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Just the Zoo of Us

122: Tarantula Hawk & Vulture Bee

Just the Zoo of Us

Ellen & Christian Weatherford

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

4.8 β€’ 592 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 8 December 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Ellen squares up with the formidable tarantula hawk & Christian gives the buzz on vulture bees.

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0:00.0

The

0:07.0

The Hey everybody. It's Ellen Weatherford.

0:32.1

And Christian Weatherford.

0:33.5

And this is just the Zoo of Us, your favorite animal review podcast where we take your favorite

0:38.0

animals. We review them by rating them out of 10 in the categories of effectiveness, ingenuity,

0:43.5

and aesthetics. We are not zoological experts, but we do our best to find trustworthy information.

0:49.8

Before we dive into our animals, I have some follow-ups.

0:52.7

Okay. Previously, on Just the Zoo of Us, on the last episode that you and I did together, Christian,

0:59.1

you talked about the acorn woodpecker.

1:01.1

I did.

1:02.0

David Roberts, the person who requested this animal, followed up after our episode to say,

1:08.3

first of all, great episode.

1:09.9

Love that.

1:10.5

Nice. Thank that. Nice.

1:10.9

Thank you. David also said, sometimes acorn woodpeckers do put many acorns in one hole.

1:17.9

Oh.

1:18.8

Though the most famous example of that, it seems like they couldn't get the acorns back out afterward.

1:27.9

And David included a link to a video, which I showed you earlier of an antenna absolutely

1:34.6

overloaded with acorns that had been deposited there by woodpeckers.

1:40.4

So, yeah, I thought that was a cute little follow-up, too.

1:43.4

We had wondered why they only put one acorn in each hole.

1:47.3

I guess it's a minimized chances of that happening.

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