Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

This week we're replaying some of our favorite undersea episodes. In this one from December 2020, a team out of New Curtin University in Australia finds that pilot whales appear to imitate one of their predators, tricking them away from the hunt. And in equally clever but much more irritating news, a  neighborhood in Ottawa, Ontario reports squirrels are stealing the LED lights out of their holiday displays. Pilot whale study reveals copycat calls to outsmart predators (Science Daily) Red squirrels going nuts for Ottawa couple's Christmas lights, but reason remains a mystery (CBC) Join us on Patreon for $1 a month! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/support