321: Norway Lemmings

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

🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Ellen sets the record straight on Norway lemmings, busting over 400 years of myths.

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Hi there everybody. This is Ellen Weatherford.
0:34.1	And Christian Weatherford.
0:35.2	And this is just the zoo of us, your favorite animal review podcast, where we rate your favorite animals out of 10 in the categories of effectiveness, ingenuity, and aesthetics.
0:43.7	We are not zoological experts, but we try our best to bring the most interesting and factually correct information we can.
0:51.4	That's right.
0:52.1	I haven't had a chance to talk about my San Diego trip on this podcast yet, have I?
0:57.2	I don't think I have.
0:58.4	I don't think so.
0:59.7	I went to San Diego to see the zoo.
1:02.2	The zoo invited me, and I got a fancy media badge.
1:05.9	So I got to go in and go see the new Elephant Valley exhibit, which will be opening, I believe, in May.
1:14.9	I got to go in and see it a little bit ahead of time.
1:18.8	Beautiful.
1:19.6	Huge exhibit.
1:21.1	Massive, like, huge area.
1:23.2	There's, like, a walkway where, like, the elephants can walk underneath the like pedestrian walkway.
1:30.8	Yeah.
1:31.1	So like the elephants can like walk underneath you.
1:34.3	It's really, really cool.
1:35.5	We got to watch them walk underneath us, which was very awesome.
1:38.6	I was like that's a, that's an angle of an elephant most don't get.
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