4.6 • 911 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
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From the shiny and splendiferous scale worms of the deep, to scuba diving lizards, these animals all have one thing in common: they are 100% glam. I'm joined by Danl Goodman to rock out!
Footnotes: Elvis worm! https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-elvis-worms-shimmer-and-sparkleand-fight-tough-180974989/
Elvis worms fighting, oh no!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgQvuYljX8g
Scale worm jaws, extra oh no! https://anatomytoyou.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/openmouthteeth_2144136i.jpg?w=640
Living beetle jewelry https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/meet-makech-bedazzled-beetles-worn-living-jewelry-180955081/
Shiny diving lizards, oh my!
https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/web/196097_web.jpg
Shiny diving lizards caught on video! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/bu-lc032019.php#:~:text=Lindsey%20Swierk%2C%20assistant%20research%20professor,time%20to%20escape%20from%20predators
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0:00.0 | Snakes, zombies, sharks, heights, speaking in public, the list of fears is endless. |
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0:27.9 | and the Ad Council. Welcome to Creature Feature production production of IHeart Radio. |
0:40.3 | I'm your host of mini-parasites Katie Golden. |
0:43.0 | I studied psychology and evolutionary biology, and today on the show we're talking about glam rock animals. |
0:49.2 | Animals who are glamorous and glitzy and on occasion also tough as a rock. |
0:54.1 | From the shiny and |
0:55.5 | splendiferous scale worms of the deep to scuba diving lizards. These animals all have |
1:00.3 | one thing in common. They are 100% glam. Discover this in more as we answer the age |
1:05.8 | old question. Was that rainbow fish children's book a body horror? Joining me today is Friend of the Pod, |
1:12.7 | podcast person, frequent voice on fake doctors, real friends, DJ and Twitchman, Dan L. Goodman. |
1:19.8 | Hi. |
1:22.0 | How's it going? |
1:23.3 | Good. Do you mind if I call you Twitchman? |
1:25.5 | Twitchman. |
1:26.2 | That is perfect. |
1:30.0 | Twitchman is excellent. I'm honored by the title. |
1:49.8 | Yeah. Yeah. I'm a podwoman. I feel like I miss the times where it's like blacksmith or, you know, can't, you know what I mean? Like when we had these names like lamplighter or, you know, can't, you know what I mean? Like when we had these names, like lamp lighter or, you know, like, we have podcaster, |
1:51.3 | but like what about podsmith? |
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