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Halloween Animals (with Special Guest, wildlife filmmaker Skip Hobbie)
What Halloween animal is making you happy today? Hear Laura and Rob get spooky and choose Halloween animals, a new Halloween dance party song about owls (Happy Owl-Oween), awesome animal clues from five year old Everett, and an interview with our special guest, Emmy award winning cinematographer and wildlife filmmaker Skip Hobbie. What animal is making Skip happy? It’s an animal that is one of the most common kinds of mammals on Planet Earth, and it flies! Plus, hear about other critters that have crawled on Skip while he was filming these special animals in caves. If you like owls, bats, toads, aye ayes or komodo dragons, this episode is for you.
The Happiest Animal Show (on Planet Earth) is a comedy podcast for kids and families who love wildlife, with original animal songs, stories, jokes and special guests from comedians to scientists to kids. It's hosted by Laura Sams and Robert Sams, who are sister/brother zoologists, filmmakers and songwriters.
Funny Animal Poop (with special guest 9 year old Kailea)
It’s time for….funny animal poop! What animal has square poop? White poop? What kind of animal poop did Rob accidentally swallow? Hear Rob and Laura choose what funny animal poop is making them happy, a doo-wop song about penguin poop, awesome animal clues from 13 year old Marlin, the sound of an actual wild animal fart, and an interview with our special guest, nine year old Kailea from Maui, Hawaii. What animal is making Kailea happy? Here are some hints: it eats meat, it lives on only one island chain, and it can run 13 miles an hour.
The Happiest Animal Show (on Planet Earth) is a comedy podcast for kids and families who love wildlife, with original animal songs, stories, jokes and special guests from comedians to scientists to kids. If you like wombats, hyenas, orangutans, little blue penguins, steelhead or komodo dragons, you just might like this episode!
Baby Animals That Look Nothing Like Their Parents (with puppeteer John Tartaglia)
What baby animals look nothing like their parents? What animal’s eyes move around its body? What animal does Laura think she can spot in the woods better than anyone else? Hear Rob and Laura choose what animal is making them happy today, a parody pop song about baby hippos, awesome animal clues from four year old Maxine, and an interview with our special guest, puppeteer and actor John Tartaglia! What animal is making John happy today? Here are some hints: it’s quiet, it lives in the woods and it has hooves.
Animal Songs
A dance song about axolotls! A disco song about sloths! A new version of baby shark filled with real shark names! A naptime song about cats, dogs, porcupines, moose, capybara, albatross and more! A country song about octopus! A rock song about the mola mola (ocean sunfish)! In this episode, we play some of our favorite animal songs from this season. Yep, it’s all music folks. Get ready to sing, dance and laugh with the animals that have been making Laura and Robert happy.
Cold Weather Critters (with 8 year old Raven)
What cold weather animals are making you happy today? What animal can bury 3000 nuts before winter comes? Hear Laura and Robert choose what cold weather critters are making them happy, a song where Rob sings like a squirrel, awesome animal clues from 10 year old Daisy, and an interview with special guest, eight year old Raven. What animal is making Raven happy today? Here are some clues: It is big, has big claws, has hollow fur and it lives in the Arctic.
The Happiest Animal Show (on Planet Earth) is a comedy podcast for kids and families who love wildlife, with original animal songs, stories, jokes and special guests from comedians to scientists to kids.