How Cats Became our Feline Overlords
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Check out how cats became our favorite little murder machines.
Are naked mole rats the strangest mammals?
Adults Animals
What mammal has the social life of an insect, the cold-bloodedness of a reptile, and the metabolism of a plant?
How squids outsmart their predators
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There are about 500 species of squid, and they live in all the world's oceans, making them a reliable food source for whales, dolphins, sharks, seabirds, fish - and even other squids. As a result, the squid's most extraordinary adaptations are those that have evolved to help them thwart these predators.
Are Birds Modern-Day Dinosaurs?
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An asteroid strike 66 million years ago devastated the dinosaurs. But today's birds are proof there were a few survivors.
What's the difference between hibernation and sleep?
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The Arctic Ground Squirrel hibernates by burrowing under the permafrost and slipping into a state of suspended animation.
A simple way to tell insects apart
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There are nearly a million known insect species in the world, but most have one of just five common types of mouthparts.
Crocodile Feeding FRENZY!
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On this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote feeds a GIANT Saltwater Crocodile!
Why Don't Sheep Shrink In The Rain?
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Getting wet isn't REALLY what makes wool shrink; it merely exacerbates the friction between the wool fibers, which is stronger in one direction than another, so when agitated in the washer or dryer, they migrate in relation to each other in a process called "felting."
Why BEAVERS Are The Smartest Thing In Fur Pants
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Beavers have done more to shape North American landscapes than any animal beside humans. We don't notice them much today because there aren't many left, but before colonization, North America was home to hundreds of millions of these furry engineers.
Why Are There As Many Males As Females?
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In almost every animal species on Earth, equal numbers of males and females are conceived. Why is that?
Why Are Mosquitoes Attracted To Me?!
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Mosquitoes are attracted to me and it's likely due to my genes.
How to Make an Elephant Explode with Science - The Size of Life 2
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Life on this planet is based on cells. Cells do vary in size. But they are pretty similar in their dimensions across all species. A blue whale doesn't have bigger cells than a hummingbird, just a lot more of them.
Why Is Blue So Rare In Nature?
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Among living things, the color blue is oddly rare. Blue rocks, blue sky, blue water, sure. But blue animals? They are few and far between. And the ones that do make blue? They make it in some very strange and special ways compared to other colors. In this video, we'll look at some very cool butterflies to help us learn how living things make blue, and why this beautiful hue is so rare in nature.
Emergence - How Stupid Things Become Smart Together
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How can many stupid things combine to form smart things? How can proteins become living cells? How become lots of ants a colony? What is emergence?
Where Do Our Drugs Come From?
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The incredible chemical weapon-making abilities of fungi, bacteria, and plants have created a diverse array of compounds that are useful to humans.
Why do animals form swarms?
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When many individual organisms come together and move as one entity, that's a swarm. From a handful of birds to billions of insects, swarms can be almost any size.
Why Pets Have Surprisingly Small Brains
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When we domesticate an animal species, their brains shrink and they freak out less.