Get ready to travel back in time, explorers! Today, Aimee is taking us across the massive, sweeping grasslands of Central Asia to meet an animal that lived right alongside the Woolly Mammoth... and it has the most hilarious nose you’ve ever seen!

In this episode, we’re lacing up our running shoes to keep up with the Saiga Antelope. You’ll learn:

• The World’s Funniest Nose: Discover how their big, floppy Proboscis acts as a built-in air conditioner to filter out summer dust and warm up freezing winter air.
• The Great Grassland Marathon: Learn how these Nomadic runners can sprint up to 50 miles per hour across the flat plains to find fresh water!
• Ice Age Survivors: Find out how these tough little antelopes survived the Pleistocene era when so many other giant mammals disappeared.
• The Mystery of the Massive Horns: Why the males grow incredible ridges of Keratin (the same stuff as your fingernails!) on their heads.
• Communicating Across the Steppe: How they use unique acoustic communication to talk to each other over huge distances.

Put on your explorer hats and get ready to hear the snorts and stampeding hooves of one of the world's most resilient and funny-looking survivors!

Saiga Antelopes are Critically Endangered.

If you are interested in helping Saiga Antelopes, consider supporting:

Saiga Conservation Alliance | https://saiga-conservation.org/donate/

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Pack your parkas, explorers! Today, Aimee is taking us on a chilly adventure to the very top of the world: the sparkling, frozen Arctic Circle. We’re searching for a creature so magical that for hundreds of years, people thought they were real-life unicorns!

In this episode, we’re diving deep (over 5,000 feet!) to uncover the secrets of the Narwhal. You’ll learn:

• The Tooth Truth: Why that famous "horn" is actually a giant, spiral tooth that can grow longer than two bicycles!
• The High-Tech Tusk: How narwhals use millions of Nerve Endings to "feel" the salt and temperature of the ocean.
• The Great Color Change: Why baby narwhals are gray, teenagers are black, and the oldest "grandparent" narwhals turn completely white.
• Ice Navigators: How they find tiny cracks in the thick sea ice called Lead Openings just to take a single breath.

Put on your earmuffs and get ready to hear the high-pitched whistles and clicks of the most mysterious whale in the ocean.

If you are interested in helping Narwhals, consider supporting:

4Ocean: Ocean Cleanup | https://www.4ocean.com/pages/main-shop

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In this episode of "Animals with Aimee," listeners travel to the jungles of Southeast Asia to discover the majestic King Cobra. As the longest venomous snake in the world, the King Cobra is a record-breaker that can reach up to 18 feet in length. Despite its name, Aimee explains that it isn't a "true cobra" and highlights its unique scientific name, Ophiophagus hannah, which translates to "snake-eater."

The episode explores the snake's fascinating physical traits and behaviors, including its ability to "stand up" to look a human in the eye, its iconic hood, and its unusual low-frequency growl. Listeners also learn about the King Cobra's exceptional maternal instincts—as it is the only snake that builds a nest—and its specialized binocular vision and Jacobson’s organ.

Aimee concludes with a "Wild Wisdom Challenge" quiz and some lighthearted snake jokes, reminding everyone that while these "misunderstood giants" possess powerful neurotoxin venom, they are shy creatures that play a vital role in keeping the jungle in balance.

King Cobras are considered Vulnerable, and their numbers are decreasing.
If you are interested in helping King Cobras, consider supporting:

The King Cobra Conservancy | https://www.thekingcobra.org/project-donations

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