Creature Feature

Horror Movie Knockoffs

Today we’re discussing some horror tropes you can find right in nature! Evil deadly lakes, fungus that isn’t fun, terrifying ANT-ics, and things that go bump in the night! Stay tuned for an audio guessing game with David Bell &amp; Tom Reimann ! Footnotes: <a href="https://www.pandotrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Untitled-20-980x655.jpg">Lake Natron</a> <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-alkaline-african-lake-turns-animals-into-stone-445359/">Dead animal statues of Lake Natron </a> <a href="https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/images/phallaceae/clathrus-archeri2.jpg">Alien fungus</a> <a href="https://ultimate-mushroom.com/uploads/posts/2019-10/1570731538_clathrus-archeri-1.jpg">Uh oh more alien fungus </a> <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Ant_and_jumping_spider_Gorongosa_National_Park%2C_Mozambique.jpg/560px-Ant_and_jumping_spider_Gorongosa_National_Park%2C_Mozambique.jpg">Jumping spider ant mimic</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_mimicry#/media/File:Myrmarachne_plataleoides_female_thailand.jpg">Predatory female spider ant mimic</a> <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Myrmarachne_plataleoides_male_at_Kadavoor.jpg">Predatory male spider ant mimic </a> <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-simple-algorithm-that-ants-use-to-build-bridges-20180226/">Ant algorithim</a> <a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/newly-discovered-hell-ant-has-a-metal-spike-on-its-head-and-was-probably-a-vampire">Extinct vampire ant trapped in amber</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6vuvkr6G2k">Mystery caller #1</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynSiIFxV1KE">Mystery caller #2</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwxV1wbBrfU">Mystery caller #3</a> <a href="https://www.audubon.org/news/can-you-identify-birds-behind-these-creepy-calls">Mystery caller #4</a> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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