Summer of the Bear and More Recent Animal News Stories, Plus a Conversation with Gianmarco Soresi
September 21, 2026
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5 min readSummer of the Bear and More Recent Animal News Stories, Plus a Conversation with Gianmarco Soresi
The past six weeks have been a "doozy of a summer" for animal attacks worldwide, and the Tooth & Claw crew runs through a packed slate of incidents from the Philippines to Lake Tahoe before sitting down with comedian Gianmarco Soresi for a wide-ranging conversation about animals, fear, and whether Tony Soprano is hot.
Octopus Face-Hugger and Coyote Encounters
Off the coast of the Philippines, fisherman Jesser Cervantes reeled in an octopus that wrapped itself around his head like a face-hugger from Alien, covering his mouth and nose. As he ripped off tentacles, more kept wrapping back around—"like when you have a whole armful of newly dried laundry and you drop a sock and you scoop down to pick up the sock, but another one falls off." He finally grabbed a thick bamboo stem and whacked the octopus eleven times before it released its grip and he dumped it back into the ocean.
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What you'll learn
- 1 Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks
- 2 Summer of the Bear and More Recent Animal News Stories, Plus a Conversation with Gianmarco Soresi
- 3 (00:01) **Episode Intro & Housekeeping** - Wes announces a vinyl release of the first episode and warns the episode may be more R-rated than usual.
- 4 (01:44) **Guest Introduction** - The hosts welcome Gianmarco Soresi and banter about a "world's wildest podcaster" article.
- 5 (04:05) **Segment Transition to News Roundup** - The hosts announce they'll cover animal attack news from the past six weeks before the interview.
- 6 (05:30) **Octopus Face-Hugger Attack** - A fisherman in the Philippines reels in an octopus that wraps around his entire face, covering his mouth and nose.
- 7 (11:10) **Coyote Attacks & Urban Coyote Colony** - Two coyote stories: a mother attacked in Arizona while protecting her daughter, and a coyote family living in a West Hollywood condo construction site.
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Show Notes
The guys begin by sharing some of the most head-turning, eyebrow-raising, and jaw-slackening animal news stories to hit the news over the past 6 or so weeks. They are then joined by comedian and all-around animal enjoyer Gianmarco Soresi to talk about... a little bit of everything is how we'll say it.
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