Bio Babes

Caves part 2! We're still in the deep dark depths of this cave somewhere in southern France. All the cave fish have been eaten and the batteries in the headlamps are going out. I'm going to be honest bio babe, things aren't looking good. Oh! Put down that cave bear skull and look at these paintings on the wall! That's beautiful, there's rhinoceros, and lions, and bison… what the hell?! Those don't live here …. at least, not anymore… oh. Oh dear. Guys, I think we may have found a bunch of Paleolithic cave paintings. You know what that means? We are so lost... Alright gang, time to draw straws for who we eat first. Follow us on instagram @biobabespodcast for the most niche memes and info on upcoming episodes. Huge thanks to @Absolute Quantum for our theme music. Go check them out on Apple and Spotify

Welcome to season 3 bio baby! Grab your spelunking gear and turn on your headlamp cause to ring in the season we're crawling deep into the dark chambers of a cave. Follow Mmeeeeee…… oh look! Is that a bat?! No, it's a cave snake hanging from the ceiling… gross! something with too many legs just crawled across my foot. Hey is that a — ow! Sorry I bumped into a stalagmite — is that a wolf spider eating an amphipod? Sick bro. Uh oh did we pass that pile of australopithecus bones before? Are we… going in circles? Don't worry guys, we've got our headlamps, and if we get hungry we can eat these weird, blind, transparent fish. Woah check out this cute rock I found! It's smiling at me. Follow us on instagram @biobabespodcast for the most niche memes and info on upcoming episodes. Huge thanks to @Absolute Quantum for our theme music. Go check them out on Apple and Spotify

Are you ready to celebrate ?! It's the last episode of season 2! Yeah, it's nearly a month late, but the bio babes are doing their best! In this episode we are joined by a very special guest to talk about Yellowstone National Park. We chat about how much we love those good good glacial landscapes, wolf 907 (rip), our experience following bison herds around to steal their shit, doing science communication on location, keeping high schoolers alive in the woods, and everyone's favorite Yellowstone geyser, Steamboat! No, it's not Old Faithful, don't say her name in our presence. We also recorded this episode while watching the Mike Tyson / Jake Paul fight so stay till the end for our live reaction to seeing Tyson's bare ass.  Follow us on instagram @biobabespodcast for the most niche memes and info on upcoming episodes.  Huge thanks to @Absolute Quantum for our theme music. Go check them out on Apple and Spotify

You ever think to yourself, “damn, I wish I was alive back when the mammoths were dancing around in their giant clogging shoes.”? Of course you do. Trust me, we all do. Well, you missed it, and so did I, but instead of cursing the linear progression of time and spiraling into a pit of despair, we can instead use paleoecology to paint a picture (both literally and, like, descriptively) of what it must have been like to see them big ol' clompin' stompers back in the day. In this episode, we're joined by Peter, a PhD student, gay icon, and friend of the pod, to talk about his field of research, Ru Paul's Drag Race, carbonized peach pits, paleoart, and Georgia's best president, Jimmy Carter. Follow us on instagram @biobabespodcast for the most niche memes and info on upcoming episodes. Huge thanks to @Absolute Quantum for our theme music. Go check them out on Apple and Spotify

Do you have questions? Good! Cause we've got answers! Not, like, answers to *your* questions specifically, we just have answers to Mr. Lovell's questions. Nobody else is getting their questions answered. Just Mr. Lovell. Like, I guess if you happen to have an overlapping question with Mr. Lovell then you will get your question answered but we're technically only answering questions that Mr. Lovell asked us. So like, we'd answer your question maybe if you sent us one in the mail maybe? But then we'd have to give out an address and thats like, yikes y'know? … maybe you could DM us on instagram with your question and we might answer it? Yeah that would work. But like, Mr. Lovell already has our phone numbers cause he's a friend of the show. So, in this episode we're going to answer questions that Mr. Lovell asked us. To be clear, we're not answering anyone else's questions at this time, just Mr. Lovell's. Sorry.  Follow us on instagram @biobabespodcast for the most niche memes and info on upcoming episodes.  Huge thanks to @Absolute Quantum for our theme music. Go check them out on Apple and Spotify

It's finally happening, it's the gay animal special! To celebrate pride month, Libby is taking us all on a tour through the colorful world of queer animals. Want to learn about lesbian albatross power couples? Gay dolphins? Polyamorous ducks? Trans deer? Bonobos and their free love hippie lifestyle? This episode is so cute we even cry a little. Gender and sexuality is a weird amorphous spectrum of insanity — and not just in humans, shit's wiggity throughout the animal kingdom. But remember there's no such thing as normal, especially not here. So listen to this episode to hear two gay animals talk about gay animals. It'd be homophobic not to!   Follow us on instagram @biobabespodcast for the most niche memes and info on upcoming episodes.  Huge thanks to @Absolute Quantum for our theme music. Go check them out on Apple and Spotify

This episode journeys to the Galápagos islands where we investigate everyone's favorite sterile, PTSD-ridden conservation leftovers. The islands are known for their iconic wildlife, but those dumb finches get plenty of attention, we wanna talk about the goats! And the absolutely insane honeypot style scheme to eradicate them. And the tortoises! Well, mostly just one named George. Have you ever wondered why goats hate helicopters? Wanna know how to get oil from a tortoise? Have you ever felt the deeply scientific urge to poke Chris Evans' peck? Well so did lonesome George… possibly, I mean we can't prove he didn't. Pour yourself a Pina Colada and climb down into the cold, damp, turtle-filled hold of the HMS Beagle cause it's island time baby!  Follow us on instagram @biobabespodcast for the most niche memes and info on upcoming episodes.  Huge thanks to @Absolute Quantum for our theme music. Go check them out on Apple and Spotify

Hey everybody pees! You, me, astronauts, even lobsters pee. Sometimes pee smells like asparagus, or buttered popcorn. Sometimes it's clear, or yellow, sometimes the medication you're taking turns it blue. No matter what, you got to get rid of all that gross urea, but if you happen to be an orphaned baby animal, or like.. in space, peeing is gonna be kind of a big ask. Find out how they do it, and how many rats it takes to pee as much as a human. We also go on wild tangent about possums. And lobster sex. So, you know, a pretty typical episode.  In honor of piss, we've partnered with Kula Cloth to host a giveaway! Instructions to enter are on our instagram @biobabespodcast And you can check out Kula on instagram @kulacloth and at their website https://kulacloth.com Thanks to @Absolute Quantum for our theme music. Go check them out on Apple and Spotify

It's season 2 baby! And to kick things off we're going to ask and answer all the hearing-related questions you've never wanted to know the answers to. What has better hearing a frog or a parakeet? How does bat echolocation even work? If a tree falls in the forest, and nobody is around to hear it, does it listen to Indian kirwani music? Can my chicken hear me sing to her? Are ghosts real? As usual, things go off the rails, and you'll have to suffer through several minutes of ASMR to find out the answers. Sorry about that. Get yer listening ears ready for this sonic journey into the science of hearing! PSA: If you are like Kelsey and would rather eat a lightbulb than listen through the ASMR bit, it runs from 0:01:55 to 0:06:05 feel free to skip it, we understand. The transcript for that section is below so you don't have to miss the fun facts.  Follow us on instagram @biobabespodcast for the most niche memes and info on upcoming episodes Thanks to @Absolute Quantum for our theme music. Go check them out on Apple and Spotify Credit to @SwordCoastSoundscapes and @thatFairlight on YouTube for our end-of-episode ambient cave experience The ASMR transcript —  the intensity of a sound wave is measured in decibels. You can think of this as volume.   hertz on the other hand are used to measure the frequency of a sound wave, which is measured as the number of cycles per second. This is the pitch of the sound.  So when we talk about an animal's hearing range, we're referring to the range of frequencies it's capable of detecting. The human (and most mammals) ear is made up of 4 parts The outer ear The middle ear The inner ear And the auditory nervous system The outer ear is the flappy bit and the ear canal, its shaped weird to funnel as much sound in as possible The middle ear is made up of two parts. the eardrum, also called the tympanic membrane transfers vibrations into your inner ear. On the other side of the eardrum is the ossicles, a set of three bones that pick up the vibrations transferred through the eardrum. The three bones are called the malleus, incus, and stapes and they're shaped really weird.  The inner ear consist of the cochlea which means snail shell because thats exactly what it looks like. Theres tiny hairs inside the cochlea. The hairs transfer the sound vibrations to the auditory nerve which sends the information to your brain 

Grab your waders it's time to jump knee deep into the third and final field trip! You've seen a kid in a candy shop, get ready for Bio Babes in a swamp. Join us on what is quite possibly the best day of Kelsey's life as we slorp through the muck and wade through the gunk to find a decomposing moose corpse that Libby is sure is around here somewhere. If your dark passenger also enjoys the clickity clacks of a moose bone marimba then you will love this adventure. If not, then you're gonna want to vape some DEET to really get into the right headspace for this one. Follow us on instagram @biobabespodcast for the most niche memes and info on upcoming episodes.  Thanks to @Absolute Quantum for our theme music. Go check them out on Apple and Spotify

Hop in gang we're going on another field trip! This time we meet a friend at the local reptile convention and experience untethered joy for the first time in years. We see so many things, and we describe them to you. It's almost as good as being there. If you get as hyped for herps as we do, want to smooch a poison dart frog, eat a cage full of hedgehogs, or swear in front of children, then this is exactly the episode for you.  Follow us on instagram @biobabespodcast for the most niche memes and info on upcoming episodes.  Thanks to @Absolute Quantum for our theme music. Go check them out on Apple and Spotify

Have you ever seen a bird and thought “what the hell is that?” Well so have we. In this special field trip episode the bio babes put you in their pocket and carry you on an adventure. We see so many birds, and we even know what a couple of them are! If you've ever wanted to go birdwatching but wanted someone else to do the “going” and the “watching” for you, then boy are you gonna love this. Grab your binoculars, field guide, and a gross prickly pear cider cause we're going birdwatching! Follow us on instagram @biobabespodcast for the most niche memes and info on upcoming episodes.  Thanks to @Absolute Quantum for our theme music. Go check them out on Apple and Spotify

Well, we made it guys, this is the last episode of season 1 and you know what that means… it's SNAKE time baby! Do you have a specially evolved snake spotting brain? Then you're gonna love this episode. We slither through the evolution of snakes, and why its gods fault snakes don't have legs, we blab about blind worm snakes, the python color morph inbreeding conundrum, female-presenting AMAB garter snakes, and how much we want to boop their lil snoots! Fall backwards with us into the undulating embrace of the Narcisse snake pits. Follow us on instagram @biobabespodcast for the most niche memes and info on upcoming episodes.  Thanks to @Absolute Quantum for our theme music. Go check them out on Apple and Spotify

This episode is full of contention and infighting, but, like, in a good way. We've got a real lovers to enemies story to tell, so pour yourself an entire bottle of wine and come along on a journey through history as we explore a few especially iconic cases of academic beef and scientific rivalry. Find out what those 19th century dinosaur sugar daddies were fighting about, why Libby hates Descartes, why you should be the science communicator you want to see in the world, and so, so much more.  Follow us on instagram @biobabespodcast for the most niche memes and info on upcoming episodes.  Thanks to @Absolute Quantum for our theme music. Go check them out on Apple and Spotify

Are you on the side of the orcas in their vengeful quest to eat the rich? Good! Then this episode is for you! We blab on and on about animal revenge, why cowbirds display “mafia behavior”, why you shouldn't give a monkey a puppy, and why those orcas are attacking boats in the Mediterranean. Eat some tater tots and join us as we agonize over the ethical quandaries of animal vengeance.  Follow us on instagram @biobabespodcast for the most niche memes and info on upcoming episodes Thanks to @Absolute Quantum for our theme music. Go check them out on Apple and Spotify

Houston we have a problem, the bio babes don't know anything about space, so for this mission we brought a space expert along, Libby's dad. On our tour through the cosmos we find out the answers to some of earthlings most asked questions: Are we alone in the universe? Whats a Fermi paradox? Do you cry when watching The Right Stuff? Wait, is that an alien or a Bart Simpson ballon?  Buckle up and grab your doggy bag cause we're blasting off in 3… 2… 1…  Follow us on instagram @biobabespodcast for the most niche memes and info on upcoming episodes Thanks to @Absolute Quantum for our theme music. Go check them out on Apple and Spotify

Is all of our hard hitting science weighing you down? Too many facts can be exhausting, so for this episode we made sure that there aren't any. That's right, today Bio Babes invites two bird experts to talk about… cryptids. I mean obviously, what else would we talk to bird experts about. Luke and Taylor are self described cryptozoologists and cocktail artists -- with their help, we're going to explore the less tangible side of the animal kingdom. So pull out the bitters, make yourself a delicious drink, and join us as we party with goat sucking monsters, aquatic anime cryptids, glowing goblins, and humanoid frogs. Follow us on instagram @biobabespodcast for the most niche memes and info on upcoming episodes.  Thanks to @Absolute Quantum for our theme music. Go check them out on Apple and Spotify

In honor of 4/20, this episode is all about drugs. Wanna know what the worlds oldest drug is? What pufferfish poison does to your brain? How lemurs keep bugs away from their booty holes? What happens when you give a dolphin LSD? Well good news we've got the answers! So roll your self a thick turkey leg of a joint, take a fat bong rip, down some edibles or observe 4/20 however you choose, and enjoy this chaotic journey through the world of drugs.  Follow us on instagram @biobabespodcast for the most niche memes and info on upcoming episodes.  Thanks to @Absolute Quantum for our theme music. Go check them out on Apple and Spotify

Hello welcome back to fish shack for part two of our fresh fish fact episode. Prepare to prostrate yourself before the fish king and accept all his wisdom without question. I'm gonna be honest, we play pretty fast and loose with the concept of "fish" in this half. So grab your paddle and hop back in the boat as we learn about the band Phish, a guy named Fishbait, and the sound a piranha makes as it devours you. It'll be fun I promise. For more fish king content you can follow @sams_fish_pics on instagram, and while you're at it, check out @biobabespodcast for memes and info on upcoming episodes. Thanks to @Absolute Quantum for our theme music. Go check them out on Apple and Spotify 

Hey I have some bad news, you're a fish… sort of... maybe. The king of fish himself is here to tell us what's a fish and what's not. We have so many fresh fish facts that we had to break this into two episodes. So, paddle down the river with us as we talk about extreme carp fishing, niche Georgia facts, noodling, fish jizz, Salmonidae, and Libby's record breaking salmon catch.  Featuring guest appearances from Georgia the dog. For more fish king content you can follow @sams_fish_pics on instagram, and while you're at it, check out @biobabespodcast for memes and info on upcoming episodes. Thanks to @Absolute Quantum for our theme music. Go check them out on Apple and Spotify 

Have yer bear spray ready for this one Our Alaskan producer Liv is here to tell us about bears! So come experience the full spectrum of human emotion with bio babes, from the bliss you feel after shotgunning thirty-six beers and passing out in a tree to death by mauling. In this episode we learn what brown bears are, how pandas do it, and also where Siberia is. Hint: it's nowhere near Iran. We have an instagram now! @biobabespodcast -- Follow us to know when new episodes are coming out, or if you just like memes. Thanks to @Absolute Quantum for our theme music. Go check them out on Apple and Spotify 

In this episode we explore the wonderful world of frogs and toads, no not the children's books, actual frogs and toads. They may be cute, but watch out they could explode at any moment. So pour yourself ~2.5 bottles of wine and join us as we learn about amphibians and their ongoing war with birds. AND, thanks to our friend Will we've got new music! Go check them out on Apple and Spotify @Absolute Quantum

Turns out intestinal worms are just the friends we made along the way. This episode is all about parasites, they come in lots of different flavors -- they might replace your tongue, take over your brain, or maybe even eat your d*ck.

in this episode we learn all about bird sex, what even is a cloaca, and why did that cockatoo I held that one time hump my hand? This is the first of at least a few Bio Babes episodes.