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Hydrochoerology (CAPYBARAS) with Elizabeth Congdon

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.923.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

CAPYBARAS! Blocky faces. Chill vibes. Spa days. Finally. Hydrochoerologist, Dr. Elizabeth Congdon, leads us into the muddy pond of Rodents of Unusual Size, weird feet, pet questions, interspecies snuggles, capybara cafes, natural habitats, escaped capybara, a fossil record that will rock you, and what the Pope thinks of them. An instant classic that you’ll want to enjoy on repeat. Y’all, CAPYBARAS. I repeat: Capybaras.

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Oh hey it's the lady that hosts that podcast and let's get right in you don't need me

0:04.0

talking about talking about capi baris okay so we're gonna chat with the associate professor of

0:08.6

biology the only North American expert in these furry gorgeous charmers. So Capibares, side note, they are those

0:17.0

snub-nosed, bricks of relaxation. These creatures that just are chilling, you may have seen them in video footage. Maybe they got a bird on their head.

0:26.4

Maybe you watched it on a loop to help you forget about your divorce for a few moments.

0:31.0

Everyone loves a capi-barra. So this expert did her undergrad at Kent State University in zoology, got a PhD in biology at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, and has collaborated with the folks who wrote the actual textbook on this exceptional

0:44.4

neotropical species as they call. So we're gonna chat in a sec but first thank you to

0:48.5

everyone who supports this show on Patreon for a dollar a month at pat.com slash ologies. You can wear our shirts and hats and socks via ologies

0:57.7

merch.com. We also have free shorter and g-rated cuts of our episodes.

1:03.0

Those are up at AlliWarn.

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Com slash Somologies.

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All those things are linked in the show notes.

1:07.0

And also thank you so much to everyone who has ever left a review

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which helps the show so much.

1:12.0

I read every single one like this week from

1:14.6

Larrasco one who said that they love the variety of personalities that make each

1:19.1

episode special as well as the secrets that I tell you at the end of the episode,

1:23.0

just in case you did not know that I do that.

1:25.0

Also I just want to shout out to new ologite Mr. James Allison

1:28.0

who left a two-star review after his first time listening,

1:31.0

James did not enjoy that the topic of one episode was

1:34.7

science poetry as the title suggested. Just a reminder you can click on any episode you'd like,

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