Seahorses

Seahorses! Let’s go for a swim in the ocean this week with Paul and Donna and look at those weird wonderful little fishes: the seahorses! [...]

Seahorses!

Let’s go for a swim in the ocean this week with Paul and Donna and look at those weird wonderful little fishes: the seahorses!

But first, the news!

World of Warcraft saves a boy and his sister from a moose attack! Article courtesy of Wired.com:

Hans is now a 21 year old man but he’s been a badass for years.

Seahorses are the only members of the animal kingdom where the males gestate the little seahorse fries! Wow! Article courtesy of seahorseworlds.com

A totally preggers sea stallion that no doubt would need help tying his shoes. If he had feet.

You wouldn’t think that seahorses would have so much in common with chameleons but they do! They are amazing hunters too!
This article courtesy of Amy Warren at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

This seahorse has an even better success rate than Paul at the peel and eat shrimp tray at a Chinese buffet.

If you like us, you’re going to love what the Kratt Brothers are doing for educating kids about animals. We love them! Video courtesy of YouTube user WildKratts.

Creature adventurers!

We love ZeFrank and he’s started making new videos again! These videos require some parental discretion before letting your rugrats view them. Click here if you want to watch it.
Now you know even more about seahorses than you did this morning! What do you think of them? We want to hear from you! Send us your suggestions for animals you’d like to hear us talk about, or just drop us a line about anything at [email protected]! We might even read your email on the show.
Your feedback is always welcome!
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Music used:
“Dubakupado” and “Monkeys Spinning Monkeys” are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Featured image by Andres Alvarado, “Seahorse” Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0) 


About our voice actors:

Kari McGinnis runs Blazing Caribou Studios and is a co-host on the podcasts Feast On History and Trivia Geeks Live.
Chris Braaten runs the Podfix Network and is a co-host on More Gooder Than.
Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.
Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)
Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit.
Andrea Freitas runs the A Measured Life blog and is a co-host on the Feast On History podcast.