Asia
Episodes 65-69
Ever wonder what the animals we talk about look like, or which episodes cover what animals? Find the answers you seek below! Our episode guides give a brief breakdown of each episode as well as links to the articles we discuss, our sources, and of course, pictures of the animals!
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Episode 65: Amazingly Agile and Adorably Unique
The first episode of this season’s month in Asia starts with Casey giving us his plans on how he is going to further enrich the life of his python, and Ali tells us about her most recent visit to the San Diego Wild Animal Park (Safari Park). Casey gives us some good news regarding the world’s most endangered rhino species, the Javan Rhino, while Ali talks about how a species of spider from Asia, the Joro Spider, is invading the state of Georgia. They go on to talk about some of their Favorite Asian National Animals, the Markhor (Pakistan) and the Snow Leopard (Afghanistan). Casey teaches us about our very unique Animal of the Week, the Binturong. This episode comes to a close with the two attempting to name animals that have only four syllables in their name.
Pictured from top to bottom: Binturong, Markhor, and Snow Leopard.
Sources and Links
https://www.savetherhino.org/asia/indonesia/two-new-javan-rhinos-increase-the-population-to-75/
https://www.livescience.com/giant-spiders-invade-georgia
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3787/97218336#threats
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Capra_falconeri/
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Uncia_uncia/
https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/snow-leopard
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22732/50664030
https://news.mongabay.com/2016/10/its-a-bear-its-a-cat-no-its-a-binturong-and-its-threatened/
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Arctictis_binturong/
https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/binturong
https://www.iucnredlist.org/search?query=binturong&searchType=species
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.venturedna.palmoil&hl=en_US&gl=US
Episode 66: The Asian Unicorn
Casey starts this episode off talking about his experience with moving to a new home, and Ali talks about some sad news she found while looking for articles for the podcast regarding zoo animals getting COVID. The two talk about their recommendations for Christmas presents for the animal lovers in your family. They go on to talk about some of their Favorite Asian Lizards, the Malaysian Butterfly Lizard and the Draco Lizard (or Common Flying Lizard). Casey gives us a lesson on our incredibly elusive Animal of the Week, the Saola, before bringing the episode to a close by giving Ali a new quiz challenging her knowledge on the wildlife of Asia.
Pictured from top to bottom: Saola, Malaysian Butterfly Lizard, and Draco Lizard.
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Sources and Links
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/belgian-zoo-runny-nosed-hippos-covid-19-81542931
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-deaths-snow-leopards-nebraska-zoo/
https://eco-sphere.com/product-category/ecosphere-closed-ecosystems/
https://www.fossilera.com/fossils-for-sale
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-evolution-of-beauty-richard-o-prum/1124363195
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-origin-of-species-charles-darwin/1116788568?ean=9781593080778
https://www.amazon.com/Sixth-Extinction-Unnatural-History/dp/1250062187
http://www.anapsid.org/butterflyagama.html
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/99931464/99931467#geographic-range
https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Leiolepis&species=triploida
https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/113/4/1080/2415859?login=true
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/facts/draco-lizard
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Draco_volans/
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/99929352/99929358
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Pseudoryx_nghetinhensis/
https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/saola
https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?214452/First-Saola-sighting-of-the-21st-century
https://www.savethesaola.org/what-is-a-saola/
Episode 67: Spectacular Serpents and a Beautiful Bird.
This week's episode begins with Casey giving us some highlights from some episode of Planet Earth: Africa that he recently binge watched, and Ali gives us an update on her health and the endoscopy. Casey gives us some good news regarding one of the tiger subspecies, the Amur Tiger, while Ali highlights a dog breed that originated from Asia, the Chinese Crested. The two go on to talk about some truly fascinating snake species found in Southeast Asia for their Favorite Asian Snakes category, the King Cobra and the Blue Coral Snake. Casey then teaches us about our cute and feathery Animal of the Week, the Common Kingfisher, before they close out the episode by restarting ‘Cups’ for the season.
Pictured from top to bottom: Common Kingfisher, King Cobra, Blue Coral Snake, and Chinese Crested.
Sources and Links
https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/chinese-crested/
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/king-cobra-fact-sheet/
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/king-cobra
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Ophiophagus_hannah/
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/177540/1491874#threats
https://www.thainationalparks.com/species/calliophis-bivirgatus
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/191956/2020812
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Alcedo_atthis/
Episode 68: Perplexing Looking Animals
Casey starts off the episode talking about his recent experience pet sitting and how he got an early Christmas present, and Ali gives a health update on getting a colonoscopy. Casey gives us a rundown of evolutionary distinctiveness and talks about how evolutionarily distinct some of our Animals of the Week are, while Ali gives bad news about how cane toads are invading Taiwan. They go on to talk about some of their Favorite Animals from Japan, the Japanese Macaque and the Japanese Racoon Dog. Casey educates us on our high ‘flying’ Animal of the Week, the Sunda Colugo, before bringing the episode to a close by challenging Ali to a round of Jeopardy-like game.
Pictured from top to bottom: Sunda Colugo, Japanese Macaque, and Japanese Raccoon Dog.
Sources and Links
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0448-4#Sec2
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0194680#sec011
https://www.livescience.com/cane-toads-invade-taiwan
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Macaca_fuscata/#behavior
https://www.neprimateconservancy.org/japanese-macaque.html
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12552/195347803#threats
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13258-020-00972-2#Sec9
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Nyctereutes_procyonoides/#behavior
https://www.kyuhoshi.com/japanese-raccoon-dog-tanuki/
https://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/invasivealien/list/index_en.htm
https://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/mammals/colugo.htm
https://www.thainationalparks.com/species/sunda-flying-lemur
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Galeopterus_variegates/
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41502/10479343
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982208011901
Episode 69: The Rarest of All
It is the final episode of Asia and the year 2021 and Casey tells us about visiting Knott's Merry Farm, which zoo pass he got and a rant against Times magazine. Ali talks about another nature documentary, America’s National Parks: Gates of the Arctic, giving it a rating of Safe. Casey provides a correction from last month, and talks about a recent study on kinematics in Asian Elephants relating to being ridden by humans, while Ali presents an extra breed for this month and highlights a cat breed from Asia, the Japanese Bobtail. They go on to talk about some of their favorite Asian Animals in Media, the Death’s-Head Hawkmoth and the Giant Panda. Casey teaches us about our critically endangered and fascinating Animal of the Week, the Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle. They bring this year of the podcast to an end with one more round of their infamous ‘Cups’ game.
Pictured from top to bottom: Yangtze Softshell Turtle, Death's-Head Hawkmoth, Giant Panda, and Japanese Bobtail.
Sources and Links
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/8/2423/htm
https://cfa.org/japanese-bobtail/
https://www.purina.com/cats/cat-breeds/japanese-bobtail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HfJBhzNMsg
https://eol.org/pages/645299/articles
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/why-did-the-pandas-ancestors-ditch-meat-for-bamboo
https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2009/Least-Weasel-Carnivore-Bites
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2DbShys9ww
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/giant-panda
https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/giant-panda
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/712/121745669
http://www.edgeofexistence.org/species/giant-panda/
http://www.edgeofexistence.org/species/yangtze-giant-softshell-turtle/
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39621/2931537
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/04/last-known-female-yangtze-giant-softshell-turtle-dies-in-china/
https://www.speciesonthebrink.org/species/yangtze-giant-softshell-turtle/
