The Watering Hole

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.  

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.  

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 @thewateringholepod. You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.

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.  

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.

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.  

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.  

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.

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.  

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 [email protected]. You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.

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 [email protected]. You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.

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, or email [email protected]. You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.

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 questions? Want to hear about a specific animal? Get in touch with us! We're on Instagram @thewateringholepod, YouTube @Thewateringholepod, or email [email protected]. You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.

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? Get in touch with us! We're on Instagram @thewateringholepod, YouTube @Thewateringholepod, or email [email protected]. You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.

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 [email protected]. You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.  

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 [email protected]. You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.  

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 [email protected]. You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.

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! We're on Instagram @thewateringholepod, YouTube @Thewateringholepod, or email [email protected]. You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.

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 [email protected]. You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.  

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.

It's not just superficial in this episode, we're getting deep. Join us as we dive (deep) into the ocean and learn about the yeti crab and opalescent nudibranch.   Also check out David Bowie as sea slugs, you won't regret it --> https://www.boredpanda.com/nudibranchia-opisthobranchia-david-bowie/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic   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 [email protected].  You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.  

An episode that will live in infamy, but it has nothing to do with the wildlife we're talking about. Tune in to learn about caecilians and bandicoots, as well as a mysterious noise coming from the walls of Ashley's apartment...   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 [email protected].  You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.

Whether you're into apex predators, lizards that can reproduce by cloning, or BLTs this episode is for you! Tune in for the leopard seal and desert grassland whiptail lizard. And some sandwich recommendations.   If you like what you're hearing, please 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 [email protected].    You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.

Who else has been waiting for an unofficial dance episode?! Join Ashley and Maggie as they learn about two animals that know how to groove in order to find a mate: the manakin bird and sparklemuffin spider. And be sure to Follow us on Instagram to see Ashley and Maggie have a go at both of these animals' dance moves. Moonwalking manakin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o42C6ajjqWg Sparklemuffin spider dance and info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChlnCTSj294    If you like what you're hearing, please 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 [email protected].  You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.

In this week's episode, join Ashley, Maggie, and Justin (?!) as they learn about animals doing things in the extreme, from sex to flying to slurping bugs. That's right, it's the Northern Quoll, Frigate Bird, and Sloth Bear.    If you like what you're hearing, please 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 [email protected].    You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.

We're headed into the ocean for this episode as we explore two exceptionally unique animals. The archerfish teaches us about the skills of gleeking, while the persian carpet flatworm teaches us about...penis fencing? David Attenborough narrates a penis fencing match: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHOFQri1Tjw     If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review wherever you're listening!  Got questions? Want to hear about a specific animal? Think you can stump us? It won't be hard, so get in touch with us! We're on Instagram @thewateringholepod, YouTube @Thewateringholepod, or email [email protected].  You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.  

This week we're twice the drunk as we learn about the OG Grumpy Cat, the Pallas's Cat, and a skinny tall nerdy guy slithering in the water, the Giant River Otter!   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? Think you can stump us? It won't be hard, so get in touch with us! We're on Instagram @thewateringholepod, YouTube @TheWateringHolePod, or email [email protected].    You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.

Welcome back! It's been a while, but we're ramping up a new era of your favorite tipsy wildlife podcast with a new YouTube channel and two fabulous birds. Tune in to hear about a bird who will take notes and schedule your appointments, the Secretary Bird, and a family of spindly fingered water walkers, Jacanidae.   If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review wherever you're listening!  Got questions? Want to hear about a specific animal? Think you can stump us? It won't be hard, so get in touch with us! We're on Instagram @thewateringholepod, YouTube @TheWateringHolePod, or email [email protected].    You can also visit www.thewateringholepod.com.

In the long-awaited Season 3 finale, we're celebrating World Wildlife Day with a speed round of ten animals! In this episode we'll talk about two mammals, two reptiles, two fish, two amphibians, and two birds, in a raucous and rushed, round-robin style. So grab your drink and listen now! [Season 3, Episode 10]   Until next time, connect with us!  Instagram: @TheWateringHolePod Email: [email protected] Website: www.thewateringholepod.com

Check out this non-ground episode where we're moseying through the trees and flapping through tall grasses of South America. This week's animals are the three-toed sloth and the strange tailed tyrant! [Season 3, Episode 9]   Until next time, connect with us!  Instagram: @TheWateringHolePod Email: [email protected] Website: www.thewateringholepod.com

An adorable night monkey and a furry arachnid walk into a bar. But really, with a lot of fuzz to go around, today we're talking about the slow loris and Goliath birdeater tarantula. [Season 3, Episode 8]   Until next time, connect with us!  Instagram: @TheWateringHolePod Email: [email protected] Website: www.thewateringholepod.com

Whoa! There's flying snakes in those trees and giant manta rays in those oceans! This episode features two unique and very beautiful animals. And only one is lightly venomous. [Season 3, Episode 7]   Until next time, connect with us!  Instagram: @TheWateringHolePod Email: [email protected] Website: www.thewateringholepod.com

Fly into this avian episode while Maggie gets super drunk and Ashley talks about sitting on butter. It's time to learn about the great horned owl and helmeted hornbill! [Season 3, Episode 6]   Until next time, connect with us!  Instagram: @TheWateringHolePod Email: [email protected] Website: www.thewateringholepod.com

In Ashley's words, this episode's theme is, "animals, like, you know and can identify, but you probably don't know a lot about." So listen in to learn about the walrus and bactrian camel! [Season 3, Episode 5] Until next time, connect with us!  Instagram: @TheWateringHolePod Email: [email protected] Website: www.thewateringholepod.com  

In this episode, we challenged each other to come up with animals neither of us had ever heard of. Will we stump each other? Will we stump you!? [Season 3, Episode 4] Until next time, connect with us!  Instagram: @TheWateringHolePod Email: [email protected] Website: www.thewateringholepod.com

What kind of monster lives in the US? And what kind of dolphin lives in freshwater? Tune in to this episode where we mix up our words and stumble over sentences while learning about the gila monster and the boto. [Season 3, Episode 3] Until next time, connect with us!  Instagram: @TheWateringHolePod Email: [email protected] Website: www.thewateringholepod.com

Are you ready for some of the most powerful jaws in the animal kingdom? How about two animals that often get a bad rap in movies? Get ready for the Great White Shark and Hyena! [Season 3, Episode 2] Until next time, connect with us!  Instagram: @TheWateringHolePod Email: [email protected] Website: www.thewateringholepod.com

We're kicking off Season 3 from remote locations (thanks, COVID-19!) so if you're ready for some audio lag, one of the largest amphibians, and the bird with the largest wingspan, we've got you! Tune in to learn about hellbenders and wandering albatrosses! [Season 3, Episode 1]   Until next time, connect with us!  Instagram: @TheWateringHolePod Email: [email protected] Website: www.thewateringholepod.com

This week's special episode is brought to you in part by the 2020 DC Environmental Film Festival, which was postponed due to concerns over COVID-19. In place of the live recording event that would have occurred during the festival, we're bringing you three new animals and a special guest that are sure to entertain and lift your spirits. So join us as we learn about some furry, freaky, and scaly animals! [Season 2, Bonus Episode]     Follow us on Instagram @TheWateringHolePod   Send us an email at [email protected]   Or find more information on our new website (!!) www.thewateringholepod.com 

To cap off Season 2, we're getting totally twirly with the markhor and down and dirty with the dung beetle. Note: we recommend not listening while eating. [Season 2, Episode 10]   Follow us on Instagram @TheWateringHolePod   Send us an email at [email protected]

In this episode, we're welcoming our second guest and good friend Dan, who reminds us what good research of animals can actually sound like! Join us for an delightfully intoxicated bout of lessons on the Potoo, Kakapo, and Spotted Salamander. [Season 2, Episode 9]   Follow us on Instagram @TheWateringHolePod   Send us an email at [email protected]

It's our favorite kind of episode! The kind where we both chose to research weird ass animals. Join us as we learn about the platypus and the mola mola. [Season 2, Episode 8]     Follow us on Instagram @TheWateringHolePod   Send us an email at [email protected]

In this episode, you'll learn everything you've wanted to know about kangaroos and then some! Plus a little bit about porcupines, the mythical Old and New World quill pig. [Season 2, Episode 7]   Follow us on Instagram @TheWateringHolePod   Send us an email at [email protected]  

Our favorite howdy bird, the burrowing owl, and our favorite fuck turtle, the mata mata, make star appearances in this week's episode. [Season 2, Episode 6]   Follow us on Instagram @TheWateringHolePod   Send us an email at [email protected]

In our unofficial Beauty Episode, we're talking about some really really ridiculously good looking animals: the clouded leopard of Asia and lilac breasted roller of Africa. [Season 2, Episode 5]   Follow us on Instagram @TheWateringHolePod   Send us an email at [email protected]  

This episode gets three times the drunk as we welcome our first guest! Join us as we talk about three extremely unique (and rare!) animals: the okapi, binturong, and aye aye! [Season 2, Episode 4]   Follow us on Instagram @TheWateringHolePod   Send us an email at [email protected]  

This episode gets crusty and sticky as we learn about the Marine Iguanas of the Galapagos Islands and the Mountain Yellow Legged Frog of the Sierra Nevada. [Season 2, Episode 3]   Follow us on Instagram @TheWateringHolePod   Send us an email at [email protected]

Dive into this delightfully unintentional Under The Sea episode featuring sharks and manatees. Get to know the nearly 500 species of sharks and the gentle giants once believed to be mermaids. [Season 2, Episode 2]   Follow us on Instagram @TheWateringHolePod   Send us an email at [email protected]

We’re kicking off Season 2 with more alcohol and more animals, starting with the world’s most dangerous bird, the cassowary, and the famed pig with a trunk, the tapir. [Season 2, Episode 1]   Follow us on instagram @thewateringholepod Send us an email at [email protected]

In this bonus episode, Ashley and Maggie take listener suggestions to heart and get drunker. Listen in for some rapid fire* animal facts, including facts about sea lions, kangaroos, and cat penises to hold you over till Season 2.  *Rapid when drinking is entirely subjective. [Season 1, Bonus Episode]   Follow us on instagram @thewateringholepod Send us an email at [email protected]