Cool Facts About Animals

Want to impress the adults at the Thanksgiving table with lots of cool facts and jokes about turkeys? You're in luck! We cover 12-ish terrific facts about turkeys in this episode (we lose count somewhere in the middle), including interesting info about their super eyesight, strange sleeping habits, and weird poop.  Do you have a cool turkey fact? A joke? A picture? An idea for a future episode? Email us at coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com or tweet us at @coolanimalspod.  Thanks as always to Andrew of Ear Snacks for our theme music! Happy Thanksgiving! 

We're doing a bonus episode as we wait for an exciting special guest to return from Russia to talk to us about blue whales. Jaguar and Grady deliver a spooky mystery about underwater giants that kept washing up on shore with one important thing missing - their livers. Who was the culprit and who was the victim? We discuss in an orca versus great white shark showdown! Who do you think will win?  Also, no creature quiz this time. Instead, send up a picture or tell us about or show us your "who would win" battle. Send it to coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com, or tweet it to us at @coolanimalspod and we will send you a magnet. Stay tuned for our blue whale episode with our special guest - we can't wait!   

It's our first Halloween episode! To celebrate this spooky holiday, we are bringing you a rather creepy animal - the vampire bat. Because the mom on this show does not much like vampire bats, the kids on this show try to convince her (i.e., me) that vampire bats are more cool than creepy. Do they succeed? Listen to find out!  This episode is part of the Kids Listen Halloween Sweeps. Make sure you check out some of the other awesome podcasts taking part in this, including The Alien Adventures of inn Caspian, This Week in the Multiverse, Noodle Loaf, Good Stuff Kids, Just Us Weirdos, and lots more.  And guys! In addition to Andrew of the awesome podcast Ear Snacks bringing you our theme song, we also got to make a guest appearance on Andrew & Polly's latest episode about teeth! It's super fun, and there are lots of cool facts about animals in the episode. You can find the podcast here. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ear-snacks/id1013225660?mt=2 Finally, thanks to Axel and Titus for the suggestion! Answ

We tackle two listener requests in this episode - the ring tailed lemur and the aye aye, another type of lemur. Some of the coolest things we talk about in this episode are stink fights (yes, they're a thing), evil omens, and lemur balls.  We also get to interview one of our listeners, and our first kid to be a guest on the show. Thanks to Lochlan for chatting with us! Don't forget to answer our creature quiz or riddle! We will send you a brand new magnet! coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com or tweet us at @coolanimalspod Thanks as always to Andrew of the podcast Ear Snacks for providing our theme music! 

Happy International Podcasting Day! We're celebrating with this bonus episode, where we share 20 super cool facts about animals. You'll learn what big animal is born only the size of a jellybean; in which species males give birth; which animal has 9 brains, and lots more!  Tell us your favorite animal fact and we'll send you a sticker! coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com or @coolanimalspod on Twitter.  Thanks as always to Andrew of Ear Snacks for the theme music!

Have you ever wondered why a giraffe has those spots? Or why its tongue is purple? Or why it has such a long neck - or hey, how blood gets all the way up to its head? We answer all these questions this episode! Plus, you'll learn one of the grossest facts about animals yet. P.s. it involves pee.  Thanks to Andrew of Ear Snacks for our new theme music! Be sure to check out his podcast, and other favorites over on Kids Listen.  To answer our creature quiz or riddle, or just to say hi, send us an email at coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com or tweet us at @coolanimalspod. 

It's a mountain lion! It's a puma! It's a cougar! No... it's all of them! (But not you, jaguar.) Learn more about this large cat on this silly episode of Cool Facts About Animals. We talk about their sounds, their territories, how to spot one in the wild, and lots more. Check it out here! Don't forget to answer our Creature Quiz or riddle for a chance to get a sticker! Hurry, we're almost out!  Email us at coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com or tweet us at @coolanimalspod.  Thanks for listening. And SO MANY thanks to Andrew of Ear Snacks for providing us with our new theme song! We are both members of Kids Listen, a great place to find your next favorite podcast. Check it out. 

Gorillas get a pretty bad rap in movies and tv shows. They’re usually shown as being aggressive, violent, and not very intelligent. In fact, gorillas are super smart, communicative, peace-loving creatures. And we share about 98% of our DNA with them! Learn all about these amazing creatures on this episode. Many thanks to Sky, Rinnah and Jon for the awesome suggestion! If you have a suggestion, or would like to take a shot at our Creature Quiz or Riddle, send us an email at coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com or tweet us at @coolanimalspod.  

In this episode, we are so incredibly thrilled to bring you our interview with our local congressperson, Rep. Earl Blumenauer. We talk about salmon, polar bears, sharks, and the adorable panda. We also ask him about what Congress is doing to protect animals and the environment and what they can do better - plus what kids can do to help. Don't miss this important episode. And thank you again to Rep. Blumenauer and his amazing staff for this opportunity! 

Wow, what a packed episode! In this one, you'll learn about spawning, what baby fish are called (hint: not hamburgers), how many miles they can travel, how big they get, and more interesting facts. And you'll get treated to a Native American story about the salmon and that trickster Coyote, as told by Clara.  Plus - STAY TUNED! Tomorrow we will be uploading our conversation with Rep. Blumenauer. He is our local congressman, and such a great advocate for animals and the earth. Thank you again to Rep. Blumenauer and his staff for meeting with us. You can find a little sneak peek of our interview with him at the end of this episode.  Keep in touch! You can reach us at coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com or on Twitter at @coolanimalspod  

This episode comes to you from our camping trip at Fort Stevens at the very top of Oregon. Sloths have a bad reputation for being lazy, but they really aren't. They evolved to be as slow as they are. We learned a lot of cool things about sloths, including how they have a symbiotic relationship with moths, how infrequently they poop, and some of their funny nicknames. Check it out!  We are so excited for our next episode, which will include an interview with our local congressman, Earl Blumenauer. Stay tuned! Have a question? Suggestion? Want to answer our creature quiz or our riddle? Get in touch with us at: coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com Or tweet us at @coolanimalspod Thanks for listening!

In our goofiest episode to date, the CFAA crew talks about the barn owl aka ghost owl aka demon owl aka you get the point owl. We talk about how it hunts so well in the dark, what it absolutely won't eat, what it sounds like, and lots more.  Don't forget to answer our creature quiz or riddle at the end of the episode! Send your answers to us at coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com or tweet us at @coolanimalspod. Thanks for listening, reviewing, rating, and contacting us. We love to hear from you!  And thanks for your patience with our erratic schedule while we are on summer vacation! 

In this bonus episode of Cool Facts About Animals, we interview Kathryn Olivarius, a professor of history at Stanford University who studies the spread of diseases through mosquitoes, particularly yellow fever in the southern United States in the 1800s. We talk about: what diseases mosquitoes spread the ethics of wiping out mosquito populations the effects of climate change on mosquitoes (hint – it’s not good for us humans, but it’s great for mosquitoes!) and what kids can do to try to dial back climate change. Check it out, and make sure to listen to our regularly-scheduled episode on mosquitoes, which should already be in your feed. Thanks as always for listening!  

On this episode, we bring you all sorts of cool facts about the deadliest animal on earth- the mosquito. We will be talking about how they spit on you, pee on you, and just generally make you itchy as well.  Stay tuned for another bonus episode on the mosquito coming up later this week, where we interview Kathryn Olivarius, a professor at Stanford, about mosquitoes and the spread of yellow fever.  The CFAA crew is on summer vacation, but we are still bringing you episodes when we can! Hope you all are enjoying your summers.  Don't forget to answer our creature quiz or riddle! Just send your answers to: coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com or tweet us at @coolanimalspod. You can also find us on Facebook at /coolfactsaboutanimals Thanks for listening! 

On this episode, we tackle a listener request from Grace. The lion has a roar that can be heard for miles, a mane that gives clues to their age, and - most importantly to jaguar - jaguar and lion used to be the same species!  Be sure to answer our creature quiz or our riddle and we will send you a sticker. As always, you can send in your listener requests for what animal you want to learn more about.  We are on summer vacation! We will be doing the podcast throughout the summer, but probably won't be on quite the same schedule. Email: coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com Twitter: @coolanimalspod Facebook: @coolfactsaboutanimals  

Wow, this is one cool animal - although it has had over 400 million years to evolve to its level of coolness. It has the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom, packs a punch as fierce as a bullet, and can even boil water without even using a stove! It is the mantis shrimp, with many thanks to our listener, Saranya, for this request.  Do you have a request? Want to answer our creature quiz? Take a shot at our riddle? Send us an email at: coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com Tweet us at @coolanimalspod Or send us a message on Facebook.  Thanks for listening! 

We are bringing you this bonus episode as part of the #kidslistensweeps for #schoolsalmostout! In keeping with the school theme, we are talking about schools of fish. You'll learn about the difference between a shoal and a school, how schools form, why they do, and, the age-old question - are fish in schools smarter?  Check out the other participating Kids Listen participants here - you'll find some of our very favorite podcasts on here, and we can't wait to check out how they handled the theme!  Don't forget to earn a sticker by answering our creature quiz! Send us an email at: coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com Twitter:@coolanimalspod Facebook: @coolfactsaboutanimals 

On this episode, we learn about a beautiful, venomous creature that lives in the southern United States. The Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake can do some cool things, like portion out the amount of venom it needs to kill, retract its fangs, swim, and of course-make that cool rattle sound.  Don't forget to enter our creature quiz, or try to answer our riddle to guess the animal we will feature in our next episode!  Email: coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com Twitter: @coolanimalspod Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/coolfactaboutanimals/ Looking for some other great shows? Be sure to check out the shows in the Kids Listen App. You'll find pretty much all our favorites on there. 

On this episode, we’re taking a listener request from Charlie, all the way out in Australia! The creature he chose doesn’t actually live in Australia, but we’ve had a lot of experience with it here in Oregon. The raccoon is a masked, super-cute but pesky animal that can open coolers (we can attest to that personally!), locks, and even untie knots. They are all quite smart! Thanks for the awesome suggestion, Charlie! If you have an animal request, or want to take your shot at this week’s creature quiz or animal riddle, you can reach us here: Email: coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com Facebook: @coolfactsaboutanimals Twitter: @coolanimalspod Thanks for listening, reviewing, and rating us! And thanks to Kids Listen. Be sure to check out other great podcasts for kids in the Kids Listen app.

Did you know that the North American Bullfrog gets its name because its call sounds a lot like a cow? We put your ears to the test with an audio challenge. You'll also learn about frog toes, frog legs, frog eardrums, and lots more on this episode about the invasive North American Bullfrog.  Thanks to Loretta for the suggestion! If you have a suggestion, send it our way at:  coolfactsaboutanimals@gmail.com or Tweet us at @coolanimalspod You can also find us on Facebook at @coolfactsaboutanimals