logo
episode-header-image
Jul 2024
47m 57s

089 = Venomous Snakes and Doggy Legs

Matt Parker, Bec Hill
About this episode

On this episode...

🐍If you pooled up all the snake venom in the world would it be enough to kill all the non-immune mammals?

👢Do dogs have 2 arms? Or do we have 4 legs?

📜And we open the business briefcase. 

If you want to know more about lizard sampling, do that here: ‘Hierarchical distance sampling to estimate population sizes of common lizards across a desert ecoregion’: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.4780

There’s a great video by Technology Connections to turn signals and specifically syncing them up, you can find that here: https://youtu.be/2z5A-COlDPk?si=SWSE_FX3fuyLH1X0

You can find the rude praying hands here: https://www.reddit.com/r/teams/comments/xvpefh/can_we_please_talk_about_the_praying_emoji_on/

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/hand-gestures-in-microsoft-teams-free-ff2354cd-17fa-44fc-80c9-3d88c577a1ad

As always, send your problems and solutions to our website: www.aproblemsquared.com.

And, if you want more from A Problem Squared, you can also find us on Twitter, Instagram, Discord and on Patreon.

Up next
Aug 18
116 = Guess The Right Price and Why Teeth Might Splice
£ What’s the optimum strategy to win The Price Is Right?🦷 Why have Tim’s baby teeth fallen apart?🛠️ And there’s some Any Other Billy Bookcase BusinessHead to our socials to play along with The Price Is Right and to see a video of Ikea Wars!Here are the GIANT LETTERS sent in by ... Show More
51m 13s
Aug 4
115 = Jolly Good Euphemising and Hollywood Sign Sizing
🍆 What’s the “female equivalent” of phallic? What’s the font size of the Hollywood sign?🦈 And we’re always open for AOBusinessThanks to our excellent experts appearing in voicenote form - Dr Ben Whittle, Chella Quint OBE, and Linus Boman.Daan’s paper in the American Journal of ... Show More
55m 24s
Jul 21
114 = Delectable Dips and Dealable Decks
🃏 What’s the deal with cards?🫕 What is the perfect ratio of chips to dips?🍔 And there’s some Any Other B-B-Q-B-nessHead to our socials to see the card shuffle and patterns, Bec’s starstruck selfie, and our chips ‘n’ dips experiment!For all your homemade snacking needs:https:// ... Show More
55m 44s
Recommended Episodes
Sep 2024
The Snake: Lynlee Renick
Snakes are long and limbless reptiles covered in overlapping scales. There are more than 3,400 species, and many have skulls with enough joints to swallow prey bigger than their heads. Snakes are, in essence, lizards that have undergone a reduction in their structure and become s ... Show More
44m 34s
Sep 2024
Roundin' Up Rattlers with Texas Snake Man Jackie Bibby
This week, we're joined by the one-legged snake handler from Rising Star, Texas, who holds the Guinness world record for holding the most rattle snakes in his mouth (13). We chat about proper bagging technique, learning to face your fears, and how he keeps the peace with 10 ex-wi ... Show More
35m 9s
Jun 25
Crotalology (RATTLESNAKES) with Emily Taylor
Fangs. Rattles. Misconceptions. Crawl out from under your rock for the angelic rattle of one of the world’s most maligned, misunderstood, gorgeous, mysterious, efficient creatures. Herpetology professor, rattlesnake scientist and thus, Crotalologist Dr. Emily Taylor discusses why ... Show More
1h 21m
Sep 2024
“I WAS JUST BITTEN BY A SNAKE”
A man calls from the hospital shortly after being bitten by a venomous snake. Afterwards a caller explains why they lit their work computer on fire, and a final caller tells me stories from their time as an urban explorer.I never catch the shrimp in my mouth at the hibachi grill. ... Show More
58m 15s
Jan 2018
Tokay Gecko
Even if you aren't a big reptile fan, you should check out this episode on tokay geckos. Besides being adorable, they can also lick their eyelids, climb vertically up walls, eat their dead skin, watch their decapitated tail flap around, and more! Please don't forget to rate us, r ... Show More
13m 49s
Dec 2022
Travelpod: Trunks & Tails (12/22/22)
In this special Travelpod episode of Flip & Mozi's Guide to How to be an Earthling, Flip and Mozi learn all about animal's accessories... or as some humans call them appendages! Learn about how elephants use their trunks and how spider monkeys use their tails! Want to share your ... Show More
23m 49s
May 14
Araneology (SPIDERS) with Marshal Hedin
Why would a spider have a frog best friend? Why do they love your shower? Does lemon repel them? Should you rehome them outside? Why so hairy? How do you identify the harmless ones? Which ones get kinky? Hey. This will be fun. If you’re afraid of spiders, this is the best first s ... Show More
1h 33m
Feb 2024
“I WANT TO BECOME A DOG”
A caller confesses his desire to become a dog, and we debate if dog life or human life is better.Later an esoteric man ponders the “infinite checkerboard” of his memories, a healthcare employee transports body parts in a Prius, and a final caller tries to use a Twitch streamer to ... Show More
56m 36s
Sep 2023
“WHY DID I CALL A LIZARD?”
A father ponders why they have such an aversion to therapy that they have been driven to call my gecko show, I talk to a guy about the pros/cons of getting high in various aspects of our lives, and a pretzel chef disses her boss at the zoo she works at.There is expired soup in yo ... Show More
1h 1m
Nov 2023
TALES FROM THE TRAIL
A caller shares stories from his time hiking the Appalachian Trail, including encounters with cryptids, trail diarrhea, bears, and bizarre interactions with people on drugs.Then we hear from a guy in Denmark struggling to feel things and a final caller whose sweat allergy has ign ... Show More
1h 4m