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Life is strange, naturally you want to hear about it. Strange by Nature is your guide to the strange, weird and unbelievable side of nature. Professional naturalists present weekly curated stories about just how strange nature can get.
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Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
Kirk unwraps the mystery of "The Trembles", Rachel discusses tidal bores and Victoria tells us the tale of an animal that has never been seen.
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Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Happy Halloween Everyone. Welcome to the 2022 Halloween Show. This week we have extra spooky topics. Victoria talks about dead spiders brought back to life as robots by scientists, Kirk tells us the tale of vampire butterflies ripping into the flesh of their friends and Rachel dives deep into the ocean to explore a possible real-world version of the mythical Kraken sea monster.
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Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
Rachel starts off with Bleeding Tooth Fungus, Victoria looks at the connections and myths behind Willow bark and Aspirin and Kirk tells us the strange tale of unexpected consequences in a redwood forest.
Where does uterus fumigation come in? You'll have to listen!
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Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Kirk starts things off with pyromaniac raptors who set wildfires, Rachel gives us a quick primer on Wolverines and Victoria talks about the mysterious phenomenon of Seneca Guns (aka mysterious booms from the sky.)
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Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
This week, Victoria regales us with the tale of how she accidentally cut the end of her finger off which lead to learning about human finger regeneration, Kirk takes us to the real-life Mount Doom in New Zealand and Rachel kicks off an October of creepy creatures with the Northern Stargazer fish.
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Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
We really step into it this week. Rachel starts things off all innocent with a story about Sea Stars and then Victoria and Kirk both somehow end up doing stories about fecal material. Victoria talks about a strange effect that makes people have to poop in book stores and Kirk discusses which animal has the tastiest droppings.
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Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
This week, Kirk reveals how Dung beetles navigate using the Milky Way, Rachel dives into research that put 3D glasses on Cuttlefish and Victoria brings 30,000 year old plants and animals back from the dead.
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Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
This week Victoria tells us about a mysterious and giant plant that is missing major plant parts, Kirk talks about the dolphins that work for the US Navy and Rachel get down with the puzzle of what makes cacti so strange.
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Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
This week, Rachel details the absolutely bonkers migration strategy of Monarch butterflies, Victoria goes into the bizarre properties of heavy water and Kirk talks about research into dragonflies that fake their own deaths to avoid having sex.
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Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
Pulsars, Things that Eat Dragonflies and Cookie Cutter Sharks. How's that for a diverse set of topics this week?
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