You gave us your weirdest, funkiest, most charismatic creatures—and now, we're holding our first #CharismaticCreature Carnival, where we’ll highlight some of the most interesting animals out there with some spectacular experts who know them well. Hear all about two wet and wild creatures: the Hellbender salamander and the Mantis shrimp. Representing Hellbender salamanders is Lauren Diaz, Ph.D. student at Oregon State University, and on the side of the Mantis shrimp is Jason Dinh, Ph.D. candidate at Duke University. After three weeks of celebration, we will have our very first true inductee of the Charismatic Creature Corner Hall of Fame. Listen in this September to learn how you can help us crown the winner! --- Because of the pandemic, our show is currently pre-recorded, so the #SciFri​​ team have not able to take our audience's calls. We miss having listeners' voices on our radio program. We still want to hear from folks on our VoxPop app, but we're also experimenting with something new—we’re inviting our listeners to join us live for select recordings for #ScienceFriday​​ on the radio! The event was recorded on Wednesday, September 8, 2021. The segment airs on the radio and our podcast on Friday, September 10, 2021. If you'd like to join future live Zoom call-ins to get your questions on the air with us, sign up for updates at https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/join-live-recording-online/