Fantastic Beasts: No Such Thing As A Fish Live with Sally Philips

This event took place on 21 April 2023. The information below is correct as of the publication date.
A miscellany of fantastical animal theories through the ages, with a special guest.
Animals have always fascinated us, but studying the creatures of the earth is often fraught with fantasy, mistranslation and error.
Join the self-proclaimed nerds of the No Such Thing As A Fish podcast, as they explore animal misunderstandings from the annals of natural history and beyond. With special guest Sally Philips.
A live version of the award-winning podcast from the QI offices, featuring the writers of the hit BBC show.
No Such Thing As A Fish is one of the UK’s biggest podcasts. Each week, four nerds gather round the microphones with their four favourite facts from the last seven days. The show has toured the UK, Europe, USA and Australia, won multiple awards, and has been downloaded 400 million times - and now it’s coming to the British Library for a one-off Animals special.
This event accompanies the British Library’s exhibition Animals: Art, Science and Sound.
The British Library is a charity. Your support helps us open up a world of knowledge and inspiration for everyone. Donate today: support.bl.uk/

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21:00 Training Owls; Matt Braunger did a tight 10 minutes on owls including the neck circle, and talked about trying to rescue an injured juvenile and animal control told him "It will NEVER STOP trying to kill you"

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29:45 James says "Guiness doesn't accept heaviest cat anymore" Which is good IN Cleveland there was a fishing tournament and there were fish with filets of other fish inside and lead weights, and I imagine some cheater trying to get a 3 pound lead weight into fluffy, (no seriously, he says "the first two weren't a problem"

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Exploding penguin poo/Exploding penguins; "Everyone knows penguins will explode around 8:30 if placed upon the tele... (Monty Python)