Today on the show, PLAYTIME! It’s time to have fun in the sun, or the sea, or, you know, in a rotting carcass or whatever! Dogs fetch balls, rats giggle with glee when you tickle them, birds like to snowboard, spiders like to fool around… wait, spiders? We’re going to talk about all the animals who love to play, and the list is more extensive than you may think. With special guest Kimia Behpoornia.

FOOTNOTES:

1. Beluga playing rugby video
2. Beluga noises
3. Beluga sounding very much like a foghorn/crow/sea turkey
4. Wolf puppies play fetch 
5. Geckos play in space, spiders flirt with each other
6. The tale of "Pigface" the softshell turtle
7. Video of African softshell turtle
8. Rats getting tickles!
9. Crocodiles playing 
10. Birds like to play! 
11. CROWBOARDING!! 
12. SWAN SURFING!! 
13. Rescue owl playing with cat toys 
14. Dolphins yeet fish out of the water 
15. Absolute unit of a cat runs onto football field
16. Lion plays with a dead warthog (warning: warthog dismemberment, kinda gross) 
17. Lion playing with antelope prey (warning: no gore, but still sad/disturbing) 
18. Young hippo playing with a crocodile! 
19. Hippo and hyena sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G  

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