Today on the show, we review the Animal Crossing game from a scientific perspective. We’ll be fact-checking some Blathers facts about evolutionary biology! Can goldfish grow bigger than a foot? Do they have teeth in their throats? Can tarantulas shoot butt hair at you? Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: what is Blathers the owl hiding? We attempt to answer all these questions with our guests Maggie Mae Fisher and Adam Ganser.




Footnotes: 
GIANT GOLDFISH
Pharyngeal/Throat Teeth! Yikes! 
Bitterlings Spawning Using a Mussel (video)
Coconut Octopus (Video)! 
Spider Shooting Urticating Hairs
Mantis Attacking Hummingbird Video (WARNING: anti-bird content. Hummingbird does get saved in the end though). 
A Nice Detailed Coprolite (Fossilized Dung!) 
Dunkleosteus Fossil
Megacerops Reconstruction
Diplodocus's Ridiculous Proportions
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Today on the show, we review the Animal Crossing game from a scientific perspective. We’ll be fact-checking some Blathers facts about evolutionary biology! Can goldfish grow bigger than a foot? Do they have teeth in their throats? Can tarantulas shoot butt hair at you? Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: what is Blathers the owl hiding? We attempt to answer all these questions with our guests Maggie Mae Fisher and Adam Ganser. Footnotes: <ol>
<li><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/monster-goldfish-found-in/">GIANT GOLDFISH</a></li>
<li><a href="http://museum2.utep.edu/archive/fish/pharynteeth.htm">Pharyngeal/Throat Teeth! Yikes! </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oq83fHDBPw">Bitterlings Spawning Using a Mussel (video)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XmsqGCXrU4">Coconut Octopus (Video)! </a></li>
<li><a href="%20https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GydTZzWPBYc">Spider Shooting Urticating Hairs</a></li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWqTZErviJI">Mantis Attacking Hummingbird Video</a> (WARNING: anti-bird content. Hummingbird does get saved in the end though). </li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprolite#/media/File:Precious_the_Coprolite_Courtesy_of_the_Poozeum.jpg">A Nice Detailed Coprolite (Fossilized Dung!) </a></li>
<li><a href="%20https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkleosteus#/media/File:Dunkleosteus_(15677042802).jpg">Dunkleosteus Fossil</a></li>
<li><a href="%20https://prehistoric-fauna.com/Megacerops">Megacerops Reconstruction</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dino-directory/diplodocus.html">Diplodocus's Ridiculous Proportions</a></li>
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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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Peer Reviewing Animal Crossing!

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