Hey there, friends, and welcome to episode 298 of Just the Zoo of Us.

We are getting real close to 300, aren't we? That's pretty cool.

This week, I am joined by a returning friend of the show, science communicator and comedy writer Katie Golden, for a roundup of her three weirdest facts about sharks.

We discuss cage-free uranium, possible mermaid configurations,

why sometimes people poop themselves when they're scared,

how FOMO can conquer phobia, eye, teeth, and so much more.

Just as a little bit of a heads up, a chunk of this episode's

conversation is about cocaine. When it comes up, I will have edited in some guidance for

skipping ahead for anyone listening who might not find that suitable. As always, there's no

profanity or anything graphic, but it is a topic. Anyway, Just the Zoo of Us presents Katie Golden's three weirdest shark facts. Hello there, everybody.

It's Ellen Weatherford with Just the Zoo of Us, your favorite animal review podcast.

I'm so excited this week to have back a returning friend, a familiar voice to people who either have been listening to Just the Zoo of Us for a while or perhaps people who listen to other animal podcast. This is Katie Golden. Say hi, Katie. Hi, Katie. Oh, wait. Shoot. Dirt it's, you know what? You got me last time. And so I think it's rule of threes. I think you've got to get the next one too. Okay. You got to bring it home with the next one.

Okay. Okay.

Katie, what are your pronouns?

Is she her?

Thank you so much.

And Katie, you are the host of a couple of other podcasts, Creature Feature, and also here on the Maximum Fun Network, secretly incredibly fascinating for people who maybe didn't catch your first episode here on just the

Zuvus where we talked about cuckoo wasps a few years ago or people who may be a little bit

new to you. How did you get into the work that you do podcasting about cool animals?

Man, it was a wild, right? I started out as an, you know, normal, honorable citizen.

I started out normal. Yeah, slowly made my descent into podcasting. Yeah, you know, normal, honorable citizen. I started out normal.

Yeah, slowly made my dissent into podcasting.

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