Cool Facts About Animals

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Bald Eagle (Bonus 4th of July episode!) Jul 04, 2019

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This episode was originally part of the Kids Listen sampler, which you can also find on our feed. But to celebrate the 4th, we are bringing you 5 minutes packed with facts about the United States' national bird. Enjoy!

Golden Poison Dart Frog Jun 23, 2019

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Happy Summer! On this episode, we are talking about a sunny-colored frog, which happens to be one of the most toxic animals in the world – the golden poison dart frog. We discuss the difference between venomous and toxic, how many humans one of these tiny frogs can kill with one touch, and their surprisingly social nature. Plus: can you guess which sound comes from a poison dart frog? (Jaguar does a pretty good imitation!)

If you're interested in getting a pound of trash out of the ocean, and getting your own recycled bracelet, here's the link to 4ocean: http://4ocean.com

Also please consider supporting us on our Patreon page! Any money received will go toward funding a trip to Eastern or Southern Oregon to meet in person with a scientist and learn more about a different animal habitat. https://www.patreon.com/coolfactsaboutanimals

If you think you know the answer to our creature quiz or riddle, or want to tell us about your Kid Power success, send us an email at coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com, or tweet us at @coolanimalspod

We are on summer vacation, and so likely won't be publishing on our usual schedule. But we will be back soon with our next episode!

Thanks as always to Andrew of the awesome podcast Ear Snacks for our theme music!

Our listeners speak! May 31, 2019

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It's our first ever listener episode! We learn from you listeners lots of cool facts about animals, including king cobras, goats, sand cats, and more—plus answer some questions about frogs and how we decide which animal we choose to talk about. Thanks to our listeners who submitted their audio clips: Nadia, Demaris, Quinn, Grace, Lexi, Ginny, Oliver, Cece, Trace, Aryn, Lilli and Xia. We loved getting to hear and share your voices!

We hope we didn't miss anyone who submitted their fact/question. Please let us know if we did at coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com or tweet us at @coolanimalspod and we'll get your clip on our next episode.

To find the full episode-length fact-filled audio about guinea pigs from Lexi, check out our website: https://coolfactsaboutanimalspodcast.wordpress.com

We'll be back soon with a new animal!

Thanks as always to Andrew from Ear Snacks for our theme music.

Bald Eagle + Summer Sampler (Kids Listen Bonus!) May 22, 2019

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Cool Facts About Animals has teamed up with a bunch of other kids' podcasts to bring you an hour of high-quality kids audio programming – just in time for the long weekend, or to listen to throughout the summer.

All of the shows involved are part of the grassroots kids' audio advocacy group Kids Listen, and all the shows are available on the Kids Listen App. You'll hear 5 minutes from 10 different podcasts, including ours, but also some of our personal other go-to listens like Circle Round, Noodle Loaf, Story Spectacular, What if World, and others all listed below.

We hope you enjoy discovering a new podcast, or hearing something new from an old favorite.

We are discussing the bald eagle in our segment. Many thanks to AJ and to Quinn, who both suggested that we do a podcast on the eagle.

What If World: http://www.whatifworldpodcast.com/

Story Spectacular: http://storyspectacular.com/

Noodle Loaf: http://www.noodleloafshow.com/

Book Power for Kids: http://bookpowerforkids.com/

Little Stories for Tiny People: http://www.littlestoriestinypeople.com/

Be Calm on Ahway Island: https://www.ahwayisland.com/

Cool Facts About Animals: http://coolfactsaboutanimalspodcast.wordpress.com/

Circle Round: http://www.wbur.org/circleround

The Good Words Podcast: http://goodwordspodcast.com/

Girl Tales: https://girltalespodcast.com/

Green Bomber Worms May 12, 2019

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The bomber worm was only discovered about 10 years ago, but it's not rare. This deep, deep underwater creature has one of the coolest defense mechanisms we've seen yet: releasing bioluminescent bombs to deter predators. We also talk about two other newly-discovered underwater creature: the ruby sea dragon and hoodwinker sunfish.

If you're interested in becoming a Patreon sponsor, and help to fund us to meet with scientists in person to bring you even more cool facts, head on over to our Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/coolfactsaboutanimals

And here's a link to the video of the green bomber worm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4nLstCR0AI

We love to hear from you! If you want to be included in our next episode, send us an audio clip of your favorite animal fact, or ask us a question, at coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com

You can also tweet us at @coolanimalspod

Thanks for listening!

Extinct Animals - Special Earth Day episode Apr 21, 2019

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Happy Earth Day, listeners! On this special episode we talk about four cool animals that have been impacted by humans and climate change: the dodo bird, Tasmanian tiger, white lemuroid possum, and Fernandina giant tortoise. Through hunting, climate change, introduction of non-native species, and more, these animals have been brought to the brink of extinction, and sometimes even have gone extinct.

We end this episode with practical ways that you can make a difference for animals and for our environment.

By the way, the 200 million number on straws is probably very low--but we can't find an accurate number for how many straws are used every year.

What are your ideas for what you can do to protect the environment? Let us know at coolfacsaboutanimals@gmail.com

We also want to hear your audio clips of animal facts or questions. Send them to us at coolfactsaboutanimls@gmail.com. If we get enough, we will make your clips into an episode!

Thanks as always to Ear Snacks for our theme music. And thanks to all of you for listening, rating and helping to protect our environment!

Thorny Devil Apr 17, 2019

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It's Teddy's favorite animal, the Thorny Devil! Join us as we learn all about this six-inch mountain dragon. It's got more defense mechanisms than any other animal we've studied (including a fake head – cool!) and has a very interesting way of drinking (foot water anyone?).

You can also check out our first ever Cool Facts About Animals video, explaining how capillary action works. And yes it has to do with Thorny Devils. It's on our newly-minted YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/VcmaiQt6zC4

Thanks so much to our Patreon sponsor Cormac for being our Patreon sponsor! You can join Cormac and our other Patreon sponsors, and get a shout out on our show, by visiting: https://www.patreon.com/coolfactsaboutanimals

We have two kid power challenges this week – and great job to Nadia and Reagan for participating in our last challenge! You can pick up a bag of trash, or take steps to reduce your water consumption. Did you do the challenge? Or the creature quiz? Let us know at coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com or on Twitter at @coolanimalspod

And send us your questions or cool facts! We want to put together an episode inspired by you.

Unicorns Apr 01, 2019

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We looked high and low for the information we needed to research our episode on unicorns. But try as we might, we could not find even basic facts like what unicorns eat, what the horn is for, and what their favorite jokes are. Luckily, Professor Abacus P. Grumbler, resident What If World unicorn expert, was able to answer all our questions.

Special thanks to Prof. Abacus and Mr. Eric for this episode! And special thanks to Xia for the request. And of course, as always, thanks to Andrew of Ear Snacks for the theme music.

We love to hear from you! Contact us at coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com or tweets us at @coolanimalspod.

Little Blue Penguin Mar 28, 2019

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Clara's class has spoken! This week's episode is all about the Little Blue Penguin (aka Fairy Penguin). This adorable little dude weighs in at just about two pounds, and stands only about a foot, but it packs a lot of cool stuff into that small size. In this episode, we talk about molting, fledging, diving, vocalization, and lots more.

To hear the backstory on how we chose this episode, check out the prior episode: "And the Winner Is," available here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/and-the-winner-is/id1334467437?i=1000431839783&mt=2

Here's a link to the video we mentioned in the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQMOTDZ9jqY

Special thanks to our Patreon sponsors Finn and Osa! If you'd like to financially support us and get a shout-out on our show, check out our Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/coolfactsaboutanimals

And as always, many thanks to Andrew of Ear Snacks for the theme music!

Have the answer to the riddle or creature quiz? Want to try out the kid power challenge? Send us a note at coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com or tweet us at @coolanimalspod

And the winner is.... Mar 15, 2019

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Last week, CFAA went on the road to Clara's 1st grade classroom. Her class has been studying penguins for the past month -- and wow, did they know a lot about them! We asked the students to break into groups for each of the five penguins they studied: rockhopper, little blue, king, chinstrap, and gentoo, and tell us the coolest things about each kind of penguin they could find. Then we all voted on the penguin they most wanted to learn about. Here are the results, which will be featured as our next animal on CFAA.

Thanks to Clara's class for working so hard on this, and teaching us all such cool facts about penguins!

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