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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.
Animal Sidekicks (with special guest Mike Wilson)
What animal sidekick would you like to have?! What animal can spit water up to 10 feet? What animal poofs up like a ball in the winter? Hear Rob and Laura choose what animal sidekicks are making them happy, a song about chickadees, awesome animal clues from 5 year old Tucker, and an interview with our special guest, the multi-talented science songwriter and computer science teacher Mike Wilson. What animal is making Mike happy? Here are some hints: part of its name rhymes with the word “happy” and it is a rodent.
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.
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.
Sleepy Animals (with comedian David Gborie)
What sleepy animals are making you happy today? What animal sleeps 20 hours a day and only eats one thing? Have you ever been porcupine-tired? Hear Laura and Rob talk about some furry animals who like to take naps, a song about sleepy animals, awesome animal clues from 4 year old Willow, and an interview with special guest, comedian David Gborie, who is the current voice of Comedy Central! What animal is making David happy today? Here are some clues: it is a sea creature, it can hold its breath for hours underwater, and it can crawl onto land with its hard shell and its flippers.
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 grizzly bears, koalas, porcupines, moose, tigers or sea turtles, you might like this episode!
Misunderstood Animals (with comedian Alex Falcone)
What animals do you like that other people don’t like? What animal is covered in spots and makes a whooping sound? Laura and Rob chat about misunderstood animals that make them happy, plus you’ll hear a song about hyenas and vultures, a game show about animal sounds, awesome animal clues from fan Jack and an interview with special guest, comedian Alex Falcone. What animal is making Alex happy? It’s an animal that throws up its food when it gets scared.
Big Ocean Animals (with National Geographic Explorer Tierney Thys)
What big ocean animals are making you happy today? What giant fish is covered in smelly mucus and can suck its eyeballs into its head? What whale gave Laura chills? In honor of World Oceans Day, Laura and Rob chat about a special whale and a giant fish, plus you’ll hear a song about the ocean fish (also known as Mola mola), a game show about ocean animal sounds, awesome animal clues from fan Leilani and an interview with special guest Tierney Thies, a National Geographic Explorer and a research fellow with the California Academy of Sciences.