Tortoise Shack Remote – Vibes & Scribes

Paolo Viscardi & Dr. Ana Panigassi #Vaginas In an extra special episode of Natural Selection Box, Ruth, Paolo Viscardi and Dr. Ana Panigassi tackle the most festive of topics: vaginas. What even IS a vagina and why do samba dancers have the best ones? Did dinosaurs have vaginas? And why did Ruth give up on a successful career in dinosaur erotica? Gather your loved ones, sit by the fire and pour yourself a brandy, then find the answers to all these questions and more on this Christmas edition of Ruth’s Natural Selection Box. You can wish Ruth a happy birthday @RuthieFizz - Artwork by @Ciaraioch - Ana's videos are @ here and find out more about the National Museum’s current Jurassic Skies exhibit at here” Please support these podcasts by going to https://www.patreon.com/tortoiseshack, we really do need your help keep this pod on the road!

Vanessa Ifediora and Michael Fry #CrypticCryptids In this week Ruth's Natural Selection Box we ask: Why did the Nessy cross the road? Do Humany-Watery-People object to being called Mermaids? Is Navan built adjacent to a Big Foot colony? How did syphilis jump the species barrier? And Are Puma's Fenian's? To not really answer any of these questions we have Photographer and Humany-Watery-People Advocate, Vanessa Ifediora and Joe.ie trouble maker/Neanderthal Spokesperson, Michael Fry. And you thought Brexit was chaotic. Buy Vanessa's photos at vanessaifediora.com and harass @BigDirtyFry at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW6sLbjZBlnjHOlvJxvatUw Please support our podcasts at: patreon.com/tortoiseshack Artwork by @Ciaraioch Intro by Tomás O Máthúna

Ryan Dalton #DrunkAnimals In this episode of Ruth's Natural Selection Box, with comedian Ryan Dalton, we ask the important questions: Did Jumbo the elephant really need that bottle of whiskey EVERY night; why do Starlings think the drink flying laws don't apply to them; could bee's drink you and me under the table and does Ryan have a pigeon head in his pocket? Artwork by @Ciaraioch Please support our podcasts at: patreon.com/tortoiseshack

Tara Flynn & Paolo Viscardi #Halloween Ruth’s Natural Selection Box takes a spookier turn this week, as Ruth is joined by author, actor, activist and fellow podcaster, Tara Flynn, AND by the National Museum of Ireland’s curator of zoology and entomology, Paolo Viscardi. They talk bats’ ears, hedgehogs’ screams, and a universal basic income for underemployed bees. Enter the Hallowe’en Selection Box at your peril! Support Ruth @ pateron.com/RuthieFizz - Listen to Taranoia - Artwork by @Ciaraioch Please support our podcasts at: patreon.com/tortoiseshack

Linda Hayden & Ilaina Khairulzaman #ReadyCetaceanGo What do sperm whales dream of? How many Michael D. Higginses long is a blue whale? What are dolphins up to? To answer these questions - and many more - Ruth is joined in her Natural Selection Box this week by comedian, social and political activist, Linda Hayden, and by science communicator Ilaina Khairulzaman. Oh, and a bottlenose dolphin called Fred might also drop in. Please show love to Ruth by supporting her @ www.patreon.com/RuthieFizz - Artwork by the brilliant @Ciaraioch Please support our podcasts at: patreon.com/tortoiseshack