Freaky Fauna Friday

"They are mere machines for the assimilation of other organisms." - George Brown Good Natural History of Useful Aquatic Life. 1884. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

These freaky little flowers are often miss IDed as a fungus and funny enough, that's what they feed on! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This aquatic group of fish is famous for their not totally unique toothed rostrum which makes up one third of their total body length. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Listener Joe V submitted this request for your peaceful podcast hosts. This creature only eats one species of fig, makes leaf huts to sleep in and its one of only 2 all white bats.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

These massive Mustelids are making a comeback in some of their North American ranges, and even recently being seen in Ohio again! Bonus fact: One of the fewest animals that specializes in hunting porcupines!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This amazing fish is known for its inhabitation of deep and cold waters, its impressive set of teeth, as well as a complex breeding and social structure.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

These mucus scrapers can cause great irritation on Earth's biggest residence but also allow us to show and track their migration paths. The Sloth Moths of the sea. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

These guys, as far as we know, are the largest, terrestrial year-round inhabitants of Antarctica but being smaller than a grain of rice. Also, their genetics are helping us study the ebbs and flows of the Antarctic ice sheet. Thank you, BK, for the suggestion! Have it your way!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

These ancient organisms are known for their extremely long rostrum. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

These almighty amphibians are known for their extremely flat bodies, long fingers and their ability to give birth out of the skin on their back.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The largest endemic rodent to Cuba! They can get up to 20 pounds! Now that's a big rat!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

One of Mr. E's favorite birds in the world! While they look like a duck and walk like a duck, these amazing birds aren't actually ducks!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This fish recommended by listener Brett from our Patreon group, are small and noted for their dazzling colors, their lack of swim bladder and of course their cute little hands!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

These fish are famous for being buttheads.... NO LITERALLY! Their anus is on their chin!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

These incredibly unique and cute cetaceans are quickly vanishing before our very eyes. Within the past decade, going from several hundred to less than 25 left. These creatures serve as a reminder of what happens when we don't take care of a species.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Really good at hidingAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The only thing in the ocean the Orca is scared of! While they may be smaller than their cetacean cousin, they outnumber them 100 to 1 and are known for even better coordination. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This amazing Pulver lives in our front yard! The Killdeer is an intercontinental shore bird that has a talent for acting. You've probably had one yell at you or try and run you off! This is one of Jay's favorite animals.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This episode is dedicated to Brian Wolf, creator and host of Wolf Rock Rock radio! This special Moth lives entirely on the back of a living animal, the Sloth! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Great and Peaceful Mr. E and Jay talk about the wonderful burrowers known as Naked Mole Rats. These amazing little burrowers are not only famous for their ability to chew through almost anything but also for their social structure that is more similar to insects than any other mammal. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy