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When Birds Had Teeth
Experts are still arguing over whether Archaeopteryx was a true bird, or a paravian dinosaur, or some other kind of dino. But regardless of what side you're on, how did this fascinating, bird-like animal relate to today's birds? It turns...
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From the Cambrian Explosion to the Great Dying
The first era of our current eon, the Paleozoic Era, is probably the most deceptively fascinating time in Earth's history. With near constant revolutions in life, punctuated by catastrophic extinctions, it is also one of the most chaotic.
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The Age of Reptiles in Three Acts
Reptiles emerged from the Paleozoic as humble creatures, but in time, they grew to become some of the largest forms of life ever to stomp, swim, and soar across the planet. This Age of Reptiles was a spectacular prehistoric epic, and it...
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The Age of Dinosaurs: A Journey into the Mesozoic Era
This video provides a fascinating overview of dinosaurs, their reign on Earth for 165 million years, their diverse sizes and species, and their eventual extinction due to a combination of a meteorite impact and volcanic eruptions. It...
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Dinosaurs: Fun Facts and Fascinating Discoveries
Dive into the fascinating world of dinosaurs with this video, exploring the diverse types of these ancient creatures, from massive meat-eaters to small plant-eaters. Learn about the incredible sizes of dinosaurs, with some as large as 15...
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Exploring the World of Birds: An Introduction to Passerines and Other Fascinating Species
In this video, we explore the fascinating world of birds, focusing on the order Passeriformes. We learn about the intelligence, communication through songs, and unique nesting habits of these diverse creatures. From lovebirds to...
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The Grand Canyon: A Geological Wonder and Cultural Heritage
This video provides fascinating insights into the Grand Canyon, exploring its geological history, size, and unique features. It highlights the Canyon's significance to both humans and animals, while also debunking the myth of dinosaur...
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Only In Greece 6 - Olympic Centenarian
Olympic Centenarian:Meet a 111-year-old woman believed to be the only Greek to have lived during the first modern Olympics in Greece and still alive to welcome the Games again in 2004.
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Lessons in Optimism, Truthfulness, Empathy, and Resilience
In this video, Jade's surprise birthday party takes place while exploring important values such as optimism, truthfulness, empathy, and resilience. Through lively conversations with animal friends, Jade learns valuable lessons about...
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Robotic Dinosaurs: Bringing the Prehistoric World to Life
Experience the awe and wonder of the prehistoric world with Animatronics, a Mexican company revolutionizing the entertainment industry with their lifelike robotic dinosaurs. Using cutting-edge technology, they create giant dinosaur...
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Resilience: The Key to Survival and Growth
In this video, Jacinta the jellyfish shares her wisdom on resilience and how her species has survived for 700 million years. Through a heartwarming story about a girl named Chloe, Jacinta teaches the importance of accepting challenges,...
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Earth’s Climate Has Always Changed. Why All the Fuss?
If you take a look at global temperature graphs that span millions or billions of years, you can see that our planet’s temperature has made wild swings. In fact, the Earth used to be completely covered in snow and ice! So, what’s the big...
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Are Birds Reptiles?
According to phylogenetic classification, a "reptile" is any organism descended from the original group of reptiles, which includes birds. Thus, birds are reptiles by this method of classification, much like everything that descended...
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Fossil Evidence
Studying fossil evidence reveals how organisms have changed over time. What are fossils and how are they formed? Biology - Adaptation And Evolution - Learning Points. Fossil hunters are called paleontologists. Paleontologists study...
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The Water Cycle
All water on planet Earth is constantly cycled from the atmosphere, into reservoirs, and through plants and animals. The Earth's water has completed this cycle around 8 million times. Earth Science - Weather - Learning Points. Water on...
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Mass Extinction: Dinosaurs
It's been 65 million years since the dinosaurs became extinct. But what wiped them out? Hear arguments from the Gradualists and Catastrophists. Biology - Adaptation And Evolution - Learning Points. 65 million years ago the dinosaurs...
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How Did Mammals Evolve?
An introduction to the ‘mammal-like reptiles’ that walked the Earth millions of years before the dinosaurs – and from which all modern-day mammals would eventually evolve. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. Early reptiles split...
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What Are Asteroids?
How are asteroids in our Solar System formed, where are they found, and what danger do they pose to life on Earth? Physics - Our Solar System - Learning Points. Asteroids are made from rock, metal or carbon, while comets are made of rock...
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How Did Birds Evolve?
They walked on two legs, laid their eggs in nests, and some even glided through the air – find out more about the theropod dinosaurs, from which all birds evolved. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. A Twig Curriculum Film....
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What is a Bird?
Discover the characteristics common to the 9000 bird species living on Earth today. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. A Twig Curriculum Film. Delivering key learning points. Get straight to the facts in just three minutes –...
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Fossil detectives
Play detective and find out which ancient creature created a fossil footprint. Our universe - Story of life - Fossils Learning Points Everything we have learned about early life forms, including dinosaurs, we have learned from fossils...
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Predator X
Meet Predator X, one of the most dangerous animals that ever lived! Our universe - Story of life - Dinosaurs Learning Points Millions and millions of years ago, incredible animals lived on Earth – dinosaurs on land, pterosaurs in the...
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Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs lived millions of years ago and they came in lots of shapes and sizes. Our universe - Story of life - Dinosaurs Learning Points The dinosaurs were a group of reptiles that lived on Earth a long, long, long time ago. There were...
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Dinosaur extinction
Why did dinosaurs become extinct? Our universe - Story of life - Dinosaurs Learning Points All the dinosaurs are dead. We say that they are 'extinct'. Scientists think that an asteroid may have caused the dinosaur extinction. A Twig...