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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best The Wild Episode episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to The Wild Episode for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite The Wild Episode episode by adding your comments to the episode page.
Greater Argonaut : The Aquarium of Jeanne Villepreux-Power
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02/11/22 • 30 min
The Greater Argonaut (Argonauta argo) is a very unusual octopus, that travels the oceans in an exquisite papery case. And many of its secrets were uncovered by a very unusual (for her time) woman - the remarkable Jeanne Villepreux-Power - one of the 19th century's leading scientifically-minded naturalists.
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Music
Opening & Closing Themes: Running Waters and Acoustic Meditation by Audionautix (Jason Shaw), from audionautix.com. CC BY 3.0.
plus modified versions of:
Hey Ruth Instrumental Version, Pompeii No Vocals, The Pawnbroker's Stepdaughter Instrumental Version and Bloom Instrumental Version by Josh Woodward, CC BY 4.0
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Wasp Mantidfly : Spider's Bane
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03/24/22 • 28 min
First in a series of listener-suggested shows! The Wasp Mantidfly (Climaciella brunnea) is a stunning little insect with some amazing stuff going on. Mimicry, convergent evolution, phoresy, egg predation, hypermetamorphosis and much, much more.
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Music
Opening & Closing Themes: Running Waters and Acoustic Meditation by Audionautix (Jason Shaw), from audionautix.com. CC BY 3.0.
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Colugo : Glide Path
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04/07/22 • 28 min
Colugos (often called, entirely inaccurately, flying lemurs) - there are two officially recognised species at the moment - are more dramatically and completely adapted to gliding than any other mammal. They've essentially turned their entire bodies into one big gliding surface. Extraordinary animals which also, as it happens, have extraordinary teeth ...
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Music
Opening & Closing Themes: Running Waters and Acoustic Meditation by Audionautix (Jason Shaw), from audionautix.com. CC BY 3.0.
Modified versions of: Another Brilliant Age and The Last Whale by Jelsonic. CC BY 4.0.
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Cookiecutter Shark : A Bright Shark in a Dark Ocean
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06/13/24 • 30 min
The Cookiecutter Shark is famous for its gruesomely efficient parasitic attacks on whales, seals and big fish. But that is only a part of the story when it comes to this extraordinary, and extraordinarily bright, shark ...
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Music
Opening & Closing Themes: Running Waters and Acoustic Meditation by Audionautix (Jason Shaw), from audionautix.com. CC BY 3.0.
Modified versions of: Icy Interlude [feat. Mystified], Uncertainty and Left Behind by Nova Beat Estate, CC BY 4.0; Lightless Dawn by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com), CC BY 4.0.
Crowned Eagle : The Predator Next Door
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12/04/18 • 28 min
The Crowned Eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus) is one of the largest birds of prey in Africa. It's probably the most powerful and almost certainly the one that regularly goes after the biggest prey. But is the crowned eagle, as is sometimes suggested, the only living bird to qualify for the description 'man-eater'?
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White-Barred Acraea : Where Did All The Males Go?
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05/10/23 • 30 min
Something very weird goes on in mating assemblies of the White-barred Acraea butterfly - males and females swap roles. Why? And what can it tell us about a secret natural force shaping whole populations of insects?
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Music
Opening & Closing Themes: Running Waters and Acoustic Meditation by Audionautix (Jason Shaw), from audionautix.com. CC BY 3.0.
Modified versions of: Headway, modum and periculum by Kai Engel, CC BY 4.0
Glacier Lanternfish : The Scatterers
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04/08/24 • 33 min
The Glacier Lanternfish is one of the most important fish in the world - part of arguably the greatest, and most under-appreciated, concentration of animal life on the planet. Which we can only really 'see', and understand, using sound.
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Show notes, with photos, video and links to lots more information, are available at thewildepisode.com
Music
Opening & Closing Themes: Running Waters and Acoustic Meditation by Audionautix (Jason Shaw), from audionautix.com. CC BY 3.0.
Modified versions of: Acoustic Ambient Improv #1, Acoustic Ambient Improv #2, Acoustic Ambient Improv #3 and Acoustic Ambient Improv #8 by Ryan Lutton, CC BY 3.0
Yeti Crab : The Abominable Crustacean
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04/01/20 • 30 min
Yeti crabs (Kiwa spp.). Hydrothermal vents. Life built not on sunlight, but on chemistry. We're going for a visit to some of the strangest places, with some of the strangest animals living the strangest lives, on the planet ...
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Intro and outro music by Audionautix. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution.
Mariana Snailfish : As Deep As A Fish Can Go
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12/13/18 • 30 min
The Mariana snailfish (Pseudoliparis swirei) was only discovered and described a couple of years ago: and it was a big deal, because no fish has ever been brought up from greater depth. How do fish survive, kilometres down in the ocean? Why is this one named after someone called Swire? And what does it all have to do with The Lost World, a space shuttle and a famous film director?
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Lord Howe Island Stick Insect : The Lazarus Stick
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03/13/18 • 25 min
This Wild Episode is all about what was once the rarest insect in the world - the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect (Dryococelus australis) - and the bizarre story of how it escaped extinction, pulling off one of the most amazing tricks of species survival the world has ever seen ...
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FAQ
How many episodes does The Wild Episode have?
The Wild Episode currently has 104 episodes available.
What topics does The Wild Episode cover?
The podcast is about Animals, History, Natural Sciences, Nature, Wildlife, Podcasts and Science.
What is the most popular episode on The Wild Episode?
The episode title 'Greater Argonaut : The Aquarium of Jeanne Villepreux-Power' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Wild Episode?
The average episode length on The Wild Episode is 30 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Wild Episode released?
Episodes of The Wild Episode are typically released every 17 days, 6 hours.
When was the first episode of The Wild Episode?
The first episode of The Wild Episode was released on Feb 27, 2018.
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