What makes a weird animal weird? Once a month, we'll introduce you to a new bizarre beast and explore the many answers to this question at youtube.com/bizarrebeasts!https://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3mlr3ff7fqs2yTwo wolves once prowled the mountains and forests of Japan. They were revered as deities, and respected as protectors of travelers and fields, until forces from outside the islands changed everything... 📺: youtu.be/UUKGQKkUKeE13 May 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlr3ff7fqs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3mlc6mq3bmc2wIf you want to work with the Bizarre Beasts team, here's a chance! Our department is hiring an Associate Producer to help us and some other cool channels. Check out the link if you're interested! [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlc6mq3bmc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3mko44cxxks2uHappy 200th Birthday @zslofficial.bsky.social! 🥳 The ZSL has helped us out on Bizarre Beasts many times and we're just so glad they exist. Check out their 200th celebration at zsl.org/200.29 Apr 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mko44cxxks2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3mjfi2dkgh227Kory Bing is an illustrator based in Oregon City, Oregon with a focus on strange creatures, extinct animals, and other oddities of our natural world. She grew up in the rural Ozark Mountains of Missouri and spent most of her childhood in the woods poking things with sticks and picking up snakes.13 Apr 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfi2dkgh227https://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3mhynzdppgs2oBraconid wasps are pretty weird! Here's an animation of a wasp injecting a host with its virus!26 Mar 2026 22:34 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhynzdppgs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3mh7alxziek24Special thanks to the folks at Ant Lab for letting us use this footage of wasps emerging from a caterpillar in our episode! https://youtube.com/shorts/VO-Miv5Zdlc?si=aedJPzzLdbEfts5a16 Mar 2026 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh7alxziek24https://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3mgq3ftkmdc2sOur braconid wasp pin artist is Sage Friss! Sage is a Missoula based artist who grew up in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and Montana. He's deeply connected to the world around him and inspired by nature.10 Mar 2026 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgq3ftkmdc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3mg6c7yvofk27It's World Wildlife Day! Check out the United Nations' Virtual Celebration and learn about conservation science https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcmvUXbdobU03 Mar 2026 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6c7yvofk27https://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3mg45zuifjk23If you guessed braconid wasps, you're right! Braconid wasps are parasitoids, which is a type of parasitism with a slightly different outcome. The host of a parasitoid, becomes a dual-purpose incubator and food source for its offspring. youtu.be/LmQNrI4aIzo02 Mar 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg45zuifjk23https://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3mfzewwplic2pThe survival of this family of insects is so intertwined with a virus that they partly share a genome. This extreme level of teamwork lets these beasts live their best parasitoid lives. Can you guess what the next bizarre beast is?01 Mar 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfzewwplic2phttps://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3mfcv5oj5cc2iHank loves the Mola Mola! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmCgOSt736jLi1v2gnvRAwihFFLxgVctY&si=ZWrtw73mzMDXnbio20 Feb 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfcv5oj5cc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3mdxzmuvldk2oIt's that time of year again! Wood you be our Valentine?03 Feb 2026 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxzmuvldk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3mdvek775ks2aIf you guessed Rajah Brooke's Birdwings, or ultra-black animals for the feature, you're right! Ultra-black generally means a shade of black that reflects 0.5% of light or less, and these bizarre beasts have areas of their body that do just that! https://youtu.be/aG06yKwabac?si=W7A5FNs1UeCm5RQ302 Feb 2026 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdvek775ks2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3mdo6wgx3ic2sOur next bizarre beast is really more of a collection of beasts that all have this one dark thing in common. Some may not surprise you, like deep sea fish, but we've seen it with butterflies and birds as well! Can you guess this beast, or it's bizarre feature?30 Jan 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdo6wgx3ic2shttps://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3mcfxwncsjc2bA narwhal’s tusk is actually an elongated tooth growing counter-clockwise from its head! Check out www.narwhal.org to learn more cool facts like that about the unicorns of the sea. https://www.narwhal.org14 Jan 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfxwncsjc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3mccyd5galc2oAll of the Endlings mini-series episodes are out now! You can learn all about these bizarre beasts that are truly one of a kind. You can watch all of the episodes at youtube.com/bizarrebeasts. PS - You can still snag an Endlings bandana at bizarrebeastsshow.com!13 Jan 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mccyd5galc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3mbp6tb5nf22zWhether you call them one-toothed, the one who points at the sky, or corpse whales-- one thing is for certain, this unicorn of the sea is bizarre. https://youtu.be/bTql5Pv0gf0?si=9JnKbgRnoKk4bWJ905 Jan 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbp6tb5nf22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3ma2dsncqes2wThe final episode of our Endlings miniseries is out now! Learn how Lord Howe Island Giant Stick Insects (say that five times fast) came back from the dead. https://youtu.be/PAzVFQ1-THc?si=aOEFpSwiFIZLXNrR15 Dec 2025 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma2dsncqes2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3m7la74ffdc24Is extinction really always a bad thing? In the latest episode of our Endlings miniseries, we discuss a case where extinction might be for the greater good... https://youtu.be/46xA35awnL8?si=3fkjQwyFo8bcJTqm09 Dec 2025 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7la74ffdc24https://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3m73uhe2wpc2rFor a limited time, you can get this Bizarre Beasts shirt! Our very own fashion icon, Sarah, hand-made the design featured on the front! ⁠ ⁠ Grab yours at complexly.store before Dec. 8th if you want to be the weirdest animal at your family's holiday festivities!03 Dec 2025 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m73uhe2wpc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3m73u3st5ac2uOur next Bizarre Beast is the Christmas Island Red Crab! Learn all about their weird mating rituals and how they took over Christmas Island in our latest episode. youtu.be/5YsJ7q7a7fA03 Dec 2025 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m73u3st5ac2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3m5cm54ajvk2oThe next endling in our mini-series is the Thylacine! Thylacines (aka Tasmanian Tigers or Tasmanian Wolves) have been extinct since 1936. Many factors contributed to their extinction, but our own zoological fascination was part of the problem. Learn more in our latest episode. youtu.be/YeMXE8XEmSU10 Nov 2025 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5cm54ajvk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3m4qkrvjrzk2aIf you guessed Mexican Tetra, you're right! This little tropical fish makes a great pet, but it also lives in cave systems in at least 29 different caves. In addition to the standard, this beast also comes in various versions of "cave flavor." youtu.be/PXW7xcESz-s03 Nov 2025 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4qkrvjrzk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social/post/3m4iuklg5cs2pSometimes we can spot when a new species diverges from a nearby population. Certain adaptations can even give us a clue about what’s to come. Our next bizarre beast gives us a chance to see what happens when a single beast makes an evolutionary change. Can you guess what the next bizarre beast is?31 Oct 2025 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:5ebq274thy4fdykdvhrokfjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4iuklg5cs2p