The 'Perfect' Specimen
By The Natural History Museum, London
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Episodes: 26
Description
Does the perfect museum specimen exist? What's the squishiest? The most exuberant? Or even the most noxious?
We're taking a look through 80 million specimens to find the 'perfect' examples for you. Join us each episode as Josh and Natalie try to surprise each other with their choices from the collections, their only prompt? A single word.
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Finding this alive is like finding a plesiosaur in your bathtub
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Are unicorns real and can trees walk?
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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This beetle can survive being run over by a car!
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Natalie tells us why kangaroos are actually terrible mothers
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Josh quizzes us on the colours of nature
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Did witches ride broomsticks? Our guest explains why we might think so
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Why can no-one remember the time they used fish as candles?
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Natalie finds herself doing an impression of a pufferfish
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Josh debunks the myth of ancient cyclopses
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Natalie is not allowed to pick up our most delicate specimen yet
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Josh would rather have a cough than a salamander smoothie
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Our first guest brings a powderpuff with wings
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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What's beautiful and smells like vomit?
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Josh says don't research ostrich penises
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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How loud is that penis?
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Natalie gets schooled on tentacles
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Natalie brings a very venomous golf ball with legs
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Josh carries a fish like a clutch bag!
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Natalie has an excuse to talk about space monkeys
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Are there really that many ants in the world?
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Josh doesn't care about T. rex lips
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Mistaking a marine reptile for a communist
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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That time Natalie really annoyed a chameleon
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Natalie totally thought that was its butt
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Josh has questions about waxy whale earplugs...
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May 27, 2025 |
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Introducing The 'Perfect' Specimen
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May 27, 2025 |