Plastic Plesiosaur Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

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Miles tells the story of the deadly Moa that went extinct in 1445, but same say this giant flightless bird can still be found!

Trey details the discovery of an an immaculately preserved Woolly rhinoceros.

With Special Guest - Kaveh Taherian - Writer and illustrator of Mothman's Compendium of Southern California Cryptids, and other comics. Also a Podcaster on 500 Tabs and MusicalSplaining.

Check out his book/art here!

The MonsterQuest this episode is - S03E14- Killer Jellyfish - The most venomous animals in the sea may be smarter than we know. The Monsterquest team led by Dale Pearson travels to Australia to research and find new information on the deadly box jellyfish.

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Trey visits the Ripley's Believe It or Not! show floor, and it gets him thinking about the validity of some famous medieval and ancient torture devices.

Miles shares his thoughts on notes on the infamous Flint Dibble vs Graham Hancock debate on Joe Rogan.

The Monster Quest this episode is S3E13- Isle of the Lost Tiger -"MonsterQuest goes to Tasmania in an effort to track down the thylacine which is thought to have gone extinct in the 1930s."

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Trey and Miles catch up and share their animal encounter stories.

Miles recaps his real connection to the Oceangate disaster.

Miles and Trey break from the shows formula to talk Wes Anderson's "Asteroid City", then Trey forced Miles to see the new Indian Jones show and he gives in.  

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Alien craft beaming up cows in some lonely rural farm, has been part of pop culture for awhile now. But where does this association come from?

Miles and Trey take a deep dive into this topic, and it's possible connection to other political anxieties.


The Monster Quest this episode is S03E02 - Cattle Killers- "MonsterQuest try to find out what's been killing and mutilating cattle on the North American plains for over 40 years."

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Miles' shares one of his favorite episodes of Star Trek with Trey, who finally watches the show for the first time. It's Star Trek Voyager  "Distant Origin" S05E23  where a race of earth's dinosaurs have evolved into intelligent humanoids, but their religion works to suppresses the truth. Miles and Trey talk about the science of it all.

Also we finally dive into our namesake cryptid and talk Nessy, the Loch Ness monster herself. 

The Monster Quest for this eposide is " Death of Loch Ness" S03E01. Could the Loch Ness Monster actually be dead and do its remains lie hidden beneath the waters of the lake? MonsterQuest attempts to find out.

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Trey went on a trip to see the weird and obscure in Georgia. He shares his findings. 
Including a mummy somewhere you might not suspect! 

Miles details the infamous Gosford Glyphs - Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs found in a rock face in  Kariong, Australia. What could explain this?

The Monster Quest for this Episode is S02E29 - Real Dragons. "MonsterQuest journeys to Australia's Blue Mountains in search of 'Megalania', an extinct giant prehistoric lizard, bigger than it's relative the Komodo Dragon and finds it may not be quite as extinct as people think..."

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Marine Reptiles of the Past, and River Sharks of the Present (Well 2007)!

Darren Naish (Terapod Zoology Podcast, Prehistoric Planet, Tetzoo, Author of many books, etc)  finally joins Trey and Miles to talk shop.

Darren answers a few questions about his newest book - Ancient Sea Reptiles : Plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, mosasaurs and more. 

On accident the group ends up talking about Crytpids, but there is some proper science talk about known animals as well. And of course some Greenland Shark facts and myths. 

The MonsterQuest this episode is S02E19 - "Jaws in Illinois. " From the bayous of Louisiana to the St. Lawrence River in Illinois, MonsterQuest searches for evidence of deadly Bull sharks leaving the oceans and venturing into fresh water.

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Trey breaks down the quest to find the tomb of one of his favorite historical characters - Alexander the Great. Has the tomb been found, can it be found? It's a story dating back centuries.

Miles looks into the photo the President of Mexico recently tweeted of a Maya Elf life creature? What are these little dudes, what are they up to, and is this photo actually new and interesting?


The Monster Quest this episode is S02E18 - Monster Spider.  Investigation on reports of large desert arachnids in Iraq called Camel Spiders and examines claims about spiders large enough to eat small dogs in Peru.

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Trey dives into the recent controversy about how smart T-Rex was. A new paper by Suzana Herculano Houzel titled "Theropod Dinosaurs had primate like numbers of telencephalic neurons" has started a debate on how we can tell the cleverness of this ancient creature.

Miles looks at the worlds newest - oldest - known sentence.  Found on a ivory comb, it helps give context to the region and the history of writing.

The gang also get side tracked talking about historical art of dicks, and the new Indiana Jones move. So, sorry about that.

The gang go over Monster Quest S2E15 - Lake Monsters of the North - The MonsterQuest team explore both historic and recent sightings of a mysterious eel-like monster in Lake Crescent, Newfoundland, Canada.

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In the 1970's there was a push to find China's own Bigfoot type creature. Is this an ancient legend or folktale in the region? Or maybe it was the Bigfoot hype of America drifting over and effecting other nations.  Miles and Trey dive into Monster Quest's search for the "Wild Man" of China.  


They also sing a Christmas song, poorly. 

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