That's Just Wild

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Lizzie roll up their sleeves to share some of nature’s most ingenious architects 🏗️🐝🦫 Could the world’s biggest beaver dam really dwarf the Hoover Dam? From booming “beaver cities” to their surprising comeback (and even “beaver bombing”), these furry engineers are reshaping landscapes. 🌿🌾 Social weaver birds build giant tree-top apartment blocks packed with life — while swiftlets craft bizarre saliva “hammocks”… and antlion larvae set deadly sand traps like tiny snipers. 🎯🐝 Giant Asian honey bees defend their homes with shimmering waves, and underwater, a pufferfish creates intricate sand masterpieces to build the perfect nest. 🌊✨📝 Leave us a review to let us know what you think — every comment means a lot to the whole team 💚🔔 Make sure you follow That’s Just Wild wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss an episode 🎧

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Sarah tackle more of your wildest questions!🦚 What is the real purpose of sexual dimorphism? From strutting, show-off peacocks to enormous male seals and tiny females, plus the bizarre love life of the anglerfish. 🤯🌊🐬 Dolphins aren’t always the friendly faces we think they are… what really goes on during mating season, and just how dark can their behaviour get?🐾 And is there actually an evolutionary advantage to being cute — or are humans just projecting our own ideas onto the animal kingdom? ✨📝 Leave us a review to let us know what you think — every comment means a lot to the whole team 💚🔔 Make sure you follow That’s Just Wild wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss an episode 🎧

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Sarah are seriously chatty as they discuss some of nature’s most outrageous communicators📞📢🔊…🦜 From the red-eyed vireo, the tiny “preacher bird” that somehow belts out a staggering 22,197 songs in just 10 hours (yes, really!), to the white bellbird, whose call is so loud it’s basically like standing next to the speakers at a rock concert… except it’s screaming directly into a female’s face. 🔊🎚️🤘🐋 Humpback whales might be trying to chat with us — not out of fear, but pure curiosity — by blowing perfect bubble rings underwater. 💬🐒👃🏽 Meet the Brazilian bare-faced tamarin, which communicates through scent marking… and Steve’s face-off with a satin bowerbird. 💙📝 Leave us a review to let us know what you think — every comment means a lot to the whole team 💚🔔 Make sure you follow That’s Just Wild wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss an episode 🎧

On this week’s That’s Just Wild Q+A, Steve and Sarah tackle more of your wildest questions! 🐆 How close should you really get to a snow leopard? Steve shares a heart-stopping near miss with one of the most elusive predators on Earth. 😳🏔️🌵 How do animals survive in the harshest places on the planet — and what happens when apex predators like dingoes and Tasmanian devils are brought back to restore balance?🕷️ And do spiders actually eat their own webs? Plus, a simple challenge: what might you discover if you wake up early enough to watch one being built…📝 Leave us a review to let us know what you think — every comment means a lot to the whole team 💚🔔 Make sure you follow That’s Just Wild wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss an episode 🎧

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Sarah are exploring into the surprising world of animal memory. 🧠🐿️ 🌰From squirrels with a near-perfect mental map of their buried snacks to goldfish that can remember far more than you’d think… 🧠🐠🐘 Meet the matriarchs of the animal kingdom — elephants whose incredible memories may hold the secret to longer lives, thanks to the rare and remarkable “grandmother effect.” 👵🌍🪶 And it’s not just remembering — some of the smartest birds on Earth, like crows, can make tools, solve problems, and even pass knowledge on… proving memory in the wild is anything but simple. 🐦‍⬛⚒️📝 Leave us a review to let us know what you think — every comment means a lot to the whole team 💚🔔 Make sure you follow That’s Just Wild wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss an episode 🎧

On this week’s That’s Just Wild Q+A, Sarah is joined by special guest Shark Man Dan for a Shark Q+A special🦈💙🌊🦈 Ever wondered if sharks are good mums? Turns out life as a baby shark is brutal. The moment they’re born, they’re on their own — just survival in the big blue. 😬🌊👀 Do sharks ever hunt together? We dive into the surprising social side of these ocean predators… like how many sharks show respect to the biggest females. 👑🏝️ And if you actually want to see sharks in the wild, where should you go? Plus the incredible sharks that can swim from the ocean hundreds of kilometres up rivers. 🚤🦈📝 Leave us a review to let us know what you think — every comment means a lot to the whole team 💚🔔 Make sure you follow That’s Just Wild wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss an episode 🎧

This week on That’s Just Wild, Sarah is joined by special guest Shark Man Dan for a deep dive into the world of sharks… and the wild path that led Dan to dedicate his career to them. 🦈🌊🎥🦈💙 Dan shares how he turned his love for sharks into a career — taking a very unconventional route to become one of the ocean’s biggest shark champions. 🏆Meet Dan’s favourite shark, the epaulette shark — famous for its incredible ability to “walk” across reefs and out of rock pools to escape predators. 🪨🐚🌊 Things get seriously intense as Dan and Sarah share one of their closest calls — caught in a powerful vortex current and later stranded out at sea in Japan without a boat. 🇯🇵🗾📝 Leave us a review to let us know what you think — every comment means a lot to the whole team 💚🔔 Make sure you follow That’s Just Wild wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss an episode 🎧

On this week’s That’s Just Wild Q+A, Steve and Sarah tackle more of your wildest questions! 💪🏽 Ever wondered what the bite force of a goose is? Steve reckons he might’ve bite-tested more animals than anyone else on Earth… and honestly, we believe him. 🌏😅🕷️🕸️ Do wild animals ever keep other animals as pets? Meet the spiders that open their homes to frogs. 🐸🏠🐜🐄 And we ask the big questions… what’s the most successful species in Earth’s history — and can animals actually hold a grudge? 😤📝 Leave us a review to let us know what you think — every comment means a lot to the whole team 💚🔔 Make sure you follow That’s Just Wild wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss an episode

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Sarah are exploring motherhood in the animal kingdom… from the sweetest care to the most jaw-dropping survival strategies. 💛🐣🐻‍❄️🐊 From polar bears to crocodilians carrying their babies gently in their mouths… to reptiles like leopard iguanas leaving their hatchlings in a protective pile of poo — motherhood in nature comes in many wild forms. 🥚💩🕷️ Meet the ultimate self-sacrificing mum — the crab spider mother who lets her babies drink nutrients from her legs… before they eat the rest of her. 🕷️🦀🐼 Not all mums can raise twins — giant panda mothers often choose one cub to care for, leaving the other behind in a tough twist of sibling rivalry.🐸 Some mums go to incredible lengths — like the gastric-brooding frog that swallows her eggs, switches off her stomach, and protects them inside her body.📝 Leave us a review to let us know what you think — every comment means a lot to the whole team 💚🔔 Make sure you follow That’s Just Wild wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss an episode 🎧🌍