Christian & Ellen Weatherford
Just the Zoo of Us
Join us, Ellen and Christian Weatherford, while we review your favorite species of animals and rate them out of ten in the categories of effectiveness, ingenuity and aesthetics.
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Episode One: 1: American Alligator & Florida Manatee
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Created by: Christian & Ellen Weatherford
Started: May 14th, 2019
Status: Active, 305 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
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Episodes
120: Acorn Woodpecker & West African Lungfish
00:54:22 | Episode: 120 | November 24th, 2021
Join the Weatherfords for a weekly animal review! In this week’s episode, Christian brings the acorn woodpecker to trial for its rampant vandalism & Ellen goes for a ride in a time machine with the West African lungfish. Along the way, we discuss the physics of using your face as a jackhammer, snot cocoons, and Sonic hedgehog.
119: Pigeons w/ Rosemary Mosco!
01:01:31 | Episode: 119 | November 17th, 2021
Join Ellen & special guest, science writer & naturalist Rosemary Mosco, for a review of the little grey guy strutting down a street near you: the pigeon! We discuss the history of why pigeons live alongside us, how they evade the clutches of even the world’s fastest predator, ways pigeon couples keep the romance alive, and the joy of appreciating these metropolitan doves.
118: Ocean Sunfish & Tanuki
01:05:05 | Episode: 118 | November 10th, 2021
Join the Weatherfords for a weekly animal review! In this week’s episode inspired by Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Ellen basks in the unexpected glory of the ocean sunfish & Christian pays respect to the mischievous tanuki. You’ll learn what to bring to a sunfish’s dinner party and how the tanuki earns the title of power couple.
117: Flatfish w/ Dr. Kory Evans!
00:42:44 | Episode: 117 | November 3rd, 2021
Join Ellen & special guest evolutionary biologist Dr. Kory Evans for a review of the dimensionally innovative flatfish! Learn the story of why these quirky fishes developed such peculiar body plans and how their bizarre adaptations help them live their best life beneath the sand. We discuss migrating eyes, transient feet, and which cartoons got flounders right and wrong.
116: Painted Bat & Dracula Parrot
00:47:08 | Episode: 116 | October 27th, 2021
Join the Weatherfords for a weekly animal review! In this week’s festively spooky episode, Christian kicks off the celebration with the painted bat & Ellen counts up points for the iconic Dracula parrot.
115: Myriapods (Millipedes, Centipedes & Pauropods) w/ Dr. Derek Hennen!
01:02:24 | Episode: 115 | October 20th, 2021
Join Ellen & special guest, entomologist Derek Hennen, for a review of our many-legged friends, the myriapods! We’re talking millipedes, centipedes, and pauropods: what the difference is between these long guys, how they manage to scurry around without tripping over all of those feet, and what they’re up to down there underneath the leaf litter.
Meet the Neighbors: Just the Zoo of Us x One Bad Mother
00:38:17 | Episode: 114 | October 18th, 2021
Just the Zoo of Us and One Bad Mother got together to celebrate MaxFun Block Party!
114: Amazon Molly & Aardvark
00:50:13 | Episode: 114 | October 13th, 2021
Ellen inspects an army of fish clones, the Amazon molly, and Christian finally digs in to the details of the inimitable aardvark. Learn how clones are made in nature, what’s going on inside the aardvark’s porcine snout, and why it’s so crucial to never leave home without tippy-tappies.
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Created by: Christian & Ellen Weatherford
Started:
May 14th, 2019
Status: Active, 305 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
