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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 Oct 06, 2021
Wednesday Oct 06, 2021
Kirk brings us a malodorous mystery, Rachel gets into the Halloween spirit with Vampire Bats and Victoria talks about a possible real world candidate for the mythical Minhocão.
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Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Victoria shares some fascinating research about Zebra Stripes, Kirk peeps on the science behind Fall Colors and Rachel talks about another living fossil, this time, the Tuatara.
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Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
Rachel shares the story of the first ever broad-leafed tree (that is still with us today), Victoria digs on the Tasmanian Tiger and Kirk does a deep dive on these strange molecules called Carotenoids.
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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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