World’s Wildest Podcast

World's Wildest: Tales of Earth's Most Extreme Creatures. Hosted by @mayahiga and @ConnorOBrien404🐐

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A bit of a bitter-sweet episode this week

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Maya tells the story of her grossest animal experience 😵

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Welcome to the first (and probably only) episode of Connor's new talk show, featuring an exclusive interview with the 'Gen Z Jane Goodall,' Maya Higa! 🙌🙌

New episode out now 🥳
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This whale lived with an exploding harpoon INSIDE its body for 130 YEARS! 🤯

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Max the chimpanzee lost both his legs to wire snares! 🐒 🪤

Snares don’t care what they catch, they will hurt anything that triggers them, not just their target!

Thankfully Max survived, but he will never be the alpha of his community, all because of human intervention 🫤

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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW 🔗
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Snare trapped chimps and whales carrying harpoons for centuries 🦍 🐋

This week, we talk about the wildest injuries animals have had to overcome after crossing paths with the brutal human species

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Harpy eagles aren’t just awesome looking birds with a metal style, they’re also key players in their ecosystem!

They are what’s known as an UMBRELLA species, meaning that protecting them also protects countless other animals that share their habitat! 🦅🌳

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Did you know Australia has no native vultures?

Thankfully, wedge-tailed eagles stepped up to fill that role in the Australian ecosystem! 🦅 🇦🇺
Over time, they evolved into incredible scavengers, cleaning up carrion and helping limit the spread of disease 🤒 🦠

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It’s guest episode time! 🤝

This week, we leave the treehouse and head to World Bird Sanctuary to talk all about raptors 🦅

We even get to meet 3 of their amazing ambassadors 👀

EPISODE OUT EVERYWHERE
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Maya Higa tells the story of how her career started with Bean the red-tailed hawk 🪶

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If you find injured wildlife, never try to raise it yourself! 🛑

EXAMPLE: Baby ducks that imprint on humans will follow you around and never be able to live a normal life in the wild 🦆

The Alveus website can help you find a wildlife rehab center: https://t.co/slVXRGOgYP

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We are turning back the clock this week! Back to our days as animal rehabbers! 💚

Wild to think these stories got us to where we are today 🤯

NEW EPISODE WOOOO
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How to handle rabies in an apocalyptic scenario! 🧟

Most people think rabies infects instantly, but it actually can takes about a day to reach your brain!
So you do have a little time to act

Obviously where you get bit plays a significant role ☝️ 🤓

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Would you be upset if a cicada peed on you? 💦🪰

Cicadas are the only bug whose pee gives a rain-like experience!

So if you ever thought tree sap dripped on you… it might’ve just been a cicada peeing 🤭

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You asked weird questions, we answered weird questions! ✏️ 🗒️

Along the way even WE learned new things 🧠

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Maya Higa is an athlete 😤

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WE WANT YOUR QUESTIONS ‼️

If it's "dumb" enough, you just might get your answer in a future episode 👀

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Have you ever thought about what animals would do good in the Olympics? 🏆

We found the sportiest ones and figured out what sports they would dominate! 🥇 🦍

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Nature is reclaiming the battlefield in Germany! 💚

Totally off limits for civilians, these 62 former military bases, some still semi-active, are full of wildlife!

Even the tank training exercises help, with the heavy tanks tilling the soil making sweet habitats for bugs 🪖🌿