Animal Geeks

Our new Podcast Wildtracking

animalgeeks — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 00:08:22 +0000

Hi Everyone,

After two years of AnimalGeeks.net we have decided that we are due for a reimagining. Animal Geeks was mainly about Harri and Duncan chatting away about animals. With Xanthe back from New Zealand we are thinking of a more diverse range of subjects, including kitesurfing and diving on the Great Barrier Reef.

So please tune into our new podcast at http://www.wildtracking.net. We will be available on iTunes and Stitcher shortly.

We plan to be doing a bit more video work with our DJI Phantom II drone and Gopro. We will be using Vimeo to host this. Wildtracking Podcast

Podcast Animal Geeks – 40th Episode Celebration

animalgeeks — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 22:15:02 +0000

https://askanimalgeeks.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/40th-final-version-18122014-7-57-am.mp3 Our 40th episode, we have a look back at the last 15 months and 40 episodes of Animal Geeks. We have a talk about our favourite episodes and animal sightings. Our favourite episodes by downloads tend to feature discussion about Jeremy Wade’s River Monsters and Steve Backshall’s Deadly 60. Anything dangerous and venomous does tend to rate highly!

Podcast Episode 39 Animal Geeks – Apex Predators

animalgeeks — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 06:26:05 +0000

https://askanimalgeeks.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/apex-preds.mp3This week we discuss ecological niches. We check out which animal fulfils the role of apex predator, grassland herbivore and squirrel in various ecosystems; and which bird is New Zealand’s pig. Monty has been away in Cairns Hospital with a tropical nasty. He enjoyed the flight in the care of http://careflight.org

Podcast Episode 38 Animal Geeks – Marsupials

animalgeeks — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 06:24:48 +0000

https://askanimalgeeks.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/marsupials.mp3 After two years in our new home, Australia we thought it was about time we got around to discussing marsupials. Kangaroos, wallabies, numbats, quolls, thylacines…..you name it we cover it. Xanthe and Harri have had ten days camping at Cape Bathurst and give us a trip report.

Fir0002/Flagstaffotos Kangaroo and Joey

Podcast Episode 37 Animal Geeks – King of All Serpents

animalgeeks — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 08:22:38 +0000

https://askanimalgeeks.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/king-of-all-serpents.mp3 In a new format this week we have a look at a veterinary case of the week, Jet the American Bulldog who took on a Taipan. We head back 60 million years in the Land Rover Time Machine to have a look at the largest snake ever to have lived, Titanoboa. Our new business website is up at Seadog Veterinary Services. We also went for a sail out to the Great Barrier Reef and Xanthe and Harri give us a report on the wildlife we saw.

Podcast Episode 36 Animal Geeks – Tarantulas

animalgeeks — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 08:57:47 +0000

https://askanimalgeeks.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/spiders.mp3This week we set about dissecting a Mouse Spider. We have a general look at Tarantulas aka Mygalomorph spiders. We fire up the time machine for a quick look at spider evolution in the Triassic. Harri enjoys the extra oxygen available but decides that the extra size that it gave insects and arachnids might be a worry.

Fir0002/Flagstaffotos

Podcast Episode 35 Animal Geeks – Pakicetus

animalgeeks — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 22:11:47 +0000

https://askanimalgeeks.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/pakicetus.mp3We are back to the old school team of Duncan and Harri this week. We look at Whale evolution, heading back in the time machine to have a look at Pakicetus, Ambulocetus and Remingtonocetus. Harri also hatches a plan to corner the whale milk market, but realises the practicalities of whale milking might prove problematic.

“Skull Pakicetus inachus” by Nordelch – Own work. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons – http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skull_Pakicetus_inachus.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Skull_Pakicetus_inachus.jpg

Podcast Episode 34 Animal Geeks – Neanderthal Man

animalgeeks — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:59:50 +0000

http://askanimalgeeks.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/neaderthal-man.mp3 We have a Mystery guest in the house and we head back 50000 years to what is now modern Europe to have a look at Neanderthal Man. Twit the owl is going well at SeaDog Vets and we have been treating a Northern Blue-tongued Skink

“Homo sapiens neanderthalensis” by Luna04 – Own work. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons – http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis.jpg

Podcast Episode 33 Animal Geeks – Spinosaurus and Sauropods

animalgeeks — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 08:33:21 +0000

https://askanimalgeeks.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/spinosaurus-and-sauropods.mp3 This week we are firing up the time machine and heading back 150 million years to what is now North Africa. Harri has her heart set on riding a Spinosaurus. It has been busy week at SeaDog Vet Services dealing with a crocodile attack and Twit the barking owl, and Xanthe has been making a start on her PADI open water dive ticket. Somehow we manage to morph this into a discussion of Sauropod anatomy.

Podcast Episode 32 Animal Geeks – Tyrannosaurus and Laramedia

animalgeeks — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:41:38 +0000

https://askanimalgeeks.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/time-travel-t-rex-21082014-7-07-pm.mp3 This week we head back 100 million years to Laramedia and post-mortem a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Harri gets worried about getting home in time for dinner and before 75% of the extant life forms disappeared at the K-T extinction event.