How many geese?

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What's in a name? 

Well, today's episode aims to find out just that as we explore the animals that are named after people and if it's really a good idea to be doing it after all. We find Birda skulking around in the reeds to tell us about Clapper Rails before Roddy defends the UK's Ribena stocks against hordes of Wrinkle-faced Bats. Then we put our dancing shoes on for our listener question as we work out which animal we'd choose as our "two" to tango. 

To learn more about our partners Birda and download their free birdwatching app, visit their website at https://birda.app/how-many-geese

 

To support the show by leaving us a donation to help keep growing the podcast, please visit: www.buymeacoffee.com/howmanygeese

 

Now That’s What I Call Nature!

Today's show offers you a glimpse into podcast future as Roddy asks artificial intelligence to write an episode of How Many Geese? Our feathered friends Birda are tearing out the sky at over 200mph to talk Peregrine Falcons, we discuss which animal will be behind a coup of Planet Earth and it's the Huntsman Spider's turn to enter the HMG battle arena.  

 

To learn more about our partners Birda and download their free birdwatching app, visit their website at https://birda.app/how-many-geese

 

To support the show by leaving us a donation to help keep growing the podcast, please visit: www.buymeacoffee.com/howmanygeese

Iguana barbecue

Today's episode is evolving before your very eyes as we get our Darwin (and Wallace) on to explore animals that are changing at lightning speed. Our Birda of the week this week has made a special journey from the opposite side of the world as we welcome Arctic Tern, before Roddy does battle with the Fiddler Crabs. And we round the show off with a bumper question as we answer - what animals would make the best roadtrip buddies? 

 

To learn more about our partners Birda and download their free birdwatching app, visit their website at https://birda.app/how-many-geese

 

To support the show by leaving us a donation to help keep growing the podcast, please visit: www.buymeacoffee.com/howmanygeese

History made goose

Today's episode has overthrown the captain and changed course for life on a tropical island as we explore the Mutiny on the Bounty and its repercussions for one iconic animal. Also in this episode - Birda takes us south of the Equator on a search for one of the world's most hardcore geese, we discuss what animal would make the worst emotional support companion and Roddy does battle with the lemur from your nightmares; the Aye-Aye. 

 

To learn more about our partners Birda and download their free birdwatching app, visit their website at https://birda.app/how-many-geese

 

To support the show by leaving us a donation to help keep growing the podcast, please visit: www.buymeacoffee.com/howmanygeese

 

Wet frog egg crumpet

Today's episode has been cryogenically stored to safeguard all its information on the importance of Frozen Zoos and how they're helping modern day conservation work. We look at how cloning is bringing species back from the brink, get to know which animal is one of the most inbred in the world and take heart from the fact that extinction may not have to be forever... 

 

We then take our Birda segment across the pond to meet the industrious Acorn Woodpecker before Roddy enters the ocean to do battle with a leviathan of the deep - the Leatherback Turtle. And finally, as any good podcast should, we round off by working out with animal would make the best teen babysitter for our non-existent children...

 

To learn more about our partners Birda and download their free birdwatching app, visit their website at https://birda.app/how-many-geese

 

To support the show by leaving us a donation to help keep growing the podcast, please visit: www.buymeacoffee.com/howmanygeese

Slime time

All aboard Roddy's weird & wonderful mystery tour as we explore some bizarre creatures living their best lives in the most extraordinary ways... and yes, most of it is in the sea. We team up with Birda again, this time to look at one of the most accurately named birds on planet Earth - the Dipper. And before we finish off deciding which animal would make the worst replacement for the Easter Bunny, Roddy has a rumble with a band of Badgers on the mean streets of London...

To learn more about our partners Birda and download their free birdwatching app, visit their website at https://birda.app/how-many-geese

 

To support the show by leaving us a donation to help keep growing the podcast, please visit: www.buymeacoffee.com/howmanygeese

 

What’s in that Pheasant?

Today's episode has passed through the gastro-intestinal tract of a Tuna to be delivered straight to your ears as we explore the world of unusual things found inside animals. We take a look at some high flying birds with our new pals Birda, as well as exploring what the world would look like if human jobs were replaced by geese. And we finally answer the age old question of; just how many Bruno's Casque-headed Frogs could you take in a fight? 

 

To learn more about our partners Birda and download their free birdwatching app, visit their website at https://birda.app/how-many-geese

 

To support the show by leaving us a donation to help keep growing the podcast, please visit: www.buymeacoffee.com/howmanygeese

 

Red nose territory

Seasons greetings and Feliz Navidad listeners! Join us as HMG goes all in one of Christmas' favourite animals - the Reindeer. When did they become so hardcore? And what's the reason Rudolph had a red nose?

Then we meet our festive foe, the Common Basilisk, before we get down to your questions about animal arboreal ornaments and which species would be most likely to return a gift...

One shrew to rule them all

We've delved into the HMG vaults for today's series finale as we've put together an episode featuring a couple of our favourite segments that we've been sitting on for a while now that just didn't have a home. Join us as we cast animals as the seven deadly sins and virtues before exploring the surprisingly baffling world of animals whose name begins with the letter U...

Beaten by horses

Today we're looking into one of the greatest competitions in the sporting calendar - the annual Man vs Horse marathon in Wales. We explore the story, the history and just how it's possible for humans to compete with horses over long distance. Then we get back to our own human vs animal trial by combat segment as Roddy does battle with the Southern Elephant Seal before answering the question of - which animal would make the best lawyer?