Episode 15: The Side-Blotched Lizard

Join Sage as Ilana teaches them about the side-blotched lizard, a very lizard-shaped lizard that is strangely good at rock, paper, scissors, even though they only know what one of those three nouns is (probably rock)

For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website.

Please take a minute and rate our show! Thanks so much for listening!

Timestamps

Species introduction: 0:00 - 9:07

Description: 9:08 - 14:30

Habitat and ecology: 14:31 - 20:17

How it's queer: 21:20 - end

*** content warning: description of anti-indigenous colonizer violence: 3:20 - 6:30 ***

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If you like Queerly Natural, you can support us by contributing to our Patreon or Ko-fi, or by spreading the word! Follow us @QueerlyNatural on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram or check out our website

About Us

Queerly Natural was created by Ilana Z, Sage Roden, and Elizabeth Fuhrman. We are biologists fighting queerphobia, promoting underrepresented perspectives, teaching ecology, and helping queer people relate to the diverse organisms we live among on this beautiful planet! Our music is "Lo-Fi Music Guitar (Short Version)" by Migfus20 (https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

Join Sage as Ilana teaches them about the side-blotched lizard, a very lizard-shaped lizard that is strangely good at rock, paper, scissors, even though they only know what one of those three nouns is (probably rock)

For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website.

Please take a minute and rate our show! Thanks so much for listening!

Timestamps

Species introduction: 0:00 - 9:07

Description: 9:08 - 14:30

Habitat and ecology: 14:31 - 20:17

How it's queer: 21:20 - end

*** content warning: description of anti-indigenous colonizer violence: 3:20 - 6:30 ***

Find Us Online

If you like Queerly Natural, you can support us by contributing to our Patreon or Ko-fi, or by spreading the word! Follow us @QueerlyNatural on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram or check out our website

About Us

Queerly Natural was created by Ilana Z, Sage Roden, and Elizabeth Fuhrman. We are biologists fighting queerphobia, promoting underrepresented perspectives, teaching ecology, and helping queer people relate to the diverse organisms we live among on this beautiful planet! Our music is "Lo-Fi Music Guitar (Short Version)" by Migfus20 (https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.