BewilderBeasts!

 We’re going to talk about a frisky feline who left her prints ALL over history, a mutt who was promoted to sergeant in WW1 and a snake who sent a man to a hospital hours after the snake was beheaded .   ***** 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 animals in the news, send th...

  Smoky the 4# dog hero of WW2, a boy who solved the puzzle of the missing Lemur, and a national weather service announcement about falling frozen iguanas!    Welcome to Bewilderbeasts! Today, we’re going to talk about a 4 Pound Dog who was the hero of World War II, a 5 year-old boy who solved the case of the missing lemur, and a national weather service announcement about falling frozen iguanas. ...

 Welcome to Bewilderbeasts! Today, we’re going to talk about the sloooooooooooowest two minutes in sports,  why goats got banned from a national park, and how lobsters pee out of their faces.  ***** 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 animals in the news, send them in to: ...

Welcome to Bewilderbeasts! Today, we’re going to talk about Balto and Togo who saved a town from a diphtheria outbreak, a hero rat saving people from unexploded bombs, and some bizarre animal laws around the United States that are still - somehow - on the books.  ***** If there are topics you would be interested hearing about on the podcast, know of any historical animals who changed the world, an...

With 6 days before the 2020 national election in America, Melissa talks about animals in politics, including a berserker bunny who nearly sunk President Jimmy Carter's boat), why the two parties use a donkey and an elephant for representation, and animals who became town mayors in Vermont.  Let's go! https://www.vote.org/ If you have ideas for future episodes, have an animal on your ball...

Today on Bewilderbeasts, Melissa talks about some foul-mouthed parrots who got evicted from a zoo (they won’t be the last) and another parrot whose F Bombs got him kicked out of a President’s Funeral. Let’s go!  ************ If you have ideas for future episodes, know of historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky animals in the news, send them in to:  bewilderbeast...

Today on Bewilderbeasts, host Melissa McCue-McGrath introduces a pigeon who saved 194 people in WWI and goats who are fighting wildfires in an unusual way.  If you have ideas for future episodes, know of historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky animals in the news, send them in to:  bewilderbeastspod@gmail.com @BewilderedPod on TWITTER Facebook:   https://www.fac...

Today we'll discuss a whale fail that lives in infamy & the first cat to solve a murder (not the last). Big thanks to author and columnist, Dave Barry, who wrote about the whale incident in 1990 where I was able to find it, read it, and never forget it. His humor is absolutely a cornerstone of this podcast and I'm ever grateful for stumbling upon that article as a young person. Let&a...

Today on Bewilderbeasts we’re going to talk about an animal who has cubed poop (OW! And, EW!) and we talk about a mathematically inclined equine, and his owner - a former slave turned veterinarian in the 1800s who vowed never to teach animals with a whip.  If you have ideas for future episodes, know of historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky animals in the news,...

Today on Bewilderbeasts we’re going to talk about some amazing dogs who are detecting COVID19 & there’s something silly in penguin poop. Let’s go!  If you have ideas for future episodes, know of historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky animals in the news, send them in to:  bewilderbeastspod@gmail.com @BewilderedPod on TWITTER Facebook:   https://www.facebook...

Today on Bewilderbeasts we’re going to talk about Mrs. O'Leary's cow and the Great Chicago Fire. OMG CROCODILES ARE FASTER THAN YOU EVER IMAGINED. Let’s go.  If you have ideas for future episodes, know of historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky animals in the news, send them in to:  bewilderbeastspod@gmail.com @BewilderedPod on TWITTER Facebook:   http...

On today's episode of Bewilderbeasts we’re going to explore dogs who find whale poop FOR SCIENCE & why you might want need to strip off your clothes for polar bears.   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 animals in the news, send them in to: bewilderbeastspod@gmail...

On this first episode of BewilderBeasts we explore why farmers are painting eyeballs on cow butts, and we do a deep dive on honeybees who are trained to find buried land mines in Croatia. Let’s go!  If there are things you’d like me to talk about on the podcast, historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky animals in the news, send them in to:  bewilderbeastspod@gmai...