Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids

The big reveal for Trick or Treat 2026! ______________________ **SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T LISTENED TO EPISODE 17!** Which animal was just a trick—the Leapfrog Crab, Chinese Muntjac, Red-lipped Batfish, or Emerald Cockroach Wasp? Listen to the big reveal to find out! Further Reading (SPOILERS): Cool BookOther Links: Episode PageTranscriptTrick or Treat 2026’s References (after listening!)Credits: Opening Theme:Darren CurtisOutro Music:eddy Support the show Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts Plus is having a sale! You get 30% off of your first month if you sign up with the link above before February 1st! ______________________ If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want want to say “hello,“ please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact Visit My Website: kapods.org/animals Follow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow **Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

Just a reminder to guess the Trick or Treat 2026 fake animal ______________________ If you think you know which one’s the fake, send in your guesses by filling out the form linked below. You’ll get a chance to win two free months of the highest tier of Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts Plus! Make sure to submit your top two guesses with the link below by the end of Friday, January 16th (PST), because I’ll release the reveal this weekend. Links: Send in Your GuessesTranscriptSupport the show If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or verification that I’m not just talking into the void, please send them in (links below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact Visit My Website: kapods.org/animals Follow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow **Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

Four animals: three real, one fake. Which are real, and which is just a trick? ______________________ We’re combining our late April Fools episode with our late Halloween special. Today your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, will talk about four species of animal: the Leapfrog Crab, Chinese Muntjac, Red-lipped Batfish, and Emerald Cockroach Wasp—one of which is fake, and you’ll have to guess. If you think you know which one’s the fake, send in your guesses by filling out the form linked below. Listen through to the end of the episode to find out what the prize will be! Make sure to submit your top two guesses with the link below by the end of Friday, January 16th (PST), because I’ll release the reveal the following weekend. And be sure NOT to believe any of the facts on today’s episode until you know which animal is fake. Happy very late Halloween and even later April Fools’! Links: Send in Your GuessesEpisode PageTranscriptCredits: Additional Music:Darren CurtisForget the WhaleSupport the show Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts Plus is having a sale! You get 30% off of your first month if you sign up with the link above before February 1st! If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or verification that I’m not just talking into the void, please send them in (links below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact Visit My Website: kapods.org/animals Follow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow **Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

Find out what all the squawk is about! ______________________ What should you feed budgies? Does Houdini have some feathered competition? Why should you adopt pets instead of buying them? What things on the market for budgies should you actually avoid? Today, on the first-ever KA interview episode, Devon, Chet, and Cap welcome Amy Yee, volunteer at Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue (where Devon adopted Budgly and Rex), to talk about everything there is to know about pet budgerigars, Melopsittacus undulatus, and some other pet birds. This episode is in part for Podcasthon, an initiative in which 1,300+ podcasts are doing an episode that educates listeners about a nonprofit of their choice. I chose to highlight Mickaboo, a bird rescue based in California. You can find an overview of what they do and donate if you want to support their mission at https://podcasthon.org/charities/mickaboo. If you do donate, please email me at animals@kapods.org! I’d love to hear that I’m making an impact. This is the third part of the Budgerigar. For the first and second parts (on wild budgies), go to the previous episodes in the feed. Episode Art: Budgly at left and Rex at right. Pet Bird Resources: Mickaboo WebsiteBasic Bird Care ClassOther Links: PodcasthonEpisode PageComicMemory QuizTranscriptSupport the show ______________________ If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want want to say “hello,“ please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact Visit My Website: kapods.org/animals Follow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow **Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

Polly want to listen to this episode? ______________________ Can parrots understand the human words they say? How and why are budgies such good mimics? How do budgie pairs find each other in huge flocks? Today, with your host, Devon; co-hosts, Chet and Cap; and two special guests, Budgly and Rex, you will learn the second half of everything there is to know about the Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus. This is the second part of the Budgerigar. For the first part, go to the previous episode in the feed and the third part (an interview) will be released on Thursday, March 20th. Episode Art: Budgly at left and Rex at right. Further Reading (Experiments): Budgies Use Grammar to Find Meaning in Unfamiliar PhrasesPolly Wants a Conjunction? Birds Learn Artificial Grammar Links: More Info on YawningComicMemory Quiz (for this and the previous episode)Episode PageTranscriptReferencesSupport the show You can send in questions, comments, episode suggestions, or verification that I’m not just talking into the void and all of the download numbers are from Chet and Cap (seriously, though, it means a lot) to animals@kingdomanimaliapod.com or at kingdomanimaliapod.com/contact, and my website is kingdomanimaliapod.com/animals. **Psst! Hey you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you want to ask us questions that will get featured on the show? Just head over to kingdomanimaliapod.com/acb and send a voice message or email with your question(s), and we’ll answer it/them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

What can learn to speak many human words all without a voice box? ______________________ How can you tell apart male and female budgies? Are grass seeds actually really nutritious? How big can budgie flocks get to be? What does zygodactyl mean? What’s a budgie’s daily routine? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, and two special guests (Devon’s pet budgies, Budgly & Rex!), you will learn the first half of everything there is to know about the Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus. This is the first part of the Budgerigar. The second part (the second half of the info we researched) and third part (an interview) will be released within the next few months. Episode Art: Budgly at left and Rex at right. Links: Bird Wing Feather DiagramBudgie FlyingEpisode PageComicTranscriptReferences Credits: Additional Music: Blue Dot SessionsRobo9418Alexander NakaradaAdditional Budgie Sounds:https://xeno-canto.org/335524https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0Extended Credits: Winter Music:Blue Dot Sessions Support the show 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 https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/animals. **Psst! Hey you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you want to ask us questions which will get featured on the show? Just head over to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/acb and send a voice message or email with your question(s), and we’ll answer it/them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

The big reveal for Late-pril Fools 2024! ______________________ **SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T LISTENED TO EPISODE 13!** Let’s see which animal was fake: was it the Sarcastic Fringehead, Common Side-blotched Lizard, Atlantic Mudskipper, Hoatzin, and Stomach-Sucker? Listen to the big reveal and find out! We didn’t get any guesses, so we’re holding a raffle for the Chet and Cap models! Go to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/raffle and enter your name before October 1st to get a chance to win. There, you can also check out photos of the prize. Credits: Additional Music: ZapSplat Links: Enter the RafflePhotos of the PrizeEpisode PageTranscriptLate-pril Fools 2024’s Works Cited (after listening!) We’re holding a raffle to win your very own Chet and Cap models! Go to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/raffle and enter your name before October 1st to get a chance to win. There, you can also check out photos of the prize. Raffle announcement music is by Blue Dot Sessions. 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/animals. Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. **Psst! Hey you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you want to ask us questions which will get featured on the show? Just head over to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/acb and send a voice message, contact form, or email with your question(s), and we’ll answer it/them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts. You can support us on Patreon.

5 animals, 4 real, 1 fake. Which are real and which Late-pril Fooled ya’? ______________________ April Fools’ Day was 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 Sarcastic Fringehead, Common Side-blotched Lizard, Atlantic Mudskipper, Hoatzin, and Stomach-Sucker, one of which is fake, and you’ll have to guess. We’ll do a bonus episode revealing the fake next week. And be sure NOT to believe any of the facts in today’s episode until you know which animal is fake. Happy Late April Fools’ Day! Credits: Additional Music: Blue Dot SessionsZapSplatKevin MacLeod Links: Photos of the PrizeEpisode PageTranscript We’re holding a raffle to win your very own Chet and Cap models! Go to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/raffle and enter your name before October 1st to get a chance to win. There, you can also check out photos of the prize. Raffle announcement music is by Blue Dot Sessions. 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/animals. Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. **Psst! Hey you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you want to ask us questions which will get featured on the show? Just head over to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/acb and send a voice message, contact form, or email with your question(s), and we’ll answer it/them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts. You can support us on Patreon.

Updates on the next episodes of Kingdom: Animalia plus some jokes! ______________________ Sorry, you have to wait a little longer for the next episodes. It’s taken extra time because we’re making a miniseries for the animal you got the riddle for, and one of them was an interview; also, we’ve updated the cover art and the website. Also homework. Update: The miniseries has been postponed for our anual April Fools’ special! While you wait for the next episode, listen to Chet tell you three animal jokes to pass the time. Enjoy! Credits: Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions Links: Episode PageTranscript We’re holding a raffle to win your very own Chet and Cap models! Go to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/raffle and enter your name before October 1st to get a chance to win. There, you can also check out photos of the prize. Raffle announcement music is by Blue Dot Sessions. 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/animals. Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. **Psst! Hey you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you want to ask us questions which will get featured on the show? Just head over to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/acb and send a voice message, contact form, or email with your question(s), and we’ll answer it/them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts. You can support us on Patreon.

Their bad rap is completely batty! ______________________ 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. 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 findOther Links: Common Vampire Bat on Treadmill VideoEpisode PageComicMemory QuizTranscriptWorks CitedCredits: Episode Art:Uwe SchmidtCC BY-SA 4.0Additional Music: Blue Dot SessionsKevin MacLeodSupport the show If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or verification that I’m not just talking into the void, please send them in (links below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact Visit My Website: kapods.org/animals Follow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow **Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

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 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 linked below. Links: Episode PageOfficial Episode ScoresheetTranscriptWorks Cited (After listening!) We’re holding a raffle to win your very own Chet and Cap models! Go to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/raffle and enter your name before October 1st to get a chance to win. There, you can also check out photos of the prize. Raffle announcement music is by Blue Dot Sessions. 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/animals. Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. **Psst! Hey you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you want to ask us questions which will get featured on the show? Just head over to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/acb and send a voice message, contact form, or email with your question(s), and we’ll answer it/them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** This podcast is made by 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 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 linked below. Links: Episode PageOfficial Episode ScoresheetTranscriptWorks Cited (After listening!) We’re holding a raffle to win your very own Chet and Cap models! Go to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/raffle and enter your name before October 1st to get a chance to win. There, you can also check out photos of the prize. Raffle announcement music is by Blue Dot Sessions. 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/animals. Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. **Psst! Hey you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you want to ask us questions which will get featured on the show? Just head over to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/acb and send a voice message, contact form, or email with your question(s), and we’ll answer it/them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** This podcast is made by 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. Links: Subscribe to the NewsletterListen to our new podcast, Where Are the Chickadee Brothers?Episode PageComicMemory QuizTranscriptWorks Cited We’re holding a raffle to win your very own Chet and Cap models! Go to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/raffle and enter your name before October 1st to get a chance to win. There, you can also check out photos of the prize. Raffle announcement music is by Blue Dot Sessions. 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/animals. Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. **Psst! Hey you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you want to ask us questions which will get featured on the show? Just head over to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/acb and send a voice message, contact form, or email with your question(s), and we’ll answer it/them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** This podcast is made by 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. Links: Listen to Where Are the Chickadee Brothers?Episode PageTranscript We’re holding a raffle to win your very own Chet and Cap models! Go to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/raffle and enter your name before October 1st to get a chance to win. There, you can also check out photos of the prize. Raffle announcement music is by Blue Dot Sessions. 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/animals. Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. **Psst! Hey you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you want to ask us questions which will get featured on the show? Just head over to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/acb and send a voice message, contact form, or email with your question(s), and we’ll answer it/them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** This podcast is made by 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 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 linked below. Links: Episode PageOfficial Episode ScoresheetTranscriptWorks Cited (After listening!) We’re holding a raffle to win your very own Chet and Cap models! Go to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/raffle and enter your name before October 1st to get a chance to win. There, you can also check out photos of the prize. Raffle announcement music is by Blue Dot Sessions. 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/animals. Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. **Psst! Hey you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you want to ask us questions which will get featured on the show? Just head over to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/acb and send a voice message, contact form, or email with your question(s), and we’ll answer it/them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts. You can support us on Patreon.

The big reveal for April Fools 2023! ______________________ **SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T LISTENED TO EPISODE 7!** 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! Links: Episode PageTranscriptApril Fools 2023’s works cited (after listening!) We’re holding a raffle to win your very own Chet and Cap models! Go to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/raffle and enter your name before October 1st to get a chance to win. There, you can also check out photos of the prize. Raffle announcement music is by Blue Dot Sessions. 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/animals. Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. **Psst! Hey you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you want to ask us questions which will get featured on the show? Just head over to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/acb and send a voice message, contact form, or email with your question(s), and we’ll answer it/them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** This podcast is made by 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. The reveal is in a bonus episode that was published one week later. Even though the deadline has passed for submitting your guess, you can still try to guess which it is before listening to it! And be sure NOT to share any of the facts on today’s episode until you know which animal is fake. Happy April Fools’ Day! Links: Episode PageTranscript We’re holding a raffle to win your very own Chet and Cap models! Go to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/raffle and enter your name before October 1st to get a chance to win. There, you can also check out photos of the prize. Raffle announcement music is by Blue Dot Sessions. 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/animals. Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. **Psst! Hey you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you want to ask us questions which will get featured on the show? Just head over to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/acb and send a voice message, contact form, or email with your question(s), and we’ll answer it/them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** This podcast is made by 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. Links: Episode format surveyOctopus Camo TestHow much like an octopus are you quizComicMemory QuizEpisode PageTranscriptWorks Cited We’re holding a raffle to win your very own Chet and Cap models! Go to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/raffle and enter your name before October 1st to get a chance to win. There, you can also check out photos of the prize. Raffle announcement music is by Blue Dot Sessions. 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/animals. Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. **Psst! Hey you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you want to ask us questions which will get featured on the show? Just head over to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/acb and send a voice message, contact form, or email with your question(s), and we’ll answer it/them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** This podcast is made by 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. Links: Read The Bird Birds – Comic About Birds!Episode PageTranscript We’re holding a raffle to win your very own Chet and Cap models! Go to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/raffle and enter your name before October 1st to get a chance to win. There, you can also check out photos of the prize. Raffle announcement music is by Blue Dot Sessions. 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/animals. Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. **Psst! Hey you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you want to ask us questions which will get featured on the show? Just head over to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/acb and send a voice message, contact form, or email with your question(s), and we’ll answer it/them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** This podcast is made by 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 and 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. Links: Orchid Mantis nymph photoComicMemory QuizEpisode PageTranscriptWorks CitedCredits: Additional Music:Kevin MacLeodSupport the show If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or verification that I’m not just talking into the void, please send them in (links below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact Visit My Website: kapods.org/animals Follow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow **Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.