Podcasts about cool facts about animals

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go to school with Jaguar? Wonder no more. This episode also features a Ben Franklin mystery, otter jokes (see Cool Facts About Animals sea otter episode for more), an interview with Clara, and a meditation.  A message from Jaguar: Become my Patreon sponsor. Don't forget to choose the million dollar option. https://www.patreon.com/WorldofJaguarPodcast 

You're in for an adorable treat on this sea otter episode of Cool Facts About Animals! Learn about their special fur, tool use, and an ancient lion-sized otter. We'd love to hear from you! Send us your creature quiz answers, let us know you did the kid power challenge, or take a guess on our next episode. Send us an email at coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com Thank you to our Patreon sponsors Cardiff, Grace, and Evie! If you'd like to be a Patreon sponsor, head here. https://www.patreon.com/coolfactsaboutanimals And if you want to buy your own Cool Facts About Animals gear, check out our store.

On this special episode of Cool Facts About Animals, we got to interview one of the scientists who changed the world! Dr. Bill Ritchie was one of the scientists behind the cloning of Dolly the Sheep. We talk about why this was so important, and how it has helped to change medicine today. We also have lots of cool facts about sheep, courtesy of Clara. We hope you enjoy the episode! 

In this episode, we speak with National Geographic author about all sorts of cool animals facts. We talk about why pandas are black and white, why t-rexes have short arms, and some of her favorite animal myths to debunk. Julie is the author of almost 50 books, including a number of Weird But True books, and her new book - Why? Animals.  Thank you to Paul and Evelyn for being our Patreon sponsors. If you'd like to support us financially, you can do so here: https://www.patreon.com/coolfactsaboutanimals Did you know we have a gear store? Get your animal lover a Cool Facts About Animals shirt, sweatshirt, or All About Cooking apron here: https://www.zazzle.com/store/coolanimalspod/products 

It was a long time coming, but we finally made it to the Redwoods! We got to learn all about this amazing habitat and see the forest in person, as well as meet with two California State Park rangers, Marnin Robbins and Kyle Buchannan. In our discussions with them, we learn about the unusual way Redwood trees reproduce, the animals that live there, solve a Redwoods mystery, discover how to keep the habitat safe, and lots more. Thanks to our Patreon sponsors for making this episode possible! If you would like to support us financially, head here: https://www.patreon.com/coolfactsaboutanimals. Patreon sponsors also get access to our newsletter about the Redwoods and our back issues about honeybees and anaconda v. crocodile! We will have videos up on our YouTube page soon. Check back here:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt89IP0pdPUfvETol8qHKjg  In the meantime, you can find some Redwoods videos and pictures on our Twitter page: https://twitter.com/coolanimalspod   

In this special episode, Cool Facts About Animals and the Past and the Curious team up to learn all about sled dogs! We learn ten cool facts about sled dogs while also learning the history of two very special sled dogs who saved the town of Nome, Alaska.  Don't forget out meetup on August 13 at 10 am Pacific for Patreon sponsors! Become a sponsor here: https://www.patreon.com/coolfactsaboutanimals Also, we have merch! Want a tshirt? An All About Cooking Apron? Find it here: https://www.zazzle.com/store/coolanimalspod

A special mashup with our friends from Cool Facts About Animals. Mick tells the tale of the Great Serum Run of 1925 in two parts. When a Diphtheria epidemic threatens the small and far-off town of Nome Alaska, the only hope to get medicine to the sick is dogs. Many help, but two Siberian Huskies named Togo and Balto are most remembered by history. In between part one and part two of the story, the crew from Cool Facts About Animals shares ten interesting facts about sled dogs.

In kid news this week we give you a Quick Dip of world news - from parties and politics in the UK, to Japan's food waste cement and the cheese rolling in Gloucester - as well as Cool Facts About Animals episode swap!

During our recent Ocean Adventure season, we talked about some very awesome and unique creatures and plants that live in the ocean. One thing that any animal lover (or anyone living on earth) needs to learn more about is how to stop plastic pollution. Plastic pollution not only hurts ocean life, but it hurts the whole earth. So I am sharing my podfriend Cool Facts About Animals, a podcast by kids for kids! This is their episode called “How Kids Can Stop Plastic Pollution.” I love how the kids talk to experts about everyday ways we can help! Since Peace Out is in between seasons right now, for updates follow us on social media, subscribe to the podcast on your app, and join our mailing list too  Subscribe to Cool Facts About Animals for more fun episodes about animals! From their original episode description: In this episode, we learn about how much plastic is in the ocean, why that's a problem for animals, how it all got there, and, most importantly, how you can help.   We talked to so many experts to make this episode. Thank you to: Senator Jeff Merkley Dr. Jenna Jambeck, University of Georgia Christopher Joyce, NPR Rachel Giles, Chelsea Rochman's lab Shaye DiPasquale, Terracycle David Clark, Amcor   We have a lot of show notes on this one:   Want to do a waste audit? Here's the link to the waste audit Rachel mentioned: https://rochmanlab.com/waste-audit/   Here's a link to Terracycle's website, where you can figure out what to collect and recycle: https://www.terracycle.com/en-US/   Learn more about Senator Merkley's Break Free from Plastic Act: https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/pollution-act/   Don't know whether it's recyclable? Check out: http://recycleornot.org   And be sure to download the Marine Debris Tracker app: https://debristracker.org   Please let us know what steps you're taking to battle plastic pollution and we can share our progress together! Send us an email at coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com or tweet us at @coolanimalspod   Spread the word about this episode! The more kids helping, the more of a difference we can make.  

Here's the link as promised

Ready to learn about the pint-sized, fluffy-tailed arctic fox? Yes, the arctic fox is adorable. But it's also tough. It's highly evolved to withstand the -50 degree temps of the arctic circle. We'll learn about these traits and more facts that make these animals so cool in this episode. Thanks to our $10 Patreon sponsor Tessa for the suggestion! If you'd like to support us financially, check out our Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/coolfactsaboutanimals You can show your Cool Facts About Animals podcast pride with some merchandise! We've got tshirts, sweatshirts, and some other fun stuff at our Zazzle store here: https://www.zazzle.com/store/coolanimalspod Want to get a glimpse of how cute they are for yourselves? Check out this video of a young arctic fox learning how to pounce: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/arctic-fox-dive-bombs-lemmings-hidden-snow/14872/ Finally, we hope you check out our buddy Dan Saks and his musical, silly, genius podcast Noodle Loaf. We love this show, and we think you will too! Here's a link to the podcast: https://www.noodleloaf.com

Meet two smart podcasts that make learning fun! The Good Words Podcast's Lynn and Cool Facts About Animals' Ali and her kids Grady, Clara & Teddy bring their collective wit, acumen and phat lexicon to the table. See if you can play along and test your knowledge of words used to describe groups of different animals. We start off with a highlight they each share showcasing their mash-up partner's pod, and end with a personal contribution created just for you listeners.  Mashups is a podcast that introduces you to some of our talented Kids Listen friends: Cool Facts About Animals The Good Words Podcast Music: Melly & Miss Lynn Produced & hosted by Tal Kelly   

We're very excited about this episode of Cool Facts About Animals. We're breaking format to present “Four Truths and a Lie.” Four of these sea animals are real. One is not. Can you figure out which one is the lie? Thank you to our Patreon sponsors! If you would like to be a Patreon sponsor, head here: https://www.patreon.com/coolfactsaboutanimals We've also created a Cool Facts About Animals merchandise store! You can buy a t-shirt, sweatshirt, or canvas bag. Jaguar has also added an All About Cooking apron. https://www.zazzle.com/store/coolanimalspod (If this link to the products adoesn't work, try again in a few hours – it takes the store a bit of time to set up.)  

The new adventure continues, and doggy curiosities are piqued as mysterious happenings occur on Dogland in this exciting second episode of Season 2. If you're new to our story, please go find episode 1, called "S1E1 | START HERE! | Power Dog Goes To College" as this is a serial story adventure that unfolds throughout each season. We're very happy to be introducing some new big words in this episode, which Hank and Phoebe discuss after the story. Please share your favorite big words with us, as we'd love to hear all about them! We also bring up this really funny hypothesis about how elephants think humans are cute. It's hotly contested, but reading about elephant cognition is fascinating! See more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_cognition And, if you'd like to hear more about elephants and how amazing they are, you should check these two episodes from one of our favorite shows ever, Cool Facts About Animals! Elephants (Part 1) & Elephants (Part 2) We're also thrilled to continue to work some musical hits from our old buddy Grieg into our story. You'll hear “Morning Mood” courtesy of Orange Free Sounds, and you'll hear our composer's take on “In the Hall of the Mountain King” as well as original music by our composer, Jason Roark. Special thanks to Jason, our creative partner and ultimate Renaissance Bunny Supreme! He records, edits, and designs this show. He also provides original music including our opening theme song, which is sung & performed by him and the wonderful, talented Jen Bernard. Our song that plays at the end of this episode is a song we wrote along with Hank's Granny & Gramps, aka Murphy & Marckx. It's called “Power Dog, He Won't Give Up!” Colin Laurel illustrated our cover art, which was directed by Jen Wick. If you catch a moment, and can follow, rate, and/or review the show, we would be so grateful! It really helps get the word out for our small, indie, mom & pop & pup, family operation. You can find out more and send us jokes at www.powerdogadventures.com This podcast was made possible, in part, by a grant from The Regional Arts & Culture Council in Portland, OR. It was made more possible by listeners like you! Thank you for your support! Support the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/powerdog https://www.patreon.com/powerdogadventures We are proud members of Kids Listen, an organization dedicated to high-quality audio content for kids and families. You can hear some of our favorite cousin shows in our feed, but you can find something for any taste on the free Kids Listen app! The Adventures of Power Dog in Dogland is created in the ancestral lands of the Multnomah, Wasco, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Cowlitz, bands of Chinook, Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla, and many other Tribes of the first people who made their homes along the rivers. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/powerdogadventures/support

Like You is listener supported. Learn how you can support the show by becoming a patron on Patreon.Please send us a voice memo, drawing, or letter at hello@likeyoupodcast.com. We play a voice memo from a listener at the beginning of most episodes. If your child wants to be included, record a voice memo on your phone and email it to us. Your child can introduce themself and then say a favorite affirmation, sing a line from a Like You song, say what they like about the show, or share whatever they feel! Keep it short (10-20 seconds), send it to our email, and then wait patiently. It is our goal to share every recording eventually!Like You is written and produced by Noah Glenn. The show's artwork was illustrated by Mia Saine. Episode art is created by Lindsey Glenn.This episode features original music by Noah Glenn, as well as additional music by IMAKEMADBEATS.This episode features a promo for Cool Facts About Animals.Find Like You online at likeyoupodcast.com.This podcast is designed for kids, but our social media feeds are geared toward their parents. So grown-ups, give us a follow:InstagramFacebookTwitter

So we're slimming down for summer this July, but since the news doesn't stop we're giving you a "quick dip" of world news, followed by a guest episode from the Cool Facts About Animals podcast (Mega Plastic episode)!

This episode is for any time that it feels like nothing is going your way.In this episode we practice mindfulness and gratitude by counting good things on each of our five fingers.Here's how we count our blessings using the five fingers on one hand: Your thumb stands for a relationship. Your pointer stands for an opportunity.Middle man stands for a place. Index finger stands for something you love. Your pinky stands for a simple joy.Check out Cool Facts About Animals at https://coolfactsaboutanimalspodcast.wordpress.comIn every episode of Best Day Yet, we teach kids tools for mindful breathing, mindfulness, and positive affirmations. Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

By popular request, we’re finally bringing you an interview with Dracomax! And it gets better, because this interview was conducted BY KIDS! Specifically, the amazing hosts of Cool Facts About Animals. Lessons include: we all have a little dragon inside us, and it’s important to let it out in safe and constructive ways! Check out the podcast Cool Facts About Animals to enjoy more of their antics and insightful questions. You can even support them on Patreon! This episode is sponsored by Bobby Wonder, a podcast from an Emmy Award winning team. Join the fun, expand your imagination, and learn how to talk to ducks! Visit gokidgo.com for more information, or find Bobby Wonder wherever you get your podcasts. What If World is made by Eric and Karen O'Keeffe. A big thanks to Miss Lynn, helper in What If World and lover of doughnuts. Our podcast art is by Jason O’Keefe and our theme song is by Craig Martinson. This episode features editing and sound design by Dessiree McFarland. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Stoopkid Crew!!! Whats up?!?! Back at it with Season 4 Episode 4!Thank you for stopping by and listening!Happy Birthday to Stoopkids Greyson,  Morgan, Anaisa, Khalila, Bryn, Izzy, Ezekiel, Nico and Xiomara!Become a patron today on PATREON so that your Stoopkid can receive a birthday shoutout and other patron-only goodies!Special shoutout to out friends over at Cool Facts About Animals podcast for helping me out with this weeks story. https://app.kidslisten.org/ep/Cool-Facts-About-Animals-Cicadas-Brood-XDon't forget to check out Atlantic Theatre Company's new audio play for kids And In This Corner: Cassius Clay ! http://www.atlantictheater.orgMake sure to follow along on social media @StoopkidStories on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.Stoopkid Stories LIVE! Is coming to New Canaan, Connecticut! July 17-August 1. Make sure to catch the first ever live show of Stoopkid Stories. Visit www.stonc.org for more information. http://www.stonc.orgRate, Review, Subscribe and tell a friend about the podcast!©2021 Melissa Victor Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/StoopkidStories)

We at Cool Facts About Animals are pretty jealous of our east coast listeners who are about to get visited by TRILLIONS of cicadas! In this episode, we give you all the information you need to know about this amazing insects, which have been waiting for the past 17 years to emerge. Included in that is a zombie fungus disease that makes their butts fall off! You don't want to miss this one.  Thanks to our Patreon sponsors August and Wren! If you would like to be a Patreon sponsor, you can sign up here. https://www.patreon.com/coolfactsaboutanimals  If you haven't yet sent us your cool fact for an upcoming episode, please send it to us, along with your name, age and where you're from by May 31, 2021. We'd love to have an audio clip of you, but email is just fine. Send it to us at coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com

We are thrilled to share with you an episode from our fellow Kids Listen member show, Cool Facts About Animals! This episode of Cool Facts About Animals is about the African Wild Dog. These dogs are so neat - they are very social, they vote by doing something super weird, and they sometimes kidnap their pups. Yup, it's a cool one. Find them on twitter: @coolanimalspod Facebook: @coolfactsaboutanimalsLearn more about the super fascinating African Wild Dog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_wild_dogKids Listen is a grassroots organization of advocates for high-quality audio content for children. Our mission is to build community, advocate for the growth of the medium, and create standards and ethics that serve as best practices for development, production, and monetization. Kids Listen is creating platforms for producers to share ideas, and publish data and information relevant to creators, consumers, and supporters of podcasts for kids.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/powerdogadventures)

Learn more about sea stars (aka starfish) while playing along with the Cool Facts About Animals and At Your Level podcasts. During this activity-filled video, you'll learn how to draw the crown of thorns sea star, make an origami sea star, and hear a story about a sea star going to the library. You'll also get to see Jaguar interviewed as a sea star - aka Ulysses S. Grant. Plus, dad jokes and some holiday trombone music. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUZ_HnSlUZI 

Story On is excited to be holding a writing contest for kids! More info over at storyonpodcast.comWe'd like to thank our friends at Whenever Wherever Kids Podcast, Cool Facts About Animals, and Story Seeds for helping us spread the word about our contest! The promo code for Imagination Lab: Experiments in Creativity is IMAGINATION.Make sure to subscribe to Story On so you never miss an episode!Become a patron by signing up for as little as $2 a month. https://www.patreon.com/storyonpodcast

In honor of our upcoming collaboration, today we are excited to present our first ever episode swap! Cool Facts About Animals is one of Ms. Laine's favorite podcasts! It's filled with lots of interesting facts and highlights the amazing minds of kids just like you! Click the link below to hear more of this awesome show. https://coolfactsaboutanimalspodcast.wordpress.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nature-nerds/support

Cool Facts About Animals presents Thorny Devils. Discover cool facts about the thorny devil, including what it eats, what it poops, its unique way of drinking water, and its many, many defense mechanisms. You'll also learn about something called capillary action. Even if you don’t think you know what that is, you’ve seen it in real life, every day.

On this episode of REACH , Brian and Meredith learn more about the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover from a very special guest, we have an activity that will make you want to suit up, and we get a visit from the sixth planet from the sun. Hosts: Brian Holden and Meredith Stepien Written by: Sandy Marshall with Nate DuFort, Meredith Stepien and Brian Holden. Co-Created, Produced by: Nate DuFort and Sandy Marshall Edited by: Nate DuFortMusic composed by: Jesse CaseLogo by: Steven Lyons Special thanks to Christina Hernandez, Mars 2020 PIXL Instrument Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Follow Christina online Christina Hernandez, Mars 2020 PIXL Instrument Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Follow Christina online @estrellasycafe Saturn was voiced by the great Gary Jones, who you may know from his recurring role as Walter Harriman on Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. Follow Gary online at @TheGaryJones And thanks as well to Daniel Bateman, Public Programs Manager at Exploration Place for this week’s at-home activity. To learn more about Exploration Place, visit www.wxploration.org And special thanks this week to our REACH learning community: Olivia, Brady, Jaguar, Clara, Carter, Mirabel and all of our friends from the Cool Facts About Animals, Book Power for Kids, and Curious Kid podcasts. Find links to all of these great shows in our show notes.  Skywatching tips for August:https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/planner.cfm Do you have a space related question that we didn’t get to? Well, you can submit that question for our bi-weekly “Reaching Out” episodes. Just get your parents permission and give us a call at 312-248-3402 (or an email at ReachthePodast@gmail.com) and leave us a message with your first name, where you're from and your question for a chance to be featured in an upcoming episode.You can find REACH on Twitter and Instagram or at http://www.ReachThePodcast.comREACH: A Space Podcast for Kids is a production of Soundsington Media committed to making quality programing for young audiences and the young at heart. To find out more go to http://www.soundsingtonmedia.com

In episode 95, we get curious about cheetahs thanks to a wonderful suggestion from Armaan and Rayan of Morristown, NJ. What makes cheetahs different from other big cats? In our first ever double-mailbag, we also learn whether spiders can survive underwater for Bennet and Cambri of Texas. Send Us An E-mail - curiouskidpodcast@gmail.comLeave Us A Voicemail - 856-425-2324Support Us On Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/CuriouskidpodcastShop Curious Kid Podcast Merchandise - http://tee.pub/lic/fqXchg3wUVUFollow Us On Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/curiouskidpod/Follow Us On Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/curiouskidpodcast/Follow Us On Twitter - https://twitter.com/CuriousKidPodCool Facts About Animals Podcast: https://app.kidslisten.org/pod/Cool-Facts-About-Animals

Today's show is sponsored by Nurture Life. Get 25% off your first Nurture Life order with Promo Code STORY25. Let’s go on an adventure with "Platypus in Boots." Platypus meets King Kookaburra and Queen Cockateel and helps them solve a royal predicament. Our friends from the Cool Facts About Animals podcast are here to help tell this adorable animal adventure so let’s begin now. - - - A big thank you to our special guests, Ali, Grady, Clara, and Theo from the "Cool Facts About Animals" podcast for lending their wonderful voices for this adorable animal tale.  - Story Spectacular is written and hosted by children’s book author Angela Ferrari. To learn more about the show and to purchase original children’s books go to: http://storyspectacular.com/ - You can also purchase "The Story Spectacular Coloring & Activity Book" “What Do You See?”, “An Extraordinary Book”, “Digger’s Daily Routine”, “The Shape Escape”, and “Lawrence the Lighthouse” on Amazon - If you enjoy this podcast please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW. This helps our show climb the charts so that other little listeners can discover SPECTACULAR Stories too! Thanks for listening:) - Story Spectacular Website - Amazon Author Page - Facebook Page - Twitter - Instagram - Email: angela@storyspectacular.com

Join Cool Facts About Animals for this special Earth Day episode about extinct animals! Learn about two animals that have gone extinct, one that is close to extinction, and one that scientists thought was extinct, but isn't! The CFAA Crew also give you lots of great ideas for how kids can help protect animas and the earth. After the episode, head to KidsListen.org for activities you can do at home, including measuring your yawn gape and making a maze out of straws. 

Starting this week, Kids Listen member podcasts – like What If World, The Past and the Curious, The Good Words Podcast, Book Club for Kids, Little Bedtime Stories, Tumble Podcast, Timestorm, Be Calm on Ahway Island, Aaron’s World, Best Day Yet, The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian, Story Spectacular, Unspookable, Curious Kid Podcast and Buttons & Figs – and of course Cool Facts About Animals – will bring you a podcast and an activity based on the episode. Cool Facts About Animals’ episode is up today! For our episode, we chose our second most popular episode of all time – tarantula hawk wasps. This episode features an interview with Dr. Justin Schmidt, who invented the Schmidt Sting Pain Index.  Do you kow how he invented that index? He got stung. A lot. And then told people about how much each one hurt on a scale from 1 to 4. It’s a really fun episode, filled with lots of animal facts from a super cool scientist. After you listen, you can find a number of activities relating to the episode, including inventing your own index, drawing your defensive superpowers, doing in-depth bug observation, and lots more.  Here are all the links you need: Kids Listen Activity Podcast on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kids-listen-activity-podcast/id1502915722 Raw feed if you’re not an iTunes person: https://kidslistenactivitypodcast.libsyn.com/rss Kids Listen Activity website: https://www.kidslisten.org/activity-podcast Link to our most popular episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unicorns/id1334467437?i=1000433820094 Here’s another resource of podcasts to listen to and other resources: https://medium.com/kidslisten/schools-out-kids-podcasts-are-in-82634e23d4c4 And our contact info – we’d love to hear from you! Email us at coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com or tweet @coolanimalspod. If you’re into hashtags, use the tag #kidslistenactivitypod Stay well, listeners. 

We are coming up on our 100th episode, and this one is one of our most popular of all time, and for good reason. We get to speak with Dr. Schmidt, who invented the Schmidt Sting Pain Index. Do you kow how he invented that index? He got stung. A lot. And then told people about how much each one hurt on a scale from 1 to 4. It’s a really fun episode, filled with lots of animal facts from a super cool scientist. After the podcast ends, it’s time to get started on the activity! Head to http://www.kidslisten.org/activity-podcast to find activities relating to this podcast, including inventing your own index, drawing your defensive superpowers, doing in-depth bug observation, and lots more. Share your activities with us with help from your adult! Use the hashtag #kidslistenactivitypod to post a photo on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook .

The next few weeks will be all listener suggestions! This week, Dylan and Genevieve of What Are You? Podcast request a strange fish, Kim suggests a strange invertebrate, and Callum suggests a strange bird. Thanks for the great suggestions! An archerfish, pew pew pew: A regular roly poly and a spiky yellow woodlouse. Can you spot which is which?? A nightjar. Turn out light pls, is too bright: A white-winged nightjar showing off his wings: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. I’m really, really behind in getting to suggestions, as you will probably know if you have sent in a suggestion and you think I’ve forgotten all about it. So before the end of the year, which is coming up frighteningly fast, I’m going to try to get to a lot of the older suggestions. So this week we’re going to learn about a fish, an invertebrate, and a bird. We’ll start with the archerfish, suggested by Dylan and Genevieve, who are part of the What Are You? Podcast. If you don’t already listen to What Are You?, I really recommend it. It’s a new animal podcast that’s especially for younger kids. If you like Cool Facts About Animals, you’ll like What Are You? Anyway, Dylan and Genevieve both really like the archerfish, so let’s find out why it’s such a weird and interesting fish. The archerfish isn’t one fish, it’s a family of fish who all catch insects in an unusual way. Most archerfish species are small, maybe 7 inches at the most, or 18 cm, but the largescale archerfish can sometimes grow up to 16 inches long, or 40 cm. All archerfish live in Asia or Australia, especially southeast Asia. They like rivers and streams, sometimes ponds, and a few species live in mangrove swamps and the mouths of rivers where the water is brackish. That means it’s saltier than ordinary fresh water but not as salty as the ocean. The reason the archerfish is so weird is the way it catches insects. Think about its name for a minute. Archer-fish. Hmm. An archer is someone who uses a bow and arrow, but obviously the archerfish doesn’t have arms and hands so it can’t shoot tiny arrows at insects. But it can shoot water at insects, and that’s exactly what it does. The archerfish has really good eyesight, and it learns to compensate for the way light refracts when it passes from air to water. When it sees an insect or other small animal, maybe a spider sitting on a branch above its stream, it rises to the surface but only far enough so that its mouth is above water. Then it forms its tongue and mouth to make a sort of channel for the water to pass through. Then it contracts its gill covers, which shoots a stream of water out of its mouth. But because it shapes it mouth in a really specific way, the stream of water turns into a blob as it flies through the air, like a tiny water bullet. The water hits the spider, which falls from its branch and into the stream, where the archerfish slurps it up. But the archerfish has to learn how to aim. Young archerfish aren’t very good at it, and they have to practice to shoot accurately and far. They can even learn by watching other archerfish shooting water, which is rare among all animals but practically unheard-of in fish. Sometimes the archerfish will shoot underwater, sending out a jet of water instead of a bullet. It does this mostly to expose small animals hidden in the silt at the bottom of a pond or stream. And sometimes, of course, if the insect is close enough to the surface of the water, the archerfish will just jump up and grab it. The archerfish shoots water with a force that’s actually six times stronger than its muscles would allow, and it does this by taking advantage of natural water dynamics. This means it uses a lot less energy to shoot water than if it was only using its muscles, and it gets a better result. It can shoot water up to ten feet away, or three meters, to bring down an insect or other small animal,

The Cool Facts About Animals crew got the opportunity to head to Oregon’s science museum (OMSI) to check out the new exhibit, Exquisite Creatures, and interview the artist behind the exhibit, Christopher Marley.  Marley is an Oregon artist who uses animals and insects to create amazing pieces of art.  In this episode you’ll learn why it’s so important to go out and see nature in real life, what kinds of looks you get when you take your pet monitor lizard for a walk, and how you can help to protect animals. Thanks as always for listening, and we will be back soon with our regularly-scheduled episode! Many thanks against to Christopher Marley for speaking with us, and for OMSI for giving us this opportunity.   And thank you to Andrew Barkan of Ear Snacks for our theme music!         

Future fashion designer, Lulu has a dad who just loves to brag about her to the town’s judge. This time his bragging goes a little too far and lands Lulu in jail! She is forced to turn her drawings into gold or she’ll be locked in jail forever. Will the guard at the jail be able to help her? And how will she ever be able to repay him if he does? Written by Ali WilkinsonStarring: Chris Fayne, Jessica Giannone, Kahlil Garcia, and Dennis PachecoProducer: Chad ChenailExecutive Producer & Host: Rebecca CunninghamTheme Music: Eli Denby Wood & Amy Gijsbers van WijkEpisode Artwork: Ana Stretcu RSVP to the live reading of Little Lina by Kimberly Belflower: https://www.facebook.com/events/304693450412794/ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/girltales Listen to Cool Facts About Animals: https://coolfactsaboutanimalspodcast.wordpress.com/

Salutations, Logophiles!  I am delighted to share this collaboration with a group of my colleagues at Kids Listen.  This special episode features 5-minute ear-petizers from 10 KL members:  What If World, Story Spectacular, Noodle Loaf, Book Power for Kids, Little Stories for Tiny People, Be Calm on Ahway Island, Cool Facts About Animals, Circle Round, The Good Words Podcast, and Girl Tales. Links to all these shows can be found in the show notes for this episode at https://www.patreon.com/posts/27023318.

Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, a bunch of Kids Listen members have come together to make this summer mixtape episode! You will hear samples from a bunch of great podcasts you are sure to love. You can find new favorites and keep your old favorites, too. You can't really do that with toothpaste...in case you were wondering. Podcasts on today's episode: What If World, Story Spectacular, Noodle Loaf, Book Power for Kids, Little Stories for Tiny People, Be Calm on Ahway Island, Cool Facts About Animals, Circle Round, The Good Words Podcast, and Girl Tales. You can find all of these podcasts on your favorite podcast app, or on the Kids Listen iOs mobile app! If your tiny person wants to share a story they've written, please send photos or recordings of it to rhea@littlestoriestinypeople.com. I LOVE to see their artwork, stories, and anything else they'd like to share. My book is available NOW. Find it here: http://mybook.to/littlefoxcantwait Thank you so much to those who have supported my work by getting the book! Sign up for my email list at www.littlestoriestinypeople.com! Follow me on instagram @littlestoriestinypeople, twitter @littletinystory, and facebook @littlestoriestinypeople. MUSIC and SOUND The following pieces by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) were used in today's episode, licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0: "Glitter Blast" and "Quirky Dog" Links to participating shows: http://www.whatifworldpodcast.com/ http://storyspectacular.com/ http://www.noodleloafshow.com/ http://bookpowerforkids.com/ http://www.littlestoriestinypeople.com/ https://www.ahwayisland.com/ http://coolfactsaboutanimalspodcast.wordpress.com/ http://www.wbur.org/circleround http://goodwordspodcast.com/ https://girltalespodcast.com/

We've teamed up with a bunch of other great podcasts for kids for this special Kids Listen Sampler.  If there was a J-Card, here is what it would say: Side A 1. What If World 2. Story Spectacular 3. Noodle Loaf 4. Book Power for Kids 5. Little Stories for Tiny People Side B 6. Be Calm on Ahway Island 7. Cool Facts About Animals 8. Circle Round 9. The Good Words Podcast 10. Girl Tales All of these shows can be found on the Kids Listen app available for iPhoneses and Androidses or via their websites: http://www.whatifworldpodcast.com/ http://storyspectacular.com/ http://www.noodleloafshow.com/ http://bookpowerforkids.com/ http://www.littlestoriestinypeople.com/ https://www.ahwayisland.com/ http://coolfactsaboutanimalspodcast.wordpress.com/ http://www.wbur.org/circleround http://goodwordspodcast.com/ https://girltalespodcast.com/

Cool Facts About Animals has teamed up with a bunch of other kids’ podcasts to bring you an hour of high-quality kids audio programming – just in time for the long weekend, or to listen to throughout the summer. All of the shows involved are part of the grassroots kids’ audio advocacy group Kids Listen, and all the shows are available on the Kids Listen App.  You’ll hear 5 minutes from 10 different podcasts, including ours, but also some of our personal other go-to listens like Circle Round, Noodle Loaf, Story Spectacular, What if World, and others all listed below. We hope you enjoy discovering a new podcast, or hearing something new from an old favorite.  We are discussing the bald eagle in our segment. Many thanks to AJ and to Quinn, who both suggested that we do a podcast on the eagle. What If World: http://www.whatifworldpodcast.com/ Story Spectacular: http://storyspectacular.com/ Noodle Loaf: http://www.noodleloafshow.com/ Book Power for Kids: http://bookpowerforkids.com/ Little Stories for Tiny People: http://www.littlestoriestinypeople.com/ Be Calm on Ahway Island: https://www.ahwayisland.com/ Cool Facts About Animals: http://coolfactsaboutanimalspodcast.wordpress.com/ Circle Round: http://www.wbur.org/circleround The Good Words Podcast: http://goodwordspodcast.com/ Girl Tales: https://girltalespodcast.com/

It’s Teddy’s favorite animal, the Thorny Devil! Join us as we learn all about this six-inch mountain dragon. It’s got more defense mechanisms than any other animal we’ve studied (including a fake head – cool!) and has a very interesting way of drinking (foot water anyone?). You can also check out our first ever Cool Facts About Animals video, explaining how capillary action works.  And yes it has to do with Thorny Devils. It's on our newly-minted YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/VcmaiQt6zC4  Thanks so much to our Patreon sponsor Cormac for being our Patreon sponsor! You can join Cormac and our other Patreon sponsors, and get a shout out on our show, by visiting: https://www.patreon.com/coolfactsaboutanimals We have two kid power challenges this week – and great job to Nadia and Reagan for participating in our last challenge! You can pick up a bag of trash, or take steps to reduce your water consumption. Did you do the challenge? Or the creature quiz? Let us know at coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com or on Twitter at @coolanimalspod And send us your questions or cool facts! We want to put together an episode inspired by you. 

Instead of airing a rerun this week, we’re sharing an appearance by Abacus P. Grumbler and Mr. Eric on Cool Facts About Animals. Grady, Clara, Theo, and mom Ali are fans of the show, just as I am a long time fan of theirs! They really test Professor Grumbler’s knowledge of unicorns. Do you think they can stump him?

Jonathan has something to say, but will BeeBop get the last word? This April Fools’ Day episode is in partnership with Kids Listen, with special shout-outs to Good Words Podcast and Cool Facts About Animals!

Happy International Podcasting Day! We're celebrating with this bonus episode, where we share 20 super cool facts about animals. You'll learn what big animal is born only the size of a jellybean; in which species males give birth; which animal has 9 brains, and lots more!  Tell us your favorite animal fact and we'll send you a sticker! coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com or @coolanimalspod on Twitter.  Thanks as always to Andrew of Ear Snacks for the theme music!

It's a mountain lion! It's a puma! It's a cougar! No... it's all of them! (But not you, jaguar.) Learn more about this large cat on this silly episode of Cool Facts About Animals. We talk about their sounds, their territories, how to spot one in the wild, and lots more. Check it out here! Don't forget to answer our Creature Quiz or riddle for a chance to get a sticker! Hurry, we're almost out!  Email us at coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com or tweet us at @coolanimalspod.  Thanks for listening. And SO MANY thanks to Andrew of Ear Snacks for providing us with our new theme song! We are both members of Kids Listen, a great place to find your next favorite podcast. Check it out. 

In this bonus episode of Cool Facts About Animals, we interview Kathryn Olivarius, a professor of history at Stanford University who studies the spread of diseases through mosquitoes, particularly yellow fever in the southern United States in the 1800s. We talk about: what diseases mosquitoes spread the ethics of wiping out mosquito populations the effects of climate change on mosquitoes (hint – it’s not good for us humans, but it’s great for mosquitoes!) and what kids can do to try to dial back climate change. Check it out, and make sure to listen to our regularly-scheduled episode on mosquitoes, which should already be in your feed. Thanks as always for listening!  

This week we're going to learn about some more big cats, especially the mysterious onza of Mexico and the yemish of Patagonia. And you should totally check out the charming podcast Cool Facts about Animals. A jaguar: A jaguarundi: A puma, not dead: The Rodriguez onza, dead: A giant otter: Further reading: The Encyclopaedia of New and Rediscovered Animals by Karl P.N. Shuker Monsters of Patagonia by Austin Whittall Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. This week we’re going to learn about a couple of mystery cats that you might not have heard of, and learn about a few non-mystery animals along the way. There are several cats native to Mexico. We’ve talked about the puma recently, in episode 52. It’s the same cat that’s also called the cougar or mountain lion, and it lives throughout most of the Americas. It’s tawny or brownish in color with few markings beyond dark and white areas on the face, and sometimes faint tail rings and mottled spots on the legs. The jaguar is a spotted cat related to lions, tigers, leopards, and other big cats. It lives throughout much of Central and South America, and in North America as far north as Mexico, and was once common in the southwestern United States too but was hunted to extinction there. It prefers tropical forests and swamps, likes to swim, and is relatively stocky with a shorter tail than its relatives. Its background color is tawny or brownish with a white belly, and its spots, called rosettes, are darker. But melanistic jaguars aren’t especially uncommon. They look all black at first glance, but their spots are visible up close. Oh, and a big shout-out to the charming podcast Cool Facts About Animals who did a show about jaguars recently. I definitely recommend it, especially if you’ve got younger kids who love animals. In 2011, a hunter and his daughter in Arizona took pictures of a spotted cat treed by their dogs, and alerted wildlife officials. The officials studied the photos and said yes, that’s a jaguar. Since then, he’s been monitored by trail cam and conservationists working in the Santa Rita Mountains. Since jaguars have unique spot patterns, we know it’s the same cat, a male that local elementary school kids have named El Jefe. Officials think El Jefe moved to Arizona from a nearby jaguar sanctuary in Mexico, and for years he was the only known jaguar in the United States. In late 2017, a second male jaguar was caught on camera in southern Arizona. Researchers hope that more jaguars will move into the area, which was part of their original range. Pumas and jaguars are the two biggest cats found in Mexico. But there is a third big cat, a mystery big cat. The onza has been reported in Mexico for centuries. It’s supposed to look like a puma but more lightly built with longer legs and possibly darker fur or dark markings, especially striping on the legs. The first problem is the name onza. The term is applied to a lot of different big cats in Mexico and other Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries. For instance, in Brazil the word onça means jaguar, and in fact the jaguar’s scientific name is Pathera onca. The related English word ounce was once the name of the lynx and is now sometimes used for the snow leopard, Panthera uncia. So it’s possible that old reports of onzas just refer to pumas or jaguars, or one of the many other cats that live in the area, such as the jaguarundi. The jaguarundi sometimes lives in Mexico as far north as southern Texas, although it’s much more common in South and Central America. It’s black or brownish-grey, which is called the grey phase, or red-brown or tawny, called the red phase. In the past the two phases were thought to be separate species. Adult jaguarundis don’t usually have any markings, but cubs have spots on their bellies. That is adorable. It’s closely related to the puma but is smaller,

On this episode, we learn about the unicorn of the sea - also known as the narwhal. The narwhal is probably most known for its distinctive tusk, or tooth, that spirals out from its mouth. That tusk can do all sorts of things, including maybe even being able to sense danger from forming ice floes. Check out the episode, and don't forget to answer our creature quiz to get a Cool Facts About Animals sticker.  Twitter: @coolanimalspod Facebook: @coolfactsaboutanimals Web: coolfactsaboutanimalspodcast.wordpress.com Thanks for listening, rating and subscribing. 

The flying fish. It's a fish that flies! A fish. That. Files. How cool is that? It's so cool that at least one country has worked its entire calendar around it. Check out the episode to find out which one.  Special thanks to our buddy Finn for suggesting the animal! We will be sending a Cool Facts About Animals sticker his way. If you want one too, let us know!  Twitter: @coolanimalspod Facebook: @coolfactsaboutanimals On the web: coolfactsaboutanimalspodcast.wordpress.com

On this episode of Cool Facts About Animals, we get to our next listener request: the African Wild Dog (thanks Ingram!). These dogs are so neat - they are very social, they vote by doing something super weird, and they sometimes kidnap their pups. Yup, it's a cool one. Thanks for the suggestion, Ingram! If you have a suggestion, email us at coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com Find us on twitter: @coolanimalspod Facebook: @coolfactsaboutanimals And of course, don't forget to rate/subscribe/review us on iTunes!

On this episode of Cool Facts About Animals, the kids and I share lots of cool information about the beaver. Just a few of the things we learned--they have a "mud room" in their "lodge," along with a mini-fridge (nice man cave!), their teeth never stop growing--nor do their bodies, and they can keep water from getting into their ears and noses. There's lots more fun facts about the beaver in this episode. Check it out! Please rate and review us on iTunes. We really appreciate it! You can find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coolfactaboutanimals/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/coolanimalspod On the web: https://coolfactsaboutanimalspodcast.wordpress.com And email us at coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com

In this episode of Cool Facts About Animals, we are talking about the seriously creepy assassin bug. You won't believe how they kill their prey - or what they eat for breakfast! Subscribe to our feed on iTunes (and rate us!) https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1334467437 Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coolfactaboutanimals/ And email us with questions, comments, or suggestions! coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com

This is the second episode of our kid-made podcast "Cool Facts About Animals." This week, we will be discussing the Galapagos Tortoise - a very slow, very heavy, very cool animal. Email us at coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com and follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/coolfactaboutanimals/