Strange by Nature Podcast

3rd Annual Bizarre Quiz Show feat. Brett Sieberer

It's that time again, the end of another year of Strange by Nature. So, as usual, we're joined by professional naturalist Brett Sieberer and he takes over the show to quiz us about the past year of shows and other bizarre nature knowledge. Yes, we play the ever popular game, Eat, Ride, Jacket.

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The Most Painful Plant in the World

This week Rachel kicks of the show talking about the bizarre theoretical phenomenon of Spaghettification, the process of your body being stretched out into a line of sub-atomic particles inside a black hole.

Victoria then takes us to the ocean where we learn about how the ear-wax plugs of whales can teach us about their life-histories.

Kirk then wraps it all up by telling us about the horrific experience of bing stung by the most painful plant in the world, the Gympie-Gympie.

 

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The Missing Continent of Zealandia

This week Kirk kicks us off with a discussion of Samurai Crabs and realizes they sound familiar because of a strange childhood connection involving a cartoon rabbit. 

Rachel then dives into prions and Chronic Wasting Disease. Fear not, she has good news. 

Victoria rounds out this week by telling us about the missing continent of Zealandia. 

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The North American Plant with Caffeine

Victoria kicks off this week with a charged up salute to caffeine. Sure, you can find it in Coffee and Tea but there are other plants from around the world with caffeine including a Holly from North America.

 

Kirk is up next and he shares multiple examples of times humans have unintentionally caused the evolution of species.

 

Rachel rounds out this week's episode with a Valentine's treat of pearls. Where do they come from? Why do they exist?

 

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Ninety-five Foot High Rogue Waves

This week we Rachel and Kirk both head to the ocean but or very different reasons.

 

Rachel tells us all about the Portuguese Man-O-War, one of the strangest creatures in the sea. Upon hearing the story, Kirk decides he may never swim in the ocean again.

 

Kirk brings us back to the sea again with a story about the time his ship almost fell victim to the North Sea and then fills us in on the phenomenon of Rogue Waves that can reach 95 feet in height. That's some big waves!

Surf's up!

 

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Cologne for Cats?

This week Kirk kicks things off with details of a fascinating study that determined which perfume tigers find most alluring. The implications for research are surprisingly useful.

 

Rachel takes on a listener suggestion and covers new research into the bizarre ability of Reindeer to eat while they sleep!

 

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A T-Rex with Lips

This week Victoria starts us off by having us think about dinosaurs and why we haven't updated our portrayals of them based on new science. It turns out, T-Rex probably had lips.

 

Kirk then tells the tale of a time in the far distant past when birds ate our ancestors.

 

Rachel wraps things up this week with the bizarre tale of a moth with a surprising diet.

 

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Why Are There So Many Deadly Animals in Australia?

Rachel kicks off this week with a bizarre tale of a parasite that invades the nests of red ants, pretends to be their queen, works the ants to death, and eats their young all in a quest to become a beautiful butterfly. 

Victoria takes us to Australia and asks the question, why are there so many poisonous animals there?

Kirk rounds out the episode with the strange story of how volcanoes may be changing the color of owls. 

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Beer Saved Our Lives

This week on the show, Kirk talks about how Beer saved his life (and yours.) Rachel then has a mystery animal that isn't anything like you would suspect from the name. The Mountain Chicken doesn't live in mountains, and isn't a chicken. It isn't even a bird. It is the biggest frog in the world. Weird. 

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Where Did Tongues Come From?

Two great topics this week. Rachel tells us about mysterious rivers that flow under the ocean and Kirk tracks the history and evolution of the tongue!

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