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These Salamanders Steal Genes and Can Have Up to Five Extra Sets of Chromosomes
83 views / 0 likes - addedThe genus of uni-sexual salamanders appear to be unique in the world--they are the only genus of creature that does this...and scientists aren't exactly sure why they do it. But they have some ideas.
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NEW Octopus Species Found
1,536 views / 8 likes - addedDuring the first dive of the Okeanos Explorer 2016 Hohonu Moana: Exploring Deep Waters off Hawaii expedition to explore on the northeast side of Necker Island, the Deep Discoverer remotely operated vehicle encountered this octopus, which confused several
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Can You See this Leaf Mimicking Grasshopper?
154 views / 0 likes - addedGrasshopper (Genus: Systella, Family: Trigonopterygidae) from the rainforest of Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.This Leaf mimicking Grasshopper is remarkably well-camouflaged. Its body resembles a green leaf with patches of brown and even leaf-life veins. Its mov
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Why Do Onions Make Us Cry? - Instant Egghead #62
1,149 views / 0 likes - addedAnyone that's chopped into an onion is familiar with the noxious fumes and irritating pain induced by an otherwise delicious vegetable. Scientific American editor Ferris Jabr explains how this bulbous member of the allium genus can bring us to tears. -- W
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Animal Size Comparison
1,186 views / 1 likes - addedDear world, As people were always demanding comparison movies, and wanted to see a zoom into microscopic things, I noticed how complicated the realm of elementary particles is. Maybe another time. But what about life? How small can it go? It makes you rea
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The Humans That Lived Before Us
413 views / 1 likes - addedAs more and more fossil ancestors have been found, our genus has become more and more inclusive, incorporating more members that look less like us, Homo sapiens. By getting to know these other hominins--the ones who came before us--we can start to answer
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Alien Looking Jellyfish
683 views / 0 likes - addedThis stunningly beautiful jellyfish was seen during Dive 4 of the 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas expedition on April 24, 2016, while exploring Enigma Seamount at a depth of ~3,700 meters. Scientists identified this hydromedusa as belonging to
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INDIAN GIANT SQUIRREL : RATUFA INDICA
640 views / 1 likes - addedThe Indian giant squirrel, or Malabar giant squirrel, (Ratufa indica) is a large tree squirrel species genus Ratufa native to India. It is a large-bodied diurnal, arboreal, and herbivorous squirrel found in South Asia. It is called 'Shekru' in Marathi and
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Spider With Three Super Powers - The Hunt - BBC Earth
2,210 views / 3 likes - addedKnown for eating other spiders, Portia is a genus of the jumping spider that is able to leap up to 50 times her own body length. Captured by stunning close up footage, we get to witness this amazing spider use its super powers to dine on prey three times
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Growing DRAGON FRUIT Time Lapse - Seed To Cactus in 113 Days
290 views / 0 likes - addedSince getting this one to fruit would probably take a few years i thought i would stop at 4 months. Will put it in a light spot at home and see how big it will grow over time."Selenicereus undatus, the white-fleshed pitahaya, is a species of Cactaceae and
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Leucothea pulchra — "The Beautiful Sea Goddess"
530 views / 0 likes - addedEXCITING JELLY NEWS! Our jelly team has successfully bred Leucothea pulchra — "The Beautiful Sea Goddess"—in a world first for this genus of comb jellies! So fragile they've been described as "barely organized water," these astonishing animals are now on
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Spider With Three Super Powers | 4KUD | The Hunt | BBC Earth
79 views / 0 likes - addedKnown for eating other spiders, Portia is a genus of the jumping spider that is able to leap up to 50 times her own body length. Captured by stunning close up footage, we get to witness this amazing spider use its super powers to dine on prey three times
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How Do We Know Who Our Human Ancestors Were?
900 views / 1 likes - addedRecently scientists announced the discovery of yet another human-like ancestor, but how do we determine if they belong to the genus homo? Watch More ►►►► http://dne.ws/1FEGqgr Read More: New Human-like Species Discovered in South Africa http://www.bbc.com
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Did The Brontosaurus Exist?
906 views / 3 likes - addedThe Brontosaurus technically hasn't existed in the living/breathing sense of the word for 150 million years. But did it ever exist? Was this iconic dinosaur the result of misclassification? Learn about the Bone Wars with Stuff You Missed In History Class:
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Snippet: Seemingly longest organism ever recorded, other deep-sea species discovered
370 views / 0 likes - addedThe deep sea is largely unexplored and marine scientists are constantly surprised by the creatures they find roaming the depths in darkness. While exploring the Ningaloo Canyons off the coast of Western Australia with the SuBastian underwater robot, a tea
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Hydras: Our Immortal, Tentacled Friends
533 views / 0 likes - addedWhile humans age and die (which is kind of a bummer), it looks like hydras will stay young and fertile forever. Why is this? And what can we learn from these tentacular microscopic organisms? Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the fol
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This Face Changes the Human Story
394 views / 0 likes - addedWere on PATREON now! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Greetings, fellow Homo sapiens. Our species is the only remaining member of the genus o
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Taxonomy: Life's Filing System - Crash Course Biology #19
1,232 views / 0 likes - addedHank tells us the background story and explains the importance of the science of classifying living things, also known as taxonomy. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8css Like CrashCourse on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/You
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10 Most Beautiful Snakes In The World
2,679 views / 3 likes - added10 Most Beautiful Snakes In The WorldIf you're new, Subscribe! http://goo.gl/djmfuXTop 5 Best is the #1 place for all your heart warming stories about amazing people that will inspire you everyday. Make sure to subscribe and never miss a single video!#vir
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This Mysterious Remedy Might Cure One Of The Deadliest Diseases
507 views / 0 likes - addedA tree in Africa contains compounds that kill mosquitoes and the malaria parasite they carry. Could this be the key to ending malaria? Why Can't We Get Rid Of Mosquitoes? - https://youtu.be/eg0CdYzpU2c Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.l
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The Island of the Last Surviving Mammoths
190 views / 1 likes - addedThe Wrangel Island mammoths would end up being the final survivors of a once-widespread genus. In their final years, after having thrived in many parts of the world for millions of years, the very last mammoths that ever lived experienced whats known as a
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Why Do Cockroaches Even Exist?
1,487 views / 0 likes - addedRoaches are more than just pests that crawl around our homes. Here's how they are actually beneficial and even essential to the environment. Scientists Create RoboRoaches - http://bit.ly/28LCXlL Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1P
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When Rodents Had Horns
339 views / 0 likes - addedThese odd rodents belong to a genus known as Ceratogaulus, but theyre more commonly called horned gophers, because, you guessed it, they had horns.And it turns out the horns probably had a purpose - one that rodents would likely benefit from today.Samanth
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Life in the Redwoods | Surprising Animals of the Redwood Forest
297 views / 0 likes - addedJessi and Squeaks are learning more about the redwoods, and all the different animals that live in the different layers!----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowIf you have a quest
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How Snakes Jump And Move Without Legs
1,463 views / 9 likes - addedSnakes evolved without legs, but how are they able to move? Why Is Everyone Afraid of Snakes? ►►►► http://bit.ly/1RLejo8 Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Read More: Four-Legged Fossil Snake Is a World First http://www.na
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Why Do Humans Have Such Big Brains?
766 views / 2 likes - addedHumans have some of the biggest brains and it's not only for problem solving. Why we have big brains might just surprise you... How Texting Affects Your Brain - http://bit.ly/2cb9uWU Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More
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Meeting a Wormlion Is the Pits | Deep Look
355 views / 0 likes - addedStraight out of science fiction, the fearsome wormlion ambushes prey at the bottom of a tidy - and terrifying - sand pit, then flicks their carcasses out. These meals fuel its transformation into something unexpected.SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/
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Think You Know Whats Inside a Camels Hump? THINK AGAIN?
244 views / 0 likes - addedA camels hump weighs roughly 35 kilograms. So what exactly is in a camel's hump? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comThere are three types of camels: the Dromedary, which has one hump, and the Bactria
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Is the Secret to Superhuman Performance in Your Gut? | The Swim
524 views / 0 likes - addedCould studying Ben’s superhuman microbiome unlock secrets about the dynamic connection between our environments, activities, and everyday health? How One of NASA’s Deep Space Challenges Could Be Solved in the Ocean | The Swim - https://youtu.be/ogpE0mem9x
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Why Don't Spiders Stick to Their Webs?
634 views / 3 likes - addedMy new channel Biographics: https://www.youtube.com/c/Biographics If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to support our efforts, check out our Patreon page where we've got a variety of perks for our Patrons, including Simon's voice
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Why We Sucked At Counting Fish (Until Now)
601 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to http://www.audible.com/minuteearth for sponsoring this video. A new fish counting method has revealed there are ten times more fish in the sea than we previously thought.* *But unfortunately, this doesn't mean we're not overfishing. If you liked
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How Sloths Went From the Seas to the Trees
561 views / 0 likes - addedThe story of sloths is one of astounding ecological variability, with some foraging in the seas, others living underground, and others still hiding from predators in towering cliffs. So why are their only living relatives in the trees? Thanks to Ceri Thom
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10 Creatures That Prove Superpowers Actually Exist in Real Life
744 views / 0 likes - addedSuperpowers like living forever, surviving without oxygen and imitating any sound. Bright Side found some creatures with abilities that are even more surprising, funny, weird, and sometimes disgusting than any superhero. Animation is created by Bright Sid
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Top 10 CREEPY DEEP SEA Creatures Recently Discovered
1,101 views / 3 likes - addedTop 10 CREEPY DEEP SEA Creatures Recently DiscoveredIf you're new, Subscribe! http://goo.gl/djmfuXTop 5 Best is the #1 place for all your heart warming stories about amazing people that will inspire you everyday. Make sure to subscribe and never miss a si
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So ... Sometimes Fireflies Eat Other Fireflies | Deep Look
488 views / 0 likes - addedMost firefly flashes are pure romance, a sexy form of skywriting. But one variety copies the mating signals of others to lure them to their demise. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK: a new ultra-HD (4K) short video series created by K
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Which Bear Is Best?
577 views / 0 likes - addedWhy do some species flourish and others falter? Sometimes it just comes down to luck. A big thank-you to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth : - Today I Found Out - Maarten Bremer - Jeff Straathof - Mark Roth - Tony Fadell - Muhammad Shi
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This Is Not A Pine Tree
781 views / 1 likes - addedThanks for watching this video and thanks to all of our Patreon supporters who make MinuteEarth possible. If you'd like to support us as well, you can go to https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth. We really appreciate it. Thanks also to our Patreon patrons:
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The Missing Link That Wasn't
394 views / 1 likes - addedThe myth of the Missing Link--the idea that there must be a specimen that partly resembles an ape but also partly resembles a modern human--is persistent. But the reality is that there is no missing link in our lineage, because thats not how evolution wor
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Your Place in the Primate Family Tree
454 views / 0 likes - addedOur new sticker is available here: https://store.dftba.com/collections/eons And check out Tacos of Texas!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh_qdzak59m68-i4M441Rkr5j8c_mQ-en Purgatorius, a kind of mammal called a plesiadapiform, might’ve been one of
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The Extinction Happening Inside You
318 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Our modern lifestyle and diet are leading to the extinction of parts of our microbiome, but we can use what we've learned from dealing with nearly-extinct macrobio
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How Humans Made Malaria So Deadly
920 views / 2 likes - addedThanks to http://www.givewell.org/ for sponsoring this video! To learn more about the Against Malaria Foundation, visit: http://www.givewell.org/AMF or https://www.againstmalaria.com. Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth __
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How the Chalicothere Split In Two
502 views / 1 likes - addedTry CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/eons Two extinct relatives of horses and rhinos are closely related to each other but have strikingly different body plans. How did two of the same kind of animal, living in the same place, end up look
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Orchids: The Masters Of Lying, Cheating & Stealing
737 views / 2 likes - addedThanks to Curtin University and the University of Western Australia for sponsoring this video. Also, special thanks to Kingsley Dixon and the Orchid Specialist Group of the IUCN’s Species Survival Commission. ______ If you want to learn more about this to
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