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The bizarre world of parasitic wasps - Miles Zhang

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Explore the gruesome evolutionary strategy employed by parasitoid wasps where they feed off other animals to grow their offspring.--A cockroach and jewel wasp are locked in battle. The wasp latches onto the cockroach and inserts her stinger into the cockr
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What Gall! The Crazy Cribs of Parasitic Wasps | Deep Look

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Plenty of animals build their homes in oak trees. But some very teeny, tricky wasps make the tree do all the work. And each miniature mansion the trees build for the wasps' larvae is weirder and more flamboyant than the next. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http:
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The Science Of Hay Fever... Are Parasitic Worms The Cure?

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Hay fever has an awful habit of ruining what should be the nicest time of the year. But what is it? And why is it called ‘hay fever’? Kate explores the science of allergies, and hunts through the research for a cure. Subscribe for more from Kate: http://b
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Why The Insect Brain Is So Incredible - Anna Stöckl

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-the-insect-brain-is-so-incredible-anna-stockl The human brain is one of the most sophisticated organs in the world, a supercomputer made of billions of neurons that control all of our senses, thoughts, and a
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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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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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How to turn stuff from your yard into stunning insect sculptures

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Raku Inoue has gotten famous on Instagram by making these fantastical insectile creatures. »Subscribe to CBC Arts to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/CBCArtsSubscribe Raku Inoue is taking you through the steps you need to know to try to create your
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Absurd Creatures | Meet The Weta, An Insect As Big As A Gerbil

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The tree weta, which looks like a cricket, is not cricket sized, it is the heaviest confirmed insect on earth. Males throw that weight around fighting for females, mostly by trying to dismember each other with their giant pincers. Still haven’t subscribed
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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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Insect Or Flower? This Bug Is A Master Of Deception

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This insect disguises itself as a beautiful flower in an amazing act of luring prey. Watch: Mountain Goats Aren't Actually Goats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vGBSUjQDzo
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The worlds most painful insect sting - Justin Schmidt

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Find out whether a honeybee, a tarantula hawk wasp, or a bullet ant has the most painful insect sting, and what each of their stings feel like. --One of these three creatures is thought to possess the worlds most painful insect sting: theres an ant that f
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Insect anesthesia helps to expose bug guts while still alive

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New CT scanning method makes insect research easier Learn more: http://scim.ag/2uv3pPs Read the research: https://bmczool.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40850-017-0018-x
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Meet the Autonomous Insect Robots That Will One Day Swarm the Skies

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Meet the fleet of next-generation autonomous robots that are modeled entirely after insects, and one in particular: the fly. Designed with speed and agility in mind, Robofly relies on natures wisdom to fly tether-free. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/s
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Insect Flight | Capturing Takeoff & Flying at 3,200 FPS

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Takeoff and flight sequences of insects spanning 8 different taxonomic orders captured at 3,200 fps!00:00 - intro01:17 - plume moth01:20 - firefly02:32 - painted lichen moth03:14 - leafroller moth03:31 - rosy maple moth04:00 - stonefly (see comment for co
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Craft An Insect!

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Craft along with Jessi and Squeaks to make your own insect art! ---------- 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 products over at DFTBA Records: http:
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Shredding Bacteria With Technology From Insect Wings

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Dragonfly wings are covered in bacteria-killing nanopillars, and scientists are taking inspiration from them to make smarter anti-bacterial surfaces! The Secret Soviet Virus That Helps Kill Bacteria - https://youtu.be/jTwEVK7TMWI Sign Up For The Seeker Ne
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Sharpshooter insect pees faster than a cheetah accelerates

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The rapid acceleration of a cheetah chasing down its prey is slow motion compared with the pee flying out of the rear end of a glassy sharpshooter a new study has found. Read more: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/sharpshooter-insect-pees-faster-ch
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Insect Cribs

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

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This week, we hit the road in rural Texas for our weirdest experiment yet. Were collecting all the bugs that splat on our cars windshield. Its a silly project that hints at a very serious issue: the decline of insect populations around the world. Its myst
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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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Insect Returns From The Dead - Wild New Zealand - BBC Earth

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The Mountain Stone Weta, boasts perhaps the most extraordinary survival technique of all - the ability to come back from the dead. With the aid of a specialized filming chamber we are able to witness stunning footage of life slowly returning to this froze
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The Wonderful World of Insect Mouths | SciShow Kids

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In this episode, Jessi and Squeaks learn about the many kinds of mouths insects can have, and why they look so different!Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!First Grade Next Generati
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Wing Windows Reveal Insect Origami

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Ladybird beetles fold their hindwings into a tidy, Z-shaped package under their bright spotted shell. Scientists made a clear plastic window to peek in at how the wing folds upon itself. Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/SciAmerican Find t
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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 Much Weight Can the World's Strongest Insect Pull? I Roped a Beetle!

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In this video I test if a beetle is really the strongest insect and actually measure how much weight a beetle can pull! I add weights to a black beetle to see how much it can pull. I also tell you some cool facts about beetles. And don't worry, after its
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The Curious Webspinner Insect Knits a Cozy Home | Deep Look

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To protect herself and her eggs, female webspinners shoot super-fine silk from their front feet. They weave the strands to build a shelter that serves as a tent, umbrella and invisibility cloak. But shooting silk from her feet requires her to moonwalk to
Insect-like robots

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A team of researchers has developed a new generation of tiny, agile drones that look, act and maneuver like actual insects allowing them to operate in cramped spaces and withstand collisions. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2021/researchers-introduce-new
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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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The Man Of 1000 Insect Stings

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Justin Schmidt is an entomologist who studies stinging insects. Through the course of his work, he estimates that he has been stung more than 1,000 times, all in the name of science. In fact, Schmidt has been stung so many times that he’s created a pain s
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How To Draw A Cicada Insect

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Ahhhh...Today, Austin and I are learning how to draw a cicada! We hope you and your kids have a lot of fun following along with us. JOIN OUR ART HUB MEMBERSHIP! VISIT https://www.artforkidshub.tv/ VISIT OUR AMAZON ART SUPPLY STORE https://www.amazon.com/s
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The Insect Nothing Messes With: Meet the Velvet Ant

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SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. Big or small, most creatures end up on something else's dinner menu. But the velvet ant combines a ton of defenses into one very u
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Respect the Insect! | SciShow Kids Compilation

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Squeaks and Mr. Brown are taking a break from working in the garden to learn about bunches of cool insects that live there and other places in the world! Hosted by: Anthony BrownTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science St
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‘Blindfolded’ ants reveal clues to insect navigation

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Desert-dwelling ants use sight as a backup to step counting when measuring distance. Learn more: http://scim.ag/2cgKbmu Read the paper: http://scim.ag/2cswwaO JOIN AAAS: http://scim.ag/2bxrxnH
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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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Will an Ant Survive Being Dropped Off a Building? The Insect Drop Experiment

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Get Your Action Lab T-Shirt Here: https://www.theactionlab.com/store/shirt In this video I test what happens when you drop an ant off a building. Will it survive? I talk about terminal velocity and impact and why insects seem to be able to survive drops f
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Trapdoor Spider Seizes Insect | The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World | BBC Earth

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Trapdoor spiders are masters of surprise, crafting cleverly concealed "doors" and striking when unsuspecting prey wanders. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub #TrapdoorSpider #NighttimeNatureDoc #BBCEarthWatch more: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarth
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Microsculpture by Levon Biss

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Microsculpture- The insect photography of Levon Biss. A groundbreaking photographic exhibition of Science and Art. A special exhibition from 27th May until October 2016 at Oxford University Museum of Natural History. microsculpture.net Microsculpture is a
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The Wonderful World of Worms

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Earthworms & leeches, parasitic nematodes, bristle worms, velvet worms, bobbit worms! Dr. Anna J. Phillips, Curator of Parasitic Worms and Protozoa at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History took us back into the invertebrate zoology collecti
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Larva pressurizes its body for massive jumps

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This legless insect can jump 30 times its body length. Learn more: http://scim.ag/2Cu9lbr
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First genetically modified ant shows expanded sense of smell helped ants become social

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World’s first genetically modified ants shed light on how complex insect societies evolved. Learn more: http://scim.ag/2lZ68I1
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Air-Water Robot Uses Explosive Launch

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An insect size robot converts water to gas and ignites it to spring free of water and take flight.
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Soft, Sticky Frog Tongues Slurp Supper

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Scientists discovered a frog’s ability to nab an insect in a fraction of a second depends on the fluid mechanics of its spit.
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Venus Flytraps

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In order to distinguish insect prey from non-prey like falling water droplets, the Venus flytrap waits to spring shut until two of its tiny hair sensors have been tripped. Learn more: http://scim.ag/1Qoejd8
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The search for a safer mosquito spray

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Safer, cheaper, better-smelling insect repellent is coming thanks to recent research from UC Riverside that lets researchers know what a bug’s nose knows. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1fUWHyY How Do Our Bodies Fight Off Dangerous Chemicals? https://youtu.be/8
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Butterfly Or Moth?

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Do you have a favorite insect? We really like butterflies! But there's another awesome insect with really big wings and long antenna that you might see flapping around: moths! Moths and butterflies can look really similar, but we've got some tips to help
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Meet a Bizarre and Rare Beetle You’ve Never Seen Before | National Geographic

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National Geographic Young Explorer Mark Wong found this strange-looking beetle while walking through the jungle in Singapore. It's a rare and mysterious female trilobite beetle, an ancient-looking insect that has kept scientists baffled for nearly two cen
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Samurai Wasps Say 'Smell Ya Later, Stink Bugs' | Deep Look

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Support Deep Look on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Yep, brown marmorated stink bugs are stinky, but that’s not the worst thing about them. They're imported agricultural pests eating their way across North America. But a native enemy from Asia
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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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Watch a moth drive a robot car

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A new study suggests that drug-sniffing dogs may soon have a competitor in the workplace: an insect-piloted robotic vehicle that could help scientists build better odor-tracking robots to find disaster victims, detect illicit drugs or explosives, and sens
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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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Spectacular Footage of a Butterfly Leaving Its Cocoon

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The transition from caterpillar to butterfly is a process that consists of four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Observe one caterpillar as it developments into a gorgeous winged insect. From: MICRO MONSTERS WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: Courtship http://b
Ants can pave road?!

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Another remarkable example of tool use in ants: fire ants paving sticky surfaces with the shiny glass gravels I gave them. Ive seen signs of this behavior, but I didnt expect it to be so robust until my friend told me about it (read more in Wen et al., 20
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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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The Voice Of The Natural World - Bernie Krause

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Bernie Krause has been recording wild soundscapes -- the wind in the trees, the chirping of birds, the subtle sounds of insect larvae -- for 45 years. In that time, he has seen many environments radically altered by humans, sometimes even by practices tho
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Tourists Help Discover New Species in Peru’s Rainforest

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Earth is home to two million known insect species, but some researchers believe that there could be between 10 and 20 million on our planet. That’s a lot of bugs to discover! Luckily, there’s Refugio Amazonas. Located in one of the most biodiverse nations
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Why Bumble Bees Are the Fuzzy Heroes We Need

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If the insect world has a fuzzy, charismatic cutie, its surely the humble bumble bee. While insect populations are declining around the globe, bumble bees face unique threats that make them particularly vulnerable. Surveying projects across the U.S. are c
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Scientists put tiny camera backpacks on beetles...

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Hi, I'm Charlie Engelman. Scientist keep making tiny insect backpacks and I kind of like it. SUBSCRIBE!! ----- I'll take my hat off at 10,000 subs!Patreon: www.patreon.com/worldbycharlieInstagram: @WorldByCharlieYoutube: www.youtube.com/c/WorldByCharlie
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Would you raise the baby that ate your siblings? - Francesca Barbero

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Explore how the offspring of parasitic butterflies trick their way into ant colonies for food and protection.--You might not guess it, but Alcon blue butterflies are just one of over 200 parasitic butterfly species, all of which target ants. And their off
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Earwig Wings are Origami-Like | National Geographic

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The hidden wings of the common earwig unfold to ten times their folded size, transforming the mostly ground-dwelling insect into a super-efficient flyer. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the worl
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The Strangest Plant In The World?!

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PBS Digital Studios Survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/pbsds2017 The plant Hydnora africana is a parasite that smells foul...and that’s not even the weirdest thing about it. Subscribe to Gross Science! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.
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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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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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The Ingenious Ways Plants Defend Themselves

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A new study has found that when certain plants are damaged, they can emit a chemical to ward off insects. They can even team up with other plants to keep pests away! 5 Weird Ways Plants Can Eat Animals - https://youtu.be/6j8IFHaHYFY Sign Up For The Seeker
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Why does this flower smell like a dead body? - Daniel Nickrent

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Explore how the Rafflesia plant uses parasitic strategies to grow the worlds largest flower, and find out why it smells so bad.--Deep inside the Sumatran rainforest, a carrion fly descends, guided by the scent of its favorite place to lay eggs: rotting an
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What Are the WORST Bug Bites To Get?

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Can it be winter please? The bugs have had their fun.Watch more: No More Mosquitoes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z08lS4OppmkGET YOUR BLOCKO PIN: http://keeponthinking.co Meet The Team!Director/Voice - Pat Graziosi: http://youtube.com/undocircleExecuti
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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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The World's Most Expensive Fungus

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The priciest fungus in the world is a parasite that grows from a caterpillar’s head. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/ ↓Want more info?↓ NPR—Caterpillar Fungus: The Viag
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CARROT Growing from Seed Time Lapse - 100 Days

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It took me 4 tries and 1,5 years to get this one somewhat right. Should have adjusted the camera angle a bit earlier but unfortunately there are no reshoots when you do these kind of timelapses :)Bugs attacked the green parts again at day 26 but i managed
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The mystery of mosquito flight

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For a long time insect flight was a mystery: how do they stay aloft with large bodies and small wings? For mosquitos the puzzle is slightly different: how do they fly while moving their wings through only a small angle with each flap? Nature Video explore
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Attack Of The Zombie Parasites!

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Did someone say BRAAAAAINS…? Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Shows like The Walking Dead are full of hungry, mindless, surprisingly fleet-footed armies of brain-eating zombies. Could they actually
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Who Made These | Gumball | Cartoon Network

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Darwin and Gumball attempt to poison Anais's parasitic friend. CN GAMES: http://bit.ly/CNGames SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/109Y6wq WATCH MORE: http://bit.ly/CNGumball About The Amazing World of Gumball: Gumball, the amusing blue cat with a giant head, and hi
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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Kids Jokes | Laugh Attack! | 2020 | Highlights Kids

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What do you call a musical insect? A Hum Bug! HA, HA, HA! Laugh with us as kids tell funny jokes! Subscribe to watch more Highlights! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4p_YSvJlJpEhAh5PMyhkiQ?sub_confirmation=1Highlights is a beloved global media brand ded
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A Jungle Outside Your Front Door!! | Maddies Urban Jungles

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You might not believe it, but even in the largest cities around the world, amazing wildlife experiences are taking place. Sometimes, you just need to know where to look! Maddie Moate and her team of young local experts discover all kinds of Spring awakeni
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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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BUGS + POPCORN = ?

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Please SUBSCRIBE - http://bit.ly/BWchannel Buy Coyote’s Book - http://bit.ly/BOOKbraveadventures Watch More - http://bit.ly/BTorbbite In this segment of On Location, Coyote and the crew mix it up with Bugs and Popcorn! That’s right, the crew decided to cr
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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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Magnetic spray transforms inanimate objects into mini-robots

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Scientists have engineered a spray that turns inanimate materials into mobile, insect-scale machines. The spray contains particles of iron, polyvinyl alcohol and gluten, which combine with water to form sticky, magnetic skins, or M-skins. Thanks to the sp
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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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INFLATABLE | EXPANDING WORKS OF ART

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Step inside and wonder at gigantic, fantastical air-filled artworks at Inflatable. Spread across our indoor and outdoor galleries, these ephemeral sculptures include otherworldly organisms by Jason Hackenwerth and Shih Chieh Huang, a forest of cushiony co
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Why the Immune System Is a Bats Secret Superpower

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Bats are the only mammal group that can fly, but this key trait may allow them to do much more. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comBats make up about twenty percent of all mammals and because of that
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Dung Beetles and Their Big Balls of Poop!

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Jessi teaches Squeaks all about Dung Beetles, a special kind of insect that pushes around something that might surprise you.----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids----------L
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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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Sesame Street: B is for Bees

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B is for Bees! Bees are very important in helping plants grow! They also are the only insect that creates food for people! Can you guess what that food is? -- Subscribe to the Sesame Street Channel here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user
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Growing the World's Largest Flower

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When you imagine a plant, what do you think of? Lush green leaves, the sweet smell of a flower or maybe some roots? Well, the worlds largest flower doesnt have any of these!Rafflesia is a parasitic behemoth that has baffled scientists since its discovery.
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Did you know? #3 | 2020 | Laugh and Learn | Kids Videos | Highlights Kids

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Do you know which insect can taste with their feet? Do you know percentage of the planet is covered in water? Laugh# and Learn# with Highlights!SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4p_YSvJlJpEhAh5PMyhkiQ?sub_confirmation=1#Learn fun and interestin
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17 Year Periodical Cicadas - Planet Earth - BBC Earth

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The biggest insect emergence on the planet is underway - after an absence of 17 years the next batch of Periodical Cicadas will grace the Forest for just a mere few days. For the Turtle and other Forest inhabitants this will be one very rare but ultimatel
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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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The Secret Life of Bugs

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In this reel, we’re crawling along with some of nature’s most fascinating little critters. We track down the mighty Hercules beetle, find the extremely rare black beauty stick insect, and meet the gravedigger of the animal kingdom. SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.
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Here's what candy corn is actually made of

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Candy corn isn't just sugar. It's actually made up of several ingredients, including sugar, corn syrup, confectioner's glaze, salt, dextrose, gelatin, sesame oil, artificial flavor, honey, yellow 6, yellow 5, and red 3. It also contains gelatin, a protein
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What is Slime Mold and is it Intelligent?

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How much brain do you need to be smart? Bees and ants perform marvels as colonies, though each insect has barely any brain. And plantswith no brain at allexhibit behaviors that, by any definition, count as intelligent. Brace yourself for a mind-bending ex
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The Loudest Bugs in the World

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Cicadas are small insects, but they're famous for being one of the loudest animals in the world! ---------- Here's a link to a video of a Cicada making it's loud 'clicks' in action! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mah26og11ms Love SciShow Kids and want to
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POPEYE THE SAILOR MAN COMPILATION Vol 4: Popeye, Bluto and more! (Cartoons for Children) (HD)

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Popeye The Sailor Man Classic Collection Remastered HD 1080, featuring Popeye, Olive Oyl and Bluto presented by 8thManDVD Cartoon Classics!Episodes:00:15 Insect To Injury 195606:30 Parlez Vous Woo 195612:49 I Don't Scare 195619:07 A Haul In One 195625:19
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The Biggest Flower in the World!

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Squeaks wants to know more about the biggest flower in the world! So Mister Brown teaches him all about this stinky, weird plant - called Rafflesia arnoldii!----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.p
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Sesame Street: What Begins with Letter I?

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Isabella loves the letter I. Wanna know why? Well, her name begins with the Letter I. Additionally, words like ivy, igloo, ice cream, insect and ice cubes all begin with letter I. Aren't those words so fun? You can imagine why Isabella loves the letter I
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The Roots of Exploring Plant Intelligence

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Tune in and join the conversation during the premiere of "Intelligence Without Brains" on Friday, November 8th at 8pm EST.PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONHow much brain do you need to be smart? Bees and ants perform marvels as colonies, though each insect has barely a
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Can a Plant Remember?

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Tune in and join the conversation during the premiere of "Intelligence Without Brains" on Friday, November 8th at 8pm EST.PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONHow much brain do you need to be smart? Bees and ants perform marvels as colonies, though each insect has barely a
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It's the Matrix, but for locusts.

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At the Department of Collective Behaviour, part of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, researchers are putting locusts into simulated worlds, both virtual and physical, in the hope that they can figure out how devastating swarms form and move. Ab
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How stop motion animation began

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An unusual insect story was the start of an animation revolution.Almanac Hollywouldn't is our miniseries on big changes to movies that came from outside Hollywood. Watch all of the episodes right here on YouTube.Episode 1: https://youtu.be/NMkZpuiEqh8Epis
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Old&Odd: Archaea, Bacteria&Protists - CrashCourse Biology #35

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Hank veers away from human anatomy to teach us about the (mostly) single-celled organisms that make up two of the three taxonomic domains of life, and one of the four kingdoms: Archaea, Bacteria, and Protists. They are by far the most abundant organisms o
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Leaf Miner Fly Babies Scribble All Over Your Salad | Deep Look

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This flys larvae tunnel inside bitter-tasting greens like arugula and kale, leaving squiggly marks behind. The plants fight back with toxic chemicals. So before laying her eggs, the fly mom digs into a leaf and slurps its sap a taste test to find the leas
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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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Story Time: A Very Special Moth

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Squeaks and Jessi have a story to tell you about the peppered moth, a special insect that taught us a lot about a process called natural selection. ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.c
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Nature's Scuba Divers: How Beetles Breathe Underwater | Deep Look

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Bugs and beetles can’t hold their breath underwater like we do. But some aquatic insects can spend their whole adult lives underwater. How do they do it? Meet nature’s Scuba divers. They carry their air with them—in some cases, for a lifetime. SUBSCRIBE t
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How Worms Survive Inside Your Body

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Worms are disgusting, yet so many species thrive inside human bodies. How are they able to live inside us and do they hurt or help us? Get 15% off http://www.domain.com's domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code DNEWS at checkout! Can We Prev
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Complex Animals: Annelids&Arthropods - CrashCourse Biology #23

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

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Get your first KiwiCo box free by going to http://www.kiwico.com/minuteearth Occasionally, internal or external factors change, allowing certain animals to become giant versions of themselves. Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/Minut
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How Do Bees Sting? | Maddie Moate

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One of the bee questions I get asked most is WHY do bees sting?! Honey bees rarely sting for any reason other than defence and needn't be anything to be scared of. So, I made a video and a DIY honey bee stinger to help me explain how and why they do it! (
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Evolution 101

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Every creature that’s ever lived, including you, has been honed by the powerful force of evolution. Play NOVA's Evolution Lab to learn how it’s responsible for the explosion of Earth's biodiversity. Play the Evolution Lab: http://www.pbs.org/nova/labs/lab
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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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Your Brain On Illusions (The LAB)

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Find out what happens to your brain during illusions! Follow us! @whalewatchmeplz and @mitchellmoffit SUBSCRIBE! It's free: http://bit.ly/asapsci Want to make a video with us, or win some awesome Samsung prizes? Check out this challenge: http://solveforto
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This Freaky Fruit Fly Lays Eggs in Your Strawberries | Deep Look

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The spotted wing drosophila may look like a common fruit fly, but its so much worse. Just as strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries are ripening in the field, this fly saws into them and lays her eggs inside. The growing maggots turn the
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Giant Hornets Massacre Yellow Hornets | Buddha Bees and The Giant Hornet Queen | BBC Earth

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Two rival hornet species go sting-to-sting in the battle for territory. Who will win?Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub #BuddhaBeesAndTheGiantHornetQueen #BBCEarth Watch more: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthPlaylist Blue Planet http://bit.ly/Blue
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These Hairworms Eat a Cricket Alive and Control Its Mind | Deep Look

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Support Deep Look on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook A baby hairworm hitches a ride inside a cricket, feasting on its fat until the coiled-up parasite is ready to burst out. Then it hijacks the cricket's mind and compels it to head to water for
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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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Hornet Queen Murdered By Her Own Daughters | Buddha Bees and The Giant Hornet Queen | BBC Earth

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The queen's grip on her daughters' nature slackens - leading to chaos, anarchy and ultimately matricide.Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub #BuddhaBeesAndTheGiantHornetQueen #BBCEarth Watch more: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthPlaylist Blue Planet
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What Sound Does An Ant Make?

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Ant language sounds wacky—and can be hacked. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/ ↓Want more info?↓ Paper on Beetles Mimicking Ant Sounds: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/
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4 DEADLY Carnivorous Plants

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Here are four ingenious ways carnivorous plants catch their prey. Head over to BrainCraft to watch Plants Can Learn, Too—and don't forget to subscribe! https://youtu.be/s0prAxQTuAA Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_scie
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Bees Kill A Giant Hornet With Heat | Buddha Bees and The Giant Hornet Queen | BBC Earth

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The giant hornet has one terrible weakness - it cannot stand heat. After millions of years facing their enemy, the bees use this to their advantage.Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub #BuddhaBeesAndTheGiantHornetQueen #BBCEarth Watch more: Planet Earth h
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Bullet Ant Venom

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Bullet ants (Paraponera clavata) have the most intense sting of any insect -- but what makes it so painful? Dr. Corrie Moreau walks us through how she extracts their venom to learn more about the chemistry of this remarkable species! Last week, she showed
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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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Should We All Be Eating Insects?

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Could these creepy crawlers be the future of food? HOW TO EAT BUGS: http://bit.ly/1jLnYXe Subscribe! It's free: http://bit.ly/10kWnZ7 --- Follow us (Links Below) --- Instagram and Twitter: @whalewatchmeplz and @mitchellmoffit Clickable: http://bit.ly/16F1
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Butterfly Effect: Can Monarchs Avoid Extinction?

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Check out Sharks Unknown with Jasmin Graham: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3fd9YjZXFUWhy are monarch butterflies disappearing? You may know them for their amazing transcontinental migration, but over the past few decades, monarch butterflies have been
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The Man Who Drove McDonalds out of Iceland | Hungerlust S2

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Tommi Tomasson’s all-American burger joint is so legendary in Iceland, it ousted McDonald’s from the country. Experience a collision of traditions and tastes in Season 2 of Culture Trip’s award-winning series Hungerlust, as chefs serve u
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The Plants&The Bees: Plant Reproduction - CrashCourse Biology #38

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Hank gets into the dirty details about vascular plant reproduction: they use the basic alternation of generations developed by nonvascular plants 470 million years ago, but they've tricked it out so that it works a whole lot differently compared to the wa
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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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The Power of Pollinators

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Everyone has heard of honeybees, but what about the 4,000 species of wild, native bees that live alongside honey bees here in North America? Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed it! **More info & videos below** ---------------For full NATURE episodes,
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Shooting Chameleon Tongue In Super Slow Motion - BBC Earth

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In super slow motion you can see how a chameleon's tongue is such a formidable weapon. Subscribe to BBC Earth for more amazing animal videos - http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub First released on our sister channel Earth Unplugged, Si and Sam film a chameleon as
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15 FANTASTIC DIY CRAFTS WITH TOYS

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USEFUL DIY CRAFTS AND COOL TOYS FOR KIDS You can find a lot of amazing crafts in this video. Some of them are really useful, and some are just entertaining, which is also very important. However, watch them all and you will definitely find something speci
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The Life Cycle of a Butterfly Song | Silly School Songs

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Enjoy this fun song that teaches the four stages of the life cycle of a butterfly: Egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (chrysalis), and imago (butterfly). Visit http://sillyschoolsongs.com for more info and music!Lyrics:The caterpillar comes from an eggHe craw
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Why Is Itching Contagious? With Dr Emily Grossman

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Does watching this video make you itch? Dr Emily Grossman explains why the ‘social itch’ might have evolved. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe It’s well known that an itch can be contagious – seeing a person scratch can make
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The weird and wonderful metamorphosis of the butterfly - Franziska Bauer

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-weird-and-wonderful-metamorphosis-of-the-butterfly-franziska-bauer In order to become a butterfly, a caterpillar’s body dissolves almost completely
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TIL: This Wasp Turns Prey Into Zombies

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If you see a cockroach scurry through your kitchen, your first reaction might be: “Arghh! A cockroach! Quick! Squish it with John Grisham!” But wait! You don’t need to sully your favorite legal caper. Instead, fetch a jewel wasp to do your bidding. These
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What Do Earwigs Do With Those Pincers Anyway? | Deep Look

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Join Deep Look on Patreon NOW! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Earwigs are equipped with some pretty imposing pincers on their rear, and they're not afraid to use them. But when it comes to these appendages, size isn't everything. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look!
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Is Bigger Better?

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This video was made in partnership with Popsci! They recently published their "Muscles" issue, and wrote an article to go along with this video that you can read here: https://popsci.com/environment/strongest-animal-by-weightElephants might be strong, but
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Why Are Mosquitoes So Good At Carrying Disease?

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Mosquitoes are one of the most annoying bugs on this planet, but they are also one of the most deadly. Why are they so good at carrying diseases? Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Why Can’t We Get Rid of Mosquitoes ►►►►ht
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Sticky. Stretchy. Waterproof. The Amazing Underwater Tape of the Caddisfly | Deep Look

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What do you do if you are a tiny caddisfly larva growing up in a torrent of water and debris? Simple. You build a shelter out of carefully selected pebbles and some homespun waterproof tape. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK is a ultr
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The Secret Social Life Of Plants

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Thanks to Audible for supporting MinuteEarth - get a FREE audiobook at http://www.audible.com/minute Subscribe to MinuteEarth! - http://www.youtube.com/user/minuteearth?sub_confirmation=1 And support us on Subbable! - https://subbable.com/minuteearth ____
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19 COOL STRAW HACKS

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FANTASTIC STRAW IDEAS FOR KIDS In this video, we collected the coolest and the most exciting straw crafts and ideas for kids. Some of them are good for parties, while some of them can make your everyday life way easier. I'm sure that everyone can find som
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The History Of Life On Earth - Crash Course Ecology #1

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With a solid understanding of biology on the small scale under our belts, it's time for the long view - for the next twelve weeks, we'll be learning how the living things that we've studied interact with and influence each other and their environments. Li
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Are naked mole rats the strangest mammals? - Thomas Park

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Visit TED-Ed's shop to pick up t-shirts, totes, mugs and more featuring characters from your favorite TED-Ed Animations: http://bit.ly/2IWAKWE View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/are-naked-mole-rats-the-strangest-mammals-thomas-park What mammal h
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The Real Truth About Hot Dogs

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Everyone knows that hot dogs tend to have some pretty dirty secrets. Still, some of the shocking facts behind these tasty treats are bound to give anyone pause for thought. Here are some of the things you don't know, and probably don't want to know, about
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11 COOL CRAFTS WITH STRAWS

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STRAW CRAFTS AND UNUSUAL IDEAS How many uses can you figure out for cocktail straws apart from sipping drinks through them? Well, we know more than 10! In this video, we collected the coolest and the most exciting straw crafts and ideas for kids. I'm sure
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12 COOL DIY TOYS

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CURIOUS TOYS DIYS FOR KIDS Why buying new toys, if you can make a lot of adorable toys yourself? In this video you'll find a lot of cool crafts that will help you to turn some seemingly useless or simply inappropriate things into cute and exciting toys. P
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You Can't Unsee the Assassin Bugs Dirty Work | Deep Look

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Under the bright yellow petals of a tarweed plant, an insect known as the assassin bug kills its caterpillar victim by stabbing it over and over. But does this perpetrator have an accomplice? Sticky droplets all over the plant could be a clue.SUBSCRIBE to
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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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19 AMAZING DIYS FOR KIDS YOU CAN MAKE IN NO TIME

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EXCITING ARTS AND CRAFTS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY This video is a treasure trove for those who love toy miniature! In this video for kids, you can find a lot of amazing and brand new crafting ideas that will blow you away. You won't need any special materials
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Why Nature Loves Hexagons (featuring Infinite Series!)

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Follow me to Infinite Series for 4-Dimensional Bees! https://youtu.be/X8jOxEGVyPo Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ From spirals to spots to fractals, nature is full of interesting pattern
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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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Cockroaches Are Indestructible, And the Secret Is in Their Genome

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The cockroach genome is fully sequenced! Here's how we could benefit from the secrets embedded in their unique DNA. There Are Bugs In Your Food! Here's Why You Shouldn't Panic - https://youtu.be/kyLmINv4Joo Read More: Newly Sequenced Cockroach Genome Expl
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Firebrats and Silverfish Are Rocking Some Old-School Looks | Deep Look

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What *is* that bizarre fishlike thing squirming in your sink at night? Firebrats and silverfish are pretty darn similar to some of the earliest insects on Earth. With three long filaments poking out their back, no wings and mini-me babies, they have somet
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How To Do 10 ANIMAL Magic Tricks!

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Learn how to do magic tricks with animals! See a monkey react to a magic trick and learn a fun dog magic trick too! How to pull a rabbit out of a hat magic trick revealed, the secret of bringing a fly back to life, funny eating goldfish magic prank, an ea
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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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The Hardcore Crickets That Only Live on Bare Lava

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Build your own website today at https://wix.com/go/scishow.Some animals live in pretty extreme places, but the lava cricket might be the most hardcore of them all. These crickets have only been observed right after volcanic eruptions, and scientists have
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The Insane Evolution of: Flight

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Watch the first episode of Becoming Human on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-bipedalismWatch this episode ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-the-insane-evolution-of-flightPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscienceInstag
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Walking Sticks Stop, Drop and Clone to Survive | Deep Look

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Indian walking sticks are more than just twig impersonators. They even clone themselves into a surprising variety of colors to stay hidden in plain sight from predators.Please join our community on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplookSUBSCRIBE to Dee
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Octopuses Can Smell, Feel, AND Think With Their Arms, Wait What?

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Octopuses think, feel, and smell with their arms. Scientists are using them as inspiration for innovations in material science, medicine, and soft robotics. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comThey ca
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How Sharks Use Electricity To Sense Prey

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Sharks are some of the animal kingdom's most feared hunters, thanks to a special sixth sense. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comThere are two ways that animals use electroreception. They either use
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Here's Why Cheetahs Are So Much Faster Than Other Animals

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Cheetahs are the fastest land animals on Earth. So what's the secret to their incredible speed? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comA cheetah has a short muzzle, small canines, and other features to h
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How Your Pee Could Help Billions Of People

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Most of us flush our urine down the toilet, but William Tarpeh uses it to create fertilizer and hopes to help people in need. See how here. This Cellphone Hack Could Save Millions From Malaria - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtB-VhLhSjs Sign Up For The
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Lens of Time: Secrets of Schooling | bioGraphic

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Shimmering schools of fish have dazzled scientists for centuries with their synchronized maneuvers. Now, high-speed video is revealing how—and why—they do it. ___ Originally published on bioGraphic: http://bit.ly/2ftce5K Produced by Spine Film
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Robot Ant Swarms Have Arrived!

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Robot design commonly mimics the abilities of their human creators, but some researchers have been inspired by a possibly unexpected creature: an ant.Hosted by: Michael ArandaSciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at htt
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Think You Know Whats Inside a Camels Hump? THINK AGAIN?

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A camels hump weighs roughly 35 kilograms. So what exactly is in a camel's hump? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comThere are three types of camels: the Dromedary, which has one hump, and the Bactria
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Why Is It so Hard to Swat a Fly?

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SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. Flies are evasive buzzing machines that make it nearly impossible to swat. Luckily, science has some explanation to help you predi
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Why Your Dog Can Remember Smells and You Can't

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Dogs have some seriously impressive sniffers. But why are dog noses so powerful and how is it that they can remember precise smells over long periods of time? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comIt al
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This Is What Makes Crocodile Jaws So Deadly

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Crocodiles have more than 60 teeth, but they don't chew their food sometimes they have to perform a death roll. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comThe crocodilian group is hundreds of millions of yea
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A Real Alien Invasion Is Coming to a Palm Tree Near You | Deep Look

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Support Deep Look on Patreon!! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook The South American palm weevil is bursting onto the scene in California. Its arrival could put one of the states most cherished botanical icons at risk of oblivion. DEEP LOOK is a ultra-HD (4
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Why Does Nature Have Redundant Copies?

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Signup for your FREE trial to Wondrium here: http://ow.ly/AOkb30sfmakWho needs redundancy? Well, everyone, it turns out.LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Ecological redundancy (also: functio
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Honey Bees Make Honey ... and Bread? | Deep Look

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Honey bees make honey from nectar to fuel their flight – and our sweet tooth. But they also need pollen for protein. So they trap, brush and pack it into baskets on their legs to make a special food called bee bread. JOIN our Deep Look community on Patreo
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You'd Never Guess What an Acorn Woodpecker Eats | Deep Look

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OK. Maybe you would. But the lengths they have to go to to stock up for the winter *will* surprise you. When you see how carefully they arrange each acorn, you might just need to reorganize your pantry. Join Deep Look on Patreon NOW! https://www.patreon.c
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Flesh-Eating Bacteria Is Real and This Is How It Works

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Each year, we hear stories about new (and old) cases of flesh-eating bacteria, but what exactly is this invasive infection and how is it contracted? Lets flesh it out. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more SICK | http://bit.ly/SICK
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This Weevil Has Puppet Vibes But Drills Like a Power Tool | Deep Look

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This fuzzy acorn weevil cant crack open acorns like a woodpecker or chomp through them like a squirrel. Instead, she uses her incredibly long snout, called a rostrum, to power-drill through an acorns tough and resilient shell. And it's not just lunch on h
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How Ingenious Animals Have Engineered Air Conditioning

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Owl Eyes Are Shaped Like Tubes, Here's Why

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Owl eyes are specially designed for the dark to spot prey from afar. Here's how they see behind themselves and what makes their eyes so powerful. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comThe bigger the eye
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The Fly That Lays Eggs in Toad Nostrils

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We were probably all told to quit picking our noses at one point, and by most standards, this is good advice. But if you were a toad, it might come in handy to scratch away blowfly eggs.Hosted by: Rose Bear Don't WalkSciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's ca
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Can naked mole rats solve autism, epilepsy, and schizophrenia? || EXPERIMENTALS: Moles (part 1)

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Naked mole rats look like walking steamed spring rolls (with tails). But, beneath their translucent skin, they have a 35 million year old superpower: they are super carbon dioxide breathers (trust us, they’re joining the Avengers). And it’s not like they
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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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Is This The First Family Robot? -- Mind Blow #85

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Why Do Some Species Thrive In Cities?

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Urban development can be tough on wildlife. But some plants and animals are adapting to our cities in surprising ways. Thanks to squarespace.com for supporting this video. Go build a website! http://www.squarespace.com/minuteearth (use your 10% discount c
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DIY Seed Starting Soil Made Easy

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Seed Starting Time Is Here My Friends! The beginning of a great garden year all starts with our seedlings. And to get the best seedlings, a good starting soil mix is the foundation. Seeding soils are a different beast than regular garden soils and today w
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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 Humans Made Malaria So Deadly

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Thanks to http://www.givewell.org/ for sponsoring this video! To learn more about the Against Malaria Foundation, visit: http://www.givewell.org/AMF or https://www.againstmalaria.com. Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth __
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Why These Bears Waste Food

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Offset your carbon footprint with Wren! They'll protect 5 extra acres of rainforest for each of the first 100 people who sign up at https://www.wren.co/join/minuteearth.Optimal foraging theory means that turning down food is sometimes more efficient than
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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 Did the Mexican Jumping Bean Jump? | Deep Look

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To find its place in the shade! Each hollowed-out seed is home to a head-banging moth larva, just trying to survive the harsh Sonoran Desert sun.SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt Please join our community on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/dee
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The Engineering Secrets of the World's Toughest Beetle

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Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their Scientific Thinking course. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription.This arthropod may look modest, but it actually used brilliant engineering to become the worlds most resilient
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5 Things That Make You a Mosquito Magnet

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Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try out Brilliants Daily Challenges. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. Every summer it seems like theres that one person who always gets a lot of mosquito bites. But what makes peop
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Meet the Most Important Animal You've Never Seen

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They predate the dinosaurs and they outnumber us by trillions, yet you might not ever have the pleasure of seeing one. So let us introduce to you, the nematode.Hosted by: Hank GreenSciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out
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These Carnivorous Worms Catch Bugs by Mimicking the Night Sky | Deep Look

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The glow worm colonies of New Zealand's Waitomo Caves imitate stars to confuse flying insects, then trap them in sticky snares and eat them alive. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK is science up close - really, really close. An ultra-
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12 Things Cats Hate the Most

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In this video, well discuss the top 12 things cats hate that you should avoid#1. High-pitched SoundsWhile cats hear low-pitched noises about as well as we do, they can pick up high-pitched sounds much better than humans. Their range goes even beyond that
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These Termites Turn Your House into a Palace of Poop | Deep Look

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Termites cause billions of dollars in damage annually – but they need help to do it. So they carry tiny organisms around with them in their gut. Together, termites and microorganisms can turn the wood in your house into a palace of poop. SUBSCRIBE to Deep
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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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This Is Not A Bee

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It can be hard to distinguish bees from all the other insects out there that look like bees. Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth ___________________________________________ If you want to learn more about this topic, start
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Why Is The Very Hungry Caterpillar So Dang Hungry? | Deep Look

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Because it's hoarding protein. Not just for itself, but for the butterfly it will become and every egg that butterfly will lay. And it's about to lose its mouth... as it wriggles out of its skin during metamorphosis. DEEP LOOK is a ultra-HD (4K) short vid
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So ... Sometimes Fireflies Eat Other Fireflies | Deep Look

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Most firefly flashes are pure romance, a sexy form of skywriting. But one variety copies the mating signals of others to lure them to their demise. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK: a new ultra-HD (4K) short video series created by K
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Watch Ladybugs Go From Goth to Glam | Deep Look

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Ladybugs may be the cutest insects around, but they don't start off that way. Also called lady beetles or ladybirds, they pop out of their eggs as prickly mini-monsters with an insatiable hunger for aphids. Once they've bulked up, they transform, shedding
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A Halloween Candy That Comes From Bones and Bugs! | SciShow Kids

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Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Today, Jessi and Squeaks learn about some common (and maybe even spooky) ingredients used to make candy, including what might be the most famous H
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This Is Why Water Striders Make Terrible Lifeguards | Deep Look

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They may look serene as they glide across the surface of a stream, but don't be fooled by water striders. They're actually searching for prey for whom a babbling brook quickly becomes an inescapable death trap. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt
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Upside-Down Catfish Doesn't Care What You Think

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You might suppose this catfish is sick, or just confused. But swimming belly-up actually helps it camouflage and breathe better than its right-side-up cousins. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK: a new ultra-HD (4K) short video series
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The Double-Crossing Ants to Whom Friendship Means Nothing | Deep Look

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The Peruvian Amazon is a dangerous place when you're small. So the young Inga tree hires ants as bodyguards to protect its vulnerable leaves. Their pay: delicious nectar served up in tiny ant-sized dishes. But will the ants keep up their end of the bargai
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It took 10 YEARS (But it was worth it) - Amazing Science Gadgets/Toys

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PhysicsFun is bringing you 12 Amazing, Innovative Science Gadgets/Toys!This video contains many interesting science gadgets, satisfying science experiments, innovative science toys, amazing science toys/gadgets and many more DIY, handmade physics toys, ga
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Why Pets Have Surprisingly Small Brains

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Thanks to 23andMe for sponsoring this video! http://www.23andme.com/minuteearth If you live outside the US, click here: https://www.23andme.com/ When we domesticate an animal species, their brains shrink and they freak out less. Thanks also to our support
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How Caffeine Accidentally Took Over The World

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

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