Best matthewdhamilton Podcasts (2025)

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Ep. 108: Recent Animal Stories and Attacks #16 Part 3 46:06

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We conclude our three part series with some more wild and crazy stories from 2022. Story 1- Elephant Kills Woman, Then Attacks Her Grave Story 2- Over Worked Elephant Rips Man in Half Story 3- Elephant Attacks Car on Safari Story 4- Drunk Man Finds His Way Into Emu Enclosure Story 5- Amazon Driver Killed by Dogs Story 6- Bison Attack in South Dakot…

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Ep. 107: Recent Animal Stories and Attacks #16 Part 2 1:04:30

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We go back to some of the most interesting stories of 2022. Also the return of Cheetor. Story 1- Grizzly Bear Objects to Wedding Story 2- 1st Death by Kangaroo in 86 Years Story 3- Alaskan Man Killed by Muskox Story 4- Trailer Park Woman Sicks Pitbull on her Friend Story 5- Monkey Business Story 6- Monkeys Force Woman to Fall 20ft Story 7- Japanese…

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BONUS: Testing Our New Way of Recording + 2 Crazy Stories 26:39

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For this bonus episode, Matt and Dave test out their new remote recording. Since they now live a long ways from each other. The test went pretty well and so far happy with the audio quality. Let us know what you think. Also... Two crazy stories! Story 1- Florida Gator Attacks Elderly Woman Story 2- Leopard in India Attacks And Injures Many People I…

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Ep. 106: Recent Animal Stories and Attacks #16 Part 1 41:21

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We return after a 13 month hiatus with recent animal stories and attacks, all from last year, 2022. This is just part 1. 1st Story- Grizzly Attacks Two College Wrestlers in Wyoming 2nd Story- Largest Python Ever Found in Florida 3rd-5th Stories- Dave Tells Multiple Stories of Gator Attacks in Florida 6th Story- Teenager Gets Attacked by Shark on Fl…

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BONUS: Matt and Dave in Florida 14:30

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This is an episode to catch up with Matt and Dave. Dave has moved to Florida and Matt vacations there.By Matthew D. Hamilton

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Ep. 105: Bear Attack Stories #2 Russian Bear Attacks 1:19:07

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This episode we go over some very deathy stories all involving brown bear attacks in Russia. Some of these are quite brutal. Story 1- Russian Boxer Goes Revenant on Brown Bear Story 2- Russian Couple Spends Days in a Tree Hiding from Bear Story 3- Bear Brutally Attacks Young Woman Who Calls Her Mom While Being Eaten Alive Story 4- Canadian Climbers…

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Bonus: Swedish Fish Farts & Fat Bears 37:24

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Thank you very much to everyone who reached out to us. Since we have been on hiatus, we wanted to give you some updates on the show. We also have our 3rd annual Fat Bear Week conclusion. We find out which Alaskan brown bear was the fattest right before winter. Also a funny story how farting fish almost caused an international incident during the co…

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Ep. 104: Very Weird and Bizarre Mammals 1:03:54

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This episode we go over some of the most strange and bizarre mammals in the animal kingdom. All of these mammals have some kind of strange adaptations that make them stand out. One has pee that smells like marijuana, one lives like ants, one has vampire fangs, one lays eggs and one is a venomous primate. All of them are bizarre. If you would like t…

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Ep.103: Recent Animal Stories and Attacks #15 1:05:43

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We have our 15th edition of recent animal stories and attacks. 1st Story- Bear Attack in Montana 2nd Story- Bear Runs Wild in Japan 3rd Story- Pet Chimpanzee Attacks Woman 4th Story- Diver Gets Chomped by Gator 5th Story- Twins Attacked by Crocodile in Mexico 6th Story- Leopard Attack in India 7th Story- Girl Gets Hit by Seagull at Amusement Park R…

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Ep. 102: Jim Corbett: Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag Part 3: A Shot in the Dark 54:16

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This is the final episode of Jim Corbett's adventure for the Man-Eater of Rudraprayag. We follow Jim on his last few days hunting the leopard. It seems that Jim has had non stop bad luck since he started his hunt... then on the last day he was set to be there, a little luck finally went his direction. We have multiple more missed opportunities, and…

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Ep. 101: Jim Corbett: Man-Eating Leopard of Rudrapryag Part 2: Missed Opportunities 1:06:57

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This episode is part 2 of Jim Corbett's hunt for the man-eating leopard of Rudrapryag. In this episode we look at many missed opportunities and failures from the hunt. This man-eating leopard proves to be an extremely difficult animal to kill as it escapes cyanide poison, bear traps and bullets. It's a real life Houdini leopard. At the end we learn…

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Ep. 100: Jim Corbett: Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag Part 1: The Evil Spirit 47:30

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To celebrate our 100th episode we bring you one of Jim Corbett's most famous stories... The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudrapryag. This will be part 1 of 3 and is the set-up for Corbett's hunting story. We learn all about the leopard and how it became a man-eater as well as learn about some of the kills it made. This leopard brought terror to the local …

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Ep. 99: Anaconda: World's Largest Snake 1:07:42

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This episode we cover the largest snake on the planet... the anaconda. Anacondas are native to South America in the Amazon Rainforest. They are very large snakes with sharp teeth and tons of strength, enough to constrict and kill large mammals. Their top size is heavily debated, some believe they've seen anacondas up to 60ft long. Anacondas are sub…

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Ep. 98: Iditarod: The Last Great Race 1:00:56

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This episode we look at the longest sled dog race, the famous Iditarod. Every first Saturday in March mushers and sled dogs participate in a 1,000 mile race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska. It is a race of endurance that can last 9-13 days through the treterous terrain and weather of Alaska. We go over the interesting history of how the race began a…

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Bonus: Why is a Pug? 22:43

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Have you ever wondered how a pug came to be? Well we have some answers for you... Originating from ancient China the pug dog breed was made for royality. Basically bred to show status while sitting in their lap. They are definitely good boys. This episode is dedicated to Lola, our families recently deceased pug. If you would like to give a donation…

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Ep. 97: Recent Animal Stories and Attacks #14 Nov-Feb 1:01:36

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This week we have our 14th edition of animal stories and attacks. 1st Story- Brutal Feral Dog Attacks in Russia 2nd Story- Hyenas Kidnap and Kill Man in Zimbabwe 3rd Story- 2 Bengal Tigers Escape Indonesian Zoo 4th Story- Carole Baskin Sanctuary has Volunteer Injured by Tiger 5th Story- Zookeeper in Tennessee Slips into Tiger enclosure 6th Story- Y…

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Ep. 96: Workin Dogs Part 2 1:16:18

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This week we take a look into some more dogs with jobs. There are so many different dog breeds out there, and all have different skills that make them perfect for some careers. Story 1- Greyhounds and Greyhound Racing Story 2- Russian Prison Guard Dogs Story 3- K9 Police Dogs Story 4- Different Guard and Herding Dogs Story5- Service Dogs Used to He…

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Ep. 95: Workin Dogs Part 1 1:11:08

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This week we look at some dogs with jobs. Dogs have all kinds of jobs they do to help out humans. All dogs are actually the exact same species, the domestic dog, a chihuahua and a great dane are the same species. That's why we call them breeds and not species. 1st Story- Dalmatians as Firefighters 2nd Story- Sled Dogs 3rd Story- Duck Hunting Labs 4…

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Ep. 94: Snow Leopards: Ghosts of the Mountain 57:42

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This week we cover one of the rarest and most elusive animals on the planet... the snow leopard. These big cats inhabit crazy high elevations in Central Asia. They are one of the coolest animals we have covered yet, and man are they impressive. Extremely adapted to the high altitude, cold weather living. We also have Dave react to probably the most…

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Ep. 93: TurkeyMania!!! 1:12:54

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This week we will be covering an animal that you never knew you wanted to learn all about. An animal synonymous with Thanksgiving and the holiday season... the turkey. The turkey surprisingly has a deep history with American culture, and was almost our national bird. We learn all about the wild turkeys and their history, then maybe the most interes…

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Ep. 92: Recent Animal Stories and Attacks #13 Aug-Oct 1:07:13

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This week we have our 13th edition of animal stories and attacks that have happened from Aug-Oct. Story 1- New Kim Is Now the Most Expensive Pigeon... $1.9 Million Story 2- Stupid Woman Gets Way Too Close to Bison Story 3- Polar Bear Kills Man in Norway Story 4- Black Bear Kills Woman in Saskatchewan Story 5- Grizzly Kills Hunter in Alaska Story 6-…

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Ep. 91: Unpredictable, Strange and Bizarre Animal Stories #2 1:00:20

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This week we take a look at some of the most bizarre animal stories we could find. Story 1- Lions Eating Seals and Other Marine Life Story 2- Car Hit by Bear Kills Two Story 3- Racing Pigeon Sold for $1.2 Million Story 4- Mao Zedong Orders the Mass Killing of Sparrows Story 5- Special Listener Story Story 6- The Seal Team 6 Dog, Cairo Story 7- Lync…

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Ep. 90: Devils of Tasmania 1:02:08

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This week we look into the very strange and bizarre animal known as the Tasmanian devil. This is the most iconic animal and thing to come out of the Australian state of Tasmania. A lot of people don't know where Tasmania is, but definitely a part of Australia. Some don't even know the devils are a real animal. They certainly are. The devils are act…

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BONUS: Fat Bear Week 16:04

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On this episode we quickly talk about something that happens every year in Katmai National Park, Alaska, and that's Fat Bear Week. It is a single elimination tournament to declare the fattest of bears. Tens of thousands of people vote for their favorite bear to take home the championship. We also talk about our new Force of Nature t-shirts that are…

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Ep. 89: Night of the Grizzlies Part 2 51:09

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This week we have part two of the famous true crime like story, Night of the Grizzlies. We jump right into where we left off with both of our attack stories. We find out what goes down during the attack at Trout Lake on Michele Koons. We also find out what happens at the Granite Park Chalet where the first bear attack took place. We will meet a cas…

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Ep. 88: Night of the Grizzlies Part 1 1:00:20

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This week, we have one of the best true crime stories involving animals... This is Night of the Grizzlies. We go back in time to 1967, to Glacier National Park. Back then rules for bears were pretty lax, to say the least. Tourists would come from all over to watch grizzlies battle for the best garbage. From when the park was founded in 1910 there h…

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Ep. 87: Shark Attack Stories #2 1:12:31

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This week we go to the ocean and cover attack stories from one of mans most fearful predators... sharks. These are stories that have all happened in the last few months and most actually take place Down Under, in Australia. For some reason there has been a surge of shark attacks there as well as 4 recent deaths, we cover them all. We also are joine…

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Ep. 86: Recent Animal Stories and Attacks #12 April-July 1:04:08

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This week we have our "12th" (not 13th like I said in the show) edition of recent animal stories and attacks that have happened from April-July. 1st Story- Man Rescues Coyote Pup on Kayaking Trip 2nd Story- Zookeeper in Zurich Killed by Siberian Tiger 3rd Story- Child in India Killed and Partially Eaten by Wild Pigs 4th Story- Black Bear Attacks Wo…

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Bonus: Year End Awards Show (Full) 24:32

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Sorry we added the wrong file on the last one. This is the full Force of Nature year end awards. If you would like to give a donation you can on PayPal at either [email protected] or simply forceofnaturepod On Venmo is my personal account at Matthew-Hamilton-51 We would appreciate any donations very much and we will give shout outs to anyo…

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Ep. 85: 2nd Anniversary Episode: Idiots of Yellowstone, Schmidt Pain Index Scale and Listener Stories 1:02:50

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This week we celebrate our 2nd anniversary episode. After two whole years doing the show we really love doing it and a big thank you to all the listeners who support us. We have some new stupid idiots of Yellowstone stories that involve sneaking into the closed park and falling into a thermal pool and people who get too close to wild, dangerous bis…

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Ep. 84: Invasive Species Part 2: Florida 1:10:02

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This week we have part two of invasive species... but this week we focus on invasive species in a certain place. This might be one of the strangest most bizarre places on the planet... Florida. Florida is home to some of the most notable invasive species in the country. These invasive species have either been released by pet owners or escaped facil…

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Ep. 83: Invasive Species Part 1 58:46

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This week we take a look at some species that do not belong. An invasive species is an organism that is not native to a particular area. They can cause great environmental and economic harm to the new area. To be invasive, a species must adapt to the new area easily. It must reproduce quickly. It must harm property, the economy or native plants and…

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Ep. 82: Terror Birds!!! 36:18

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This week we look into one of the most terrifying animals to have ever lived... the terror birds. Terror birds were giant flightless birds that lived for 60 million years in South America. The largest species was the kelenken, which stood around 10 feet tall and around 400lbs. The most famous terror bird species is named Titanus, this one stands ou…

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Ep. 81: Ice Age Animals Part 2: Predators 1:10:53

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This week we take a dive back to the ice age when nature dialed things up to 11, but we are talking about predators this time. We look into some of the most iconic predators of the time. These predators were some of the most successful animals of their time. But for some reason they all died out around 10,000 years ago. Animals being covered this w…

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Ep. 80: Ice Age Animals Part 1: Giants of the Time 58:25

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This week we go way back in time back when nature decided to dial it up to 11 and make giant mega-fauna. In part one we will go over some more well known and lesser known giant herbivore animals. We also get to know what an ice age really is. All of these giant creatures went extinct about 10,000 years ago, and we really don't know why exactly. It …

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Ep. 79: Recent Animal Stories and Attacks #11 Feb-Mar 50:50

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This week we have our 11th edition of Recent Animal Stories and Attacks. This edition is a little different as we look into how the current pandemic and lock downs have affected animals around the world as well as a few interesting stories. 1st Story- How Coronavirus is Effecting Animals Around the World 2nd Story- Locust Plague in East Africa 3rd …

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Ep. 78: Weasel on Steroids: The Fearless Wolverine 46:38

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This week we look into one of the most ferocious, gluttonous, fearless and bad-ass animals on the planet, the wolverine. Wolverines are the largest species of the weasel family and have many nicknames including; skunk bear, glutton bear, hyenas of the north, weasel on steroids and many others. These super cool animals inhabit the upper northern hem…

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Ep. 77: Celebrity Animals Part 2 1:04:51

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This week we roll out the carpet for part 2 of Celebrity Animals. 1st Story- Bart the Bear 2nd Story- Marjan, the Famous Lion of Afghanistan 3rd Story- Rin Tin Tin & Friends 4th Story- The Taco Bell Chihuahua 5th Story- Siwash, Famous Duck of WWII 6th Story- Shrek, the Unsheared Sheep 7th Story- Keiko, Star of Free Willy If you would like to give a…

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Ep. 76: Celebrity Animals Part 1 53:04

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This week we have our first of two episodes about famous celebrity animals. 1st Story- Terrible Ted the Pro Wrestling Bear 2nd Story- Bruno Sammartino Wrestles an Orangutan 3rd Story- Koko B. Ware and his Parrot Frankie 4th Story- Bubbles the Chimp Owned by Michael Jackson 5th Story- The Story of the Famous Dog, Balto Ted Wrestles https://www.youtu…

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Ep. 75: Jim Corbett Returns: Hunt for the Muktesar Man-Eating Tigress 53:09

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This week we tell the story of Jim Corbett and his 72 hour hunt for the Muktesar tigress that has killed at least 24 people. This is a story from earlier in Jim's hunting career. He has an exciting hunt, spending one night in a tree in pitch black darkness with the tiger 15 feet away. We learn about how other sportsmen previously failed hunting thi…

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Ep. 74: Adventures of Jim Corbett: The Hunt for the Mohan Man-Eater 48:13

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This week we see the return of our man, Jim Corbett. Jim Corbett has another adventure, this time after the man eating tiger of Mohan. This tiger has set up near a village for several years killing as it pleases. Jim is the only man that can stop this man eating tiger. Find out how he hunted the tiger and how he finally kills it. Remember most man …

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Ep. 73: Royal Bengal Tigers 1:09:59

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This wee we look at the amazing Bengal tigers. Bengal tigers are the most notable tiger species and one of the most iconic animals on the planet. They are native to India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan and make up over half of all tigers in the world. At the beginning of the 1900's there were supposedly over 100,000 in the wild, nowadays only around…

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Ep. 72 Recent Animal Stories and Attacks #10 Nov-Jan 1:08:31

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This week we have our 10th edition of recent animal stories that have happened in the last three months. 1st Story- Australia on Fire 2nd Story- Cougars Near the Studio 3rd Story- Cougar Kills Neighborhood Dog 4th Story- Cougar Goes After Toddler 5th Story- Wild Boar Attack in Texas 6th Story- Bald Eagle Rescue 7th Story- Dickhead Kangaroo Assaults…

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Ep. 71: Orcas Part 3: Captivity and Attack Stories 1:10:57

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We're back... This week we finish off our series on orcas by looking at them in captivity. We learn about Shamu as well as a few other famous individual orcas. Then we look into how orcas are captured and the long lasting mental stresses affect them. We also look into some orca attack stories that have happened in captivity and talk about the famou…

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Ep. 70: Orcas Part 2: Relationship With Humans 1:01:39

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This week we have a special guest to join us, Dayna Bodtcher. And the theme for this episode is the relationship between orcas and humans. In Australia during the 1920's a pod of orcas worked with a whaling team to hunt baleen whales. We also look into some legends of orcas indigenous people used to have. We look into whale watching around the glob…

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Ep. 69: Orcas Part 1: The Ultimate Apex Predators 44:28

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This week we look into the most badass predators on the planet. They go by many names the bullies of the sea, the wolves of the sea, killers of whales, killer whales and orcas. We learn all about orcas in the wild to start off our three part series on them. There are two main types of orcas, resident and transient, each type has their own ways of d…

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Ep. 68: Giants of the Sea: Humpbacks and Blue Whales 1:00:13

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This week we look into the largest animals on the planet, baleen whales. We learn all about these magnificent creatures and what makes them different than toothed whales. We also go a little more in depth into two species, the humpback and the blue whale. Humpbacks are known for whale watching and producing the most intricate songs of any animal. B…

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Ep. 67: Whale of a Tale: Belugas, Narwhals and Sperm Whales 1:13:16

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This week we look into the giants of the sea... whales. We go over three specific badass whale species; the beluga whale, the narwhal and the poorly named sperm whale. All of these whales are one of two types of whales, these are members of the toothed whales. The other type are baleen whales, which we will go over next week. Did you know that kill…

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Ep. 66: Recent Animal Stories and Attacks #9 Sept-Oct 57:01

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This week we have our 9th edition of recent stories that have happened in the last two months. 1st Story- Hunter Killed by Deer That Wasn't Dead 2nd Story- Bison Attacks Utah Man, Then His Date a Few Months Later 3rd Story- Walrus Sinks Russian Boat 4th Story- World News Daily Report, Where the Facts Don't Matter 5th Story- Rabid Skunk Attack 6th S…

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Ep. 65: Scary Mythological Monsters 1:00:08

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Happy Halloween... This week we look into some of the scariest monsters from mythological history. We cover several scary creatures that could easily kill someone, but more importantly enlist fear. Monster 1- La Chupacabra- The Goat Sucker Monster 2- The Wendigo- Cannibalistic Monsters Monster 3- Qalupalik- Inuit Child Stealer Monster 4- Minotaur- …

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