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Melissa talks about some animals who could easily end up in a police lineup, a horse to thank every time Romaine lettuce is recalled, and cat butt science. ***** Fingerprint Folly: Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/koalas-make-monkey-out-police-1313275.html Ripleys https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/koala-fingerprints/ New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg15220591-500-...

An animal control investigator gets a delicious surprise; emus beat the Australian Army, and we finally have a spi...spi….a story about my phobia that we had to include, so if you hear a thud, it’s just me passing out from fear. ******  The Mysterious Tree Creature https://www.delish.com/food-news/a36163171/animal-control-croissant-call/ https://www.history.com/news/burmese-python-invasion-florida...

Today's episode covers three stories of how animals intersect with human death or death prevention, including forensic entomology (the use of bugs to solve crime), a dog who stayed at his owners final resting space for 14 years, and how tree frogs can inspire advancements in human organ donation. Let's go! Crime solving bugs: Case files discussed in today's episode https://www.sandi...

Today we have an all NEWFOUNDLAND DOG special! A lifeguard Newfie named Reef jumps out of helicopters for the Italian Coast Guard; a Newf named Hairy Man pulled 180 Irish Immigrants off of Wreck Rock to safety on the Isle aux Morts (literally the Island of the Dead); and one unnamed Newfie gave this podcaster the best rabbit hole about Napoleon Bonaparte's Body Parts that you'll ever hea...

The a cow who escaped a slaughterhouse and went on the lam, the dolphin of Dingle Bay, the town who went dark to save a nest of baby birds. Support the show : http://paypal.me/muttstuff Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com and her book, " Considerations for the City Dog " is available for purchase!  Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is...

The story of the cow who didn't start the fire- no, she didn't light it, but she tried to fight it. Original episode and shownotes can be found:  BewilderBeasts, Episode 3: Mrs. O'Leary's Cow Other podcasts that cover this story: Stuff You Should Know Stuff You Missed in History Class More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com Melissa's book, "Consider...

Bears in bear jail are in the quality assurance department; crossbow conservation, and a sleepy walrus gets a rude awakening   Support the show : http://paypal.me/muttstuff Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com and her book, " Considerations for the City Dog " is available for purchase!  Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2  Visi...

A crow tampers with a crime scene - TWICE; Nikola Tesla’s obsession with pigeons, and are you liable if your murder of crows commits murder? Support the show Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com and her book, " Considerations for the City Dog " is available for purchase!  Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2  Visit Bewilderbeast...

Today,  Melissa covers the legendary Andre the Seal from Rockport, Maine.  Additional topics include slugs who decapitate their own heads and regrow bodies for survival, and alligators turn into popsicles to survive freezing water.  Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com and her book, " Considerations for the City Dog " is available for purchase!  Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the...

Naked mole rats can save humans, horses killed a lot of kings named Loius, and eagle killed a playwright with a turtle. Terry Pratchett's book, " Small Gods ,"retells the story of the Eagle who killed Asechylus with a turtle. Other Podcasts mentioned in today's episode for kids who love science and animals: Varmints Just the Zoo of Us Wow in the World Earth Rangers Planthropolo...

The story of the 150 dogs and 20 men who raced against odds, weather, frostbite, fake news, and the worst storm in decades to save the kids and Indigenous people of Nome, Alaska, from a deadly diphtheria outbreak 5 years after the flu of 1919.  This is the first bonus episode of Bewilderbeasts- and it was originally told in Episode 10: The Dogs Who Saved a Town at the End of the World to commemora...

Sea cucumbers magic superpower, a bear found and ate 76 pounds of cocaine he found in the woods, and  a flock of holy geese saved Rome. Support the show (https://paypal.me/muttstuff) Send in your topic ideas via: BewilderbeastsPod@gmail.com TWITTER : @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod (DM, voice text or comment) Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/...

Today's topics: Civil War reenacting rooster flew the coop, a dark walk through history thanks to a Border collie who inherited $5 million from her dead owner, and pigs can play video games for science! Send in your topic ideas via: BewilderbeastsPod@gmail.com, About your host: Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a dog trainer& author of the book, " Considerations for the City Dog &qu...

The one time the CIA tried - and failed - to use a cat as a spy (code name Acoustic Kitty), some cats need hypoallergenic humans, and what happens when cats bail on sea shanties.  #AcousticKitty   Send in your topic ideas via: BewilderbeastsPod@gmail.com TWITTER : @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod (DM, voice text or comment) Instagram https://www.instagram.com/be...

We meet Emily Spinach - the pet garter snake of wild-child first daughter, Alice Roosevelt.  Also,  the hilariously creepy, Wild Taxidermy Room in Melbourne, Australia, says goodbye and pandas throw the weirdest parties. Send in your topic ideas via: BewilderbeastsPod@gmail.com TWITTER : @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod (DM, voice text or comment) Instagram http...

Melissa talks about the cutest little toilet plunger thief, the tallest dwarfs in the animal kingdom, and how honey bees twerk murder the murder hornets while using the grossest tool to protect their hives. More at https://BewilderbeastsPod.com **** Send in your topic ideas via: BewilderbeastsPod@gmail.com TWITTER : @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod (DM, voice te...

Melissa talks about a monkey who killed the King of Greece, skydiving beavers, and one lizard earns the number one slot for the largest number 2. Let’s go!  We discuss white colonization and urban sprawl by way of parachuting beavers.  If there are topics you would be interested hearing about on the podcast, know of any historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky an...

How fish farts nearly caused a war between Russia and Sweden, how severed octopus arms continue to try to feed the octopus, and why we use a rodent to predict the future. More at BewilderbeastsPod.com Email: BewilderbeastsPod@gmail.com TWITTER : @BewilderedPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod (DM, voice text or comment) Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/ Suppo...

Today on BewilderBeasts, we’re going to meet a pig who wants to be a therapy dog, a headless chicken lives for 18 months & and the raven who haunted the grandaddy of creep, Edgar Allen Poe. Let’s go!   **** Send in your topic ideas via: B ewilderbeastsPod@gmail.com TWITTER : @BewilderedPod Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod (DM, voice text or comment) Instagram https://www....

Melissa dives deep on how horseshoe  crabs are saving us from COVID19 (this was recorded before the vaccines started rolling out),  platypuses are WAY weirder than imagined, and a case of armadillo justice!   Love BewilderBeasts or want more of these stories? Help support the show by visiting BewilderBeastspod.com - share your favorite episodes, read about the show or leave some love via the PayPa...

 Today on Bewilderbeasts Melissa explores Australia's hallucinogenic toads, New Zealand calls "fowl" in voter fraud, and a Salem, Massachusetts, landmark has its roots in animal history.  Let’s go!  ****** Send in your topic ideas! B ewilderbeastsPod@gmail.com TWITTER : @BewilderedPod Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bewilde...

For the last episode of the year,  Melissa reviews all the creatures we talked about in a not-so-classic retelling of Clement Clarke Moore's, "'Twas the Night Before Christmas", but with more dogs, swearing parrots and an exploding whale. I f you make your own version of this, please feel free to send it in or have your littles record their versions in the Voice Chat feature on...

Today, Melissa explores other customs, like the "Boomers" who pull Santa's sled in Australia, how a video game about animals has given a place for practicing Muslims to find community in a pandemic, and what a confused Rooster has to do with Christmas in the Philippines.  Let’s go! ***** Send in your topic ideas! BewilderbeastsPod@gmail.com TWITTER : @BewilderedPod  Facebook:  https...

Today on Bewilderbeasts, Melissa explores two popular Christmas Songs: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and the 12 Days of Christmas.  Why are the reindeer named “Donder and Blitzen?”; when DID Santa decide to go with reindeer instead of a nice mustang? And, we’re going to figure out why on EARTH someone’s true love gave them all those dang birds.  Send in your topic ideas via: BewilderbeastsPod@gma...

Today Melissa discusses the rats of the Black Plague who got a bad rap ; the tiniest, but mightiest, snot house of the sea, and a common house pet who is banned from Queensland, Australia. Let’s go! ***** If you have ideas for future episodes, know of historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, animals with a misunderstood history, or wacky animals in the news, send them in...