Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids

Their bad rap drives them batty! ______________________ It’s Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids’ 1st Anniversary! Do Vampire Bats drink human blood (**SPOILER ALERT: NO**)? Do bats deserve their bad reputation? Have people gone to war over bat poop? Did scientists have Common Vampire Bats go to the gym? Are Vampire Bats actually very nice to each other? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, on Kingdom: Animalia’s 1st ANNIVERSARY episode, you will learn everything there is to know about the Common Vampire Bat, Desmodus rotundus. The riddle for the next episode is “I hold the non-human record of knowing the most English words, I come in many different colors, I’m the most common of the pet birds. Who am I?” You can send in your answers, questions, and episode suggestions to animals@kingdomanimaliapod.com and our website is at https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/kazpk. Episode art: Uwe Schmidt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; background removed. Further Reading (Experiments): Vampire Bats Call Out to Friends to Share Blood MealsUnlike other bats, vampire bats keep out of trouble by running, Cornell researchers find Links: Common Vampire Bat on Treadmill | Comic | Memory Quiz | Read Transcript | Check Works Cited Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is an animal podcast from Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts. You can support us on Patreon.

It’s time for everybody’s favorite game show… ______________________ Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is back with its trimonthly game show: Animalia Fake! Every episode — with your host, Devon, and your announcers, Chet and Cap — there will be THREE rounds, each with FOUR outrageous animal facts, and ONE of those facts is so outrageous it’s an Animalia Fake! Roar! Thump. Thump. What’s that sound? They’re prehistoric creatures! Prehistoric creatures were pretty cool and strange and we’re still learning more about them; but which facts about them aren’t true? Listen and find out! You can keep score at home on a paper, or download the scoresheet on the episode page. The riddle for the next episode is “Though I have a bad rap, I’m really quite sweet, I am far from ‘The Count’, a flying mammal—indeed an amazing feat. Who am I?” You can send in your answers, questions, and episode suggestions to animals@kingdomanimaliapod.com and our website is at https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/kazpk. So what are you waiting for? Spot that Animalia Fake! Links: Official Episode Scoresheet | Read Transcript | Check Works Cited (After listening!) Until next time, keep learning the TRUTH about this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is an animal podcast from Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts. You can support us on Patreon.

It’s time for everybody’s favorite game show… ______________________ Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is back with its trimonthly game show: Animalia Fake! Every episode — with your host, Devon, and your announcers, Chet and Cap — there will be THREE rounds, each with FOUR outrageous animal facts, and ONE of those facts is so outrageous it’s an Animalia Fake! What’s that, up in the sky? It’s a drone, it’s a plane, no it’s an animal! That’s because today’s episode is about air creatures! Air animals are pretty cool, but which facts aren’t true? Listen and find out! You can keep score at home on a paper, or download the scoresheet on the episode page. Next episode’s Animalia Fake! so the riddle for the next next episode is “Though I have a bad rap, I’m really quite sweet, I am far from ‘The Count’, a flying mammal—indeed an amazing feat. Who am I?” You can send in your answers, questions, and episode suggestions to animals@kingdomanimaliapod.com and our website is at https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/kazpk. So what are you waiting for? Spot that Animalia Fake! Links: Support on Patreon | Official Episode Scoresheet | Read Transcript | Check Works Cited (After listening!) Until next time, keep learning the TRUTH about this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is an animal podcast from Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts. You can support us on Patreon.

It’s time for some panda-monium! ______________________ Why are pandas bamboo-etarians? Do they eat anything other than bamboo? How come Giant Pandas are black-and-white? Which was the original panda, the Red or the Giant? Just how big are Giant Pandas? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, on the first listener suggested episode, you will learn everything there is to know about the Giant Panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca. The next two episodes are Animalia Fake! so the riddle for the next next next episode is “Though I have a bad rap, I’m really quite sweet, I am far from ‘The Count’, a flying mammal—indeed an amazing feat. Who am I?” You can send in your answers, questions, and episode suggestions to animals@kingdomanimaliapod.com and our website is at https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/kazpk. Links: Subscribe to the Newsletter | WATCB? Website | Comic | Memory Quiz | Read Transcript | Check Works Cited Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is an animal podcast from Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts. You can support us on Patreon.

Kingdom: Animalia has a new podcast! ______________________ Slightly bad news: There’ll be no KA episode this June. Great news: It’s because KA has a new podcast called Where Are the Chickadee Brothers?! Description: From Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids comes Where Are the Chickadee Brothers?: A for kids-by-kids four-part fictional audio adventure. When Chet and Cap Chickadee go missing after a trip to Brazil to study Amazonian wildlife for the podcast Devon is left worried. Then he gets a text from an unknown number with a recording of the first part of Chet and Cap’s (mis)adventures. What happened to them? Who is the mysterious texter? Where are the Chickadee brothers? Listen and maybe you’ll find out. Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids should have a new regular episode out in July, so hang in there! But while you wait, you can listen to Where Are the Chickadee Brothers?! You can send in your questions and episode suggestions to animals@kingdomanimaliapod.com and our website is at https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/kazpk. Links: Listen to WATCB? (Website) | Listen to WATCB? (Apple Podcasts) | Read Transcript Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is an animal podcast from Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts. You can support us on Patreon.

It’s time for everybody’s favorite game show… ______________________ Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids has come out with a brand new game show: Animalia Fake! Every episode — with your host, Devon, and your announcers, Chet and Cap — there will be THREE rounds, each with FOUR outrageous animal facts, and ONE of those facts is so outrageous it’s an Animalia Fake! What’s that smell? Something smells fishy! It’s because today’s episode is about sea creatures! Underwater animals can get pretty strange, but which facts aren’t true? Listen and find out! You can keep score at home on a paper, or download the scoresheet on the episode page. You can send in your questions and episode suggestions to animals@kingdomanimaliapod.com and our website is at https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/kazpk. So what are you waiting for? Spot that Animalia Fake! Links: Official Episode Scoresheet | Read Transcript | Check Works Cited (After listening!) Until next time, keep learning the TRUTH about this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is an animal podcast from Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts. You can support us on Patreon.

The big reveal for April Fools 2023! ______________________ Let’s see which animal was fake: was it the Sea Pig, the Hammerhead Worm, the Hing-toothed Macaque, the Leaf Sheep, or the Star-nosed Mole? Listen to the big reveal and find out! You can send in your questions and episode suggestions to animals@kingdomanimaliapod.com and our website is at https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/kazpk. Links: Read Transcript | Check April Fools 2023’s Works Cited (After listening!) Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is an animal podcast from Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts. You can support us on Patreon.

5 animals, 4 real, 1 fake. Which are real and which April Fooled ya’? ______________________ April Fools Day is a time of tricks, pranks, and… of course… fools. Today your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, will talk about five animal species: the Sea Pig, Hammerhead Worm, Hing-toothed Macaque, Leaf Sheep, and Star-nosed Mole; one of which is fake, and you’ll have to guess. If you think you know which one’s a fake, send in your guesses to animals@kingdomanimaliapod.com or use the contact form on the page for this episode at https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/aprilfools2023#guess-the-fake. We’ll do a bonus episode revealing the fake in one week and if you get it right we’ll shout you out, but PLEASE SPECIFY IF YOU’RE FINE WITH THAT. We’ll only shout you out if we get your permission. And be sure NOT to believe any of the facts on today’s episode until you know which animal is fake. Happy April Fools Day! Links: Guess the fake | Read Transcript Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is an animal podcast from Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts. You can support us on Patreon.

Like sea chameleons that are much cooler and much weirder? You’ll love this episode with all three of your hearts! ______________________ Can some octopuses eat sharks? Do octopuses have extra of more of their body parts than their arms? What’s the difference between tentacles and arms? Is it “octopuses” or “octopi”? Just how big does the Giant in Giant Pacific Octopus mean? Are octopus like sea chameleons but MUCH better and MUCH weirder? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, you will learn everything there is to know about the Giant Pacific Octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini. The next episode is an April Fools Day special, so no riddle. You can send in your questions and episode suggestions to animals@kingdomanimaliapod.com and our website is at https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/kazpk. Links: Episode format survey | Octopus Camo Test | How much like an octopus are you quiz | Comic | Memory Quiz | Read Transcript | Check Works Cited Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. ***🎈PS: Devon’s turned twelve!!🎈*** Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is an animal podcast from Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts. You can support us on Patreon.

Not a commercial! It’s fun! ______________________ Devon has a comic! It’s called “The Bird Birds” and it’s a webcomic about birds. Description: The Bird Birds is a semi-educational funny webcomic about semi-anthropomorphized birds and their daily lives created for all ages. From crows singing rhymes to podcasting chickadees, from warbler witches to techno turkeys, The Bird Birds has it all. The first strip was created on May 25th, 2021, and was published to the web on February 22nd, 2023. The riddle for the next episode is still “I live under the Pacific Ocean, with my three hearts; I squirt ink, not to write with; I have many moving parts. Who am I?” You can send in your answers, questions, and episode suggestions to animals@kingdomanimaliapod.com and our website is at https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/kazpk. Links: Read The Bird Birds – Comic About Birds! | Read Transcript Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is an animal podcast from Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts. You can support us on Patreon.

Oh, look at that pretty flower… Wait a second… ______________________ Are they a flower, or are they an insect? Orchids are pink’n’white,… and some mantises are too? Do female mantises eat their valentine? Exactly how fast can a mantis strike? Do baby mantises have the zoomies? Mantises have only two eyes… right? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, you will learn everything there is to know about the Orchid Mantis, Hymenopus coronatus. The riddle for the next episode is “I live under the Pacific Ocean, with my three hearts; I squirt ink, not to write with; I have many moving parts. Who am I?” You can send in your answers, questions, and episode suggestions to animals@kingdomanimaliapod.com and our website is at https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/kazpk. Links: Orchid Mantis nymph photo | Comic | Memory Quiz | Read Transcript | Check Works Cited Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is an animal podcast from Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts. You can support us on Patreon.

Podcasting is easy… right? ______________________ When you hear the final product of Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids it feels like one fluid, uninterrupted, stream of Devon, Chet, and I (Cap) talking… right? In this bloopers episode me, Cap, your all time favorite podcast host, plays you roughly twenty-five straight minutes of Devon, Chet, and I making funny mess-ups. Whether it’s speaking gibberish, or hitting the mic, it’s all here for your enjoyment. Note of caution: Don’t drink while listening to this. It may squirt out of your nose when you laugh. The riddle for the next episode is still “Dear Valentine: Orchids are pink, insects like me are too, say your prayers, I might just eat you. Who am I?” You can send in your answers, questions, and episode suggestions to animals@kingdomanimaliapod.com and our website is at https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/kazpk. Links: Read Transcript Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is an animal podcast from Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts. You can support us on Patreon.

PB&J, minus the PB, and completely different ______________________ Is immorality possible? Are jellyfish really fish or is “sea jelly” more accurate? Is one of the only truly immortal animals smaller than your pinkie fingernail? Did you know that sea jellies are brainless, heartless, and bloodless? What does a four point five millimeter long invertebrate eat? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, you will learn everything there is to know about the Immortal Jellyfish, Turritopsis dohrnii. The riddle for the next episode is “Dear Valentine: Orchids are pink, insects like me are too, say your prayers, I might just eat you. Who am I?” You can send in your answers, questions, and episode suggestions to animals@kingdomanimaliapod.com and our website is at https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/kazpk. Further Reading (Discovery of Immortality): Can a Jellyfish Unlock the Secret of Immortality? Links: Comic | Memory Quiz | Read Transcript | Check Works Cited Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is an animal podcast from Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts. You can support us on Patreon.

Learn more about Reindeer AKA Caribou if you deer ______________________ Are all of Santa's reindeer actually females? What's the difference between Moose, Elk, Reindeer, and Caribou? What are antlers used for? Do Reindeer's eyes change colors with the seasons? What do they really sound like? Why are reindeer's antlers covered in velvet before they're fully grown? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, you will learn everything there is to know about Reindeer AKA Caribou, Rangifer tarandus. The riddle for the next episode is “I live in the deep, deep, blue sea; I never grow old; don’t get too close though, I can sting like a bee. Who am I?” You can send in your answers, questions, and episode suggestions to animals@kingdomanimaliapod.com and our website is at https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/kazpk. Links: Comic | Memory Quiz | Read Transcript | Check Works Cited Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is an animal podcast from Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts. You can support us on Patreon.

A relaxing 15 minute, 29 second recording of sparrows chirping and singing ______________________ The Songs of Sparrows is a bonus episode with a 15 minute, 29 second, recording of White-crowned and Golden-crowned Sparrows chirping and singing at a large communal winter roost in California. You can listen to this recording while you read, write, do homework, etc. The next full episode will come out in three days on Saturday, December 24th. The riddle for the next episode is still “My name makes me sound wet but that’s not true, my head adornments are spikey, in winter my eyes are a very pretty blue. Who am I?” You can send in your answers, questions and episode suggestions to animals@kingdomanimaliapod.com and our website is at https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/kazpk. Links: Recording | Original Recording | Read Transcript Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is an animal podcast from Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts. You can support us on Patreon.

Are you ready to gobble up some turkey facts? ______________________ How are Wild Turkey's faces like chameleons? Did you know you can tell a turkey's gender by their feces? Do Wild Turkeys sleep in trees? Which turkeys gobble? Can turkeys fly? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, you will learn everything there is to know about Wild Turkeys, Meleagris gallopavo. The riddle for the next episode is “My name makes me sound wet but that’s not true, my head adornments are spikey, in winter my eyes are a very pretty blue. Who am I?” You can send in your answers, questions and episode suggestions to animals@kingdomanimaliapod.com and our website is at https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/kazpk. Links: Comic | Memory Quiz | Read Transcript | Check Works Cited Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is an animal podcast from Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts. You can support us on Patreon.

Time to learn about those crafty corvids ______________________ Did you know that American Crows are as smart as 7-10 year old humans? Are crows black, blue, or purple? What do crows eat? How do they always know when it's trash day? What would a crow get you for the holidays? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, you will learn everything there is to know about American Crows, Corvus brachyrhynchos. The riddle for the next episode is “I'm related to chickens but my tail's not the same, my calls sound like someone eating food, now can you guess my name?” You can send in your answers, questions, and episode suggestions to animals@kingdomanimaliapod.com and our website is at https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/kazpk. Further Reading (Experiments): Crows Are as Intelligent as a Seven-Year-Old Child Links: Crow V Raven Quiz | Comic | Memory Quiz | Read Transcript | Check Works Cited Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is an animal podcast from Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts. You can support us on Patreon.

A preview for Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids ______________________ This is a for kids by kids (and chickadees) animal podcast. Every episode your host, Devon, and his sneaky little chickadee co-hosts, Chet and Cap, will dive into all the facts of one species of animal with jokes, fun facts, and quizzes along the way. So what are you waiting for? Let’s explore this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. The riddle for the next episode is “I am a bird, common, dark and sleek, my loud calls cannot be missed, I have a large and strong beak. Who am I?” You can send in your answers, questions, and episode suggestions to animals@kingdomanimaliapod.com and our website is at https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/kazpk. Links: Read Transcript This is a remastered version. Click here for the original. Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is an animal podcast from Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts. You can support us on Patreon.