The Unnaturalists https://the-unnaturalists.pinecast.co Pinecast (https://pinecast.com) en-USThe Unnaturalists The Unnaturalists hosting@bristolpodworks.com yes The Unnaturalists https://the-unnaturalists.pinecast.co https://storage.pinecast.net/podcasts/covers/4a336891-3a50-46d8-b64b-ce548503ccce/VentruvianMerman-large.jpg episodic Copyright 2026 Ep.5 - Zombies https://pinecast.com/guid/178d0f64-ae3b-4f96-98f4-fa20760c333f Thu, 31 Oct 2019 10:45:00 -0000 01:05:33 Now You're Thinking about The Cranberries Song https://the-unnaturalists.pinecast.co/episode/178d0f64ae3b4f96/zombies This Episode's Hypotheses:
  • It actually is in your head (in your heeeeead) but by "it" we mean the fungus and/or worm
  • "Zombie" may be the condition but it may also be the species
  • White people are historically pretty bad at coming up with original ideas
]]> Zombies yes 1 5 Ep.4 - Fauns https://pinecast.com/guid/460a1d1b-f78f-4e39-a0e6-3a7fd78d36c1 Fri, 18 Oct 2019 10:45:00 -0000 00:57:44 Let's get horny https://the-unnaturalists.pinecast.co/episode/460a1d1bf78f4e39/fauns This episode's hypotheses:
  • Fauns actively try to deter humans from finding them attractive, but it is not working
  • We don't talk about the great apes
  • Legs for days?
  • Partying is a valid survival strategy

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]]> Fauns yes 1 4 Ep.3 - Griffins https://pinecast.com/guid/6df2984a-a98f-499c-a82a-63f78ae5e33c Sat, 05 Oct 2019 18:57:41 -0000 01:03:29 But Not the McElroy One https://the-unnaturalists.pinecast.co/episode/6df2984aa98f499c/griffins Episode Hypotheses:
  • griffins have a surprising amount in common with silky chickens
  • hide your wife, hide your gold
  • Pliny the Elder has an alarming number of opinions

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]]> Griffins yes 1 3 Ep.2 - Giant Spiders https://pinecast.com/guid/76c2916f-7033-4615-b8d3-85622466b7c8 Mon, 16 Sep 2019 22:43:08 -0000 01:12:47 You maybe did a bad job with these, Tolkien. https://the-unnaturalists.pinecast.co/episode/76c2916f70334615/giant-spiders This episode's hypotheses:

  • spiders have bones (at least the giant ones)
  • giant spiders are actually not spiders at all
  • evolution really struggles with an eight-limb body plan

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]]> Giant Spiders yes 1 2 Ep.1 - Mermaids https://pinecast.com/guid/8995662e-f347-4efe-8e9a-f6faf4fd255a Fri, 30 Aug 2019 16:19:13 -0000 01:06:37 But where are all the mermen? https://the-unnaturalists.pinecast.co/episode/8995662ef3474efe/mermaids Mermaids

This episode’s hypotheses:

  • Mermaids communicate primarily using a form of sign language
  • In some species, male merpersons carry and rear the young
  • Mermaid belly buttons may not, in fact, be their belly buttons
  • Taxonomic categorization is sloppy at best, restrictive at worst

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