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BewilderBeasts!

236 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratings

Host Melissa McCue-McGrath dives deep into the weirdest, funniest, sciency-est ways in which animals intersect at humanity. How is a horse responsible for the FDA? How did fish farts nearly cause bombs to fly between Russia and Sweden? Which pigeon saved 194 soldiers in WW1? Why are honey bees trained to find unexploded landmines in Croatia? Let's go!

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Ep 42: What the Pluck?

September 13, 2021 03:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MB

A truck of hens heading to a slaughterhouse turns over on a California Highway, leading to the funniest trilogy in chicken-cinema. . . . . . . . Resources: on the California Freeway Chickens: Terry Pratchett's book of short stories, "A Blink of the Screen" LA Times Wikipedia Snopes Jessica Tandy Deseret News Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2 More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com All episodes of BewilderBeasts can ...

Ep 41: Diamond Smuggling Pigeons

September 06, 2021 03:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MB

There is a place called the Diamond Coast where humanity clings to a thread, and pigeons are angels and lifelines. Let's go. Resources:  Flight of the Diamond Smugglers by Matthew Gavin Frank Just the Zoo of Us - Pigeons / Varmints - Pigeons / Strange Animals Podcast - Pigeons Adam Ruins Everything (Diamonds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5kWu1ifBGU  https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/a-tale-of-three-superdoves-the-dodo-the-rock-pigeon-and-the-passenger-pigeon/ https://www.pigeoncont...

Update and replay: Curses!

July 28, 2021 15:00 - 14 minutes - 10 MB

Today, a quick update and a revisit of episode 8: the naughty bird who got evicted from a President's funeral for swearing, some birds who were separated for turning the zoo into an R rated experience for school kids, and some birds who use fire to catch prey, much to the dismay of firefighters.  This episode is also playing this week over at Melissa's other project, Totally Pawsome Pod with Dr. Sip Siperstein, a podcast that is SO not for children.  Support the show (https://paypal.me/mut...

Episode 40: Update & Curses

July 28, 2021 15:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MB

Today, a quick update and a revisit of episode 8: the naughty bird who got evicted from a President's funeral for swearing, some birds who were separated for turning the zoo into an R rated experience for school kids, and some birds who use fire to catch prey, much to the dismay of firefighters.  This episode is also playing this week over at Melissa's other project, Totally Pawsome Pod with Dr. Sip Siperstein, a podcast that is SO not for children.  Support the show: https://www.patreon.c...

Bonus: Edgar Allan, Oh NO!

July 04, 2021 12:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MB

Updates on the wanderlust walrus who is now sinking boats in Spain, a bomb sniffing rat retires, and a revisit of the raven who inspired two old-timey authors, Charles Dickens & Edgar Allan Poe.   Resources: Magawa the land mine sniffing rat (original resources found on Episode 10) NPR: https://www.npr.org/2021/06/04/1003258540/after-years-of-detecting-land-mines-a-heroic-rat-is-hanging-up-his-sniffer  Update on Wally the Wayward Walrus (Episode 31) BBC:  https://www.bbc.com/news/uk...

Ep 39: Intersections of Animals at Humanity

May 31, 2021 03:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MB

A father's devotion to his daughter is saving the monarch butterfly; condors go all Spinal Tap on a woman's home; Melissa gets real with how local and state government officials in Massachusetts can get inspiration from wildlife overpasses before another Somerville resident is killed in a crosswalk in her city. ***** Resources:  Butterfly Connection Monarch Watch Rooted Mag Good News Network Boston Globe Firestone Complete Autocare Save Our Monarchs.org Air Bird and B (Condors) NYTimes Ma...

Ep 38: Sniffin' With What His Mama Gave Him

May 24, 2021 03:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MB

Melissa presents three happy stories about animals and humans - Yoriko the fish makes an unusual friend at an underwater shrine; a service dog flunk out becomes the first arson detection dog in Saginaw, TX; how scientists are using googley eyes to save birds. Resources: Love is Blind: Yoriko and Hiroyuki Arakawa  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfwdm5W2lWs Wikipedia Asian Sheepshead Wrasse and Yoriko Bored Panda Wikipedia Shinto Shrine Trip Advisor Mental Floss BBC BBCEarth Sheldon, the ...

Ep 37: Little In the Middle

May 17, 2021 03:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

This week all about dogs and sight! We have a greyhound who gets corrective lenses, the first seeing eye dogs, and a guardian livestock dog gets an unusual flock to tend. ***** Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com and BewilderedPod on Twitter, BewilderbeastsPod on Facebook, Bewilderbeasts on Instagram and email [email protected] Dr. Pip Boydel and the Blind Greyound https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/gremlin-pit-bull-contacts https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ama...

Ep 37: Little In the Middle

May 17, 2021 03:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MB

This week all about dogs and sight! We have a greyhound who gets corrective lenses, the first seeing eye dogs, and a guardian livestock dog gets an unusual flock to tend. ***** Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com and BewilderedPod on Twitter, BewilderbeastsPod on Facebook, Bewilderbeasts on Instagram and email [email protected] Dr. Pip Boydel and the Blind Greyound https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/gremlin-pit-bull-contacts https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ama...

BONUS: Got Vaccines?

May 13, 2021 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.52 MB

On this shortie, Melissa got vaccinated and wanted to revisit the horseshoe crabs who made our vaccines --- and nearly every medical instrument and medication --- possible.  Thanks, horseshoe crabs! ***** Big thanks to Freesound.org and Joshua Empyre for additional music for this week's episode.   For all other information regarding this shortie, including the original resources of information, including the Sawbones episode (thanks Sydnee McElroy and Justin McElroy!) and RadioLab episode ...

Ep 36: Banning The Toxic Lipstick Aisle

May 10, 2021 03:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MB

Melissa talks about some animals who could easily end up in a police lineup, a horse to thank every time Romaine lettuce is recalled, and cat butt science. ***** Fingerprint Folly: Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/koalas-make-monkey-out-police-1313275.html Ripleys https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/koala-fingerprints/ New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg15220591-500-you-may-be-sweet-and-furry-but-youre-nicked/ Jim the Carthorse https://www.nytimes.com/2007...

Ep 35: The Army That Lost To Emus

May 03, 2021 03:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MB

An animal control investigator gets a delicious surprise; emus beat the Australian Army, and we finally have a spi...spi….a story about my phobia that we had to include, so if you hear a thud, it’s just me passing out from fear. ******  The Mysterious Tree Creature https://www.delish.com/food-news/a36163171/animal-control-croissant-call/ https://www.history.com/news/burmese-python-invasion-florida-everglades#:~:text=These%20massive%20snakes%2C%20which%20can,havoc%20with%20the%20area's%20eco...

Ep 34: Bring Out Your Dead!

April 26, 2021 03:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MB

Today's episode covers three stories of how animals intersect with human death or death prevention, including forensic entomology (the use of bugs to solve crime), a dog who stayed at his owners final resting space for 14 years, and how tree frogs can inspire advancements in human organ donation. Let's go! Crime solving bugs: Case files discussed in today's episode https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-forensic-entymology-bugs-murders-2015jan10-story.html University of Florida Entomol...

Ep 33: Ann Harvey, Hairy Man, and the Island Of The Dead

April 19, 2021 03:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MB

Today we have an all NEWFOUNDLAND DOG special! A lifeguard Newfie named Reef jumps out of helicopters for the Italian Coast Guard; a Newf named Hairy Man pulled 180 Irish Immigrants off of Wreck Rock to safety on the Isle aux Morts (literally the Island of the Dead); and one unnamed Newfie gave this podcaster the best rabbit hole about Napoleon Bonaparte's Body Parts that you'll ever hear. #SorryNotSorry. Let's Go! Melissa's work can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com and her book, Conside...

Ep 32: The Dolphin of Dingle Bay

April 12, 2021 03:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MB

The a cow who escaped a slaughterhouse and went on the lam, the dolphin of Dingle Bay, the town who went dark to save a nest of baby birds. Support the show: http://paypal.me/muttstuff Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com and her book, "Considerations for the City Dog" is available for purchase!  Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2  Visit BewilderbeastsPod.com for all episodes and bonus content. Don't forget to rate, review an...

BONUS: The Cow Who Gave Us Libraries

April 08, 2021 00:00 - 12 minutes - 8.61 MB

The story of the cow who didn't start the fire- no, she didn't light it, but she tried to fight it. Original episode and shownotes can be found:  BewilderBeasts, Episode 3: Mrs. O'Leary's Cow Other podcasts that cover this story: Stuff You Should Know Stuff You Missed in History Class More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com Melissa's book, "Considerations for the City Dog" is available for purchase on Dogwise and on Amazon.  Support the show:  paypal.me/muttstuff W...

Ep 31: Bears, Bees, Battlestar Galactica

April 05, 2021 13:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MB

Bears in bear jail are in the quality assurance department; crossbow conservation, and a sleepy walrus gets a rude awakening   Support the show: http://paypal.me/muttstuff Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com and her book, "Considerations for the City Dog" is available for purchase!  Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2  Visit BewilderbeastsPod.com for all episodes and bonus content. Don't forget to rate, review and share with yo...

Ep 30: A Crow Left of the Attempted Murder

March 29, 2021 03:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MB

A crow tampers with a crime scene - TWICE; Nikola Tesla’s obsession with pigeons, and are you liable if your murder of crows commits murder? Support the show Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com and her book, "Considerations for the City Dog" is available for purchase!  Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2  Visit BewilderbeastsPod.com for all episodes and bonus content. Don't forget to rate, review and share with your friends!  ...

Ep 29: The Harbormaster

March 22, 2021 03:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MB

Today,  Melissa covers the legendary Andre the Seal from Rockport, Maine.  Additional topics include slugs who decapitate their own heads and regrow bodies for survival, and alligators turn into popsicles to survive freezing water.  Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com and her book, "Considerations for the City Dog" is available for purchase!  Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2  Support the show (https://paypal.me/muttstuff)  a...

Ep 28: The Flying Turtle Who Killed A Guy

March 15, 2021 04:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MB

Naked mole rats can save humans, horses killed a lot of kings named Loius, and eagle killed a playwright with a turtle. Terry Pratchett's book, "Small Gods,"retells the story of the Eagle who killed Asechylus with a turtle. Other Podcasts mentioned in today's episode for kids who love science and animals: Varmints Just the Zoo of Us Wow in the World Earth Rangers Planthropology Strange Animals Podcast Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com and her book, "Considerations for the ...

Shortie: Balto, Togo and the Great Race For Mercy

March 10, 2021 13:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MB

The story of the 150 dogs and 20 men who raced against odds, weather, frostbite, fake news, and the worst storm in decades to save the kids and Indigenous people of Nome, Alaska, from a deadly diphtheria outbreak 5 years after the flu of 1919.  This is the first bonus episode of Bewilderbeasts- and it was originally told in Episode 10: The Dogs Who Saved a Town at the End of the World to commemorate the running of the Iditarod sled dog race that is happening right now, and the anniversary ...

BONUS: Balto, Togo and the Great Race For Mercy

March 10, 2021 13:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MB

The story of the 150 dogs and 20 men who raced against odds, weather, frostbite, fake news, and the worst storm in decades to save the kids and Indigenous people of Nome, Alaska, from a deadly diphtheria outbreak 5 years after the flu of 1919.  This is the first bonus episode of Bewilderbeasts- and it was originally told in Episode 10: The Dogs Who Saved a Town at the End of the World to commemorate the running of the Iditarod sled dog race that is happening right now, and the anniversary ...

Ep 27: Living His Best Afterlife

March 08, 2021 05:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MB

Sea cucumbers magic superpower, a bear found and ate 76 pounds of cocaine he found in the woods, and  a flock of holy geese saved Rome. Support the show (https://paypal.me/muttstuff) Send in your topic ideas via: [email protected] TWITTER: @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod (DM, voice text or comment) Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/ Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a professional dog trainer outside of Boston, MA, and autho...

Ep 26: The Rebellious Runaway Reenacting Rooster

March 01, 2021 05:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MB

Today's topics: Civil War reenacting rooster flew the coop, a dark walk through history thanks to a Border collie who inherited $5 million from her dead owner, and pigs can play video games for science! Send in your topic ideas via: [email protected], About your host: Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a dog trainer& author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog".  More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com ******* Intro Music: “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan...

Ep 26: The Runaway Reenacting Rooster (American Racism)

March 01, 2021 05:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MB

Today's topics: Civil War reenacting rooster flew the coop, a dark walk through history thanks to a Border collie who inherited $5 million from her dead owner, and pigs can play video games for science! Send in your topic ideas via: [email protected], About your host: Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a dog trainer& author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog".  More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com ******* Intro Music: “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan...

CIA's Spy Cat Program (All cat special!)

February 22, 2021 04:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MB

The one time the CIA tried - and failed - to use a cat as a spy (code name Acoustic Kitty), some cats need hypoallergenic humans, and what happens when cats bail on sea shanties.  #AcousticKitty    Send in your topic ideas via: [email protected] TWITTER: @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod (DM, voice text or comment) Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/ About your host: Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a professional dog trainer...

Ep 25: The CIA's Failed Spy Cats

February 22, 2021 04:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MB

The one time the CIA tried - and failed - to use a cat as a spy (code name Acoustic Kitty), some cats need hypoallergenic humans, and what happens when cats bail on sea shanties.  #AcousticKitty   Send in your topic ideas via: [email protected] TWITTER: @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod (DM, voice text or comment) Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/ About your host: Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a professional dog trainer ou...

Ep 24: Emily Spinach (Feminism)

February 14, 2021 05:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MB

We meet Emily Spinach - the pet garter snake of wild-child first daughter, Alice Roosevelt.  Also,  the hilariously creepy, Wild Taxidermy Room in Melbourne, Australia, says goodbye and pandas throw the weirdest parties. Send in your topic ideas via: [email protected] TWITTER: @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod (DM, voice text or comment) Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/ About your host: Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a pro...

Ep 24: Emily Spinach

February 14, 2021 05:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MB

We meet Emily Spinach - the pet garter snake of wild-child first daughter, Alice Roosevelt.  Also,  the hilariously creepy, Wild Taxidermy Room in Melbourne, Australia, says goodbye and pandas throw the weirdest parties. Send in your topic ideas via: [email protected] TWITTER: @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod (DM, voice text or comment) Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/ About your host: Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a pro...

Ep 23: Dwarf Giraffes and Two Danny DeVitos (Rehabilitation)

February 08, 2021 04:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MB

Melissa talks about the cutest little toilet plunger thief, the tallest dwarfs in the animal kingdom, and how honey bees twerk murder the murder hornets while using the grossest tool to protect their hives. More at https://BewilderbeastsPod.com **** Send in your topic ideas via: [email protected] TWITTER: @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod (DM, voice text or comment) Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/ About your host: Melissa M...

Ep 23: Dwarf Giraffes and Two Danny DeVitos

February 08, 2021 04:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MB

Melissa talks about the cutest little toilet plunger thief, the tallest dwarfs in the animal kingdom, and how honey bees twerk murder the murder hornets while using the grossest tool to protect their hives. More at https://BewilderbeastsPod.com **** Send in your topic ideas via: [email protected] TWITTER: @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod (DM, voice text or comment) Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/ About your host: Melissa M...

Ep 22: The Skydiving Beavers of 1948 (Suburban Sprawl)

February 01, 2021 04:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MB

Melissa talks about a monkey who killed the King of Greece, skydiving beavers, and one lizard earns the number one slot for the largest number 2. Let’s go!  We discuss white colonization and urban sprawl by way of parachuting beavers.  If there are topics you would be interested hearing about on the podcast, know of any historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky animals in the news, send them in to:  [email protected]  Tweet @bewilderedpod Bewild...

Ep 22: The Skydiving Beavers of 1948

February 01, 2021 04:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MB

Melissa talks about a monkey who killed the King of Greece, skydiving beavers, and one lizard earns the number one slot for the largest number 2. Let’s go!  We discuss white colonization and urban sprawl by way of parachuting beavers.  If there are topics you would be interested hearing about on the podcast, know of any historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky animals in the news, send them in to:  [email protected]  Tweet @bewilderedpod Bewild...

Ep 22: The Skydiving Beavers of 1948

February 01, 2021 04:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MB

Melissa talks about a monkey who killed the King of Greece, skydiving beavers, and one lizard earns the number one slot for the largest number 2. Let’s go!  We discuss white colonization and urban sprawl by way of parachuting beavers.  If there are topics you would be interested hearing about on the podcast, know of any historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky animals in the news, send them in to:  [email protected]  Tweet @bewilderedpod Bewild...

Ep 22: The Skydiving Beavers of 1948 (Suburban sprawl)

February 01, 2021 04:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MB

Melissa talks about a monkey who killed the King of Greece, skydiving beavers, and one lizard earns the number one slot for the largest number 2. Let’s go!  We discuss white colonization and urban sprawl by way of parachuting beavers.  If there are topics you would be interested hearing about on the podcast, know of any historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky animals in the news, send them in to:  [email protected]  Tweet @bewilderedpod Bewild...

Fish Fart Diplomacy

January 27, 2021 01:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MB

How fish farts nearly caused a war between Russia and Sweden, how severed octopus arms continue to try to feed the octopus, and why we use a rodent to predict the future.  **** More at BewilderbeastsPod.com Email: [email protected] TWITTER: @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod (DM, voice text or comment) Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/ Support the show!  Paypal.me/muttstuff About your host: Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is ...

Ep 21: Fish Fart Diplomacy

January 27, 2021 01:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MB

How fish farts nearly caused a war between Russia and Sweden, how severed octopus arms continue to try to feed the octopus, and why we use a rodent to predict the future. More at BewilderbeastsPod.com Email: [email protected] TWITTER: @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod (DM, voice text or comment) Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/ Support the show!  Paypal.me/muttstuff About your host: Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a prof...

Ep 21: Fish Fart Diplomacy

January 27, 2021 01:00 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MB

How fish farts nearly caused a war between Russia and Sweden, how severed octopus arms continue to try to feed the octopus, and why we use a rodent to predict the future. More at BewilderbeastsPod.com Email: [email protected] TWITTER: @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod (DM, voice text or comment) Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/ Support the show!  Paypal.me/muttstuff About your host: Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a prof...

Ep 21: Fish Fart Diplomacy (Ethics in studying animals)

January 27, 2021 01:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MB

How fish farts nearly caused a war between Russia and Sweden, how severed octopus arms continue to try to feed the octopus, and why we use a rodent to predict the future.  **** More at BewilderbeastsPod.com Email: [email protected] TWITTER: @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod (DM, voice text or comment) Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/ Support the show!  Paypal.me/muttstuff About your host: Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is ...

Ep 20: Quoth the Raven, "Baltimore!" (Complicated historical figures)

January 20, 2021 02:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MB

Today on BewilderBeasts, we’re going to meet a pig who wants to be a therapy dog, a headless chicken lives for 18 months & and the raven who haunted the grandaddy of creep, Edgar Allen Poe. Let’s go!   **** Send in your topic ideas via: [email protected] TWITTER: @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod (DM, voice text or comment) Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/ About your host: Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a professional do...

Ep 20: Quoth the Raven, "Baltimore!"

January 20, 2021 02:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MB

Today on BewilderBeasts, we’re going to meet a pig who wants to be a therapy dog, a headless chicken lives for 18 months & and the raven who haunted the grandaddy of creep, Edgar Allen Poe. Let’s go!   **** Send in your topic ideas via: [email protected] TWITTER: @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod (DM, voice text or comment) Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/ About your host: Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a professional do...

Ep 20: Quoth the Raven, "Baltimore!"

January 20, 2021 02:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MB

Today on BewilderBeasts, we’re going to meet a pig who wants to be a therapy dog, a headless chicken lives for 18 months & and the raven who haunted the grandaddy of creep, Edgar Allen Poe. Let’s go!   **** Send in your topic ideas via: [email protected] TWITTER: @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod (DM, voice text or comment) Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/ About your host: Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a professional do...

Ep 19: Armadillo Justice! (Vaccines)

January 13, 2021 02:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MB

Melissa dives deep on how horseshoe  crabs are saving us from COVID19 (this was recorded before the vaccines started rolling out),  platypuses are WAY weirder than imagined, and a case of armadillo justice!   Love BewilderBeasts or want more of these stories? Help support the show by visiting BewilderBeastspod.com - share your favorite episodes, read about the show or leave some love via the PayPal button to help keep the show going! Let’ go!  ***** Send in your topic ideas via: Bewilderb...

Armadillo Justice!

January 13, 2021 02:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MB

Melissa dives deep on how horseshoe  crabs are saving us from COVID19 (this was recorded before the vaccines started rolling out),  platypuses are WAY weirder than imagined, and a case of armadillo justice!   Love BewilderBeasts or want more of these stories? Help support the show by visiting BewilderBeastspod.com - share your favorite episodes, read about the show or leave some love via the PayPal button to help keep the show going! Let’ go!  ***** Send in your topic ideas via: Bewilderb...

Ep 19: Armadillo Justice!

January 13, 2021 02:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MB

Melissa dives deep on how horseshoe  crabs are saving us from COVID19 (this was recorded before the vaccines started rolling out),  platypuses are WAY weirder than imagined, and a case of armadillo justice!   Love BewilderBeasts or want more of these stories? Help support the show by visiting BewilderBeastspod.com - share your favorite episodes, read about the show or leave some love via the PayPal button to help keep the show going! Let’ go!  ***** Send in your topic ideas via: Bewilderb...

Ep 18: Side Effects Of Toad Licking

January 06, 2021 02:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MB

 Today on Bewilderbeasts Melissa explores Australia's hallucinogenic toads, New Zealand calls "fowl" in voter fraud, and a Salem, Massachusetts, landmark has its roots in animal history.  Let’s go!  ****** Send in your topic ideas! [email protected] TWITTER : @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/ About your host: Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a science-based dog trainer outside of Boston, ...

Ep 18: Side Effects Of Toad Licking (Indigenous species)

January 06, 2021 02:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MB

 Today on Bewilderbeasts Melissa explores Australia's hallucinogenic toads, New Zealand calls "fowl" in voter fraud, and a Salem, Massachusetts, landmark has its roots in animal history.  Let’s go!  ****** Send in your topic ideas! [email protected] TWITTER : @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/ About your host: Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a science-based dog trainer outside of Boston, ...

Ep 18: Side Effects Of Toad Licking

January 06, 2021 02:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MB

 Today on Bewilderbeasts Melissa explores Australia's hallucinogenic toads, New Zealand calls "fowl" in voter fraud, and a Salem, Massachusetts, landmark has its roots in animal history.  Let’s go!  ****** Send in your topic ideas! [email protected] TWITTER : @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/ About your host: Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a science-based dog trainer outside of Boston, ...

Side Effects Of Toad Licking

January 06, 2021 02:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MB

 Today on Bewilderbeasts Melissa explores Australia's hallucinogenic toads, New Zealand calls "fowl" in voter fraud, and a Salem, Massachusetts, landmark has its roots in animal history.  Let’s go!  ****** Send in your topic ideas! [email protected] TWITTER : @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/ About your host: Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a science-based dog trainer outside of Boston, ...

Ep 17: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas: BewilderBeasts REMIX

December 22, 2020 02:00 - 12 minutes - 8.54 MB

For the last episode of the year,  Melissa reviews all the creatures we talked about in a not-so-classic retelling of Clement Clarke Moore's, "'Twas the Night Before Christmas", but with more dogs, swearing parrots and an exploding whale. If you make your own version of this, please feel free to send it in or have your littles record their versions in the Voice Chat feature on Facebook Messenger at Bewilderbeasts Pod on Facebook.   Send in your topic ideas via: [email protected]...

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