Episode 19: The Platypus
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Learn all about the duck-billed Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) from Ilana! This Australian animal shares traits with ducks and coconuts, but it's actually a mammal ready to paralyze it's foes at any moment. Please take a minute and rate our show! If you like Queerly Natural, you can support us by contributing to our or You can also check out our new Thank you so much for listening! For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our . Timestamps Species introduction: 0:00 - 2:54 Description: 2:55 - 12:15 Habitat...
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Episode 18: Lungwort
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Join Ilana to learn all about lungwort (Lobaria pulmonaria) from Sage. It (or should we say they?) is a charismatic photosynthetic organism that doesn't really fit labels. For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our . Please take a minute and rate our show! If you like Queerly Natural, you can support us by contributing to our or You can also check out our new Thank you so much for listening! Timestamps Species introduction: 0:00 - 3:49 Description: 3:50 - 12:15 Habitat and ecology: 13:18 - 24:14 ...
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Episode 17: The Papaya
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Join our hosts, two fruits, to learn all about one of the world's favorite fruits, the papaya (Carica papaya). Find out how the papaya breaks the norms of biological sex even among plants, who are already known to not follow "the rules." For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our . Please take a minute and rate our show! If you like Queerly Natural, you can support us by contributing to our or You can also check out our new Thank you so much for listening! Timestamps Species introduction: 0:00 - 3:21 Description: 3:22 - 9:01 Habitat...
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Episode 16: The Green Frog
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Join Ilana to learn about the green frog (Lithobates clamitans) from Sage. Ilana will find out that the green frog is very frog, but not very green, and they're always ready for a fight. Sage answers the important questions like: are we turning the friggin' frogs gay, or have they been that way all along? Let's see what the research says. For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our . Please take a minute and rate our show! If you like Queerly Natural, you can support us by contributing to our or Thank you so much for listening!...
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Episode 15: The Side-Blotched Lizard
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Join Sage as Ilana teaches them about the side-blotched lizard, a very lizard-shaped lizard that is strangely good at rock, paper, scissors, even though they only know what one of those three nouns is (probably rock) For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our . Please take a minute and rate our show! Thanks so much for listening! Timestamps Species introduction: 0:00 - 9:07 Description: 9:08 - 14:30 Habitat and ecology: 14:31 - 20:17 How it's queer: 21:20 - end *** content warning: description of anti-indigenous colonizer violence: 3:20 - 6:30...
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Episode 14: The Bowhead Whale
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Sage teaches Ilana about the bowhead whale, a large hard-headed maritime mammal. Please take a minute and rate our show! It will make a world of difference in getting our show out there for more people to know about. Thanks so much for listening! Timestamps Species intro and taxonomy: Start - 6:49 Description: 6:50 - 13:44 Ecology and reproduction: 13:45 - 26:26 Human impact: 26:27 - 30:40 How it’s queer: 31:27 - end Content warnings: discussion of colonization and species loss 28:17 - 30:40 Find Us Online If you like Queerly Natural,...
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Episode 13: The European Honey Bee
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Join Sage and Ilana as they learn about the queerness of the honeybee from guest Sreelakshmi Suresh! Sreelakshmi tells us all about the lives of honeybees and their unique way of determining biological sex. For more information, take a look at our . Please take a minute and rate our show! It will make a world of difference in getting our show out there for more people to know about. Thanks so much for listening! Content warnings: discussion of colonization, description of genitals Find Us Online If you like Queerly Natural, you can help us increase our audience by spreading...
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Episode 12: The Striped Maple
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Join Sage as Ilana teaches them about the striped maple, a shrubby tree that does some pretty queer things on its deathbed. For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our . Please take a minute and rate our show! It will make a world of difference in getting our show out there for more people to know about. Thanks so much for listening! Timestamps Species introduction: 0:00 - 1:54 Description: 1:55 - 9:16 Habitat and ecology: 9:17 - 15:08 How it's queer: 16:15 - end Find Us Online If you like Queerly Natural, you can help us increase our...
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Episode 11: The White Throated Sparrow
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Join Sage in an informative look at the life of the white-throated sparrow, a very small borb that is abundant throughout North America. For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our . Please take a minute and rate our show! It will make a world of difference in getting our show out there for more people to know about. Thanks so much for listening! Timestamps Species introduction: 0:00 - 3:00 Description: 3:01 - 8:05 Habitat, ecology, lifecycle: 8:23 - 19:25 Human impact: 19:26 - 24:55 How it's queer: 26:06 -...
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Episode 10: The Common Cockchafer
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Sage teaches Ilana about the common cockchafer, or Melolontha melolontha, an adorable insect with a ciminal record (they did crimes and they be gay). Intro: 2:50-6:40 Description: 6:41-16:29 Habitat and lifecycle: 16:30-24:06 Human impact: 24:07-34:21 Why it's queer: 35:51-end Trigger warnings: discussion of homophobia, graphic description of sex, mention of rape 45:43-end For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our . Please take a minute and rate our show! It will make a world of difference in getting our show out there for more people to know about....
info_outlineIlana teaches Elizabeth and Hannah about the discovery, appearance, ecology and queerness of the plainfin midshipman (Porichthys notatus), a fluorescent fish found along the west coast of North America. Hint: for a little foreshadowing, their other common name is the California singing fish!
For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website.
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Timestamps
Species introduction: 1:29
Description of the fish’s looks: 5:24
Plainfin midshipman ecology: 12:37
Queerness of the California singing fish: 23:08, 25:42
General discussion: 24:42, 35:49
Content warnings: discussion of reproduction and reproductive organs (26:02-26:52), foul language (33:15-33:17)
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About Us
Queerly Natural was created by Ilana Z, Hannah Roden, and Elizabeth Fuhrman. We are biologists fighting queerphobia, promoting underrepresented perspectives, teaching ecology, and helping queer people relate to the diverse organisms we live among on this beautiful planet! Our music is "Lo-Fi Music Guitar (Short Version)" by Migfus20 (https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.