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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.
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.
Episodes

Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
Fungal Nightmare Fuel
Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
This week, Rachel introduces us to a fungus we are pretty sure is actually an alien waiting to infect us and burst from our chest cavity, Victoria shares the story of the fascinating Argonaut sea creature and Kirk once again tries to break our brains, this time by thinking about Lemmings.
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Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Farting fish, Poisonous mushrooms, and Cow mucus lube
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
This one's s doozy. Rachel starts us off with the mystery of farting fish, our guest Lang DeLancy tells us the tale of a mushroom that turns to rocket fuel in your stomach and Kirk grosses us out with new research on cow mucus based personal lubricant with the ability to fight STIs.
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Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
The Gall of this Guest feat. Michael Hawk
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
This week we welcome a special guest, Michael Hawk from Nature's Archive podcast. Kirk kicks things off by talking about the Demon Core, Michael talks about the bizarre world of plant galls and Rachel round things out with poisonous birds!
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You can find Michael's podcast at Nature's Archive
Dr. Doug Tallamy - Episode #26
Adam Kranz of Gallformers.org - Episode #29
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Wednesday Nov 09, 2022
The Parasitic Turducken
Wednesday Nov 09, 2022
Wednesday Nov 09, 2022
Rachel kicks things off this week talking about the howling Grasshopper mouse, Victoria makes us all uncomfortable talking about a crab parasite and Kirk talks about a possible connection between the Black Plague and autoimmune diseases.
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Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
The Animal No One Has Ever Seen
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
The Halloween Show: Necrobotic Zombie Spiders, Vampire Butterflies and The Kraken!
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
No One Expects a Uterus Fumigation
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
Pyromaniac Raptors from Down Under
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
Human Finger Regeneration
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
It’s Poop from Here on Out
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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