What's slimy, has a home, and four legs? I answer your animal questions, exonerate black cats, and I do NOT invite you to check out the bear buffet. 

What's slimy, has a home, and four legs? I answer your animal questions, exonerate black cats, and I do NOT invite you to check out the bear buffet.

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

Creature Feature

Listener Q's: Stay Away from the Bear Buffet

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Happy Creaturekringletimes! Today we're getting cozy and snuggly with animal tips on how to stay warm. From bee cuddles, to round fluffy birds, we're gettin' toasty with some cuties. Plus, what a frozen sabertooth cat-cicle can tell us about these ancient kitties! I'm joined by Kelly Weinersmith to warm ourselves by the fire of evolutionary biology facts! 

Footnotes: 

Piping Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz-Runners

Sabertooth kitten preserved in Siberia

Last week's mystery animal sound source

Happy Creaturekringletimes! Today we're getting cozy and snuggly with animal tips on how to stay warm. From bee cuddles, to round fluffy birds, we're gettin' toasty with some cuties. Plus, what a frozen sabertooth cat-cicle can tell us about these ancient kitties! I'm joined by Kelly Weinersmith to warm ourselves by the fire of evolutionary biology facts!&nbsp;
Footnotes:&nbsp;
<a href="https://press.princeton.edu/taxonomy/term/12902">Piping Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz-Runners</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/science/saber-tooth-cat-mummy-siberia.html">Sabertooth kitten preserved in Siberia</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFTGgjM3Sug">Last week's mystery animal sound source</a>

Creaturekringletimes: Staying Warm! 

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Happy holidays! While I'm frantically making gingerbread apes, enjoy this Kringletimes special from last year! From hibernations to teeny naps, these wintery animals know how to catch a few z's! I'm joined by guest Jeff May. 

Footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dEiKigGPXidNf5Jaa_LQ8HvJkP0h-9Tz6KNzC-OkFds/edit?usp=sharing

Happy holidays! While I'm frantically making gingerbread apes, enjoy this Kringletimes special from last year! From hibernations to teeny naps, these wintery animals know how to catch a few z's! I'm joined by guest Jeff May.&nbsp;
Footnotes:&nbsp;<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1dEiKigGPXidNf5Jaa_LQ8HvJkP0h-9Tz6KNzC-OkFds%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMiaTaylor%40iheartmedia.com%7Cfdecb3b34680497736f008dc0119f989%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638386458289597571%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fIzs1zcHNuDx3AfYUJz1D8IDuqldZO4hONT%2BGsDdRCg%3D&amp;reserved=0">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dEiKigGPXidNf5Jaa_LQ8HvJkP0h-9Tz6KNzC-OkFds/edit?usp=sharing</a>

Creature Classic: Tiny Penguin Naps

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Today on the show: They're not dinosaurs, they're from BEFORE the dinosaurs, and they're very, very, very strange. Giant apex predator shrimp thingies, centipedes you could ride on, the tully monster, evolution's most amazing mistakes! I'm joined by paleontologist and science educator Dane Pavitt. Check him out at www.theaveragescientist.co.uk  and  www.youtube.com/danepavitt 

Footnotes:

Last week's mystery animal sound source

Today on the show: They're not dinosaurs, they're from BEFORE the dinosaurs, and they're very, very, very strange. Giant apex predator shrimp thingies, centipedes you could ride on, the tully monster, evolution's most amazing mistakes! I'm joined by paleontologist and science educator Dane Pavitt. Check him out at <a href="http://www.theaveragescientist.co.uk/">www.theaveragescientist.co.uk</a>&nbsp; and&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/danepavitt">www.youtube.com/danepavitt&nbsp;</a>
Footnotes:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MbiwzHdW1PM">Last week's mystery animal sound source</a>

Life Uh Finds A Way?! (Evolution's Best Mistakes)

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Listener Q's: Stay Away from the Bear Buffet

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