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10-year-old girl keeps same pet tortoise 56 years

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For her 10th birthday, in 1962, Jeanna Smith was surprised with a special gift: a pet tortoise. Now, Boyd Huppert checks in on the pair - still together, 56 years later. kare11.tv/2Hq0n17
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This Tortoise Could Be Extinct in 20 Years

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Endemic to the dry southern forests of Madagascar, the radiated tortoise has an incredibly long lifespan—the oldest tortoise on record reached an estimated 188 years of age. They boast highly intricate, dome-shaped shells lined with blood vessels, making
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The Tortoise and the Hare | Bedtime Stories | Story time | Made by Red Cat Reading

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The Tortoise and The Hare read by Maryssa.Find more FREE stories at https://www.redcatreading.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_content=description&utm_campaign=tortoiseandhare-read-along-youtubeSit back and enjoy this Bedtime story with your k
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The Wonders of Tortoise Tunnel | BBC

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In Florida, Sir David Attenborough uses a remotely controlled camera to follow a Gopher Tortoise into a burrow. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCStudios WATCH MORE: Hiroshima: http://bit.ly/BBCHiroshima Horizon: http://bit.ly/BBCHorizon Best of Alan Partridge:
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This Tortoise Will Outlive Us All

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Meet Mr. Mac, an Aldabra tortoise at Zoo Boise. He’s a hefty fellow, and he’s seen a whole lotta life. Endowed with an enormous domed shell, large claws and a long neck, these tortoises can grow up to four feet in length and 500 pounds in weight. And with
Meet Two Galapagos Tortoise Hatchlings at Taronga Western Plains Zoo

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Over the course of their lives these little ones will grow from 80 grams to over 150kg! Watch and learn all about Galapagos Tortoise juveniles as Keeper Jordy introduces us to 6 year old Pena and Turbo.There are lots more behind-the-scenes videos at http:
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Bon-chan 2 : Next chapter | An old man and his giant tortoise take a walk

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In Tokyo’s downtown area Tsukishima, famous for its monja-yaki (savoury pancakes), African spurred tortoise Bon-chan and its owner Mr. Mitani are going for a walk through the area’s shopping street since 13 years. Bon-chan is not only popular
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Watch This 1940s Robotic Tortoise Navigate A Room By Itself | Impossible Engineering

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Impossible Engineering | Thursdays at 9/8c The "Tortoise" was built by William Grey Walter in 1948 and used sensors for light and movement to form a simple nervous system. Full Episodes Streaming FREE on Science Channel GO: https://www.sciencechannelgo.co
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6 Animals with Extraordinary Adaptations to Cave Life

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Living in a cave isn’t easy, but these six cave-dwelling animals have gained some amazing traits to help them survive there! Hosted by: Michael Aranda Head to https://scishowfinds.com/ for hand selected artifacts of the universe! ---------- Support SciSho
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Spy Tortoise Adopted by Chimpanzee | Spy in The Wild | BBC Earth

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Spy Tortoise becomes best mates with a friendly chimp! Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthPlaylist Blue Planet http://bit.ly/BluePlanetPlaylist Planet Earth II http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthIIPlaylist Planet
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How the Gopher Tortoise Saves Hundreds of Animals from Wildfire

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When wildfires amass in Florida's Longleaf Pine forest, the animals must find a way to cope.Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed it! http://bit.ly/1Adl6ht **More info & videos below**Wild Florida premieres Wednesday, February 12, at 8|7c on PBS ------
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The Amazing Adaptations of Cave Animals! | Let's Explore Caves! | SciShow Kids

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Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Mister Brown and Squeaks are visiting Sam the Bat's family in their cave! Now, animals that live in caves are pretty special. Since caves are real
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Turtle Time with Dr. Turtleman!

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Jessi and Squeaks are on a beach vacation, so they've called in their pal, Dr. Lawrence Turtleman, to take over the show for today! And what is he going to teach you about? Turtles, of course! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Beco
Why Do Deep-Sea Animals Look So Weird? | Monterey Bay Aquarium's Into The Deep

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"Strange." "Alien." "Bizarre." "Scary." These are just some of the words used to describe deep-sea creaturesbut what if they're *not* the weird ones?! Join Monterey Bay Aquarium scientists Alicia, Ellen, Mackenzie and Tommy to learn more about the fascina
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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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Rollback toy building instructions... Great STEM activity

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STEM building project challenge, design variations to the basic rollback design. How about walking feet , jumping grasshoppers, frogs, kangaroos moonwalking shoes and a rabbit racing against a tortoise. All these examples plus a few more can be added to t
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The Wonderful World of Deep Sea Worms

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Polychaete worms in the deep sea are among the most diverse organisms in the ocean. From giant tube worms and Pompeii worms at deep sea vents, to the ghostly tomopteris in the twilight zone, they display a number of unique adaptations in order to survive
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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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Why are sloths so slow? - Kenny Coogan

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-are-sloths-so-slow-kenny-coogan Sloths spend most of their time eating, resting, or sleeping; in fact, they descend from their treetops canopies just once a week, for a bathroom break. How are these creature
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I, Octopus

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SCIENCE FRIDAY'S CEPHALOPOD WEEK 2016 BEGINS May 17th! http://www.sciencefriday.com/cephalopodweek With thousands of chemically-sensitive suckers, color-changing skin, and a brain that literally stretches when they eat, octopuses seem like aliens living i
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"The Greatest Galapagos Discovery In Over 100 Years!" | Extinct or Alive?

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The Fernandina tortoise lives one one specific island in the Galapagos, but has only ever been seen once, and is thought to have been extinct for over 100 years. Forrest and his crew set out to prove that the elusive animal still exists. Stream Full Episo
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The Bug Hunting Game!

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There are some animals with special adaptations that help them blend in to the places they live! See for yourself how this works as you take on the role of a hungry bird looking for tasty bugs! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Bec
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Can Turtles Take Off Their Shell?

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One of the most defining features of a turtle is its shell. Like all animals, turtles come in a variety of shapes and sizes and this is also true for its shell as well. When you think of a turtle’s shell, what comes to mind is the probably the hard dome s
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Why Sharks get Creepier the Deeper you Go

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Why Deep Sea Sharks Appear so Mysterious. Sharks have ruled the deep sea for 450 million years. A time during which sharks have adapted and diversified into an array of weird and wonderful species. Many, like the well-known Great White Shark, have adapted
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Spy Monkey Mistaken for Dead Baby and Mourned by Troop (FULL CLIP) | Spy In The Wild | BBC Earth

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Join this troop of Langur monkeys as they grieve the fallen. Doesn't matter if it's an animatronic Spy Monkey; it was still part of the family. Now scrub up, it's time for the funeral. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more: Planet Earth http://b
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David Attenborough Meets The Rarest Animal in the WORLD?! | "The Last of His Kind" | Nature Bites

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Lonesome George is the last of his kind, a Pinta Island species of the giant Galapagos tortoises. David Attenborough tells his extraordinary story as two legends meet, just a few weeks before Lonesome George's death... Lonesome George was a male Pinta Isl
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Nature's fortress: How cacti keep water in and predators out - Lucas C. Majure

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Discover the adaptations that allow cacti to not only survive, but thrive, in some of the harshest desert climates on Earth. --If you were a jackrabbit in the desert, youd be glad to stumble across a cactus: the flesh of these plants is a water source for
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These animals are also plants wait, what? - Luka Seamus Wright

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Explore the incredible adaptations of Elysia chlorotica, a species of sea slug that can photosynthesize food. --The species of slug known as Elysia chlorotica may not look like much it resembles a bright green leaf but its one of the most extraordinary cr
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The sharks that hunt in forests - Luka Seamus Wright

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Discover the unique adaptations of marine forests, the ecosystems that provide food and shelter for sharks and diverse coastal species.--Forests dont usually come to mind as a habitat for sharks. But marine forests provide a home for 35% of the worlds sha
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Amazing Ways to Live in the Desert!

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Life in a desert can be tough, but the plants, animals, and people that live there have some special skills to help them survive! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids ---
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Rescuing a 90-Year-Old Turtle!

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We rescued a very old box turtle and a teenage red footed tortoise from improper care. Both have medical issues and will need lots of special care and good husbandry from now on.Our Video Sponsors:Tori ZecchiniKatie ApplebeeDonald EckelsSean GuthrieDaniel
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Armadillos: Animals with Armor!

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Animals use all kinds of tricks and adaptations to keep themselves safe from predators, but armadillos stand out for a really special reason: they have their own, built-in suit of armor! ----------- Hi there! We at SciShow want to learn more about you and
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Meet the bluefin tuna, the toughest fish in the sea - Grantly Galland and Raiana McKinney

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Discover the unique adaptations that make the Atlantic bluefin tuna one of the most dominant predators in the ocean.--Whats as big as a polar bear, swallows its prey whole, and swims at forty miles an hour? Its not a shark or a killer whale... its the Atl
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Mosasaurs 101 | National Geographic

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Mosasaurs were Earth's last great marine reptiles. Learn about the surprising places they'd hunt, how some species dwarfed even the Tyrannosaurus rex, and how key physical adaptations allowed these reptiles to become a prehistoric apex predator. ➡ Subscri
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The bizarre physics of fire ants

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They're not just an animal, they're a material. And that's got engineers interested. // Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO For more information about the Hu lab: http://www.hu.gatech.edu/ Red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) are native
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A year in the life of one of Earth's weirdest animals - Gilad Bino

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Trace a year in the life of a platypus, and explore how the animals unique adaptations ensure its survival.--Waddling along the parched Australian earth, a female platypus is searching for fresh water. Over the past year, a severe drought turned rivers an
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Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Hansel And Gretel & Other Story Circle Fairy Tales! - Compilation

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43 minute compilation of Story Circle fairy tales. Watch and listen to Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Hansel and Gretel, Jack and the Beanstalk, Sleepy Hollow, Thumbelina, Little Red Riding Hood, and Tortoise and the Hare. Stories are read by your favorite YouTube
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Why Are These Urban Lizards Evolving in Overdrive?

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Learn more about Human Footprint: https://www.pbs.org/show/human-footprintPuerto Rican Crested Anoles are a prime example of adaptation in action. In just a few decades, these city-dwelling lizards have undergone remarkable evolutionary changes to thrive
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Some people have evolved bigger spleens to hunt underwater

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Researchers have found that Indonesia’s Bajau people, who for generations have spent the majority of their days diving and hunting underwater, also have genetic adaptations for their unusual lifestyle. Read more: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/04/ind
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Meet Officer Percy Hops, the newest California police departments K9 | Nightly News: Kids Edition

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Spring is finally here which means so is allergy season. We explain what exactly allergies are and why people are allergic to certain things. Then, bunny with a badge! Meet Officer Percy, the newest member of the Yuba City Police Department in California!
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These 8 Unique Creatures Are As Rare As They Are Fascinating

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Great Big Reel 147: New to our channel, or don't have time to look through our back catalog? This video is part of a series of Great Big Reels we've put together for a blast through our world. In this reel, we meet 8 of our planet's rarest and most unique
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How Natural Selection Works

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Through natural selection, living things have evolved over billions of years from simple cells into an awe-inspiring array of organisms. “Life at the Limits” Co-curators John Sparks and Mark Siddall explain how over time natural selection leads to changes
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Fable : Goldilocks And The Three Bear's House

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Join Goldilocks in this new take on a beloved classic as she gets carried away in the three bears’ cottage. What do you think the three bears will do when they find the girl who’s eaten their porridge, sat in their chairs, and fell asleep in the bed that’
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Animal Slime and Other Weird Stuff

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Ever wonder why some animals don't need sunscreen or how they can live in dry climates without water? Well, some of them can use the slime their bodies produce in weird and helpful ways! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a p
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Microworlds: Fiercest Ocean Predators

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Plankton stick, sting, sense, and sneak to keep their bellies full. See how these ferocious creatures find food in a vast ocean. Hey, teachers! Here’s a cheat sheet of what’s included in this episode of Microworlds: - Plankton, zooplankton - C
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Do Penguins Fly? | Penguin 101

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We get this question a lot at the Aquarium: "Do penguins fly? They're a bird, right?" And the answer is: "Yes, penguins fly—but not through the air!" Penguins are expert swimmers and use their paddle-like wings to fly through the water. Penguins are shape
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Why You Shouldn’t Eat Too Fast

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A recent study shows that people who eat too fast are missing a big part of eating a good meal. Can You Survive Without Food and Water ►►►► http://dne.ws/1OcrNHS Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://dne.ws/1McUJdm Get 15% off http://www.do
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SpaceX Just Sent Algae to the ISS, Here's How It'll Power Deep Space Missions

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SpaceX has taken over refueling missions to the ISS, and they're bringing some exciting new experiments along the way. NASA Just Launched a Mission to Mars to Dig Deep Inside the Planet’s Core - https://youtu.be/MusWmN1i5vE Read More: Plants, Algae and Ot
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What's the Largest Living Thing On Earth?

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Check out American Veteran on @PBS Voices https://youtu.be/P8bt1bwllZg Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below The biggest thing that has ever lived on Earth is a tree? Hard to believe, but
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How Did This Animal Survive Extinction In Dubai?

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Have you heard of the Arabian Oryx? If you haven't, it's probably because they were once declared extinct!This symbol of the Arabian Peninsula was almost completely lost when declared extinct in the early 1970s due to poaching. Since then, theres been a h
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Baby Flying Foxes Rescued in the City | Cities: Nature's New Wild | BBC Earth

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These cute bats have found shelter from the dangers of city life. Subscribe to BBC Earth for more amazing animal videos - http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more videos from BBC Earth: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthPlaylist Blue Planet http://bit.ly/
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How squids outsmart their predators - Carly Anne York

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-squids-outsmart-their-predators-carly-anne-york There are about 500 species of squid, and they live in all the world’s oceans, making them a reliabl
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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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Humpback Whales Return To New York | Cities: Nature's New Wild | BBC Earth

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Are whales returning to New York? Learn more about "Cities: Nature's New Wild", : https://bbc.in/2LtM66F Subscribe to BBC Earth for more amazing animal videos - http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more videos from BBC Earth: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetE
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The Great Vertical Migration

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Diel vertical migration truly is a phenomenon. This migration serves as the anchor for the food web that supplies the entire planet. Every day, 5 billion metric tonnes of organisms migrate to the surface to feed. Predators chase prey, forming a layer of a
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Humans And Other Animals: Cultural Evolution And Social Learning

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What is culture? Is it uniquely human, or do animals have culture too? From dolphins getting high on puffer fish, chimpanzees learning to crack nuts, and how human culture is changing the world around, hear this panel of experts explore the fascinating su
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Cute Animals vs Funny Animals | Nat Geo Kids Compilation | @natgeokids

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Aww! vs Eww!? Animals experience all sorts of moments in the wild. It's your call how you will react!00:00 Whoa! - Centipede Takes On Pocket MouseWatch what a centipede does to keep from becoming a pocket mouses snack! You wont believe what happens in thi
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What's It Like to Live Underground?

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Jessi has a cool pair of gardening gloves, which makes her wonder, what special tools do animals have for living underground?----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowIf you have a
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How this disease changes the shape of your cells - Amber M. Yates

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Dig into the science of how a single genetic mutation alters the structure of hemoglobin and leads to sickle-cell disease. -- What shape are your cells? Squishy cylinders? Jagged zig-zags? You might not spend a lot of time thinking about the bodies of the
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Why bats don't get sick - Arinjay Banerjee

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Explore the relationship between viruses and their hosts, and find out how the evolutionary adaptations of bats keep them safe from viruses. --Consider a bat that is infected with several deadly viruses, including ones that cause rabies, SARS, and Ebola.
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The fish that walk on land - Noah R. Bressman

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Explore the challenges facing amphibious fish when they leave water and the ingenious ways they survive on land. --We think of fish as completely aquatic animals. But there are actually hundreds of fish species that are amphibious, meaning that they posse
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Why Do We Like Our Own Farts?

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Your farts may smell like roses...to you! Get the AsapSCIENCE book! http://asapscience.com/book Watch The Science of Beards: http://youtu.be/HHSjnbfE8XQ Written by Rachel Salt, Mitchell Moffit and Greg Brown Instagram and Twitter: @whalewatchmeplz and @mi
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Animals that can survive in space and an apocalypse

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Animals that can survive in outer space, a nuclear war and an apocalypse.If you were to place an animal in the vacuum of space, after only 10 seconds, the water and blood in its body would boil, the saliva in its mouth would vaporize, and this would cause
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Ants Are Growing Food and They're Better at It Than We Are

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Believe it or not, ants started farming way before we did. How do they do it? What A Bug Scientist Says About 'Ant-Man' - https://youtu.be/-nUpY4M1dWA Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Ants Mastered Sustainable Agri
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What you can do with an extra jaw - Darien Satterfield

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Discover the adaptation of the pharyngeal jaw, a secondary set of jaws that allow fish to capture and eat their prey at the same time. --After stalking a cuttlefish, a moray eel finally pounces. As the eel snags the mollusk in its teeth, its prey struggle
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Should More Species Be Extinct?

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Watch these amazing rewilding videos from our friends at Planet Wild, in which theyre saving Europes cutest bird from extinction or resurrecting a dying forest. Saving Europes cutest bird: www.planetwild.com/minuteearth/4 Forest resurrection: www.planetwi
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Is human evolution speeding up or slowing down? - Laurence Hurst

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Download a free audiobook version of "Sapiens" and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://www.audible.com/ted-ed Check out our full book recommendation: https://shop.ed.ted.com/collections/ted-ed-book-recommendations/products/sapiens--In the past 3,0
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Why are cockroaches so hard to kill? - Ameya Gondhalekar

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Dig into the genetic adaptations of cockroaches, and find out what makes it so hard to get rid of these tenacious creatures.--In ancient Egypt, there was a spell that declared, Be far from me, O vile cockroach. Thousands of years later, were still trying
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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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Rare Footage Of Extinct Animals

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I dare you to watch this and not get the feels. Rare and moving footage of six extinct animals taken before they were wiped out. It also features an eye watering list of every animal that has gone extinct since 1900. 1. Heath Hen - Extinct 1932 Heath hens
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When Camels Roamed North America

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Camels are famous for adaptations that have allowed them to flourish where most other large mammals would perish. But their story begins over 40 million years ago in North America, and in an environment you’d never expect: a rainforest. Special thanks t
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The Bacteria That Made Life Possible Are Now Killing Us

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Thanks to the St. Croix Watershed Research Station for sponsoring this video! To learn more about their work, visit https://www.smm.org/scwrs/.Aquatic cyanobacteria first oxygenated earths air, making human life possible; now, due to our actions, cyanobac
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The Invisible Creatures That Keep You Alive!

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Try Audible today: http://www.audible.com/ok “I Contain Multitudes” by Ed Yong http://amzn.to/2aE5rlf ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Get yourself an awesome IOTBS shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart Learn more/references: Fujimura, Kei E., et al. "House dust
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Thats Not a Rattlesnake Its an Owl!

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Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their Search Engines course. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription.When living underground leaves them vulnerable to attack, burrowing owls have a trick up their sleevetheyve develop
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CHRISTMAS CARTOON: Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer (1948) [HD 1080] [Cartoons for Children]

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948 film), a 1948 animated short film by Max Fleischer based on the Robert L. May poem/story. The last cartoon ever produced by Max Fleischer who produced the Popeye the Sailor man, Betty Boop and Koko the Clown cartoons f
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Why Do You Stop Noticing Smells After A While?

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Our brains lie to us. Not maliciously – they think they’re helping. Which is why smells seem to disappear: It’s olfactory adaptation. How it happens is complicated, but Lauren breaks it down. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://health.howstuffworks.co
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Mimicry - When Animals Copy Other Animals

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Mimicry is one of the most intriguing and fascinating evolutionary phenomena. This video takes an in-depth look at this unique survival strategy as well as the evolutionary mechanisms that gave rise to it. Check out my new Patreon: https://www.patreon.com
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What Happens to the Human Body in Space?

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In the largest study of its kind, scientists are coming closer to understanding exactly how space affects the human body. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.
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Daddy Longlegs Risk Life ... and Especially Limb ... to Survive | Deep Look

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When predators attack, daddy longlegs deliberately release their limbs to escape. They can drop up to three and still get by just fine. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK: a new ultra-HD (4K) short video series created by KQED San Fran
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How Fevers REALLY Work

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Watch the new season of MinuteBody - and get access to both CuriosityStream and Nebula - at https://curiositystream.com/minuteearth.Fevers are one of our best weapons against infections, but they don't work like you might think. We'd like to give a big th
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A Sand Dollar's Breakfast is Totally Metal | Deep Look

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Their skeletons are prized by beachcombers, but sand dollars look way different in their lives beneath the waves. Covered in thousands of purple spines, they have a bizarre diet that helps them exploit the turbulent waters of the sandy sea floor. Please f
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10 Animals You Thought Didn't Exist Until Now

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10 Animals You Thought Didn't Exist Until NowIf 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 vi
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Does It Pay To Cheat?

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Thanks Thryve for sponsoring the video. Get 50% off your gut health test at https://trythryve.com/MinuteEarthFor some birds, trying to cheat your neighbors into raising your babies is just as much work - and is no more successful - than doing it yourself.
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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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How Elephants Listen ... With Their Feet | Deep Look

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Love Deep Look? You can support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook African elephants may have magnificent ears, but on the savanna, they communicate over vast distances by picking up underground signals with their sensitive, fatty feet. SUBSC
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The Coldest Seas on Earth! | SciShow Kids

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The oceans around Antarctica are cold, but full of life. Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn about the blubber of seals, the amazing antifreeze blood of fish, and the shrinking skills of krill.Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Teachers and
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This Daring Fly Swims in a Shimmering Bubble Shield | Deep Look

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Covered in a shiny bubble, the alkali fly scuba dives into the harsh waters of California's Mono Lake. Thanks to an abundance of hair and water-repellent wax, this remarkable insect remains dry while embarking on a quest for tasty algae and a place to lay
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6 Surgical Devices Inspired by Nature

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From the sharp mouthparts of mosquitoes to the sticky feet of geckos, researchers have found all kinds of amazing adaptations in the natural world that could be useful in the operating room.Hosted by: Hank GreenSciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called S
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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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Why Do We Eat Spoiled Food?

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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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When Humans Were Prey

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Not too long ago, our early human ancestors were under constant threat of attack from predators. And it turns out that this difficult chapter in our history may be responsible for the adaptations that allowed us to become so successful. Thanks to Julio La

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