Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids

Episode 22 will not be released this month. I was away visiting family two weeks ago, and I only had one weekend to work on my Halloween costume after that, so I prioritized finishing my costume because I can delay the next episode, but I can't exactly delay Halloween. I hope to be able to release the episode in November, but I'll let you know if anything changes.

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If you have any riddle guesses, questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might!

• Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact
• Anonymously Say ‘Hello’: https://kapods.org/hello
• Visit My Website: https://kapods.org/animals
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**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to https://kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!**

Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia.

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I caught 2023 Devon red-suckered.
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I was recently relistening to the Giant Pacific Octopus episode (episode 6), and I found some factual errors. I have corrected them in the full episode, but I also wanted to make this corrections episode as some of you have probably already listened to the full episode.

I try to make sure everything in this podcast is accurate, but if you have any corrections you want to make, please email me at animals@kapods.org or fill out this form.

Links:

• Giant Pacific Octopus Episode
• Episode Page
• Transcript

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If you have any riddle guesses, questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might!

• Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact
• Anonymously Say ‘Hello’: https://kapods.org/hello
• Visit My Website: https://kapods.org/animals
• Follow in Your Favorite App: https://kapods.org/animals/follow

**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to https://kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!**

Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia.

This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

♬ The ants go pruning two by two, hurrah, hurrah… ♬
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Do leafcutter ants hold the cure for cancer? What about a solution for clean energy? A solve for the antibiotic crisis? Did humans get beaten to farming by an insect? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, you will learn the second half of everything there is to know about the Texas Leafcutter Ant, Atta texana.

This is the second part of the Texas Leafcutter Ant miniseries. Part one was released two weeks ago.

Further Reading (Experiments):

• Scientists Reprogram Ant Behavior Using Brain Molecules

Other Links:

• Comic
• Miniseries Memory Quiz
• Episode Page
• Transcript
• References

Credits:

• Episode Art: Clinton & Charles Robertson, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr; background removed.

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The riddle for the next episode is “A famous animal, I’m quite a sensation, / I’m forever a baby, / A single lake is my only location. / Who am I?”

If you have any riddle guesses, questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might!

• Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact
• Anonymously Say ‘Hello’: https://kapods.org/hello
• Visit My Website: https://kapods.org/animals
• Follow in Your Favorite App: https://kapods.org/animals/follow

**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to https://kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!**

Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia.

This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

♬ The ants go pruning one by one, hurrah, hurrah… ♬
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Why do leafcutter ants take leaves off of trees? How do fungi fit in? How are jobs divided up in a colony? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, you will learn the first half of everything there is to know about the Texas Leafcutter Ant, Atta texana.

This is the first part of the Texas Leafcutter Ant miniseries. Part two should be released in around a week.

Further Reading (Zombification):

• Rise of the Zombie Bugs

Other Links:

• Comic
• Episode Page
• Transcript
• References

Credits:

• Episode Art: Clinton & Charles Robertson, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr; background removed.
• Additional Music: Kevin MacLeod and Alexander Nakarada

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The riddle for the next episode is “A famous animal, I’m quite a sensation, / I’m forever a baby, / A single lake is my only location. / Who am I?”

If you have any riddle guesses, questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might!

• Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact
• Anonymously Say ‘Hello’: https://kapods.org/hello
• Visit My Website: https://kapods.org/animals
• Follow in Your Favorite App: https://kapods.org/animals/follow

**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to https://kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!**

Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia.

This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

So you think you’re an animal nerd…
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What’s the difference between venom and poison? What does a symbiotic relationship really mean? Is “seagull” correct? What is a bug? Spoiler alert: Some of these might not be what you think. Today in this special bonus episode, your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, will debunk all of these common animal misconceptions.

Links:

• Episode Page
• Transcript
• References

Credits:

• Additional Music: eddy

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The riddle for the next episode is “A famous animal, I’m quite a sensation, / I’m forever a baby, / A single lake is my only location. / Who am I?”

If you have any riddle guesses, questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might!

• Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact
• Anonymously Say ‘Hello’: https://kapods.org/hello
• Visit My Website: https://kapods.org/animals
• Follow in Your Favorite App: https://kapods.org/animals/follow

**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to https://kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!**

Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia.

This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

There once was an old lady who played Animalia Fake!
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Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is back with its game show, Animalia Fake! Every episode—with your host, Devon, and announcers, Chet and Cap—there are THREE rounds, each with FOUR outrageous animal facts; ONE of those facts is so outrageous it’s an Animalia Fake (it’s not true), and you have to guess which it is!

What’s that buzzing? Aah! Shoo! Why are there so many flies? I guess it’s because this episode’s category is insects. Insects make up the majority of all species (that’s all life on Earth, not just animals!), and they’re found on every continent. So can you figure out which facts about them aren’t true? Play along and find out! You can keep score at home on a piece of paper or with the official scoresheet, which you can use online or print with the link below.

Links:

• Official Episode Scoresheet
• Orchid Mantis Episode
• Episode Page
• Transcript
• References (After listening!)

Credits:

• Additional Music: Kevin MacLeod

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The riddle for the next episode is “A famous animal, I’m quite a sensation, / I’m forever a baby, / A single lake is my only location. / Who am I?”

If you have any riddle guesses, questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might!

• Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact
• Anonymously Say ‘Hello’: https://kapods.org/hello
• Visit My Website: https://kapods.org/animals
• Follow in Your Favorite App: https://kapods.org/animals/follow

**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to https://kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!**

Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia.

This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

Ignoring this episode would be so un-coo-l.
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Why should you care about pigeons and doves? Do they make good pets? Should you feed city pigeons? Is there such a thing as a pigeon genie? Today, on KA’s Podcasthon 2026 special, Devon, Chet, and Cap bring on Cynthia Bardouka-Large, co-director of Palomacy Pigeon & Dove Adoptions, to talk all about domestic pigeons and doves, domesticated members of the family Columbidae.

This episode is our contribution to Podcasthon, a week-long event that podcasters take part in by releasing episodes highlighting charities and nonprofits. Palomacy is a nonprofit rescue based in Northern California that cares for lost and injured domestic pigeons and doves. I encourage you to donate or ask your parent/guardian to donate with the link below if you can! Palomacy is funded by donations, and they do really great work. (If you do, please feel free to email me at animals@kapods.org! I’d love to hear that I’m making an impact.)

Note: I do not personally benefit from any donations. This is purely a cause that I believe in.

Palomacy Links:

• Website
• ⭐️ Donate!
• Caring for Pet Pigeons and Doves

Other Links:

• Podcasthon
• A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching (Website / Amazon)
• Episode Page
• Transcript

Credits:

• Outro Music: Beat Mekanik
• Additional Music: Kevin MacLeod

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The riddle for the next episode is “A famous animal, I’m quite a sensation, / I’m forever a baby, / A single lake is my only location. / Who am I?”

If you have any riddle guesses, questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might!

• Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact
• Anonymously Say ‘Hello’: https://kapods.org/hello
• Visit My Website: https://kapods.org/animals
• Follow in Your Favorite App: https://kapods.org/animals/follow

**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to https://kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!**

Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia.

This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

The big reveal for Trick or Treat 2026!
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**SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T LISTENED TO EPISODE 17!**

Which animal was just a trick—the Leapfrog Crab, Chinese Muntjac, Red-lipped Batfish, or Emerald Cockroach Wasp? Listen to the big reveal to find out!

Further Reading (SPOILERS):

• Cool Book

Other Links:

• Episode Page
• Transcript
• Trick or Treat 2026’s Sources (after listening!)

Credits:

• Opening Theme: Darren Curtis
• Outro Music: eddy

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The riddle for the next episode is “A famous animal, I’m quite a sensation, / I’m forever a baby, / A single lake is my only location. / Who am I?”

If you have any riddle guesses, questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might!

• Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact
• Anonymously Say ‘Hello’: https://kapods.org/hello
• Visit My Website: https://kapods.org/animals
• Follow in Your Favorite App: https://kapods.org/animals/follow

**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to https://kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!**

Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia.

This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

Four animals: three real, one fake. Which are real, and which is just a trick?
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We’re combining our late April Fools episode with our late Halloween special. Today your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, will talk about four species of animal: the Leapfrog Crab, Chinese Muntjac, Red-lipped Batfish, and Emerald Cockroach Wasp—one of which is fake, and you’ll have to guess.

If you think you know which one’s the fake, send in your guesses by filling out the form linked below. Listen through to the end of the episode to find out what the prize will be! Make sure to submit your top two guesses with the link below by the end of Friday, January 16th (PST), because I’ll release the reveal the following weekend. And be sure NOT to believe any of the facts on today’s episode until you know which animal is fake. Happy very late Halloween and even later April Fools’!

Links:

• Send in Your Guesses
• Episode Page
• Transcript

Credits:

• Additional Music: Darren Curtis and Forget the Whale

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The riddle for the next episode is “A famous animal, I’m quite a sensation, / I’m forever a baby, / A single lake is my only location. / Who am I?”

If you have any riddle guesses, questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might!

• Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact
• Anonymously Say ‘Hello’: https://kapods.org/hello
• Visit My Website: https://kapods.org/animals
• Follow in Your Favorite App: https://kapods.org/animals/follow

**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to https://kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!**

Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia.

This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

Find out what all the squawk is about!
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What should you feed budgies? Does Houdini have some feathered competition? Why should you adopt pets instead of buying them? What things on the market for budgies should you actually avoid? Today, on the first-ever KA interview episode, Devon, Chet, and Cap welcome Amy Yee, volunteer at Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue (where Devon adopted Budgly and Rex), to talk about everything there is to know about pet budgerigars, Melopsittacus undulatus, and some other pet birds.

This episode is in part for Podcasthon, an initiative in which 1,300+ podcasts are doing an episode that educates listeners about a nonprofit of their choice. I chose to highlight Mickaboo, a bird rescue based in California. You can find an overview of what they do and donate if you want to support their mission at https://podcasthon.org/charities/mickaboo. If you do donate, please email me at animals@kapods.org! I’d love to hear that I’m making an impact.

This is the third part of the Budgerigar. For the first and second parts (on wild budgies), go to the previous episodes in the feed.

Episode Art: Budgly at left and Rex at right.

Pet Bird Resources:

• Mickaboo Website
• Basic Bird Care Class

Other Links:

• Podcasthon
• Episode Page
• Comic
• Memory Quiz
• Transcript

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The riddle for the next episode is “A famous animal, I’m quite a sensation, / I’m forever a baby, / A single lake is my only location. / Who am I?”

If you have any riddle guesses, questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might!

• Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact
• Anonymously Say ‘Hello’: https://kapods.org/hello
• Visit My Website: https://kapods.org/animals
• Follow in Your Favorite App: https://kapods.org/animals/follow

**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to https://kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!**

Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia.

This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

Polly wanna listen to this episode?
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Can parrots understand the human words they say? How and why are budgies such good mimics? How do budgie pairs find each other in huge flocks? Today, with your host, Devon; co-hosts, Chet and Cap; and two special guests, Budgly and Rex, you will learn the second half of everything there is to know about the Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus.

This is the second part of the Budgerigar. For the first part, go to the previous episode in the feed, and the third part (an interview) will be released on Thursday, March 20th.

Episode Art: Budgly at left and Rex at right.

Further Reading (Experiments):

• Budgies Use Grammar to Find Meaning in Unfamiliar Phrases
• Polly Wants a Conjunction? Birds Learn Artificial Grammar

Other Links:

• More Info on Yawning
• Comic
• Memory Quiz (for this and the previous episode)
• Episode Page
• Transcript
• Sources

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The riddle for the next episode is “A famous animal, I’m quite a sensation, / I’m forever a baby, / A single lake is my only location. / Who am I?”

If you have any riddle guesses, questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might!

• Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact
• Anonymously Say ‘Hello’: https://kapods.org/hello
• Visit My Website: https://kapods.org/animals
• Follow in Your Favorite App: https://kapods.org/animals/follow

**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to https://kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!**

Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia.

This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

What can learn to speak many human words all without a voice box?
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How can you tell apart male and female budgies? Are grass seeds actually really nutritious? How big can budgie flocks get to be? What does zygodactyl mean? What’s a budgie’s daily routine? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, and two special guests (Devon’s pet budgies, Budgly & Rex!), you will learn the first half of everything there is to know about the Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus.

This is the first part of the Budgerigar. The second part (the second half of the info I researched) and third part (an interview) will be released within the next few months.

Episode Art: Budgly at left and Rex at right.

Links:

• Bird Wing Feather Diagram
• Budgie Flying
• More Info on Yawning
• Episode Page
• Comic
• Transcript
• References

Credits:

• Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions, Robo9418, and Alexander Nakarada
• Additional Budgie Sounds: Marc Anderson, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, via xeno-canto

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The riddle for the next episode is “A famous animal, I’m quite a sensation, / I’m forever a baby, / A single lake is my only location. / Who am I?”

If you have any riddle guesses, questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might!

• Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact
• Anonymously Say ‘Hello’: https://kapods.org/hello
• Visit My Website: https://kapods.org/animals
• Follow in Your Favorite App: https://kapods.org/animals/follow

**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to https://kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!**

Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia.

This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

The big reveal for Late-pril Fools 2024!
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**SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T LISTENED TO EPISODE 13!**

Let’s see which animal was fake: was it the Sarcastic Fringehead, Common Side-blotched Lizard, Atlantic Mudskipper, Hoatzin, or Stomach-Sucker? Listen to the big reveal to find out!
We didn’t get any guesses, so we’re holding a raffle for the Chet and Cap models! Go to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/raffle and enter your name before October 1st to get a chance to win. There, you can also check out photos of the prize.

Links:

• Enter the Raffle
• Photos of the Prize
• Episode Page
• Transcript
• Late-pril Fools 2024’s Works Cited (after listening!)

Credits:

• Additional Music: ZapSplat and Kevin MacLeod

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The riddle for the next episode is “A famous animal, I’m quite a sensation, / I’m forever a baby, / A single lake is my only location. / Who am I?”

If you have any riddle guesses, questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might!

• Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact
• Anonymously Say ‘Hello’: https://kapods.org/hello
• Visit My Website: https://kapods.org/animals
• Follow in Your Favorite App: https://kapods.org/animals/follow

**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to https://kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!**

Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia.

This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

Five animals: four real, one fake. Which are real, and which tried to Late-pril Fool ya?
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April Fools’ Day was a time of tricks, pranks, and… of course… fools. Today your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, will talk about five animal species: the Sarcastic Fringehead, Common Side-blotched Lizard, Atlantic Mudskipper, Hoatzin, and Stomach-Sucker, one of which is fake, and you’ll have to guess.

The reveal is in a bonus episode that was published one week later. Even though the deadline has passed for submitting your guess, you can still try to guess which it is before listening to it! And be sure NOT to share any of the facts in today’s episode until you know which animal is fake. Happy Late April Fools’ Day!

Links:

• Episode Page
• Transcript

Credits:

• Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions, ZapSplat, and Kevin MacLeod.

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The riddle for the next episode is “A famous animal, I’m quite a sensation, / I’m forever a baby, / A single lake is my only location. / Who am I?”

If you have any riddle guesses, questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might!

• Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact
• Anonymously Say ‘Hello’: https://kapods.org/hello
• Visit My Website: https://kapods.org/animals
• Follow in Your Favorite App: https://kapods.org/animals/follow

**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to https://kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!**

Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia.

This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

Updates on the next episodes of Kingdom: Animalia, plus some jokes!
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Sorry, you have to wait a little longer for the next episodes. It’s taken extra time because we’re making a miniseries for the animal you got the riddle for, and one of them was an interview; also, we’ve updated the cover art and the website. Also homework.

Update: The miniseries has been postponed for our annual April Fools’ special!

While you wait for the next episode, listen to Chet tell you three animal jokes to pass the time. Enjoy!

Links:

• Episode Page
• Transcript

Credits:

• Music: Blue Dot Sessions

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The riddle for the next episode is “A famous animal, I’m quite a sensation, / I’m forever a baby, / A single lake is my only location. / Who am I?”

If you have any riddle guesses, questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might!

• Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact
• Anonymously Say ‘Hello’: https://kapods.org/hello
• Visit My Website: https://kapods.org/animals
• Follow in Your Favorite App: https://kapods.org/animals/follow

**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to https://kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!**

Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia.

This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

Their bad rap is completely batty!
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Do Vampire Bats drink human blood (**SPOILER ALERT: NO**)? Do bats deserve their bad reputation? Have people gone to war over bat poop? Did scientists have Common Vampire Bats go to the gym? Are Vampire Bats actually very nice to each other? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, on Kingdom: Animalia’s 1st ANNIVERSARY episode, you will learn everything there is to know about the Common Vampire Bat, Desmodus rotundus.

Further Reading (Experiments):

• Vampire Bats Call Out to Friends to Share Blood Meals
• Unlike other bats, vampire bats keep out of trouble by running, Cornell researchers find

Other Links:

• Common Vampire Bat on Treadmill Video
• Episode Page
• Comic
• Memory Quiz
• Transcript
• Works Cited

Credits:

• Episode Art: Uwe Schmidt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; background removed.
• Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions, Kevin MacLeod, and Darren Curtis

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The riddle for the next episode is “A famous animal, I’m quite a sensation, / I’m forever a baby, / A single lake is my only location. / Who am I?”

If you have any riddle guesses, questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might!

• Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact
• Anonymously Say ‘Hello’: https://kapods.org/hello
• Visit My Website: https://kapods.org/animals
• Follow in Your Favorite App: https://kapods.org/animals/follow

**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to https://kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!**

Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia.

This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

The pod before time.
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Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is back with its trimonthly game show: Animalia Fake! Every episode—with your host, Devon, and announcers, Chet and Cap—there are THREE rounds, each with FOUR outrageous animal facts; ONE of those facts is so outrageous it’s an Animalia Fake (it’s not true), and you have to guess which it is.

Roar! Thump. Thump. What are those sounds? They’re prehistoric creatures! Prehistoric creatures were pretty cool and strange, and scientists are still learning more about them, but which facts about them aren’t true? Listen and find out! You can keep score at home on a piece of paper or with the official scoresheet, which you can open or print with the link below.

Links:

• Episode Page
• Official Episode Scoresheet
• Transcript
• Works Cited (After listening!)

Credits:

• Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions and Kevin MacLeod

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❤️ Support + Get a Shout-Out & More

The riddle for the next episode is “A famous animal, I’m quite a sensation, / I’m forever a baby, / A single lake is my only location. / Who am I?”

If you have any riddle guesses, questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might!

• Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact
• Anonymously Say ‘Hello’: https://kapods.org/hello
• Visit My Website: https://kapods.org/animals
• Follow in Your Favorite App: https://kapods.org/animals/follow

**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to https://kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!**

Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia.

This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

Look, up in the sky!
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Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is back with its trimonthly game show: Animalia Fake! Every episode—with your host, Devon, and announcers, Chet and Cap—there are THREE rounds, each with FOUR outrageous animal facts; ONE of those facts is so outrageous it’s an Animalia Fake (it’s not true), and you have to guess which it is.

What’s that, up in the sky? It’s a drone! It’s a plane! No, it’s an air creature! Aerial animals are pretty cool, but which facts aren’t true? Listen and find out! You can keep score at home on a piece of paper or with the official scoresheet, which you can open or print with the link below.

Links:

• Episode Page
• Official Episode Scoresheet
• Transcript
• Works Cited (After listening!)

Credits:

• Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions and Kevin MacLeod

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❤️ Support + Get a Shout-Out & More

The riddle for the next episode is “A famous animal, I’m quite a sensation, / I’m forever a baby, / A single lake is my only location. / Who am I?”

If you have any riddle guesses, questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might!

• Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact
• Anonymously Say ‘Hello’: https://kapods.org/hello
• Visit My Website: https://kapods.org/animals
• Follow in Your Favorite App: https://kapods.org/animals/follow

**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to https://kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!**

Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia.

This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

It’s time for some panda-monium!
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Why are pandas bamboo-etarians? Do they eat anything other than bamboo? How come Giant Pandas are black and white? Which was the original panda, the Red or the Giant? Just how big are Giant Pandas? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, on our first listener-suggested episode, you will learn everything there is to know about the Giant Panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca.

Links:

• Subscribe to the Newsletter
• Listen to our new podcast, Where Are the Chickadee Brothers?
• Episode Page
• Comic
• Memory Quiz
• Transcript
• Works Cited

Credits:

• Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions

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❤️ Support + Get a Shout-Out & More

The riddle for the next episode is “A famous animal, I’m quite a sensation, / I’m forever a baby, / A single lake is my only location. / Who am I?”

If you have any riddle guesses, questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might!

• Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact
• Anonymously Say ‘Hello’: https://kapods.org/hello
• Visit My Website: https://kapods.org/animals
• Follow in Your Favorite App: https://kapods.org/animals/follow

**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to https://kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!**

Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia.

This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

Kingdom: Animalia has a new podcast!
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Slightly bad news: There’ll be no KA episode this June. Great news: It’s because KA has a new podcast called Where Are the Chickadee Brothers?!

Description: From Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids comes Where Are the Chickadee Brothers?: a for-kids-by-kids four-part fictional audio adventure. When Chet and Cap Chickadee go missing after a trip to Brazil to study Amazonian wildlife for the podcast, Devon is left worried. Then Devon gets a text from an unknown sender with a recording of the first part of Chet and Cap’s (mis)adventures. What happened to them? Who is the mysterious texter? Where are the Chickadee brothers? Listen, and maybe you’ll find out.

Links:

• Listen to Where Are the Chickadee Brothers?
• Episode Page
• Transcript

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❤️ Support + Get a Shout-Out & More

The riddle for the next episode is “A famous animal, I’m quite a sensation, / I’m forever a baby, / A single lake is my only location. / Who am I?”

If you have any riddle guesses, questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might!

• Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contact
• Anonymously Say ‘Hello’: https://kapods.org/hello
• Visit My Website: https://kapods.org/animals
• Follow in Your Favorite App: https://kapods.org/animals/follow

**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to https://kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!**

Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia.

This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.