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, 280 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
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Episodes
218: Pacific Lamprey w/ Ralph Crewe!
00:46:13 | Episode: 218 | December 6th, 2023
Ellen is joined by a familiar voice, science communicator Ralph Crewe, back with us to review the wiggly little living fossils full of teeth and blood: Pacific lampreys. We discuss the intersection between the natural and manmade world, what lampreys can tell us about the history of vertebrate evolution, the unique adaptations that have let them thrive from riverbeds all the way to the open ocean and back for hundreds of millions of years, and why you should thank a lamprey today.
217: Loggerhead Shrike & Five-lined Skink
00:49:18 | Episode: 217 | November 30th, 2023
Ellen gets hooked on the loggerhead shrike & Christian makes a clean getaway with the five-lined skink. We discuss tomial teeth, impalement, dropping tails, and regeneration.
216: Sturgeon w/ Brenda Pracheil!
00:47:36 | Episode: 216 | November 23rd, 2023
Join Ellen & special guest, fish biologist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Brenda Pracheil, for a review of the gentle giants that have been swimming up and down our rivers since the dinosaur age: sturgeon. We discuss being a fish lawyer, ancient genetics, scales, whiskers, caviar, woosh tubes, and more.
215: Bark Scorpion & Pūteketeke
00:55:25 | Episode: 215 | November 17th, 2023
Christian leaves a glowing review for the bark scorpion & Ellen casts a vote for the pūteketeke. We discuss neurotoxin, biofluorescence, the ghostly penguin dance, and John Oliver’s impact on the Bird of the Century.
214: Pigs w/ Kendall Long!
00:46:34 | Episode: 214 | November 9th, 2023
Ellen & special guest, Bachelor star turned science communicator Kendall Long, review pigs! In this episode, we discuss pigs and their achievements in some surprising endeavors, from digging up truffles and thriving in the wilderness to playing video games and basking on the beaches of the Bahamas.
213: Stoat & Barreleye
00:44:19 | Episode: 213 | November 2nd, 2023
Ellen falls down a rabbit hole with the stoat & Christian looks up to the barreleye. We discuss the weasel war dance, rabbit assassins, paradoxical eyes, and deep sea body horror.
212: Crowned Lemur w/ Ben Freed!
00:52:19 | Episode: 212 | October 26th, 2023
In celebration of World Lemur Day, Ellen is joined by anthropology professor Ben Freed for a look up into the treetops of northern Madagascar to review crowned lemurs. Our guest brings his insight from experience studying these charismatic primates to discuss topics like the rainforest dress code, what your cell phone has in common with lemur cognition, and the unbreakable interspecies bonds between primates that remind us humans of our own place in nature.
211: Mosquitoes w/ Kelly Zimmerman!
00:52:14 | Episode: 211 | October 19th, 2023
Ellen & special guest, ecologist and entomologist Kelly Zimmerman, review one of the world’s deadliest creatures. This killer could fit in a teaspoon, and yet humans just can’t seem to get rid of the darn things. In this episode, we discuss the humble mosquito’s formidable resilience, defend their often underestimated role in their ecosystems, and dish up a serving of girl dinner.
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Created by: Christian & Ellen Weatherford
Started:
May 14th, 2019
Status: Active, 280 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
