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It's Gift Day! The holiday where you give gifts, get gifts and just sort of generally celebrate the idea of GIFTS! Featuring two new stories: “The Evil Bunny,” a story about the surprising origins of the Easter Bunny, written by Peter, a 13 year old from Massachusetts, and “20 Eucalyptus Leaves,” about an echidna who learns the value of collaboration from a paddle of Platypuses, written by an 11 year old from Australia named Tamar. Join Creator Club today for ad-free episodes, bonus episodes and more by visiting storypirates.com/creatorclub, or subscribing right in Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Join us for another absolutely bananas week of Australian Survivor Brains vs Brawns 2, and for some of the sharpest pivots the podcast has ever taken. Sloths, Spools, Secrets, Platypuses, Idols, Fart Jars and Angler Fish. We really do have something for everyone. Put it in your ear holes!   Join the discussion on Bluesky @PreviouslyonAS, and subscribe where ever you listen to your podcasts  

In this week's episode, Carol and KC discuss the passing of Burt the crocodile, wildlife crossings, ARL happenings and more!   Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arlforloveofanimals   Help keep the pod going: ARL-Iowa.org/Donate

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Platypuses seem like they were put together from other animal's spare parts. They've got a bill like a duck, a flat tail like a beaver, and…venom? What's up with that? We asked biologist Imogene Cancellare to help us find the answer.Got a question that's as confusing as platypus anatomy? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we won't even bill you for the answer!

Investigators are looking at platypuses in NSW which are dying with alarmingly high levels of PFAS contamination.

Wayne Turmel and Marisa Eikenberry dive into the hybrid work debate, comparing two very unlikely animals: mules and platypuses. Wayne introduces his humorous yet insightful analogy, explaining how a “mule” model of hybrid work is intentional and strategic, while a “platypus” model is a chaotic, unplanned combination of different parts. They discuss the challenges many organizations face when trying to make hybrid work “work” and provide practical advice on moving from a disjointed model to one that serves both teams and the business. With the rapid evolution of remote and hybrid environments, the question becomes: is your team a well-planned mule or a hodgepodge platypus? Key Takeaways What hybrid work really means and why most companies are just coping rather than strategizing. The difference between a mule and platypus approach in hybrid work. How strategic hybrid teams balance not only where but also when work happens. Practical steps to move from a platypus hybrid model to a mule-like, intentional approach. The importance of understanding both asynchronous and synchronous work in a hybrid setting. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 01:05 Hybrid Work Explained 02:30 Mules vs. Platypuses 04:20 The Platypus Problem 06:10 What Makes a Good “Mule” Hybrid Model? 08:45 Hybrid Work Strategies 10:30 Asynchronous Work and Its Benefits 12:00 Building Intentional Hybrid Teams 14:00 Steps to Transition from Platypus to Mule 16:40 Closing Related Episodes Navigating Hybrid Havoc with John Forsythe Deciphering the Dynamics of Hybrid Work with Henry O'Loughlin Solving the Challenges of Hybrid Teams with AI Technology with Projjal (PJ) Ghatak Additional Resources Learn more about Wayne Turmel Email Wayne Turmel Connect with Wayne Turmel on LinkedIn Learn more about Marisa Eikenberry Email Marisa Eikenberry Connect with Marisa Eikenberry on LinkedIn Purchase a copy of The Long-Distance Leader Purchase a copy of The Long-Distance Teammate Purchase a copy of The Long-Distance Team The Kevin Eikenberry Group Order The Long-Distance Leader Perfect your remote leadership skills with the updated edition of "The Long-Distance Leader" by Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel, featuring new principles and proven strategies for today's hybrid work environments. https://longdistanceworklife.com/LDL  Your Hosts Wayne Turmel: Master Trainer and Coach for The Kevin Eikenberry Group, co-author of The Long-Distance Leader: Rules for Remarkable Remote Leadership and The Long-Distance Teammate: Stay Engaged and Connected While Working Anywhere, and trainer of remote teams for over twenty years. Read More...  Marisa Eikenberry: Web developer, podcast editor, and technology support specialist for The Kevin Eikenberry Group. Has worked on a hybrid team for over 9 years. Read more...   Subscribe to Long-Distance Worklife wherever you listen to podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to rate the show 5 stars and leave a review! Connect with us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longdistanceworklife/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2P22kW5iaX8zU3B0-HVCUA Website: https://longdistanceworklife.com/  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@longdistanceworklife    Want us to answer one of your questions? Contact Us!  

Katherine Warwick is an aquatic ecologist and PhD candidate at Western Sydney University. Katherine has recently led an Australian-first study which has found perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in platypuses, sparking warnings people in New South Wales may be more exposed than once thought. In this chat, we discuss the study methodology and results – and the subsequent implications across New South Wales and beyond. Useful links:Katherine on LinkedIn (here)ABC News article “PFAS 'forever chemicals' found in water filtration plants and platypus livers in NSW” (here)Warwick, K.G., Wright, I.A., Whinfield, J. et al. First report of accumulation of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in platypuses (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) in New South Wales, Australia. Environ Sci Pollut Res 31, 51037–51042 (2024). (here)Ocean Protect Podcast episode “Forever chemicals & their impact on wetland snakes with Dr Damian Lettoof” (August 2023, Season 5, Episode 15) (here) For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at www.oceanprotect.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PFAS (Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl substances) are forever chemicals that seem to be turning up in just about everything. We now know they're in platypuses, human testicles, and Sydney's water supply. Last week, Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe won support to hold a Senate inquiry into the health and environmental impacts of PFAS. But for those of us without an expert understanding of this subject, all of this news is equal parts concerning and confusing. Should the government be acting now, and should we be concerned? Or is it too early to say? Water researcher and associate professor at Western Sydney University's School of Science Ian Wright joins Bension Siebert on this episode of The Briefing to unpack how we, and state and federal governments, should feel about these ‘forever chemicals'. Headlines: Israel and Hezbollah exchange rocket fire Labor's landslide loss in NT election  New aviation ombudsman out today  ‘Right to Disconnect' laws come into force Follow The Briefing:TikTok: @listnrnewsroomInstagram: @listnrnewsroom @thebriefingpodcast YouTube: @LiSTNRnewsroomFacebook: @LiSTNR Newsroom      See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's episode of the Need to Know Podcast, SaVon, Alex, and Regi begin by questioning some common stereotypes (1:29) before SaVon explains how he realized that women aren't as vain as he initially thought (11:48). Next, the gang discusses Kendrick Lamar's “The Pop Out - Ken & Friends” concert on Juneteenth (28:24), if Drake has a chance to respond at OVO Fest (53:02), expectations for both artists going forward, and if they'll ever peace it up (1:20:49). They also get into the strangest thing they are grateful for (1:29:43), the 2024 XXL Freshman list (1:47:49), Capella Grey's much-anticipated album ‘Vibe Responsibly Vol. 1' (1:58:48), updates on their favorite white people (2:09:39), and more!  Purchase your tickets to the third annual Need to Know Mixer on Saturday, August 17 TODAY before prices increase - https://posh.vip/e/the-need-to-know-mixer-2 If you're new here and enjoy this episode, join us over on Patreon where we don't hold ANYTHING back - www.patreon.com/NeedToKnowPodcast Join our Twitter/X Community to chop it up with us about all things Need to Know - https://twitter.com/i/communities/1777442897001910433 Leave us a voicemail for a chance to be featured on next week's episode - https://www.speakpipe.com/NTK_Voicemail_Line The Need To Know Podcast https://www.instagram.com/needtoknowpod/ https://twitter.com/NeedToKnowPod https://www.tiktok.com/needtoknowpod SaVon https://www.instagram.com/savonslvter/ https://twitter.com/SavonSlvter Alex https://www.instagram.com/balltillwefall/ https://twitter.com/balltillwefall Regi https://www.instagram.com/regi_nacho/ https://twitter.com/regi_nacho

Learn all about the duck-billed Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) from Ilana! This Australian animal shares traits with ducks and coconuts, but it's actually a mammal ready to paralyze it's foes at any moment.  Please take a minute and rate our show! If you like Queerly Natural, you can support us by contributing to our Patreon or Ko-fi. You can also check out our new bookstore! Thank you so much for listening! For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website. Timestamps Species introduction: 0:00 - 2:54 Description: 2:55 - 12:15 Habitat and ecology: 9:13 - 21:27 Reproduction and courtship: 21:28 - 23:14 Platypuses and people: 23:15 - 29:43 Conservation: 29:44 - 34:10 How it's queer: 36:15 - end Find Us Online Follow us @QueerlyNatural on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram or check out our website. About Us Queerly Natural was created by Ilana Z, Sage Roden, and Elizabeth Fuhrman. We are biologists fighting queerphobia, promoting underrepresented perspectives, teaching ecology, and helping queer people relate to the diverse organisms we live among on this beautiful planet! Our music is "Lo-Fi Music Guitar (Short Version)" by Migfus20 (https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

Welcome to episode 101 of the official podcast of Your Unofficial Boys. Every week we review beers, talk sports and discuss funny current events. Please like and subscribe! Episode Guide: Beers of the Week: Hop Raider by New Belgium (Asheville, NC) - 3.50 Bigfoot by Sierra Nevada (Mills River, NC) - Rating: 2.50 Facts of the Week: Your brain is constantly eating itself. This process is called phagocytosis, where cells envelop and consume smaller cells or molecules to remove them from the system. Don't worry! Phagocytosis isn't harmful, but actually helps preserve your gray matter. The largest piece of fossilized dinosaur poop discovered is over 30cm long and over two liters in volume. Believed to be a Tyrannosaurus rex turd, the fossilized dung (also named a 'coprolite') is helping scientists better understand what the dinosaur ate. Animals can experience time differently from humans. To smaller animals, the world around them moves more slowly compared to humans. Salamanders and lizards, for example, experience time more slowly than cats and dogs. This is because the perception of time depends on how quickly the brain can process incoming information. The world's oldest dog lived to 29.5 years old. While the median age a dog reaches tends to be about 10-15 years, one Australian cattle dog, ‘Bluey', survived to the ripe old age of 29.5. The world's oldest cat lived to be 38 years and three days old. Creme Puff was the oldest cat to ever live. NASA genuinely faked part of the Moon landing. While Neil Armstrong's first steps on the lunar surface were categorically not faked, the astronaut quarantine protocol when the astronauts arrived back on Earth was largely just one big show. Platypuses sweat milk. This is because it doesn't have teats. Milk appears as sweat on a platypus, but it's an aquatic mammal so it doesn't actually sweat at all. Friendly Advice: The next time your significant other gets angry, drape a towel over her shoulders (like a cape) and say, “ now you're SUPER ANGRY!” Maybe she'll laugh. Maybe you'll die. My advice to anyone at an unpaid internship - steal from them. Big stuff too. Take the copier. Roll it right onto the elevator. Alcohol does not give you answers, but it certainly helps forget the question. If you swim with a friend, your chances of getting eaten by a shark will drop by 50%. Don't make snow angels in a dog park. My father once told me, "Son, if you want people to listen to what you have to say, claim it's something your father told you." Unofficial News 'Balls Out Bowling' event invites bowlers to roll in the nude Man arrested and accused of trying to steal a self-driving taxi in L.A. Billionaire Peter Thiel bankrolling ‘Olympics on steroids' event that allows athletes to dope. Unofficial Fanzone: MLB Spring Training. How are our teams doing? NFL Free Agents. NHL Standings. NBA Standings. Unofficial Thoughts: Worst injuries that we have had. We are proud to announce that Your Unofficial Boys has become Ambassadors for the ShankItGolf brand. Please use the following link and use promo code: “YourUnofficalBoys” to receive 15% off any purchases. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shankitgolf.com/?ref=yourunofficialboys⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Please go follow us on our social media and subscribe to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast and Google Podcast. Also check out our website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yourunofficialboys.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/your-unofficial-boys/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/your-unofficial-boys/support

In this episode we discuss the impact the huge loss to the anime world. We check out Diceaholics, Tales of Yard podcast, Rene Plays games and Bugbear awakening by Martelo Schwarz.In the lounge we discuss creating villains, specifically ones that have an aversion to Platypuses (we had to google the plural of platypus)Thank you to our partners at Deals of opportunity and 13th moon games Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Herders we are so thankful for each and everyone of you that listen to this podcast. The podcast has reached over 37 countries and over 47 states. We are so thrilled you tell your friends and family about us and it means the world.PLATYPUS TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEThe platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus),[3] sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus,[4] is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The platypus is the sole living representative or monotypic taxon of its family (Ornithorhynchidae) and genus (Ornithorhynchus), though a number of related species appear in the fossil record.Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young. Like other monotremes, it senses prey through electrolocation. It is one of the few species of venomous mammals, as the male platypus has a spur on the hind foot that delivers a venom, capable of causing severe pain to humans. The unusual appearance of this egg-laying, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed mammal baffled European naturalists when they first encountered it. In 1799, the first scientists to examine a preserved platypus body judged it a fake, made of several animals sewn together.The unique features of the platypus make it an important subject in the study of evolutionary biology, and a recognisable and iconic symbol of Australia. It is culturally significant to several Aboriginal peoples of Australia, who also used to hunt the animal for food. It has appeared as a mascot at national events and features on the reverse of the Australian twenty-cent coin, and the platypus is the animal emblem of the state of New South Wales. Until the early 20th century, humans hunted the platypus for its fur, but it is now protected throughout its range. Although captive-breeding programs have had only limited success, and the platypus is vulnerable to the effects of pollution, it is not under any immediate threat.

Jack Ashby discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Jack Ashby is the Assistant Director of the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. His zoological focus is on the mammals of Australia, but his work more broadly centres on engaging people with the natural world, chiefly through museums, and exploring the colonial biases that museums often exhibit. His books, Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals and Animal Kingdon: A Natural History in 100 Objects combine these scientific and social stories. From 2022-23 he was an Art Fund Headley Fellow. He is a trustee of the Natural Sciences Collections Association, an Honorary Research Fellow in UCL Science and Technology Studies, and formerly sat on the Council of the Society for the History of Natural History. Platypuses https://www.amazon.co.uk/Platypus-Matters-Extraordinary-Australian-Mammals/dp/0008431477/ Ali from Sarawak https://theconversation.com/i-am-ali-wallace-the-malay-assistant-of-alfred-russel-wallace-an-excerpt-85738 Biases in natural history museum displays https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2019/october/more-male-than-female-specimens-in-natural-history-collections.html Stockholm's Biologiskamuseet https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/biologiska-museet Tasmanian devils https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/tasmanian-devil Gran Paradiso National Park https://www.cicerone.co.uk/five-ways-to-enjoy-italys-gran-paradiso-national-park This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

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“The platypus is proof that the unlikely can happen.” - Trish Kerin, author and mechanical engineer. In this episode, Marc, Cathey, and Trish talk about her Platypus Philosophy (how to notice the warning that can prevent incidents from happening in the future). Their conversation reveals how you can use personal experiences, metaphors, and analogies to explain your idea, connect with your audience, and create challenges that will inspire people to put your concept into practice. As a bonus, their discussion teaches how to use the five senses to bring your message alive. After this, you will start to notice and manage the platypus in your life so that you can prevent undesirable incidents. To learn more about Trish Kerin and ho to read her book, go to https://leadlikekerin.com/

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An extinct species of ancient human may have been much more advanced than we first realised. First discovered 10 years ago, Homo neladi had a brain about a third the size of ours and yet it may have done complex things like burying its dead and controlling fire. The team learns about the latest finding from the Rising Star cave near Johannesburg.Mars has long been described as geologically dead, but new evidence shows it may still be volcanically active. The team learns about a new theory which might explain what created the mysterious trenches in the Cerberus Fossae region of the planet.The largest complete map of the connections between neurons inside a brain has been made - but it's not of a human brain. This whole-brain connectome is that of a Drosophila larva - the larva of a fruit fly. The team finds out about this massive undertaking - a stepping stone to describing the brains of more complex animals.Are penguins self-aware? When we try to answer this question in any animal, we tend to use the controversial mirror method - and that's exactly what a group of researchers have done. But does it actually work, and can we trust the new findings? The remains of the last known thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) have been found, 80 years after they went missing. Self-described Australian mammal nerd Jack Ashby of Cambridge University tells the team how this curious mystery was solved. As the author of Platypus Matters, Jack also shares a story about Platypuses, and the “cocktail of misery” in the animal's poisonous sting.On the pod are Rowan Hooper, Penny Sarchet, Leah Crane, Alison George and Michael Marshall. To read about these subjects and much more, you can subscribe to New Scientist magazine at newscientist.com.Events and discount codes:Half price deal: newscientist.com/halfprice22Climeworks: www.climeworks.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You know sometimes even God makes mistakes. Sometimes nature has one to many and creates a creature many would argue should not exist. But one creature in particular, puzzled scientist minds, at first not believing in its existence, thinking it was a hoax. To scientist asking each other how did this animal came to be. You may know this creature, popularized in media. I am talking about the weird and strange… Platypus.

We journey to (Australia/the Ethereal Plane) to (be stung by/have our thoughts drained by) (PLATYPUSES/THOUGHT EATERS)!

On this episode we'll take a look at 3 "Non-placental" mammals from Australia: Wombats, Platypuses and Tasmanian Devils.  2 marsupials and a monotreme.  There's cube-shaped poop, butt slams, egg-layng, venom and a whole lot of teeth!  If you need a conversation starter for Thanksgiving dinner - this is the episode you need!

You're in for some bouncy, duck-billed fun from “down undah!” It's kangaroos vs. platypuses! Comedian and writer Allison Reese reps kangaroos in a beastly brawl with platypus-fan and Brains On! co-creator Sanden Totten. Which creature will come out on top? Paddling platypuses? Or kickin' kangas? Hop over to smashboom.org and vote for the team YOU think won! This episode was sponsored by: Outschool.com/smashboom – To save $15 on your child's first class and Everyplate.com - enter code "smashboom149" to get your first box for $1.49 per meal

On today's 9-12-22 Monday show: One week back to work and Selena has already fallen off her new diet, scientist have invented radio controlled solar powered cockroaches, a fast food worker is seen cleaning in his underwear, a rock band at Oracle might get charged after they encouraged fans to expose themselves, Netflix might make a very unpopular change, Ray J reveals how Kris Jenner planned the entire sex tape scandal, and so much more!

The Cherry Bird Cow Marathon Continues - It's February 2, 2021. Winston is lost on a mushroom-gathering mission! Enzo and Felix explain why Joe Biden can't open the White House door, how a millionaire has only two chances to unlock his Bitcoin account, how maybe platypuses may be genetically superior to humans, the oldest cave paintings being discovered in India, and a wristband that tells your boss if his employees are unhappy. The newest episode are at LittleNewsEars.com

The Cherry Bird Cow Marathon Continues - It's February 2, 2021. Winston is lost on a mushroom-gathering mission! Enzo and Felix explain why Joe Biden can't open the White House door, how a millionaire has only two chances to unlock his Bitcoin account, how maybe platypuses may be genetically superior to humans, the oldest cave paintings being discovered in India, and a wristband that tells your boss if his employees are unhappy. The newest episode are at LittleNewsEars.com

It was love at first sight, when Jack Ashby first set eyes upon a platypus specimen as a young university student

It was love at first sight, when Jack Ashby first set eyes upon a platypus specimen as a young university student

Welcome to SCAMTIME, a true crime podcast where your hosts Stephanie and Karen talk about all sorts of cons and frauds, bamboozlers and hoodwinkers, and fun hoaxes.Sometimes the gals get too busy to dig deep into some real Scammy McScammersons, so in this episode they offer you some 'summer nuggets'; quick little peeks into the world of a bunch of scams they want to follow up on later.Duckbill Platypuses!Cats shaped like boxes!Gullibility!Here are some things to help this episode make sense:Find some more top ten lists here at listverse.comCheck out Alex Boese's book o' hoaxes at THE AMAZONWeird and strange looking cats!Bonsai Trees!Here is Karen and Stephanie's other podcast: Bridging the Gap Between Generations who Assume Things About Each OtherAnd Karen hosts The Breakfast Dish with her son Griffin CorkGot a great scam you want to tell us about?  Email us! @thebroadgap@gmail.comSCAMTIME is a  proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network. Locally grown, community supported. This episode of SCAMTIME is sponsored by Alberta Blue Cross and Edmonton Community Foundation. SCAMTIME Jingle: Paul Morgan-Donaldhttps://paulmorgandonald.com/SCAMTIME Art: Stephanie WolfeFind us on Twitter @scamtimeFind us on Instagram @fraud.broadsemail us at thebroadgap@gmail.com

Friends! Some have money; some, not so much! Jason and Jared discuss the most immediately satisfying entry in Nicole Holofcener's oeuvre to this point in their journey, FRIENDS WITH MONEY. Plus, recommendations, and much more. Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @Mental_Platypus Email us at mentalplatypusquarterly@gmail.com Support us at https://patreon.com/hootnwaddle

Think of a platypus: they lay eggs (that hatch into so-called platypups), they produce milk without nipples and venom without fangs and they can detect electricity. Or a wombat: their teeth never stop growing, they poo cubes and they defend themselves with reinforced rears. Platypuses, possums, wombats, echidnas, devils, kangaroos, quolls, dibblers, dunnarts, kowaris: Australia has some truly astonishing mammals with incredible, unfamiliar features. But how does the world regard these creatures? And what does that mean for their conservation? In Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals (U Chicago Press, 2022), naturalist Jack Ashby shares his love for these often-misunderstood animals. Informed by his own experiences meeting living marsupials and egg-laying mammals on fieldwork in Tasmania and mainland Australia, as well as his work with thousands of zoological specimens collected for museums over the last 200-plus years, Ashby's tale not only explains the extraordinary lives of these animals, but the historical mysteries surrounding them and the myths that persist (especially about the platypus). He also reveals the toll these myths can take. Ashby makes it clear that calling these animals ‘weird' or ‘primitive' – or incorrectly implying that Australia is an ‘evolutionary backwater' – a perception that can be traced back to the country's colonial history – has undermined conservation: Australia now has the worst mammal extinction rate of anywhere on Earth. Important, timely and written with humour and wisdom by a scientist and self-described platypus nerd, this celebration of Australian wildlife will open eyes and change minds about how we contemplate and interact with the natural world – everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Think of a platypus: they lay eggs (that hatch into so-called platypups), they produce milk without nipples and venom without fangs and they can detect electricity. Or a wombat: their teeth never stop growing, they poo cubes and they defend themselves with reinforced rears. Platypuses, possums, wombats, echidnas, devils, kangaroos, quolls, dibblers, dunnarts, kowaris: Australia has some truly astonishing mammals with incredible, unfamiliar features. But how does the world regard these creatures? And what does that mean for their conservation? In Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals (U Chicago Press, 2022), naturalist Jack Ashby shares his love for these often-misunderstood animals. Informed by his own experiences meeting living marsupials and egg-laying mammals on fieldwork in Tasmania and mainland Australia, as well as his work with thousands of zoological specimens collected for museums over the last 200-plus years, Ashby's tale not only explains the extraordinary lives of these animals, but the historical mysteries surrounding them and the myths that persist (especially about the platypus). He also reveals the toll these myths can take. Ashby makes it clear that calling these animals ‘weird' or ‘primitive' – or incorrectly implying that Australia is an ‘evolutionary backwater' – a perception that can be traced back to the country's colonial history – has undermined conservation: Australia now has the worst mammal extinction rate of anywhere on Earth. Important, timely and written with humour and wisdom by a scientist and self-described platypus nerd, this celebration of Australian wildlife will open eyes and change minds about how we contemplate and interact with the natural world – everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science

Think of a platypus: they lay eggs (that hatch into so-called platypups), they produce milk without nipples and venom without fangs and they can detect electricity. Or a wombat: their teeth never stop growing, they poo cubes and they defend themselves with reinforced rears. Platypuses, possums, wombats, echidnas, devils, kangaroos, quolls, dibblers, dunnarts, kowaris: Australia has some truly astonishing mammals with incredible, unfamiliar features. But how does the world regard these creatures? And what does that mean for their conservation? In Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals (U Chicago Press, 2022), naturalist Jack Ashby shares his love for these often-misunderstood animals. Informed by his own experiences meeting living marsupials and egg-laying mammals on fieldwork in Tasmania and mainland Australia, as well as his work with thousands of zoological specimens collected for museums over the last 200-plus years, Ashby's tale not only explains the extraordinary lives of these animals, but the historical mysteries surrounding them and the myths that persist (especially about the platypus). He also reveals the toll these myths can take. Ashby makes it clear that calling these animals ‘weird' or ‘primitive' – or incorrectly implying that Australia is an ‘evolutionary backwater' – a perception that can be traced back to the country's colonial history – has undermined conservation: Australia now has the worst mammal extinction rate of anywhere on Earth. Important, timely and written with humour and wisdom by a scientist and self-described platypus nerd, this celebration of Australian wildlife will open eyes and change minds about how we contemplate and interact with the natural world – everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/geography

Think of a platypus: they lay eggs (that hatch into so-called platypups), they produce milk without nipples and venom without fangs and they can detect electricity. Or a wombat: their teeth never stop growing, they poo cubes and they defend themselves with reinforced rears. Platypuses, possums, wombats, echidnas, devils, kangaroos, quolls, dibblers, dunnarts, kowaris: Australia has some truly astonishing mammals with incredible, unfamiliar features. But how does the world regard these creatures? And what does that mean for their conservation? In Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals (U Chicago Press, 2022), naturalist Jack Ashby shares his love for these often-misunderstood animals. Informed by his own experiences meeting living marsupials and egg-laying mammals on fieldwork in Tasmania and mainland Australia, as well as his work with thousands of zoological specimens collected for museums over the last 200-plus years, Ashby's tale not only explains the extraordinary lives of these animals, but the historical mysteries surrounding them and the myths that persist (especially about the platypus). He also reveals the toll these myths can take. Ashby makes it clear that calling these animals ‘weird' or ‘primitive' – or incorrectly implying that Australia is an ‘evolutionary backwater' – a perception that can be traced back to the country's colonial history – has undermined conservation: Australia now has the worst mammal extinction rate of anywhere on Earth. Important, timely and written with humour and wisdom by a scientist and self-described platypus nerd, this celebration of Australian wildlife will open eyes and change minds about how we contemplate and interact with the natural world – everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Think of a platypus: they lay eggs (that hatch into so-called platypups), they produce milk without nipples and venom without fangs and they can detect electricity. Or a wombat: their teeth never stop growing, they poo cubes and they defend themselves with reinforced rears. Platypuses, possums, wombats, echidnas, devils, kangaroos, quolls, dibblers, dunnarts, kowaris: Australia has some truly astonishing mammals with incredible, unfamiliar features. But how does the world regard these creatures? And what does that mean for their conservation? In Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals (U Chicago Press, 2022), naturalist Jack Ashby shares his love for these often-misunderstood animals. Informed by his own experiences meeting living marsupials and egg-laying mammals on fieldwork in Tasmania and mainland Australia, as well as his work with thousands of zoological specimens collected for museums over the last 200-plus years, Ashby's tale not only explains the extraordinary lives of these animals, but the historical mysteries surrounding them and the myths that persist (especially about the platypus). He also reveals the toll these myths can take. Ashby makes it clear that calling these animals ‘weird' or ‘primitive' – or incorrectly implying that Australia is an ‘evolutionary backwater' – a perception that can be traced back to the country's colonial history – has undermined conservation: Australia now has the worst mammal extinction rate of anywhere on Earth. Important, timely and written with humour and wisdom by a scientist and self-described platypus nerd, this celebration of Australian wildlife will open eyes and change minds about how we contemplate and interact with the natural world – everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/australian-and-new-zealand-studies

Think of a platypus: they lay eggs (that hatch into so-called platypups), they produce milk without nipples and venom without fangs and they can detect electricity. Or a wombat: their teeth never stop growing, they poo cubes and they defend themselves with reinforced rears. Platypuses, possums, wombats, echidnas, devils, kangaroos, quolls, dibblers, dunnarts, kowaris: Australia has some truly astonishing mammals with incredible, unfamiliar features. But how does the world regard these creatures? And what does that mean for their conservation? In Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals (U Chicago Press, 2022), naturalist Jack Ashby shares his love for these often-misunderstood animals. Informed by his own experiences meeting living marsupials and egg-laying mammals on fieldwork in Tasmania and mainland Australia, as well as his work with thousands of zoological specimens collected for museums over the last 200-plus years, Ashby's tale not only explains the extraordinary lives of these animals, but the historical mysteries surrounding them and the myths that persist (especially about the platypus). He also reveals the toll these myths can take. Ashby makes it clear that calling these animals ‘weird' or ‘primitive' – or incorrectly implying that Australia is an ‘evolutionary backwater' – a perception that can be traced back to the country's colonial history – has undermined conservation: Australia now has the worst mammal extinction rate of anywhere on Earth. Important, timely and written with humour and wisdom by a scientist and self-described platypus nerd, this celebration of Australian wildlife will open eyes and change minds about how we contemplate and interact with the natural world – everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/animal-studies

Browny offers us a weird tidbit about Platypuses; Catherine Deveny isn't talking to Dave at the moment; you tell us when you were served documents; we play the Home Viewer Quiz; Chrissie tells us about a woman who married her cat; Deano pitches a Browny biopic; and it's time for the Cheat Sheet! A Nova Podcast Podcast Produced & Edited By Andy Zito Executive Producer: Jack Charles Producers: Victoria Wall & Brodie Pummeroy Additional Audio Production: Tim Mountford See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Mr A+ chats to producer Mandy about all kinds of interesting stuff: collecting coins, Platypuses, the Queen,... oh and a giant duck. Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/mr_a_plus_michael/ Podcast inquiries: MrAPlusPodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Mr A+ chats to producer Mandy about all kinds of interesting stuff: collecting coins, Platypuses, the Queen,... oh and a giant duck. Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/mr_a_plus_michael/ Podcast inquiries: MrAPlusPodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, we're heading to the freshwater areas of Australia to talk about one of the strangest animals on the planet. Joining Alex is expert Dr. Geoff Williams, Director of the Australian Platypus Conservancy, who has dedicated his life to studying and saving the animal we're discussing today. So, get ready to head under water to explore one of the only mammals that can lay eggs: platypuses.For sources and more information, please visit our website.Sign up for our email list on our website for the chance to win a free On Wildlife t-shirt!Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/onwildlife)

On this fresh episode Steve learns more about birds and teaches us about Platypuses, he then fights for his right to karaoke. We learn what happened to junk trader Watto from Mos Eisley, review the Obi-Wan trailer, and get into a bit of a deep convo on Star Wars. We close with some talk about super powers. Come on in and enjoy the fun! Have a great week.

Stayed up very last night. Up til like 2:30. Latest I've been up in years. Had a [personal] appointment first thing in the morning. Was drowsy through the day. Was warm. Stayed inside mostly. I had designs on getting a lot of things done today but I laid around mostly. Did the lawn, did some laundry. Cooked lunch. Went to a zoom meeting thing about platypus conservation. It was pretty amazing. Great talk. No fat on it and super informative. I love platypuses! I'm going to go platypus slotting. Watching TV. Australia Day will change dates or change name and date within... five years, I think? Going that way I reckon. M: 6.5. E: 5.

Wherein we discuss Aimee Mann's latest album, Queens of the Summer Hotel. We go pretty deep. A lot of the discussion was sparked by this article in The Guardian by Laura Snapes: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/04/aimee-mann-any-woman-my-age-is-traumatised-by-growing-up-in-the-60s-and-70s and this one in Paste by Tom Lanham: https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/aimee-mann/aimee-mann-interview-queens-of-the-summer-hotel/ Please, rate/review/subscribe/recommend Learn more at http://mentalplatypus.com and find all our recommendations at http://hootnwaddle.com/mentalplatypus/podcast.php Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @Mental_Platypus Email us at mentalplatypusquarterly@gmail.com Support us at https://patreon.com/hootnwaddle

The platypus is venomous, lays eggs, and produces milk. Is it a mammal? How do Platypuses use their sixth sense to hunt with their eyes closed, and why do they glow under a blacklight? My favorite Platypus Fact is that they don't have teeth or a stomach! Welcome to Animal Science TV's 10 Cool Facts about the platypus! timestamps: 0:00 - Platypus Facts Introduction 0:18 - 10: 1799 Platypus hoax 0:41 - 9: Platypuses are monotremes 1:09 - 8: Platypus eggs and milk 1:52 - 7: Platypus UV biofluorescence 2:47 - 6: Platypus venom 3:40 - 5: Platypus diet and electroreception 4:49 - 4: Platypuses don't have teeth 5:32 - 3: The platypus has no stomach 6:15 - 2: Platypuses have fat tails 6:53- 1: Platypus feet and burrows 7:29 - Support Animal Science TV Support me on Patreon for video requests: https://www.youtube.com/AnimalScienceTV https://www.patreon.com/AnimalScienceTV https://www.AnimalScienceTV.com https://www.facebook.com/AnimalScienceTV https://twitter.com/AnimalScienceTV Special thanks to my current Patreons: Lab Assistants: The Borbs Research Associates: Susie, Julie Acepilot Lead Scientists: Lisa, Alex, Emily, Sarah, Bianco Artistica, Epsilon is Greater Than #animals #platypus #platypusfacts General Credits: Videos: Property of Animal Science TV Stock Videos: StoryBlocks Standard License Stock Photos: Pixabay, Canva Music: Youtube Audio Library Creative Commons Sound effects: https://www.zapsplat.com Animations: Animal Science TV Specific Credits: https://animalsciencetv.com/credits-and-attributions-2021/

In this episode, we sit down to talk with Dr Gilad Bino all about platypuses! We talk about their name (and some alternates), conservation efforts, absurd adaptations, forgeries and fakeries, what it's like to be stung by one, and so much more. Support our show at patreon.com/TheWildLife Support this podcast

It's time to meet our new cohost, Courtney Downing! This has been one we've wanted to share for quite some time, so it feels great to finally share it with you all. Next week? Platypuses with Dr Gilad Bino! Support this podcast

1 whole year of Google, am I dying? Who would have thought it! To mark the occasion, we explore what the everyman googled most over the last 12 months. We learned a lot: namely that the Brits BLADDY LOVE a slogan, Americans make great TV and we kinda figured out that being 'woke' is complicated. Biden won an election, Chloe's had a haircut, Rachel's moving house and country and baby Platypuses are too cute for words. It's been a wild 12 months. Thank you to all of you for tuning in. We love you x --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/googleamidying/support

Ready to get fact reeeaaalll good? In today's epi we chit chat about Ponzi's very very illegal schemes, mud-chewing demons that are super duper cute but deadly, the mini cabbages that make you farty, and why naps make you feel on top of the world. As always, we do our research, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't do your own fact-checking. We're dummies, remember? Want more facts all up in your ear-holes? Be sure to subscribe, rate us, and follow us on Instagram @FriendsWhoFactPod --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/friendswhofact/support

Is That a Fact? (S1-E15)The JabberGuys explore some little-known facts in our weird and wacky world. Sloths or Dolphins?  Which can hold their breath longer?  Sloths, for up to 40 minutes.Froot Loop flavours - are they all the same?  Yep.Apples can be up to a year old in the supermarket… and they are coated with wax.Lobsters taste with their feet.How many hearts does an octopus have?  (3)    “My Octopus Teacher” documentary.Before toilet paper, people used corn cobs.  What?McDonald's serves spaghetti in the Philippines… and the McArabia Chicken in Saudi.Norse slang “taking an arrow in the knee” referred to getting married,  hence down on one knee to propose.National Geographic predicts Redheads will be extinct by 2060.Nazis and the D-IX formula … designed to make super soldiers.  Penguins can filter salt water into fresh water.Pineapples are a group of berries that have fused together.A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.Shark teeth are scales and perpetually grow.Wasps collect nectar for the queen and then get drunk on fermented fruit.King Richard III's remains are found under a parking lot in 2012 after his headstone went missing in the 1600s.Platypuses don't have nipples, they sweat milk for their pups.Disney is the second largest purchaser of explosives in the world.Founder of Match.com was dumped by his girlfriend who found someone else on Match.com.What killed the dinosaurs?  No one really knows.  Maybe aliens?“Just Do It” … supposedly inspired by murderer Gary Gilmore's last words … “Let's do it”Napoleon and Hitler had what in common? … they each had only one testicle.A pill that makes poop smell like chocolate???A hospitalized Texan can verify that the armadillo's armour is very tough… ‘almost' bulletproof.What does the Urban Dictionary say about the ‘Dutch Oven'?    Cha enlightens us on the ‘Dirty Sanchez'.  (I'd rather not know)Night vision goggles produce because humans can differentiate shades of green more than any other colour.Visit jabberguys.com to subscribe to our podcasts and for trivia based on each episode.Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, we may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (https://paypal.me/jabberguys?locale.x=en_US)

It's February 2, 2021. Winston is lost on a mushroom-gathering mission! Enzo and Felix explain why Joe Biden can't open the White House door, how a millionaire has only two chances to unlock his Bitcoin account, how maybe platypuses may be genetically superior to humans, the oldest cave paintings being discovered in India, and a wristband that tells your boss if his employees are unhappy.

The platypus is a weird and confusing creature. Platitudes can be like an emotional platypus. We use them to offer comfort or encouragement, but they often fall flat. This episode addresses this topic.

This week I talk to the awesome Jack Ashby about why Australian mammals are the best animals, what it takes to get a job in the museum sector, what biases are hidden in plain sight in museum displays, and how we can decolonise natural history exhibits. Jack Ashby is the Assistant Director of the Museum of Zoology at the University of Cambridge and an Australian mammal ecologist. He is also the author of the widely-acclaimed book, “Animal Kingdom: A Natural History in 100 Objects”, and a soon-to-be-released book about Australian mammals and why they matter. He has spoken and written widely about the biases in museum collections and exhibits, and how we can start to change this. Intro and outro music: Funky Chunk by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3789-funky-chunk License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

It's December 4, 2020. Chooki and Pleep teach us all about platypuses that glow in ultraviolet light, predictive technology at Popeyes and Burger King, wrinkled bats that take off their masks, the return of NCAA basketball, and the US Women's Golf Tournament is back too!

It’s Season 2 of CritterCast! After an extended, 2020-induced hiatus, your favorite animal lovers Cassie and Koreena are back at it. This episode we get back to our roots and back into the swing of it, investigating the weird and wonderful world of Platypuses (or Platypi if you are a fan of quirky words). These … Read More Read More

Platypus ecologist Josh Griffiths talks to Geoff Adams about a survey of platypus which will use new technology to find the elusive mammals in our waterways. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Platypuses and tardigrades glow by Ian Woolf, Gifts to avoid by Ian Woolf, Marc West, Chris Stewart, Lachlan Whatmore, Catherine Beehag and Sacha Stelzer, Michael Cortie zaps mind-control parasites with lasers, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links Join Shopback for discounts all over the web - they pay me $5 AND YOU GET PAID $5! bitcoin: 1AEnJC8r9apyXb2N31P1ScYJZUhqkYWdU2 ether: 0x45d2cd591ff7865af248a09dc908aec261168395

We're keeping it light for our first ever 30th episode, because... everything else is bad right now?First up, Megan tells real life horror stories of babies switched at birth. Then Lauren talks about nature's weirdest experiment: the platypus. Enjoy, be thankful, wear a mask and stay safe, freaks. 

Will and Henry talk to Dad about putting up the Christmas tree, Thanksgiving, the boys and Dad's couch to 5K training, dad's attempt to buy tickets to The Flaming Lips Space Bubble Concert, bands we wish we could see in concert, the Thanksgiving menu, shrimp pizza, Henry and Will learning guitar and drums, Will's plan to start a band with his friends, and band names.  In the News we talk about the new discovery that platypuses are blue/green fluorescent and flying squirrels glow pink, a town in Kentucky that elected a French bulldog named Wilbur as mayor, racoons who robbed a bank, and a man in Indonesia whos house was destroyed by a meteorite worth over $1million.  We play a round of One Word Story.  Finally, for Treat Yourself, we try two different kids of Snyder of Hanover's chocolate covered pretzels, dark chocolate with holiday shapes and milk chocolate covered peanut butter filled pretzels.

Fly Ranch is in the middle of nowhere, and yet it's the center of the universe for many bugs, birds, animals, and, uh, thermophiles. Down the road from the dry lake bed that hosts Black Rock City, Fly Ranch is 6 square miles of hot springs, ecosystems, and a unique variety of life, from wildflowers to wild horses, antelope and mountain lions, eagles, and cicadas.Stuart and Logan talk with Dr. Lisa Beers (aka Scirpus) about her work as the Burning Man Land Fellow for Fly Ranch, and all the life, death and artifacts on the 600 acres of the Fly Ranch.Dr Scirpus explores the flora, fauna, and everything else she finds at "Fly." When not smelling the sagebrush, she manages the Environmental Compliance team for the Burning Man event, and studies wetland ecology throughout the world.In this charming conversation, Scirpus reminds us that fairy shrimp are real, and scorpions are real, and she lets Stuart believe that jackalopes are real, but not squirrelopes. Logan's not buying it either. Platypuses, though? If you’ve never met one, how can you really know?And you haven’t tasted mezcal until you’ve had a botanist tell you how bats pollinate the cactus.flyranch.org/https://www.instagram.com/fly_ranch/https://www.facebook.com/groups/flyranchhttps://medium.com/beyond-burning-man/writers-emerging-at-fly-ranch-reflection-3da8da91d3ehttps://medium.com/beyond-burning-man/burning-man-project-2020-environmental-sustainability-report-df757260c9c5https://lagi2020flyranch.org/https://journal.burningman.org/author/scirpus/LIVE.BURNINGMAN.ORG

The eccentric platypus has always turned heads, and now it's got something else up its sleeve. We talked with mammalogist Dr. Paula Anich to get the scoop. Here's a link to our transcript: https://bit.ly/34YfHR4 This episode was produced by Nick DelRose with help from Wendy Zukerman, Rose Rimler, Michelle Dang, and Hannah Harris Green. We're edited by Blythe Terrell. Mix and sound design by Bumi Hidaka. Music written by Peter Leonard. And special thanks to the Zukerman family and Joseph Lavelle Wilson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The eccentric platypus has always turned heads, and now it’s got something else up its sleeve. We talked with mammalogist Dr. Paula Anich to get the scoop. Here’s a link to our transcript: https://bit.ly/34YfHR4 This episode was produced by Nick DelRose with help from Wendy Zukerman, Rose Rimler, Michelle Dang, and Hannah Harris Green. We’re edited by Blythe Terrell. Mix and sound design by Bumi Hidaka. Music written by Peter Leonard. And special thanks to the Zukerman family and Joseph Lavelle Wilson.

Dennis is joined by comedian Brian Regan who talks about Vegas re-opening slowly but surely and getting back on the road to play comedy clubs around the country, which he hasn't played in years. They also chat about starting out, comedy condos, inspiration for jokes, their kids being funny and Brian's ability to sleep for 27 hours straight.   Dennis also talks to Christian and Lindsey about sleeping all day in London, how this episode is posting on Election Day and his birthday. He also talks about Platypuses, Donald Duck, waiting in line at Starbucks, Gary Player and More! This episode is brought to you by our sponsors: Blinkist National Traffic Highway Safety Administration Plexaderm Omax Health (Code: Miller)

Welcome back to Faunacation! Today, we're NOT talking about platypi, because we're actually going to talk about platypuSES.Don't forget to follow us on Twitter (@faunacationpod) and Instagram (@faunacationpodcast) for news, horrifying pictures, sources, and whatever else we're in the mood to upload.Also, if you would like to support Faunacation making more episodes, please consider becoming a patron at Faunacation's Patreon, where we'll upload exclusive content! patreon.com/faunacationpodcastThanks for listening!

Millions of people each year face natural coastal disasters, leaving them without water, and electric power. A Wave Energy Converter named Platypus, using only oceanic wave motion can continuously generate enough electrical charge to operate a seawater desalinator that turns saltwater into clean drinking water, or it can provide sufficient power for heating, lighting, or other electrical items needed in emergency situations. TRANSCRIPT: Intro: 0:01 Inventors and their inventions. Welcome to Radio Cade the podcast from the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention in Gainesville, Florida. The museum is named after James Robert Cade , who invented Gatorade in 1965. My name is Richard Miles. We’ll introduce you to inventors and the things that motivate them, we’ll learn about their personal stories, how their inventions work and how their ideas get from the laboratory to the marketplace. James Di Virgilio: 0:37 Welcome to Radio Cade. I’m your host James Di Virgilio. Today we’ll be visiting with one of our Cade Prize inventors. He’s working on something very, very interesting. In fact, he’s created many different things I like to welcome to the show Mark Supal, chief technology officer at Engineering Technologies, LLC founded in January of 2019. Mark you’re working on something that, to my knowledge, hasn’t been done before. Very interesting concept. Tell us about it. Mark Supal: 1:05 Thank you for the introduction. What the product is, it’s called Platypus and we named it Platypus because it has two arms that bounce up and down, kind of like a tail and a bill on a Platypus. And it bounces in ocean waves. Turns generators to produce electricity and the electricity can either be stored in batteries, right at the machine and use there, or it can be routed to the shore via a marine cable. And again, it’s for producing and harvesting ocean energy. James Di Virgilio: 1:29 So is anyone working on or has anyone worked on anything like this before using the ocean waves to produce usable energy? Mark Supal: 1:37 Many universities and big companies have tried to produce machines that generate megawatts of electrical energy. They’re very expensive and they haven’t necessarily been successful to sell electricity at a cost that makes sense, or is comparable to like wind or solar energy. What makes this product unique is that it’s very small in size. It was designed to be shipped and airdropped into emergency regions that suffer from coastal disasters, like the strike we recently had from hurricane Laura , where people might need water. And to produce this water, you need low scale power. So this machine produces the order of 50 Watts, which can power a decelerator to produce fresh drinking water, but what’s interesting is upon investigation. We found many companies that need things other than to sell a nation of water. They need to power all sorts of scientific buoys in the ocean. James Di Virgilio: 2:25 So if I’m needing to power of buoy , I grabbed this Platypus. I drop it somewhere out in the ocean. I’m assuming it runs on solar power. And then it gives me an injunction with wave power. Is it just wave power? Tell me how I’m getting energy. And then how am I using the energy? Mark Supal: 2:40 No, it uses strictly the ocean energy. So the waves bounce up and down. And the movement of the wave rotates a generator, which produces the electricity and it’s stored in the batteries are used directly at the buoy. So the Platypus can be tethered to the buoy, right to the buoy via cable, which within say five or six feet away. The other implementation of this Platypus is to actually incorporate it onto buoys. So I’m currently working with NOAA, which is our National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration and a national data buoy center to come up with a plan to either incorporate the Platypus as part of the buoy or incorporate the Platypus underneath the buoy or to tether the Platypus to the buoy, to get the electricity from the Platyous, to the buoy, to drive all their equipment and all sorts of weather equipment and mapping equipment and other emergency equipment on the buoys that they use to monitor everything from again, weather to oil spills. James Di Virgilio: 3:31 Okay. So this is like a power plant. As you mentioned, and previously solar power was something that was used out in the oceans. It could be used. I’m assuming at a decent level. I’ve seen these things before. Mark Supal: 3:42 Yes. James Di Virgilio: 3:42 But your solution would essentially never fail, right? Because the ocean is always in motion . So if it’s working correctly, it’s generating continuous power. Mark Supal: 3:50 Yeah. So here’s what we found out. Currently solar power is being used. There were problems with solar power and believe it or not birds like to perch on solar panels. And when birds sit there, they, they drop their debris onto their panels and the panels get cluttered with the bird droppings. And it’s very expensive then to send a ship out there at $30,000 a day to wipe the solar panel clean that’s one issue, which was unusual, fine . And this is all this information came out of a whole interview process that I conducted from various people who use buoys. So you’ve got this avian falling . You also have low light conditions, anything above or below the 50th parallels is the sunlight is not intense enough to necessarily power buoys. So it becomes expensive to put many solar panels on buoys. You have to lay out a lot of redundant panels and it takes up a lot of valuable real estate on the buoy itself. Okay. Those were the two main concerns, the avian falling and substitute for low light conditions and the big market value for the Platypus is that it operates at nighttime in the dark. So you have buoys up in Alaska and certain times of the years, there is no light. So people are scrambling trying to figure out how to power buoys with an alternative to solar panels. But right now people are still using solar panels. James Di Virgilio: 4:57 Interesting. So then you are the world’s first I presume of this type to generate power via this method for a buoy. Mark Supal: 5:04 We’re the first to get to a product that’s commercially available that can be shipped very simply of the size of your arm span , say about six feet across and can be folded up into a box to be taken out to the ocean, to be used either with scientific equipment or to be used, perhaps even a sailor who wants to throw this thing over his vessel in order to produce fresh drinking water in the case that he’s marooned at sea. James Di Virgilio: 5:27 All right . So we here at the Cade we love ideas. The Cade Prize obviously is honoring creative problem solving. It’s clearly evident that this is a very creative solution to a problem that most people were not even aware that we had. I’m hearing you mention things like you conducted interviews to learn what was going on, what needed to be done. But before the interviews, how did this idea even come about? How were you aware that there was a need for this? Mark Supal: 5:49 This came out, really went out by the NRL, our National, Renewable Energy Laboratory. They have a contest for companies to produce again, fresh drinking water. After these coastal disasters, power outages, diesel generators become hazardous to airdrop fuels might not be available or difficult to get to. So the whole idea came out of a challenge that said, Hey, we need somebody to figure out how to create fresh drinking water. They left it up to companies to figure out how to do this. My thought was, well, if I’m going to be creating fresh drinking water, why not just create electricity because you can always already buy a commercially available desalinater, which is electrically powered. So if I can produce electricity, not only can I produce desalinated water, but I can power all sorts of emergency equipment, everything from radios to warming blankets, to emergency LED lighting and so forth and so on. So that was my plan. And that was the approach I took to go beyond desalination and just produce electricity, which can power, whatever the need may be. James Di Virgilio: 6:45 Now, how would you power? I’m imagining I’m living in a coastal home. My power goes out. How would I use the Platypus to power items? You just mentioned in my home or radio. Mark Supal: 6:54 This thing sits within two to 300 yards of the shore. And there’s a marine cable that unrolls toward the shore. And you can either use the DC power directly, the 12 volt DC power that it supplies, or you can convert or all sorts of DC, AC converters. That would power. Again, this is all small scale, power, 50 Watts. This is not going to power your house. This is a very unique product. It’s not designed to produce again, kilowatts or megawatts 50 Watts. This is for emergency type equipment, whether it be a desalinator or lighting, if you had to power led lighting at your home, that could happen. But as far as powering something like your air conditioning system, which draws maybe kilowatts, you’re not going to get that to happen. James Di Virgilio: 7:32 So if I’m using this on a coastal home, and I know where the market is, where we’re going to go with the market, but is there a possible residential use for this? And let’s just stick with LED lighting, right? A storm hits we’re out of power for weeks. It’d be great to have some sort of lighting at night. That’s not candle light or a flashlight. How would this work though? How many Platypuses do we need to power a neighborhood’s worth of led lighting on the coast? Mark Supal: 7:55 Right, Right. Well, this one is 50 Watts. This was meant again, to satisfy this need to power this desalinater. And our approach is to develop this thing into a larger Platypus that would produce something, unheard of say, a thousand Watts, or maybe even 2000 Watts, which you could use to power, maybe your home or part of our home or part of our community. So our approach is more incremental. Let’s solve this problem first at a very small scale, a 50 watt scale, and then step up to many companies have launched very expensive projects, trying to right on the onset, produce megawatts or kilowatts. And we’re saying, Hey, it’s a very difficult problem, obviously, to deal with the very harsh ocean environment. So we’re starting very small, figuring out all the different problems we’re going to run into in order to even produce something as little as 50 Watts and then go from there. So it would basically sit in the water, just like a turbine. A wind turbine sits into water. Many turbines already exist off the coast of like Lake Erie for instance. And they have cabling that runs on the ocean floor to a station and then to your home. James Di Virgilio: 8:54 So who is the market for this who owns most of these buoys? Who are you trying to say, Hey, this is a need. We can fix this. We can solve your problem . Mark Supal: 9:01 NOAA is the big outlet that we’re currently working with. They have a branch, which is then the National Data Buoy Center, which has over 300 boys just around the coast of the US. So this is the market that was uncovered after many interviews, which shocked me. And they’re looking for, believe it or not, for as little as 10 Watts, which seems ridiculous. 10 Watts is not a lot of power, but they have no way to power these buoys in this darkness. So they’re all over this idea. We’ve been meeting with them, trying to figure out those things you talk about. Well, how do you interface this thing with this existing buoy? Is it a tether? Is it a part of the buoy? Those are the things we’re currently working on. James Di Virgilio: 9:34 If you’re able to find a way to make this stay. I imagine if you tether it, there’s a risk the tether breaks, right? If you make it a part of the buoy, it’s probably the best way to go. Of course, it could still break down. You have to service it, but I’m imagining you’re already improving significantly what they have. In fact, with hurricane Laura , I was reading just yesterday that when it came to storm surge and this shocked me, I’m like, how do we not know what the storm surge was? I know we have buoys out there. I live in Florida. There’s buoys all over the place. How is a buoy not actively monitoring where the storm surge is. And essentially there’s not very many buoys that are capable of reporting real time data. It sounds like with your solution, you would actually be able to provide real time data all over the place. I could imagine a buoy defense wall, so to speak. That’s giving forecasters a warning because you could have your Platypus is out in the Gulf of Mexico, out in the Atlantic Ocean out wherever. And it’s telling you at each grid mark. Hey, this storm surge is growing. Hey, this is where it’s worse. That would be actionable evidence to then more localize the forecast, right? Mark Supal: 10:30 Absolutely. And even beyond forecasting, which will be a growing problem as climate changes. So we know that the number of buoys is going increase in the ocean. So that’s fact, but do we also know that power at sea is going to be something we need in the future. Right now, we already see electric vehicles and people are producing electric boats. So you can imagine a Platypus, so to speak gas station on electric station though, where you pull up recharge your jet ski or your electric boat and move on, or you can even imagine the stations for the whole group of people like the military and the scientific community who uses these underwater gliders, which stay under the ocean in stealthy missions , which don’t want to surface because they get detected. So we are imagining this Platypus as having underwater charging ports, whereby these gliders can pull up, fill up electrically, fill up and then go about their mission. So believe it or not the market for power at sea. It is tremendous. James Di Virgilio: 11:21 I’m imagining James Bond. He uses an underwater device, I think in a couple of films that are like that. But what’s interesting. Mark is you’re talking about solving a problem, and obviously we’ve spoke with countless inventors on this very podcast, and that’s how it always starts solve one problem. And then you ask yourself, is your solution scalable? I think obviously you’ve proven that your solution is eminently scalable and to a far distant future, depending on how things go and where we go, but harnessing the power of the ocean certainly seems like a brilliant idea. Now, having a brilliant idea and getting your idea funded are two different things. How have you been able to fund so far the Platypus? How have you built prototypes? What have you been able to do to actually make this idea a reality? Mark Supal: 11:59 Well, so I happen to be very handy and my parents were blue collar, but my dad was a plumber. So I’m very familiar with assembly and using pipes . So the way this product is made, out of a PVC pipe and it comes in all sorts of diameters. So I started with one inch pipe and the motors you can buy come in all sorts of diameters and you can scale a product up or down quite easily. And it all fits together within a shell of PVC pipe. So the funding actually came from me, my personal funds. And we’re talking about very small units units that are producing on an order of say 10 Watts of power. So to build one of these things may be unordered five, $600, but I’m able to buy all the parts. I’m not custom manufacturing, any parts, everything I’m buying is off the shelf, pieces of pipe are being glued together and believe it or not today, you can find almost any component you might need, whether it be a special sized fitting, or whether it be a certain board to take some unusual wave form and converted into DC electricity. So it’s not all that difficult to fund of course, to go to this next step. I’m looking for funding. And this is where the Cade Prize came along. They’re offering a wonderful chance for companies who are inventing new products to fund their ideas. James Di Virgilio: 13:04 And that’s a great pitch because that leads right into my next question. But it also talks about organizations like the Cade , right? Who support innovation, new venture capital. Basically you need money to fund ideas, right? You have an idea. Your idea is good. And now if I drop an order for 300 of these onto your lap, you have to find a way to make those right. You have to raise the money to construct them. And a lot of times that’s lost. I think in the idea generation process amongst the listening public is how do you actually make one of these? And then here you are going around. I imagine that you’re applying to a variety of different innovative awards, and you use this grant money or this money, one in prize money to then create either more prototypes or to build more product for you. How far away do you think you are from actually having this be in the water as a usable purchasable product on a large enough scale where there’s a couple of hundred of these in the ocean. Mark Supal: 13:51 I would say about a year and a half, not only are your client to the Cade Prize, but also we’re writing a proposal through the National Science Foundation. They offer startup companies a chance to do research in science and produce products. So there are a number of other avenues that we’re following to fund our products, but to do this again, because it is such a harsh environment we are using specialized materials, stainless steels, Naval brass, and so forth. But obviously when you get something out there , there are going to be failures and you’re going to have to correct and build a product that’s reliable. So I don’t see this product being released for about another year and a half. We are currently talking to and trying to strategize with NOAA to get one of these things on one of their buoys , either on or tethered to one of their buoys is say the next year. So , uh, even at that, you got to remember what that harsh environment you’re dealing with. There are going to be all sorts of issues that crop up. This thing has moving parts. You have Marine life. That’s going to grow on these parts. You have weather conditions that may distort the parts. You have boats that may collide with this thing as it is. When you talk to people who just buoys out there and the ocean, there are all sorts of issues with everything from boats, collided with the buoys to vandalism. James Di Virgilio: 14:57 It’s a lot of wisdom there. And what you said, Mark so much of creating a new product is to in fact, anticipate all the things that not can go wrong, but will go wrong because you think, Hey , I’ve got this solution. This is going to work just like, I think it will. But inevitably there are so many unseen things that will occur that you’re going to have to work on improving . And clearly we’re hearing through your process, that there’s a lifetime of experience here. When it comes to creating something, taking something to a marketplace, anticipating what needs to be done. Those are all things that of course are going to help the Platypus succeed. Now, Engineering Technologies, doesn’t just make the Platypus it’s drive from what I understand, Mark, and you can tell us more about it is to use clean energy items to improve the world around us. Now you’re working on a couple of other things as well at the same time. What else are you producing or developing right now? Mark Supal: 15:44 Oh , if I come from education and we need to educate not only students, but adults about how to sort plastics, how to deal with trash. So what we , uh, created and actually are, have already released it’s available on both the app store and on Google play. It’s called the E- bin, E hyphen bin. It’s an app that encourages people to recycle and the way it works, you scan a little sticker on a bottle, the QR code, they call them, you scan the QR code on the item that you might be tossing out. And it identifies the type of material it is. And it says, Hey, you need to put that in Bin, ABC or D. So we’re encouraging kids to sort plastics and metals and glasses, and then dispose of those in a proper way. So that’s one product. We have so many different things, but the other one, believe it or not, and it’s a toilet seat let’s that cleans itself in today’s world, where people are afraid of viruses and so forth. This particular s eat has a mechanical arm that wipes the unusual shape on a bowl, the surface of the bowl, and basically disinfects that. So y ou may sit on that thing and not be concerned about picking up a disease or a virus. James Di Virgilio: 16:43 So many creative things. What , what comes to mind for me when it comes to clean energy. And this is perhaps a devil’s advocate question. Most of the time, they don’t work. Not because they don’t actually work, but they don’t work in a marketplace because they’re not as efficient to use. Whether it be, Hey, we can use a fossil fuel or we can use something else. Or it tends to be a solution that is too expensive or too slow or not ubiquitous. The things you’re working on. Don’t seem to suffer from maybe some of the same problems that you would have from, like you mentioned, these larger scale, very ambitious. Let’s switch the world over to an electric car in the year, 2005. If we’re not ready yet, how much in your thought process goes into that? Hey, is this too soon to be released? Mark Supal: 17:25 The key is to find a customer like you alluded to earlier here, you really need to interview and listen to the people who may buy this product. I did work in a research environment and unfortunately too many times researchers create wonderful things, but there’s no market for them. Nobody wants them. So the key is to actually do your market research homework first and see who your customer might be. Otherwise you might produce something fantastic. No one really cares about how the technology works. They just care that it might solve a problem or a headache for them. James Di Virgilio: 17:54 Yeah. So well said, yeah, that’s it. That’s key. That’s one Oh one. But oftentimes, as you said, that’s lost in Gainesville, Florida. We have become one of the largest incubator cities in the country. We produce more business ideas and almost anywhere else. And that’s something I find myself frequently saying is your idea has to serve a market need. And this is gonna be one step further. And this surprises people, the reason an idea marketplace works so well, is it is the most efficient, you mentioned there’s products or there’s ideas we can create that are really neat. But society in an idea, marketplace will fund the ones that are most important that are most pressing right now. And that’s actually a good thing. That’s what you need. Of course, you could have humans spending time creating all sorts of things, but if it helps one person, whereas they could have created something that helps hundreds of thousands of people, you’d certainly rather have that be the latter . And that’s something you mentioned. Well, one of the easiest ways to figure that out is to go find out what are some market needs? Who is my customer? How many products would they need? Is this a high level need for them? Or is this way down their list of things they would want? Those are all really, really wise things to look at . And Mark yourself. Interesting background. Obviously you are both a very accomplished educator giving a lot of your time to teaching. You’ve won a variety awards for those things. You’re also a professional engineer. And now in your retirement, you’re creating a company to design products, a lot of fascinating stuff you mentioned to me before the podcast, something that I wanted to talk about, which is this idea that you really learned how to present your ideas from teaching. Mark Supal: 19:17 Right? Unfortunately, a lot of times teachers aren’t given a lot of credit in their profession, but what I found, I actually moved from industry into teaching, which I thought was wonderful because I was able to bring a lot of cool things to kids that were actually valuable skills that they might need on job. But on the flip side, as the teacher, I developed the ability to present, which is difficult coming out of say a four year degree in engineering to go up in front of a group and talk about something tactical. So after many, many years of teaching, he thinking to myself, well , I need to get back with a company. And now that I have a better set of skills, presentation skills, I think that I would be able to move quite easily through the company and promote ideas better. What I’m trying to say is that to teaching you learn how to present information and by presenting information, people understand your ideas and can make decisions, corporate decisions I’d say so. Yeah, I think not only did I learn from the kids, but also I learned how to present in a way that people can understand what you’re saying. James Di Virgilio: 20:07 That sounds like a great takeaway. If you’re an aspiring entrepreneur or one now is to hone your communication skills. If you understand the technology behind what you’re creating, but you’re unable to get your friends who are lay person. So to speak, to understand what you’re doing, it’s not going to motivate a marketplace and that’s something you can practice and a skill you can develop, which you mentioned, teaching is exactly that, right? Take an idea. That’s new to people, make it accessible, have them grab onto it, have them get inspired by it. That’s, that’s very, very powerful stuff. Now, last but not least. I want to talk about something you brought up as well in our pre show, which is very interesting. One of your first inventions happened a long time ago in the 1980s. And it was something called a Hydro Built. You can Google this on your own hydro belt, Supal, it’ll pop right up. You’ll see images of Mark himself wearing this belt. Now this was an interesting idea. You told me this product sold out. It was actually very successful, right ? But unfortunately it’s life sort of ended there. You still have these, you still use them. What is a hydro belt ? And tell us a little bit more about it. It’s just an interesting, innovative story. Mark Supal: 21:06 So I was an avid triathlete in back in the infancy of the sport. This event wasn’t monitored very closely and I was out there . Swimming in an event is raining. I thought, Oh my God, I’m going to drown out here. I can’t even figure out where the shoreline is, but he didn’t make it back here I am today. So I said, there needs to be a product for safety. So what I invented was a very thin reusable swim belt . You wear it around your waist has the CO2 cartridge. You yank a cord and it inflates to give you the 15 pounds, which is equivalent to a life vest . And basically you can save yourself in an emergency because during these events, there may be thousands of swimmers around you. You may be kicked, you may cramp up. And if that happens, you can drown . And unfortunately, over the years and those eighties, those early eighties, people were drowning. So this hydro belt, it’s a emergency swim belt. And I sold it to triathlete swimmers. I sold all the products I had. And what was interesting about that product, even though it was being advertised in a triathlete magazine, there are all sorts of other people who were asking for it like Cessna pilots who needed to have a product that they could throw on the back of their plane in order to fly over the great lakes and people kayaking needed it. And then I had a lot of interesting calls from pool companies. Believe it or not in the state of Florida, they needed a product for their employees to wear . When they worked around pools, a safety product and event that one of these people falls into pool. They don’t swim, they drown. So this product was a way to save yourself in event of an emergency in the water. I sold all the products I had. The big problem with that particular product was getting liability insurance, the liability insurance, the premium alone on that product was under order of, you know , 60 to $90,000 a year. And I wasn’t in a position to front that much money. And here I am a young engineer. I didn’t understand all the possibilities to meet with investors, to perhaps fund this. And I did continue selling them, sold all the products I had, even though I didn’t have insurance. And you know, one way to protect myself by the way was to incorporate. And then after they all sold out, I ended up keeping five because I still do triathlons and I need to wear this thing, but it’s something that I need to resurrect the company that was manufacturing, the injection molded parts for me, went out of business and all the tooling was lost. And here it is now some 35, 40 years later as a retiree. I am , I think to myself, I need to resurrect this thing because there’s an even bigger need for it. Now with all the new water sports that have been invented besides triathlons, which still go on, they have long distance swimming. They have now kiteboarding, they have this , uh , paddleboarding and all these things require you to be able to move your arms and legs freely the hydro belt and need to resurrect a product and get that thing back out there. Because it’s really a wonderful thing for anybody from a child up to an adult who is into water or near the water or onto water. James Di Virgilio: 23:38 Well, if you’re interested in the hydro belt, you can certainly contact Mark Supal. He is the chief technology officer at Engineering Technologies, LLC, creator of a bunch of interesting things. You can visit his website. You can get in touch with Mark. You can connect with him on LinkedIn. He is also right now a finalist for the Cade Prize, which of course does reward inventors like Mark creative problem solvers. Mark. It’s been wonderful having you on the program today. Thank you so much for being with us. Mark Supal: 24:05 Oh, well thank you for the opportunity here . And I hope that we can solve this problem by, like I said, there are so many problems that even the lay person can tackle. People don’t realize how simple it is to invent and just be very perseverant in your ability to actually to make something and put it together. It’s not that difficult to do so I appreciate your time. Thank you very much. Outro: 24:26 Radio Cade is produced by the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention located in Gainesville, Florida . This podcast episodes host was James Di Virgilio and Ellie Thom coordinates, inventor interviews, podcasts are recorded at Heartwood Soundstage and edited and mixed by Bob McPeak. The Radio Cade theme song was produced and performed by Tracy Collins and features violinists, Jacob Lawson .

Platypuses, platipi, platypeople? This question has haunted humans since the dawn of time, but the answer is revealed in this episode! Welcome back to the Kingdom Animalia, the podcast all about the wonderful animals that inhabit this planet called Earth! On today's episode I will be talking about the wonderful little oddity known as the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) and sharing all of the lovely details about it. These little creatures are mind-bending to see, is it a duck, otter, beaver??? Neither, it's a platypus! Join me in exploring all things platypus!  Don't forget to share this episode and rate on wherever you get your podcast (it really does help!) Email me: kingdomanimaliapodcast@gmail.com  Sources:  https://a-z-animals.com/animals/platypus/  https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/platypus/diet https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/04/01/the-platypus-is-so-weird-that-scientists-thought-the-first-specimen-was-a-hoax/ Pictures and Videos:  Platypus babies https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FAwwducational%2Fcomments%2Fesi2aj%2Fa_baby_platypus_hatches_from_its_egg_as_small_as%2F&psig=AOvVaw1d8tK6VC181JxjapnVA-PZ&ust=1595955542826000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCJCIue_z7eoCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD Australia Map https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgeology.com%2Fworld%2Faustralia-satellite-image.shtml&psig=AOvVaw2hvah8ukLneKsGcBz1Zevo&ust=1595961045341000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCNCXrquI7uoCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAI Terrifying giant platypus https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgeographic.com%2Fnews%2F2013%2F11%2F131104-giant-platypus-evolution-science-animals-paleontology%2F&psig=AOvVaw3MTGJw4stMPWSr-4KX_ItU&ust=1595961103631000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCJj1rciI7uoCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD Platypuses feeding https://youtu.be/a6QHzIJO5a8 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kingdom-animaliapod/support

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David is DRUNK! He's tipsy, he's confused and he wants to talk about Platypuses... In this very short episode Dylan and David ramble incoherently but have a fun time doing it! Listen and enjoy the dumb sh#t said out loud.

  On this week's show i spoke author & manager of The Museum of Zoology at Cambridge University, Jack Ashby. Jack knows his museums well & it was a pleasure to chat with him about what kind of things we can learn from visiting these rooms of education. It's not just what you read on the signs that can tell you about the animals. From conservation status, air pollution & even about the taxidermist themselves, there's a huge list of what these animals can tell us. We also touched on a passion of Jack's, and that's Australian mammals, in particularly the platypus & the wombat & spoke about the recent fires in Australia & what impact this is going to have on these animals. Thanks again for tuning in to Into the wild. If you'd like to keep up to date with the projects & shows that Jack is working on, you can do so on Twitter, @JackDAshby. Don't forget to subscribe to us on iTunes and twitter & leave a review. You can also get in touch on social media, @intothewildpod. Until next time, keep well, stay safe & live the good life.

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In this podcast David James Keaton talks about pizza horror, fruit sauce, why bananas are the platypuses of fruit, and much more. About David James Keaton David James Keaton’s first collection, FISH BITES COP! Stories to Bash Authorities was named the 2013 Short Story Collection of the Year by This Is Horror, and his second … Continue reading

After a short break the gang are back and with a bang! This bumper episode is a discussion all about DNA. Listen to find out how a conversation can start with the discovery of the double helix and end up with Platypuses! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We’re joined by Tamielle Brunt, PhD student at UQ studying the distribution and habitat requirements of Platypuses around South-East QLD. Tamielle has a passion for these amazing aquatic monotremes,engaging local communities in WildlifeQLD’s Platypus Watch programs since 2016. We discuss her PhD research, including eDNA monitoring to guide planning for the persistence of platypus populations, urban and naturalized habitat requirements, and much more, over Moon River cocktails and Mudcake! Follow Tamielle on Twitter@tamiellebrunt and IG@platypus_protector. Check out Platypus Watch at Wildlife.org.au/platypuswatch New Research: Richmond et al. 2018 A diverse suite of pharmaceuticals contaminates stream and riparian food webs. Nature Communications. 9.4491. DOI:10.1038/s41467-018-06822-w. Asahara et al. '16. Comparative cranial morphology in living and extinct platypuses: Feeding behavior, electroreception, and loss of teeth. Science Advances. 2, 10. e1601329 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601329. Carrick et al. 2019 Limitations on the use of historical and database sources to identify changes in distribution and abundance of the platypus. Response to A silent demise: Historical insights into population changes of the iconic platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). Global Ecology and Conservation. 20:e00777. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00777.

The platypus got it's name from the Greek words “platus” which, loosely translated to English, means “freaky-deaky” and “pous”, meaning beaver. As with most things, its existence was fairly inconsequential to Europeans, but folks were eager to wear and consume its parts.

Dr. Kurt Gray is an associate professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. There, he directs the Mind Perception and Morality Lab—a research lab dedicated to understanding who we interpret to have minds, and why it matters. Specifically, Dr. Gray and his research team examine how mind perception influences moral judgments. In this podcast, we discuss his research, his new Center for the Science of Moral Understanding which aims to reduce social and political polarization, as well as his most recent book co-edited with Jesse Graham, The Atlas of Moral Psychology. NOTES: 3:00 - Book, Illusion of Conscious Will 8:30 - Paper, humans don't like AI making moral decisions 12:10 - Paper, the moral agency and patiency of moral exemplars 16:00 - Paper, helping veterans get hired 18:45 - Center for the Science of Moral Understanding 28:55 - Paper, meta-analysis of replicating incidental disgust 39:00 - The Atlas of Moral Psychology 41:05 - Yoel Inbar's paper, Applied Moral Psychology 51:20 - Book, The Mind Club 51:40 - Book, The Mind's I

Leah Tether of the University of Bristol explains the origins of the legend of king Arthur. Wildlife ecologist Josh Griffiths of CESAR tells us of an extraordinary mammal, the platypus.Tim Caro of UC Davis explains why zebras have stripes. Journalist Jeff Jacoby of The Boston Globe on his father's experience during the Holocaust.

Episode 2: PlatypusLearn a little about Platypuses with Dylan. If you have answers to the animal questions or a guess for next weeks episode, or any feedback, as we are always learning, please email us at whatareyoupodcast@gmail.com.We used the following resources when researching this episode:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btUGDQXMoqYand Platypus by Sue Whiting https://www.amazon.com/Platypus-Sue-Whiting/dp/0763680982

Leah Tether of the University of Bristol explains the origins of the legend of king Arthur. Wildlife ecologist Josh Griffiths of CESAR tells us of an extraordinary mammal, the platypus. Roger Launius of Launius Historical Services helps us by explaining the many conspiracy's surrounding the moon landing. Melissa Ilardo of The University of Utah and UC Berkeley explains her studies of diving nomads. And Eric Schulze entertains us with a word story.

 Its Halloween time again and friend-of-the-show Kristi is back to talk about the Haunted Mansion, and beyond.  Come and take a listen to the darker side of the park, and hear some fun ghost-oriented stories. (with apologies, the podcast this week is a little long at 41 minutes, but I think you will find its well worth your time!) These are the scenes from the Haunted Mansion that we discuss:  Kristi references a video of the haunted mansion with some alterations. You can see "The Haunted Mansion: Hatbox Ghost Edition" at Vimeo.com/26227940 Great Expectations is available at The Gutenberg Project , for free. Here are the Top 5 creepy things, in the Magic Kingdom, but not in the Haunted Mansion: #5 Platypuses with Eggs (Its a Small World) #4 Tiki Totems (Enchanted Tiki Room) #3 Pirate on the Ship (Pirates of the Caribbean) #2 Injun Joe's Cave (Tom Sawyer's Island) #1 Tiger's glowing eyes in Shirley Temple's (Jungle Cruise) Bad Apple, was just released by Vagabondage Press Books and is available everywhere in print and all e-book formats. You can find it here:http://bit.ly/BadAppleKPS. (Remember 50% of the proceeds are being donated to charity) Her newest scary story, "The Thing Inside," is in an anthology called Unnatural Tales of the Jackalope, available from Western Legends Press in both Paperback and Kindle on Amazon. If you want to see the book trailers for either of these, they're on Kristi's website here: http://kristipetersenschoonover.com/trailers/ A ghost story writer who still sleeps with the lights on, Kristi Petersen Schoonover’s fiction has appeared in countless magazines and anthologies. She holds an MFA from Goddard College, has received three Norman Mailer Writers Colony Residencies, is editor for Read Short Fiction, and hosts the Scary Scribes podcast for Paranormal, Eh? Radio Network in Canada. Her work Skeletons in the Swimmin’ Hole is a collection of ghost stories set in Disney Parks; her horror novel, Bad Apple, is now available from Vagabondage Press Books. She’s also a member of the New England Horror Writers Association. More info: www.kristipetersenschoonover.com.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

Tennish is back and in this weeks episode the topics include Auger-Aliassime's sensational Miami, Isner's broken foot, unusual names and Naomi explains how some players can actually be scared of winning... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're retelling the story of the first encounters of the new British arrivals, in Australia in the 1780s onwards, with our wonderful Platypus, the kerfuffle caused when Platypus specimens were sent back to Europe, and we’ll be reminded of the Platypuses’ place in the development of Darwin’s theory, and of our World War 2 relations with the England. (45 mins) www.australianhistoriespodcast.com.au Brilliant stories from Australia’s past! AHP Facebook       australianhistoriespodcast Instagram      AusHistPod Twitter

Zimmer got a hair cut. We have some visitors coming soon. Jimmy bested a raccoon. Kaity contemplated a new job. Inventions that got turned down. A genius shipping strategy. The platypus is weird as hell. Happy headlines. Indulgences. Bridge over troubled water by Victory.

How is a prose poem like a platypus? How are writers like astronauts? Kevin Zepper addresses these questions and more in this podcast. New Rivers Press is a teaching press operating in association with Minnesota State University Moorhead. The press gives student interns hands-on experience with editing, publishing, and the business of books. Since 2003, every New Rivers Press title has been edited and designed by MSUM students under the supervision of New Rivers Press staff. For more information about the press, our authors, and our upcoming events, follow us on social media or check out our website: newriverspress.com. Thank you to Minnesota State Educational Innovations for making this podcast possible. The views expressed are solely those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily represent those of New Rivers Press, Minnesota State University Moorhead, or any employees thereof. Music Copyright © 2018 by Sakora Studio. Music composed by Thomas Maresh. Podcast Image created by Mikaila Norman.

Why aren't there more duck billed playtpuses? Why aren't there more bigfoots? Jones and Tyler shoot the moon on some conspiracy theories that EVERYONE should be talking about.

Join us as we finally get to the bottom of Mary Poppins magical abilities and uncover her insidious plan to indoctrinate all the worlds children into her magical sleeper cell program. As you might have gathered, this episode is a little buckwild, but what else would you expect from a world where you belch to cast magic, your arms grow and shrink constantly and the most deadly gang in the world is The Platypuses.

Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Lucas Randall 00:01:05 A critically endangered frog lives underground in a remote mountainous region of Australia. Researchers are now trialling an adorable new method for finding and studying them. 00:07:15 Diabetes is a growing problem around the world, and now some researchers are looking to an odd-looking Australian icon for a potential new treatment. 00:16:07 A new paper published in Science has caused quite a buzz, by demonstrating that honeybees understand the concept of zero. 00:21:19 Every year, thousands of Giant Spider Crabs congregate in Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay, where they shed their hard shells. What happens after that, is a mystery.   This episode contains traces of Jet Black, Luke Edwards,and Jenny Gray from CEO Zoos Victoria lamenting the plight of the Baw Baw Frog.

Savage Henry in the building! Zeke Herrera and Kevin Klatman sit down with me and we Google so many interesting things including the weight of ants, and some stuff about platypuses. Then Chris Durant comes in to hype me up about stomping 30 animals!

AFOTD: Platypuses are known sinners. Heaven contains none of them.

Chris and Brandon are all over the map talking about Call of Duty, Platypuses, and more.

Alright, let's see... we talk about... Artificial Intelligence platypuses we see a turkey fly by the cottage and then a fox eating a squirrel octopus teasers we call doucet... we talk about a lot of populations... pizza gate the octomom the fappening spider silk disturbing internet videos dmt spirit molecule then we all take the alpha brain supplement by onnit and try to lucid dream that night- part 2 will be luciD dreaM sTories.. If you want us to answer any questions and you want to remain anonymous, go here to submit any question and we'll answer it on the podcast! http://ask.fm/ChrisEricPodcast you can also email us at cnelivinthedream (at) gmail dot com

Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Penny Dumsday 00:00:50 For a long time, vision problems have been a known side-effect of spending a long time in space. We are now a big step closer to understanding why, thanks to some MRI scans done before and after trips to the International Space Station. 00:08:15 The male of the duck-billed platypus has a venomous spurr on its leg. But that venom contains a hormone that could be useful for treating diabetes. 00:13:42 A new study by researchers at Caltech suggests that we could be looking for the cause of Parkinson's Disease in the wrong place. Instead of being a brain issue, it could be related to gut irritation.   This episode contains traces of Wil Anderson talking with journalist Mark Colvin.

Red is joined by her close friend, actress/recording artist Emily Rose Morrison! Red and Emii recount their experiences at Chicago Pride and discuss an upcoming trip to Fresno. Additional topics include drinking games, virtual reality, platypuses vs platypi, and thoughts on one of the most popular superheroes this year, Deadpool. Brought to you by LineupMedia.fm The post Ep2 – Red and Emii talk nerd-tastic slumber parties, Chicago Pride, platypuses vs platypi and more! appeared first on Red Dodge.

It is pretty much impossible to describe duckbill platypuses without using the word "hodgepodge" and for good reason. These mammals also share features with birds, reptiles and even sharks. Learn about the these weird and peculiar (and surprisingly tiny) little creatures that both creationists and evolutionists claim as a demonstration of their beliefs. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

It is pretty much impossible to describe duckbill platypuses without using the word "hodgepodge" and for good reason. These mammals also share features with birds, reptiles and even sharks. Learn about the these weird and peculiar (and surprisingly tiny) little creatures that both creationists and evolutionists claim as a demonstration of their beliefs. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers