Punch the Lonely Monkey and Other Recent Animal Encounter News Stories

Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks

Tooth & Claw

True Crime, Nature, Science, Comedy

4.8 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

The guys talk about a few of the more notable recent animal attack and encounter stories, including the first mountain lion fatality in Colorado since at least 1999, a macaque in a Japanese zoo whose story will pull on your heartstrings, an odd case of the poison from a frog being used in an assassination, and more. Thanks for listening! Watch here: ~~ ButcherBox: Get your choice of organic ground beef, chicken breast, or ground turkey in every box for a year plus $20 off your first box at https://butcherbox.com/tooth with free shipping—use our link so they know we sent you. Ollie Pet Food: Ollie. Feed the Obsession. Go to https://ollie.com/tooth and use code tooth to get 60% off your first box! LMNT: Get a free 8-count Sample Pack with any purchase at http://drinklmnt.com/tooth Quince: Go to https://quince.com/tooth for free shipping and 365-day returns on premium wardrobe essentials from Quince, now available in Canada. Miracle Brand: Upgrade your sleep with Miracle Made! Go to https://trymiracle.com/TOOTH and use the code TOOTH to claim your FREE 3 PIECE TOWEL SET and SAVE over 40% OFF. ~~ To advertise on the show, contact us! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/c/toothandclawpodcast ~~ Tooth & Claw is brought to you by QCODE. Support the show and get access to an extensive library of exclusive episodes like this by supporting the show on Patreon or joining the Grizzly Club on Apple Podcasts. For the latest updates on the show and all things wildlife, follow us at toothandclawpod.com and social: Instagram: @ToothandClawPodcast Twitter: @ToothandClawPod Wes: @GrizKid Jeff: @jefe_larson Mike: @mikey3ds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, everybody.
0:17.4	Hey, this is Dr. Nick.
0:18.6	I am Jeff Larson.
0:22.0	I'm the wildlife biologist as brother, Wes Larson.
0:26.8	Whoa.
0:27.9	Almost had us there.
0:29.4	You see the restraint I had there?
0:31.6	And we also have Mike Smith with us.
0:34.6	I had something that was going to make Mike mad and I just forgot it.
0:39.4	Most things do, so just take a shot in the dark and it'll work. The sun? Was it the sun?
0:45.3	Was it human contact? He came over and met my dog yesterday. What'd you think, Mike? Great dog.
0:51.8	Love loved that dog. It was great. Did it look like Pennywise when you saw it or did it look very cute, like normal? It looked abnormally cute. I'm a pretty objective judge of pet cuteness. I'm not, I'll tell you straight up if your baby or your dog is ugly. Yeah. This dog is a good looking dog. It's a very cute dog. It's like one out of 50 photos that I see of it, though. I'm like, oh, it looks a little bit like Pennywise there. Oh, interesting. Yeah, I didn't get that at all. Yeah. I mean, Pennywise needs to be a little cute to get all those kids. He's kind of cute. He is kind of cute. He can take a lot of forms too. That's like saying he looks like anything. That's true. And he can be little cute forms too sometimes. Yeah. That's what I'm saying. That's fair. No, he's, man, I don't think there's a dog in the world that more people comment or ask to pet or whatever.
1:46.5	I bet.
1:47.6	Because not only is a cute, but he only has three legs.
1:50.7	And guess what?
1:52.8	They never ask to pet me.
1:55.2	That's probably for the best.
1:57.8	I always have to be like, oh, yeah, where's mine?
2:01.5	No, that's for dropping off.
2:03.4	Only if they're attractive, though.
2:09.0	Steering into some dangerous territory here.
2:12.7	I got nothing, guys.
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