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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 Sep 15, 2021
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
Dagger moths, Vampire Deer and Midwestern earthquakes.
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Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
This this episode, Victoria introduces the concept of cryptically extinct animals, Kirks looks are the relationship between mosquitoes and blood type and Rachel talks about the possible real-world historical roots of the mythical Phoenix.
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Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Rachel does a deep dive on the evolutionary history of whales, Victoria rummages around the evolutions junk drawer and Kirk talk about meat eating Hippos.
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Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
Rachel predictably brings us a story from the ocean and we learn about the bizarre Oar Fish. Victoria relives childhood beach trauma and tells us about the Horseshoe Crab and Kirk blows everyone's minds with amazing facts about the most numerous bird on Earth.
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Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Kirk breaks our brains with a simple question about humidity, Rachel nerds out on the Cassowary and Victoria brings us flying snakes. Why...why must there be flying snakes?
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Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Kirk shares some ingenious research on bird migration, Rachel horrifies us with the Sarcastic Fringehead (and learns a geography lesson in the process) and Victoria brings on a plague of locusts.
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Wednesday Aug 04, 2021
Wednesday Aug 04, 2021
Victoria tells us that our immune systems make detergent, Kirk reveals the answer to the centuries old mystery of the Zodiacal Light and Rachel tells the tale of the Giant Chinese Salamander!
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Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Victoria tells us about orchids and it gets weird. Kirk tells an unbelievable story about trees growing inside a human and Rachel does a deep dive on some of the cooler facts about dragonflies.
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Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
This week brings three awesome stories from around the world. Rachel brings the the tale of the "Horror Frog", Victoria has a mystery plant like no other and Kirk gives us a cool research update on how carnivores affect the plants in an ecosystem.
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Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
It's true, we know the secrets of the fire swamps, we've lived there quite happily for some time.
This week, Kirk takes on Phagiomimicry, Rachel gets us unstuck from quicksand lore and Victoria tells the story of an amazing woman who can smell multiple diseases.
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