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Animal Development: We're Just Tubes - Crash Course Biology #16

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Hank discusses the process by which organisms grow and develop, maintaining that, in the end, we're all just tubes. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8css Like CrashCourse on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/youtubecrashcourse
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Evolution: It's a Thing - Crash Course Biology #20

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Hank gets real with us in a discussion of evolution - it's a thing, not a debate. Gene distribution changes over time, across successive generations, to give rise to diversity at every level of biological organization. Crash Course Biology is now availabl
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Comparative Anatomy: What Makes Us Animals - Crash Course Biology #21

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Hank introduces us to comparative anatomy, which studies the similarities and differences in animal anatomy to support the theory of evolution and the shared ancestry of living things. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8css Like
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Complex Animals: Annelids&Arthropods - CrashCourse Biology #23

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Hank continues our exploration of animal phyla with the more complexly organized annelida and arthropoda, and a biolography on insects. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8css Like CrashCourse on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com
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Chordates - CrashCourse Biology #24

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Hank introduces us to ourselves by taking us on a journey through the fascinatingly diverse phyla known as chordata. And the next time someone asks you who you are, you can give them the facts: you're a mammalian amniotic tetrapodal sarcopterygian osteich
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The Digestive System: CrashCourse Biology #28

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Hank takes us through the bowels of the human digestive system and explains why it's all about surface area. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8bCC Like Crash Course? http://www.facebook.com/youtubecrashcourse Follow Crash Cours
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The Skeletal System: It's ALIVE! - CrashCourse Biology #30

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Hank introduces us to the framework of our bodies, our skeleton, which apart from being the support and protection for all our fleshy parts, is involved in many other vital processes that help our bodies to function properly. Crash Course Biology is now a
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Your Immune System: Natural Born Killer - Crash Course Biology #32

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Hank tells us about the team of deadly ninja assassins that is tasked with protecting our bodies from all the bad guys that want to kill us - also known as our immune system. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8bCC Like CrashCour
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You Are An Upside-Down Lobster

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Vote PBS Digital Studios for 'Best Science&Education Network' in the 2015 Webbys -- http://vid.io/xqjk ---- Here's why you aren't built like a lobster. Subscribe to It's Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub↓ More info and sources below ↓ Follow on Tw
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Why Your Brain Is In Your Head

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The Coelacanth: A Living Fossil Of A Fish - Erin Eastwood

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-coelacanth-a-living-fossil-of-a-fish-erin-eastwood The coelacanth, a prehistoric fish that was mistakenly thought to have gone extinct at the same time as the dinosaurs, has managed to stick around our seas
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Did Dinosaurs Really Go Extinct?

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Welcome to… Jurassic Pluck Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @jtotheizzoe @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Most people are taught that dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago when a giant meteor crashed into the Yucatan peninsu
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Why Don't Scavengers Get Sick?

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Thanks to Harry’s for supporting this video. Use the coupon code MINUTEEARTH for $5 off your order! https://www.harrys.com/ Thanks also to our Patreon patrons: - @AntoineCoeur - Mark - @TodayIFoundOut1 - Emil Kampp Please support MinuteEarth on Patreon: h
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Why Do Some Organs Come In Pairs?

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We all have two of certain organs, like kidneys and lungs, but why not multiple hearts, livers or brains? Read More: Bilaterial Symmetry http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/evolution/what-is-the-evidence/morphology/bilateralism/ “Humans have body plans tha
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Do Crabs Feel Pain?

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Studies show physical reactions to negative stimuli in crabs may not be an automatic response. Do critters feel pain like humans? How To Create An Animal Hybrid ►►►► http://bit.ly/21eQ4T0 Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://dne.ws/1McUJdm
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TIL: We Have Lost 50% Of Wildlife Since 1970

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In less than two generations, population sizes of vertebrate species have dropped by more than 50 percent. According to 2014’s Living Planet Report, this means we have lost over half of our birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, and mammals. The situation is
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Which Fish Did We Evolve From?

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Today's oceans are full of fish with fins that couldn't evolve into limbs like ours. So, who are our ancestors and where did they go? If you're a fan of MinuteEarth but don't yet support us on Patreon, please check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreo
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How Snakes Jump And Move Without Legs

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Snakes 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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How Does Our Skin Turn Sunlight Into Vitamin D?

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We know vitamin D is good for us and that we get it from the sun, but how exactly does our skin make it? Do Vitamins Really Improve Health? ►►►► http://bit.ly/1RZ4T8j Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Read More: Vitamin D
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Tully Monster Mystery SOLVED!

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How is it that a Museum can have 1,200+ fossils of a particular species in its collection since the 1960's... and not even know what it is? For decades, it was thought the 'Tully monster' -- a bizarre animal that lived 307 million years ago -- was an inve
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Why We Sucked At Counting Fish (Until Now)

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Thanks 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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The MAGNETO SNAIL! (and Other Marine Gastropods)

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In 2015, a deep-sea discovery was described to be unlike anything else in the animal kingdom. It was a snail with a shell made out of iron sulphide, with some populations also having magnetic properties in their unique exoskeletons. It made me wonder - wh
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Pollution Is Changing The Sex Of These Animals!

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What if our gender was determined by external temperature at a certain point in fetal development? For these animals, this is the reality! How Does Asexual Reproduction Work? - http://bit.ly/28NW9Cr Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1
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Hunting For The Bones Of An Ancient Sea Monster: #bestjobever

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As it turns out, the Jurassic Park films are not entirely accurate. Aubrey Jane Roberts, a National Geographic Young Explorers grantee and professional dinosaur hunter (aka paleontologist) loves the films but laments the fact that they have not kept up wi
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The Physics Behind The Perfect Dive

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How do divers squeeze 4.5 flips into 1.5 seconds? Here's how physics plays a big role in readying the world's best divers for Rio. The Physics Of Baseball Pitches - http://bit.ly/2audbDl Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read
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8 Strange Animal Sleeping Habits

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Sleep is important, but not all animals need the same kind of deep rest as humans. From sleeping standing up to sleeping inside snot bubbles, here are 8 especially strange ways some animals catch their ZZZs. Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support Sc
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Why Do More Species Live Near the Equator?

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Go to http://Raceforretirement.com and see how the action gap affects you. Follow all of our Peru adventures on this playlist: http://bit.ly/SmartPeru ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Special thanks to Rainforest Expeditions for hosting us! Visit http://ww
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The Incredible Reptiles That Flew 200 Million Years Ago

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A 200-million-year-old fossil reveals the amazing body structure of a reptilian creature known as the dimorphodon. Not only did it possess wings, it was one of the first large vertebrates to travel by air. From: DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S CONQUEST OF THE SKIES:
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Why Do We Have Baby Teeth?

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What's the point of having baby teeth? Do they serve a purpose before our adult teeth come in? What Happens When You Don't Brush Your Teeth? - https://youtu.be/lN6qzCerVx4 Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Why Do We
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Why Only Some Monkeys Have Awesome Tails

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Almost all mammals with prehensile tails live in the neotropics because the forest is different there. Thanks to http://www.audible.com/minuteearth for sponsoring this video. Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth : _________
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You're Not Hallucinating. That's Just Squid Skin. | Deep Look

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Octopuses and cuttlefish are masters of underwater camouflage, blending in seamlessly against a rock or coral. But squid have to hide in the open ocean, mimicking the subtle interplay of light, water, and waves. How do they do it? DEEP LOOK: a new ultra-H
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Watch Flesh-Eating Beetles Strip Bodies to the Bone | Deep Look

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Dermestid Beetles are fast and fastidious eaters. They can pick a carcass clean in just days leaving even the most delicate bone structures intact. This makes them the perfect tool for museum scientists-- if you keep them far, far away from valuable colle
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Sea Urchins Pull Themselves Inside Out to be Reborn | Deep Look

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Conceived in the open sea, tiny spaceship-shaped sea urchin larvae search the vast ocean to find a home. After this incredible odyssey, they undergo one of the most remarkable transformations in nature. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LO
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The Double-Crossing Ants to Whom Friendship Means Nothing | Deep Look

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The Peruvian Amazon is a dangerous place when you're small. So the young Inga tree hires ants as bodyguards to protect its vulnerable leaves. Their pay: delicious nectar served up in tiny ant-sized dishes. But will the ants keep up their end of the bargai
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Thanks to Shrimp, These Waters Stay Fresh and Clean | Short Film Showcase

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In this short film by Freshwaters Illustrated, dive into a busy tropical stream ecosystem and learn how shrimp, crabs, and other invertebrates are creating a nutrient-rich environment for wildlife to flourish and humans to enjoy. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.l
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What to Expect From an Expecting Seahorse

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http://www.sciencefriday.com Although it's well known that seahorses and their cousins the pipefish are the only vertebrates where males become pregnant, researchers have only begun to understand how this unique adaptation works. By studying the behavior
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How do animals experience pain? - Robyn J. Crook

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-animals-experience-pain-robyn-j-crook Humans know the surprising prick of a needle, the searing pain of a stubbed toe, and the throbbing of a toothache. We can identify many types of pain and have multipl
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A Coconut Octopus Uses Tools to Snatch a Crab

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Coconut octopuses are among the most intelligent invertebrates around: They use tools, carry their shelters around for when they need them, and, fittingly, adopt an underwater walking motion that's very similar to humans. From: CRAZY MONSTER: Gulpers http
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The Incredible Tech Inside California's Most Famous Aquarium (360 Video)

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We visited Monterey Bay Aquarium to learn about ocean conservation! Swim alongside their incredible sea life in this VR video. Made in partnership with Toyota: http://www.toyota.com/priusprime/ Special thanks to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for making this e
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Why Is Poop Brown And Pee Yellow?

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To start using Tab for a Cause, go to: http://tabforacause.org/r/minuteearth2 The pigments in our food all get destroyed on their way through our digestive system...so where do the colors of our poop and pee come from? Thanks also to our supporters on htt
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If Your Hands Could Smell, You’d Be an Octopus | Deep Look

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Those hundreds of powerful suckers on octopus arms do more than just stick. They actually smell and taste. This contributes to a massive amount of information for the octopus’s brain to process, so the octopus depends on its eight arms for help. To
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Researchers have decoded prairie dog language

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This program discusses Prairie Dog Language -- the most sophisticated animal language decoded so far. Con Slobodchikoff, Ph.D., and his students at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, researched the Gunnison's prairie dogs Alarm Calls for over 30 ye
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7 Science Illustrators You Should Know

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Long before we had cameras scientists still needed visual documentation—enter the science illustrator! Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the
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What humans will look like in 1,000 years

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There will eventually be a day where prosthetics are no longer just for the disabled. However, it’s not just our outside appearance that will change – our genes will also evolve on microscopic levels to aid our survival. For example, an Oxford-led study d
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Insect Cribs

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Insects have the coolest houses! This is an ode to a few of the most amazing architects in the invertebrate world. We have a Newsletter! Check out our latest: http://bit.ly/2pYZA21 Field Museum artist Peggy MacNamara has a beautiful book featuring many of
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How Do Fish Breathe?

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Jessi and Squeaks adopted a new fish! They have him all set up in a nice fish tank, but now they have a big question: how do fish breathe underwater?! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreo
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Octopus Steals Crab From Fisherman - Super Smart Animals - BBC Earth

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Meet the Giant Pacific Octopus, perhaps the smartest of all invertebrates and the bane of many a Crab Fisherman. Boasting an enormous brain, this voracious poacher can adopt a number of creative strategies when hunting for Crabs. Taken from Super Smart An
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Snails, Slugs, and Slime!

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Jessi and Squeaks look at some amazing creatures that they found in their garden: snails and slugs! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids ---------- Looking for SciShow el
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See Hummingbirds Fly, Shake, Drink in Amazing Slow Motion | National Geographic

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They move so fast that human eyes see only a hovering spot of color, a blur of wings. But when frozen in time by high-speed cameras, hummingbirds yield their secrets. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographi
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Dragon's Blood Could Save Your Life

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Chemists have found potential drugs and other really useful compounds in some truly bizarre places in nature, and who would have ever thought that blood from the Komodo dragon could have a secret inside of it that cou
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Fun With Bubbles!

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Blowing bubbles can be really fun, but they're also a great way to learn some science! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on th
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Meet 3 Giant Insects!

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Jessi and Squeaks love looking for insects, but they’ve never seen anything like these before! Hi there! We at SciShow want to learn more about you and your opinions! If you have time, please take a moment to fill out this survey: https://www.surveymonkey
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Gourmet Worms: The Amazon’s Secret Ingredient

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For plenty of folks, eating bugs can feel like an exotic (and sometimes frightening) novelty, but much of the world regularly indulges in the plentiful, protein-rich invertebrates. In Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, certain insects are appreciated as true de
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How sponges ‘spike’ themselves with glass

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Rigid marine invertebrates use protein matrices to grow complex shapes with silia. Learn more - http://scim.ag/2zxUprN Read the research (free): http://scim.ag/2zyx9dg Note: This video has been edited to remove incorrect uses of "crystalline" in the origi
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Why Don't Spiders Stick to Their Webs?

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My 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 Pets Have Surprisingly Small Brains

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Thanks to 23andMe for sponsoring this video! http://www.23andme.com/minuteearth If you live outside the US, click here: https://www.23andme.com/ When we domesticate an animal species, their brains shrink and they freak out less. Thanks also to our support
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Why Is Blue So Rare In Nature?

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Duh, except for the sky… and the ocean… Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Among living things, the color blue is oddly rare. Blue rocks, blue sky, blue water, sure. But blue animals? They
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An Axolotl Is An Incredible Creature That Can Regenerate Its Brain And Heart

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*Editor's note: Dr. James Godwin is now a research scientist at MDI Biological Laboratory.* The story begins with the Aztec God of death and lightning, the Xolotl. As legends have it, he was a monstrous dog that guarded the sun god and ushered souls to th
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Snippet: Watch a juvenile little skate walk with tiny legs

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How did animals go from swimming to walking--what changed about their bodies? Skates like this one use the same neurons to walk as land animals. Because skates are an evolutionarily ancient animal, that means the neurons essential for walking originated i
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The Time Terror Birds Invaded

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About 5 million years ago, a new predator made its way from the south and onto the coastal plains of North America. It was a giant, flightless, carnivorous bird and came to be known by one of the coolest and most richly earned nicknames in all of paleonto
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Untangling the Devil's Corkscrew

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In the late 1800s, paleontologists in Nebraska found huge coils of hardened sand stuck deep in the earth. Local ranchers called them Devil's Corkscrews and scientists called them Daemonelix. It was clear these corkscrews were created by some form of life,
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The Great Snake Debate

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90 million years ago, an ancient snake known as Najash had...legs. It is by no means the only snake to have limbs either. But what’s even stranger: we’re not at all sure where it came from. Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios: http://youtub
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The Most Useful Fossils in the World

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Try CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/eons For decades, one of the most abundant kinds of fossils on Earth, numbering in the millions of specimens, was a mystery to paleontologists. But geologists discovered that these mysterious fossils c
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Milk Is Just Filtered Blood

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Join Honey for FREE at: https://www.joinhoney.com/MinuteEarth. Special thanks to Honey for sponsoring this episode. Female mammals make milk, a cocktail of filtered blood, to provide their babies with vital nutrients. Thanks also to our Patreon patrons ht
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From the Cambrian Explosion to the Great Dying

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You can go to https://Audible.com/Eons or text “Eons” to 500-500 to get started today with your 30-day trial membership with a free audiobook The first era of our current eon, the Paleozoic Era, is probably the most deceptively fascinating time in Earth’s
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The Loudest Bugs in the World

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Cicadas are small insects, but they're famous for being one of the loudest animals in the world! ---------- Here's a link to a video of a Cicada making it's loud 'clicks' in action! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mah26og11ms Love SciShow Kids and want to
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Fun Summer Science!

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The sun is out and Jessi and Squeaks are ready to perform all kinds of fun outdoor science experiments! Let's take a look at some of the fun activities they've done before, like making a kite, building a solar tower, blowing bubbles, and of course, making
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How the Chalicothere Split In Two

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Try 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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When Fish First Breathed Air

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Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/eons 385 million years ago, a group of fish would undertake one of the most important journeys in the history of life and become the first vertebrates to live on dry ground. But first, they had to acquire the
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How the T-Rex Lost Its Arms

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Support us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/eons Tyrannosaurus rex was big, Tyrannosaurus rex was vicious, and Tyrannosaurus rex had tiny arms. The story of how T-Rex lost its arms is, itself, pretty simple. But the story of why it kept those little limbs,
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When Fish Wore Armor

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Check out Hot Mess: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsaEBhRsI6tmmz12fkSEYdw 420 million years ago, some fish were more medieval. They wore armor, sometimes made of big plates, and sometimes made of interlocking scales. But that armor may actually have se
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Some Sharks Live for 500 Years, What Can We Learn From Them?

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Sharks aren’t just here for one week, some have been swimming in our oceans for centuries! Here’s how scientists discovered their crazy long life spans. How Seeker Will Collect The Most Extensive Data Set of the Pacific Ocean | The Swim - https://youtu.be
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The Mystery of the Eocene’s Lethal Lake

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Check out America from Scratch: https://www.youtube.com/americafromscratch In 1800s, miners began working in exposed deposits of mud near the town of Messel, Germany. They were extracting oil from the rock and along with the oil, they found beautifully pr
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How Small Are You Compared To The Galaxy?

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Ever wondered just how small (or big) you are compared to everything else in our galaxy? Watch more: What Would It Take For Earth To Explode? ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJJ7_ikTEYg&t=0s&list=PL8L0MzSk_V6JtEDRfRMyb6rFd1acqYSlO&index=10 Subscribe: h
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The Rise and Fall of the Bone-Crushing Dogs

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You can go to https://wix.com/go/eons to get started on your website! A huge and diverse subfamily of dogs, the bone-crushers patrolled North America for more than thirty million years, before they disappeared in the not-too-distant past. So what happened
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This Adorable Sea Slug is a Sneaky Little Thief | Deep Look

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Take the PBSDS survey: https://to.pbs.org/2018YTSurvey Explore our VR slug and support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Nudibranchs may look cute, squishy and defenseless ... but watch out. These brightly-colored sea slugs aren't above stea
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When Giant Amphibians Reigned

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Try CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/eons Temnospondyls were a huge group of amphibians that existed for 210 million years. And calling them ‘diverse’ would be putting it mildly. Yet in the end, two major threats would push them to extinc
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Where Do Teeth Come From?

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Watch the tasty new series “Tacos of Texas” https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdzQ_ilHPH3rQtgzo4nKM_g Remember to brush, floss, and SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Teeth. We’ve all got ‘em (most of us, anyway). But
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Soft Tissue Found Inside a Dinosaur Bone!

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In 2003, an exceptionally well preserved T. rex leg bone was unearthed in the Cretaceous rocks of Montana. Upon close examination, Dr. Mary Schweitzer found the bone to contain soft tissue inside - tiny blood vessels and proteins! Some claim that this is
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Did Dinosaurs Ever Live Alongside Humans?

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You may have been told online or at special interest museums that dinosaurs once lived alongside humans, or maybe even still live today. Here we look closely at this claim, and discover what science can tell us. This animation was based partially on two w
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The Wonderful World of Worms

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Earthworms & leeches, parasitic nematodes, bristle worms, velvet worms, bobbit worms! Dr. Anna J. Phillips, Curator of Parasitic Worms and Protozoa at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History took us back into the invertebrate zoology collecti
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Discovering the Past Through Dinosaur Poop

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Please support our videos http://www.patreon.com/scifri Although the praire outside of Choteau, Montana is best known as the fossil quarry that provided definitive paleontological insights into the parenting habits of dinosaurs, it’s also the perfec
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How Blood Evolved (Many Times)

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Blood is one of the most revolutionary features in our evolutionary history. Over hundreds of millions of years, the way in which blood does its job has changed over and over again. As a result, we animals have our familiar red blood. But also blue blood.
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Why are Fossil Shark Skeletons So Rare?

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Happy Shark Week! Shark teeth are among the most common vertebrate fossils you can find, and yet fossilized shark skeletons are harder to come by. Paleontologist and Curator Emeritus John Maisey explains how sharks' cartilaginous skeletons differ from tho
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The Island of Shrinking Mammoths

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You can check out Google's Science Journal app at https://g.co/sciencejournal The mammoths fossils found on the Channel Islands off the coast of southern California are much smaller than their relatives found on the mainland. They were so small that they
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Giant Amazon Spider Preys on Opossum | Nat Geo Wild

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During a night survey in the Peruvian forest, scientists saw a spider catch this remarkable meal. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoWILDSubscribe About National Geographic Wild: National Geographic Wild is a place for all things animals and for animal-love
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What Would Make This Fish As Smart As You?

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Fish might be smarter than you think. Blub Blub. Watch more: “What's Hiding Deep Within The Ocean?” ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2Zv3OOhQEQ Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://keeponthinking.co Fol
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When Giant Scorpions Swarmed the Seas

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Try Audible for 30 days visit https://www.audible.com/eons or text eons to 500500! Sea scorpions thrived for 200 million years, coming in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Over time, they developed a number of adaptations--from crushing claws to flatten
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What the Earth Went Through Before Humans Appeared

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What did the Earth look like 4.6 billion years ago? Nope, it wasn't the fancy blue and green ball youre used to. It was more like a giant rock covered in molten lava and constantly bombarded by comets and asteroids. There was no sign of life here yet noth
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5 Things That Make You a Mosquito Magnet

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Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try out Brilliants Daily Challenges. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. Every summer it seems like theres that one person who always gets a lot of mosquito bites. But what makes peop
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These Plants Eat Salamanders | National Geographic

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At a bog in Canada, spotted salamanders serve as a snack for carnivorous pitcher plants. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe#NationalGeographic #Salamanders #PlantsAbout National Geographic:National Geographic is the world's premium destination for s
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The Distributed Mind: Octopus Neurology

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CEPHALOPOD WEEK IS NIGH: From June 21 to 28, celebrate our favorite undersea creatures with Science Friday. https://www.sciencefriday.com/cephalopodweekIt was in a lab full of marine invertebrates that Dominic Sivitilli first glimpsed something uncanny ab
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What Happens If You Get Stung By a Jellyfish?

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Go to http://curiositystream.com/lifenoggin for unlimited access to the worlds top documentaries and nonfiction series, and for our listeners, enter the promo code lifenoggin when prompted during the signup process and your first month is completely free!
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Octopuses are Absolutely Bizarre! | Natural World: The Octopus In My House | BBC Earth

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You might already know that octopuses are extremely smart invertebrates, but did you know about their lethal intelligence, venomous beak and masterful camouflage?Watch more Natural World: The Octopus in My House - http://bit.ly/OctopusInMyHouseSubscribe:
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Gastrotrichs: Four Day Old Grandmothers

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These little hairy-bellied friends lead a very interesting life, albeit a short one.Pick up your own Stentor pin!https://store.dftba.com/products/stentor-coeruleus-enamel-pinSupport Journey to the Microcosmos:https://www.patreon.com/journeytomicroFollow J
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You Have More Bones Than You Think

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Go to https://www.curiositystream.com/minute to get a free month trial with CuriosityStream and get a subscription to Nebula bundled in for free!Because the ossification process can differ so much from human to human, we have a wide range of potential bon
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Meet the Most Important Animal You've Never Seen

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They predate the dinosaurs and they outnumber us by trillions, yet you might not ever have the pleasure of seeing one. So let us introduce to you, the nematode.Hosted by: Hank GreenSciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out
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512 Year Old Greenland Shark. Oldest Shark in the World.

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Researchers have found an ancient shark in the North Atlantic, believed to be 512 years old, which could be the oldest living vertebrate in the world. This particular shark, was measured at 18 feet in length and weighed over a tonne. By measuring the size
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The Hidden Physics Behind Your Breath

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You breath all the time, whether you think about it or not. But how does that even work? And what is breathing for? Patricks got all the answers to your oxygen-deprived questions in this episode. And yeah, theres physics involved. Subscribe to Seeker! htt
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Maggot Cheese, Glowing Worms and Edible Bugs

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This compilation is wriggling with stories about edible worms, glowing worms and scary worms that go on the attack. Oh, and as a bonus, weve thrown in a story about maggots. Youve been warned.SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/vR6Acb#worms #maggots #invertebratesT
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How Does Tear Gas Work?

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CS gas is one of the most common tear gases used in the United States today, but did you know its not actually a gas? We break down why it causes so much pain and the best ways to recover if youre hit with it. A reminder: were not doctors! Please contact
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How Did Giant Pterosaurs Fly?

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Follow me to @thebrainscoop! https://youtu.be/GB1IXOeOzpIWere on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below The largest pterosaurs like Quetzalcoatlus were closer in size to airplanes than birds. No fl
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12 Year Old Terrarium - Life Inside a closed jar, Over a decade in isolation

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In this video we take a look at the terrarium my brother made during his childhood. This terrarium was made between 2007 - 2008. This makes the terrarium at least 12 years old. Inside there is a variety of organisms. All of which have persisted within the
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The Shark That Ate Dinosaurs - Cretoxyrhina

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Millions of years ago there lived a fearsome shark that fed on almost anything it came across, including mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs and even dinosaurs...*Yes it's a Mosasaur in the thumbnail, not a dinosaur.Join our Discord server: https://discord
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Why Don't More Animals Eat Wood?

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Thanks to OIST for sponsoring this video. To learn more, visit https://admissions.oist.jp/Wood is abundant and full of energy, but outside of some insects, almost no animals eat it because the stuff it's made of is hard to break down.Thanks also to our Pa
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The Extinction Happening Inside You

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Thanks 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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Why Wolves Don't Chirp

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Check out Brilliant (and get 20% off) here: https://brilliant.org/MinuteEarth/Sounds that animals make can be really different, and it turns out that there's a reason why some species communicate with certain sounds.Thanks also to our Patreon patrons http
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How To Go Extinct

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Sign up for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/Nkq830qWCShOur new evolution simulator reveals that extinction often happens when conditions change quickly. Check it out here: https://labs.minutelabs.io/evolution-simulator/Thanks
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How a Hot Planet Created the World's Biggest Snake

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About 59 million years ago, the largest animal lurking in the ancient forests of Colombia by far was Titanoboa - the largest snake ever known. Its only been in the past few years that weve put together the many pieces of this puzzling creature, but it tur
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How the Egg Came First

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The story of the egg spans millions of years, from the first vertebrates that dared to venture onto land to todays mammals, including the platypus, and of course birds. Like chickens? Were here to tell you: The egg came first.Thanks to Fabrizio de Rossi f
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Why do you get a fever when you're sick? - Christian Moro

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Discover what happens in your body when you have a fever and why its role in our immune response remains a mystery to scientists. --There are many mysteries around fever, but we do know that all mammals, some birds and even a few invertebrate and plant sp
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Soil Is Alive!

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Jessie and Squeaks make a new friend named Grady, and he teaches them about all the living things you can find in soil!Disciplinary Core Idea:LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans - There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in d
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6 Types of Odd Body Armor

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From medieval knights to face shields, humans are pretty big fans of armor. But it turns out that other organisms use armor, too! Except sometimes, their armor doesnt look like anything wed expect.Hosted by: Rose Bear Don't WalkSciShow has a spinoff podca
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How Arctic Frogs Survive Being Frozen Alive

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Get 1 year of both Nebula and CuriosityStream for just 11.79 here: http://curiositystream.com/realscience using the code "realscience"New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscienceTwitter: https://twitter.com/
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Octopuses Can Smell, Feel, AND Think With Their Arms, Wait What?

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Octopuses think, feel, and smell with their arms. Scientists are using them as inspiration for innovations in material science, medicine, and soft robotics. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comThey ca
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Owl Eyes Are Shaped Like Tubes, Here's Why

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Owl eyes are specially designed for the dark to spot prey from afar. Here's how they see behind themselves and what makes their eyes so powerful. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comThe bigger the eye
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The Undying Hydra: A Freshwater Mini-Monster That Defies Aging | Deep Look

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Could this tiny creature, named after a mythical multiheaded monster, hold the secret to eternal youth? Related to jellyfish and anemones, the hydra has an almost otherworldly ability to heal itself and stave off aging.SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.g
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Crustaceans, the 'Insects' of the Deep Sea

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Crustaceans, of all the animal groups in the ocean, are by far the most successful. Coming in a boundless array of colours, shapes and sizes, crustaceans have diversified so much that they are often called the insects of the oceans, a title reflecting the
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The Unique Biology of Cephalopods

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Cephalopods exhibit some incredible features. Out of all 8,000 living species of marine invertebrates in the oceans, by far the largest, most deadly and most intelligent are the cephalopods. A class of highly developed mollusks that includes octopuses, sq
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The Great Marine Migrations

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Migrations are a key to survival in the marine ecosystem. From whales and turtles to sardines, by travelling to different locations, nektonic animals stand better chances offinding food or a suitable place to breed and raise their young. In this video, we
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The 500-Year-Old Shark | Greenland Sharks

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Greenland Sharks, Monsters of the Arctic Deep: Deep Sea Wonders The Greenland shark is perhaps the most peculiar species of shark, found in the icy Arctic waters often at depths of 2,000 metres, down in the midnight zone of the ocean. Living at such depth
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Why Sharks Are Covered In Teeth

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Watch the new season of MinuteBody - and get access to both CuriosityStream and Nebula - at http://www.curiositystream.com/minuteearth.Sharks wouldnt be known for their fierce teeth today if it werent for their ancient scales.LEARN MORE**************To le
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Once a Spawn a Time: Horseshoe Crabs Mob the Beach | Deep Look

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Horseshoe crabs may look scary, but when it's springtime in Delaware Bay, millions of these arthropods show they're lovers, not fighters. They lay masses of blue-green eggs up on the shore. At just the right time, they pop and release the larvae within th
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The Axolotl Salamander Doesnt Wanna Grow Up | Deep Look

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Native to the lakes of Mexico City, the axolotl stays in the water its whole life, swimming with a tail fin and breathing through frilly external gills. Its nearly extinct in the wild, but survives in research labs the world over, studied for its amazing
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Mysterious Trilobites! | The History of Life! | SciShow Kids

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Squeaks and Mister Brown pretend to go back in time to learn more about Trilobites, using special clues from fossils!Hosted by: Anthony Brown----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scish
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How lizards balance keeping their tails on and peeling them off

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To get out of sticky situations, some lizards detach their tails from their bodies and scurry away. Scientists have long wondered how the bones and muscles in these tailswhich help with balance and movementcan sever with ease when needed, but stay firmly
Cirroteuthid Octopus Billows Like a Circus Tent | Nautilus Live

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Dancing at a depth of around 1,600 meters (5,250 feet), this elegant octopus measures an estimated 1.3 m (4.2 ft) long and entertained our watch team for more than five minutes. Its really putting on a show for us, said a researcher as the cephalopod made
How to ride a pterosaur, according to science - BBC REEL

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During the Late Cretaceous, winged prehistoric creatures called pterosaurs dominated the air. They were the first vertebrates to master flight. They were not dinosaurs but closely related. Some were tiny, but some were the biggest creatures ever to have f
Ghostly critters from the deep sea: Stygiomedusa gigantea

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Stygiomedusa gigantea is one of the largest invertebrate predators known in the ocean, yet little is understood about its ecology and behavior. Stygiomedusa lacks tentacles, but has four extraordinarily large oral arms that are presumably used to envelope
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The Vinegaroon Sprays Acid to Foil Its Foes | Deep Look

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The vinegaroon also known as a whip scorpion looks like a Frankenstein creation of monster body parts. But unlike true scorpions, it doesnt use venom to defend itself from predators. Instead, it aims its tail at their face and sprays a blast of acid that
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Why 18,000 Bones Are Hidden In This Smithsonian Warehouse | Colossal Collections | Business Insider

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The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has over 18,000 specimens in its marine mammal bone collection, notably featuring a rare 8.5-foot adult Rice's whale skull. This collection is so large in both size and scale that it has outgrown the muse
AUSTRALIA'S KOOKABURRAS. Largest Kingfishers in the world.

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Australia is home to 2 of the worlds 5 Kookaburras. The Laughing Kookaburra is a well know and reasonably common species that is famous for its raucous calls, which could be considered to be similar to human laughter.They have adapted well to human enviro
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512 Years Old Shark - Oldest Shark In The World

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Hey there, have you ever heard of a shark that's older than Shakespeare? Well, researchers have just discovered an ancient shark in the North Atlantic that is believed to be a whopping 512 years old! Yes, you heard that right. This could possibly make it
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Why Snails Kill 200 000 People Every Year

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Did you know that snails are the second deadliest animal on the planet and responsible for around 200 000 deaths every year? Here’s why. Sources: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/schistosomiasis https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-08-13
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Sea Monsters Of The Past | SciShow Kids

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Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Squeaks is so excited to learn all about ancient sea monsters, like the plesiosaurs and mosasaurs! We'll also take a look at a fish wearing armor
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How To Get Venom From The World's Deadliest Spider

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Go to our sponsor https://betterhelp.com/veritasium to get matched with a professional therapist who will listen and help.Huge thanks to the Australian Reptile Park for having us over to film special thanks to Jake Meney for showing us the spiders and Cai
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Cockroach vs. Hydraulic Press: Who Wins? | Deep Look

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Do cockroaches -- those daring, disgusting disease vectors -- have anything at all to offer us? Scientists think so. They compressed American roaches with a hydraulic press, subjecting them to the force of 900 times their body weight. Don't worry (or do):
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How Caffeine Accidentally Took Over The World

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Hey MinuteEarthlings! If you join us on Patreon this month (April 2023) at https://patreon.com/minuteearth, we will draw you a custom MinuteEarth stick figure (that we could feature in an upcoming video) AND send you a custom coffee mug with your beautifu
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Ancient Humans Made Millions Of These - We Dont Know Why

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The Acheulean handaxe was the most common tool of early humans, but we still dont know what the heck they used it for.LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Acheulean handaxe: large, chipped ston
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Is Bigger Better?

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This video was made in partnership with Popsci! They recently published their "Muscles" issue, and wrote an article to go along with this video that you can read here: https://popsci.com/environment/strongest-animal-by-weightElephants might be strong, but
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Where The Weird Things Are

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We made this video in partnership with the Bik Lab at University of Georgia and the National Science Foundation.Life in Antarctica's ocean has followed a completely different evolutionary path from other ocean life because of how cold and isolated the oce
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How did consciousness evolve? - with Nicholas Humphrey

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Find out how consciousness is generated in the human brain - and discover the evidence suggesting some animals are also sentient.Read Nicholas's book 'Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness' here: https://geni.us/eCGsWatch the Q&A here: https://www.you

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