Ten Things I Like About... Podcast

Ten Things I Like About... Podcast

This is a 10 minute, 10 episode podcast about unknown or misunderstood wildlife.

Episodes

July 16, 2025 9 mins

Summary: How do Aba aba make more Aba aba? Join Kiersten to find out about the reproductive behavior of Gymnarchus niloticus.

 

For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean

 

Show Notes: 

“Abundance, Distribution, Morphometric, Feeding Evaluation and the Reproductive Strategies of Gymnarchus niloticus in the Lower River Niger at Agenebode, Edo State Nigeria,” by Mo Agbug...

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Summary: Where are Aba aba found? Join Kiersten as she tells where you can find these amazing fish.

 

For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean

 

Show Notes: “Gymnarchus niloticus” Global Biodiversity Information Facility, https://www.gbif.org

“Gymnarchus niloticus, Aba aba” Seriously Fish, https://www.seriouslyfish.com

“Morphology of Aba Knife Fish (Gymnarchus niloti...

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July 2, 2025 8 mins

Summary: What’s an Aba aba? It’s our next unknown creature! Join Kiersten as she introduces us to the Aba aba fish.

 

For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean

 

Show Notes: “Gymnarchus niloticus” Global Biodiversity Information Facility, https://www.gbif.org

“Gymnarchus niloticus, Aba aba” Seriously Fish, https://www.seriouslyfish.com

“Morphology of Aba Knife Fish (G...

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May 14, 2025 7 mins

Summary: Are Screamers in need of conservation? Join Kiersten to find out!

 

For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean

 

Show Notes:

Screamers: https://animaldiversity.org

Data Zone by Bird Life: https://datazone.birdlife.org

IUCN Red List: https://www.iucnredlist.org

American Bird Conservancy: https://abcbirds.org/bird/southern-screamer/

Asociacion Armonia: https://a...

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May 7, 2025 9 mins

Summary: Join Kiersten as she talks about the eyes and beaks of the Screamer.

 

For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean

 

Show Notes:

Ornithology 3rd Edition by Frank B. Gill

“The evolutionary relationship among beak shape, mechanical advantage, and feeding ecology in modern birds,” by Guillermo Naval, Jen A. Bright, Jesus Marugan-Lobon, and Emily J. Rayfield. Evolu...

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April 30, 2025 10 mins

Summary: Do Screamers actually scream? Find out in this episode of Ten Things I Like About Screamers.

 

For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean

 

Show Notes: 

“Observations on the Horned Screamer,” by Frank B. Gill, F.J. Stokes, and C.C. Stokes. Wilson Bulletin, Vol. 86 (1974), Iss. 1, Art. 6. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/wilson_bulletin/vol86/iss1/6

Screamer Voca...

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April 16, 2025 9 mins

Summary: You mean Screamers have even more physical oddities? Yep! Join Kiersten to find out about more anatomical anomalies of Screamers.

 

For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean

 

Show Notes:

Ornithology 3rd Edition by Frank B. Gill

“A peculiar association: the skin and the subcutaneous diverticula of the Southern Screamer (Chauna torquata, Anserifomes), by Maria...

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April 9, 2025 10 mins

Summary: Can Screamers get any stranger? You bet! Join Kiersten as she discusses some skeletal anomalies that Screamers possess.

 

For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean

 

Show Notes:

“Functional significance of the uncinate processes in birds”, by Pete G. Tickle, A. Roland Ennos, Laua E. Lennox, Steven F. Perry, and Jonathan R. Codd. The Journal of Experimental Bi...

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April 2, 2025 10 mins

Summary: What is it with those spurs? Join Kiersten as she takes a closer look at Screamer spurs.

 

For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean

 

Show Notes: 

“On the Spurs On Birds’ Wings,” by R. L. Rand. The Wilson Bulletin, June 1954, Vol. 66, No. 2.

Birds of the World: https://birdsoftheworld.org

Screamers: https://animaldiversity.org

Music written and performed by ...

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March 26, 2025 8 mins

Summary: Do Screamers hang out with other Screamers? That depend on the specs. Join Kiersten to find out a little about the social structure of each species of Screamer.

 

For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean

 

Show Notes:

“Aspects of the Biology of the Horned Screamer in Southwestern Colombia,” by Luis G. Naranjo. The Wilson Bulletin, Vol. 98, No. 2 (June, 1986,...

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March 19, 2025 11 mins

Summary: How do Screamers make more Screamers? Join Kiersten to find out about Screamer reproduction. 

 

For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean

 

Show Notes: 

Screamers: https://animaldiversity.org

Ornithology 3rd Edition by Frank B. Gill

The Most Perfect Thing: Inside (and Outside) a Bird’s Egg by Tim Birkhead

Music written and performed by Katherine Camp

 

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March 12, 2025 11 mins

Summary: There are three species of Screamers. Join Kiersten to meet each one of them in more detail.

 

For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean

 

Show Notes: 

Screamers: https://animaldiversity.org

Encyclopedia of Life: https://eol.org

Music written and performed by Katherine Camp

 

Transcript

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March 5, 2025 8 mins

Summary: What’s all that racket? Could it be a Screamer? Join Kiersten to find out.

Show Notes: 

Screamers: https://animaldiversity.org

Music written and performed by Katherine Camp

 

For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean

 

Transcript

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February 12, 2025 11 mins

Summary: Bat conservation is the subject of the final episode of the series on bats. Join Kiersten as she talks about what is going on to help bats. 

 

For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean

 

Show Notes:

Books: “Bats in Question: A Smithsonian Answer Book,” by Don E. Wilson

“America’s Neighborhood Bats,” by Merlin Tuttle

“The Bats of Europe and north America,” by ...

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February 5, 2025 10 mins

Summary: Join Kiersten as she lays out some of the coolest facts about bats!

 

For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean

 

Show Notes: 

https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work?united-states/arizona/stories-in-arizona/top-10-bat-facts/

https://www.doi.gov/blog/13-facts-about-bats

https://batcon.org

Bat honking link: http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/136292

M...

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January 29, 2025 11 mins

Summary: How do bats help people? So many ways! Join Kiersten as she tells us why we should be thanking bats.

 

For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean

 

Show Notes: 

Merlin Tuttle Bat Conservation: https://www.merlintuttle.org

“Bats in Question: A Smithsonian Answer Book,” by Don E. Wilson

Music written and performed by Katherine Camp

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January 22, 2025 8 mins

For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean

 

Show Notes:

Music written and performed by Katherine Camp

 

Transcript

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Kiersten - This is Ten Things I Like About…a ten minute, ten episode podcast about unknown or misunderstood wildlife.

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Welcome to Ten Things I Like About… I’m Kiersten, your host, and this is a podcast about misunder...

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January 15, 2025 10 mins

Summary: Bats what to fly into your hair and suck your blood! False! In this episode Kiersten talks about some of the most common myths about bats and uncovers the truth.

 

For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean

 

Show Notes:

Music written and performed by Katherine Camp

 

Transcript

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January 8, 2025 9 mins

Summary: To migrate or not to migrate? How do bats deal with cooling temperatures? Join Kiersten as she travels through bat migration.

 

For my hearing impaired listeners, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean

 

Show Notes: 

“America’s Neighborhood Bats,” by Merlin Tuttle

“The Bats of Europe and north America,” by Wilfried Schooner and Eckard Grimmberger

“Flying-Foxes - The bush refugees” by Martin...

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January 1, 2025 13 mins

Summary: How do bats make more baby bats? Let us count the ways! Join Kiersten as she discusses the various reproductive techniques bats use to make more bats.

 

For my hearing impaired listeners, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean

 

Show Notes:

“Bats in Question: A Smithsonian Answer Book,” by Don E. Wilson

Music written and performed by Katherine Camp

Transcript

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