Welcome to episode 111, after about a year's hiatus!

"Animus Prime - who let Mike out of the basement?" is filled with wacky animal stories, as our episodes are prone to do. Albatrosses, dragons, and military dolphins are just some of the friends we encounter in our second to last episode of 2024.

Giant sperm found trapped in amber

https://archaeology-world.com/100-million-year-old-giant-sperm-found-trapped-in-amber/?

Ancient dragon

https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-dragon-unearthed-in-japan-is-unlike-anything-weve-ever-seen

Nuclear codes

https://www.iflscience.com/your-password-may-be-stronger-than-us-nuclear-codes-during-the-cold-war-77173

Military dolphins

https://www.iflscience.com/military-dolphins-still-protect-around-a-quarter-of-the-uss-nuclear-arsenal-77088

Orcas attacking boats

https://newatlas.com/biology/orcas-killer-whales-boats/

Cocaine pollution in the ocean

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/cocaine-sharks-brazil-pollution-contaminated-water

Slingshot spiders

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/06/nx-s1-5214779/slingshot-spiders-rely-on-good-vibrations-to-catch-supper

Robot mushroom

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/robot-mushroom-biohybrid-robotics-cornell-b2610411.html

Stop planting trees

https://www.wired.com/story/stop-planting-trees-thomas-crowther/?

Don’t plant trees in the wrong places

https://www.sciencealert.com/study-planting-trees-in-wrong-places-actually-boosts-global-warming

Wisdom the albatross

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/06/nx-s1-5220094/shes-74-and-expecting-wisdom-the-albatross-astounds-once-again