The Critter Shed – Details, episodes & analysis

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The Critter Shed

Collie Ennis & Colette Kinsella for Red Hare Media

Science

Comedy

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/38d. Total Eps: 66

If you like learning about the weird and wonderful side of nature - about things like spider sex, venom-packing frogs, or mind-controlling parasites, and more - then this is the podcast for you! Oh, and it's in a shed.

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#88

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https://www.thewarren.ie/
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The Great IN YOUR NATURE Mash-up Part 2

Episode 59

Sunday, July 14, 2024 • Duration 38:35

Collie chats with the great folk from the In Your Nature podcast about herons.

https://birdwatchireland.ie/

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/in-your-nature/id1554068928

Don't forget to hit us up on our various channels with questions, queries or things you'd like us to get nerdy about.

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TheCritterShedDUB/

TWITTER: @crittershedpod

EMAIL: crittershed@gmail.com

Music:

Podington: Curious

The Critter Shed is a RED HARE MEDIA production.

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The Great IN YOUR NATURE Mash-up Part 1

Episode 58

Monday, July 8, 2024 • Duration 39:14

Collie chats with the great folk from the In Your Nature Podcast, which brings you conversations about wildlife and the work of conservationists all over Ireland.

https://birdwatchireland.ie/

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/in-your-nature/id1554068928

Don't forget to hit us up on our various channels with questions, queries or things you'd like us to get nerdy about.

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TheCritterShedDUB/

TWITTER: @crittershedpod

EMAIL: crittershed@gmail.com

Music:

Podington: Curious

The Critter Shed is a RED HARE MEDIA production.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Scoop on Sliders

Season 4 · Episode 49

Wednesday, March 9, 2022 • Duration 33:41

Collie introduces us to some of his new, rescued critters: red-eared sliders.

As usual, don't forget to hit us up on our various channels with questions, queries or things you'd like us to get nerdy about:

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TheCritterShedDUB/

TWITTER: @crittershedpod

EMAIL: crittershed@gmail.com

Music:

Podington: Curious

Image:

Creative commons image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red-eared_Slider_(14585091976).jpg

The Critter Shed is a founding member of https://www.thewarren.ie/ podcast network.

The Warren is a collection of some of the most innovative podcasts in Ireland, all of which are independently owned and produced. Pop on over to discover great new podcasts to listen to and TELL YOUR FRIENDS if you like what you hear.

The Critter Shed is still available in all the usual places like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Soundcloud, etc. AND please give us a rating on Apple Podcasts if you like the show. We really appreciate it!

The Critter Shed is presented by Collie Ennis and Colette Kinsella.

It's a Red Hare Media production.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The curious case of the frog and your granny's pregnancy

Season 4 · Episode 48

Wednesday, January 12, 2022 • Duration 21:25

African clawed frog image used under Creative Commons:

Muffet, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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Christmas Crabs

Season 4 · Episode 47

Thursday, December 23, 2021 • Duration 31:22

This festive season we visi an island in the Indian ocean where crabs and ants battle for dominance.

Prsented by Collie Ennis and Colette Kinsella

Produced by Colette Kinsella for Red Hare Media

As usual, don't forget to hit us up on our various channels with questions, queries or things you'd like us to get nerdy about:

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TheCritterShedDUB/

TWITTER: @crittershedpod

EMAIL: crittershed@gmail.com

Christmas Island red crab image:

By DIAC images - Christmas Island, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24284778

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Dublin's dear old deers...

Season 4 · Episode 46

Thursday, December 9, 2021 • Duration 44:05

We visit the Phoenix Park in Dublin to learn about its iconic wild residents. We also hear what happens to these animals when humans just won't leave them the heck alone. Spoiler alert: it's not good.

Image:

By Daveleicuk - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22830244

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The Critter Shed is presented by Collie Ennis and Colette Kinsella, and produced by Colette Kinsella for Red Hare Media.

As usual, don't forget to hit us up on our various channels with questions, queries or things you'd like us to get nerdy about:

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TheCritterShedDUB/

TWITTER: @crittershedpod

EMAIL: crittershed@gmail.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Creepy Shed - a Hallowe'en Special

Season 4 · Episode 45

Thursday, October 28, 2021 • Duration 13:59

Matricidal spiderlings, zombie tarantulas and intestine-splurging sea cucumbers... welcome to THE CREEPY SHED Hallowe'en special!

The Critter Shed is presented by Collie Ennis and Colette Kinsella, and produced by Colette Kinsella for Red Hare Media.

You can watch the Suriname toad doing its thing here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ7b4spjXhw

Footage of the tarantula hawk wasp immobilizing a tarantula https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq8916ZbjfE

Assassin bug, Acanthaspis petax: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-insect-uses-its-victims-carcasses-as-camouflage-83656246/

As usual, don't forget to hit us up on our various channels with questions, queries or things you'd like us to get nerdy about:

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TheCritterShedDUB/

TWITTER: @crittershedpod

EMAIL: crittershed@gmail.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Wildlife Saviours

Season 4 · Episode 44

Tuesday, October 19, 2021 • Duration 43:16

Ireland has one dedicated wildlife rehabilitation and teaching hospital. It's run by volunteers and is an incredibly demanding, emotional and tireless job, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. They get very little government support and they need help to help our wildlife.

If you have a few quid to spare, please think about supporting them: www.wri.ie

You can also report wildlife crime here: https://wildlifecrime.ie/

The Critter Shed is presented by Collie Ennis and Colette Kinsella, and produced by Colette Kinsella for Red Hare Media.

As usual, don't forget to hit us up on our various channels with questions, queries or things you'd like us to get nerdy about:

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TheCritterShedDUB/

TWITTER: @crittershedpod

EMAIL: crittershed@gmail.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Dragonflies

Season 4 · Episode 1

Tuesday, August 10, 2021 • Duration 39:45

Collie and Colette visit a local pond in search the elusive dragonfly larvae.

Further reading:

For more information on how to identify dragonflies, click here.

Presented by Collie Ennis and Colette Kinsella, produced by Colette Kinsella for Red Hare Media.

As usual, don't forget to hit us up on our various channels with questions, queries or things you'd like us to get nerdy about:

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TheCritterShedDUB/

TWITTER: @crittershedpod

EMAIL: crittershed@gmail.com

Music:

Podington: Curious, Rope Swing

Image:

Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dragonfly_15.jpg#filehistory

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Ponds, quails and duck tales

Season 3 · Episode 42

Monday, June 7, 2021 • Duration 27:32

SUPPORT THE CRITTER SHED: https://www.patreon.com/thecrittershed

We enter the wilds of the Co. Wicklow countryside on the east coast of Ireland to visit Collie's new home. We find out how to build a very simple pond to attract amphibians, and there's an investigation into a curious duck tale.

Thanks to Geoff McQueen for sharing his duck tales with us. If you want hilarious Twitter content with updates about his garden shenanigans, running adventures, and father-in-law woes, follow him here: @theGeoffMcQ

As usual, don't forget to hit us up on our various channels with questions, queries or things you'd like us to get nerdy about:

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TheCritterShedDUB/

TWITTER: @crittershedpod

EMAIL: crittershed@gmail.com

Music:

Podington: Camp, Curious, Galoshes

The Critter Shed is a founding member of https://www.thewarren.ie/ podcast network.

The Critter Shed is still available in all the usual places like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Soundcloud, etc. AND please give us a rating on Apple Podcasts if you like the show. We really appreciate it!

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