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Thank you, patrons! These are just some of the people who help us keep making great videos about natural history. Support the show and get fun perks at www.patreon.com/eons

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National Pumpkin Day is the perfect day to learn about the pumpkin toadlet: a teeny tiny frog that's... good enough. This little guy will make anyone feel like an overachiever just for just having working ears. Learn more from our friends at Bizarre Beasts.

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It's a holiday week here at Eons because this Wednesday is National Fossil Day! This year's official artwork represents the John Day Fossil Beds in OR. Fossils from John Day were part of episodes Eons344: How Weasels Got Skinny (https://youtu.be/n8xL5OoKhcA) and Eons321: What Happened To Primates In North America? (https://youtu.be/WNL9Jp9oeYA). We also mention this site in Eons515: How a Supervolcano Made the Cenozoic’s Coolest Fossils (https://youtu.be/2ofNufZVcMU). #NationalFossilDay2025

Join us on Instagram this Wednesday for National Fossil Day Bingo!

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In this episode, our friend and paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi drops by to show off her skull collection (relatable) and compare chins. She’s the host of NOVA’s Human - a new series that tells the epic story of our evolution. Check it out! https://youtu.be/qjH71hmrGGQ?si=iEkCC...

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National Fossil Day is October 15! We'll be celebrating our favorite holiday with our fellow natural history nerds with National Fossil Day Bingo. Our team came up with a variety of fun ways to enjoy National Fossil Day– things like visiting your local Natural History Museum, watching or sharing an Eons video, eating an angiosperm, taking a photo of a living dinosaur, and more.
Complete as many challenges as you can and tag us on Instagram when you get a bingo. Everyone who tags us in their bingo win will get a digital prize and will be entered in a random drawing to win a physical prize from one of our hosts. We’ll share the official bingo card next week! #nationalfossilday2025

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#OTD in 1999 Walking With Dinosaurs first premiered in the UK on BBC One. The six-part series was a landmark in science documentary filmmaking, using CGI and animatronics to depict prehistoric life. Then, just a few months ago, 25 years after the original, a reimagining of the iconic series premiered. It uses state-of-the-art visual effects and the latest research to reconstruct how these iconic creatures lived and died. Discover the incredible lives of dinosaurs unearthed from real-world excavations: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5...

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Thank you, patrons! Support from our patrons allows us to commission paleo art, work with our hosts, and continue making well-researched videos about the history of life on Earth. Join us at patreon.com/eons.

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Eons has you covered for International Podcast Day! We've got 2 seasons of our podcast for your enjoyment.

Season 1: Mysteries of Deep Time , and Season 2: Surviving Deep Time. Both seasons are available where ever you get your podcasts!
If we make Season 3 of the podcast, what should we do?

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Wake up, friends, its National Coffee Day! ☕️ Today, billions of people around the world start their day with caffeine. But how and why did the ability to produce this molecule independently evolve in multiple, distantly-related lineages of flowering plants, again and again? Check out our episode, "Why Does Caffeine Exist?" to learn more about coffee's perky molecule!

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Today is Ancestor Appreciation Day! We've added a bunch more episodes to our Human Evolution Learning Playlist to help you celebrate, including favorites like "When Did We Stop Being Naked?", "Our Most Mysterious Extinct Cousins," and "There's No Single Cradle of Humankind." www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

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