Tumble Science Podcast for Kids
Whales and Snot from their Blowholes
A whale inhales and exhales air through the blowhole at the top of its head. The plume that rises when the whale exhales is made up of blow, a scientific term for whale snot. Whale snot can reveal important information about whale...
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The Fascinating World of Seals and Sea Lions
This video provides an overview of seals and sea lions, highlighting their diverse species, habitats, behaviors, and reproductive strategies. It explores their role as top predators in the ocean and emphasizes the importance of these...
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Ecosystem Activator: Marine Coasts. Age 10 - 14.
Life on the rocky and sandy shore of the ocean coast. How the marine coast supports life on land and sea. Threats to the ocean and how to help.
NASA
Can Data from Space Save Dolphins?
The age-old mystery of why otherwise healthy dolphins, whales and porpoises get stranded along coasts worldwide deepens: After a collaboration between NASA scientists and marine biologists, new research suggests space weather is not the...
Curated Video
Whales: Size, Behavior, and Life Cycle
This video provides an overview of whales, the largest marine mammals in the world. It explores their size, feeding habits, communication methods, mating behaviors, and the importance of whales in the marine ecosystem. The video also...
Red Rock Films
Ecosystem Activator: Marine Coasts. Age 7 - 10.
Life on the rocky and sandy shore of the ocean coast. How the marine coast supports life on land and sea. Threats to the ocean and how to help.
Curated Video
Dolphins: Behavior, Communication, and Social Structure
This video provides an overview of dolphins, highlighting their diverse species, social behaviors, communication methods, mating rituals, and parenting habits. It also explores their intelligence, tool usage, and ability to mimic other...
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SYND 8 7 79 ANTI-WHALE HUNTING DEMONSTRATION WITH WHALE BALLOONS
The 30th annual meeting of the international whaling commission (IWC) opens at London's Mount Royal Hotel for what promises to be the stormiest meeting in the organisation's history. On the agenda will be a proposal by Panama, one of the...
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SYND 6/12/80 CAPE TOWN CONSERVATIONIST SPEAKING AGAINST CAPTURING DOLPHINS FOR RESEARCH
Interview with a woman conservationist campaigning against capture of dolphins for research into behavourial patterns in Hout Bay suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
1. ms woman conservationist speaking SOUNDBITE (English): speaking about...
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Whaling vessel catches whale
1. Whaler "Njordur" at sea with whale tail fin visible at side of ship
2. Various whale being pulled onto ship by its tail
One of three ships commissioned by Iceland's government to catch minke whales on Saturday caught another one...
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GALAPAGOS ISLANDS: STILLS OF OIL SPILL
Natural Sound
A team of U-S experts have arrived in the ecologically fragile Galapagos Islands to help clean up an oil spill that officials say is threatening to become "a major environmental disaster."
The tanker Jessica, carrying...
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Uruguay - Sea lions threatened by oil slick
At least 150 sea lions have died and some 200,000 more were threatened by a coastal oil slick spreading towards the Isla de Lobos (the Island of Wolves), one of the world's most important nature reserves, according to Uruguayan officials...
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Ten whales dead, dozens stranded in Florida Everglades
Ten pilot whales died out of nearly four dozen that became stranded in dangerously shallow waters in Florida's Everglades National Park, federal officials said on Wednesday.
Four of the whales had to be euthanised, and six others...
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Dolphins
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Seals, Sea Lions & Sea Elephants
3. SEALS, SEA LIONS & SEA ELEPHANTS
SEALS, SEA LIONS & SEA ELEPHANTS
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SYND 16 6 78 GREENPEACE ESTABLISH ANIT WHALING BASE IN ICELAND
The international ecology pressure group, Greenpeace, has now established a base in Iceland in order to pursue its annual campaign to disrupt the summer whaling season. The Greenpeace movement has in the past reached the world's...
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USA: OREGON: STAR OF 'FREE WILLY' ARRIVES IN NEW HOME
Natural Sound
Keiko the killer whale and star of the "Free Willy" movies is happily swimming in his new seven (m) million dollar home.
Keiko's new pool, paid for by donations, is four times the size of his old one and is filled with...
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new york city: new york aquarium:
cut story "ny aquarium" shows: pan shot coney island: cu grey seal in pool: ms kids looking on: cu sign grey seal: ms sev scenes penguin: cu seals: cu 2s of white...
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World's first artificially conceived dolphins born
FILE - 14 May 2001
1. Dolphin Ada in swimming pool giving birth to baby dolphin, which at first is trailing below mother, then swimming along side
28 June 2001
2. Various Suzanne Gendron, Director of Zoological operations and Education...
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Renewable energy experts, gov't officials meet
June 27, 2007
1. Various wide of Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) meeting
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Juan Elvira Quesada, Mexico's Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources:
"Just like we teach children how to add and...
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Iceland storms out of IWC meeting
1. Wide shot, meeting
2. Wide shot, podium
3. Wide shot, delegates
4. Icelandic delegate addressing meeting
5. Wide shot, delegates
6. Icelandic delegate addressing meeting, then standing up and walking out with colleagues
7. Icelandic...
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Manatee sea cows are nature's graceful giants
AP Television
Sarasota, Florida, US - April 5, 2012
1. Close manatee taking treats from hand of trainer and eating, second manatee in background
2. Wide manatee with snout to training board
3. Close of trainer feeding manatee fruit
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Whale shark in Atlanta gets checkup from team of doctors
HEADLINE: 'World's Largest Fish' Gets Physical
CAPTION: Scientists got their closest look ever at one of the world's biggest fish - with about 50 staffers, a stretcher that could hold a small bus and a hose pumping liquid anesthetic....
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MEXICO: MEXICO CITY: STAR OF FREE WILLY IS FINALLY RESCUED
Spanish/Nat
Biologists are making last-minute preparations to whisk Keiko, the killer whale star of "Free Willy", out of a cramped tank in Mexico City to a new life in the United States.
A team of whale experts are getting the 21-foot,...