Who Let the Alligator Out? An Historic Animals Special

<p>As a treat for the 10th episode, hosts Luca and Ana share some wholesome (and hilarious) stories about interesting animals in history. We meet epidemic-fighting sled dogs, unsinkable cats, war hero pigeons, beer-drinking bears, catstronauts (cat astronauts), and more!</p> <p>Check out our<a href="https://www.themaydaypod.com/"> <u>website</u></a> and find us @themaydaypod on <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMaydayPod"><u>Twitter</u></a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/themaydaypod/"><u>Instagram</u></a> to say hello. Thanks as always to our composer and producer Marlon Grunden, who you can find at his <a href="https://marlongrunden.com/"><u>website here</u></a>.</p> <p>NOTE: We mention that the ship <em>Bismarck</em> was 9 days old – it had been through 8 months of training and sailing prior to that but had only just begun its first official mission 9 days prior to the events described.</p> <p><strong>Further reading:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Jack Couffer,<strong> </strong><a href="https://archive.org/details/batbombworldwari00couf"><u><em>Bat bomb: World War II's other secret weapon</em></u></a></li> <li>Aileen Orr, <em>Wojtek the Bear: Polish War Hero</em></li> <li>al Lewis, <em>Ships' Cats in War and Peace</em></li> </ul>