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The big reveal for Trick or Treat 2026! ______________________ **SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T LISTENED TO EPISODE 17!** Which animal was just a trick—the Leapfrog Crab, Chinese Muntjac, Red-lipped Batfish, or Emerald Cockroach Wasp? Listen to the big reveal to find out! Further Reading (SPOILERS): Cool BookOther Links: Episode PageTranscriptTrick or Treat 2026’s References (after listening!)Credits: Opening Theme: Darren CurtisOutro Music: eddySupport the show ______________________ If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want want to say “hello,“ please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: [email protected] or kapods.org/contact Visit My Website: kapods.org/animals Follow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow **Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/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!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

Just a reminder to guess the Trick or Treat 2026 fake animal. ______________________ If you think you know which one’s the fake, send in your guesses by filling out the form linked below. You’ll get a chance to win two free months of the highest tier of Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts Plus! Make sure to submit your top two guesses with the link below by the end of Friday, January 16th (PST), because I’ll release the reveal this weekend. Links: Send in Your GuessesTranscriptSupport the show ______________________ If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want want to say “hello,“ please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: [email protected] or kapods.org/contact Visit My Website: kapods.org/animals Follow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow **Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/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!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

Four animals: three real, one fake. Which are real, and which is just a trick? ______________________ We’re combining our late April Fools episode with our late Halloween special. Today your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, will talk about four species of animal: the Leapfrog Crab, Chinese Muntjac, Red-lipped Batfish, and Emerald Cockroach Wasp—one of which is fake, and you’ll have to guess. If you think you know which one’s the fake, send in your guesses by filling out the form linked below. Listen through to the end of the episode to find out what the prize will be! Make sure to submit your top two guesses with the link below by the end of Friday, January 16th (PST), because I’ll release the reveal the following weekend. And be sure NOT to believe any of the facts on today’s episode until you know which animal is fake. Happy very late Halloween and even later April Fools’! Links: Send in Your GuessesEpisode PageTranscriptCredits: Additional Music: Darren Curtis and Forget the WhaleSupport the show ______________________ If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want want to say “hello,“ please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: [email protected] or kapods.org/contact Visit My Website: kapods.org/animals Follow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow **Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/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!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

Find out what all the squawk is about! ______________________ 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 [email protected]! 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 WebsiteBasic Bird Care ClassOther Links: PodcasthonEpisode PageComicMemory QuizTranscriptSupport the show ______________________ If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want want to say “hello,“ please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: [email protected] or kapods.org/contact Visit My Website: kapods.org/animals Follow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow **Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/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!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

Polly wanna listen to this episode? ______________________ 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 PhrasesPolly Wants a Conjunction? Birds Learn Artificial GrammarOther Links: More Info on YawningComicMemory Quiz (for this and the previous episode)Episode PageTranscriptReferencesSupport the show ______________________ If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want want to say “hello,“ please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: [email protected] or kapods.org/contact Visit My Website: kapods.org/animals Follow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow **Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/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!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

What can learn to speak many human words all without a voice box? ______________________ 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 DiagramBudgie FlyingMore Info on YawningEpisode PageComicTranscriptReferencesCredits: Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions, Robo9418, and Alexander NakaradaAdditional 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)Support the show ______________________ If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want want to say “hello,“ please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: [email protected] or kapods.org/contact Visit My Website: kapods.org/animals Follow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow **Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/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!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

The big reveal for Late-pril Fools 2024! ______________________ **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 RafflePhotos of the PrizeEpisode PageTranscriptLate-pril Fools 2024’s Works Cited (after listening!)Credits: Additional Music: ZapSplat and Kevin MacLeodSupport the show ______________________ If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want want to say “hello,“ please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: [email protected] or kapods.org/contact Visit My Website: kapods.org/animals Follow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow **Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/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!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

Five animals: four real, one fake. Which are real, and which tried to Late-pril Fool ya? ______________________ 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: Episode PageTranscriptCredits: Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions, ZapSplat, and Kevin MacLeod.Support the show ______________________ If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want want to say “hello,“ please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: [email protected] or kapods.org/contact Visit My Website: kapods.org/animals Follow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow **Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/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!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

Updates on the next episodes of Kingdom: Animalia, plus some jokes! ______________________ 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 PageTranscriptCredits: Music: Blue Dot SessionsSupport the show ______________________ If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want want to say “hello,“ please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: [email protected] or kapods.org/contact Visit My Website: kapods.org/animals Follow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow **Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/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!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

Their bad rap is completely batty! ______________________ 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 MealsUnlike other bats, vampire bats keep out of trouble by running, Cornell researchers findOther Links: Common Vampire Bat on Treadmill VideoEpisode PageComicMemory QuizTranscriptWorks CitedCredits: Episode Art: Uwe Schmidt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; background removed.Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions, Kevin MacLeod, and Darren CurtisSupport the show ______________________ If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want want to say “hello,“ please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: [email protected] or kapods.org/contact Visit My Website: kapods.org/animals Follow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow **Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/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!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

It’s time for everybody’s favorite game show… ______________________ Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is back with its trimonthly game show: Animalia Fake! Every episode—with your host, Devon, and announcers, Chet and Cap—there will be THREE rounds, each with FOUR outrageous animal facts; ONE of those facts is so outrageous it’s an Animalia Fake (it’s not true), and you have to guess which it is. Roar! Thump. Thump. What are those sounds? They’re prehistoric creatures! Prehistoric creatures were pretty cool and strange, and scientists are still learning more about them, but which facts about them aren’t true? Listen and find out! You can keep score at home on a piece of paper or with the official scoresheet, which you can open or print with the link below. Links: Episode PageOfficial Episode ScoresheetTranscriptWorks Cited (After listening!)Credits: Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions and Kevin MacLeodSupport the show ______________________ If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want want to say “hello,“ please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: [email protected] or kapods.org/contact Visit My Website: kapods.org/animals Follow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow **Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/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!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

It’s time for everybody’s favorite game show… ______________________ Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is back with its trimonthly game show: Animalia Fake! Every episode—with your host, Devon, and announcers, Chet and Cap—there will be THREE rounds, each with FOUR outrageous animal facts; ONE of those facts is so outrageous it’s an Animalia Fake (it’s not true), and you have to guess which it is. What’s that, up in the sky? It’s a drone! It’s a plane! No, it’s an animal! Aerial animals are pretty cool, but which facts aren’t true? Listen and find out! You can keep score at home on a piece of paper or with the official scoresheet, which you can open or print with the link below. Links: Episode PageOfficial Episode ScoresheetTranscriptWorks Cited (After listening!)Credits: Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions and Kevin MacLeodSupport the show ______________________ If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want want to say “hello,“ please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: [email protected] or kapods.org/contact Visit My Website: kapods.org/animals Follow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow **Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/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!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

It’s time for some panda-monium! ______________________ Why are pandas bamboo-etarians? Do they eat anything other than bamboo? How come Giant Pandas are black and white? Which was the original panda, the Red or the Giant? Just how big are Giant Pandas? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, on our first listener-suggested episode, you will learn everything there is to know about the Giant Panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca. Links: Subscribe to the NewsletterListen to our new podcast, Where Are the Chickadee Brothers?Episode PageComicMemory QuizTranscriptWorks CitedCredits: Additional Music: Blue Dot SessionsSupport the show ______________________ If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want want to say “hello,“ please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: [email protected] or kapods.org/contact Visit My Website: kapods.org/animals Follow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow **Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/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!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

Kingdom: Animalia has a new podcast! ______________________ Slightly bad news: There’ll be no KA episode this June. Great news: It’s because KA has a new podcast called Where Are the Chickadee Brothers?! Description: From Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids comes Where Are the Chickadee Brothers?: a for-kids-by-kids four-part fictional audio adventure. When Chet and Cap Chickadee go missing after a trip to Brazil to study Amazonian wildlife for the podcast, Devon is left worried. Then Devon gets a text from an unknown sender with a recording of the first part of Chet and Cap’s (mis)adventures. What happened to them? Who is the mysterious texter? Where are the Chickadee brothers? Listen, and maybe you’ll find out. Links: Listen to Where Are the Chickadee Brothers?Episode PageTranscriptSupport the show ______________________ If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want want to say “hello,“ please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: [email protected] or kapods.org/contact Visit My Website: kapods.org/animals Follow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow **Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/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!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

It’s time for everybody’s favorite game show… ______________________ Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids has come out with a brand-new game show: Animalia Fake! Every episode—with your host, Devon, and announcers, Chet and Cap—there will be THREE rounds, each with FOUR outrageous animal facts; ONE of those facts is so outrageous it’s an Animalia Fake (it’s not true), and you have to guess which it is. What’s that smell? Something smells fishy! It’s because today’s episode is about sea creatures! Underwater animals can get pretty strange, but which facts aren’t true? Listen and find out! You can keep score at home on a piece of paper or with the official scoresheet, which you can open or print with the link below. Links: Episode PageOfficial Episode ScoresheetTranscriptWorks Cited (After listening!)Credits: Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions and Kevin MacLeodSupport the show ______________________ If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want want to say “hello,“ please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: [email protected] or kapods.org/contact Visit My Website: kapods.org/animals Follow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow **Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/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!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.