131: Green Iguana & Blue Marlin

Just the Zoo of Us

Ellen & Christian Weatherford

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

4.8 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode, Christian drops in on green iguanas and Ellen reels in the blue marlin. Topics include pendulous dewlaps, frozen lizards falling from trees, the powerhouse of the cell, and flailing knives.

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Hello, friends. It's Ellen Weatherford.
0:31.3	And Christian Weatherford.
0:32.5	And we're here with Just the Zoo of Us, your favorite animal review podcast, where we take your favorite animals and rate them out of 10 in the categories of effectiveness, ingenuity, and aesthetics.
0:43.8	We are not zoological experts, but we do a lot of research and we try to get it right the first time.
0:49.5	And if not, the second or maybe third.
0:52.7	It's funny you say that because I do have a follow-up to the last episode we did together.
0:57.5	This was not coordinated.
1:00.5	It's okay.
1:01.4	It is a love and comment.
1:02.9	Great.
1:03.4	Yes.
1:03.7	So last time you joined me for an episode together, you talked about the wombat.
1:08.7	Yes.
1:09.3	And during our conversation about wombats, we talked about their long, sharp claws, specifically
1:14.6	as a reason you might not want to hug a wombat because they can get you with these big sharp claws.
1:21.6	So a friend on Twitter with the name Sweet Aster chimed in and said,
1:26.9	Hey, guys, loved your last episode.
1:29.0	I grew up on a wildlife refuge with lots of wombats.
1:33.4	And I just want to assure you that they never use their claws to hurt you just to dig.
1:38.8	But they bite like absolute little demons.
1:43.7	So it is different pointy bits that you have to worry about for the wombat.
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