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Creaturekringletimes: Staying Warm!

Creature Feature

iHeartPodcasts

Science, Education, Comedy

4.6911 Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Happy Creaturekringletimes! Today we're getting cozy and snuggly with animal tips on how to stay warm. From bee cuddles, to round fluffy birds, we're gettin' toasty with some cuties. Plus, what a frozen sabertooth cat-cicle can tell us about these ancient kitties! I'm joined by Kelly Weinersmith to warm ourselves by the fire of evolutionary biology facts! 

Footnotes: 

Piping Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz-Runners

Sabertooth kitten preserved in Siberia

Last week's mystery animal sound source

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0:00.0

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0:21.4

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0:25.9

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0:32.2

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0:33.4

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0:40.5

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0:46.7

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0:56.1

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0:57.6

Okay, dokey.

1:02.3

Welcome to Creature Feature, production of IHeartRadio. I'm your host of mini parasites, Katie Golden.

1:08.5

I studied psychology and evolutionary biology, and wow, it is cold out there.

1:13.6

It is chilly. We like to snuggle in sweaters. I have a cold right now, so I am in a big fluffy sweater.

1:21.7

I've been huddling under the blankets, drinking tea, but you know what, what do animals do to stay warm in the winter?

1:29.3

We're talking from the tiny bee to bigger animals, ones that are no longer around.

1:35.7

The most wonderful thing of the year, which is roundbirds. Why are they so round?

1:40.1

So we're going to talk about all the ways in which animals stay warm in the winter.

1:46.1

Discover this and more as we answer the ageal question.

1:49.9

Do you want to be in a bee mosh pit?

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