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Just the Zoo of Us

287: Mexican Jumping Bean Moth & Slow Worm

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 May 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Ellen's thinking about those Mexican jumping beans & Christian takes things slow with the slow worm.

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0:00.0

The

0:07.0

The Hi, everybody, it's Ellen Weatherford.

0:33.8

And Christian Weatherford.

0:34.9

And this is just the Zoo of Us, your favorite animal review podcast, we rate your favorite animals out of 10 in the categories of effectiveness, ingenuity, and aesthetics.

0:43.4

We are not zoological experts, but we try our best to bring the most accurate information that we can.

0:48.3

Do you know how committed to the craft I am?

0:50.6

I, in the trenches of my research this week, I found myself on particle physics.

0:57.0

Oh, boy.

0:58.1

Tell me why.

0:59.2

Tell me why I was ending up in like statistic, like probability analysis in particle physics.

1:04.5

Ooh, was it light related?

1:06.4

It wasn't light related.

1:07.7

Okay.

1:08.1

It was for a much sillier and goofier reason.

1:12.9

Just so you all know how committed I am to bringing you that best and most accurate information, I learned physics

1:19.3

for you people. There you go. Before we get into our main sort of content for this episode,

1:27.2

we're going to do a kids questions episode soon.

1:30.1

I could have Isaac, my 11-year-old son, back on the mic, as he has before, for answering some

1:36.4

questions from kiddos. So if any young listeners, any young scientists are out there who have any

1:42.9

questions about animals or nature. It can even be,

1:46.5

you know, personal questions, like, you know, anything about how the podcast is made or, you know,

1:52.3

behind the scenes, questions, things like that. Any curious kids, have your grownups help you

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