Just come hang out every Friday with a cool species from the planet earth! If you have a species, you would like to know more about please email below! cryptidsofthecornpodcast@gmail.com

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First episode in the new studio and we decided to pick an old friend of the show to highlight on Freaky Fauna Friday, the Hyena. This animal is famous for its bone crushing abilities, intelligence, social hierarchy and its pseudopenis.

Hyena

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The Tully Monster

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Dunkleosteus

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In this episode Mr. E and Jay discuss Mr. E and his former job.

What Did Mr. E Do?

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Thank you, Abbi Webb, for your hard work and research for this amazing episode about Hummingbird Moths.

Hummingbird Moth

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Ascidians, commonly known as Sea Squirts, appear to be simple creatures but are actually very complex and the base of many food chains.

Sea Squirts

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This fish&#39;s whole body and lifestyle is designed around speed.

Sailfish

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Fisher Cat

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Much like the famous white and gold or blue and black dress, Tigers are more than just a trick of the eye

Tiger: Orange and Black or Green and Black?

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These funky, gelatinous creatures spend most of their life upside-down with their feeding arms extended toward the sky photosynthesizing.

Upside-Down Jellyfish

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The Bottlenose Beaked Whale is known for its extremely bulbus head in adult males and having one of the strongest populations of beaked whales remaining. Also, it&#39;s one of Jay&#39;s favorite cetaceans!

Bottlenose Beaked Whale

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The largest living Octopus known for its high level of intelligence, ingenuity, and even playfulness.

Giant Pacific Octopus

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One of Earths greatest vocal mimics and a pretty good dancer as well.

Lyre Bird

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The fish that lives in other animal!

Pearlfish

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The Triops are the mass extinction specialists and prove the age-old adage that three eyes are better than one.

Triops

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Hiding around in the canopies above your head, a creature a lurking and waiting for its opportunity to strike. Is this snake really flying or just falling with style?

Flying Snakes

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These colorful, tropical birds are hiding quite the secret in their plumage. Remember, don&#39;t touch the wildlife on this episode of Freaky Fauna Friday

Hooded Pitohui

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Today&#39;s fauna is a crazy animal called the Moonrat. Not only are they closely related to Hedgehogs, but they also stink of ammonia, have independent nostrils they can close, and hate each other.

Moonrats

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What happens when a woodlouse becomes a deep-sea apex predator? They get giant!

Deep-Sea Giant Isopods

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Not just 1, but 2 previously thought to be extinct marsupials were rediscovered in Papua New Guinea.

Rediscovered Marsupials

Just come hang out every Friday with a cool species from the planet earth! If you have a species, you would like to know more about please email below!

cryptidsofthecornpodcast@gmail.com