Systems: Dust Crossing Oceans, Shrinking Iguanas and a Tiny Earth Experiment

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   E96 · 7 May 2026 · 25 min

   Q&A: Ancient Fish Eyes, Chowing Chimps and the Deserts That Mimic Mars

   This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve, Sarah and Lizzie tackle more of your wildest questions one last time, as the show wraps up — going out with a curious bang (and probably a few weird facts for good measure). 💥🐾✨ 🌊 Ever noticed how things seem to vanish into the distance underwater? We explore whether marine animals see the same murky limits we do — or if life beneath the surface has evolved to see further, clearer, and in ways we can barely imagine. 🐠👀 🐜 We always hear about the strongest creatures for their size… but what about the weakest? We take a closer look at sloths — famously…

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   E95 · 5 May 2026 · 36 min

   Moist: Slime Highways, Snot Bubble Beds, and a Legendary Orca Sighting

   This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve, Sarah and Lizzie dive headfirst into the wonderfully weird and surprisingly soggy side of the natural world 💧💧💧 🐜 Honey ants take food storage to another level — with a special cast that swells up with nectar until they’re completely immobile, hanging from the nest ceiling like living reservoirs, ready to feed the colony when times get tough. 🍯 🧪 Hagfish unleash one of the strangest defences in the animal kingdom — producing up to 20 litres of slime in seconds. This bizarre mucus expands in seawater, clogging the gills of predators and making a swift…

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   E94 · 1 May 2026 · 23 min

   Q&A: Vertical Sleepers, Sky Dances and the Infamous Worm Dance

   This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Lizzie tackle more of your wildest questions! 🐦 Mesmerising murmurations & the “rule of 7”… how do starlings move as one without crashing mid-air? We unpack the simple behavioural rules behind those hypnotic sky dances — and why each bird only needs to track a handful of neighbours. 🌅✨ 🐛 Ever seen gulls doing a strange little “worm dance”? We get into the surprisingly clever ground-drumming behaviour that tricks worms into the surface — and why it works so well. 🌊👀 🌙 Do sperm whales really sleep vertically? We explore the bizarre world of “upright”…

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   E93 · 28 Apr 2026 · 37 min

   Sleepy: Mucus Cocoons, Sky Sleepers, and the World’s Best Micro-Nappers

   This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve, Sarah and Lizzie, drift into the drowsiest corners of the natural world 🌙😴 🛌 Sleep is risky business, so animals have evolved some seriously creative solutions. From extreme sleepers to near-insomniacs, the animal kingdom does things wildly differently 🐾 Discover sloths dozing high in branches too flimsy for predators to reach 🦥🌿, African pixie frogs that can disappear into a mucus cocoon for up to seven years 🐸⏳, and parrotfish that wrap themselves in their own slimy sleeping bags 🐠 Plus, we explore the science of sleep deprivation—where staying awake…

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   E92 · 24 Apr 2026 · 23 min

   Q&A: Seriously Smart Chimps, Snake hoods and a Very Quiet Rainforest

   This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Lizzie tackle more of your wildest questions! 🐒 Seriously smart chimps, artistic animals & nature’s creative side… from painting primates to musical whales and masterpiece-making bowerbird—but are they really making “art” like we do? 🎨🐋 🐦 Can different bird species “talk” to each other? We dive into the surprising world of shared alarm calls—how robins, sparrows and others team up to warn of danger, and why learning bird calls might change the way you experience nature. 🌿👂 🌙 Why do so many animals come alive at night? Nearly 70% of mammals are…

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   E90 · 17 Apr 2026 · 23 min

   Q&A: Goats on Wheels, Luscious Long Necks and Poo Is Power

   This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Lizzie tackle more of your wildest questions! 🦣 Do animals support their young with disabilities? From African wild dogs to elephants and chimpanzees, we explore the surprisingly compassionate side of the animal kingdom. ❤️🌍 🦒 Ever wondered why giraffes have such ridiculously long necks—and who else is in the long-neck club? From swans and ostriches to alpacas and even bizarre insects (yes, really), plus prehistoric creatures that make giraffes look short… this one stretches way back in time. 🦢✨ 💩 Can animal poo actually be useful? From fuel to…

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   E89 · 14 Apr 2026 · 37 min

   Invincible: Mesmeric Meerkats, Mongoose vs. Cobra Showdowns, and Regenerating Worms

   This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Lizzie dare to explore natural world’s toughest survivors — the creatures that refuse to die, defy the odds, and redefine what it means to be truly invincible 💪 🦎 Olms lurk in dark cave systems with the incredible ability to regenerate lost limbs and even organs — and can live for over a century… while planarian worms take things even further, rebuilding entire heads, brains, and tails from tiny fragments. 🦂 Mesmerising meerkats go head-to-head with some of the world’s most venomous scorpions, while the famously fearless honey badger squares up to…

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   E88 · 10 Apr 2026 · 29 min

   Q&A: Evolution Oddities, Pet Reptiles and Saving Rainforests

   This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Lizzie tackle more of your wildest questions! 🐍 Ever thought about owning a corn snake… and then realised how big the commitment actually is? We get into exotic pets and what it really means to care for them. 🤔 🦘 What’s the point of marsupials — and is there such a thing as a “useless” animal? From pouches to egg-layers, we explore the strange paths of evolution. 🌍✨ 💰 Pangolin scales, rhino horn, and even fish bladders worth more than gold… why are these wildlife products so valuable, and what’s the real cost behind them? 🐅 🌴 And finally — can one…

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   E87 · 7 Apr 2026 · 50 min

   Builders: Beaver Cities, Swiftlet Phlegm Hammocks, and Antlion Larvae Death Traps

   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…

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    E86 · 3 Apr 2026 · 22 min

    Q&A: Flaunting Peacocks, Sweet Rhino Farts, and Dolphins’ Dark Side

    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 —…