Botanical Terror: Deadly Flora and Fungi
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08/03/23 • 39 min
Welcome to The Oddity Shop, Where the Bizarre is Always on Sale! This week in the Shop, Zach's talking about the wild world of Nature.
Brace yourselves for a wild ride into the fascinating and sometimes spine-chilling world of predatory flora and fungi. We're about to uncover some of nature's most captivating secrets, so prepare for the unexpected!
In our 45th episode, we're explorations of the strange, the deadly, and the simply mind-blowing abilities of our natural world's plants and fungi. Prepare to be enthralled by the Zombie Ant Fungus and the Oyster Mushroom, two more parasitic plants that can quite literally turn their hosts into mindless zombies! Lastly, as we delve into the world of strangler fig trees and fig wasps, we're posing a macabre question for you: if a plant had to kill you, which one would you choose? So buckle up, and get ready for this hair-raising journey through nature's oddity shop!
References:
- https://www.npr.org/2023/01/30/1151868673/the-last-of-us-cordyceps-zombie-fungus-real#:~:text=Ophiocordyceps%20unilateralis%2C%20otherwise%20known%20as,will%20let%20the%20fungus%20reproduce.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnwb-KpPv2M – The Curious Life of Carnivorous Mushrooms
- https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/science/oyster-mushrooms-carnivorous-toxins.html
- https://owlcation.com/stem/10-Most-Wacky-Plants-of-the-World
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcher_plant
- https://www.britannica.com/plant/pitcher-plant
- https://www.bonappetit.com/story/figs-and-wasps
Each Week at the Oddity Shop, Your Curators Kara and Zach will bring you Creepy, Strange, Weird Bizarre Stories from around the globe!
The Shop's phone lines are open! Give us a call and leave a voicemail (Or two!) with your creepy personal tale/oddity, and it could be featured on a future episode!
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Welcome to The Oddity Shop, Where the Bizarre is Always on Sale! This week in the Shop, Zach's talking about the wild world of Nature.
Brace yourselves for a wild ride into the fascinating and sometimes spine-chilling world of predatory flora and fungi. We're about to uncover some of nature's most captivating secrets, so prepare for the unexpected!
In our 45th episode, we're explorations of the strange, the deadly, and the simply mind-blowing abilities of our natural world's plants and fungi. Prepare to be enthralled by the Zombie Ant Fungus and the Oyster Mushroom, two more parasitic plants that can quite literally turn their hosts into mindless zombies! Lastly, as we delve into the world of strangler fig trees and fig wasps, we're posing a macabre question for you: if a plant had to kill you, which one would you choose? So buckle up, and get ready for this hair-raising journey through nature's oddity shop!
References:
- https://www.npr.org/2023/01/30/1151868673/the-last-of-us-cordyceps-zombie-fungus-real#:~:text=Ophiocordyceps%20unilateralis%2C%20otherwise%20known%20as,will%20let%20the%20fungus%20reproduce.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnwb-KpPv2M – The Curious Life of Carnivorous Mushrooms
- https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/science/oyster-mushrooms-carnivorous-toxins.html
- https://owlcation.com/stem/10-Most-Wacky-Plants-of-the-World
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcher_plant
- https://www.britannica.com/plant/pitcher-plant
- https://www.bonappetit.com/story/figs-and-wasps
Each Week at the Oddity Shop, Your Curators Kara and Zach will bring you Creepy, Strange, Weird Bizarre Stories from around the globe!
The Shop's phone lines are open! Give us a call and leave a voicemail (Or two!) with your creepy personal tale/oddity, and it could be featured on a future episode!
616.320.4935
JOIN US ON PATREON: Click Here!
Join the Oddity Shop on Patreon for Day Early Access to Episodes and tons of bonus content!!!
Visit our Website to learn more!
Email Us at: oddityshoppodcast.com
www.OddityShopPodcast.com
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Welcome to The Oddity Shop, Where the Bizarre is Always on Sale! This week in the Shop, Kara tells us about a horrifying flying cryptid...The BatSquatch!
Have you ever heard of the Bat Squatch? No, it's not the next superhero movie. It's a mysterious and terrifying creature that has been the subject of many chilling encounters. Were going to talk about Brian Canfield's encounter with this beast and delve deeper into the heart of cryptid mysteries. From a truck filled with Douglas Fir trees that almost rolls off a cliff, to strange encounters with winged gorillas and objects in the middle of the road, we're leaving no stone unturned.
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References:
- https://pacsentinel.com/batsquatch/
- https://portlandghosts.com/the-story-of-the-batsquatch-the-terror-that-mount-st-helens-awoke/
- https://1027kord.com/massive-horrific-bat-spotted-in-washington-dubbed-batsquatch/
- https://www.batsquatch.com/batsquatch/encounter.html
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_eruption_of_Mount_St._Helens
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyroclastic_flow
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phreatic_eruption
- https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Batsquatch
Each Week at the Oddity Shop, Your Curators Kara and Zach will bring you Creepy, Strange, Weird Bizarre Stories from around the globe!
The Shop's phone lines are open! Give us a call and leave a voicemail (Or two!) with your creepy personal tale/oddity, and it could be featured on a future episode!
616.320.4935
JOIN US ON PATREON: Click Here!
Join the Oddity Shop on Patreon for Day Early Access to Episodes and tons of bonus content!!!
Visit our Website to learn more!
Email Us at: oddityshoppodcast.com
www.OddityShopPodcast.com
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Tune into to the eerie story of Minnie, a homeowner troubled by an unexplained, blood-like substance in her home. Can you imagine the chill that crept up her spine as she discovered this horrifying mystery? We spare no detail, tracing Minnie's steps, the police investigation, and the unsettling outcome.
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References:
- https://www.paranormalcatalog.net/unexplained-phenomena/human-blood-inexplicably-oozing-through-the-floor-of-an-atlanta-house
- https://www.trulyadventure.us/blood-house
- https://www.ranker.com/list/bleeding-house-georgia/jodi-smith
- https://morbidkuriosity.com/bleeding-house-of-atlanta/
- https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/the-bleeding-walls-in-atlanta-c92a0bc53833
- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-girls-one-ghost/id1271249164?i=1000615894517
- https://theghostinmymachine.com/2021/08/02/unresolved-what-caused-the-atlanta-blood-houses-mysterious-mess/
- https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1114-Fountain-Dr-SW-Atlanta-GA-30314/35834635_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare
Each Week at the Oddity Shop, Your Curators Kara and Zach will bring you Creepy, Strange, Weird Bizarre Stories from around the globe!
The Shop's phone lines are open! Give us a call and leave a voicemail (Or two!) with your creepy personal tale/oddity, and it could be featured on a future episode!
616.320.4935
JOIN US ON PATREON: Click Here!
Join the Oddity Shop on Patreon for Day Early Access to Episodes and tons of bonus content!!!
Visit our Website to learn more!
Email Us at: oddityshoppodcast.com
www.OddityShopPodcast.com
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. Affiliate programs are designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to the partner site.
Oddity Shop - Botanical Terror: Deadly Flora and Fungi
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Speaker 2Welcome back , oddballs . This is the oddity shop . I'm Cara with my wonderful best friend in the whole entire world , Zach . Hello ,
Speaker 2You're face . First I was like I don't even know what to say .
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