The next episode has been delayed, but not for too long, hopefully
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Sorry, everyone, but I have had to delay the release of this year’s April Fools special (making it, once again, a Late-pril Fools special). I am halfway done with the research, but I had schoolwork to do this weekend, and I am leaving for a week-long school trip this Friday, so I won’t have time to work on it this coming weekend (I get back at night next Thursday). But I promise I will release it before summer break, or Chet and Cap will take it over by force!

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Find out what all the squawk is about!
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What should you feed budgies? Does Houdini have some feathered competition? Why should you adopt pets instead of buying them? What things on the market for budgies should you actually avoid? Today, on the first-ever KA interview episode, Devon, Chet, and Cap welcome Amy Yee, volunteer at Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue (where Devon adopted Budgly and Rex), to talk about everything there is to know about pet budgerigars, Melopsittacus undulatus, and some other pet birds.

This episode is in part for Podcasthon, an initiative in which 1,300+ podcasts are doing an episode that educates listeners about a nonprofit of their choice. I chose to highlight Mickaboo, a bird rescue based in California. You can find an overview of what they do and donate if you want to support their mission at https://podcasthon.org/charities/mickaboo. If you do donate, please email me at animals@kingdomanimaliapod.com! I’d love to hear that I’m making an impact.

This is the third part of the Budgerigar. For the first and second parts (on wild budgies), go to the previous episodes in the feed.

Episode Art: Budgly at left and Rex at right.

Pet Bird Resources:

• Mickaboo Website
• Basic Bird Care Class

Other Links:

• Podcasthon
• Episode Page
• Comic
• Memory Quiz
• Transcript

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Polly wanna listen to this episode?
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Can parrots understand the human words they say? How and why are budgies such good mimics? How do budgie pairs find each other in huge flocks? Today, with your host, Devon; co-hosts, Chet and Cap; and two special guests, Budgly and Rex, you will learn the second half of everything there is to know about the Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus.

This is the second part of the Budgerigar. For the first part, go to the previous episode in the feed, and the third part (an interview) will be released on Thursday, March 20th.

Episode Art: Budgly at left and Rex at right.

Further Reading (Experiments):

• Budgies Use Grammar to Find Meaning in Unfamiliar Phrases
• Polly Wants a Conjunction? Birds Learn Artificial Grammar

Other Links:

• More Info on Yawning
• Comic
• Memory Quiz (for this and the previous episode)
• Episode Page
• Transcript
• References

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What can learn to speak many human words all without a voice box?
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How can you tell apart male and female budgies? Are grass seeds actually really nutritious? How big can budgie flocks get to be? What does zygodactyl mean? What’s a budgie’s daily routine? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, and two special guests (Devon’s pet budgies, Budgly & Rex!), you will learn the first half of everything there is to know about the Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus.

This is the first part of the Budgerigar. The second part (the second half of the info I researched) and third part (an interview) will be released within the next few months.

Episode Art: Budgly at left and Rex at right.

Links:

• Bird Wing Feather Diagram
• Budgie Flying
• More Info on Yawning
• Episode Page
• Comic
• Transcript
• References

Credits:

• Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions, Robo9418, and Alexander Nakarada
• Additional Budgie Sounds: “Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)” (https://xeno-canto.org/335524) recorded by Marc Anderson and licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0)

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The big reveal for Late-pril Fools 2024!
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**SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T LISTENED TO EPISODE 13!**

Let’s see which animal was fake: was it the Sarcastic Fringehead, Common Side-blotched Lizard, Atlantic Mudskipper, Hoatzin, or Stomach-Sucker? Listen to the big reveal to find out!

We didn’t get any guesses, so we’re holding a raffle for the Chet and Cap models! Go to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/raffle and enter your name before October 1st to get a chance to win. There, you can also check out photos of the prize.

Links:

• Enter the Raffle
• Photos of the Prize
• Episode Page
• Transcript
• Late-pril Fools 2024’s Works Cited (after listening!)

Credits:

• Additional Music: ZapSplat and Kevin MacLeod

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Five animals: four real, one fake. Which are real, and which tried to Late-pril Fool ya?
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April Fools’ Day was a time of tricks, pranks, and… of course… fools. Today your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, will talk about five animal species: the Sarcastic Fringehead, Common Side-blotched Lizard, Atlantic Mudskipper, Hoatzin, and Stomach-Sucker, one of which is fake, and you’ll have to guess.

The reveal is in a bonus episode that was published one week later. Even though the deadline has passed for submitting your guess, you can still try to guess which it is before listening to it! And be sure NOT to share any of the facts in today’s episode until you know which animal is fake. Happy Late April Fools’ Day!

Links:

• Photos of the Prize
• Episode Page
• Transcript

Credits:

• Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions, ZapSplat, and Kevin MacLeod.

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Updates on the next episodes of Kingdom: Animalia, plus some jokes!
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Sorry, you have to wait a little longer for the next episodes. It’s taken extra time because we’re making a miniseries for the animal you got the riddle for, and one of them was an interview; also, we’ve updated the cover art and the website. Also homework.

Update: The miniseries has been postponed for our annual April Fools’ special!

While you wait for the next episode, listen to Chet tell you three animal jokes to pass the time. Enjoy!

Links:

• Episode Page
• Transcript

Credits:

• Music: Blue Dot Sessions

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**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kingdomanimaliapod.com/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!**

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Their bad rap is completely batty!
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Do Vampire Bats drink human blood (**SPOILER ALERT: NO**)? Do bats deserve their bad reputation? Have people gone to war over bat poop? Did scientists have Common Vampire Bats go to the gym? Are Vampire Bats actually very nice to each other? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, on Kingdom: Animalia’s 1st ANNIVERSARY episode, you will learn everything there is to know about the Common Vampire Bat, Desmodus rotundus.

Further Reading (Experiments):

• Vampire Bats Call Out to Friends to Share Blood Meals
• Unlike other bats, vampire bats keep out of trouble by running, Cornell researchers find

Other Links:

• Common Vampire Bat on Treadmill Video
• Episode Page
• Comic
• Memory Quiz
• Transcript
• Works Cited

Credits:

• Episode Art: Uwe Schmidt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; background removed.
• Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions and Kevin MacLeod

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**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kingdomanimaliapod.com/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!**

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