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The Extreme Life Of A Sloth

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Sloths are the slowest mammal on the planet. But as strange as they seem the sloth is perfectly adapted to their environment and is actually slow for a very important reason. In fact, sloths are far from boring and are a lot more extreme than it seems. Wi
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Rescued Sloth Becomes Best Friends With a Beagle | The Dodo Odd Couples

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Beagle very slowly wins over this rescued sloth by acting just like him and it finally pays off when the sloth snuggles with him!Keep up with Chuwie on Instagram: https://thedo.do/chuwieelgalan and https://thedo.do/tropabeagle.Some footage provided by @Vi
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How To Draw A Sloth

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Yay, we're so excited to draw with you! Today, we're learning how to draw a cartoon sloth. Art Supplies ~ This is a list of the supplies we used, but feel free to use whatever you have in your home or classroom.~Sharpie (or something to draw with)~Paper (
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How To Draw A Winter Sloth

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Today, Austin and I are learning how to draw a funny cartoon winter sloth! We hope you have a lot of fun following along with us. Art Supplies ~ This is a list of the supplies we used, but feel free to use whatever you have in your home or classroom.~Shar
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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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How To Draw A Cartoon Sloth

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Austin and I are learning how to draw a cartoon sloth today! We hope you'll follow along and learn with us. This project is meant to be simple and easy for younger artists, but still fun for older artists :) EMAIL A PHOTO OF YOUR ART: myart@artforkidshub.
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Koala Vs Sloth | Steven Universe | Cartoon Network

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Steven enlists Sadie and Lars' help in determining the king of the "hanging around doing nothing mammals", but Lars isn't having it. CN GAMES: http://bit.ly/CNGames SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/109Y6wq WATCH MORE: http://bit.ly/StevenUniverse About Steven Uni
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New Year Room Decor: DIY Sloth Clock, DIY Organizer, DIY Lantern | MyFroggyStuff x GoldieBlox

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GoldleSquad!! How are your New Year's resolutions coming along? I’m showing how to make some AWESOME New Year room decor - a DIY Sloth clock, DIY tin can organizer, and a lumi lantern. Check out MyFroggyStuff's versions of my DIYs: https://www.youtube.com
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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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Sloth SECOND CHANCE: Released back into the Wild | Earth Unplugged

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Big Cat About The House airs on BBC Two (UK) from 22nd March to 5th April. Gaston the Sloth lost his leg, but after his rehabilitation he is ready to be released into the wild again! Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthUnplugged Animal Slow Motion:
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How to Draw a Slothicorn Sloth Unicorn

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Learn How to Draw a cute Sloth Unicorn easy, step by step drawing tutorial. Kawaii Slothicorn or UniSloth drawing. How to Draw Unicorn Animals Playlist: SUPPLIES You Might Love (Amazon affiliate links): Sharpies: https://amzn.to/2PXvbf4Sketch Pad Mini: ht
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Robert Irwin and Jimmy Cuddle a Sloth

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Robert Irwin, 13-year-old son of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, shows Jimmy some animals including a dwarf crocodile, a red-tail boa and two sloths. Subscribe NOW to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: http://bit.ly/1nwT1aN Watch The Tonight Show Starr
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Today I Learned a Sloth Sleeps 20 Hours a Day

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As the slowest mammal in the world, sloths sleep up to 20 hours a day, and even when theyre awake theyre so slow that algae grows on their hair. Find out more about these drowsy tree-dwellers in Best of Orlandos latest Today I Learned video featuring Mila
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Tiny orphan baby sloth rescued | BBC Earth

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An animal centre in Costa Rica come to the rescue of a tiny days-old sloth. Subscribe to BBC Earth for more amazing animal videos - http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Nature's Miracle Orphans: Filmed in Africa and Costa Rica, this series meets animals with some ex
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Zootopia Official Sloth Trailer #1 (2016) - Disney Animated Movie HD

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Subscribe to TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/sxaw6h Subscribe to COMING SOON: http://bit.ly/H2vZUn Like us on FACEBOOK: http://goo.gl/dHs73 Follow us on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/1ghOWmt Zootopia Official Sloth Trailer #1 (2016) - Disney Animated Movie HD In the ani
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Attenborough Says Boo To A Sloth - Life Of Mammals - BBC Earth

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In this classic sequence from Life Of Mammals, Sir David Attenborough gets up close to a sloth in the forest now in HQ. Subscribe to BBC Earth for more amazing animal videos - http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more videos from BBC Earth Planet Earth http:
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Odd Facts About Sloths

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Sloths might be slow and spend much of their time sleeping, but they’re definitely not boring. Jessi shares three weird facts about sloths! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and ho
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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Hitching a Ride with Mama Bear | Secret Life of Tigers

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This sloth bear will carry her cubs on her back for nine months. At six-months-old, her cubs are starting to become a nuisance! THREE-NIGHT EVENT STARTS SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 4 at 8/7c.
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GIANT Ancient Sloths + More Facts You Didn't Know | WEIRD IN THE WILD

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Check out the slow walking, but fast swimming Sloth of South and Central America today on Weird in the Wild!Created by Concrete MediaExecutive Produced by Judy MeyersProduced by Matt LevyAssociate Produced by Chelsea Butler
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15 Times Humans Rescued Animals, And Got Thanked In The Cutest Way

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The bond between man and animal is a powerful thing. We get out of it what we put into it. And, for most of us, that means a lot of love and kindness. From a sloth that was rescued from the side of a busy road to a squirrel that got an all-new family, her
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Our Senses: What Sluggish Sloths Tell Us About Balance

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We don’t always think of balance as one of our senses, but scientists often consider it as essential as sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. For a species like the three-toed sloth, however, there’s little need for this sixth sense. Check out the Muse
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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 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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THANKSGIVING CHALLENGE - MINECLASH (EP.49)

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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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Animal Showdown | 25 Minutes | Nat Geo Kids Compilation | @natgeokids

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Animals face-off in this surprising competition of the toughest, biggest, and baddest in the animal kingdom.00:00 Elephant vs. Ant: Battle for the StrongestElephant vs. Ant battle it out to see whos the STRONGEST. Who will win the heavyweight ELEPHANT or
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Why Are Sloths So Slow? | COLOSSAL QUESTIONS

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No animal is more widely-known for taking things slow than a sloth! But, what that all about? Why do sloths move around so slowly??Images used under license from Shutterstock.comWelcome to Colossal Questions, the show that answers all of life's most press
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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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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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These animals can hear everything - Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard

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Explore the extraordinary auditory adaptations in the animal kingdom, and find out which creature has the best hearing.--The world is always abuzz with sounds, many of which human ears simply cant hear. However, other species have extraordinary adaptation
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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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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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How To Make A Cloud In Your Mouth

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Learn how to make a wispy cloud come out of your mouth, even when it’s not cold out. Like any awesome trick, physics is to thank for the mouth cloud. This simple and fun demonstration can be used to explain the cloud in a bottle experiment, and real cloud
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The Ancient Animal Crossing | SciShow Kids

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Join Squeaks and Jessi as they learn about a time when lots of animals switched places -- like bears, sloths, armadillos, and more.Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Second Grade Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Ideas:L
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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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How Mantises Became Natures Strangest Assassins

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Mantises may be some of the most out-of-this-world-looking critters on Earth, but theyre uniquely adapted to life on this planet. These incredible hunters have repeatedly evolved into ecomorphsgroups that arent closely related, but share amazing adaptatio
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Top 10 How To Draw Art Lessons From 2022 - Art For Kids Hub

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This video is a collection of the most-watched art lessons from 2022!00:00:00 Introduction00:00:24 10 How To Draw A Cheeseburger Monster00:09:39 9 How To Draw A Sloth00:18:02 8 How To Draw A Summer Kitten00:27:08 7 How To Draw A Jack Russell Terrier 00:35
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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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How Sloths Went From the Seas to the Trees

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The story of sloths is one of astounding ecological variability, with some foraging in the seas, others living underground, and others still hiding from predators in towering cliffs. So why are their only living relatives in the trees? Thanks to Ceri Thom
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How the BBC makes Planet Earth look like a Hollywood movie

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The technology behind the cinematic style of the BBC's Planet Earth II. Check back next Monday for the next episode in this mini-series. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO And check out BBC Earth's channels: https://www.youtube.com/user/BBCEar
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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
Whats the Most Animal Animal? Crash Course Zoology #2

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Thank you to The Great Courses Plus for supporting PBS. For more information and a trial, go tohttp://ow.ly/zREQ30rDCDz. Picture an animal in your mind right now. What does it look like? A dog? A lion? Maybe a sloth, pangolin,naked mole-rat, or even just
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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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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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AMAZING ANIMALS! | 1 Hour | Nat Geo Kids Compilation | @natgeokids

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Watch to discover interesting facts about animals from all over the world.00:00 Tree Kangaroo01:15 Blue Whale02:30 Frogfish03:45 Bottlenose Dolphin5:00 Red-Eyed Tree Frog6:15 Seahorse7:30 Black Rhino8:46 Polar Bear10:00 Beetle11:15 Gray Wolf12:31 Harpy Ea
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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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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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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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What Makes A Dinosaur?

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Thanks to 23andMe for sponsoring this video! http://www.23andme.com/minuteearth Due to a revolution in our understanding of the tree of life, birds are dinosaurs, while dimetrodons are not. Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEa
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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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These Names Can Kill Animals

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To get your free 30-day trial of CuriosityStream, go to https://curiositystream.com/minute and use the code "minute". Just like the names of products and companies, animals' names can affect how we feel about them...and changing the name of a species migh
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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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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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