Strange by Nature Podcast

Planets Made of Diamonds

Kirk brings the strange tale of the King's Lomatia, quite possibly the oldest living plant on Earth. It is a strange tree that has lost the ability to sexually reproduce and yet...it keeps on living for thousands of years.

Rachel has a doozy of a story about a man who let himself be bitten by venomous snakes over and over and over. Now he's helping scientists make a better anti-venom.

Victoria travels to the stars to tell us about planets made of diamonds. 

We really do cover it all this week!

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The Fastest Jaws on Earth

This week, Victoria starts us off with a discussion probably not suitable for all ages by talking about the massive penis of the Serotine Bat. It's a lot to take in.

Kirk then shares the remarkable story of a palm tree that both flowers and fruits completely underground.

Rachel rounds out this week's show talking about the fastest moving predatory appendage in the animal kingdom. The jaws of the Trap Jaw ant closes at 143 mph.

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Giant Bird Eating Spiders

Rachel kicks off this week show with the strange colonial creatures of the sea known as "By the Wind Sailors."

Victoria makes us all a bit uncomfortable talking about giant bird-eating spiders.

Kirk encourages us to smack rocks with hammers as he explains the mysterious Ringing Rocks of Pennsylvania.

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Which Animal Smells like Buttered Popcorn?

Kirk tells us about how scientists finally discovered the identity of a frog that had puzzled the scientific community for 80 years.

Rachel tells us all about the Binturong, the bizarre bearcat that smells like buttered popcorn.

In a salute to Mother's Day, Victoria tells us about the truly strange Sea Hares and her mom's research connection to them.

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The Bone Collector Moth

Anyone fancy a yawn? Victoria did some investigation into the strange phenomenon of social yawning. Are yawns really contagious?

Kirk then brings us the story of the Bone Collector Moth. When it is a caterpillar, it creates a disguise by gluing dead bodies to itself. Yikes.

Rachel rounds out the show with brand new research showing that sharks can make sounds!

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The Lightening Tree

Victoria talks about the amazing tropical super-canopy tree the Almendro that actually seem to attract lightening in order to kill off the trees around them. Talk about a bad neighbor!

Kirk then brings us the strange story of the Ruff, a shorebird with three distinct versions of males. They each have their own distinct plumage and role in the mating dance. One of them even disguises itself as a female!

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Trees Older Than Written Language!

Kirk blows our minds with the age of Bristlecone Pines. Did you know there are living trees that predate the invention of written language?

Victoria then has a doozy of a story about White-throated sparrows developing a new secondary sex chromosome. This bizarre occurrence means there are technically four different sexes of this bird instead of the regular two.

 

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A Tree Taller than the Statue of Liberty

Victoria starts us off this week with the surprising reason that blue-eyed white cats are often deaf. The reason is truly bizarre.

Kirk brings us the story of an amazing adaption recently discovered in Hummingbirds. Researchers just discovered that the White-necked Jacobin have babies who's feathers perfectly mimic dangerous caterpillars in order to scare away predators.

Rachel rounds out this week with a discussion of the tallest trees in the world, the coastal redwoods.

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Venus Flytrap...but it's actually a wasp!

Rachel is up first this week with a lighthearted study that investigated why banana peels are so slippery when stepped on.

Victoria then swerves into Rachel's lane and takes us to Australia to investigate the origin of the Dingo.

Kirk is up last and brings us the story of a newly discovered wasp from millions of years ago that had an amazing adaptation for trapping insects like a venus flytrap.

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The Most Venomous Spider in the World

Are you ready for another wild episode? This week we have three wonderful stories for you.

Kirk goes first with the astounding story of archerfish that not only have an amazing hunting adaptation but researchers just showed they can remember and pick out a human face when presented with over 40 options. Simply stunning. Who said fish have a bad memory?

Rachel is up new with an update on one of the most dangerous spiders in the world, the Sydney Funnel Web Spider. The venom can kill a human in as little as 15 minutes. No thanks.

Victoria wraps up the show this week with an amazing story of inter-species hunting cooperation all orchestrated by the Big Blue Octopus.

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