Fant(ass)y Creatures

Note from Katie: As I question nature's wisdom with regards to the third trimester of pregnancy, I thought I'd offer you one of my favorite past episodes about how doofy and convoluted evolution can get. Today on the show: They're not dinosaurs, they're from BEFORE the dinosaurs, ...  Show more

Happy Creaturekringletimes everyone! Today on the show I'm joined by Just the Zoo of Us host Ellen Weatherford, and we talk about animals who manage to keep their babies cold despite freezing temperature! Bears, walruses, snowy owls, and penguins, all who make great sacrifices to ...  Show more

Here at Simply Scary, we are true animal lovers. No, really, we are. We have pet dogs, cats, fish, and even some of the more exotic sorts of pets like snakes, chameleons… and interns. All of them are so close to us that they’re practically part of the family. They keep us company ...  Show more

Today's episode is about a lion named Musa. Lions generally don't have anything to be afraid of, listen along to find out what terrifying creature manages to scare the mane off of Musa. Draw us a picture of what you think any of the characters in this story look like, and then ta ...  Show more

The spiders that occur in nature are not a creeping menace -- rather, they are a true invisible ally of humankind. But if one were to grow to 1950s sci-fi proportions, even the arachnophiliacs among us would have to admit we had a problem on our hands. How do spiders eat their ...

It's a lonely life living underwater, so Rose the diving bell spider decides to do something about it.
Written especially for this podcast by Simon.

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And, if you'd like to suggest an animal for a ...  Show more