Zoohoplology (ANIMAL DEFENSES) with Ted Stankowich

Barbs. Spurs. Stinks. Scutes. Shrieks. Fashion. Drama. Animal behaviorist, evolutionary biologist, Cal State Long Beach professor, and your new favorite Zoohoplologist, Dr. Ted Stankowich, divulges about putting your dukes up or curling into a ball so you don’t die. Either/or, sometimes both. I went to his lab down at California State Long Beach, for a tour and a chat about armadillos, skunks, pangolins, horned lizards, wombats, coyotes, kit foxes, poodles, porcupines, tigers, deer and the will to keep living. Visit Dr. Stankowich’s Mammal Lab and follow him on Instagram , Bluesky , and Google Scholar A donation went to the Pangolin Crisis Fund More episode sources and links Other episodes you may enjoy: Mammalogy (MAMMALS) , Ornithorhynchology (PLATYPUSES) , Erethizonology (PORCUPINES) , Carnivore Ecology (LIONS, TIGERS, & BEARS) , Cervidology (DEER) , Myrmecology (ANTS) , Paleohistology (WHY TEETH EXIST) , Behavioral Ecology (REPRODUCTIVE TRADEOFFS) , Screamology (LOUD VOCALIZATIONS) , Fearology (FEAR) , Vampirology (VAMPIRES) 400+ Ologies episodes sorted by topic Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes Sponsors of Ologies Transcripts and bleeped episodes Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes! Follow Ologies on Instagram and Bluesky Follow Alie Ward on Instagram and TikTok Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jake Chaffee Managing Director: Susan Hale Scheduling Producer: Noel Dilworth Transcripts by Aveline Malek Website by Kelly R. Dwyer Theme song by Nick Thorburn Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Zoohoplology (ANIMAL DEFENSES) with Ted Stankowich is an episode from Ologies by Alie Ward.

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This episode was published on Feb 19, 2026.

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