August 25, 2025 • 5 mins
Welcome to the wildest ride through nature’s weirdest headlines on The Ben and Skin Show, featuring hosts Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray. In this hilariously disturbing segment, the crew dives into what might be the most bizarre theme of the summer: mutant animals. From fungus-faced bunnies to pus-covered deer and zombie squirrels, it’s a full-blown wildlife apocalypse—and the team is here to break it down with their signature blend of absurdity and insight.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome the wild life dudes a wild life news.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
We had wildlife news last week. Maybe it was two
weeks ago when I was gone, but I know that
y'all did the story on the new bunnies that have
been losing basically some of the skin on their face
and it's turning into like a fungus and it's almost
like tentacle.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Like, yeah, like antlers. Yeah, creepy looking, but apparently doesn't
hurt the rabbit.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
It's just a virus.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
It's just a virus, and we're all thinking it's the
last of us, though, yeah, this could happen.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
It's like chicken pox for a rabbit, but instead of
like a little red marks, it's little antlers.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
You know, I wonder if the first couple of seasons
of The Walking Dead would hold up, because we well,
like the first couple two or three seasons, right, but
now that we've seen the last of us, I wonder
if we'd be like, nope, no, not for me. That's
also hard to know because you know what happens to
the Walking Dead, So it's not like you'd be watching
it in good faith.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
You watching it?
Speaker 2 (01:07):
This is gonna go on forever, isn't it. Carl, Carl, Carl, Carl. Oh,
best thing ever happened to that show. Carl got it.
I was hoping that Megan was gonna knock off Carl's
head instead of Glenn's. That's when they lost everyone. He
killed Carl could have kept going. Well.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
There is.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
A deer now, a mutant deer that's been spotted in
a few states across the United States with puff filled
sores cross joining to This has been the summer. There
hasn't really been a song of the summer, if you
ask me. It's been the summer of mutant animals. We've
(01:50):
got the mutant deer, We've got the fungus bunny. You've
heard about the zombie squirrels.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Huh yeah, I saw that last week actually, so it
kind of sounds like these animals just aren't using protection.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Yeah, this deer's got deer warts.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Are there pictures of it?
Speaker 1 (02:09):
I need to see. I haven't seen pictures of this yet.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Yeah, google google mutant deer or deer warts or puss
sore deer gross.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Oh no, they're bad.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
Smell it.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
D e e R not puss sword d e a R.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
That would not You just have to type mutant deer.
It's gonna pop up. Oh yeah, I don't want to
take it. Man, it'll be good, Man, it'll be good
for the radio. Maybe I don't want to look.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
I don't want to look. Do it for the Metroplex.
They're counting on you to respond to the Metroplex. Oh god,
it is nasty.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Oh gross, it's nasty. And I won't be having dinner
tonight because of it. I'm just gonna sit dinner out.
It's gross, dude. It's just covered in little bubbles everywhere.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Yeah, they've they're binding this on mosquitoes and ticks, which
I'm yet to figure out. What are mosquitoes and ticks
good for? You can find good reasons to have bees.
Mosquito doesn't.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Ticks. You can never find any good reason.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
Do you think a deer like uh, you know, in
high school when you have acne, that's a hard thing
to overcome. Obviously, it's really hard for a lot of people,
and it's hard to find a mate.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Yeah, So do you think deer are like that? If
they're like that.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Is not a good looking deer, Dude, there's no doubt,
because here's the thing. Deer's got it pretty easy. First
of all. Have you ever seen the ugly dough?
Speaker 1 (03:28):
You have it?
Speaker 4 (03:30):
Dose are all hot but deer. This is the guy
that grew up on a farm. He's been saying that
about sheep and deer for as long as I've known him.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
But you can find yourself in a buck and these
here's the bucks. Like, yeah, clean face is not gonna
matter too much. It'd be great if you didn't have
deer warts, but they're already looking at your rack, right,
they know what you're capable of.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
I don't think they're face to face a lot. Aren't
they both facing the same direction? I mean it used
to be when they're grazing.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
I think you're talking about dogs. Well, yeah, it's kind
of the same thing as dogs.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Right, boy, If you're a hunter, you walk up on
that boy and it's a fourteen point buck, but he's
having relations with that hot dough.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
You got a choice to make. I put my gun up. Okay,
what about do I the people like, you know, killing
stuff with big horns on it?
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Right?
Speaker 4 (04:34):
And so if you killed that thing and then you
got up on it and it had all that puss, actme,
do you still do you have to go get it
some cosmetic work before the taxi armist.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
If you've killed it, Yeah, that's another thing. If you've
killed it, you can't you kind of you because you
have a limit to you can only kill like two
he or something. I don't know a deer hunting. I
used to know a little more about it. I don't
really know much more. I think you can only kill
one two. I don't think you're allowed to kill.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
More than that.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
You know, some of these people out there are killing
more than that and just not telling anybody.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
You know it.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
What.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
You've got the blood for it. Once it's in you,
you got the blood buzz. You yearned for nothing else.
I want to do it again, all right?
Speaker 4 (05:17):
Coming up in just over three minutes, we go around
the sports little Cowboys action for you, is everybody making
too big a deal about Micah resting during the game?
And cut day is tomorrow. Who are some big names
that are about to leave the Cowboys? That's all coming
your way next
Welcome the wild life dudes a wild life news.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
We had wildlife news last week. Maybe it was two
weeks ago when I was gone, but I know that
y'all did the story on the new bunnies that have
been losing basically some of the skin on their face
and it's turning into like a fungus and it's almost
like tentacle.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Like, yeah, like antlers. Yeah, creepy looking, but apparently doesn't
hurt the rabbit.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
It's just a virus.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
It's just a virus, and we're all thinking it's the
last of us, though, yeah, this could happen.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
It's like chicken pox for a rabbit, but instead of
like a little red marks, it's little antlers.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
You know, I wonder if the first couple of seasons
of The Walking Dead would hold up, because we well,
like the first couple two or three seasons, right, but
now that we've seen the last of us, I wonder
if we'd be like, nope, no, not for me. That's
also hard to know because you know what happens to
the Walking Dead, So it's not like you'd be watching
it in good faith.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
You watching it?
Speaker 2 (01:07):
This is gonna go on forever, isn't it. Carl, Carl, Carl, Carl. Oh,
best thing ever happened to that show. Carl got it.
I was hoping that Megan was gonna knock off Carl's
head instead of Glenn's. That's when they lost everyone. He
killed Carl could have kept going. Well.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
There is.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
A deer now, a mutant deer that's been spotted in
a few states across the United States with puff filled
sores cross joining to This has been the summer. There
hasn't really been a song of the summer, if you
ask me. It's been the summer of mutant animals. We've
(01:50):
got the mutant deer, We've got the fungus bunny. You've
heard about the zombie squirrels.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Huh yeah, I saw that last week actually, so it
kind of sounds like these animals just aren't using protection.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Yeah, this deer's got deer warts.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Are there pictures of it?
Speaker 1 (02:09):
I need to see. I haven't seen pictures of this yet.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Yeah, google google mutant deer or deer warts or puss
sore deer gross.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Oh no, they're bad.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
Smell it.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
D e e R not puss sword d e a R.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
That would not You just have to type mutant deer.
It's gonna pop up. Oh yeah, I don't want to
take it. Man, it'll be good, Man, it'll be good
for the radio. Maybe I don't want to look.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
I don't want to look. Do it for the Metroplex.
They're counting on you to respond to the Metroplex. Oh god,
it is nasty.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Oh gross, it's nasty. And I won't be having dinner
tonight because of it. I'm just gonna sit dinner out.
It's gross, dude. It's just covered in little bubbles everywhere.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Yeah, they've they're binding this on mosquitoes and ticks, which
I'm yet to figure out. What are mosquitoes and ticks
good for? You can find good reasons to have bees.
Mosquito doesn't.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Ticks. You can never find any good reason.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
Do you think a deer like uh, you know, in
high school when you have acne, that's a hard thing
to overcome. Obviously, it's really hard for a lot of people,
and it's hard to find a mate.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Yeah, So do you think deer are like that? If
they're like that.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Is not a good looking deer, Dude, there's no doubt,
because here's the thing. Deer's got it pretty easy. First
of all. Have you ever seen the ugly dough?
Speaker 1 (03:28):
You have it?
Speaker 4 (03:30):
Dose are all hot but deer. This is the guy
that grew up on a farm. He's been saying that
about sheep and deer for as long as I've known him.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
But you can find yourself in a buck and these
here's the bucks. Like, yeah, clean face is not gonna
matter too much. It'd be great if you didn't have
deer warts, but they're already looking at your rack, right,
they know what you're capable of.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
I don't think they're face to face a lot. Aren't
they both facing the same direction? I mean it used
to be when they're grazing.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
I think you're talking about dogs. Well, yeah, it's kind
of the same thing as dogs.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Right, boy, If you're a hunter, you walk up on
that boy and it's a fourteen point buck, but he's
having relations with that hot dough.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
You got a choice to make. I put my gun up. Okay,
what about do I the people like, you know, killing
stuff with big horns on it?
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Right?
Speaker 4 (04:34):
And so if you killed that thing and then you
got up on it and it had all that puss, actme,
do you still do you have to go get it
some cosmetic work before the taxi armist.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
If you've killed it, Yeah, that's another thing. If you've
killed it, you can't you kind of you because you
have a limit to you can only kill like two
he or something. I don't know a deer hunting. I
used to know a little more about it. I don't
really know much more. I think you can only kill
one two. I don't think you're allowed to kill.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
More than that.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
You know, some of these people out there are killing
more than that and just not telling anybody.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
You know it.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
What.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
You've got the blood for it. Once it's in you,
you got the blood buzz. You yearned for nothing else.
I want to do it again, all right?
Speaker 4 (05:17):
Coming up in just over three minutes, we go around
the sports little Cowboys action for you, is everybody making
too big a deal about Micah resting during the game?
And cut day is tomorrow. Who are some big names
that are about to leave the Cowboys? That's all coming
your way next
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