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65: Sap-Sucking Sea Slugs

65: Sap-Sucking Sea Slugs

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Cassie and Koreena are back for another episode about small but FASCINATING critters! This episode we discuss Sacaglossa, also commonly referred to as Sap-Sucking Sea Slugs. These small water dwellers will BLOW your mind with their super powers of digestion and regeneration. If you loved learning about Turbellaria, you’ll probably love these guys too.

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63: Sugar Gliders

63: Sugar Gliders

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This episode on CritterCast, Cassie spits facts about about Sugar Gliders! While they are quickly gaining popularity and attention in the pet trade, we investigate what it takes to truly care for a Sugar Glider and give our listeners some words of warnings. These adorable little critters are so much more demanding than you might think based on their size. We also talk specifically about that ever famous “gliding” skill they have. Is it a true glide? Or something closer to real flight? Listen in to find out!

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60: Turbellaria

60: Turbellaria

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Big thanks to our friends at the Bald Scientist Podcast and Nagging Naturalist Podcast for their recommendation of Turbellaria, or flatworms. Episode 60 is all about these fascinating critters and how they’re basically Time Lords from the planet Gallifrey. If you don’t believe us, tune in!

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59: Box Turtles

59: Box Turtles

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We’re back! It’s Episode 59 and after our unplanned hiatus, we are so excited to be back and better than ever with an entertaining and fact-filled episode all about box turtles! We talk about the basics of what makes a box turtle a box turtle, where their from, how they breed, what dangers they face in their native environments, and how to responsibly acquire and care for one as a pet. Please note, this episode is not intended to be a full care guide especially because care varies between different species of box turtles. We’re working on a care sheet for our website, but in the meantime let this episode serve as a way to dip your toes in the water!

Also! We can’t believe we didn’t have the full turtle vs. tortoise vs. terrapin discussion. But don’t worry! That will be a topic across our social media channels over the next few weeks.

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56: Ring-Tailed Lemurs

56: Ring-Tailed Lemurs

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For Episode 56 we decided to invite special Jr. Guest Host Jake on to discuss the fluffiest of lemurs: the Ring Tailed Lemur. It’s a pretty old school episode with tangents, completely unscripted humor, and old fashion fun facts about one of our favorite critters. We did have some technical difficulties this episode and we’re sorry we couldn’t do more to clear up the audio. But we hope you’ll enjoy!

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WANT TO HELP THE LEMURS? Visit the Duke Lemur Center’s Website here: https://lemur.duke.edu/

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55: Storm Petrels (ft. Amy)

55: Storm Petrels (ft. Amy)

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Episode 55 is a little later than we’d hoped, but it’s here and it’s a super fun episode we know will make up for the lost time. This week we’re calling on a guest host and resident “expert” (as usual, neither of your regular hosts claim expertise on the subject). We’re talking the tiniest but mightiest of sea birds: the Storm Petral! Our guest host Amy is a grad student studying sea birds and spends time on a remote island studying these among other species. She teaches your hosts Cassie and Koreena all about these fascinating little birds that you’ve probably never heard of but will love after listening to this episode!

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54: Rough Green Snakes

54: Rough Green Snakes

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We’re baaaaaaaack! It’s Episode 54 and despite the chaos that coronavirus has thrown at us, we’re bringing you a short and sweet episode about the smallest, cutiest snakes on the block (of the south-eastern United States at least). We’re talking Rough Green Snakes in this episode, plus we take some time to explain our absence and tell you some hilarious stories about our struggles of #QuarantiningwithCritters and we want to hear YOUR stories too!

This episode features a promo from: Happily Every Aftermath Podcast

This episode features adoptable pets from: Northern California Herpetological Society

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53: Meanwhile in the animal world

53: Meanwhile in the animal world

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Hello lovely listeners! These past two weeks have been wacky in the United States. The country is finally starting to understand the magnitude of COVID19 and taking steps to slow the spread of disease. And that means a lot of unexpected time alone, at home, doing our part to keep others healthy. So we thought listeners might need a pick me up and decided to find and share 6 exciting, happy, and downright awh-inducing stories about animals for this episode. We hope you enjoy!

Featuring a promo from: Team and Strumpets Podcast

Featuring Adoptable Pets from: Alley Kattz Rescue

 

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52: Greenland Sharks

52: Greenland Sharks

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Oh, hi! Nice to see you again, or hear you again, or have you listen to us again? However you want to put it, we’ve been radio silent for a hot second but we’re BACK with Episode 52 discussing a critter you probably have never heard of. But isn’t that what we do best? This episode we’re diving right down to the deep sea to talk about Greenland Sharks. While we may not know a ton about them, we certainly know that they are some really weird, really ancient sharks and that is enough to send us into a research frenzy.

This episode features a promo for the You Totally Made That Up podcast and spotlights on adoptable dogs from Austin Pets Alive!

 

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https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/somniosus-microcephalus/

https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/animal-facts-greenland-shark

https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-strange-and-gruesome-story-of-the-greenland-shark-the-longest-living-vertebrate-on-earth

https://oceanwide-expeditions.com/blog/8-facts-about-the-greenland-shark

https://www.livescience.com/61210-shark-not-512-years-old.html

https://www.wired.com/2014/02/creature-feature-10-fun-facts-greenland-shark/

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51: Seahorses

51: Seahorses

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We’re back with another CritterCast episode and this time we’re taking a dive back into the ocean waters to study seahorses. If you’re interested in finding out more about these fascinating fish and listening to us fangirl about Dr. Heather Masonjones who studied why their mating habits then you’ll love episode 51!

 

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https://www.theseahorsetrust.org/seahorse-facts/

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/seahorse.html

https://www.fws.gov/international/animals/sea-horses.html

https://www.britannica.com/animal/sea-horse

http://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/lewis/news/articles/2000ScienceNews.pdf

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