange Animals Podcast wherever fine podcasts are sold. You can also go to her website:
https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/science/vampire-bats-viruses.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180207151818.htm
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/sound-absorbent-wings-and-fur-help-some-moths-evade-bats
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49496760
Under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. "Fair use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
About our voice actors:
The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis.
Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.
Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)
Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit.
Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast.
Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty,
and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.
The feature image used is "bat" by Noel Reynolds and is shared under a Creative Commons license (Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0). You can view more of Mr. Reynolds' photographs on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29237715@N05/
They're cute and hungry and LOUD! Paul and Donna explore the world of Tasmanian devils this week!
Sources:
https://www.livescience.com/27440-tasmanian-devils.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2AU7AtY-js
https://www.aussieark.org.au/devil-ark/
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47659640
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-14/tasmanian-devil-island-fundraising-program-winds-up/9147124
Any other images on the page are featured on the linked websites. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. "Fair use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
About our voice actors:
The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis.
Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.
Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)
Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit.
Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast.
Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty,
and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.
It's moth season! Cover your drinks and listen to Paul and Donna talk about fluttery little weirdos!
Sources:
Links to our sources coming soon.
Any other images on the page are featured on the linked websites. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. "Fair use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
About our voice actors:
The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis.
Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.
Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)
Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit.
Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast.
Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty,
and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.
Leopards! Paul and Donna love them. Join us as we talk about these amazing big cats.
*Note, Paul and Donna discuss the appearance of a black panther in the Little House in the Big Woods, and thought this was probably a black cougar. After some research, though it appears that the cat in the book was either a jaguar (whose range was that far north at the time of the story), or, Grandpa Olsen made it up! We'll talk about that briefly next recording session. Cheers!
Sources:
https://www.positive.news/environment/three-good-things-animals-making-a-comeback/
https://www.livescience.com/950-leopard-spots.html
http://www.krugerpark.co.za/Kruger_National_Park_Wildlife-travel/kruger-park-wildlife-leopards.html
https://blog.londolozi.com/2018/09/27/how-do-leopards-climb/
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15954/163991139
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Cat_Diary
https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/inside-the-book-celebrating-leopard-print-in-pop-culture-history/
Featured image: "2013-08-14 11.21.20" by MaxH42 is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
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About our voice actors:
The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis.
Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.
Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)
Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit.
Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast.
Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty,
and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.
On this special follow-up episode Dr. Sarah McAnulty, we talk about squid butts, delicious squid recipes and Skype A Scientist!
Sarah McAnulty, is the Executive director for the science communication non-profit Skype a Scientist and an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Connecticut. She is also an all-around squid nerd. It was a total delight to talk to her.
Do visit Skype a Scientist. It's one of the most incredible free science resources we've ever seen. https://www.skypeascientist.com/
You can follow Sarah on Twitter and Instagram! She is @SarahMackAttack on both.
We support Skype A Scientist on Patreon. You should consider it too. https://www.patreon.com/SkypeAScientist.
Release the Kraken! Paul and Donna discuss squads of squid this week!
Sources:
https://aqua.org/blog/2017/October/Cephalopods-Arms-or-Tentacles
https://www.nature.com/news/deep-sea-squid-uses-tentacles-to-attract-prey-1.13614
https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Inkling
https://oceana.org/marine-life/cephalopods-crustaceans-other-shellfish/humboldt-squid
https://thedishonscience.stanford.edu/posts/if-squids-could-talk/
Featured image: "Bigfin Reef Squid" by Doug Finney is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
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About our voice actors:
The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis.
Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.
Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)
Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit.
Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast.
Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty,
and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.
This week our good buddy Clay Groves from the Fish Nerds podcast joins Paul and Donna to talk about the rare and mysterious fur bearing trout!
About our voice actors:
The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis.
Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.
Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)
Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit.
Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast.
Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty,
and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.
Once you're caught up on Varmints and you need things to listen to because you're stuck at home please listen to:
The Soapy Madams Podcast: https://anchor.fm/soapymadams
Checkin' In With Csomo: https://anchor.fm/paul-csomo
Planthropology: https://www.planthropologypod.com/
Just the Zoo Of Us: https://anchor.fm/justthezooofus
CritterCast: https://crittercastpodcast.blubrry.net/
Animals To The Max: https://corbinmaxey.com/podcast-1
Hannah and Erik Go Birding: https://www.gobirdingpodcast.com/
Strange Animals Podcast: https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/
Be safe, wash your hands, stay indoors and be nice to EVERYONE.
Join us this week and guest Rob Lang from Underdone Comics to talk about those goofballs of the sea and sky, pelicans!
Sources:
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/McNary/Wildlife_Habitats/Pelicans.html
https://www.audubon.org/news/how-brown-pelicans-dive-after-fish-without-breaking-their-necks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_Pelicans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijWYAuOJjSg
https://www.fws.gov/sacramento/es_kids/CA-Brown-Pelican/Documents/brown_pelicanbio.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wxgEuvWKD8
Featuredimage: "Four Pelicans in Pelican Park Clontarf-1=" by Sheba_Also 46000 + photos-Videos is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
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About our voice actors:
The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis.
Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.
Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)
Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit.
Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast.
Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty,
and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.