July 24, 2017
EP. 194 — 12 Animals That Could ‘Planet of The Apes’ Us If They Tried
If sci-fi movies have taught you one thing about species with queen-based social hierarchies, it’s that you should always kill the queen. Same goes for insects right? Kill the queen and the ant hill or bee’s nest goes away. Sounds good, unless you’re dealing with Argentine ants, who have about 300 queens for every 1,000 worker ants.
How do you kill them?
You don’t.
Where do they live? Probably Argentina, right?
Wrong, they’ve taken over just about every continent other than Antarctica. So good luck with your new insect overlords.
On this week’s podcast, Alex Schmidt is joined by Cracked’s Katie Goldin and Daniel O’Brien, as well as comedians Joey Clift, Caitlin Gill and Matt Kirshen to discuss ants, crows, cats, immortal jellyfish and 7 other species whose crazy abilities will allow them to take over the world once us humans are gone.
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West Coast! Pack an extra life, some elixirs and a poke ball. The next live Cracked Podcast is Saturday, August 12th at 7pm at the UCB Sunset Theatre in Los Angeles. Alex Schmidt asks Michael Swaim, Adam Ganser, Monika Scott, Mike Drucker and Brodie Reed, “what is the best video game universe to live in?” Tickets are $7 and available here: https://goo.gl/WCKg8f
Guys. Gals. Aliens. Did you miss the premiere of Cracked’s newest podcast, Cracked Movie Club? Don’t worry. There’s plenty of time to catch up. Hosts Tom Reimann and Abe Epperson feature a new director each month as they do a deep into four of the director’s films with jokes, insane behind-the-scene stories and crazy fan theories. And July is devoted to none other than Steven Spielberg.
Listen to their episode about Raiders of the Lost Ark here: https://goo.gl/ygBfW1
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Footnotes:
Caitlin Gill on Twitter: https://goo.gl/HblhwS
Katie Goldin on Twitter: https://goo.gl/GBnSWq
Matt Kirshen on Twitter: https://goo.gl/TC2tML
Joey Clift on Twitter: https://goo.gl/oXXSBe
Daniel O’Brien on Twitter: https://goo.gl/oQWtkY
Article: The Atlantic: These Dolphins Are Using Sea Sponges As Tools: https://goo.gl/Gic9E1
Article: Wired: Clever Dolphins Use Shells To Catch Fish: https://goo.gl/CBu32Q
Article: BBC: The Dolphins That Kill Each Other’s Young: https://goo.gl/GwKnDG
Article: BBC News: Ant Mega-Colony Takes Over World: https://goo.gl/JETzX
Article: Cracked: 6 Animals That Kill Nature’s Scariest Creatures For Fun: https://goo.gl/EPu58
Article: Cracked: 5 Animals That Could Take Over The World (If They Wanted To): https://goo.gl/xq0W1
Article: Cracked: 5 Animals Who Taught Themselves Eerily Human Skills: https://goo.gl/3R3zxb
Article: Cracked: The 6 Most Horrifying Abilities Animals Are Evolving: https://goo.gl/pZUW48
Article: Cracked: 29 Animals You Didn’t Realize Were Evil Geniuses: https://goo.gl/E49yS9
Article: Cracked: 5 Super-Adorable Animals That Can Kill The Hell Out Of You: https://goo.gl/wr0MWL
Video: Raccoon Tries To Eat Cotton Candy: https://goo.gl/yULLCR
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