This episode is our first Halloween special release and features Anna Clark-Miller, host of the "Martyr, She Wrote" podcast and we discuss how monsters make good parents, all things Karen Gillan, and our suggestions for science.

Featured Conservation Groups:

-Shark Allies

https://sharkallies.org/

-Galapagos Action

https://www.galapagosconservationaction.org/

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Sources:

Sharks:

-https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/yearly-worldwide-summary/

-https://petpedia.co/shark-attack-statistics/

Huntsman Spider:

-https://www.livescience.com/41428-huntsman-spider.html

Lamprey:

-https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/sea-lamprey.html

-http://www.glfc.org/sea-lamprey.php

-https://www.hcn.org/issues/54.2/indigenous-affairs-fish-humble-suckers-pacific-lamprey-have-survived-5-mass-extinctions-but-are-now-under-threat

Short-tailed Shrew:

-https://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Pages/plants_wildlife/Northern_Short-tailed-Shrew.aspx

-doi:10.2307/2425153, JSTOR 2425153

-https://www.nps.gov/articles/netn-species-spotlight-short-tailed-shrew.htm

Hood Mockingbird:

https://www.oiseaux-birds.com/card-hood-espanola-mockingbird.html

https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/17110087

https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/life-in-the-galapagos

https://gizmodo.com/meet-the-worlds-most-amiable-vampire-the-hood-mockingb-1742955703

Tailless Whip Scorpion:

https://everywherewild.com/tailless-whip-scorpion/

https://www.burkemuseum.org/collections-and-research/biology/arachnology-and-entomology/spider-myths/myth-daddy-longlegs-kind-spider

Tarantula Hawk:

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/the-most-painful-wasp-sting-in-the-world-explained.html

http://www.wci.colostate.edu/Assets/pdf/CIIFactSheets/Tarantula.hawks.pdf

This episode features MysticNarwhal and JamJaws and we discuss freakishly fast fruit flies, atrocious anal (pouch) anomalies, and blue-blooded beasts!

Featured Conservation Groups:

-Ewaso Lions

https://ewasolions.org/

-Wildlife Trust of India

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Sources:

Lion:

-https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/fascinating-facts/lions

-https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/10-amazing-facts-you-didnt-know-about-lions/

-https://www.iucnredlist.org/search?query=panthera%20leo&searchType=species

-https://lionalert.org/predatory-behaviour/

-https://a-z-animals.com/blog/what-is-the-bite-force-of-a-lion/

Fruit Fly:

-https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/16/health/male-fruit-flies-spurned-by-females-turn-to-alcohol.html

-https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/88228/15-fascinating-facts-about-fruit-flies

-https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/hungry-fruit-flies-are-extreme-ultramarathon-fliers

Octopus:

-https://www.livescience.com/55478-octopus-facts.html

-https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/octopuses-dont-have-eight-arms/

-https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2018/12/13/8-octopuses-need-meet/

-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFzpC_e44Tg

Honey Badger:

-https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/honey-badger

-https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/honey-badger-ratel

-https://www.livescience.com/honey-badger.html

Rocky Mountain Goat:

-https://goatalliance.org/

-https://www.akwildlife.org/news/species-spotlight-mountain-goat

Stick Bug:

-https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/facts/stick-insects

-https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Invertebrates/Walking-Sticks

-https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/stick-insect

-https://www.thoughtco.com/fascinating-facts-about-stick-insects-1968575

This epsiode features Dr. Susan Burran and we discuss trivial things like ant farms, Hákarl, and odd ocular parasites!

Featured Conservation Groups:

-Monterey Bay Aquarium

https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/

-St. Lawrence Shark Observatory

https://geerg.ca/

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Sources:

Whitemargin Stargazer:

-https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/creatura-blog/2021/07/the-whitemargin-stargazer-is-all-of-us-right-now/

-https://www.ourbreathingplanet.com/whitemargin-stargazer/

Yeti Crab:

-https://www.mbari.org/discovery-of-yeti-crab/

-https://factanimal.com/yeti-crab/

-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3227565/

Sea Otter:

-https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/sea-otter

-https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/sea-otter

-https://www.marinemammalcenter.org/animal-care/learn-about-marine-mammals/sea-otters

Greenland Shark:

-https://oceanwide-expeditions.com/blog/8-facts-about-the-greenland-shark

-https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/facts/greenland-shark

Benjamin Button Jellyfish:

-http://lifeinfreshwater.net/hydra/

-https://a-z-animals.com/animals/immortal-jellyfish/#single-animal-text

-https://www.uw360.asia/the-immortal-jellyfish-7-amazing-facts/

Bull Shark:

-https://a-z-animals.com/blog/discover-6-freshwater-shark-species/

-https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39372/2910670

-https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/538474/facts-about-bull-sharks