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Camel Spiders: Neither Camels, nor Spiders

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Dr. Paula Cushing has been studying these strange animals for nearly 17 years, and says there is so little known about them, that anyone can discover something new. They're camel spiders: neither camels, nor spiders! So... what are they, anyway? We've set
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Sesame Street: Itsy Bitsy Spiders! | Elmo's World Spiders

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Just in time for Halloween, Elmo learns all about this eight-legged animal on a new episode of Elmo's World: Spiders! Subscribe to the Sesame Street Channel here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=SesameStreetWelcome to Sesame Street! A
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Poisonous NEWT can be DEADLY!

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Please SUBSCRIBE - http://bit.ly/BWchannel Preorder Coyote’s NEW Book – http://bit.ly/KINGOFSTING Join the official Coyote Pack! – http://bit.ly/JOINTHEPACK Brave Wilderness on Instagram: http://bit.ly/IGbrave On this episode of Breaking
Electric fields elicit ballooning in spiders

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The aerodynamic capabilities of spiders have intrigued scientists for hundreds of years, biologists from the University of Bristol believe they have found the answer...Paper: Current Biology, Electric fields elicit ballooning in spiders. Erica L. Morley a
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Jumping Spiders See with Rose-Colored Glasses

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Human suitors may woo with red wine and roses, but these jumping spiders come courting with fancy dress and choreography. Now scientists know more about how spiders perceive their admirers' flamboyant display. Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/SciAmerica
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Divers Hunt Poisonous Fish Invading Our Oceans

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Without any natural predators, invasive lionfish populations grow unchecked and wreak havoc on marine ecosystems. Watch free divers hunt these poisonous fish.Watch the full documentary, Ocean Invaders, on NOVA: https://to.pbs.org/3hcaVrxFollow on social f
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How Spiders Use Electricity to Fly | Decoder

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Can spiders fly? When you think of the greatest aviators in the natural world, you probably think of the usual winged suspects like birds, bees, and butterflies. But some of the earth's eight-legged creatures also have specialized ways of soaring through
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Crazy Monsters: Spiders FULL EPISODE | Smithsonian Channel

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Meet a family of hairy, scary eight-legged beasts of all shapes and sizes. This bizarre creature showcase is as fascinating as it is frightening, featuring spiders that walk on water, cartwheel across deserts, shoot hairs at predators, and delivery venom
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Why Spiders Don't Stick To The Web

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www.sciencefriday.com Why Spiders Don't Stick to The Web William Eberhard, of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the University of Costa Rica, and colleague Daniel Briceno film spiders in the lab, in the field and under a dissecting microscop
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Why insects are attracted to light

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Contrary to popular belief, insects don't fly to lights at night because they mistake light for the moon or because they are attracted to the warmth. In reality, insects are trying to turn their backs on the light in order to orient themselves in space an
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Why Are There So Many Insects? - Murry Gans

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-are-there-so-many-insects-murry-gans If insects suddenly morphed into large beings and decided to wage war on us, there’s no doubt that humans would lose. There are an estimated 10 quintillion individual ins
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Why don’t poisonous animals poison themselves? - Rebecca D. Tarvin

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Have you checked out our Patreon page? https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-don-t-poisonous-animals-poison-themselves-rebecca-d-tarvin Thousands of animal species use toxic chemicals to defend themselves from pred
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Are Giant Insects Larger Than Humans Possible?

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Science fiction films like 'The Fly' and 'Mothra' will show you giant insects creating havoc and destroying world order with their giantness. But, is that even possible? Science says, not really. When the insect's exoskeleton expands it gets too heavy and
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Turret Spiders Launch Sneak Attacks From Tiny Towers | Deep Look

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There are strange little towers on the forest floor. Neat, right? Nope. Inside hides a spider that's cunning, patient and ruthless. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt Please follow us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook DEEP LOOK is a u
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How Do Insects Survive the Winter?

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Birds fly south, humans bundle up, but what do insects do to survive the winter? From creating antifreeze-like alcohols to burrowing in the ground, bugs have a few solutions to carry on. Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a p
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Spiders: The First Web Developers

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Out of any creatures in the animal kingdom, spiders seem to have the worst reputation. Their many legs and unpredictable movements elicit a fear response in even the most stoic of individuals. Let's take a moment to put our fear aside and learn more about
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What If All Insects Disappeared?

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Although its impossible to say exactly what would happen if all insects on Earth suddenly vanished, its likely that civilization if not most ecosystems throughout the planet would be in serious trouble. Without dung beetles and other poop-eaters, nitrogen
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For These Tiny Spiders, It's Sing or Get Served | Deep Look

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Male jumping spiders perform courtship dances that would make Bob Fosse proud. But if they bomb, they can wind up somebody's dinner instead of their mate. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK is a ultra-HD (4K) short video series created
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Why Are Spiders So Scary? | COLOSSAL QUESTIONS

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Its called arachnophobia, and almost everyone on Earth has probably had it: the fear of spiders!! But why? What is it about spiders that we find so scary??Images used under license from Shutterstock.comWelcome to COLOSSAL QUESTIONS, the show that answers
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Even without ears, jumping spiders can hear you

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Scientists scare spiders half to death and discover they can hear sounds. Learn more - http://scim.ag/2e22ZnG JOIN AAAS: http://scim.ag/2bxrxnH
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How life-span shifting insects are reshaping aging research

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Bees, termites, and ants can teach us a lot about cooperation, communication, and the skills that keep societies together. But these so-called social insects may also hold secrets that could reshape our understanding of human aging. Many social insects ex
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Scientists Want Us To Eat Insects

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As scientists look for food sources that are more environmentally friendly, they're turning away from meat and towards insects.
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Why I'm Scared Of Spiders

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Joe's proposed SXSW panel is "Science on YouTube: Where the Smart Kids Are". Vote for it before 9/4! http://vid.io/xqTj The science of… OH GOD IS THAT A SPIDER?! Subscribe to It's Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ F
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Should We All Be Eating Insects?

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In Search of Undiscovered Insects

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If you think entomologists just sit in labs all day looking at slides, think again. Dr. R. Isaí Madriz is out in the field, embarking on dangerous expeditions to the harsh, remote Patagonian Ice Fields in search of undiscovered insect species. These insec
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Why Do Spiders Curl Up When They Die?

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When spiders die, their tiny legs curl up tight against their body, because spiders dont use muscles to extend their legs. Instead, they have hydraulic legs!Hosted by: Michael ArandaSciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out
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The Age of Giant Insects

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Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/PeiY30egcZN Insects outnumber humans by a lot and we only like to think we're in charge because we're bigger than they are. But insects and other arthropods weren’t always so small. A
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Spiders Tune Their Webs Like A Guitar

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Full Story: http://www.npr.org/2014/06/10/319179807/spiders-tune-in-to-webs-music-to-size-up-meals-and-mates http://skunkbear.tumblr.com Pluck the silk of a spiderweb and it vibrates like a guitar string, scientists say. By strumming the strands and detec
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Poisonous Octopus Fight

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Certain animals communicate through their skin. Components such as colors are essential for communication. This octopus is no exception, for camouflage, hunting or fighting their body and colors are manifested differently. SUBSCRIBE and discover shocking
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ANTS vs SPIDERS - Who is Stronger? | ULTIMATE FIGHTING WORDS

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WATCH MORE https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UULFPwiAPYRT1JCna3GYf-vkCg SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPwiAPYRT1JCna3GYf-vkCg?sub_confirmation=1It's a battle of words to decide who is STRONGER? ANTS VS. SPIDERS!Welcome to Colossal Cranium
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Why Don't Spiders Stick to Their Webs?

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The Spiders and the Bees

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Everyone was so afraid of spiders when what we should have been fearing is bees. MatPat https://www.youtube.com/user/MatthewPatrick13Additional artists: Rushlight Invader https://www.youtube.com/user/RushLightInvaderAnnie Loomis https://twitter.com/anniel
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Super Drew VS Frankenstein Spiders & Raina Gloom Part 1 | A Stupendous Drew Pendous Superhero Story

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Watch Part 2: http://bit.ly/2ebaKH8 It’s Halloween at Cool School! After a making lollipop spiders, Drew Pendous and Crafty Carol are ready for the Halloween Parade! But oh no! Raina Gloom brings the pipe cleaner spiders to life! It’s attack of the Franke
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How Spiders Fly (1909)

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This charming short film is surprisingly technically advanced for its time, using a mechanical spider to demonstrate how the creatures spin the threads to create their webs. Suddenly the spider lifts up all of its legs, allowing itself to be dragged throu
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Kissing A Poisonous Toad!? | DON'T DO THIS

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Find out what's dangerous about the Mexican Bufo Toad on this episode of Don't Do This! Reptile Riff wrangles crocodiles and bags boa constrictors - interacting with all kinds of dangerous and fascinating animals throughout Florida's Everglades. Join him
Jumping Plant Lice: The Fastest Front-Flipping Insects

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Jumping plant lice, or psyllids, are the fastest front-flipping insects, but not many people know about how amazing they are! I set out to film the high-flying flips of these plant-feeding, often thought of as pest, insects. They are hemipterans in the su
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Meet The Many Insects That Insist On Being Sticks And Leaves | Absurd Creatures | WIRED

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A surprising number of insects look like sticks and leaves. But nobody created them that way—they’re the product of the wonderful processes of natural selection. Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 CONNECT WITH WIRED Web
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Don't Be Afraid Of Spiders!

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A SciShow Kids viewer wants to know more about spiders so she’s not afraid of them anymore. And know what? They’re not scary! They’re awesome! Special Thanks to The Missoula Insectarium for letting us film their beautiful Orb Weaver. Check them out! http:
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Do Insects Sleep?

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Sleep is a necessary part of survival for most animals, but what about for bugs? Do insects sleep? How Do Fish Sleep?- http://bit.ly/2cF1LRD Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Do Bugs Sleep? Why They're Surprisingly
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What Jumping Spiders Teach Us About Color

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How jumping spiders reveal an entire secret world of colors. Let BetterHelp connect you to a therapist who can support you - all from the comfort of your own home. Visit https://betterhelp.com/veritasium and enjoy a special discount on your first month.A
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Why Don’t Spiders Stick To Their Webs?

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Spiderwebs are designed to trap bug-sized creatures. So how come spiders don’t get stuck? Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, John Szym
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Insects in flight | 11 incredible species in SLOW MOTION

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Takeoff and flight sequences of insects spanning 5 different taxonomic orders captured at 3,200 fps!00:00 - weevils01:44 - katydids03:02 - bark lice04:00 - march fly04:59 - assassin bug06:02 - katydidTaxonomic info:nut/acorn weevil (Curculio sp.)broad-nos
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Why Insects Love Summer – Flight, Fights And Booze

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Have you ever wondered what happens when insects get drunk? Can you tell the temperature by the frequency of a cricket’s chirps? Do you know what temperature a butterfly has to be to take off? Kate buzzes around the science of summer insects. Subscribe fo
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The Mysterious Way Spiders Can Walk On Walls And Why You Can’t

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Ever wish you could scale buildings? Why can spiders? Ants Are Space Exploring, Junk-Food Eating Anarchists ►►►►http://bit.ly/1PZuxow Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Read More: Geckos' Sticky Secret? They Hang by Toe Ha
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Whos Eating All The Spiders?

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Start learning with your free 30-day trial of Brilliant at https://brilliant.org/MinuteEarthThe average human, in theory, eats 3 spiders a year. If you're not eating them and I'm not eating them, who is?LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this top
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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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These Giant Leaf Insects Will Sway Your Heart | Deep Look

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Giant Malaysian leaf insects stay still – very still – on their host plants to avoid hungry predators. But as they grow up, they can't get lazy with their camouflage. They change – and even dance – to blend in with the ever-shiftin
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How Stick Insects Use Camouflage - with Richard Dawkins

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Some insects have evolved incredibly detailed foms of camouflage, so they appear to blend almost perfectly into their surroundings. In this clip from 1991 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "Growing up in the Universe"', Richard Dawkins gets into a sticky situation with
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A simple way to tell insects apart - Anika Hazra

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-simple-way-to-tell-insects-apart-anika-hazra There are nearly a million known insect species in the world, but most have one of just five common types
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When Insects First Flew

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Insects were the first animals to ever develop the ability to fly, and, arguably, they did it the best. But this development was so unusual that scientists are still/working on, and arguing about, how and when insect wings first came about. Special thanks
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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
Australian Walking Stick Insects Are Three Times Weirder Than You Think | Deep Look

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Take the PBS Digital Studios audience survey! https://to.pbs.org/2021surveyThe Australian walking stick is a master of deception, but a twig is just one of its many disguises. Before its even born, it mimics a seed. In its youth it looks and acts like an
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Sharpshooter Insects are Real Wizzes at Whizzing | Deep Look

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Sharpshooters survive by guzzling a lot of plant sap. But drinking all of that liquid nutrition presents a problem for these tiny insects: How do they move it all out? Easy. They've perfected a super-propulsive urination technique using a special catapult
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Super Drew VS Frankenstein Spiders & Raina Gloom Part 2 | A Stupendous Drew Pendous Superhero Story

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Watch Part 1: http://bit.ly/2dzmrrw Raina Gloom is using her Franken-Spiders to steal all the Halloween Candy! It's up to Drew, Crafty Carol, and Sonny Shiner to save the day! Subscribe to Cool School's Channel: http://bit.ly/18enloo Like Cool School on F
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DIY Trick or Treat Bag + Pipe Cleaner Spiders! - Craft Box Craft! | Arts & Crafts with Crafty Carol

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Click here to order the Cool School Craft Box: http://bit.ly/2dU4JAs It’s Craft Box time! It's the craft you've all been waiting for! Crafty Carol makes a ghost tote bag for trick or treating and piper cleaner spiders for your halloween candy! Subscribe t
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Incredible Slime-Eating Insects: Slime Flux BioBlitz

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An inventory of insects that showed up in a 6-day, 46hr timelapse of a tree oozing slime flux. 15 species appeared and some really neat predator-prey encounters were captured on film!Subttulos en Espaol por Magda Argueta: http://thebeebiologist.com/Insect
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Assassin bugs ambush spiders in their own webs

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These patient stalkers quietly dismantle webs to launch surprise attacks. Learn more: http://bit.ly/2f4ZEsG
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Masses of insects on the move

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Long-term radar studies reveal masses of winged migrants. Learn more: http://scim.ag/2igdQjx Read the research: http://scim.ag/2h6qxZb
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Mechanical gears in jumping insects

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Previously believed to be only man-made, a natural example of a functioning gear mechanism has been discovered in a common insect - the plant-hopper Issus - showing that evolution developed interlocking cogs long before we did. Professor Malcolm Burrows t
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Sesame Street: Learn About The Insects In Your Neighborhood

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Sing along with Ernie and learn all about the critters that live in your neighborhood, like the caterpillars that crawl around, or the grasshoppers that leap up and down. Subscribe to the Sesame Street Channel here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_cen
Insects in Flight | Ladybug in SLOW MOTION

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From Egg to first Flight - Ladybug takes off in extreme Slow Motionat 5,000 fps. As the camera I used (Photron Fastcam Nova S16) got a 1000x1000 pixel sensor, the footage is taken at F16 and cropped to 720p.------------------------------------------------
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Bugs and Insects | 2020 | Compilation | Highlights Kids

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Did you know, there are more than 3500 species of mosquitoes? Can help the ants find all the hidden objects. Laugh and Learn with Highlights.SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4p_YSvJlJpEhAh5PMyhkiQ?sub_confirmation=1#VideosForKids #Games #Highl
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Harvard University is creating robotic insects to monitor the environment

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RoboBees are being made at Harvard's Wyss Institute. They can be used for environmental monitoring, search and rescue, and crop pollination. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/sai FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/techinsider TWITTER: https://twit
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Yuck! How birds share knowledge of disgusting foods—and help insects evolve

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Study shows how some bugs develop their warning colors. Learn more: http://scim.ag/2CF1Z4L Read the paper ($): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0418-x Credits: producer/script Sarah Crespi story by Virginia Morell citation and research footage R
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Bio-Inspired Clothing Technology: How Insects Inspire Better Waterproof, Breathable Sportswear

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In this video, we explore how bio-inspired clothing technology is changing the game for environmentally conscious outdoor enthusiasts. While traditional outdoor gear relies on a combination of materials coated in non-degradable chemicals, Amphico has take
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Do Spiders Actually Get Dizzy? Spinning a Hobo Spider on a Turntable Then Letting It Try To Walk

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Follow me on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/theactionlabman Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theactionlabrat Get your subscription box here: https://www.theactionlab.com In this video I check if a spider can actually get dizzy by putting it on a turntabl
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Why are mosquito bites so itchy? #shorts #science #scishowkids #mosquito #insects

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Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Michal Richardson: WriterKyle Nackers: Fact CheckerAlex Billow: Script EditorMadison Lynn: VideographerSam Schultz: Script SupervisorAimee Roberts: PuppeteerStefan Chin: EditorDaniel Comiskey: Editorial
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The Insects Who Vibrate To Communicate | Planet Earth III | BBC Earth

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In the Amazon, there are many weird and wonderful creatures not least of all these treehoppers, who communicate with each other by vibrating. This comes in useful when their young are under attack, and this mother enlists the help of her forest friends fo
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Insects (Butterflies) are so cool! | Did You Know? | Highlights Kids | Kids Videos

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Did you know that Butterflies taste food with their feet? That is so cool! Also, scientists estimate that there are at least 20,000 different species of butterflies! Wow! Learn more about these amazing bugs in this episode of Did you Know?! #funfacts #fac
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Jewel Caterpillar from the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador

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What looks like a tasty gummy sweet is actually a Translucent Jewel Caterpillar from the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador. This species is probably Minacraga argentata and belongs to a family of moths known as Dalceridae whose larvae are also called slug cate
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The Beautiful Tricks Of Flowers - Jonathan Drori

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/jonathan-driori-the-beautiful-tricks-of-flowers In this visually dazzling talk, Jonathan Drori shows the extraordinary ways flowering plants -- over a quarter million species -- have evolved to attract insects t
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The World Under a Rock!

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Check out life under a rock to see what you can learn about insects, spiders, and other animals! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome prod
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The World's Deadliest Venom Could Save Your Life

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Some animals produce venom that is lethal to both their prey and to humans, but scientists are finding ways to use these compounds as medicine. The Evolutionary Advantage Of Swallowing Food Whole - https://youtu.be/PQ7-VAWUsNs Sign Up For The Seeker Newsl
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The Chicago Peregrine Program

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By the 1960s the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) was extinct in many states - including Illinois - because of the negative effects of the pesticide DDT. But, thanks to dedicated reintroduction and monitoring efforts over the last 30 years in part from
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Banding Baby Dinosaurs

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BABY DINOSAURS IN THE CITY!... and we've been studying them for years! We talked with Field Museum ornithologist Josh Engel about how scientists gather information and take risks while monitoring these impressive aerial predators. By the 1960s the peregri
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What if Black Color Disappeared? | #aumsum #kids #science #education #children

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What if Black Color Disappeared?Firstly, if black color disappeared, people who like to dress in black will be severely disappointed.Secondly, if black color disappeared, people having black colored hair may be left dumbfounded as their hair will not be v
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Why 8 Eyes Are Better Than 2 (If You're a Spider )

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Check out Rogue History on @PBS Origins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuT35ud41QQ More info and sources below Why do spiders have 8 eyes? Its a seemingly simple question with a surprisingly complex answer. Well be hanging out with some jumping spiders
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The Great Big Life Of Bugs

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Great Big Reel 173: 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 explore bugs in all their wonderful and stran
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Incredible: This Underwater Spider Has an Actual Scuba Tank

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The scuba spider is the only arachnid to live exclusively underwater, despite lacking gills. Its secret, like its name suggests, is a makeshift oxygen supply. From: CRAZY MONSTERS: Spiders http://bit.ly/2jfZ2Rv
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Is a Spider's Web a Part of Its Mind? | Deep Look

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Orb weaver spiders build exquisite spiral webs not only to catch insects, but to extend their senses. Once they shrink-wrap their prey with silk, the nearly blind spiders can store them for later, and read their web's strands as a kind of memory map to gu
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How Antivenom Stops Venom From Killing You

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You may know that antivenom can counteract attacks from venomous creatures, but how does it work? How Snakes Got Their Venom - https://youtu.be/Ogf2gq6Kl_M Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: How To Make Antivenom - A
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These Sapphire Tarantulas Are Losing Their Home

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This true blue beauty is a gooty sapphire tarantula at the Dallas Zoo. Native to the forests of Gooty, a small town in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, these spiders’ bright coloring comes from tiny hairs that line their body. They are quick and extrem
Why spider silk is stronger than steel

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Spiders use their silk for more than just building webs. They also use it to hunt, secure their prey, for mating, transport, protect their eggs, and hide from predators. Perhaps that's why it needs to be so sturdy. Some say it's even stronger than steel.
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Float a Boat!

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We've learned before here on SciShow Kids how boats can float on water using displacement! Today, Bill and Webb will show you how to build you own boat and see displacement in action! Anchors aweigh! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and a
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Why Cockroaches Are So Hard To Kill

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Cockroaches are one of the most widespread and resilient creatures on this planet. They are practically everywhere around us, hiding in the walls, sewers, and perhaps your cupboard. They are also one of the most hated creatures by humans. If you are like
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This Tarantula’s Curly Hair is a Weapon In Disguise

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This little guy is a curly hair tarantula at the Philadelphia Insectarium and Butterfly Pavilion. Native to Central America, these spiders’ unusually tiny hairs serve as both a distinguishing feature and as a defense mechanism. When threatened, they will
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Seeing in the Dark with Machine Learning AI

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CVPR 2018: Learning to See in the Dark Machine Learning algorithm that significantly improves quality of low-light images Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.01934 Project page: http://web.engr.illinois.edu/~cchen156/SID.html
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Poison Vs. Venom: What's The Difference? - Rose Eveleth

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/venom-vs-poison-what-s-the-difference-rose-eveleth Would you rather be bitten by a venomous rattlesnake or touch a poisonous dart frog? While both of these animals are capable of doing some serious damage to the
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This Pink Winged Stick Insect is Hiding in Plain Sight

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This is a pink winged stick insect at the Montreal Zoo. These guys have quite the camouflage on them. Despite growing up to 21 inches in length, these insects are able to hide in plain sight, blending in among sticks and foliage. As camouflage is their pr
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How We Think Complex Cells Evolved - Adam Jacobson

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-we-think-complex-cells-evolved-adam-jacobson Imagine you swallowed a small bird and suddenly gained the ability to fly … or you ate a cobra and were able to spit poisonous venom! Well, throughout the history
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Alma the Talking Dog - Dug the Dog IRL

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Students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign develop a brain-computer interface to read and vocalize the thoughts of a Labrador retriever. https://github.com/BlissChapman/Dug Jessica Austriaco, Bliss Chapman, Matthew De Venecia, Christine La
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Jerusalem Crickets Only Date Drummers | Deep Look

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With their big heads and beady black eyes, Jerusalem crickets aren't winning any beauty contests. But that doesn't stop them from finding mates. They use their bulbous bellies to serenade each other with some furious drumming. Support Deep Look on Patreon
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There’s a New Form of Matter in Town: EXCITONIUM!

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Physicists have finally proved the existence of a new form of matter, but the way they did it might just blow your mind. Quantum Teleportation Is Real, Here's How It Works - https://youtu.be/yb38jozeDOs Read More: Physicists excited by discovery of new fo
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Can You Solve The Frog Riddle? - Derek Abbott

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-frog-riddle-derek-abbott You’re stranded in a rainforest, and you’ve eaten a poisonous mushroom. To save your life, you need an antidote excreted by a certain species of frog. Unfortunately, on
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The Poison Garden of Alnwick

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Inside the beautiful Alnwick Garden, behind a locked gate, there's the Poison Garden: it contains only poisonous plants. Trevor Jones, head gardener, was kind enough to give a guided tour! For more information about visiting the Castle, Garden, and poison
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This Rare Stick Insect Is Among the Last of Its Kind

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This is the black beauty stick insect, a rare species only found in a tiny 12-acre area high in the mountains of northern Peru. Only discovered in 2005, not much is known about these insects, but they are believed to be most active at night when their dee
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How Bugs Are Trained For TV And Movies

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Movies will often use live bugs on camera instead of CGI to make their story feel more real and to get your skin crawling. But getting these insects to do what you want requires lots an understanding of how they function. That's where Steven Kutcher comes
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The Invisible Insect Highway Above You

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An animation with Robert Krulwich about the amazing amount of insects that are zipping around high up in the sky above you.
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What if Grass Disappeared? | #aumsum #kids #science #education #children

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What if Grass Disappeared?Firstly, if grass disappeared, public parks will lose their charm, people may stop visiting them.Secondly, if grass disappeared, animals likes cows and goats will have to change their eating habits.Thirdly, grass is nature's way
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10 Spine-Chilling Creatures | COLOSSAL QUESTIONS

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10 Colossal Questions all about the creepiest creatures, both real and mythical!Are Black Cats Really Bad Luck?Are Witches Real?How Do Bats See if Theyre Blind?Are Vampires Real?Why Are Spiders So Scary?Do Ghosts Really Exist?How Were Mummies Made?Are Zom
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How A Few Scientists Transformed The Way We Think About Disease - Tien Nguyen

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-a-few-scientists-transformed-the-way-we-think-about-disease-tien-nguyen For several centuries, people though diseases were caused by wandering clouds of poisonous vapor. We now know that this theory is prett
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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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Super Strong Dragonflies!

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Dragonflies are totally awesome! Join Jessi and Squeaks as they learn about these really large and really cool insects! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids ---------- Lo
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Aliens? Demon? Nope, it's just a fish. [60 Second Specimens]

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Every specimen has a story; is this an alien, or a demon baby?! For hundreds of years, sailors sold these manipulated skates to tourists and oddity collectors marketed as such- but really, [spoiler] it's just a fish. Thanks to Caleb McMahan and Susan Moch
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Why do millipedes have so many legs?! (ft. Joe Hanson)

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In which Joe Hanson from It's Okay To Be Smart asks, "How many legs is too many legs?" and Anna explores the weird world of millipedes—from bioluminescence to poisonous gas. Subscribe to Science Magic Show Hooray! https://bit.ly/2LLNAci Many thanks to Joe
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Inspect An Insect

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There are more insects in the world than any other kind of animal! In this episode of SciShow Kids, Jessi and Squeaks show you how to identify an insect, in three easy steps! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on
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Cooking in the Future Will Require Creativity. Here's One Solution. | NYT Opinion

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This is part three in “We’re Cooked,” a three-part series from NYT Opinion. Watch part one here: https://youtu.be/kOcLyyVyb6o , and part two here: https://youtu.be/m6xE7rieXU0 Mealworm soup. Chile-lime cricket tacos. Charred avocado tart
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The beauty of light trapping | Natural History Museum

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There is a huge variety of animals that are active after sunset. The absence of light can make spotting them a challenge, especially when it comes to insects. Dr Gavin Broad, Principal Curator in Charge of Insects at the Museum, introduced us to the world
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Seven Stories That’ll Leave You Craving Japanese Food

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In this reel, we’re serving a smorgasbord of Japanese delights. From deep-fried maple leaves to a (safely prepared) poisonous puffer fish, this is a feast you shouldn’t miss. Hope you’re hungry! SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/vR6Acb This story is a part of our
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Bill meets bots

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Bill Gates visited a Harvard University lab that makes robotic gloves, pants, and flying insects. These incredible creations are powerful examples of the exciting innovation underway in the field of robotics. Learn more at https://b-gat.es/2TqZoDP
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Taking Risks With All Kinds of Poison

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Working with and even cooking with deadly poisondespite the risks, people do it all the time. In this reel, well meet everyone from a gardener who tends to plants that could kill him to the residents of a Japanese island who dare to cook with a highly poi
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Why Bees Going Extinct Could Mean No More Ice Cream Or Avocados

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Bees pollinate more than a third of the worlds crops. So what would happen if they went extinct? For one, it would likely halve the number of fruits and vegetables on supermarket shelves. Plus, it could drastically alter the food chain, starting with inse
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The Carnivorous Plant That Feasts on Mice

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While the carnivorous cravings of most flesh-eating plants are limited to small insects, one exception is the pitcher plant. It can consume anything that fits in its mouth--including a mouse! From: CRAZY MONSTER: Gulpers http://bit.ly/2jdlwQt
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Meet the True Bugs | SciShow Kids

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In this episode, Jessi and Squeaks learn what it takes to be a "true bug". Scientists use the word "bug" to refer to a special group of insects, so not all insects (or other critters like spiders) are bugs!Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out th
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Must Love Bugs

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Entomologists Charlie and Lois O’Brien have the largest private collection of insects in the world. In their 55 years of marriage, these real life “love bugs” have traveled the world gathering specimens for their unique collection. Now in their 80s, the c
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Watch a ‘ballooning’ spider take flight

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Flying spiders take off when the weather’s fine. Read more - https://scim.ag/2EeJCnh CREDITS ------------------ editor/narrator Chris Burns supervising producers Sarah Crespi Nguyên Khôi Nguyên script Emily Underwood citation M. Cho et al., bioRxiv 2018 D
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The Small, but Mighty, Hercules Beetle

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Reaching up to 17 cm in length, the Hercules beetle is one of the largest insects in the world. They’re commonly identified by the characteristic horn-like pincers found on male beetles. Just like its heroic namesake, these little guys are strong. They ca
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10 Bizarre Animals Living Inside Volcanoes

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Volcanoes may be dangerous but certain animals have been known to plant roots in Volcanoes. So without further ado, here are the top ten animals living inside volcanoes. Subscribe for more! ► https://goo.gl/pgcoq1 ◄ Stay updated ► https://goo.gl/JyGcTt ht
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The Fastest Animal on Earth: the Snap-Jaw Ant

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Find the original research paper here: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.181447Press release: https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/727667"Snap-jaw morphology is specialized for high-speed power amplification in the Dracula ant, Mystrium c
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The Camp Counselor's WEB of LIES | SCARY STORY | SPINE-CHILLING STORIES

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WATCH MORE https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UULFY26xU0-avwTJ6F6TzUZVEw SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/PeacockKids?sub_confirmation=1Harry hates nature and everything in it. One camp counselor teaches Harry a lesson about messing with spiders. Fi
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The Science of Speciation – Molecular Adaptation in Vampire Bats

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Over 20% of all living mammal species are bats, and each is adapted to a particular diet: nectar, fruit, meat, insects—even blood! Follow scientists into the jungles of Brazil, and to a genomic sequencing lab at Temple University, as they decode the evolu
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Would YOU Eat Bugs For Thanksgiving?

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Follow me to The Brain Scoop: https://youtu.be/6vOzt-YQjIAWere on PATREON now! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below SUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub People say insects are the f
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SciCafe: Mollusks To Medicine

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When you think of venomous animals, you imagine snakes, spiders, or scorpions - not snails. In this SciCafe, Mandë Holford, a research associate at the Museum and Associate Professor of chemical biology at Hunter College, discusses her research on predato
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Best of The Stupendous Drew Pendous 2016! | Cool School Compilation

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Super Drew is always ready to save the day! Watch all the times Drew saved Cool School from the bad guys, like Ray Blank, Grace Cale, and Raina Gloom! Super Drew Pendous Saves Color From Grace Cale- 0:12 Drew Saves Christmas Presents from Grace Cale- 4:34
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The Giant Anteater Carries On, 25 Million Years and Counting

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Meet Peter, a giant anteater at the Santa Ana Zoo. Reaching up to 7 feet in length, these guys are the largest of the four anteater species. Without teeth, anteaters use their long tongues to catch and consume their prey. Their tongues can flick up to 150
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Venoms vs. Poisons

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What's the difference between a venom and a poison? We looked at some cool reptiles and amphibians to learn more about how they use their natural toxins to stay ahead in the evolutionary arms race! ---------------------------------------------------------
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What Happens When You Levitate Flies?

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http://sciencefriday.com Everything is a little bit magnetic, says physicist Richard Hill, of The University of Nottingham. So with a powerful magnet, it is possible to levitate almost anything--strawberries, water, insects. In a recent study, Hill levita
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How Birds inspire Builders

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Birds! Bullet trains! Biomimicry! When we take a closer look at nature - or peek into museum collections - we can discover some pretty amazing innovations that help inform human engineering and design. NEAT ------------------------------------------------
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Jumping Hoppers in SLOW MOTION!

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Leafhoppers, treehoppers, planthoppers, and froghoppers are all insects in the order Hemiptera that are some of the fastest jumping animals on earth! They are also super-common, so I collected a bunch and filmed their jumps in slow-motion!References (Prof
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Cambridge Ideas - Sticky Feet

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Ants have incredibly sticky feet. With them they can hang onto ceilings, while carrying 100 times their body weight. But if they are stuck down so successfully - how do they ever get them unstuck? Chris Clemente is studying the mechanisms that ants and ot
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Misfits of the Mineral Collection

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Help us solve some mysteries! Do you have any more information about these Misfits from the Mineral Collection?! A number of these objects have historical or cultural value and significance, but our records are incomplete. Help us, Brain Scoopers! -------
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Alien Egg Experiment! #sciencegoals

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Join Jessi and Squeaks to see how you can make your very own alien egg! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Fac
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The Election of 1860&the Road to Disunion: Crash Course US History #18

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In which John Green teaches you about the election of 1860. As you may remember from last week, things were not great at this time in US history. The tensions between the North and South were rising, ultimately due to the single issue of slavery. The Nort
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Busy Bees

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You see them when it’s warm outside, hanging out in flowers and working away. Bees! Check out what these buzzing insects are up to, and how you can tell the difference between a bumblebee and a honey bee. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help suppor
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Why Do Ships Float?

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Ever wonder why something as heavy as a cruise ship could float above the water? Learn about displacement with Jessi and The Giant Squid, Squidstravaganza! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover y
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This Stick Insect Came Back from Extinction

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The Lord Howe Island stick insect did the impossible. These "land lobsters" were once so common on Lord Howe Island in Australia that fishermen used them as bait. But in 1918, a British supply ship crashed on the island and introduced rats, which ate the
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How Ants Make Our Cities Healthier

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In pavement cracks, roadside medians, and parking lots, there are incredible miniature civilizations booming within our concrete jungles: ants! We dont often think of urban areas as having ecologies but Amy Savage, Ph.D. studies the amazing diversity of a
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Fake Blood, Fake Cash and Other Hollywood Secrets Revealed

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Psst, were about to spill secrets behind the making of your favorite movies, TV shows and commercials. First up, fake movie bloods poisonous past. Fake cash? Were dispensing the truth about that, too. Doug Jonesyou wouldnt know his face, but this actor ha
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Watch: Glowing Bug Attracts And Devours Prey

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These wormlike larvae use bioluminescence to attract their prey. Read about other glowing insects: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/08/120830-glowing-cockroaches-bugs-science-animals/ Watch Scorpions Glow in the Dark https://www.youtube.com/wa
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Most Amazing Insect Facts! | SciShow Kids Compilation

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In this SciShow Kids compilation, get to know the most amazing insects on the planet! From staggering stag beetles to camouflaged caterpillars to bugs that aren't really bugs, come learn some of the most wild facts about some of the world's most wild inse
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Fear Factory: Stanford neurobiologists use VR to explore our responses to stress, anxiety, and fear

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Andrew Huberman of Stanford University School of Medicine is studying the neuroscience of how what we see influences our emotions, especially fear. Using virtual reality (VR), he exposes study participants to terrifying scenarios, including attack encount
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Where do phobias come from? | BBC Ideas

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Scared of spiders, holes, heights...? Phobias are very common. But why do we have phobias? What causes phobias? Where do phobias come from?Feel like watching more? What happens when humans can't touch? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErWfdjdOah8&Made by S
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Civil War Veterans Telling Stories and Joking Around: Memorial Day 1930

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Veterans of the Civil War gathering together on May 30, 1930, Memorial Day.At 0:44, one veteran describes the history of celebrating Memorial Day and how his corps commander, John A. Logan, was the key figure involved in starting the tradition. Logan (Feb
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It’s Snack Time! Sample These Five Flavorful Stories

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Hungry? A delightful snack selection awaits (and it includes deep-fried scorpions). SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/vR6Acb #food #spiders #snacks This story is a part of our Flavors series, where we do so much more than play with our food. Come with us as we di
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Dissect a Pumpkin!

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Jessi and Squeaks want to learn more about the inside of a pumpkin. How? By dissecting it! 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.com
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Is Rice Actually Dangerous for You? | Earth Lab

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Rice is a staple of our diets, but is there any truth to the claims that rice can be poisonous to us? Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthLab All the best Earth Lab videos http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth videos http://bit.ly/TheBest
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NASA’s Parker Probe will venture closer than ever to the sun to explore its mysterious atmosphere

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Observatories will help explain why the corona is so hot and what drives the solar wind. Read more - https://scim.ag/2vbqh4S CREDITS ------------------------ editor/animator/narrator Chris Burns supervising producer Sarah Crespi script Sarah Crespi Chris
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Why Americans Don't Eat Bugs

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People all around the world eat bugs regularly, but Americans are more hesitant to add insects to their diet. However, eating bugs is not only good for you, but also the environment. Insects require significantly less land and water than cattle, and they
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Whats Actually Happening in Your Noise-Canceling Headphones

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Noise-canceling headphones have been offering humans a layer of protection against the sounds of everyday life for a while nowbut how do these ear shields actually work? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly
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Would Headlights Work At Light Speed?

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If you were driving at the speed of light and turned on your headlights, what would happen? Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/electricpants Sources and extras below!! Thanks to Jude for asking me this question
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12 Small Animals You Shouldn't Touch

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A peaceful picnic in the park, a hike in the woods, a relaxing swim in the sea: you wouldnt expect unseen dangers to be lurking around every corner. But you might wanna keep an eye out for these nasty little critters, and never ever touch them!For example
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Flying in miniature: Secrets of the featherwing beetle

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Flying is a tricky business, but when you are less than half a millimetre long, things get even tougher. At such tiny scales the physics of flight changes, and yet insects have evolved strategies to fly in miniature. In this Nature video we zoom in on new
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The Human And The Honeybee - Dino Martins

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-human-and-the-honeybee-dino-martins Both honeybees and humans originated in East Africa, and the connection between us has survived the ages. Some of your favorite delicacies -- coffee, chocolate, mangoes --
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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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The Science Of The String Phone! - #sciencegoals

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Join Jessi and friends as they learn about sound waves by making a string phone! Plus, learn how to make your own! #sciencegoals ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liq
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Re: The Trouble With The Electoral College – Cities, Metro Areas, Elections and The United States

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Discuss this video: http://reddit.com/r/cgpgrey The Trouble with The Electoral College: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wC42HgLA4k How the Electoral College Works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUS9mM8Xbbw This vlog is a bit of a mess, but as the sayin
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KILLER Dinosaur Bugs!

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Sometimes dinosaurs didn't just have to worry about other dino predators: sometimes they were on the run from KILLER PREHISTORIC INSECTS! Watch the whole playlist of dinosaur videos here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW4p6vzviKQ&list=PLfpPYJH6OjtZGZH1hl
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Help track mosquitoes with your cellphone

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Mosquitoes can be deadly, transmitting malaria, dengue, and Zika. But tracking them is tough. Now, researchers—led by Stanford University bioengineer Manu Prakash—have developed a new, cheap way to monitor these insects—with mobile phones and a Shazam-lik
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What’s Hiding Deep Within The Rainforest?

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Rainforests cover a large portion of Earth, but what's hiding inside of them? Watch more: What's Hiding Deep Within The Ocean? ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2Zv3OOhQEQ&index=98&list=PL8L0MzSk_V6JtEDRfRMyb6rFd1acqYSlO Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLif
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Lego insect manipulator stop motion | Natural History Museum

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Natural History Museum scientists have created a tool made from Lego to hold and manipulate delicate specimens such as tiny insects. The pinned insect manipulator (IMp) allows scientists to easily move the specimen into different positions and rotate it o
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Mimic Octopus: Master of Disguise

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This is the mimic octopus. A master of disguise. In its natural state, the mimic octopus is a light beige color. And like most octopi can change its skin pigment to blend in with its surroundings, but the mimic octopus takes things to another level altoge
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What Would Happen If All The Bugs Died?

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Insects might seem annoying, but what happens if they all died off? Watch More: When Did Multicellular Life Begin? ►►►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2ZHMeF9dgA Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://www.keeponthinking.co Support Life Noggin on P
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What do bluebirds eat?

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What do bluebirds eat? To find out, we placed cameras at 40 bluebird nest boxes in Delaware to record the birds bringing prey back to their nestlings. The prey were identified from the video to determine which arthropod groups are most important in the bl
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This Is Not A Bug

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Its common to call creepy crawlies bugs, but because entomologists refer to a specific class of insects as bugs, its wrong to call other things bugs - right?LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: -
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Can you solve the giant spider riddle? - Dan Finkel

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--Once every century, the worlds greatest spiders gather to compete in a series of grueling games. The winner will become the next arachnomonarch, able to command all the worlds spiders to their
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Sesame Street: Elmo Loves To Learn!

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Elmo loves to learn about games and sports and spiders, plants, and planes, and gliders. He wants to learn and explore so many things with you! Every month, Elmo will be learning about something new! Subscribe to the Sesame Street Channel here: http://www
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How Do Bugs Hang Upside-Down?

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Jessi and Squeaks love getting interesting science questions from their friends! Join them as they check their email and answer questions from kids like you! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www
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What's The Dirt On ... Dirt?

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A SciShow Kids viewer has asked us: What is dirt made of? Join Jessi to get the dirt on … dirt! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome produ
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Trying to Catch a Tarantula | Earth Unplugged

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Steve Backshall meets one of the deadliest spiders in the world.Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthUnplugged Animal Slow Motion: http://bit.ly/EarthUnpluggedSlowMotionTimelapse Expeditions: http://bit.ly/EarthUnpluggedExpeditionsAndLocationFilmsBig
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I Wish I Never Moved Away

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Meet the Sharpshooter Research Team | #DeepLook #Shorts

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Producer Mimi Schiffman collaborated with UC Berkeley researcher Liz Clark and Georgia Tech researcher Elio Challita for our episode about sharpshooter pee. Watch the full video here https://youtu.be/AWLIlc-IRK4Merry Go - Silent Film Light by Kevin MacLeo
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The Fossils in the Floor

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NEW: #IStandWithUnionidBivalves shirts + stickers: http://bit.ly/29J9SJw This is my love letter to the little things in life-- like the fossils that can be found in the limestone tiles of the Field Museum. What's your version of the fossils in the floor?
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Milking a Spider | Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds | Earth Lab

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We unveil the secrets of the production of spiders' silk and the flexibility of their webs! Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthLab Best of Earth Lab: http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth: http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos The Doctor
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Hidden Rattle Snake Encounter | DON'T DO THIS

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Reptile Riff comes face to face with a dangerous, poisonous, hidden rattle snake on soon-to-be-developed Florida Everglades land. His only option? Rescue the snake and take it to safety. Join Reptile Riff while he wrangles crocodiles, bags boa constrictor
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Four Fancy Meals You Can Make With Bugs | Foraging | NPR

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Culinary alchemist Pascal Baudar demonstrates how to make four fancy dishes using wild ingredients found in nature, including insects. The first insect that Pascal Baudar ever tried eating was an ant he found in his kitchen. The verdict? "It tasted like s
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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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Remember to Brush Your...Egg?

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We all know that brushing our teeth is important but now with this experiment you can actually SEE how brushing keeps your teeth clean! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowki
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Preserving the Migration of Giants: Guyana's Arapaima

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Conservation scientist Dr. Lesley de Souza is working with the people of Guyana to establish a new protected area. Their goal is to safeguard a watershed for animals like the arapaima, one of the largest freshwater fish in the world. ---------------------
Should we eat bugs? - Emma Bryce

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/should-we-eat-bugs-emma-bryce What's tasty, abundant and high in protein? Bugs! Although less common outside the tropics, entomophagy, the practice of eating bugs, was once extremely widespread throughout cultur
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Archerfish Says..."I Spit in Your Face!" | Deep Look

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The archerfish hunts by spitting water at terrestrial targets with weapon-like precision, and can even tell human faces apart. Is this fish smarter than it looks? SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK is a ultra-HD (4K) short video series
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Spider With Three Super Powers - The Hunt - BBC Earth

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Known for eating other spiders, Portia is a genus of the jumping spider that is able to leap up to 50 times her own body length. Captured by stunning close up footage, we get to witness this amazing spider use its super powers to dine on prey three times
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Do we really need pesticides? - Fernan Pérez-Gálvez

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/do-we-really-need-pesticides-fernan-perez-galvez Annually, we shower over 5 billion pounds of pesticides across the Earth to control insects, unwanted weeds, funguses, rodents, and bacteria that may threaten our
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These beetlebots keep flying, even after crashing into poles

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Beetles are virtually crash resistant. Their wings fold up when they collide with objects, and then quickly spring back into place. That helps the insects stay on course and fly straight, rather than spiral to the ground, while exerting little energy. Res
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The Secret Artists in Bugs

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Reclusive painter, Hollywood "bug wrangler," and entomologist Steven Kutcher reveals how his obsession with insects led to a unique artistic discovery in Iqbal Ahmed's short documentary. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/571024/bug-man/ "
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Worms can break down styrofoam in days instead of hundreds of years

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A paper came out recently showing the common mealworms could eat, survive on and break down styrofoam. I decided to test this with a different species to see if this is something more insects could do. And sure enough they can! Could be a great way to dea
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AMKK presents: Botanical animation "Story of Flowers" full ver.

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AMKK Presents:Botanical animation "Story of Flowers" The animation was developed for kids to show the life cycle of flowers.-Story-Many different flowers are growing beautifully and strongly in this world. Taking their roots in the earth, sprouting, bloom
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How Do You Find Water In The Wild?

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In case you ever get stranded in the wild without an obvious source of fresh water, here are a few things you can do to collect some. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/survival/wilderness/how-to-find-water.htm/printable S
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How to Give a Spider an Eye Test | ScienceTake

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Jumping spiders have excellent vision. To test it, scientists attach a tiny hat to the spider's head and then set it in front of a special machine of which there are only two in the world. What they discovered is that the four sets of eyes all serve a dif
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Cicadas: The Dormant Army Beneath Your Feet - Rose Eveleth

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/cicadas-the-dormant-army-beneath-your-feet-rose-eveleth Every 13 or 17 years, billions of cicadas emerge from the ground to molt, mate and die. Adult cicadas only live a few weeks above ground, but you'd be hard
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Which Poison Frog Can Kill You?

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**This video contains paid sponsorship by B&H Photo.** On this episode of Breaking Trail, Mark and Mario take us on the search for two species of poison dart frogs while also capturing some amazing macro footage of these tiny gems of the rainforest! So, h
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Rainbow Wings - The Dance of Time (TRAILER)

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The rainbow images are real and naturally occur when sunlight shines through theblack Jacobin hummingbird’s wings.Winner of 10 awards "The Dance of Time" takes the viewer on a unique journey of beauty and into the infinite cycles of nature.Filmed ov
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Spider With Three Super Powers | 4KUD | The Hunt | BBC Earth

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Known for eating other spiders, Portia is a genus of the jumping spider that is able to leap up to 50 times her own body length. Captured by stunning close up footage, we get to witness this amazing spider use its super powers to dine on prey three times
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How We Know Black Holes Exist

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Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Space Telescope Science Institute for supporting this video. Support MinutePhysics on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/minutephysics Link to Patreon Supporters: http://www.minutephysics.com/supporters/ Th
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Meteorite or MeteorWRONG?

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There are meteorites -- and then there are meteorWRONGS; deceptive terrestrial and human-made rocks and minerals that can be easily confused with special space rocks. Test your knowledge with the quiz at the end! Super shout-out to Jim Holstein for his wi
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Sooty Birds Share Dirt on Air Pollution [60 Second Specimens]

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Every specimen has a story; these dirty birds helped scientists answer questions about levels of air pollution in the United States over a period of 135 years. More 60 Second Specimen stories: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL8_5VpX9Txpke4mWgBrsHV
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Ghost Lineages

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Dr. Brandon Peecook thought he had made a major paleontological discovery that was going to alter decades of prior research in the field. Then, right before he was about to present his findings, he got a phone call that changed everything.This episode is
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How Different Animals See the World!

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In this video, we'll show you how animals see the world. Animals such as Dogs, Cats, Sharks, Snakes, Horses, Lizards, Fish, etc. These animal visions are based on Scientific Studies.How animals see the world is much different than you might think. For exa
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Why Do Honeybees Love Hexagons? - Zack Patterson And Andy Peterson

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-honeybees-love-hexagons-zack-patterson-and-andy-peterson Honeybees are some of nature's finest mathematicians. Not only can they calculate angles and comprehend the roundness of the earth, these smart ins
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What Happens If You Get Stung By a Jellyfish?

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Top 10 Most Dangerous Plants in the World

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The world is full of incredibly dangerous plants and some species pose a significant threat to us. Here are some of the most dangerous plants in the world! Subscribe for more! ► https://goo.gl/pgcoq1 ◄ Stay updated ► https://goo.gl/JyGcTt https://goo.gl/5
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The 'Sistine Chapel of Taxidermy' - Conserving Akeley's Elephants

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Come to our meet up at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin on January 27th! RSVP & details here: http://bit.ly/2FmhkJB The Akeley's Fighting African Elephants are some of the best examples of taxidermy ever created-- but they'll need help if they're to su
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Spider-Man (Cédric Villani) - Numberphile

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Fields Medallist and math "celebrity" Cédric Villani is famous for wearing ornate spiders on his lapel. More Villani videos: http://bit.ly/Villani_Videos Cédric Villani website: http://cedricvillani.org His book Birth of a Theorem (Amazon): http://bit.ly/
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The Rare Book Room!

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The Field Museum isn't just home to specimens and artifacts: it's also home to the books and manuscripts that have shaped our understanding of the world's natural history. Today, we look at some of the 7,500 books in the Mary W. Runnells Rare Book Room! ↓
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The Egg Collection!

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Eggs! There are around 10,800 different species of birds, all which lay eggs that vary in size, color, shape, and parental care required. Dr. John Bates pulled some highlights from the Field Museum's egg collection to share these fragile, historically imp

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