Strange by Nature Podcast

Victoria brings us the intriguing tale of Lusitanian flora. These are plants only found in Iberia AND southern Ireland. The reason they are in Ireland at all is a tale that goes back thousands of years and involves copper, trees, and booze.

Kirk brings back a topic from last December because it turns out a dutch painter beat scientists to a discovery about bats by over 400 years. No one had looked closely enough at the painting to notice.

Rachel rounds out the show with a fascinating profile on the plants we call Horsetails. They may not get very big these days, but they used to be over 100 feet tall and form whole forests.

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Rachel kicks things off this week with a fascinating look at the ancient relationship between moss and fungus.

Victoria brings us a story about a bizarre form of locomotion. She brings us... Jumping snails (and slugs).

Kirk's story this week is about the Japanese Tree Frog and how new research shows us that this small creature just might hold an amazing bacterial cure for cancers.

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We had a ton of fun with this week's show. Kirk starts us off with a story about the bizarre evidence for Heat Bursts. This strange weather phenomenon can create oven-like blasts of air seemingly out of nowhere.

Rachel comes back to the ocean and tells us about Basking Sharks just in time for Shark Week.

Victoria takes us on a trip with new research on a psychoactive mushroom species that seems to always make people see little imaginary people.

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Victoria brings us into the strange medical world of autosomal dominant diseases.

Kirk brings us the strange sad tale of nutmeg. Sometimes a great plant turns into a curse.

Rachel tells us about strange Fish Eating Bats.

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This week, Rachel continues her series on bears, this time with the utterly strange Panda Bear.

Victoria tells us about the mysterious and recently discovered whale graveyard that has been around for millions of years.

Kirk tells us about the Coldest Trees in the World.

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