120: Acorn Woodpecker & West African Lungfish

Just the Zoo of Us

Ellen & Christian Weatherford

Science Communication, Pets & Animals, Zoology, Kids & Family, Nature, Wildlife Science, Animals, Science, Wildlife

4.8 • 595 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Join the Weatherfords for a weekly animal review! In this week's episode, Christian brings the acorn woodpecker to trial for its rampant vandalism & Ellen goes for a ride in a time machine with the West African lungfish. Along the way, we discuss the physics of using your face as a jackhammer, snot cocoons, and Sonic hedgehog. Cover photos: Luis Echeverri Urrea via Getty images (woodpeckers), voltan1 via Getty images (lungfish)

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Hello, everybody. It's Ellen Weatherford.
0:31.9	And Christian Weatherford.
0:33.2	We're here with just the Zoo of Us, your favorite animal review podcast, where we take your favorite animals and we review them by rating them out of 10 in the categories of effectiveness, ingenuity, and aesthetics.
0:46.5	We are not zoological experts. We do a lot of research and try our best to make sure we're presenting information from trustworthy sources.
0:53.6	You know what, right at the top
0:54.7	before we get into our animals, I actually did want to say thank you to people who have been
0:58.2	leaving ratings and reviews. They've been tremendously kind, and they make me really happy.
1:05.9	It gives me a nice bump of energy when I'm trying to do some research on something and having an
1:10.7	aggravating time
1:11.5	finding something.
1:12.5	It's like at the end of like a Christmas movie where all the kids like their belief in Santa
1:19.1	makes the sleigh fly again.
1:21.8	It's like that.
1:22.6	Everyone believing in Christian helps him power through the rest of his notes.
1:26.9	It does.
1:27.7	You had some pretty dense notes this week, didn't you?
1:29.9	I do.
1:30.5	I'm really excited about it.
1:31.7	I feel like when you get like really into, especially like a niche scientific topic,
1:36.5	ah, it's so good.
1:38.1	Let's hope I'm not the only one interested in this one.
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