How many geese?

5 years, 10 seasons, 100 episodes, 1 finale. The question of how to end How Many Geese is one we've mulled over for months, but we knew we really couldn't do it without the people that have the made the show such a joy for us to make - you guys. So join us on a trip down memory lane as we hear some of your favourite moments from goose history, pull back the curtain for some behind the scenes revelations and look at some of the maddest stories that never made it. Then, we're going out in style with one last visit to the arena as we face off with the only animal fitting enough to be our final foe. For those left longing for more, you can find us on our Patreon club, with monthly episodes released for only £3 a month - www.patreon.com/howmanygeese But for this show, that's us flying off into the sunset. It's something we're both extraordinarily proud of, and we hope it continues to make people laugh and amaze them at the awesomeness of nature for many years to come. Thank you for an amazing 5 years. Jack & Roddy

For 5 years, there is one country that has been our spiritual home - Nature's Thunderdome. In a homage to a place that has given us so much over the last 99 episodes, this episode is a deep dive into the most chaotic collection of creatures on the planet. But is Australia as dangerous as we've made out all these years? Join as we delve into the stats, make some surprising discoveries and crown the one true thunderdome... The fight segment sees Roddy tangling with one of the most bizarre looking animals we've ever welcomed into the arena, the Stargazer Fish, before we answer our final ever question on the show - if we were going to start an art movement, what animal would we choose as our mascot? As we near our hundredth episode and series finale, there's also a bonus clip from the Patreon too. Head over now and use code GOOSE for an extra 30% off your first month. www.patreon.com/howmanygeese

It's time to take the King's shilling and head out to sea as this episode starts with naval tales as a walrus takes on a Russian navy boat, before Roddy grabs a calculator and does some truly bonkers marine mammal maths. Once the calculations are finished though, we take a look at how our activities at sea have impacted ecosystems in ways (perhaps, the naïve amongst us!) would never have thought... That's not all of course, as we then head not to the arena - but a deviously constructed battle box for the fight segment against a crab, and then round things off by assembling our stag do teams (bachelor parties for those overseas!) from the natural world. As we near our hundredth episode and series finale, there's also a bonus clip from the Patreon too. Head over now and use code GOOSE for an extra 30% off your first month. www.patreon.com/howmanygeese

Evolution has carefully crafted species over milennia, tinkering with them in the face of each new challenge to produce the wonders of life that lay before us today. Today's episode takes a look at just how easy it is for humans to ruin that as we bend the species of the earth to our will in one of the most fascinating processes we've subjected nature to - domestication. Once you've wrapped your head around a crazy study that Jack is bringing to the table today, get ready for the arena as we're taking on the Quokka, an animal influencer whose no stranger to rubbing shoulders with the stars. Finally, we're offering you a choice - you're in a supermarket, alone, for 2 weeks. Red pill: Silverback Gorilla, blue pill: five Black Mambas. Choose wisely... For extra goose, find us on Patreon at: www.patreon.com/howmanygeese

Join us this week as we hide the machinery of knowledge behind the fleshy exterior of whimsy and delve into the world of robot animals. Armed with nothing but silliness, a can do attitude and ... a certain Australian's filmography, we take a look at examples of where creatures and cybernetics are colliding around the world. The arena expands this week to welcome Henry as Roddy joins forces to take on the Kakapo. Can this new formed duo take on the world's largest parrot? In the words of (none other than, and I can't believe she's making a reference before we close out) Helen Keller: "Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much..." But that's not all of course, as we close the show out by answering that most 21st Century of questions - which animal, is the animal Kanye West? For more goose, migrate over to the Patreon flock for extra episodes of the show: www.patreon.com/howmanygeese

Today's episode is sitting round the campfire with a torch under its face as we share some spooky stories from the natural world. We take a peek into the world of ghostly animals, both real and... questionable, before delving into one of the most extraordinary tales we've ever told on the show... Roddy then takes the fight to the mountains of Germany as he does battle with a subterranean monster - the Giant Rainworm of Baden. Then we stick with the giant animal theme as we answer - what would be the worst animal to suddenly be made Godzilla-sized? For more goose, head on over to our Patreon flock for extra episodes of the show: www.patreon.com/c/howmanygeese

Here we go listener, we have lift off on HMG's final voyage as season 10 kicks off in style. In honour of our noble goose mission over the last 5 years of trying to make a nature podcast that you'd have fun listening to, Roddy is shining a light on fun in the animal kingdom. Do animals just have fun? And if so, which ones and why? Our fight segment got Roddy dressing up all fancy as he takes on a foe you might not necessarily associate with a fine dining experience - the Babirusa. And then finally, to wrap up proceedings for episode 94, we answer a question that I cannot believe, in all our nerdery, we've not tackled already - as we cast the Fellowship of the Ring as animals. Find us on Patreon over at patreon.com/howmanygeese for bonus episodes!

Time to get those waders on listeners as we head into the aquatic realm for this episode of HMG. Martha Glennon, from Not Bourne Yesterday (and the People vs. Sea Otters fame), is our guide into the crystal clear, watery world of chalk streams - Britain's rarest type of habitat. We find out about what makes them so special, what lives inside them and what YOU can do to find yourself having a lovely time in a chalk stream just like we did... For more on the Not Bourne Yesterday, check out: www.chilterns.org.uk/flagship-projects/not-bourne-yesterday-chalk-stream-communities-of-the-chilterns To join our Patreon club and get exclusive episodes of the show: www.patreon.com/howmanygeese

Marilyn Monroe, Brad Pitt, Pamela Anderson, Marlon Brando... the list of heart-throbs goes on and on, but we at HMG have only ever had eyes for one bird. In this very special episode we head down to Hampshire, to the Hawk Conservancy Trust, to come face to face with the object of our affections. Tom Morath is our wingman for this very special date as he brings us face to face with the sexiest animal on planet Earth. We're also introduced to other brilliant birds at the Hawk Conservancy Trust, and learn about the amazing work they do to protect some of the world's most critically endangered birds - as well as encouraging, inspiring & educating the public as to why we should all care about them too. For more on the Hawk Conservancy Trust, check out: www.hawk-conservancy.org To join the Goose afterparty, hop on over and join our Patreon club for exclusive episodes of the show: www.patreon.com/howmanygeese

Listeners, allow us to welcome you to a podcast 166 million years in the making... Like most people interested in nature, we absolutely had a dinosaur phase (Jack arguably never left it). It's been an aim of ours to do some sort of dinosaur special on the show for a while, but never in our wildest dreams did we think we'd actually get to JOIN AN EXCAVATION. Have a listen as we visited a quarry in Oxfordshire to meet Dr Duncan Murdock and a team of experts, that are carefully uncovering dinosaur footprints for the first time since the Jurassic... Hang around until the end of the show too, as we've got some big podcast news that we wanted to share with you. For extra Geese, don't forget to head on over to the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/howmanygeese

In a masterpiece of editorial writing from Master Shaw, he rounds out the finale of season 9 with a deep dive into nature's finales - lost species and endlings. We're also setting foot into uncharted territory as we welcome the first Great Ape into the fight arena, as we make war (not love) with those promiscuous primates - the Bonobos. We finish our calibration with Green Feathers by looking at which bird has the whitest white feathers known to science before getting our James Cameron on and mulling over which animal we'd want to be turned into an Avatar of... Get your digital window to the natural world here with Green Feathers - https://www.green-feathers.co.uk Need more geese? Check out our Patreon! Come join the flock for extra episodes - https://www.patreon.com/howmanygeese

We're running around like headless chickens this week as the penultimate episode for Season 9 takes a trip to mid century America and meets a most unlikely celebrity - Mike the headless chicken. Roddy does battle with one of the most fearsome fish in freshwater in the Asian Arowana, Jack busts some myths on penguins for our sponsors Green Feathers and we get our best Hollywood agent acts on as we hire animals for their sound effects. Get your digital window to the natural world here with Green Feathers - https://www.green-feathers.co.uk Need more geese? Check out our Patreon! Come join the flock for extra episodes - https://www.patreon.com/howmanygeese

Something a little different for you today listeners, as we're delving into the uncomfortable truths surrounding bird feeding and whether it's the right thing to do... For more reading on the subject, you can download this excellent paper that talks about the potential ecological impacts of bird feeding here: www.researchgate.net/publication/353996228_Killing_with_kindness_Does_widespread_generalised_provisioning_of_wildlife_help_or_hinder_biodiversity_conservation_efforts This segment is from our Patreon show. Subscribe for £3 a month for bonus episodes here: www.patreon.com/howmanygeese

It's time to salute the flag and sing your national anthem with gusto listeners, as Roddy takes us on a tour of some of the world's national animals. Quizmaster Shaw is hosting Geese's answer to Eurovision as he unleashes an iconic animals Euroquiz upon your ears. In today's fight we welcome Patreon member Tom Hone into the ring, as he tag teams with Roddy in the frozen wastes of the Antarctic Ocean to do battle with a fearsome feathered foe from the high seas. Our Green Feathers segment looks at how feathers were integral to the foundation of some of the biggest conservation groups on the planet before we go all DIY SOS and build an animalistic construction team for all your property building needs. Get your digital window to the natural world here with Green Feathers - https://www.green-feathers.co.uk Need more geese? Check out our Patreon! Come join the flock for extra episodes - https://www.patreon.com/howmanygeese

Ready the tea leaves and polish your crystal balls, we are discussing divination with doves and dodos as Jack takes us through the ancient practice of bird augury - beginning in the most unlikely of places, and with a snail... But that's not all of course as Roddy does battle with a hellish giant of the deep - the deep sea isopod - and the pair discuss which animals would make the best gang for a dream blunt rotation. That's not all of course as our sponsored segment with pals at Green Feathers sees the hosts chat through some of the biggest feathers in the bird world. Get your digital window to the natural world here with Green Feathers - https://www.green-feathers.co.uk Need more geese? Check out our Patreon! Come join the flock for extra episodes - https://www.patreon.com/howmanygeese

In a throw back to when we disarmed the bat bomb in Season 5, we are donning our combat gear and heading to the front lines to look at how and when animals have been involved in war throughout history. With everything from a cat receiving an award for gallantry, to battle dolphins, through to how modern conflict is - in some instances - helping preserve parts of the natural world, we uncover the goose juice in some of history's darkest times. Then it's time for the fight segment as Roddy does battle with one of nature's flattest foes; the terror of trypophobics everywhere - the Suriname Toad. And after all that excitement, we round off by getting behind the control panel of evolution to answer what one thing would we change to tweak evolution's outcomes. Get your digital window to the natural world here with Green Feathers - https://www.green-feathers.co.uk Need more geese? Check out our Patreon! Come join the flock for extra episodes - https://www.patreon.com/howmanygeese

BOOM! Today's episode is blowing biology wide open as we take a look at exploding animals and why some species have evolved the most hardcore defensive behaviours on Planet Earth. Our journey into the world of feathers continues as we hop in the goose time machine to look back to their origins and see what the dinosaurs were dressed in. Then it's time for our fight segment where we welcome Patreon member Nellie nto the ring to help Roddy tackle the fluffiest combatant that's ever stepped into the arena - Chinchillas. And, after all that excitement, we blow off some steam at a party with the animals as we answer the question - which animal would be the best at fancy dress? Get your digital window to the natural world here with Green Feathers - https://www.green-feathers.co.uk Need more geese? Check out our Patreon! Come join the flock for extra episodes - https://www.patreon.com/howmanygeese

Listener, what's the craziest thing you've found growing where it shouldn't...? Whilst you get to leaving your answers in the comments, Roddy is taking us all through some of the wildest things that nature has sprouted in unexpected places. Then it's time for another feather segment with our pals Green Feathers, where we go all shmancy and don our Eider down jackets to learn about the extraordinary feathers (and prices) that these ducks are responsible for. Then it's our fight segment where the feathers will literally fly as Roddy does battle with the terminator finch hell bent on making us all have to deal with cherry stones - the Hawfinch. Then we atone for our wildlife brawling sins by putting our minds to a question on thinking outside the box to develop a new conservation strategy... Get your digital window to the natural world here with Green Feathers - https://www.green-feathers.co.uk Need more geese? Our Patreon is up and running! Come join the flock for extra episodes - https://www.patreon.com/howmanygeese

WE. ARE. BACK - and season nine (NINE!) is off to a flying start as Jack takes us through just what all those salmon hat wearing orcas were up to in the news - and used the topic to ask questions about culture in other creatures. If the fashion news of the century passed you by, then you can take a look at them strutting their salmon-y stuff here. Then, in our new sponsored segment - where we'll be featuring all things feathers this season - Roddy gets us started by taking a look at just what even is a feather, before going on to the classic goose juice and doing battle with one of nature's wonders - the weta. And it wouldn't be HMG if we didn't tackle a listener question - so we're off to Hogwarts to figure out just what our patronus would be... ... .. kind of Get your digital window to the natural world here with Green Feathers - https://www.green-feathers.co.uk Need more geese? Our Patreon is up and running - come join the flock for extra episodes and your chance to be on the show - https://www.patreon.com/howmanygeese

We are popping up on Christmas eve to share a sneak peek (sneak hear?) of our Christmas special which has just dropped over on the Goose Patreon! The full episode covers everything from 14th century Sardinian Queens, to Octopi on Christmas cards and a recasting of some nativity guests with wildlife's wisest wonders! (IS this the one time we will accept a chimp??) Sign up by the 10th of January and get 20% off your first month with coded "G00SE" - just head to www.patreon.com/howmanygeese Have a very Merry Christmas and we will see you in the New Year