Today on the show we’re talking WEIRD DIETS! Animals eating other animals eating other animals! Humans eating well… some pretty freaky things. Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: is cannibalism good for you? With special guest Smart Mouth's Katherine Spiers. 

FOOTNOTES: 

1. A lotl Axolotl

2. Greenland sharks

3. Horrifying Fine Dining Lovers article

4. Vilhjalmur Stefansson

5. Butterflies drinking turtle tears

6. Tear drinking moths harassing birbs

7. Vegan ortolan

8. Marijuana-fed pigs

9. Potato-washing macaques

10. Red colobus monkeys detoxing

11. Peruvian parrots eating dirt

12. Spices as defensive weapons

13. Blind snakes survive being eaten and escapes toad's b-hole

14. The Honey Hunters of Nepal

15. Bee getting punched in the face by a flower

16. Tapir "climbing" a tree

17. GET ON THE CHEVROTAIN TRAIN

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Today on the show we’re talking WEIRD DIETS! Animals eating other animals eating other animals! Humans eating well… some pretty freaky things. Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: is cannibalism good for you? With special guest Smart Mouth's Katherine Spiers. FOOTNOTES: 1. <a href="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--OKRNbon9--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/19e1m650ehovnjpg.jpg">A lotl Axolotl</a>2. <a href="http://divemagazine.co.uk/eco/6465-zombies-of-the-deep-greenland-sharks">Greenland sharks</a>3. <a href="https://www.finedininglovers.com/article/34-strangest-dishes-history">Horrifying Fine Dining Lovers article</a>4. <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/all-meat-diet">Vilhjalmur Stefansson</a>5. <a href="https://www.livescience.com/63092-butterflies-drink-turtle-tears.html">Butterflies drinking turtle tears</a>6. <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/09/moths-drink-birds-tears-amazon-animals/">Tear drinking moths harassing birbs</a>7. <a href="%20http://genomicgastronomy.com/work/2012-2/vegan-ortolan/">Vegan ortolan</a>8. <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mvpmqb/marijuana-fed-pigs-are-happy-pigs">Marijuana-fed pigs</a>9. <a href="http://alfre.dk/monkeys-washing-potatoes/">Potato-washing macaques</a>10. <a href="http://westerlymsscience.pbworks.com/f/Really+Wild+Remedies-Medicinal+Plant+Use+by+Animals+-+National+Zoo+FONZ.pdf">Red colobus monkeys detoxing</a>11. <a href="%20https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ltHFaAXYAdI/UWnnnkUYl1I/AAAAAAAABfE/ytCLcAsEFwM/s674/006656-01.jpg">Peruvian parrots eating dirt</a>12. <a href="https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~burton/foodcourse/spices.html">Spices as defensive weapons</a>13. <a href="%20http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170424-there-are-animals-that-can-survive-being-eaten">Blind snakes survive being eaten and escapes toad's b-hole</a>14. <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/07/honey-hunters-bees-climbing-nepal/">The Honey Hunters of Nepal</a>15. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsUNxvXofgo">Bee getting punched in the face by a flower</a>16. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/portlympne/photos/a.391267788092/10151417503848093/?type=3&amp;theater">Tapir "climbing" a tree</a>17. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrotain#/media/File:Mouse-deer_Singapore_Zoo_2012.JPG">GET ON THE CHEVROTAIN TRAIN</a> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>

We take a critter’s eye view to explore how animal behavior parallels humans. Join comedians and science-lovers as we get inside the minds of animals

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