The Watering Hole
A place where animals and animal enthusiasts regularly drink.
Episodes
March 28, 2024 • 34 mins
Once again, we're unexpectedly spending an episode in the ocean! Join us to learn about the Port Jackson shark and elephant seal!
If you like what you're hearing, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you're listening! Want more content? Check us out on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube @thewateringholepod. You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.
Mark as Played
March 20, 2024 • 43 mins
In this episode, words become harder than usual, but we're still excited to learn about two birds whose males know how to put on a show: the ruff and the peafowl!
If you like what you're hearing, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you're listening! Want more content? Check us out on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube @thewateringholepod. You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.
Mark as Played
March 6, 2024 • 76 mins
All of the animals mentioned, that is. Tune in to hear from the pod's biggest fan Chris, and learn about the sarcastic fringehead (which is totally a real animal), village weaver (the animal kingdom's real estate agent), and naked mole rat (who is not JUST ugly).
If you like what you're hearing, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you're listening! Want more content? Check us out on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube @th...
Mark as Played
February 28, 2024 • 44 mins
It's time for some bad puns with this episode on a conservation success story and the best sonar on the planet. It's the American alligator and the sperm whale!
If you like what you're hearing, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you're listening! Want more content? Check us out on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube @thewateringholepod. You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.
Mark as Played
February 21, 2024 • 36 mins
Time for a game show of an episode because we're finding out what's behind Door #1 and learning about an animal that looks like Pac Man. It's the colugo and ornate horned frog!
If you like what you're hearing, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you're listening! Want more content? Check us out on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube @thewateringholepod. You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.
Mark as Played
February 14, 2024 • 39 mins
Time to get real big with the giant squid and real talkative with the zebra finch! Just be careful not to get wine up your nose.
If you like what you're hearing, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you're listening! Want more content? Check us out on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube @thewateringholepod. You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.
Mark as Played
February 7, 2024 • 33 mins
An insect that farms and a cosmic amphibian: It's leaf cutter ants and the galaxy frog!
If you like what you're hearing, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you're listening! Want more content? Check us out on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube @thewateringholepod. You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.
Mark as Played
January 31, 2024 • 41 mins
What do you get when you combine an alien deer and the most devoted mom of all time? The latest episode of The Watering Hole! Learn about the muntjac and Graneledone boreopacifica. If you like what you're hearing, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you're listening! Want more content? Check us out on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube @thewateringholepod. You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.
Mark as Played
January 24, 2024 • 37 mins
This episode we're definitely talking about insect and not a flower, but we might get a little loony about it. Tune in for the orchid mantis and the common loon! If you like what you're hearing, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you're listening! Want more content? Check us out on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube @thewateringholepod. You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.
Mark as Played
January 17, 2024 • 49 mins
We've returned after an unexpectedly long hiatus but we're coming in chaotic with scallops and wolverines! Tune in for a bivalve with 200 eyes and a mammal who repels the frost.
If you like what you're hearing, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you're listening! Got questions? Want to hear about a specific animal? Get in touch with us! We're on Instagram @thewateringholepod, YouTube @Thewateringholepod, or email the...
Mark as Played
August 2, 2023 • 38 mins
In this episode, we're meeting the ultimate nocturnal hunter, the caracal, and a type of moth that's named after a bird and can mimic a snake, hawk moths!
If you like what you're hearing, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you're listening! Got questions? Want to hear about a specific animal? Get in touch with us! We're on Instagram @thewateringholepod, YouTube @Thewateringholepod, or email thewateringholepod@gmail....
Mark as Played
July 19, 2023 • 35 mins
In this episode, we meet an insect that wears its own invisibility cloak and an adorable formicidae consumer. Grab a beverage and tune in for the glass winged butterfly and silky anteater!
If you like what you're hearing, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you're listening! Got questions? Want to hear about a specific animal? Get in touch with us! We're on Instagram @thewateringholepod, YouTube @Thewateringholepod, o...
Mark as Played
July 6, 2023 • 62 mins
Join us for this special guest episode featuring a real animal expert! Ashley, Maggie, and Taylor learn about giant water bugs, Sumatran rhinos, and hoatzins.
(This episode contains audio issues which adds a slight echo to our voices, so we apologize to any listeners who are hard of hearing. Thanks for bearing with us!)
If you like what you're hearing, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you're listening! Got ques...
Mark as Played
June 21, 2023 • 31 mins
Time for some breakfast calamari and a sea duck that likes to hang ten. It's the flapjack octopus and surf scoter! (This episode contains audio issues which adds a slight echo to our voices, so we apologize to any listeners who are hard of hearing. Thanks for bearing with us!)
If you like what you're hearing, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you're listening! Got questions? Want to hear about a specific animal? Ge...
Mark as Played
June 14, 2023 • 42 mins
Today's episode features so many side stories and tangents, you might forget we're talking about the greenland shark and the siamang!
If you like what you're hearing, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you're listening!
Got questions? Want to hear about a specific animal? Get in touch with us! We're on Instagram @thewateringholepod, YouTube @Thewateringholepod, or email thewateringholepod@gmail.com. You can also ...
Mark as Played
June 7, 2023 • 34 mins
In this episode, we're learning about a randy reptile and who's got a mud pot for a nose. It's the horny toad and the gharial!
If you like what you're hearing, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you're listening! Got questions? Want to hear about a specific animal? Get in touch with us! We're on Instagram @thewateringholepod, YouTube @Thewateringholepod, or email thewateringholepod@gmail.com. You can also visit www....
Mark as Played
May 31, 2023 • 33 mins
Once again, we're all about fish! In this episode, we're getting to know flatfish (broadly). We're also getting to know bushtits, a classy family of scandalously named birbs.
If you like what you're hearing, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you're listening!
Got questions? Want to hear about a specific animal? Get in touch with us! We're on Instagram @thewateringholepod, YouTube @Thewateringholepod, or email the...
Mark as Played
May 24, 2023 • 37 mins
In this week's episode, we've got our bases covered from the ruthless to adorable in the Nazca booby and red panda. So grab a drink and tuck in!
Ashley's Sweatshirt! --> https://www.etsy.com/shop/MoeSewsEmbroidery?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1306744351
If you like what you're hearing, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you're listening!
Got questions? Want to hear about a specific animal? Get in touch with us...
Mark as Played
May 10, 2023 • 36 mins
Grab a monster salad and call up your brontosaurus bestie, because we're learning about the leafy sea dragon and the coati in this episode!
If you like what you're hearing, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you're listening!
Got questions? Want to hear about a specific animal? Get in touch with us! We're on Instagram @thewateringholepod, YouTube @Thewateringholepod, or email thewateringholepod@gmail.com. You can ...
Mark as Played
May 3, 2023 • 41 mins
In this episode we're talking about THREE animals: the two new features we always share, PLUS the mysterious animal from Ashley's ceiling! Tune in for the Arabian sand boa, roseate spoonbill, and the creature that required a call for backup.
Mark as Played
Popular Podcasts
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations.
Anna Sale explores the big questions and hard choices that are often left out of polite conversation.
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people.
A straightforward look at the day's top news in 20 minutes. Powered by ABC News. Hosted by Brad Mielke.