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The Unnaturalists

Ep.4 - Fauns

Let's get horny

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

We apologize for the audio issues in this episode.

Art by Kim Hastings: @kvhastings on instagram and @kiviha on tumblr Theme music and editing assistance provided by Bristol Pod Works. For help getting started with your own podcast, contact [email protected].

Ep.3 - Griffins

But Not the McElroy One

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

Art by Kim Hastings: @kvhastings on instagram and @kiviha on tumblr. Theme music and editing assistance provided by Bristol Pod Works. For help getting started with your own podcast, contact [email protected]

Ep.2 - Giant Spiders

You maybe did a bad job with these, Tolkien.

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

Art by Kim Hastings: @kvhastings on instagram and @kiviha on tumblr Theme music and editing assistance provided by Bristol Pod Works. For help getting started with your own podcast, contact [email protected]

Ep.1 - Mermaids

But where are all the mermen?

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

Art by Kim Hastings: @kvhastings on instagram and @kiviha on tumblr Theme music and editing assistance provided by Bristol Pod Works. For help getting started with your own podcast, contact [email protected]