Mothers, Heroes - The Tooth & Claw Mothers Day Special: 2026 Edition
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What does the episode’s opening introduce and who are the guests?
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Hello everyone and welcome to Tooth and Claw Podcast. We have uh special guest today, but first I'll introduce ourselves. We have uh someone who says that he doesn't wash his hands after he peas, but then he remembered that he actually does. And that is Wes Larson, our wildlife biologist. That's so good to know. And then I'm his brother Jeff Larson. Well, I said you remember you do wash it. Right. I do. Yeah. You forgot. But you made it seem like that was like
I mean
that's what you said on the podcast.
I said that I don't think it's as important as people make it out to be. But I still wash my hands after I pee like ninety-nine percent of
the time. Um, I'm his brother, Jeff Larson. Um, and we have Mike Smith with us. Yes. And then we have Cindy Larson, the mother of Wes and Jeff.
Hi. Hi. Everybody.
Did
you teach us to wash our hands after you're going to the bathroom? Yes. And you know what else?
Yeah.
I actually wash my hands after I touch animals. Wow. Which could be a problem for you guys.
I generally do too. Uh you would tell us that if we didn't we'd get worms. And I was always worried about worms growing up. Uh is that true? I would look at my poop to see if there's worms in it. Yeah. Because I thought that I would have
doing poop this time.
How do the hosts frame the theme of motherly sacrifice for the episode?
I just told you that that's what I would do though.
Okay.
We're
not
doing pooper. Not
doing
pooper. Not on Mother's
Day. Scratch out all my notes.
Hey, this is so it's our Mother's Day episode. Yeah. Which we look forward to it all year. We learn that a lot of our listeners look forward to it all year. So uh a lot of you that are on Patreon have talked to our mom quite a bit. Whether you know it or not. Yeah. She helps us out on there, but she helps just through life too.
Yeah. Yeah. She does.
I try to.
What did you you told me, hey, you should put some cushions on your bar stool chairs that are scratching your floor. I said, No. And then the next day I realized you were right.
Yeah. I tried to do it in a question form, that's my new thing. Yeah. Like don't oh, do you want some pads for the for your chairs? So that doesn't scratch? And then you said, No.
I said, You're old And then
I I said, I'm going to Lowe's, I'll go get you some pads and you said no.
Wow. And then I got some on Amazon because you were right. Yeah. Yeah.
Jeff actually sent me a text that I was right. Yeah, it was nice.
That
is nice. Yeah. I've never gotten one of those texts. Yeah, I've only gotten one
from Jeff.
Yeah. Well, that was the only time you were ever right. Uh
no. I don't think. I don't
think so, yes. Uh nice try. Well, we uh really like this episode, as I mentioned, and we've done it pretty much since we started the podcast. Uh it's been really fun and we've had a lot of different concepts that we've done. And sometimes, you know, we do like stories of moms that save their kids or whatever else. And this year I want to do something special and just combine all all of our concepts that we've done in the past, but have kind of a central theme. And that central theme is sacrifice because moms tend to sacrifice quite a bit for their young, both human moms and uh animal moms. Is that true, mom? Yeah,
it is.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Do you know what's crazy is moms will sacrifice those nine months being pregnant. Yeah. And then they might have a kid that just sucks. And it's like I went through all that for this thing for a dud. This little dud. Yeah. This defect. Yeah.
Send it back.
I guess what I'm saying is thanks, moms. Shout
out moms. Yeah, shout out moms. Uh so we're gonna do a few stories that involve hero moms. We're gonna do a few stories of incredible animal mothers. That sacrifice a lot. And then we're also gonna do a listener story. 'Cause those are all things we've done in the past.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What does the episode’s opening introduce and who are the guests?
0:01–2:05
2
How do the hosts frame the theme of motherly sacrifice for the episode?
2:05–17:04
3
Which heroic animal‑mother story features a crocodile attack on a child?
17:04–50:26
4
What martial art would be best for defending against a raccoon?
50:26–54:03
5
Should we rate these moms and pick a favorite hero mom?
54:03–1:02:15
6
Would you rather fight a horse‑sized ant or thousands of real‑sized ants?
1:02:15–1:05:52
7
What mindset shift made your life better?
1:05:52–1:33:02
Speakers
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