
176) Oldest Living Descendants of Dinosaurs
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06/22/22 • 62 min
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What is the oldest-living animal descended from dinosaur times? On this episode, Nick is joined by Lindsay Valenty from the Ye Olde Crime podcast. Together, they travel back in time over 65 million years to reveal and discuss the Top 10 Living Animal Descendants of Dinosaurs, ranked by how far back their ancestry goes.
PLUS... the original (scarier) version of each modern animal, where each animal stands in the animal kingdom today, the Loch Ness Monster, "teeth the size of bananas," Nick's fictional first wife, the "front lizard," and MUCH more.
IMAGES (contains spoilers!):
- The unique foot of Animal #10
- Titanoboa
- Chinese Giant Salamander
- Prehistoric Lizard
- Tuatara
- Prehistoric Crocodile
- Crocodile Killing T-Rex
- Horseshoe Crab
- Prehistoric Shark
- Camel Spider
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Hear more from Lindsay on her podcasts, Ye Olde Crime and Pineapple Pizza.
Ye Olde Crime explores the funny, strange, and obscure crimes of yesteryear. Start with Nick and Brandon's guest appearance from June 2021.
Pineapple Pizza covers mythology, cryptozoology and urban legends. Start with Nick's guest appearance, discussing the Loch Ness Monster, from September 2021.
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What is the oldest-living animal descended from dinosaur times? On this episode, Nick is joined by Lindsay Valenty from the Ye Olde Crime podcast. Together, they travel back in time over 65 million years to reveal and discuss the Top 10 Living Animal Descendants of Dinosaurs, ranked by how far back their ancestry goes.
PLUS... the original (scarier) version of each modern animal, where each animal stands in the animal kingdom today, the Loch Ness Monster, "teeth the size of bananas," Nick's fictional first wife, the "front lizard," and MUCH more.
IMAGES (contains spoilers!):
- The unique foot of Animal #10
- Titanoboa
- Chinese Giant Salamander
- Prehistoric Lizard
- Tuatara
- Prehistoric Crocodile
- Crocodile Killing T-Rex
- Horseshoe Crab
- Prehistoric Shark
- Camel Spider
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Hear more from Lindsay on her podcasts, Ye Olde Crime and Pineapple Pizza.
Ye Olde Crime explores the funny, strange, and obscure crimes of yesteryear. Start with Nick and Brandon's guest appearance from June 2021.
Pineapple Pizza covers mythology, cryptozoology and urban legends. Start with Nick's guest appearance, discussing the Loch Ness Monster, from September 2021.
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In this 10ish Podcast "BEST OF" 2-Pack, grab your morning coffee and scuffle to your favorite recliner, because we're revisiting two comic-themed episodes from our archives.
First, Nick and Brandon recap the Top 10 Most Popular Comic Book Characters (Episode 38), ranked by the total appearances. Then, immediately following that, we'll shift to the Sunday Funnies to enjoy some nostalgia with the Top 10 Most Popular Comic Strips in newspaper history (Episode 93).
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Summary of Episode 38: Most Popular Comic Book Characters, originally released May 2019
Comic book reader, Brandon, drags Nick, who has never read a comic, back to Nerd-town as Brandon reveals the Top 25 Most Popular Comic Book Characters of All Time, based on number of issue appearances.
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Summary of Episode 93: Most Popular Comic Strips of All Time, originally released July 2020
Dilbert. Garfield. Family Circus. What classic comic strip from the Sunday Funnies section of your local newspaper are among the Top 10 Most Popular Comic Strips of All Time? Brandon takes us back to your childhood to revisit those old comic strips you forgot you knew all about; Nick tries to guess the Top 10, ranked by popular vote in a survey among thousands of people.
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