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The Unnaturalists

Season 1

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 
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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 
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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? 
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Ep.5 - Zombies

Now You're Thinking about The Cranberries Song

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