TWT #94 - Turning Fear Into Fascination with Ms. Mallory, Queen of Creepy Crawlies
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04/11/22 • 63 min
Join The Wild Times crew chillaxing on the couch at Retep’s place as they chat with the one and only Ms. Mallory, Queen of Creepy Crawlies! This woman is a serious badass with plenty of gross creepy crawly tales to share. Between her Fear2Fascination program, 8 Minutes of Ew podcast, and Weird Nature series, Mallory brings a new perspective into play that makes bugs and insects cool, not creepy.
Watch on YouTube for some of the gnarliest and most amazing creepy crawly videos and images. For our brosteners just listening, don’t stress, this episode is full of wild and gnarly stories. We love you!
TWT #94 - The Breakdown
00:00 - INTRO: Robot Kyle counts us down
1:35 - Meet the queen of creepy crawlies, Ms. Mallory!
3:10 - Mallory’s story: fear to fascination
5:08 - How Forrest met Mallory
6:11 - Guess the skull with Ms. Mallory and Forrest Galante (super cool, go watch on Youtube!)
07:50 - Check out Mallory’s hagfish in a jar
8:00 - Ms. Mallory goes to Narcisse Snake Dens
10:00 - The Ms. Mallory and F2F angle for wildlife conservation
12:48 - Eating bugs is cool. Even Rhodes Galante is doing it!
15:30 - Mallory ruins blue cheese for everyone #science
16:37 - All about Ms. Mallory’s pod, 8 Minutes Of Ew
17:58 - Brosteners listening on a “listening device” (Forrest Galante 2022), time to come to Youtube for some tantalising wildlife video content!
19:04 - Superpowers of the velvet worm
20:14 - Why salamanders are SO dang cool
24:45 - African clawed frogs make good pregnancy tests AND deathly chytrid fungus diseases
26:25 - Ms. Mallory’s experience with botfly nesting in her HEAD (*brosteners, do yourself a favour and go to the Youtube for some horrific botfly extraction footage*)
29:21 - Mallory’s first expedition into the Belize jungle
31:20 - Forrest Galante’s survival tips: how to NOT get botflies
37:40 - Maggot debridement therapy a.k.a “Nature’s Neosporin” (Retep 2022) (*more gnarly content on the Youtube*)
40:10 - Fascinating leech facts: medical leeches used for surgery recovery?!
41:44 - Forrest’s horrific leech story: Extinct or Alive behind the scenes
44:20 - Ms. Mallory’s creepy crawly tips: how to remove leeches properly
46:33 - How Mallory brings wildlife to underprivileged children
49:10 - Where to find more of Ms. Mallory and what’s next?!
51:00 - Forrest casually ruins how we perceive toothpaste #hagfishfacts
51:40 - BATTLE ROYAAAAAAALE, Creepy Crawly Edition
Rules: Choose 3 elements of weird animals to create the most disgusting, off putting creepy crawly.
*No 2 picks from 1 category (spiders etc)
*Snake draft
52:55 - Forrest’s first pick: creepy, undulating legs of a millipede
53:42 - Retep’s first pick: head and beady eyes of a sewer rat
54:5 - Mallory’s first pick: nightmarish head of a lamprey. Second pick: tongue of a parasitic wrasse
55:55 - Retep’s second pick: tentacles of a giant squid AND a bonus Retep fact about giant squids
56:60 - Forrest’s second pick: body of a slime eel / hagfish. Last pick: face of a blobfish (Retep’s spirit animal - repping the merch)
59:00 - Retep’s last pick: stinky body (glands specifically) of a skunk
59:58 - Mallory’s last pick: creepy hairy body of a tarantula
1:01:26 - BR Recap (Dave Sunshine, get ready to create some gross as mockups)
1:02:25 - OUTTRO & where to find Ms. Mallory
Brosteners, don’t forget to comment and vote who you think made the grossest,
Join The Wild Times crew chillaxing on the couch at Retep’s place as they chat with the one and only Ms. Mallory, Queen of Creepy Crawlies! This woman is a serious badass with plenty of gross creepy crawly tales to share. Between her Fear2Fascination program, 8 Minutes of Ew podcast, and Weird Nature series, Mallory brings a new perspective into play that makes bugs and insects cool, not creepy.
Watch on YouTube for some of the gnarliest and most amazing creepy crawly videos and images. For our brosteners just listening, don’t stress, this episode is full of wild and gnarly stories. We love you!
TWT #94 - The Breakdown
00:00 - INTRO: Robot Kyle counts us down
1:35 - Meet the queen of creepy crawlies, Ms. Mallory!
3:10 - Mallory’s story: fear to fascination
5:08 - How Forrest met Mallory
6:11 - Guess the skull with Ms. Mallory and Forrest Galante (super cool, go watch on Youtube!)
07:50 - Check out Mallory’s hagfish in a jar
8:00 - Ms. Mallory goes to Narcisse Snake Dens
10:00 - The Ms. Mallory and F2F angle for wildlife conservation
12:48 - Eating bugs is cool. Even Rhodes Galante is doing it!
15:30 - Mallory ruins blue cheese for everyone #science
16:37 - All about Ms. Mallory’s pod, 8 Minutes Of Ew
17:58 - Brosteners listening on a “listening device” (Forrest Galante 2022), time to come to Youtube for some tantalising wildlife video content!
19:04 - Superpowers of the velvet worm
20:14 - Why salamanders are SO dang cool
24:45 - African clawed frogs make good pregnancy tests AND deathly chytrid fungus diseases
26:25 - Ms. Mallory’s experience with botfly nesting in her HEAD (*brosteners, do yourself a favour and go to the Youtube for some horrific botfly extraction footage*)
29:21 - Mallory’s first expedition into the Belize jungle
31:20 - Forrest Galante’s survival tips: how to NOT get botflies
37:40 - Maggot debridement therapy a.k.a “Nature’s Neosporin” (Retep 2022) (*more gnarly content on the Youtube*)
40:10 - Fascinating leech facts: medical leeches used for surgery recovery?!
41:44 - Forrest’s horrific leech story: Extinct or Alive behind the scenes
44:20 - Ms. Mallory’s creepy crawly tips: how to remove leeches properly
46:33 - How Mallory brings wildlife to underprivileged children
49:10 - Where to find more of Ms. Mallory and what’s next?!
51:00 - Forrest casually ruins how we perceive toothpaste #hagfishfacts
51:40 - BATTLE ROYAAAAAAALE, Creepy Crawly Edition
Rules: Choose 3 elements of weird animals to create the most disgusting, off putting creepy crawly.
*No 2 picks from 1 category (spiders etc)
*Snake draft
52:55 - Forrest’s first pick: creepy, undulating legs of a millipede
53:42 - Retep’s first pick: head and beady eyes of a sewer rat
54:5 - Mallory’s first pick: nightmarish head of a lamprey. Second pick: tongue of a parasitic wrasse
55:55 - Retep’s second pick: tentacles of a giant squid AND a bonus Retep fact about giant squids
56:60 - Forrest’s second pick: body of a slime eel / hagfish. Last pick: face of a blobfish (Retep’s spirit animal - repping the merch)
59:00 - Retep’s last pick: stinky body (glands specifically) of a skunk
59:58 - Mallory’s last pick: creepy hairy body of a tarantula
1:01:26 - BR Recap (Dave Sunshine, get ready to create some gross as mockups)
1:02:25 - OUTTRO & where to find Ms. Mallory
Brosteners, don’t forget to comment and vote who you think made the grossest,
Previous Episode
TWT #93 - Coyote Peterson Talks Stings, Favorite TV Moments & Career Advice
Extinct or Alive host Forrest Galante and Papa P are joined this week by the King of Stings himself, Coyote Peterson! Coyote has been immersed in the wildlife field in a few different ways, so this episode is a GOLD MINE of info for wildlife nuts (we’re looking at you, brosteners). The Wild Times gang chat sting pain reviews, favourite memories from Brave the Wild, Coyote’s TV show, magic moments in Extinct or Alive, and go into how you can get into a career with wildlife. Don’t be like Retep, don’t miss this one. Enjoy, brosteners!
TWT #93 - The Breakdown
00:47 - COYOTE PETERSON IN THE HOUSE
01:47 - Coyote Peterson as “the guy who gets bitten and stung” and Forrest Galante as “the extinct animal guy”
03:20 - How Coyote Peterson became the King of Stings
5:40 - Forrest’s career advice from Joe Rogan
6:45 - Coyote Peterson on turning Brave Wilderness on Youtube and Brave The Wild on TV
9:36 - “If Steve Irwin had the crocodile, Coyote Peterson had the common snapping turtle”
11:08 - How and how NOT to hold snapping turtles
17:17 - Forrest Galante thinks Coyote Peterson is a F***ING genius
18:15 - Coyote on Youtube vs TV
20:30 - Coyote Peterson gets stung by the Cicada Killer
23:28 - The King of Stings coming out of retirement??
23:50 - Execution Wasp and Giant Hornet vs Bullet Ant
25:23 - Coyote Peterson’s gnarly sting from the Execution Wasp
27:15 - Coyote’s favourite memory from Brave the Wild: Pantanal Jaguars
29:07 - Forrest Galante’s best moment from Extinct or Alive
30:15 - The Broducer’s favourite memory from Extinct or Alive: Forrest sniffs green jungle powder
31:10 - Forrest geeking out about Australian Wobbegongs
34:25 - STORY TIME: 19 year old Forrest Galante gets bitten by a lemon shark (kinda)
37:56 - Pat’s pre-BR game: Forrest Galante vs Coyote Peterson
39:26 - Forrest pitches his top bucket list expedition
41:10 - Coyote pitches his dream expedition
43:15 - Forrest is scared to visit remote Papua New Guinea (but would 100% do it, no question)
44:56 - What’s next for Coyote Peterson?
48:57 - How do you start a career with wildlife for real?!
52:28 - Broducer Pat goes to Yellowstone
54:38 - Forrest is ‘dollar store Coyote Peterson”
1:01:13 - BATTLE ROYALE!!
Classic BR: Create your own animal choosing elements of 3 animals - head, body, and legs - for an all-out battle in an arena. Caveat: your choices must be ONLY animals you have personally worked with. Snake draft, go!
1:03:06 - Pat’s first choice: HEAD of a 1200 pound Alaskan Brown Bear
1:04:46 - Forrest’s first choice: HEAD of a Taipan Snake
1:05:49 - Coyote’s first choice: HEAD of a Common Snapping Turtle
1:06:20 - Shoutout to Dave Sunshine, don’t let the boys down
1:06:38 - Coyote’s second choice: LEGS of a Wolverine
1:07:12 - Forrest’s second choice: LEGS of a Mountain Goat
1:07:55 - Pat’s second choice: BODY of a Fin Whale
1:08:40 - Pat’s last choice: LEGS of a Scolopendra (Red Centipede)
1:09:50 - Forrest’s last choice: BODY of a Fishing Cat
1:10:42 - Coyote’s last choice: BODY of an Alligator Gar
1:11:55 - Battle Royale RECAP
1:12:35 - Forrest’s quality outtro & where to see more of the King of Stings, Coyote Peterson
Don’t forget to comment on the pod and vote for who you think won this Battle Royaaaaale!
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