NEW EPISODE! 🐢 We discuss how giant tortoises crossed 600 miles of ocean, the superpowers built into their DNA that let them live for over a century, extinction and restoration, Charles Darwin’s boat snacks, Kung Fu Panda lore, and so much more. Check it out wherever you get podcasts!

@justthezooofus.bsky.social damn my eyes hurt

You were robbed

A new Badger + Coyote adventure has dropped! Listen to @justthezooofus.bsky.social's latest episode: When a family of skunks accuses a reclusive bobcat of disturbing their peaceful home, the woodland's finest pair of peacekeepers are on the case. open.spotify.com/episode/3KDU...

someone from our discord just told me about how albatrosses only recognize their chick if theyre actively sitting on the nest, so if the chick falls or climbs out the parent doesn't recognize them anymore until they climb back in & all I can think of is

IT'S HERE!!!!!!!!! I had the opportunity to work with @gostudyhall.bsky.social to film a video on How to Become a Marine Biologist a few months ago and now it's live! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezaE...

I made a friend at a party

Im social media's best kept secret

master chief what are you doing in the montane forest of borneo

NEW EPISODE! 🦊 Ellen explains what the red fox REALLY says. We discuss a chicken shakedown, the Siberian fox domestication experiment, aim assist, quantum entanglement, genetic surprises, and so much more. Check it out wherever you get podcasts!

(this praying mantis was stuck on my screen door so I got it to climb on this stick so I could move it into some shade)

"i asked chatgpt" "i asked grok" ok well I asked an american woodcock and it said peent

Yeah I'd recommend it!! I'm on ep 19 and the hosts are delightfully nerdy (about video games, dnd, and other media up my alley in addition to animals) and funny, especially the more they get into the groove of podcasting, and they also try to be transparent about their sources!

I started listening to the podcast Just the Zoo of Us after having it on my radar for ages and it truly fills the void left by no longer religiously watching Animal Planet like when I was a kid that I've wanted to fill, it's such a delight 🥺💜

I almost forgot that I was getting this as part of my @maximumfun.org membership, a pin of a dung beetle in booties @justthezooofus.bsky.social. I am delighted!

NEW EPISODE! 🐸 Join Ellen & special guest @bighugefrog.bsky.social for a multimedia exploration of the intersection where real-world biology and ecology meets the imagination: speculative evolution! Check it out where you get podcasts AND see Roxy's GORGEOUS illustrations for this episode below! ⬇️

ITS HERE ITS HERE ITS HERE @sarahmackattack.bsky.social @franzanth.bsky.social

father's day card for our household spider relocation specialist 💕

how this week's episode feels

some phone wallpapers for #pride 🌈

NEW EPISODE! 🐠 Ellen bites off more than she can chew with parrotfish. We discuss the Mohs scale, Korn corn, throat teeth, crystal chainmail, sleeping bags made of snot, being terminally male, and so much more. Check it out wherever you get podcasts!

real g's move in silence like

slaying while slaying

NEW EPISODE! 🪸 Join Ellen & special guest, champion of the reef Jessie Palmer, as we try to save the world one polyp at a time. This episode will change the way you look at a reef - and maybe even yourself. Check it out wherever you get podcasts! maximumfun.org/episodes/jus...

These Yakuza 0 minigames are getting out of hand

Recently started going thru @justthezooofus.bsky.social which is super fun and positive energy. Sawbones is great if you do an episode that doesn’t touch on contemporary stuff (so the archives are awesome…like the pirate medicine series!)

Loving @justthezooofus.bsky.social! I’m just starting, but it’s perfect for when I need to escape the madness. When a shoebill is the sanity in the madness, though, there may be an issue….

love 2 do rigorous academic research

velvet worm from last year #Art

Just picked this up from our local game shop let's gooooooo

It's a Little Guy Extravaganza

NEW PODCAST EPISODE! Join Ellen & guest @markscherz.bsky.social for a look through the magnifying glass at miniaturized animals. Mark studies species who have shrunk to incredibly small sizes & has fascinating insights into why and how animals get so tiny. Check it out wherever you get podcasts!

We had an awesome time chatting with Meera's natural history class at Seattle University! Such a cool opportunity and really great students, thank you for having us 😁💕

working on it

I haven't listened yet, but I'm so happy @justthezooofus.bsky.social is finally covering the BEST BIRD

Huge congrats to Just the Zoo of Us’s Ellen Weatherford! Amazing! Wanna preorder? If you do it with our Bookshop link they’ll kick the network a li’l money too: bookshop.org/a/108394/978...

a dolphin could have been holding its breath the entire time katy perry was in space

They mentioned the forever manbaby aspect on a recent @justthezooofus.bsky.social podcast (on @maximumfun.org cause they all deserve all the exposure) about the Pigbutt Worm. I don’t have a question, but I’m down to listen to whatever happened or happens next 🧑‍🎓

Great suggestion - why settle for reading about spider reproduction in papers? Get out there with a magnifying glass and observe it in situ 😀👍

I got up and turned on my podcast and was listening to @justthezooofus.bsky.social tell me about how fine vicuña hair is (13 microns, extremely fine), so I looked up rabbits and good news, they're the same (~12 microns for undercoat). But vicuñas don't shed like rabbits

If we reach 500 new/upgrading/boosting members by the end of the weekend we will eat bug & you can watch

it's so sad how tyrannosaurus rex was never on podcasts because they couldn't do the sync clap

We're having a live game night with some of your favorite @maximumfun.org folks in ONE HOUR!!!

lord of the wings

Someone invite me on their podcast so I can talk about my Subnautica obsession.

I hold in my hand 25 animal postcards. If you would like to receive one of these delectable jpegs in the mail (adorned with a handwritten message and a tiny lil doodle from yours truly) hit me with a screenshot of your new, upgraded, or boosted MaxFun membership! (first come first serve)

I hold in my hand 25 animal postcards. If you would like to receive one of these delectable jpegs in the mail (adorned with a handwritten message and a tiny lil doodle from yours truly) hit me with a screenshot of your new, upgraded, or boosted MaxFun membership! (first come first serve)

Screaming at most recent @justthezooofus.bsky.social episode Squirrel Girl mention Christian's "I have few things, especially very few things for this podcast..." made me cackle hard. Thank you for the laughter and joyous Max Fun Drive! It's my one year anniversary as a supporter!