26: Black Widow & Vampire Squid

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

🗓️ 30 October 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Join the Weatherfords for a weekly animal review! In this week's very special very spooky episode, Christian debunks some myths about the black widow spider & Ellen illuminates the mysterious vampire squid.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. This is Ellen Weatherford.
0:21.5	And this is Christian. And then that's where we'll interrupt with spooky music.
0:25.1	That's right, y'all. It's just the boo of us, Halloween edition.
0:28.3	It's time to get spooky.
0:29.7	We hear for it. I hope you are too. Otherwise, you're here anyway.
0:36.1	We're not stuck in here with you.
0:38.4	You're stuck in here with us.
0:40.2	Each animal we review on the show, we will rate out of 10 based on three spooky categories.
0:46.6	You can't just say spooky in front of everything.
0:49.2	Okay, fine.
0:50.0	Three categories, effectiveness, ingenuity, and aesthetics.
0:53.1	Bonus category.
1:12.6	Spookiness. Okay. I didn't build that into my notes, but it's okay. We'll do it on the fly. We are not zoological experts. We do a lot of research and try our best to make sure we're presenting information from trustworthy resources. Who's first this week? You. Me? Yes. What I bring this week to our... Chambers.
1:14.7	To our dungeon.
1:18.0	Is the southern black widow spider.
1:21.1	Love her.
1:22.7	Scientific name, Latredectus Mactans.
1:26.0	I chose this particular species just because it's near and dear to us
1:30.7	in our geographical area. In our garage. Yeah. Many people are familiar with the term black widow
1:37.0	spider, but that actually refers to about 30 some odd different species. Oh, wow. Yes. This species was
1:44.0	submitted to us by What Are You Podcast?
1:46.8	Yay, that's with Megan and Dylan.
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