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Comfort Creatures

Comfort Creatures

188: Pinnipeds AKA Min Pins

May 28, 2026 · 43 min · 8 segments

It's pinniped week! Seals! Walrus! Sea lions! Oh my! This week we enter the splash zone and learn all about these slippery friends! Some cute, some... less cute! And, of course, some seal mythology!…

It's pinniped week! Seals! Walrus! Sea lions! Oh my! This week we enter the splash zone and learn all about these slippery friends! Some cute, some... less cute! And, of course, some seal mythology! Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joincreatures

It's pinniped week! Seals! Walrus! Sea lions! Oh my! This week we enter the splash zone and learn all about these slippery friends! Some cute, some... less cute! And, of course, some seal mythology!…

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Speakers: Ella McCloudHostAlexis FinchHost

Top entities: Proteus×8 Cricket×8 Non-fungible token London×4 Cold open×2

Show signals: SuitabilitySafeBiasNot politicalPopularityPopulartop 10%Audience≈604 followers

Seals 101: Biology, Species & Weird Features9:28 – 29:58

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Ella McCloudHost

9:28

This was my discovery.

E

Ella McCloudHost

9:28

So we're talking about seals.

A

Alexis FinchHost

9:30

Yes.

E

Ella McCloudHost

9:32

Um, I don't think we've talked about seals before because when we were then looking into seals, there were definitely some things that were news to me.

A

Alexis FinchHost

9:39

Yeah.

E

Ella McCloudHost

9:39

Um-

A

Alexis FinchHost

9:39

And if we have, it's been in, in context of other things.

A

Alexis FinchHost

9:42

You know, like seals get-

E

Ella McCloudHost

9:43

Like seal pups.

A

Alexis FinchHost

9:44

Yes, yes.

E

Ella McCloudHost

9:45

Et cetera.

E

Ella McCloudHost

9:46

But, um, I wanted to talk about seals because I just discovered some random things about them and I was like, "I gotta bring this to the pod because this is news to me, and it might be news to somebody else."

A

Alexis FinchHost

9:55

Yeah, yeah.

A

Alexis FinchHost

9:56

And it, even just the-

E

Ella McCloudHost

9:58

Maybe

A

Alexis FinchHost

9:58

...

A

Alexis FinchHost

9:58

the slight amount, it was news to me.

A

Alexis FinchHost

10:00

So.

E

Ella McCloudHost

10:00

It was news.

A

Alexis FinchHost

10:02

Uh, I think we just get into it.

A

Alexis FinchHost

10:04

[gentle music]

E

Ella McCloudHost

10:04

Yeah, let's do it.

A

Alexis FinchHost

10:04

Okay.

E

Ella McCloudHost

10:10

So where this started was I was writing with friend of the pod, Lex Croucher.

A

Alexis FinchHost

10:17

Mm-hmm.

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Seals 101: Biology, Species & Weird Features9:28 – 29:58

E

Ella McCloudHost

9:28

This was my discovery.

E

Ella McCloudHost

9:28

So we're talking about seals.

A

Alexis FinchHost

9:30

Yes.

E

Ella McCloudHost

9:32

Um, I don't think we've talked about seals before because when we were then looking into seals, there were definitely some things that were news to me.

A

Alexis FinchHost

9:39

Yeah.

E

Ella McCloudHost

9:39

Um-

A

Alexis FinchHost

9:39

And if we have, it's been in, in context of other things.

A

Alexis FinchHost

9:42

You know, like seals get-

E

Ella McCloudHost

9:43

Like seal pups.

A

Alexis FinchHost

9:44

Yes, yes.

E

Ella McCloudHost

9:45

Et cetera.

E

Ella McCloudHost

9:46

But, um, I wanted to talk about seals because I just discovered some random things about them and I was like, "I gotta bring this to the pod because this is news to me, and it might be news to somebody else."

A

Alexis FinchHost

9:55

Yeah, yeah.

A

Alexis FinchHost

9:56

And it, even just the-

E

Ella McCloudHost

9:58

Maybe

A

Alexis FinchHost

9:58

...

A

Alexis FinchHost

9:58

the slight amount, it was news to me.

A

Alexis FinchHost

10:00

So.

E

Ella McCloudHost

10:00

It was news.

A

Alexis FinchHost

10:02

Uh, I think we just get into it.

A

Alexis FinchHost

10:04

[gentle music]

E

Ella McCloudHost

10:04

Yeah, let's do it.

A

Alexis FinchHost

10:04

Okay.

E

Ella McCloudHost

10:10

So where this started was I was writing with friend of the pod, Lex Croucher.

A

Alexis FinchHost

10:17

Mm-hmm.

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