146: Hedgehog & Bandicoot

Episode 146

1st June 2022

Join the Weatherfords for a weekly animal review! In this week’s trip to the childhood arcade, Ellen rolls around at the speed of sound with the European hedgehog & Christian crashes the party with the eastern barred bandicoot. We discuss the hedgehog’s formidable defenses, the bandicoot’s triumphant return from extinction, and the role these two […]

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Join the Weatherfords for a weekly animal review! In this week’s trip to the childhood arcade, Ellen rolls around at the speed of sound with the European hedgehog & Christian crashes the party with the eastern barred bandicoot. We discuss the hedgehog’s formidable defenses, the bandicoot’s triumphant return from extinction, and the role these two remarkable critters played in our very own childhoods.

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Cover photos: lostbear via Getty images (hedgehog), JJ Harrison via Wikipedia (bandicoot)

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Just the Zoo of Us is an animal review podcast by Ellen & Christian Weatherford of Jacksonville, Florida. Every week, each host selects one animal submitted by a listener to research, review, and rate out of ten in the categories of effectiveness, ingenuity and aesthetics. Guest episodes feature experts from all over the world sharing their knowledge and insight into the animal world.

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